An American passenger on the cruise ship involved in the hantavirus outbreak is a "crisis actor."
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hantavirus Cruise Ship Influencer Jake Rosmarin Was NOT The COVID-19 Patient Shown In A 2022 BBC Report — That Was Henry Dyne
Was Jake Rosmarin, the hantavirus cruise ship influencer, the same COVID-19 patient featured in a 2022 BBC report? No, that claim is false: The BBC segment focused on another individual, Henry Dyne, who, during the pandemic, was falsely a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows ‘Grand Aurelian’ Cruise Ship Dumping Waste Into Ocean — Ship Does Not Exist
Does a real video show "The Grand Aurelian" cruise ship dumping waste into the ocean? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence that a cruise ship with this name was caught dumping garbage, and there have been no news reports abo
PolitiFact→ What is hantavirus? What we know about the fatal cruise ship outbreak
What is hantavirus? How did cruise tourists get it?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Abiy Ahmed’s 5-Star Cruise Ship Abandoned In Desert Shows Telltale Signs Of Being AI-Generated
Does a video show a large cruise ship abandoned in the desert by Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia? No, that's not true: No legitimate news organization has reported it, though a massive engineering feat such as this undertaken b
Full Fact→ Video showing cruise ship spilling waste into the sea isn’t real
There are discrepancies in the way the physics of the environment and ship are depicted, and a watermark suggests the footage is AI-generated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Man Falling From Cruise Ship Waterslide Is NOT Authentic — News Report Edited
Is a video showing a man falling through a hole in a cruise ship waterslide authentic? No, that's not true: The video of a real ABC news report of the Icon of the Seas waterslide accident was edited to add a digitally-created fake clip at
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Video Does NOT Show Actual Cruise Ships Dumping Sewage Into The Ocean — Fake Footage
Does a viral video authentically show several cruise ships dumping raw sewage into the sea using huge pipes? No, that's not true: According to several AI detection tools the video was generated using artificial intelligence. It also conta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tom Cruise Did NOT Mock Karoline Leavitt’s Husband At Awards Ceremony
Did Tom Cruise mock Nicholas Riccio, husband of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles in 2025, and did Leavitt and Riccio publicly expose Cruise on stage? No, that's not true: A YouTube video r
The Dispatch→ From Cruise Partners to Great Power Competitors
David Sanger’s new book explores the fraught relationship among the U.S., China, and Russia.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows F-16s Causing ‘Monstrous Detonation On Putin’s Cruise Ship Full Of Korean Shells’
Did an authentic video on Facebook show F-16 fighter jets striking Russian President Vladimir Putin's cruise ship while it was carrying Korean shells? No, that's not true: The clip was published by an account self-described as that of a g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Iranian Barrage Of Hundreds Of Cruise Missiles, Drones On Israel
Does a video on social media document a barrage of hundreds of cruise missiles and drones launched into Israel by Iran on April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The video, found in a variety of posts, appeared on social media several years
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Tom Cruise With Two Body Doubles — It’s AI Generated
Does a photograph authentically show Tom Cruise with his two "stunt doubles"? No, that's not true: An image shared widely on social media in June 2023 was generated using the artificial intelligence program Midjourney, the image creator c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘White Hats Disable Amphibious Cruiser That Attacked GITMO’
Did "white hats" in the U.S. military "disable an amphibious cruiser that attacked GITMO" as of January 4, 2023? No, that's not true: The aircraft carrier identified with a photo as the "aggressor" was never put into service and was sold
Snopes→ ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Wins Tom Cruise 1st $100 Million Opening
Forget breaking the sound barrier: Tom Cruise just flew past a major career milestone.
Snopes→ Cawthorn Says Lingerie Photos Were from Cruise Game Show
Politico published "exclusive" pictures of what appeared to show U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina wearing women's lingerie.
Logically→ This image shows the aftermath of Ukraine’s attack on Moskva, a Russian missile cruiser.
Though Russia claims the Moskva exploded and sank in April 2022, this image shows a burning Iranian naval warship from 2021.
Snopes→ Did Tom Cruise Jump Over Keegan-Michael Key?
For the record, Cruise is 5 feet 7.
Snopes→ Toyota Heading to Moon with Cruiser, Robotic Arms, Dreams
Toyota is working with Japan's space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with ambitions to help people live on the moon by 2040 and then go live on Mars.
