Was an American flag with no stars behind former President Donald Trump at a rally and does such a flag mean those that refuse to surrender will face "total annihilation"? No, that's not true: The lighting in the image may appear to be ob
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Rumsfeld Did NOT Report That $2.3 Trillion Was Missing The Day Before 9/11 Attacks
Did then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld report that $2.3 trillion was missing the day before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks? No, that's not true: Rumsfeld gave a speech on September 10, 2001 about the bureaucratic red
Snopes→ Stone Age Skeleton Missing Foot May Show Oldest Amputation
Scientists say the amputation was performed when the person was a child — and that the “patient” went on to live for years as an amputee.
Snopes→ Missing India Soldier’s Body Found on Glacier After 38 Years
The remains of an Indian army soldier have been found more than 38 years after he went missing on a glacier in Kashmir.
Snopes→ Dog, Missing 2 Months, Found Alive Inside Missouri Cave
Jeff Bohnert had all but given up on seeing his poodle-hound mix again after she went missing.
Snopes→ Long-Missing Alexander Hamilton Letter Put on Public Display
A letter written by Alexander Hamilton in 1780 and believed stolen decades ago from the Massachusetts state archives is going back on display — though not exactly in the room where it happened.
Full Fact→ Fake post about a missing child is spreading on Facebook
The post contains a link to a false article about a missing child which may be from an unsafe website.
Snopes→ Trooper Crawls into Drainage Pipe to Rescue Missing Dog
A missing golden retriever named Lilah, discovered deep inside a culvert pipe in upstate New York, could not be lured out by her owner with peanut butter dog treats or cheese.
Snopes→ Police: Amazon Fisherman Confesses to Killing Missing Pair
A fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil’s remote Amazon and took police to a site where human remains were recovered.
Snopes→ 2 US Veterans from Alabama Reported Missing in Ukraine
Two U.S. veterans from Alabama who were in Ukraine assisting in the war against Russia haven't been heard from in days and are missing.
Snopes→ Marshals: Reward for Info on Escaped Inmate, Missing Officer
The U.S. Marshals Service said that it is offering up to $10,000 for information about an escaped inmate and a “missing and endangered” correctional officer.
Snopes→ Portugal Identifies Suspect in Probe of Missing British Girl
Prosecutors in southern Portugal are formally accusing a suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a British girl who disappeared nearly 15 years ago.
Snopes→ Missing Wallaby Found Hiding in Bush Near Zoo Exhibit
Honey Bunch, the wallaby who went missing at the Memphis Zoo after storms passed through Tennessee this week, has been found hiding — nearly in plain sight.
Snopes→ Darwin Notebooks Missing for 20 Years Returned to Cambridge
Two of naturalist Charles Darwin’s notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University's library have been returned, two decades after they disappeared.
Snopes→ Snopes-ing 101: Spotting Misleading Captions and Missing Context
When sharing posts containing images on social media, be mindful that sometimes, older images can be repurposed by simply changing a caption.
Snopes→ Jan. 6 Panel Missing Roughly 8 Hours of Trump’s Phone Calls
The gap extends from a little after 11 a.m. to about 7 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, and involves White House calls.
PolitiFact→ What’s missing from claims comparing unmasked Super Bowl fans with children in schools
A post said “if 70,048 unmasked fans” could gather for the Super Bowl “kids should go unmasked in school.” The post ignored the safety rules in place at the stadium, which included a mix of mask, vaccination and testing requirements.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Mannequin Missing Arm In French Hospital In TV Report About COVID-19 Is NOT Real — It’s Photoshopped Montage
Is an image of a mannequin missing an arm in a French hospital, with the image made to appear part of a TV news report about COVID-19, real? No, that's not true: This image is a photoshopped combination of two separate screenshots. A repr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New South Wales Health Chief Did NOT Write Tweet Dismissing Vax Rollout Child Deaths — And No Children Have Died
Did Dr. Kerry Chant, the New South Wales, Australia, chief health officer, post a tweet that dismissed the deaths of three children while celebrating a "better than expected" result of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for children? No, that's
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim about omicron risk for the vaccinated is missing key context
“It feels amazing” that unvaccinated people are “4.5 times LESS LIKELY to catch omicron” than people who are fully vaccinated and boosted.
