Did Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Schultz say the "company has reached a critical point of decline amid global boycott," and did the BBC report his criticism, as a post on Instagram claimed? No, that's not true: A spokesperson f
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AllSides→ Unfounded Rumor Says Biden Had Undisclosed Medical Emergency in Vegas Mid-July 2024
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-medical-emergency-las-vegas/ In the months leading up to the No
PolitiFact→ Biden is back at the White House. Viral claims that he was dying are unfounded
Social media posts claimed President Joe Biden is missing, terminally ill, dying or already dead, after he exited the 2024 presidential race. But Biden is alive and healthy, per the White House. He is expected to address the nation July 24.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About 3-Year-Old Boy Found Walking Alone Are NOT Authentic — It’s Scam Aimed At Collecting Personal Information
Do posts about a "little boy approximately 3 years old" found and "saved" by "Deputy Ryan Braidley" authentically describe a real-life situation? No, that's not true: Near-identical versions appeared on social media, claiming the rescue h
AllSides→ Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/trump-allies-project-2025/index.html Donald Trump has lately m
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Unfounded social media posts claim actor Michael J. Fox doesn’t have Parkinson’s disease. He does
Michael J. Fox “doesn’t have Parkinson’s disease.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘3 Year Old Baby Girl’ Named ‘Bobbi Renae’ Was NOT Found In Various Locations — It’s Social Media Scam To Generate Engagement
Was the same "3 year old baby girl," whose name is listed as "Bobbi Renae," found in various locations? No, that's not true: Although social media posts making the claim use an image of a child who was found after being missing, the post
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the Gates Foundation didn’t fund research to make the ‘bird flu transmissible to humans’
The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a real list of drugs found in Justin Timberlake’s bloodstream after a DWI arrest
“Justin Timberlake allegedly had traces of molly, poppers, Truvada, and coke in his bloodstream following his DWI arrest in New York.”
Health Feedback→ Claim that Portuguese court found COVID-19 PCR tests to be “97% inaccurate” based on misinterpreted findings
REVIEW Instagram posts claiming “Court Holds PCR Covid Tests 97% Inaccurate” began appearing at the end of May 2024. These posts, published by accounts with tens of thousands of followers (see examples here, here, and here), contained a screensh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: SCAM Posts Push Claim About Found 2-Year-Old To Lure People To Share Them
Was an approximately 2-year-old-child, who was never reported missing, found in a town -- and are police keeping the child safe while looking for the child's guardian? No, that's not true: While this situation may have occurred somewhere
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walt Disney Was NOT A Founder Of NASA
Was Walt Disney a founder of NASA? No, that's not true: Disney founded an animation, television and movie studio as well as a theme park empire. He produced a television series about space travel in 1955 with a NASA rocket designer. This
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Are 75% of guns used in school shootings found unsecured in homes? Experts say more data is needed
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That A ‘White Hat’ Officer’s Wife Was Found Dead Under Suspicious Circumstances In North Carolina
Was the wife of a "White Hat officer" found dead under suspicious circumstances in North Carolina? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a website that publishes fabricated content. There is also no credible evidence to substantiate
AllSides→ Trump’s Unfounded ‘Colossal’ Tax Hike Warning
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/trumps-unfounded-colossal-tax-hike-warning/ On the day of the tax fil
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Unfounded ‘Colossal’ Tax Hike Warning
On the day of the tax filing deadline, former President Donald Trump went on Truth Social to misleadingly warn that if President Joe Biden is reelected, “you will soon be facing colossal tax HIKES.” But in his latest budget proposal, Biden
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab Has NOT Been Hospitalized; Rep Says On April 15, 2024, Schwab’s ‘Health Is Excellent’
Was World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab hospitalized as of mid-April 2024? No, that's not true: An organization representative told Lead Stories on April 15, 2024, that the organization has been "targeted by conspiracy narratives,"
FactCheck.org→ Posts Raise Unfounded Concerns About Aluminum in Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Small amounts of aluminum have been used for many decades to strengthen the immune response to vaccines. Exposure to high levels of aluminum has been associated with brain and bone problems, but there is no evidence that the level o
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Five years later, Texas never found voter registrations of 95,000 noncitizens
Texas found that 95,000 noncitizens were registered to vote.
