Social media users are falsely claiming that certain businesses will be excluded from JFK’s multibillion dollar redevelopment based on the race and gender of their owners.
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FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Unfreezing of $16 Billion in Iranian Funds
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take A recent deal involving a prisoner swap and the extension of a Trump-era waiver have freed $16 billion in previously frozen Iranian funds. Social media posts distort t
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Raising of Palestinian Flags at Harvard
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Protesters against the war in Gaza raised three Palestinian flags on the Harvard University campus on April 27. Social media posts misleadingly claimed the university
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent Green Party candidate’s comment on a Jewish homeland
As tensions rise on college campuses over protests about the Israel-Hamas war, social media users are misrepresenting what Stein said at the Ivy League university about a Jewish homeland.
AllSides→ Posts Misrepresent Immigrants’ Eligibility for Social Security Numbers, Benefits
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/posts-misrepresent-immigrants-eligibility-for-social-security-numbers-benefits/
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Immigrants’ Eligibility for Social Security Numbers, Benefits
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Immigrants who are lawfully living or authorized to work in the U.S. are eligible for a Social Security number and, in some cases, Social Security benefits. But viral
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Vote ‘For Palestine’ In October 2023 UN Security Council Session — Post Misrepresents Council’s President’s Spoken Mistake
Does a viral video prove that Israel voted "for Palestine" during a United Nations Security Council meeting? No, that's not true: In the meeting the then-president of the U.N. Security Council read a list of the countries supporting a res
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Views of Eclipse With Composite Images
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take During the April 8 eclipse, people in the path of totality were able to see solar phenomena, including the sun’s corona. But social media posts have shared alter
Full Fact→ Telegraph headline misrepresents estimate of foreign aid spent within UK
A think tank estimated half of UK government bilateral aid spending last year was spent within the UK, not half of total UK aid spending.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Videos misrepresent ProduceMaxx antimicrobial wash, which is considered safe for organic produce
ProduceMaxx sprayed on organic produce at grocery stores contains pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and antibiotics.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent White House Easter egg contest, Day of Transgender Visibility proclamation
Transgender Day of Visibility has been celebrated on March 31 since 2009, when the holiday was created.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Footage of Crimea bridge explosion misrepresented as Baltimore bridge collapse
Footage shows explosion on Baltimore bridge.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video from 2022 misrepresented as footage of Baltimore bridge collapse
After a container ship lost power and rammed into the Key Bridge causing it to collapse early Tuesday, social media users shared the old video, falsely representing it as footage from the bridge before it fell into the Patapsco River.
Health Feedback→ Claims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers
REVIEW In March 2024, articles began circulating on social media platforms, alleging that Australian health officials claimed long COVID “isn’t real” or that it “doesn’t exist”. Examples of such articles appeared in the New York Post, Th
FactCheck.org→ Post Misrepresents Which Administration Sent Stimulus Checks to Dead People
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some stimulus checks were sent to people who had died. The issue was explained in government reports and the media when it happened in 20
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent a photo of a Ukrainian soldier balancing on his prosthetic limbs
Social media users are sharing the photo of Tsymbalyuk with erroneous information, furthering false claims about Nazism’s influence in Ukraine that have spread widely since Russia invaded the country more than two years ago.
AllSides→ Role of Illinois Circuit Court Judge Misrepresented in Post About Trump’s Removal from Ballot
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/03/role-of-illinois-circuit-court-judge-misrepresented-in-post-about-trumps-removal-from-ballot/
FactCheck.org→ Role of Illinois Circuit Court Judge Misrepresented in Post About Trump’s Removal from Ballot
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take The Supreme Court ruled that states may not remove former President Donald Trump from primary ballots based on the Constitution’s insurrection clause. A few days b
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Rescue of Crew from Ship Attacked by Houthis
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi militants damaged a British-owned cargo ship on the Red Sea on Feb. 18 and forced its crew to evacuate. Some social media posts f
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Saudi Prince’s Comment on Investment in Kushner Fund
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund invested money with Jared Kushner, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, after he left the White House in 2021. Saudi
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent the status of a bill that could disqualify Trump from the ballot in Hawaii
Social media users are misrepresenting the status of the bill.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Mouse Study of Pangolin Virus
SciCheck Digest A study showed a type of lab mouse is highly susceptible to a coronavirus derived from pangolins, a scaly, cat-sized mammal. This doesn’t mean the virus is dangerous to humans. The virus is related to the one that causes COVID-19
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video from 2022 misrepresented to make southern border convoy look larger than it is
Following the Supreme Court’s decision last week to allow Border Patrol agents to resume cutting razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.
Logically→ Old video of trucker convoy misrepresented as recent Texas border dispute
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent WHO Term ‘Disease X’ for Possible Future Illness
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. SciCheck Digest The World Health Organization began using the term “Disease X” in a 2018 planning document to refer to a “currently
FactCheck.org→ Post Misrepresents NFL Response to Oct. 7 Attack on Israel
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take NFL teams paid tribute to the victims in Israel of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack by holding moments of silence before games during the following week. But a recent social medi
FactCheck.org→ Tucker Carlson Misrepresents Defense Secretary’s Remarks on U.S. Troops, Ukraine Aid
Quick Take Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III reportedly told House members that failure to provide more aid for Ukraine could lead to Russia’s invasion of a NATO ally and a direct U.S. military response in accordance wit
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misrepresents photo to falsely connect beaten woman to George Floyd
Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.”
FactCheck.org→ Post Misrepresents Condition of Israeli Hostages Released by Hamas
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take More than 100 hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel have been released through a negotiated swap for 240 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. A pos
Health Feedback→ Published studies misrepresented by cardiologist Peter McCullough to push false claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause sudden cardiac death
REVIEW Cardiologist Peter McCullough, who has a history of propagating inaccurate and misleading claims about COVID-19, appeared on One America News Network on 27 October 2023 in an interview with host Alison Steinberg. Excerpts from the interview w
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Misrepresent Video of IDF Aircraft Attack
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take At least 260 people were killed by Hamas during the militant group’s surprise attacks at an outdoor music festival in Israel on Oct. 7. A video clip on social medi
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video misrepresents Biden’s departure from White House turkey pardon
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of an unrelated protest in Madrid is being misrepresented as a pro-Palestinian demonstration
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A short film from Lebanon is being misrepresented to accuse Palestinians of staging injuries
CLAIM: A video shows a makeup artist applying dirt and fake blood to a young girl on a stretcher, proving that people in Gaza are faking injuries in the latest Israel-Hamas war.
Logically→ Footage of pro-Palestinian demonstration misrepresented as Palestinian casualties in Gaza
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent voting machine error in Pennsylvania county as evidence of ‘rigged’ elections
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A Thai child in a Halloween costume is being misrepresented to label Palestinians as ‘crisis actors’
CLAIM: A collage of nine images features the same Palestinian “crisis actor” pretending to be a wounded patient, a dead body and others in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Airstrike scene from a video game is being misrepresented as real footage from the Israel-Hamas war
CLAIM: A video shows a soldier being thrown to the ground as an airstrike hits an Israeli tank. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
FactCheck.org→ Online Video Misrepresents Putin Speech Commemorating WWII Victory
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take An online video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing a 2021 military rally commemorating the triumph over Nazism in World War II. But an Instagram post shar
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video from 2013 protest in Cairo misrepresented to falsely claim Palestinians are staging deaths
CLAIM: A video showing bodies moving after being covered by white cloths is evidence that deaths are being faked by Palestinians and Hamas during the Israel-Hamas war.