Gen. Michael E. Langley was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and grew up at military bases as his father served in the Air Force.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World’s First Female F-35 Fighter Pilot Did NOT Crash
Did the world's first female F-35 pilot crash a plane on its first flight? No, that's not true: According to Lt. Col. (retired) Christine Mau, she has "never crashed any airplane." A public affairs officer with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) c
Snopes→ Facebook Parent Meta Posts First Revenue Decline in History
The results largely followed a broader decline in the digital advertising market that is dinging Meta rivals such as Google, Twitter, and Snap.
Logically→ The first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are computer-generated.
The images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are authentic. Also, NASA has explained the Webb structure and the launch on its website.
Snopes→ Ivana Trump, First Wife of Former President, Dies at 73
Ivana Trump, a skier-turned-businesswoman who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City.
PolitiFact→ Lauren Boebert – No, Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, is not the first Mexican-born member of Congress
U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores is “the first Mexican-born member of Congress.”
Logically→ Monkeypox came about as a side effect of the polio vaccine, which was first injected into monkeys in Denmark in 1958.
Denmark reported the first monkeypox outbreak in 1958. There is no clinical evidence linking this outbreak to polio vaccines.
Snopes→ Biden Picks First Woman, Person of Color As Science Adviser
Biden nominated engineer and physicist Arati Prabhakar to the science adviser job, which also includes running the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Snopes→ Colbert Says His Staffers Guilty of ‘First-Degree Puppetry’
Stephen Colbert lashed out at those comparing the incident to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Is NOT The ‘First Man To Bring Computers Into This World,’ Is NOT Worth ‘Trillions And Trillions’
Is Bill Gates the "first man to bring computers into this world," and is he worth "trillions and trillions"? No, that's not true: A social media video post purporting to be sharing "the truth about Bill Gates" makes those claim but offers
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Data DOES Show British Children Up To 303 Times More Likely To Die From COVID After Vaccination Than Unvaccinated Kids — But Sickest Got Shots First
Does data from England show children are up to 303 times more likely to die from COVID-19 following vaccination than unvaccinated children? Yes, that's true, but raw numbers don't tell the full story. "The numbers appear correct, but ...
Logically→ This image shows a 282-year-old East India Company ship returning to London for the first time since 1787.
The image, taken in 2007, shows a replica of Sweden's Gotheborg ship on the Thames at Tower Bridge. The original shipwrecked in 1745.
Logically→ When Roe v. Wade was first recognised in 1973, pro-lifers didn’t riot.
Anti-abortion campaigners have participated in both violent and non-violent protests since Roe v. Wade was ruled.
Truth or Fiction?→ … ‘In the 90s, the [Supreme] Court Held That Protesting Outside of the Homes of Abortion Clinic Employees Is Protected by the First Amendment’
On May 9 2022, discourse about the SCOTUS/Roe v. Wade leak turned to ongoing protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices — and a very popular tweet suggested that in the 1990s, that same court ruled that protests outside the homes of abo
Snopes→ First Case of Human Bird Flu Infection Confirmed in Colorado
A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first recent confirmed case of a human infected with the disease.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of President, First Lady Does NOT Show Fake Presidential Seal On White House Balcony For 2022 Easter Egg Roll
Does a photo of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden show a fake presidential seal? No, that's not true: A fuzzy photograph from the April 18, 2022, Easter Egg Roll at the White House does show the real presidential seal, as prov
AllSides→ Biden’s Numbers (First Quarterly Update)
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/04/bidens-numbers-first-quarterly-update/ Here’s how the U.S. has been
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers (First Quarterly Update)
Summary Here’s how the U.S. has been performing since President Joe Biden assumed office: The economy regained 7.9 million jobs, getting within 1.6 million of the peak employment before the pandemic. Unemployment fell to 3.6%; unfilled job openi
Snopes→ Jackson Confirmed As First Black Female High Court Justice
The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice.
PolitiFact→ Jennifer Konfrst – Iowa’s Student First voucher bill would benefit 2 percent of Iowa school children
Only 2% of K-12 students would benefit from Iowa’s school voucher bill.
