Search Results (111) for: mcdonald's
Logically→ No, video doesn’t show a protest in France against McDonald’s for supporting Israel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Did NOT Change Its Wrappers To Blue and White In Support Of Israel
Did McDonald's change its food wrappers to blue and white, the colors of the Israeli flag, in support of Israel during the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The fast food chain told Lead Stories that the wrappers were not i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Did NOT Sue McDonald’s For Still Being Depressed After Eating A Happy Meal — It’s ‘Fiction’
Did a man sue McDonald's "for still being depressed after eating a Happy Meal"? No, that's not true: This claim is from a website that has a disclaimer saying all of its content is "fiction ... and shouldn't be taken as real." Google News
Logically→ No, McDonald’s french fries do not contain potatoes sprayed with a toxic pesticide called ‘monitor’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Was NOT Caught Using Human Meat In Its ‘Oklahoma City Meat Factory’
Was human meat discovered in a McDonald's meat factory in Oklahoma City? No, that's not true: The video in this post was taken from a now-defunct satirical website and has been around since at least 2014. The claim resurfaced in a post on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Does NOT Use Human Flesh For Hamburgers, Sausages — Video Shows Lamb Roasting
Does a viral image prove that McDonald's uses human flesh for making "hamburgers and sasuages" "worldwide"? No, that's not true: The video screenshot, accompanied by misleading and unrelated hashtags, only shows a lamb being prepared on a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Fries Do NOT Contain An Insecticide Named Monitor
Does McDonald's use a toxic insecticide named Methamidophos, or Monitor, on the potatoes used for fries? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Lamb Weston, one of McDonald's primary potato suppliers, denied the claim to Lead Stories. Use o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Did NOT Pay $1.5M To Customer Denied Extra Napkins
Did McDonald's pay $1.5 million in damages to a Black customer who asked a McDonald's manager for extra napkins and instead received a racist slur? No, that's not true: Court records show that the presiding judge dismissed the customer's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Woman Experienced Fentanyl Overdose After Touching Folded Dollar Bill She Found At Tennessee McDonald’s
Did a woman experience a fentanyl overdose after touching a folded dollar bill she found at a Nashville McDonald's? No, there's no evidence of that: The dollar bill was never tested for narcotics and the woman was never treated for a fent
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Did NOT Place 5,000 Condoms In Happy Meals — It’s From Humor Website
Did McDonald's accidentally give out 5,000 condoms with Happy Meals? No, that's not true: The site this claim originated from is satirical. There is no evidence from any trusted news organizations that this event has ever occurred. The cl
Logically→ McDonald’s uses human meat in its burgers.
In a tweet to its user, McDonald's refuted the claim.
Logically→ McDonald’s ice cream contains xylitol which is poisonous to dogs.
Xylitol is not listed as an ingredient in McDonald's ice creams or desserts. The company has also confirmed that such claims are false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Xylitol Is NOT An Ingredient Found In McDonald’s Ice Cream — But Xylitol IS Harmful To Dogs
Does McDonald's ice cream contain xylitol, a type of sugar that is harmful to dogs? This claim contains falsehood and some truth: No, McDonald's ice cream does not contain xylitol. A spokesperson from McDonald's USA told Lead Stories that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chef Jamie Oliver Did NOT Beat McDonald’s In Legal Battle Over Processed Beef — Not Used By McDonald’s Since 2011
Did McDonald's lose a legal battle with chef Jamie Oliver? Was it proven that lean finely textured beef treated with ammonium hydroxide was highly toxic or not fit for human consumption? No, neither are true: Oliver did not win a legal b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A McDonald’s In Rome, Georgia, Is NOT Offering A Starting Wage Of $31 An Hour
Is a McDonald's in Rome, Georgia, offering a starting wage of $31 an hour? No, that's not true: The claim is posted on a satirical site and is not meant to be real. A manager at a McDonald's in Rome told Lead Stories it's a hoax. Pay at t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: French Fry Ad Featuring ‘Sexy Ronald’ Is NOT From McDonald’s In Japan
Did McDonald's in Japan run an ad campaign that featured a shirtless Ronald McDonald in red briefs overflowing with french fries? No, that's not true: In 2019, this french fry ad was promoting a much smaller Japanese restaurant chain call
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A McDonald’s In Maryland Was NOT Closed Due To A Sex Trafficking Investigation
Was a McDonald's in Elkton, Maryland, closed due to a sex trafficking investigation? No, that's not true. Local police said they have no such case underway and the claim was posted on a fake "Elkton, MD" Facebook page that is not the page
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Boxes Marked ‘Boneless Pork Rectums’ Are Not For McDonald’s
Did someone photograph a stack of boxes labeled 'Boneless Pork Rectums' which also bore a sticker that appears to be the McDonald's logo? No, that's not true: This photo of boxes, without the McDonald's logo, appears to be a real photo th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Did NOT Remove American Flags In Support Of Antifa And BLM
Did McDonald's remove American flags in support of Antifa and Black Lives Matter? No, that's not true: The fast food company denied the claim in a statement to Lead Stories. The claim appeared as a post (archived here) published by Facebo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT All McDonald’s Restaurants Offering Free Meals To All School-Age Children – Just A few In North Carolina For Some Kids