Snopes→ Bruce Lee’s Death and Theories About His Missing Sweat Glands
A Lee biography published in 2018 challenged the official explanation of Lee's death.
Snopes→ 375 Dead, 56 Missing After Typhoon Slams Philippines
At its strongest, Typhoon Rai packed sustained winds of 195 kilometers (121 miles) per hour with gusts of up to 270 kph (168 mph) before blowing out into the South China Sea.
Snopes→ Colorado Dog That Was Missing for 2 Weeks Rescued from Ledge
An animal control officer with the Humane Society anchored herself to a wooden fence and rappelled down to the dog using a mountaineering harness.
Snopes→ Was a Girl Found in a Log Pile Cabin 7 Months After Going Missing?
These cabins really do look like log piles, but that's about the only true aspect of this rumor.
Snopes→ No, a Photo Doesn’t Show Biden’s Feet Missing
A photograph posted by the White House sparked some rather intense speculation.
Snopes→ Detective: ‘Tiger King’ Star Won’t Talk About Missing Spouse
A detective in Florida investigating the disappearance of Carole Baskin's second husband said that the “Tiger King” star had three times refused requests for interviews.
Snopes→ Atmospheric River Whips Northwest; 1 Missing, Roads Closed
Flooding and landsides prompted the complete closure of the West Coast's main north-south highway near Bellingham, Washington.
Snopes→ Was a Missing Submarine with 80 Sailors Found?
We looked into the origins of an impressive photograph.
Snopes→ No, a Wayfair ‘Doswell’ Wardrobe Doesn’t Match the Name of a Missing Child
An online hoax in 2021 echoed a false rumor from the previous year.
Snopes→ No, Gavin Newsom Isn’t ‘Missing’
Everybody be cool.
Washington Post→ Glenn Youngkin’s viral ‘child’ ad is missing important context
The Republican gubernatorial candidate is airing an ad that does not disclose the "child" in question was a high school senior and the book in question was a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jelani Day’s Body Was NOT Missing Any Organs Upon Recovery
Was the recently discovered body of Jelani Day missing any organs upon recovery? No, that's not true: The LaSalle County (Illinois) Coroner's office told Lead Stories, "NO organs were missing from the body upon its recovery on 9/4/21." A
Poynter→ Why the Gabby Petito case has drawn so much attention compared to other missing people cases
The disappearance of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito has captivated the public, with national news organizations devoting substantial coverage to the twists and turns of the investigation and social media users scouring Petito’s Instagram and YouTube ac
Truth or Fiction?→ CNN Missing 351K (or 400K) Votes in CA Recall Segment, Explained
On September 15 2021, rumors that “351K” or “400K” votes had “disappeared” from California gubernatorial recall totals during a CNN segment were popular on social media: Someone explain to me why the Gavin Newsom r
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Missing Context About Israeli Study on COVID-19 Natural Immunity
SciCheck An Instagram post highlighted a headline about a non-peer-reviewed study from Israel that found that unvaccinated people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 had greater immunity against the delta variant than never-infected people fully vaccin
Full Fact→ Missing girl ‘news article’ is harvesting Facebook logins
A link to a website being shared on Facebook claims that a little girl called Alice has been kidnapped and asks readers if they recognise the suspect caught on video. This is not a genuine case, but a scam which demands readers’ Facebook logins t
Snopes→ 22 Dead, Many Missing After 17 Inches of Rain in Tennessee
Many of the missing live in the neighborhoods where the water rose the fastest, said Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis, who confirmed the 22 fatalities in his county.
Snopes→ Fake ‘Afghan News’ Accounts Spread Racist Misinformation About ‘Missing Reporter’
Peddlers of misinformation attempted to sow confusion in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.
Washington Post→ The missing context in Biden’s prescription drug speech
The president pitched his plan for reining in the cost of prescription drugs, but some of his facts lacked context or had a one-side presentation of the issue.
Poynter→ The argument over content moderation is ‘missing context’
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. A lackluster debate President Joe Biden and Facebook’s tête-à-tête over