We’ve taken a look at some of the claims made by the final two contenders to be the next Prime Minister during Sky News’s “The Battle For Number 10” Q&A.
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Snopes→ Did Kevin Costner Wear a Liz Cheney Shirt?
The image of the "Yellowstone" star sporting a white T with a political message on it went viral.
Full Fact→ Would Liz Truss’s plans for regional pay boards have saved £8.8 billion?
We look at the detail of the Conservative leadership candidate’s proposals for public sector pay, which she has now dropped after criticism.
Full Fact→ Tweet from Liz Truss’s father calling her ‘poo-poo bear’ is fake
Her father did not tweet saying she couldn’t tie her shoelaces until she was 12.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Test Swabs Sterilized Using Ethylene Oxide Are NOT Unsafe When Used Daily
Are disposable COVID-19 testing swabs that have been sterilized using ethylene oxide (EO) gas considered carcinogenic and dangerous when used daily? No, that's not true: Only minuscule amounts of EO remain after processing. Matthew J. Ard
PolitiFact→ Blake Masters – Fact-checking Blake Masters’: Mark Kelly voted to legalize abortion ‘up until the moment of birth’
Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.”
Full Fact→ BBC Conservative leadership debate: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fact checked
We’ve taken a closer look at the claims made by the final two contenders to be the next Prime Minister.
Snopes→ Liz Cheney Braces for Primary Loss As Focus Shifts to 2024
Three weeks before the most significant election of her political career, Liz Cheney was nowhere to be seen as thousands of voters gathered for a massive midsummer rodeo and cowboy festival in Wyoming’s largest city.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: North Carolina Bill Is NOT Expected To Legalize Murdering A Pregnant Woman To Defend Baby’s Life
Is North Carolina House Bill 158 expected to legalize the murder of a pregnant woman if the person who kills the woman is defending the life of the baby? Not really: Although state representatives did propose HB158 -- which would allow a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Capitalized Name Does NOT Mean Individual Is A Corporation Rather Than A Person
Does an individual's name being completely capitalized on legal documents mean that they are actually considered a corporation, not an individual? No, that's not true: This assertion, often embraced by followers of the sovereign citizens
Snopes→ Do Some Woodpeckers Store Acorns in Specialized Tree Holes?
Some trees are said to have up to 50,000 holes in them, bored by generations of acorn woodpeckers.
Snopes→ Police: 5 Dead, 19 Hospitalized in Shooting at July 4 Parade
The shooting started just minutes after the parade began in Highland Park, north of Chicago.
Logically→ Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were convicted of the 1964 disappearance of ten students from Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada.
ITCCS, the purported court that ruled the Queen and Prince Philip guilty of abducting pupils from Kamloops, is a one-person blog with no legal status.
Logically→ A video shows a mob vandalizing a Hindu temple and attacking a priest in Karachi, Pakistan.
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PolitiFact→ Gun Owners of America – A House proposal does not criminalize gun owners for performing maintenance on their guns
“U.S. House of Reps. votes 226-194 to criminalize disassembling, cleaning, and re-assembling your gun without a firearm manufacturer’s license, including 8 Republicans!”
Snopes→ Did Trump Solicit Donations, Attack Liz Cheney to Mark His Birthday?
Here's how to tell whether a "Statement by Donald J. Trump" is actually a statement by Donald J. Trump...
Snopes→ Did Queen Elizabeth Describe a Black Ambassador as a ‘Gorilla’?
In June 2022, the Platinum Jubilee revived a disturbing old anecdote that suggested casual racism on the part of Elizabeth II.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: House Did NOT Vote to Criminalize Disassembling, Cleaning And Reassembling Your Gun
Did the House of Representatives vote to criminalize disassembling, cleaning and reassembling your gun? No, that's not true: A House gun control bill, passed June 8, 2022, would regulate ghost guns, untraceable firearms that can be assemb
Snopes→ Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee Celebration Takes a Ratings Bow
The U.S. split from Great Britain is history, but the monarchy still has a hold on its former colony's heart.
Snopes→ ‘Bewitched’ Statue in Salem Vandalized with Red Paint
In the wiggle of a nose, a man partially covered the “Bewitched” statue in Salem with red paint.
Snopes→ Queen Elizabeth II Skips Platinum Jubilee Church Service
The queen skipped the event at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London due to difficulties getting around that have limited the 96-year-old monarch’s public engagements in recent months.
