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Snopes→ Dobbs Decision: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Roe v Wade
The 6-3 ruling overturned federal abortion protections that had been in place for nearly 50 years.
Logically→ A video shows Russia shot down NATO helicopters in Ukraine.
The widely circulated video is a video game footage from Arma 3. It is not related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Joni Ernst – Hard to pin down growing cost of unused border materials
$3 million per day in "your tax dollars" are being spent to guard "unused border wall materials."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Has NOT Been Taking Down Photo Of Police Officer Praying
Does Facebook keep taking down a photo of a police officer praying? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Facebook told Lead Stories in a June 14, 2022, email that this was not true. The post does not violate Facebook's policies and the
Snopes→ Does ‘Sugar’ the Horse Lie Down to Avoid Work?
Neigh.
Logically→ This video shows Peru taking down 5G antennas due to health concerns.
A 2019 video of a telephone antenna removal in Peru has been miscaptioned as a 5G antenna. There is no evidence that 5G technology harms human health.
PolitiFact→ Jack Del Rio – Washington Commanders’ Jack Del Rio downplays Jan. 6 attack as a ‘dust-up’
The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “was a dust-up.”
Snopes→ Sheryl Sandberg, Longtime No. 2 Exec at Facebook, Steps Down
Sandberg has served as chief operating officer at the social media giant for 14 years. She joined from Google in 2008, four years before Facebook went public.
Logically→ Ukrainian refugees burned down a house in Germany, in 2022, when trying to burn a Russian flag.
The images in the video are from two different fire incidents, one from 2013 and the other from 2021. Bild media also confirmed the claim was fake.
Snopes→ Is Instagram Down? Login Issues Reported by Users.
Instagram users reported on Twitter and the Down Director website that they were unable to access the service.
PolitiFact→ Republican Party of Wisconsin – Wis. Gov. Evers didn’t cause slowdown of state crime labs
On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”
Snopes→ Yes, Someone Broke Down Laughing in Courtroom of Depp v. Heard Trial
Video footage of the trial observer leaving, seemingly because of uncontrollable laughter, captured social media attention.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this isn’t real footage of downed helicopters during an ambush
Video shows helicopters in Ukraine “being picked off in ambush - Short range air-to-air missile”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The World Health Organization Will NOT Have Authority To Lock Down All of America
Will the World Health Organization (WHO) have the authority to lock down all of America? No, that's not true: The claim, made by former U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, spins proposed changes to WHO rules into something much greater than they
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Fact-checking Joe Biden on paying down the federal debt
“My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor.”
Snopes→ Pilot Down, Passenger Takes over with ‘No Idea How to Fly’
A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida’s Atlantic coast.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this is not footage of Ukraine shooting down a Russian plane with troops on board
Says video shows "Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds (of) troops on Kyiv airport."
Snopes→ Did Kentucky Derby Winner Turn Down White House Invite?
You may have heard this "horse's ass" joke before.
Logically→ Stepan Tarabalka, dubbed the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ has been confirmed KIA after shooting down 40 Russian planes.
The death of a Ukrainian air force major general in combat has been misattributed. The existence of the Ghost of Kyiv is unclear.
Logically→ Food processing facilities are being burned down in order to artificially create food shortages.
There is no evidence that there has been a recent increase in fires at food processing facilities, nor is there evidence that the fires are linked.
Logically→ A court in New Zealand found that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern abused her powers by imposing lockdown restrictions.
The court ruled that the quarantine lottery system was flawed. It did not determine that PM abused her powers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Is NOT A Current ‘Whites Only Sundown Town’ Sign — It’s From 2018 Movie ‘Green Book’ Set In 1960s
Is this a real photo of a town on Mississippi Highway 14, either past or present, that has a road sign that warns, "Whites Only Within City Limits After Dark"? No, that's not true: This photo is a still frame from the 2018 movie "Green Bo
Snopes→ Is This a Real ‘Sundown Town’ Sign Photographed in 2022?
Racial discrimination is still a problem for Black drivers, but this sign?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fauci's comment about lockdowns, vaccination twisted out of context
Dr. Anthony Fauci said lockdowns are a method for coercing people to comply with COVID-19 vaccinations.
Snopes→ Verizon Down Across Parts of the US
In an early evening update, Verizon said normal service had been restored to most customers.
Logically→ This image shows a Palestinian girl having a staredown with a soldier.
The picture was taken in Chile during a protest in 2016. It has been taken out of context to make it seem like it was shot in Palestine.
Snopes→ Once a Retail Giant, Kmart Down to 3 Stores After NJ Closing
The familiar sights and sounds are still there.
Full Fact→ Pelicans don’t push their spines out of their mouths to cool down
A post on Facebook claims that pelicans “take their spines out of their mouths to cool themselves”. The claim is accompanied by three pictures of birds with what appear to be their spines appearing to protrude out of their mouths, and an il
Logically→ Pelicans shove their spines through their mouths to cool down.
Pelicans cannot push out their internal parts, but the pouch under the beak stretches over the neck, which appears as if the spine is coming out.
Health Feedback→ CDC’s COVID Data Tracker revised COVID-19 deaths downward, but more reliable mortality data still indicate that COVID-19 is a major cause of death in the U.S.
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic caused more than 400 million confirmed cases and 6 million deaths worldwide as of 22 March 2022, according to Johns Hopkins University. Mortality is an important metric to guide and assess public policies against COVID-1
AllSides→ Two fact checks shut down claim US megachurches aren’t offering support to Ukraine
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/two-fact-checks-shut-down-claim-us-megachurches-arent-offering-support-to-ukraine
Snopes→ Were the Beatles Photographed Holding Upside-Down ‘Satanic’ Crosses?
Could it be ...... SATAN???
Logically→ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on his soldiers to lay down their weapons on March 16.
A deepfake video showing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been widely circulated to falsely claim that he ordered his soldiers to surrender.
Snopes→ State-by-State Breakdown: U.S. 2022 Primary Election Dates
Texas kicked off the primary election season on March 1. About a dozen states will follow suit in May.
PolitiFact→ 'Zuckerbucks' for 2022 elections? Republicans say thumbs down
Republicans are banning Mark Zuckerberg’s charity dollars for elections. Who will pay now?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Ukraine recognized downed pilot as ‘hero,’ but claims he was the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ are unsubstantiated
Deceased Ukrainian fighter pilot Col. Oleksandr Oksanchenko was the “Ghost of Kyiv.”
Poynter→ Gas prices aren’t high due to shut down US production. Oil production in Biden’s first year is on par with Trump.
U.S. gas prices hit a high on March 8, and President Joe Biden warned Americans they may pay even more at the pump after he banned imports of oil from Russia to […] The post Gas prices aren’t high due to shut down US production. Oil productio
FactCheck.org→ What We’ve Learned About So-Called ‘Lockdowns’ and the COVID-19 Pandemic
SciCheck Digest Plenty of peer-reviewed studies have found government restrictions early in the pandemic, such as business closures and physical distancing measures, reduced COVID-19 cases and/or mortality, compared with what would have happened withou
Snopes→ Is Spotify Down?
The outage appeared to log users out of their accounts without the ability to log back in.