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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Ukraine Uses ‘New Body Armor Designed For Its Pregnant Women Fighters’ — It’s Just For Female Military Personnel

2023-09-26 Does a viral video prove that Ukraine now employs bulletproof vests specifically made for "pregnant women fighters"? No, that's not true: The post on social media misleads audiences about the new body armor's design -- it was made not for Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theories about FEMA’s Oct. 4 emergency alert test spread online

2023-09-25 CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate nanoparticles such as graphene oxide that have been introduced into people’s bodies. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FEMA ‘Concentration Camp’ In Hawaii — It Shows Housing Development For Homeless Veterans

2023-09-23 Does a social-media video show a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) "concentration camp" in Hawaii? No, this is not true: This video, according to a FEMA spokesperson, shows a project with which FEMA is not affiliated at all. The Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Does NOT Have Prison Camp Just Outside Fairbanks, Alaska, That Can Hold Up To 2 Million People

2023-09-21 Does FEMA have a prison camp just outside Fairbanks, Alaska, that can hold up to 2 million people at a time? No, that's not true: "That is absolutely false," an official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told Lead Stories. The ag Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video shows tiny homes for homeless residents, not FEMA concentration camps

2023-09-21 Video shows a Federal Emergency Management Agency “concentration camp” in Hawaii. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – FEMA’s emergency alert test won’t activate graphene oxide in people

2023-09-21 An emergency broadcast system test will “send a specific high-frequency signal … with the intention of activating graphene oxide” in people. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence FEMA Emergency Test Will Cause DNA Damage By Activating ‘Nanoparticles Including Graphene Oxide’

2023-09-21 Is there evidence that the next FEMA emergency test will not really be a test but a cover for the government to send high-frequency signals activating "nanoparticles including graphene oxide" into phones, TVs and radios, possibly causing Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT Unusual, Unexpected, Nefarious For FEMA To Open Temporary Field Office In A Chicagoland Mall After Flooding

2023-09-16 Was the appearance of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) field office in the Washington Square Mall complex in Chicago a sign of nefarious activity? No, that's not true: A state of emergency had been declared for Cook County, Il Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A new FEMA office in Chicago isn’t suspicious. It’s part of the agency’s response to summer floods

2023-09-12 CLAIM: A video shows a disaster response center that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has suspiciously opened in Chicago, even though the city isn't dealing with an emergency at the moment. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – FEMA set up Chicago offices to help residents affected by flooding, not to plan a disaster

2023-09-11 A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Appoint FEMA Director Before Maui Fires, Did NOT Confirm He Knew They Would Occur

2023-09-07 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 Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Is FEMA at Burning Man? Virus Outbreak Conspiracy Theory Spreads Online

2023-09-05 https://www.newsweek.com/burning-man-fema-ebola-conspiracy-theories-1824295 After the Burning Man festi Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Yes, a top FEMA official was in Hawaii before the Maui fires, but it was for a conference

2023-09-05 CLAIM: President Biden admitted that a top Federal Emergency Management Agency official was already on the ground in Hawaii even before the Maui wildfires started. Go to site post…»

Logically→ 2007 news of fake FEMA press conference shared as ‘staged’ briefing on Maui wildfires

2023-08-31 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Claim that FEMA is burying Maui wildfire victims in a ‘mass gravesite’ started as satire

2023-08-30 “Marines caught FEMA operatives piling corpses into a mass gravesite at the Maui Forest Reserve.” Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Fake FEMA news conference took place in 2007, not during the recent Maui wildfires

2023-08-28 AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims about FEMA, Red Cross “confiscating” donations to Hawaii victims are False

2023-08-25 FEMA and Red Cross are “confiscating” donations meant for Hawaii wildfire victims. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Online Videos Share Fabricated Story About FEMA and Marines on Maui

2023-08-25 Quick Take The Federal Emergency Management Agency operates a Disaster Recovery Center on Maui and has approved $7 million in assistance to thousands of wildfire survivors. Online videos, however, are sharing a fabricated tale about FEMA’s op Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The military didn’t arrest FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks, despite online claims

2023-08-24 “Military arrests FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks.” Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, a top FEMA official was not arrested for treason following the Maui fires. The claim is satire

2023-08-24 CLAIM: Erik Hooks, the deputy director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been arrested in connection with the agency’s response to the Maui wildfires. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fabricated story fantasizes about Maui gunfight between U.S. Marine Corps and FEMA agents

