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Snopes→ Did George Clooney Give Each of His 14 Best Friends Suitcases Filled with $1 Million?
It pays to be close to the Hollywood actor.
Top Fact Checks→ Dolly Parton supported the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine research with $1 million donations.
Singer Dolly Parton via Instagram acknowledged her $1 million contribution towards COVID-19 research at Vanderbilt University.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘This Is a Line For a Food Bank in Dallas, Congress Has Decided to Leave Millions of Americans to Suffer and Die’
On November 18 2020, the Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) tweeted a photograph purportedly showing cars waiting to get to a food bank in Dallas, Texas: This is a line for a food bank in Dallas. Congress has decided to leave millions of Americans t
Snopes→ Trump Pays $3 Million for Recount of 2 Wisconsin Counties
The president paid for recounts that cover Milwaukee and Dane counties, two heavily Democratic areas.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘DC Park Service’ Did NOT Put The Number Of People Attending The ‘Million MAGA March’ At 11,600
Did the "DC Park Service" put the number of people attending the "Million MAGA March" in Washington, D.C., at 11,600? No, that's not true. No agency released that number as an official crowd estimate. The National Park Service, not the "D
Snopes→ Did Biden’s Cancer Charity Spend Millions on Salaries and Nothing on Research?
Sometimes disinformation states the facts correctly but frames them misleadingly.
TruthOrFiction→ This Is Not the ‘Million MAGA March’ on Washington in November 2020
On November 14 and 15 2020, purported aerial photographs of the misleadingly named “Million MAGA March” appeared on Twitter: به زودي هم چنين صØنه هايي را در كشورم پرشيا Ùˆ در مقابل “كورش اÙ
Snopes→ Did ‘More Than One Million’ People Attend a Pro-Trump ‘MAGA March’ in D.C.?
Crowd sizes are notoriously difficult to estimate, but let's take a look.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Over A Million People at November 14, 2020 DC Trump Protests
Does this photo show over a million people at the protest that took place on November 14 in downtown Washington D.C. in support of Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The image is actually from a 2006 pro-immigration protest in Dallas, Tex
Snopes→ Is This a Photo of a Nazi Flag from the ‘Million MAGA March’?
"At this time in our lives, we need to be united with love and respect for all."
Top Fact Checks→ Dominion voting system deleted 2.7 million votes for President Trump nation wide.
The Dominion software was used in only two of the five counties that had problems in Michigan and Georgia. Those issues were not related to software.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Analysis of Scraped Data Use By "PedeInspector" On Thedonald.win Does NOT Show Millions of Vote Shifts
Did election data scraped from The New York Times website by a user of the messaging board thedonald.win show evidence of massive shifts in votes? No, that's not true: Lead Stories' analysis of the data message reveals that most of the sh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Voting Systems Did NOT Delete 2.7 Million Trump Votes
Does data analysis show that an election software supplier deleted 2.7 million Trump votes and switched 435,000 votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, that's not true. The states using Dominion Voting Systems software have reported tha
Snopes→ Texas Tops 1 Million Cases As COVID-19 Surge Engulfs the US
Texas became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of coronavirus infections engulfs the country from coast to coast.
Snopes→ Do Hundreds of Counties Have 1.8 Million ‘Ghost Voters’ in the US?
A study published by the activist legal group Judicial Watch used two different types of data to make a comparison.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minnesota Did NOT Have Over 5.1 Million Votes And Only 3.8 Million Registered Voters
Did Minnesota have over 5.1 million votes and only 3.8 million registered voters? No, that's not true: Those numbers are wrong. Approximately 3.6 million people are registered and roughly 3.3 million people voted in Minnesota, according t
Snopes→ Trump Falsely Claims Victory With Millions of Votes Uncounted
Trump had previously complained about election results being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ FactChat sent a half million messages in 46 days to fight electoral misinformation in the U.S
More than 500,000 messages were sent to 82,000 people in the last 46 days to help them sort facts from fiction using WhatsApp. The total number of messages shared by FactChat, the chatbot launched by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter I
Snopes→ Super Typhoon Slams into Philippines, 1 Million Evacuated
A super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds and about a million people have been evacuated in its projected path, including in the capital where the main international airport was ordered closed.
Snopes→ England to Enter New Lockdown; UK Virus Cases Pass 1 Million
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new month-long lockdown for England after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks.
Top Fact Checks→ USPS handles 472 million mail pieces per day.
According to the USPS official website the Postal Service processes and delivers 472.1 million mail pieces each day.