Logically→ This image shows Natasha Perakov, the first Ukrainian female fighter pilot, who died fighting the Russian invasion.
The photo identifying Natasha Perakov is taken from a shopping site. Nadiya Savchenko is Ukraine's first female combat pilot, and she is still alive.
Snopes→ Did Senate Hearings for Supreme Court Start With First Jewish Nominee?
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell provided some interesting historical background to Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings in March 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Filibuster First Nomination Of A Black Woman To SCOTUS
Did Republicans nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, only for her nomination to be blocked and filibustered by then-Sen. Joe Biden? No, that's not true: Janice Rogers Brown was only nominated for and confirmed as a ju
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Janice Rogers Brown wasn’t the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court
Republicans “nominated the 1st Black woman to the SCOTUS & she was BLOCKED & filibustered by… Joe Biden.”
AllSides→ Here’s How the First Fact-Checkers Were Able to Do Their Jobs Before the Internet
https://time.com/4858683/fact-checking-history/ At TIME Magazine’s 20th anniversary dinner, in 1943,
Full Fact→ Home Office claim to have launched first Ukrainian visa scheme lacks context
“The UK Government’s Ukraine Family Scheme is the first visa scheme in the world to launch since President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.” Home Office, 7 March 2022. The Home Office has said that the UK Government’s Ukraine
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
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Oil production in Biden’s first year on par with Trump
"Gas is high because they shut down production in the U.S.” under the Biden administration.
PolitiFact→ Richard Irvin – Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin says he reduced homicides by 40% his first year in office
"In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukraine’s First Female Fighter Pilot ‘Natasha Perakov’ Did NOT Die In Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Did Ukraine's "first female fighter pilot" Natasha Perakov die after sustaining critical wounds in the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: Not only is a picture used to identify Perakov actually of another service member in
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Tweet Spreads False Account of ‘First American Casualty’ in Ukraine
Quick Take “Bernie Gores” was not killed in Afghanistan in August, and he wasn’t the “first American casualty of the Ukraine crisis.” He doesn’t exist. But Facebook users were faked out by fabricated tweets that purport to show CNN
Logically→ Three hundred civilians died in the first few hours of Russia’s assault on Ukraine, reports Indian media.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the death of 137 people, including civilians and military, on the night of February 24.
Logically→ This is the first-ever cat photo.
There are photos of cats that predate this particular photo.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2022 Was NOT The First Time CDC Talked About Blood Clots Ahead Of Super Bowl
Was 2022 the first time the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention talked about blood clots ahead of the Super Bowl? No, that's not true: The CDC also publicized blood clots in connection with the NFL championship on Twitter before th
Snopes→ Did Einstein’s First Wife Co-Author His Work Without Credit?
The Nobel Prize winner may have had some support in the early years of his career.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘First Article Of Impeachment Laid Out Against Joe Biden,’ February 2022 Headline
On February 9 2022, Trendolizer identified an article that was purportedly (and partly) headlined, “First Article of Impeachment Laid Out Against Joe Biden.” Trendolizer flagged it as virally popular; Facebook shares of the link looked lik
Snopes→ Walter Arnold, January 1896: Britain’s First Speeding Ticket?
At the time, horseless carriages in the U.K. could not exceed 4 mph, and had to be accompanied by an operator waving a red flag as a warning to others.
Poynter→ Sean Hannity claimed Joe Biden is the first president to prioritize race, gender in picking a Supreme Court nominee. That’s not true.
Fox News host Sean Hannity misleadingly claimed that President Joe Biden was venturing into unprecedented territory with his pledge to nominate a Black woman as a replacement for U.S. Supreme […] The post Sean Hannity claimed Joe Biden is the fir
PolitiFact→ Sean Hannity – Joe Biden isn’t first to prioritize race, gender in picking SCOTUS nominee, as Sean Hannity claimed
“There's never been a president (before Joe Biden) that has made race and gender the defining factor” for a Supreme Court nomination.
Snopes→ Is Scooby Doo’s First Name Actually ‘Scoobert’?
Scoobert-doobert-doo — who are you?