Does the song "Jingle Bells" make a hidden reference to slaves forced to wear bells so they could be easily tracked if they tried to escape under the cover of night? No, that's not true: The song "Jingle Bells," originally named "One Hors
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lack Of Presidential Seal Does NOT Mean Biden Isn’t President
Does the lack of the presidential seal on a podium from which Joe Biden spoke mean he's not really president? No, that's not true: Biden is the president of the United States. There is no requirement that presidents speak with the seal an
Logically→ The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19.
WHO chief received his COVID-19 vaccine in May 2021. An interview snippet taken out of context was shared to claim that he is not vaccinated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2 German Weather Maps Do NOT Prove Climate Change Isn’t Real
Does a comparison of two German news channel weather maps -- one from 2017 and one from 2022 -- prove that climate change isn't real? No, that's not true: Although the map from 2017 has higher temperatures than the 2022 map, one is a topo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Institutes Of Health Study Does NOT Find Long COVID Isn’t Real
Does a new National Institutes of Health study find that long COVID isn't real? No, that's not true: Nowhere in the study do the authors say long COVID, also known as post-acute sequelae of SARS CoV-2 infection (PASC), is fake. Lead stud
Full Fact→ Yellow Card data isn’t proof of Covid-19 vaccine deaths
A widely shared Facebook post contains an image featuring the logos of gov.uk and the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) Yellow Card reporting scheme. The graphic says “1517 deaths 1,102,228 adverse reactions”
Full Fact→ Telegraph headline linking depression and social media isn’t backed up by article
“Doubling of teenage depression rates linked to social media use” Daily Telegraph print edition, 28 April 2021 A headline in the Daily Telegraph has claimed that teenage depression rates doubling is linked to social media use. The article a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Details Of Inaugural Wreath Ceremony Do NOT Mean Biden Isn’t Official President
Is Joe Biden not the official president because soldiers at a wreath ceremony did not wear their decorations on their coats and the 21-gun salute was moved to Arlington Cemetery on January 20, 2021? No, that's not true: Biden is the offic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Details Of Inaugural Wreath Ceremony Do NOT Mean Biden Isn’t Official President
Is Joe Biden not the official president because soldiers at a wreath ceremony did not wear their decorations on their coats and the 21-gun salute was moved to Arlington Cemetery on January 20, 2021? No, that's not true: Biden is the offic
Logically→ Joe Biden isn’t President-Elect until Trump concedes the election.
The winner of a presidential election is conventionally known as President-Elect. A concession is not required for the title to be used.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Ban This ‘President Trump Campaign Ad’ — Which Isn’t Really A Trump Ad
Did Facebook ban this "President Trump campaign ad"? No, that's not true. It goes without saying that videos playing on a platform proclaiming they are banned by that platform have not been banned. Those behind such posts use them as a wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Amy Barrett Did NOT Say During Her Confirmation Hearing She Isn’t Using Notes Because ‘I’ve Got Seven Kids … I’m Used To Stupid Questions’
Did Amy Coney Barrett say during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing she s wanot using notes because she has seven kids and is "used to stupid questions"? No, that's not true: The quote was incorrectly attributed to her. In a video of
Full Fact→ It’s not true that data on causes of death isn’t published
“We know that every single death has to be recorded and logged. So what, apart from simple old age (the vast majority and undisputed) are the principal death causes in our society? “Well, there are 20 to 40 diseases and illnesses that have
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Muslamian Council Named ICE Did NOT Say ‘If Pork Isn’t Banned, We’ll Have To Leave America’
Did an organization named "Islamia Coexistence Embassy" (ICE) claim they would leave America if pork wasn't banned? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans in
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Julia Roberts Did NOT Say ‘Michelle Obama Isn’t Fit To Clean Melania’s Toilet’
Did Julia Roberts say Michelle Obama isn't fit to clean Melania Trump's toilet'? No, that's not true: the story was put out by a site once notorious for taking existing news reports and spicing them up with some invented facts to get a more sp
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Mexico Isn’t Paying For The Border Wall, Military Unlikely To Build It
With a proposed government funding bill not putting money into President Trump's border wall, he's now talking about different ways to complete his long-promised project.(Image credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Mexico Isn’t Paying For The Border Wall, Military Unlikely To Build It
With a proposed government funding bill not putting money into President Trump's border wall, he's now talking about different ways to complete his long-promised project.(Image credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images)
ABC News→ NOT REAL NEWS: Recreational marijuana isn’t legal in Florida
NOT REAL NEWS: Florida lawmakers haven't legalized recreational marijuana use, although some people have access to medical marijuana
ABC News→ AP FACT CHECK: Trump says ‘Obamacare’ is repealed. It isn’t.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's report on the death of 'Obamacare' is premature
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Astronaut Karen Nyberg Faking Visit To International Space Station — It’s Someone Else
Does a video on social media show NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg faking a visit to the International Space Station (ISS) in front of a green screen? No, that's not true: In the original version of the clip, the narrator never identifies the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence That Drinking Urine Will Improve Eyesight
Does drinking urine improve eyesight? No, that's not true: A medical doctor told Lead Stories there are no clinical studies concluding that drinking urine would improve one's eyesight. In addition, drinking urine can give the body bacteri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Sesame Seeds CANNOT Heal ‘All Chronic Illnesses After 100 Days’