Snopes→ Wisconsin Republican Party Says Hackers Stole $2.3 Million
The party noticed the suspicious activity on Oct. 22 and contacted the FBI, said Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Andrew Hitt.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Over 220 Million Americans Have NOT Died From COVID-19 In The Last Several Months
Did over 220 million Americans die in the last several months from COVID-19? No, that's not true: That number is way too high. According to data provided by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Johns Hopkins University
Liste→ Social media posts share misleading claim that Australia’s Victoria state premier has a net worth of $91 million
Multiple Facebook posts have shared a claim that Daniel Andrews, the premier of the Australian state of Victoria, has a net worth of $91 million. This claim is misleading; there is no evidence of such a figure being disclosed; the register of financial
Top Fact Checks→ But let me just tell you I paid millions and millions of dollars in taxes.
An investigation by NYT revealed that Trump paid $750 in taxes in 2016 and 2017. He has not paid any federal income tax for 11 years in the past 18 years. President Trump has also not paid any federal income tax for 11 years in the past 18 y
Liste→ Biden’s 40% tax rate on home sales only applies to $1 million annual earners
Social media posts circulating ahead of the November 3 presidential election claim that Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s tax proposal will take a 40 percent cut of profits from Americans who sell their home. This is misleading; according to Biden’s p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Own Four Homes Worth Millions And Funded By Foreign Entities
Does Democrat Joe Biden own four homes, each worth millions, while living on annual income of $200,000 or less? No, that's not true. The presidential nominee does not own all of the homes shown in posts making the rounds on social media a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Bidens’ Income DID Go From $396,456 In 2016 To $16.5 Million For 2017-2019 — It’s In Public Records: Increases From Book Deals, Speaking Dates
Did Joe and Jill Biden's income go from $396,456 in 2016 to a three-year total of $16,596,979 for 2017-2019? Yes, that's true and it is all public record. A viral meme is questioning the huge income increase for the Bidens since they left
Top Fact Checks→ Trump: Unsolicited ballots are being given out by the millions, and thousands of them are dumped in dumpsters.
Most states allow voters to cast mail-in voting and isolated incidents of lost ballots are not indicative of a widespread problem.
Full Fact - All content→ There almost certainly aren’t as many as two million unauthorised immigrants in the UK
A post claiming that there are “2 million illegals wandering around the UK” has been shared on Facebook almost 50,000 times. The post seems to be referring to people who did not enter the country legally, or who did but no longer have the r
Liste→ Health authorities say the flu vaccine prevents millions of illnesses each year
A photo of an inoculation has been shared hundreds of times in multiple social media posts that claim the persistence of the flu despite decades of vaccine use shows that vaccines are ineffective. The claim is misleading; the photo is related to the po
Snopes→ Will Over Half A Million Sharks Be Killed for COVID-19 Vaccine?
A natural oil produced in shark livers is often — but not always — used in the manufacturing of vaccinations.
Top Fact Checks→ We’re going through a pandemic that lost 22 million jobs at the height.
More than 22 million Americans filed for unemployment aid in April due to lockdown imposed to curb the spread of Coronavirus pandemic.
Liste→ Hoax circulates on Facebook that Burmese mixed martial arts fighter is offering $38 million to Myanmar people
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that a well-known mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in Myanmar is offering 50 billion kyats (US$38 million) to the people of Myanmar. The claim is false; in respon
Snopes→ Record-Breaking California Wildfires Surpass 4 Million Acres
In this year’s historic fire season, more than 8,200 California wildfires have killed 31 people and destroyed more than 8,400 buildings.
Snopes→ Did Trump Campaign Use COVID Diagnosis to Fundraise $421 Million?
The requested dollar amount is a little suspicious.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Camp Did NOT Send Mailer Asking For $421 Million In Donations After President’s Positive COVID Test
Did President Trump's campaign send out a mailer asking for the public's help in raising $421 million soon after the president tested positive for COVID-19, to care for his recovery? No, that is not true. The supposed mailer, which is mak
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whether The New York Times Paid Zero Federal Income Tax In 2017 On Earnings Of $111 Million Is Open To Interpretation
Did The New York Times pay zero federal income tax in 2017 on earnings of $111 million? It's entirely possible, but open to interpretation: Public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission include tax estimates. While those esti
Top Fact Checks→ I’m totally opposed to defunding the police. Trump’s budget calls for a $400 million cut in local law enforcement assistance.
Trump’s budget proposal has cut police programs by $515 million, while Biden plans on investing in law enforcement.