2023-08-24 “Marines neutralize fleeing FEMA convoy in Maui.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks

2023-08-23 Did U.S. Marines arrest Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim "is not true." Also, the website where this claim was made Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The Marines didn’t attack a FEMA convoy on Maui. The claim originated on a parody site

2023-08-22 CLAIM: The U.S. Marine Corps “neutralized” a “fleeing FEMA convoy in Maui.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Social media users are sharing a post from a website that says it publishes “humor, parody, and satire” and has previously published simil Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Marines Did NOT ‘Neutralize Fleeing FEMA Convoy’ On Maui

2023-08-21 Did U.S. Marines "neutralize" a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) convoy on Maui around August 20, 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that there's "absolutely no truth to this claim." Also, the w Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires

2023-08-18 Social media users are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid in Maui, falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Sink FEMA Ship In The Pacific

2023-07-24 Did U.S. Marine Corps jets sink a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) barge off the coast of California around July 19, 2023? No, that's not true: The Department of Defense press office told Lead Stories that the purported attack n Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Female Voter Telling DeSantis That He ‘Will Never Be Our President’ — Audio Is Fake

2023-07-10 Does a viral video portray an intense exchange between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of the 2024 Republican presidential candidates, and an audience member who swore at him during a campaign event? No, that's not true: The authentic vide Go to site post…»

Logically→ The knifeman in the Annecy, France attack is not Muslim or a member of ISIS

2023-06-13 Go to site post…»

Logically→ The EMA has not said COVID-19 vaccines adversely affect female fertility

2023-06-12 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Walmart stores aren’t becoming FEMA camps

2023-05-05 Walmart stores are being converted to FEMA camps to imprison Americans. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Transgender athlete did not win a female category of the London Marathon

2023-04-28 Though biologically male, Glenique Frank participated as a female in the mass event but did not win. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence to support claims of FEMA camps for crimes against humanity arrestees

2023-04-12 “FEMA camps are open for the upcoming arrests for crimes against humanity.” Go to site post…»

AllSides→ NPR Issues Correction, Admits There Is Evidence Proving Male Athletes Have Advantage over Females

2023-03-28 https://www.nationalreview.com/news/npr-claims-limited-scientific-evidence-men-have-physical-advantage-over-women-in-sports/ Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Consuming Only Female Animal Meat Does NOT Increase Estrogen Or Femininity In Human Males

2023-03-16 Does eating only the meat of female animals alter the hormones of human males, purportedly increasing their estrogen and making them take on more traits associated with femininity? No, that's not true: Multiple medical and meat experts ve Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘After No Fault Divorce Was Legalized in 1970, Female Suicide Rates Dropped 20 Percent’

2023-03-08 On March 8 2023 — International Women’s Day — an Imgur account circulated with a screenshot of a tweet by attorney Qasim Rashid, claiming that “female suicide rates” fell 20 percent in the years after no-fault divorce wa Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A New Law In Iran … Forces Female Pharmacists’ to Wear a Black Hijab, Male Pharmacists ‘Are Wearing It As Well to Mock This Law’

2023-03-07 A March 7 2023 post to Reddit’s r/interestingasfuck asserted that a then “new law in Iran” had mandated that female pharmacists wear black hijabs only (prohibiting other colors), adding that in response, male pharmacists wore their ow Go to site post…»

Poynter→ How FEMA and other federal agencies are aiding East Palestine with the train derailment

2023-02-24 When disasters happen, local and state officials often turn to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for aid. So, after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, […] The post How FEMA and other federal agencies Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Ohio train derailment: How FEMA and other federal agencies are aiding East Palestine

2023-02-22 The Ohio train derailment does not qualify for FEMA funding because it did not meet the legal definition of a “major disaster.” However, FEMA is sending a team to support other federal agencies on the ground in East Palestine. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Costco Is NOT Giving Away $500 To Female Victims Of Gender Discrimination

2023-01-31 Did a court rule that all female victims of gender discrimination by Costco can receive a $500 grocery credit from the membership warehouse club? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Costco is giving out $500 credits to anyone. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Scholar: HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ Was Inspired by a Real Medieval Dynastic Struggle Over a Female Ruler

2022-10-19 During a two-decade period of English history known as the Anarchy, a woman sought to make the then-unprecedented move of ascending to the English throne, writes this historian. Go to site post…»

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