Full Fact→ The Gates Foundation did not paralyse 300,000 children in India
There is no evidence to support this at all.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Ominous, Unfounded Claims About April 8 Eclipse Preparations
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Local governments are preparing residents for an influx of visitors during the April 8 solar eclipse that will be most visible along a narrow path through the U.S., with
PolitiFact→ Cannibalism in Haiti? Fact-checking the unfounded claims
As gang violence and political unrest grips Haiti, conservative commentators shared unfounded claims of widespread cannibalism, using years-old videos from other countries.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No proof a study found lab-grown meat funded by Bill Gates causes 'turbo cancer'
“Study reveals Bill Gates’ Fake Meat causes ‘turbo cancers’ in humans.”
PolitiFact→ A poll found 1 in 5 believe in covert Taylor Swift effort to help Biden win. What does that mean?
Eighteen percent of survey respondents said in February they believe a covert government effort exists for Taylor Swift to help Joe Biden win reelection. What does this finding really mean?
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make Unfounded Claim About Swift and Kelce’s Post-Election Plans
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Neither Taylor Swift nor Travis Kelce has endorsed a candidate in the 2024 presidential race as of Feb. 16. But social media posts are making the unfounded claim that the pa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show WEF Founder Klaus Schwab Wearing Tights, Garter, Swimsuit — It’s Different Person
Do viral photos show World Economic Forum founder Klaus Swab walking in public in tights, garter and what appears to be a woman's swimsuit? No, that's not true: Images in a social media post appear to show a Florida resident. Klaus Schwab
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – We fact-checked a years-old ‘Epstein list’ with 166 names. Here’s what we found
“Epstein List” shows 166 people connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Dispatch→ Reading the Founders’ Minds
Judges judging judging.
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Misuse Rat Study to Make Unfounded Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines and Autism
SciCheck Digest COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy benefits both mother and baby. Side effects are generally mild, and studies don’t show negative effects on the baby. A criticized study that gave COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant rats doesn’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 50,000+ Write-In Votes For Biden Were NOT ‘Found’ In New Hampshire
Were 50,000+ write-in votes for President Joe Biden "found" in New Hampshire to give him the win in the presidential primary? No, that's not true: The New Hampshire secretary of state's office told Lead Stories that the write-in votes wer
Logically→ Video of Davos 2024 ‘speaker’ insulting WEF founder Klaus Schwab is edited
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Zombie Deer Virus’ Did NOT Spread After Mark Zuckerberg’s Foundation Vaccinated Deer
Did the "zombie deer virus," officially known as chronic wasting disease, spread after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's foundation vaccinated deer across the country? No, that's not true: The foundation, better known as the Chan Zuckerberg
PolitiFact→ Breitbart – Very high COVID-19 viral levels found in wastewater, not in U.S. ‘water supply’
“Nationwide data reveals surging levels of newest COVID strain in water supply.”
Logically→ Edited news report used to claim human feces found near statue of Hindu deity in Canada
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wernher von Braun Was NOT The Founder Of NASA
Did German-born rocket engineer Wernher von Braun found the National Aeronautics and Space Administration? No, that's not true: The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 29, 1958, led
The Dispatch→ Where He Found Us
‘He meets us on our own terms because we cannot meet Him on His.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stephen King, Kevin Spacey Did NOT Announce They Will Leave US If ‘Epstein Client List’ Is Released — No Such Public Comments Found
Did actor Kevin Spacey or writer Stephen King say that they would leave the United States if the "Epstein Client List" is made public? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence that King or Spacey made such comments. The claim c
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Elon Musk and others spread meme reviving unfounded ‘pizzagate’ conspiracy theory
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
FactCheck.org→ Post Makes Unfounded Claim About Doctors Without Borders Worker
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Doctors Without Borders has been working in the West Bank since fighting intensified between the Israelis and Palestinians after Oct. 7. But a video post on social media
Truth or Fiction?→ Unfolding the Mystery: Founder of Radar Technology
Often lying behind shadows of technological advancements, the story of radar technology is a fascinating tale of human innovation. Although it may not be as sensational as the discovery of fire or as groundbreaking as the invention of the wheel, the