Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps sentence Arati Prabhakar to death at a Guantanamo Bay military tribunal on January 16, 2024, for committing treason? No, that's not true: Prabhakar, the director of the White House Office o
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PolitiFact→ Mark Green – FBI director never said Hamas militants can walk right into the U.S. through the southern border
Says FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress “that with the border wide open and a war in Israel, Hamas can just walk right in.”
The Dispatch→ Director Continetti
This commodity shall be used only for the purposes of political bribery.
FactCheck.org→ WHO Director-General Is Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Contrary to Online Post
SciCheck Digest Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, is an advocate for equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines in countries around the globe. But a social media post misleadingly claims,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Appoint FEMA Director Before Maui Fires, Did NOT Confirm He Knew They Would Occur
Did the timing of President Joe Biden appointing a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director before the Maui fires and subsequently saying that director was already in Hawaii when the fires broke out confirm Biden knew the wildf
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest Former IRS Director Charles Rettig
Did U.S. Marines arrest former IRS director Charles Rettig? No, that's not true: The U.S. military does not have the authority to arrest civilians because of the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. Lead Stories could not find any legitimate news re
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – FBI director didn’t confirm Joe Biden bribery investigation
"FBI director Wray confirms Joe Biden is under criminal investigation for Ukrainian bribes by the U.S. attorney in Delaware then tries to backpedal.”
Health Feedback→ WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to edited video claiming otherwise
REVIEW Since the onset of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, several inaccurate claims have circulated that individuals directly or indirectly connected to the global vaccination effort avoided receiving their own doses. This is the case for instanc
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Hank Williams Jr. didn’t resign from CMT’s board of directors. The network doesn’t have a board
CLAIM: Singer Hank Williams Jr. resigned from Country Music Television’s board of directors and artists including Carrie Underwood and Toby Keith have pulled their music videos from the network in recent days.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hank Williams Jr Did NOT Resign From CMT’s Board of Directors To Support Jason Aldean — Story Is From A Satire Site
Did country music's Hank Williams Jr. resign from the Country Music Television's (CMT) board of directors to support fellow singer Jason Aldean? No, that's not true: The website this claim is from is satirical. Lead Stories could not find
Truth or Fiction?→ HBO’s ‘Max’ Transition Drops Writer, Director Credits
On May 23 2023, a post on Reddit to r/movies claimed that when HBO Max rebranded as “Max,” the platform stopped crediting writer and directors: The new "Max" streaming service doesn’t credit the director and wri
Poynter→ A video of a former CIA director is not proof that the government is spraying the sky with chemicals
The conspiracy theory that the U.S. government is intentionally spraying toxic chemicals into the air has persisted for nearly two decades. The baseless claims often refer to so-called “chemtrails” and say that the […] The post A v
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of former CIA director is not proof that government is spraying sky with chemicals
A video proves that “our own government is acknowledging that they’re spraying the skies” with toxic chemicals.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did a CDC Deputy Director Say the COVID Vaccines Cause Illnesses?
The Center for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Claims are circulating online that Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, the deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has said that th
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Dr. Anthony’s Fauci’s wife isn’t the National Institutes of Health’s director
Christine Grady “is the head of NIH.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – World Health Organization director general stuttered, he wasn’t asserting that countries are killing
The World Health Organization director general confirmed “some countries are using boosters to kill children.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NZ Funeral Director’s ’95 Percent’ Statistic Does NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccine Is Causing Mass Death
Does a New Zealand funeral director's statement that 95 percent of the corpses he sees had been vaccinated against COVID-19 prove that vaccines are causing mass death? No, that's not true. This claim was drawn from anecdotal observations
Snopes→ Did Director Steven Spielberg Die?
Another death hoax comes our way.
Snopes→ Elon Musk Argues Twitter is Better Off Without a Board of Directors – Is He Right?
Musk, who revived his bid for Twitter after the social media company’s board sued to enforce the deal, has been very critical of its board.
Logically→ Enforcement Directorate raided the residence of an AAP member who is a textile trader in Surat, Gujarat.
Enforcement Directorate raided six locations relating to mobile gaming apps in Kolkata. The individual named in the claim is not from AAP.
