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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video of Jeep In Mud Was Published Before 2023 Burning Man Festival — No National Disaster Declared
Is this video showing a Jeep partially buried in the mud from the 2023 Burning Man gathering, and was that event "declared a national disaster"? No, that's not true: The online presence of the video predates the 2023 Burning Man gathering
Logically→ Old video of jeep stuck in mud shared is not from 2023 Burning Man festival
Logically→ Video from 2022 Balenciaga show shared as cat walk at 2023 Burning Man festival
Logically→ Old video of garbage flowing through street shared as 2023 Burning Man festival
Full Fact→ There are no official reports of an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man festival
The desert festival has been mired by wet weather but there are no credible reports of an Ebola outbreak.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Insect swarm at Baltimore festival were likely gnats, not deadly mosquitoes aimed at crowd
"Helicopter released deadly mosquitoes” at Baltimore’s AFRAM Festival.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Deadly mosquitoes did not swarm Baltimore music festival
CLAIM: Video shows deadly mosquitoes released at a Baltimore music festival. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. While concertgoers were swarmed by flying insects at one point during an African American music festival last month, concert goers were not bitten by
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mermaid Was NOT Found In Zimbabwe — Video Shows A 2015 Festival Performance In Poland
Does a video show a mermaid found in Zimbabwe? No, that's not true: The video shows part of a 2015 festival performance staged by city officials and cultural organizations in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. The claim appeared in a pos
Full Fact→ Video does not show Rishi Sunak’s staff celebrating Hindu festival in Downing Street
The footage was filmed in Canada, not London, and features officials from Ontario.
Snopes→ Nigerian City Celebrates Its Many Twins with Annual Festival
Nearly every family in the southwestern city of Igbo-Ora has twins or other multiple births, says local chief Jimoh Titiloye.
Logically→ During the Hindu festival of Navratri, Muslims burned a Hindu temple in Birmingham and beat up Hindus.
West Midlands Police clarified that the fire did not break out at a temple but at a supermarket in Birmingham. The fight was over an unrelated matter.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Pride Festival Booth Was NOT ‘Just Handing Out’ Letters Of Readiness For Gender Affirmation Surgery At Festival
Were mental health professionals at the Wisconsin Pride festival in August of 2022 "just handing out" letters declaring patients' readiness for gender affirmation surgery? No, that's not true: letters were not handed out. A photograph of
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Snopes→ Cancellation of Atlanta Festival Sparks New Fight over Guns
Some people are convinced Atlanta will lose more music festivals and performances on public land as organizers and artists learn that state law makes it nearly impossible for them to stop people from carrying guns among the alcohol-fueled crowds.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (July 26, 2022) – The nonprofit Poynter Institute and its Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking site PolitiFact will present the second annual “United Facts of America: A festival of […] The post Back by popular demand
Snopes→ Newport Folk Festival Includes Stage Powered by Bicycles
The Newport Folk Festival has a small outer stage that is being powered in part by festival-goers on stationary bicycles.
Logically→ The image shows litter from the aftermath of the 2022 Glastonbury festival, where Greta Thunberg gave a speech on climate change.
Snopes→ Gunman Kills 2 During Oslo Pride Festival; Terror Suspected
The Norwegian security service called it an "Islamist terror act" during the capital’s annual LGBTQ Pride festival.
Logically→ Non-Hindus cannot carry out short-term businesses inside or outside temple premises during festivals and fairs in Karnataka.
There are no legal restrictions against setting up stalls during religious fairs for short-term leases.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Image is from Woodstock festival in 1969, not from Australia freedom rally
Image shows "This is happening right now...in Australia!! 1.5 Million showed up for a Freedom March/Rally."
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘When We Were Young’ Festival’s ‘Red Flags,’ Astroworld Connection
On January 18 2022, posts about a “When We Were Young” festival created social media hype across platforms with a virally popular promotional flyer; KnowYourMeme.com described the event as an “Emo Fyre Festival”: When
Snopes→ Michael Lang, Woodstock Festival Co-Creator, Dies at 77
He reportedly had been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma and died at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Snopes→ 9-Year-Old Dallas Boy Dies After Astroworld Festival Crush
Ezra Blount of Dallas died at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.
Logically→ Deaths at the Astroworld music festival in Houston were caused by 5G and COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccines approved in the U.S. do not contain graphene oxide. Nor is there any evidence that the deaths took place because of 5G.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Travis Scott Was NOT Arrested In The Days Following Fatal Astroworld Festival
Was rapper Travis Scott arrested after his Astroworld festival concert, where eight people died? No, that's not true: The Houston Police Department told Lead Stories on November 10, 2021, that the claim was not accurate. Scott also tweete
Truth or Fiction?→ Travis Scott and Astroworld: Occult Conspiracies Follow Festival Tragedy
The November 5 2021 “crowd crush” tragedy at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston, Texas prompted extensive discussion on social media — complete with major threads focusing on purported occult overtones surrounding the
Snopes→ Indians Celebrate Festival of Light Amid COVID-19 Fears
Indians across the country began celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and rising air pollution.
Snopes→ At the Venice Film Festival, Cinema’s Future Looks Hopeful
Festival director: "The hope is that the audience will come back to the theaters, which is the best way to watch a movie."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The ‘Lovers And Friends Festival’ Lineup Is NOT A Fake — It’s Scheduled For May 2022
Is the "Lovers and Friends Festival" lineup a fake? No, that's not true: The music festival is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas in May 2022 with the artists listed on the festival's website. The claim of a fake appeared in a July 30,
Snopes→ Yes, the Lovers & Friends Festival Is Real
But it's also sold out.
Snopes→ Curtain Rises on the Tribeca Festival, and on New York, Too
Tribeca, which this year is being held two months later than usual, will be one of the biggest film festivals yet this year to go forward with a mostly in-person event.
Snopes→ ‘Turning Mourning into Dancing’: Festival to Remember Floyd
George Floyd, 46, who was Black, died on Memorial Day 2020 after then-Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck, pinning him to the ground.
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a Hindu festival, not people smashing idols because of Covid-19
A video shared hundreds of times on Facebook in South Africa claims that people in India are throwing away religious status because the deities supposedly failed to protect them from the Covid-19 surge sweeping the country. But the claim is false:
AFP Fact Check→ These images are from India’s Kumbh Mela festival in 2019, not 2021
Two aerial photos of massive crowds have been shared in Facebook posts that purport to show celebrations at the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in the northern Indian city of Haridwar as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases. However, the po
Snopes→ Religious Festival Stampede in Israel Kills 45, Hurts Dozens
It was one of the country's deadliest civilian disasters.
Snopes→ Burning Man Cancels 2021 Festival in Northern Nevada Desert
Burning Man organizers announced they are canceling this summer’s annual counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Snopes→ Is Ja Rule’s Online Platform Auctioning Rights to Viral Fyre Festival Sandwich Tweet?
The tweet was described as a “Meme. Cultural touchstone. Cheese sandwich.”
AFP Fact Check→ This video circulated online in 2019 in reports about Indian celebrities celebrating a Hindu festival
Footage of celebrities and politicians attending an event at the home of an Indian billionaire has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts in December 2020 alongside a claim that the gathering breached social dista
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated online since March 2020 — months before the Diwali festival in November
A video showing crowds of people igniting firecrackers has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows Diwali celebrations in the west Indian state of Rajasthan, despite a ban on the sale of firecrackers to t