Can taking black sesame seeds heal "all chronic illnesses after 100 days"? No, that's not true: There are no cures for many chronic illnesses, from heart disease to cancer to diabetes, and the simple treatment of eating black sesame seeds
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Picture Does NOT Show Biden’s Senior Adviser John Podesta
Was John Podesta, a career politician and high-ranking operative of the Democratic Party serving as President Joe Biden's senior clean energy adviser, caught on camera dancing while naked? No, that's not true: In 2023, a tweet recycled pr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video, Paper Do NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Causes Brain Injury, Heart Damage
Do a paper published in a medical journal and a video based on it prove the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine causes brain and heart damage? No, that's not true: The paper looks at the case of a single elderly man with Parkinson's disease who died
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Figment The Dragon Is NOT Slated To Replace Mickey Mouse As Disney Mascot In 2024
Did Disney decide to remove Mickey Mouse as the official mascot in 2024 because the famous mouse's copyright is going to expire -- and will the purple dragon Figment take Mickey's place? No, that's not true: The claim, along with a digita
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Our Bodies Do NOT Need ‘Electric’ And ‘Magnetic Foods’ — There Are No Such Things
Are there "electric" and "magnetic" foods that people should be eating in balance with each other to give their bodies what they need? No, that's not true: Neither term is used to describe food in the disciplines of food science, nutritio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BMJ Paper Does NOT Show COVID Vaccine Causes 5x More Myocarditis Than Virus, 10X More In Youths
Does a new paper published in BMJ Medicine show that the COVID vaccine causes five times more myocarditis than the COVID virus and 10 times more in young people? No, that's not true: One of the study's authors told Lead Stories in a Febru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Provides NO Conclusive Evidence Vitamin D Protects Against COVID-19
Does a study released in early 2023 provide conclusive proof that vitamin D greatly reduces the risk of being admitted to a hospital's intensive care unit due to COVID-19? No, that's not true: While vitamin D is known to have a role in th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: RNA Technology Is NOT Causing Chickens To Have Fertility Problems, Eggs NOT Unsafe For Human Consumption
Is the same RNA technology found in COVID-19 shots now being added to chicken feed, causing the poultry that eats it to have fertility problems? No, that's not true: "Commercial feed manufacturers are not adding RNA to chicken feed," a sp
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Damar Hamlin Did NOT Die On Field, NFL NOT Covering It Up
Did football player Damar Hamlin die on the field in early January 2023 and is the NFL covering it up? No, that's not true: Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, did collapse in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals but was revived by m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Black Seed Powder, Organic Honey And Lemon Cures Cancer
Do the ingredients black seed powder, organic honey and organic lemon cure any cancer? No, that's not true: A clinical dietician told Lead Stories that none of these foods are a cure for cancer. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokes
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Andrew Tate Has NOT Been Found Guilty And Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison As Of January 24, 2023
Was Andrew Tate found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison as of January 24, 2023? No, that's not true: The former kickboxing champion and internet influencer remained in detention as of January 24, 2023, but had not been tried, con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walt Disney Will NOT Replace Benjamin Franklin On $100 Bills In 2023
Will the face of Walt Disney replace Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill in 2023? No, that's not true: Neither the Walt Disney Company nor the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced such a change as of January 23, 2023. The article
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Social Security Headquarters ‘Abandoned’ In January 2023
Does a video circulating on social media prove that the Social Security Administration (SSA) headquarters in Maryland was abandoned and "nobody works there" as of January 2023? No, that's not true: The clip was shot in 2022, during a COVI
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Propose Ban On Gas Stoves
Did President Joe Biden propose a ban on gas stoves? No, that's not true: He is against the idea of a future ban on gas stoves, a White House spokesperson has said. A Consumer Product Safety commissioner said gas stoves posed a "hidden ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Damar Hamlin Ambulance Matches Ones Used By Ambulance Company — License Plate, Logo, Brand All Check Out
Were there questionable things about the ambulance that carried Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin from the field that "just doesn't add up"? No, that's not true: A series of vague questions intended to inspire uncertainty are based on fal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Are NOT ‘Massive Structures’ Or ‘Lost City’ Located Below Antarctica
Are there massive hidden structures located below Antarctica, hiding a "lost city unlike any other"? No, that's not true: There is no written record, geological or archeological evidence to prove that there are hidden structures or a lost
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alyssa Milano’s ‘Temper Tantrum’ Over Elon Musk Has NOT Cost Her $13 Million — Story From Satire Website
Did Alyssa Milano's "temper tantrum" over Elon Musk cost her $13 million? No, that's not true: This satirical article was published by a website connected to the satire network, America's Last Line of Defense, which clearly identifies its
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Higgins is not stationed at the hospital with Hamlin; he is attending Cincinnati Bengals’ practices
Tee Higgins "isn't even leaving the hospital till he knows (Damar) Hamlin is OK."