Snopes→ Cruise Ship Changes Course After US Judge Orders Seizure
A cruise ship that was supposed to dock in Miami has instead sailed to the Bahamas.
Snopes→ CDC Warns Against Cruises, Regardless of Vaccination Status
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned people not to go on cruises, regardless of their vaccination status, because of onboard outbreaks fueled by the omicron variant.
Snopes→ Cruise Lines Require Vaccinations, Tests, Amid Virus Surge
Companies are offering full refunds if people test positive for COVID-19 or decide to cancel after a cruise line shortens the length of a planned trip.
Snopes→ 27 People Aboard Carnival Cruise Test Positive for COVID-19
The Belize Tourism Board said 99.98% of the ship's crew was vaccinated, as well as 96.5% of its passengers.
Snopes→ Cruise Giant Carnival Says Customers Affected by Breach
Carnival Corp. said that a data breach might have exposed personal information about customers and employees on Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, and Princess Cruises.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness and death; rare infections in vaccinated people can still occur, as seen in the Celebrity Millennium cruise
REVIEW On 26 May 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted the requirement for mask-wearing and physical distancing on cruise ships where at least 95% of the crew and 95% of the passengers were vaccinated against COVID-1
Snopes→ Did Tom Cruise Sit Atop the Burj Khalifa Without a Harness?
The skyscraper is more than a half-mile tall.
Snopes→ Did a Megalodon Stalk a Cruise Ship?
It is estimated the animal in question measured about 18 feet long.
Snopes→ Cruise Giant Norwegian Threatens to Skip Florida’s Ports
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is threatening to keep its ships out of Florida after the governor signed legislation banning businesses from requiring that customers show proof of vaccination against COVID-19.
Snopes→ Florida Sues Federal Government to Allow Cruises to Sail
Gov. Ron DeSantis said the no-sail order is outdated and hurts the state as the industry generates billions for the economy and employs tens of thousands of Floridians.
Snopes→ Canada Blocks Cruise Ships for a Year, Ending Alaska Trips
Transport Canada announced the extension of the ban enacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Snopes→ On a Mission: Tom Cruise Insists on Social Distancing on Set
Tom Cruise has launched an expletive-laden rant at colleagues on the set of his latest "Mission: Impossible" movie, after he reportedly spotted two workers failing to respect social distancing rules.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Boston Police Smashing Their Own Police Cruiser To Fabricate Evidence
Did police in Boston smash their own vehicle Sunday night with the intention of blaming it on protesters? No, that's not true: A YouTube video published Sunday night made this claim, as police circled and climbed on a damaged vehicle, but anot
Snopes→ Stuck on Cruise Ships during Pandemic, Crews Beg to Go Home
Carolina Vásquez lost track of days and nights, unable to see the sunlight while stuck for two weeks in a windowless cruise ship cabin as a fever took hold of her body.
Snopes→ Are Most Cruise Ships Registered Under Foreign Flags?
The economic strain of the COVID-19 pandemic prompted some to point fingers at companies perceived to be skirting the rules.
Snopes→ At Least 7 Virus Cases Linked to Cruise Ship Off California
Meanwhile, the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 14, with all but one victim in Washington state, while the number of infections swelled to over 200, scattered across at least 18 states.
Snopes→ San Antonio: CDC Planned to Drop Cruise Passengers at Mall
Federal health officials planned to drop off some cruise ship passengers at a shopping mall after their release from a two-week quarantine at a Texas air base.
Snopes→ Cruise Ship is Held Off California Coast for Virus Testing
“The ship will not come on shore until we appropriately assess the passengers,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
Snopes→ Quarantine on Cruise Ship in Japan Comes Under Question
An extraordinary two-week quarantine of the Diamond Princess cruise ship ends Feb. 19, with thousands of passengers and crew set to disembark over the next several days in the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo.
Snopes→ American Cruise Passengers Quarantined at US Military Bases
More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantined at military bases in California and Texas after arriving from Japan on charter flights.
Snopes→ Trading Quarantines, Americans from Cruise Land in US
Two charter flights carrying cruise ship passengers from Japan landed at military bases in California and Texas, starting the clock on a quarantine period to ensure passengers don't have the new virus that's been spreading in Asia.