Snopes→ Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Kicks off with Pomp
Formal celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee began with Trooping the Color, an annual military review that has marked the sovereign’s official birthday since 1760.
Snopes→ US Soccer Equalizes Pay in Milestone with Women, Men
The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men's and women's teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth II Did NOT Congratulate Marcos Jr. On May 11, 2022, For His Presidential Election Win — It’s Satire Post
Did Queen Elizabeth II congratulate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the presumptive president-elect of the Philippines, on May 11, 2022, for his presidential election win? No, that's not true: A social media post claiming that the queen called Marc
Logically→ A video shows Muslim men vandalizing Naopara Mahishasur railway station in West Bengal because the train sounds disturbed their namaz.
A 2019 video of anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests has been misattributed to 2022 with a false communal narrative.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth Did NOT ‘Surprise Everyone By Declaring New King And Queen’ — Line Of Succession Is Unchanged
Did the queen "surprise everyone by declaring new king and queen"? No, that's not true: Queen Elizabeth, the 96-year-old British monarch, has not decided that her son Charles and his wife Camilla will be skipped over in favor of Prince Wi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ruben The Cat Was NOT Knighted By Queen Elizabeth II — Post Was An April Fools’ Prank
Did Queen Elizabeth II award the honors of Knight Bachelor to a cat named Ruben? No, that's not true: This post was made on April Fools' Day 2022. The original photo from October 10, 2019, was digitally altered to replace stage actor Sir
Snopes→ Did Queen Elizabeth Give a Knighthood to a Cat Named Ruben?
Social media users enthusiastically shared a post about "Sir Ruben J. Cat, KBE," in April 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Acknowledge Existence Of Alien Civilizations — Story Originated On Satire Site
Did "NASA spokeswoman Trish Chamberson" acknowledge the existence of an alien civilization? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesperson told Lead Stories, "There is no truth to this claim," and added that there is no NASA spokeswoman named T
FactCheck.org→ California Not Poised to ‘Legalize Infanticide’
Quick Take A California bill would do away with mandatory investigations of stillbirths. Opponents misleadingly claim it would “legalize infanticide.” The bill would prevent prosecution in cases of “perinatal death due to a pregnancy-
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Infant daughter of Duke and Duchess of Sussex has not met Queen Elizabeth
Lilibet, baby daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, "made her first appearance with the queen.”
Snopes→ Queen Elizabeth II Privately Marks Her 96th Birthday
Queen Elizabeth II was marking her 96th birthday privately, retreating to the Sandringham estate in eastern England.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Putin did not nationalize Russian central bank, and Rothchilds never controlled Russia
Vladimir Putin “ended the Rothschild's control over Russia by nationalizing the Russian centralized bank."
Snopes→ Mel Gibson Didn’t Say ‘Hollywood is an Institutionalized Pedophile Ring’
In 2017, a network of hoax websites published a series of false claims that still get shared today.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT End Rothschild Control Over Russia By Nationalizing Russian Central Bank — State Bank Was Created More Than A Century Ago
Did Russian leader Vladimir Putin end the Rothschild family's control over Russia by nationalizing Russia's central bank? No, that's not true: Russia has had a central bank for more than 160 years. Alexander II, the emperor of Russia, sig
Snopes→ Liz Sheridan, Jerry’s Doting Mom on ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies at 93
Sheridan died in her sleep from natural causes, five days after her April 10 birthday, said Amanda Hendon, her longtime representative and friend.
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Reduce Hospitalization and Death Rates, Contrary to Social Media Claims
SciCheck Digest Those who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are more prone to serious illness and are dying at higher rates than those who are vaccinated. But partisan social media accounts, including a post by a member of former President Donald Tru
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hospitalizations, deaths are not the same among unvaccinated and vaccinated with COVID-19
As with people vaccinated against COVID-19, “many people who were NOT vaccinated also experienced zero or mild symptoms.”
Logically→ Digitalizing the economy supports the New World Order that seizes control of people’s lives.
Dr. Pippa Malmgren's words have been quoted out of context. She talked about the future of money becoming digital and how it could support the world.
Snopes→ Would a Proposed Tennessee Law ‘Legalize Child Marriage’?
House Bill 0233 was a GOP attempt to give legal recognition to exclusively heterosexual, "common law" marriages.