Did McDonald's begin offering free meals to all school-age children amid the coronavirus outbreak? No, this is misleading. Several North Carolina franchises of the most recognized fast food giant in the world are offering children free meals d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT All McDonald’s Restaurants Offering Free Meals To All School-Age Children – Just A few In North Carolina For Some Kids
Did McDonald's begin offering free meals to all school-age children amid the coronavirus outbreak? No, this is misleading. Several North Carolina franchises of the most recognized fast food giant in the world are offering children free meals d
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Kansas Officer Did NOT Find Vulgar Message On His McDonald’s Coffee Cup
Did a Kansas police officer find a vulgar message on his McDonald's coffee cup? No, it's not true: The officer completely made up the story, and he is now out of the job he held for just two months. The story gained traction on social media an
Lead Stories→ Fake News: McDonald’s NOT Celebrating 80th Anniversary By Giving 3 Big Mac Meals For Sharing Post
Is McDonald's celebrating the fast-food chain's 80th anniversary by giving three Big Mac meals to everyone who shares a certain Facebook post? No, that's not true: It is a scam targeted at Facebook users in the United States by someone in Indi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Turns Out McDonald’s French Fries Can NOT Cure Baldness
Can McDonald's french fries cure baldness? No, that's not true: Researchers have found that an ingredient used in the making of McDonald's fries -- in a very small amount -- might also be used as a "culture vessel" in the mass production of ha
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man NOT Rushed To Hospital After Eating 413 Chicken Nuggets at McDonald’s
Was 25-year-old Anthony Thomas paralyzed after eating 413 chicken nuggets at McDonald's while trying to break his personal record? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a "fauxtire" site that invents tales of bizarre crimes, weird sex
ABC News→ NOT REAL NEWS: McDonald’s not adding pot-smoking centers
NOT REAL NEWS: Colorado McDonald's franchises not converting play areas into pot-smoking centers
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof Transplanted Organs Transmit Character Traits From Donor To Recipient
Do transplanted organs transmit character traits from the donor to the person receiving them, as a video on social media claims? No, that's not true: Transplant surgeons and a nonprofit for transplant patients told Lead Stories that no sc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘British Policeman’ ‘Set On Fire At A Hamas Demonstration’ In 2023
Does a video on social media show a British law enforcement officer engulfed in flames during a rally related to the 2023 Hamas-Israel war? No, that's not true: The footage predates the conflict and the incident occurred far from the Midd
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Glory To Urine’ Was NOT Displayed On A Large LED Billboard Near New York City’s Times Square — Video Manipulation
Did an LED billboard at the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan feature the words "Glory to Urine" against a waving blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to New York City for the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flagger In Metro Chicago NOT Killed By Fentanyl-Laced Water Given By Person In Passing Car
Did a flagger working for "NPL Pipeline Company in the Chicago suburbs" die after being given a bottle of water "suspected" of being "laced with fentanyl"? No, that's not true: NPL told Lead Stories that the report is "entirely false." Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Trump Arrest Are NOT Real Photos But AI-Generated Images — There Had Been No Arrest When Photos Appeared
Do these photos show former President Donald Trump being arrested by a group of New York City law enforcement officers? No, that's not true: At the time these images appeared online, on March 20, 2023, and March 21, 2023, Trump had not be
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fentanyl Does NOT Kill On Skin Contact
Can fentanyl be lethal during brief contact with the skin? No, that's not true: While this drug can alleviate pain in cancer and post-surgery patients in hospital settings via skin patches, this type of absorption is an extremely slow pro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Was NOT Killed In SpaceX Rocket Test
Was billionaire Elon Musk killed in a rocket testing mishap at his space exploration company, SpaceX? No, that's not true: Musk has been active on his verified Twitter account since the claim was published and news organizations were not
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The pesticide Monitor hasn’t been used on potatoes since 2009
McDonald's uses potatoes sprayed with a highly toxic pesticide called Monitor.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Fentanyl Overdose Not Possible Through Skin Exposure
(Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)A widely shared article from WKRN Nashville claims that a woman was “hospitalized after picking up $1 bill in Nashville.” The story goes on to claim that only minutes after picking u
Snopes→ McDonald’s to Sell Its Russian Business, Try to Keep Workers
McDonald's said that it has started the process of selling its Russian business, which includes 850 restaurants that employ 62,000 people.
Truth or Fiction?→ Not Just Freshii: U.S. Restaurant Chains Have Tested Outsourcing Cashiers for Years
While it quickly attracted attention online in April 2022, the introduction of “Virtual cashiers” in a string of grocery stores in Canada is only the latest iteration of companies testing the idea of outsourcing customer-service functions.
FactCheck.org→ McDonald’s Ice Cream Isn’t Toxic for Dogs, Contrary to Viral Posts
Quick Take The ingredients of McDonald’s restaurant food have been the subject of bogus claims in social media posts in recent years. In April, posts falsely claimed the fast-food chain includes xylitol, which is toxic to dogs, in its ice cream.
Snopes→ Does McDonald’s Ice Cream Contain Xylitol?
Snopes contacted the company's corporate communications team after a rumor went viral on Facebook about xylitol and McDonald's ice cream.