Snopes→ Iconic French New Wave Director Jean-Luc Godard Dead at 91
Jean-Luc Godard, the iconic “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema and stood for years among world cinema's most vital directors, has died.
Logically→ A BBC News report claims Bollywood director Karan Johar and actors Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt have donated crores to Pakistan flood victims.
BBC News Hindi clarified a fake tweet using its official logo is being shared on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Sen. Lindsey Graham Grilling FBI Director Christopher Wray On The Mar-a-Lago Raid
Does a Facebook video capture a scene showing Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina demanding that FBI Director Christopher Wray disclose the name of the person who ordered the raid of Donald Trump's residence in Florida? No, t
Snopes→ Biden Names New Secret Service Director Amid Jan. 6 Scrutiny
President Joe Biden named Kim Cheatle, a veteran Secret Service official, to be the agency’s next director.
Logically→ Film director Stanley Kubrick confesses to faking the moon landing.
The unedited version of the video footage reveals that the person interviewed is not the real Stanley Kubrick.
Full Fact→ WHO director Dr Tedros has been vaccinated
A clip circulating on social media has been used to claim the WHO director said he hadn’t received the Covid-19 vaccine. This isn’t true.
Truth or Fiction?→ Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden’s ‘I Agree’ Tweet
On August 17 2022, an Imgur account shared a screenshot of a concise tweet attributed to a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, Gen. Michael Hayden: In the screenshot shared to Imgur, Gen. Hayden appeared to retweet an observation by Fin
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show Ted Cruz questioning FBI director over Mar-a-Lago search
“Ted Cruz erupts as FBI director tries to defend Biden over Mar-a-Lago raid” in video.
Snopes→ CDC Director Announces Organization Shake-Up Aimed at Speed
The head of nation's top public health agency announced a shake-up of the organization, intended to make it more nimble.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George HW Bush Was NOT CIA Director In 1963 When John F. Kennedy Was Assassinated
Was the assassination of then-President John F. Kennedy in 1963 an "INSIDE JOB BY THE THEN CIA DIRECTOR GEORGE H.W. BUSH"? No, that's not true: This conspiracy theory is based on a factual inaccuracy. Bush was not the director of the CIA
Snopes→ No, WHO Director-General Tedros Was Not Arrested
The rumor came from the Vancouver Times, a website that calls itself "the most trusted source for satire on the West Coast."
Snopes→ ‘Black Panther’ Director Mistaken for Bank Robber in Atlanta
Movie director Ryan Coogler was briefly handcuffed by Atlanta police after a bank employee mistook him for a robber.
Snopes→ Ivan Reitman, Producer, ‘Ghostbusters’ Director, Dies at 75
Reitman died peacefully in his sleep Saturday night at his home in Montecito, Calif., his family told The Associated Press.
FactCheck.org→ Partisans Seize on Edited Clip of CDC Director’s Comments on COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness
SciCheck Digest Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discussed a recent study that found that on the rare occasion when fully vaccinated people died from COVID-19, they often had multiple risk factors for
Poynter→ Social media claims distort CDC director Rochelle Walensky’s comment about COVID-19 deaths and comorbidities
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, one of the nation’s top public-health officials, shared encouraging news in a TV interview about the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing COVID-19 deaths. But social media posts […] The post Social media claims distort
Health Feedback→ CDC director’s comments that 75% of COVID-19 deaths are among people with four comorbidities applies only to vaccinated people
REVIEW An article published on the website for The Joe Pags Show, the talk show of commentator Joe Pagliarulo, used a partial quote from Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to suggest that 75% of CO
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media claims distort CDC director’s comment about COVID-19 deaths and comorbidities
“The CDC director just said that 75% of ‘Covid deaths’ occurred in people with at least four comorbidities.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Misinterpreted CDC Director Quote About 75% COVID Deaths With 4+ Comorbidities Was About Vaccinated People
Did Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "confess" that over 75% of COVID deaths occurred in people with at least four comorbidities? No, that's not true: The percentage is correct but extreme
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – CDC employees aren’t avoiding vaccination, and their director didn’t say they were
"Biden's CDC Director ADMITS Her Own Employees Aren't Getting Vaccinated."
Snopes→ US Prisons Director Resigning After Crises-Filled Tenure
The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is resigning amid increasing scrutiny over his leadership.