Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A viral video shows two Missouri lawmakers using a flamethrower to burn cardboard boxes, not books.
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Did you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Good news: You’re still a human
“People who took the jab are technically ‘non human species.’”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: COVID-19 cases have spiked at various times of the year, not only near elections.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tennessee Governor Did NOT Recently Sign Off On New Internment Camps — This Is Old And Misconstrued News
Did Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee sign an executive order, around September 2023, to build quarantine internment camps as has been done in many other states at the same time, supposedly? No, that's not true: This TikTok video was first posted o
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, CNN did not break news about a Pentagon ‘plan to implant Americans with nanotech particles’
CNN reported “breaking news” that the Pentagon announced a plan to “implant Americans with nanotech particles.”
Health Feedback→ Rebel News article lacks evidence for claiming COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe and unnecessary
REVIEW On 29 August 2023, Rebel News, a Canadian website recognized for spreading COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories, published an article and video titled “Why you should think twice before considering a COVID booster”. The article
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: While flooding in Nevada stranded tens of thousands of Burning Man attendees last weekend, there was not an Ebola outbreak at the event, contrary to social media posts.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report UNC Shooting Suspect As A ‘Mostly White Asian Male’
Did Fox News broadcast a report displaying an image of an Asian man suspected of fatally shooting a person with a chyron that reads, "Shooter described 'mostly white Asian male'"? No, that's not true: A Fox News spokesperson told Lead Sto
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Health officials said a new COVID-19 variant may be more likely to infect people with immunity than previous variants; they didn't say vaccinated people are more at risk t
FactCheck.org→ Posts Share Altered Image from Fox News’ Coverage of Fatal Shooting at UNC-Chapel Hill
Quick Take After a fatal shooting at the University of North Carolina, Fox News displayed a photo of the suspect with this caption: “UNC Police Release Picture of Person of Interest.” But an altered screenshot of the news report circula
Logically→ 2007 news of fake FEMA press conference shared as ‘staged’ briefing on Maui wildfires
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Image of Fox News chyron calling UNC shooting suspect a ‘mostly white Asian’ is fabricated
Fox News chyron called University of North Carolina shooting suspect “mostly white Asian.”
Logically→ Photo of Fox News report with a tagline of UNC suspect’s details has been digitally altered
Logically→ BBC News video claiming Prigozhin death was staged is a fake
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Fake FEMA news conference took place in 2007, not during the recent Maui wildfires
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t trying to block Donald Trump from the California primary ballot
Fox News reported that California Gov. Gavin Newsom said former President Donald Trump “is not eligible for future presidential elections & has asked the California’s State Assembly to pass a bill that will remove Trump’s name on any future b
Health Feedback→ Misleading Instagram posts use news headlines out of context to imply COVID-19 vaccines increase COVID-19 mortality risk
REVIEW Entrepreneur and podcaster David Harris Jr. posted a picture on Instagram of headlines from two news articles, one from CNN in January 2021, and the other from the Washington Post in October 2022, with the caption “Just posting two headline
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: Did Fox News debate moderators paint an accurate picture of America?
Fox News debate moderators Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier used attention-grabbing statements and statistics to paint a vivid picture of the state of America. We fact-checked some of their debate comments.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Transportation Security Administration managers weren't told they must start wearing face masks again in mid-September.
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: What Republican candidates got right, wrong in first debate on Fox News
Here's what the Republican presidential candidates got right and wrong in the first primary debate in Milwaukee.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report Gavin Newsom Is First Governor To Call For Bill To Remove Trump From Ballot; Newsom Did NOT Say That
Did Fox News report that California's Gavin Newsom is the first governor to call for a bill to remove Donald Trump from the ballot in his state? No, that's not true: "The Governor did not say this," Newsom's spokesperson told Lead Stories
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Old video about Biden impeachment articles is misleadingly repackaged as breaking news
Video shows “articles of impeachment to be filed against President Joe Biden today!”
Truth or Fiction?→ Canadian PM Trudeau Slams Meta for Shuttering News Access During ‘Apocalyptic’ Wildfires
The Canadian government sharply criticized the tech megafirm Meta on August 21 2023 for continuing to bar Facebook users in the country from accessing online news on the platform amid a devastating series of wildfires. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kno
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Georgia officials didn't “forget” to redact the names of the grand jurors who indicted former President Donald Trump; that's standard in the state.
Logically→ Edited video of BBC news clip shared as President Biden’s ‘confession’ that Buhari died 6 years ago
Health Feedback→ England mortality data shows a lower COVID-19 mortality risk among vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated ones, contrary to claim by Slay News
REVIEW Large clinical trials and post-marketing real-world data showed that COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing severe forms of the disease[1-5]. Despite this evidence, there have been misleading claims that the higher number of COVID-19 d
Truth or Fiction?→ Florida News Stations Double Down on Law Enforcement ‘Fentanyl Exposure’ Claims
News outlets in Florida once again indulged law enforcement claims of “distress” related to fentanyl “exposure” in August 2023, despite these types of claims being publicly debunked over and over again. The latest instance emana
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Altered images of Fox News host Sean Hannity, Elon Musk make a false promise
Fox News reported on “an energy-saving device that can save 90% of electricity” from Elon Musk.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t quit your jobs, Brits. Supposed BBC News video about Elon Musk project was altered
BBC News reported that British residents “no longer need to work” thanks to an investment project from Elon Musk.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Dominion Voting Systems didn't contribute $2 million to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce An AI-Powered Trading Platform On BBC News — This Video Is Manipulated
Did BBC News broadcast "breaking news" with guest Elon Musk who announced a new AI investment project powered by a supercomputer that closes deals with a 98 percent success rate? No, that's not true: This is a fake BBC newscast and the vi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Are black eyes on newsmakers evidence they’re in the Illuminati? No, sometimes they’re just clumsy.
Video showing celebrities, politicians and other notable figures with black eyes proves they are part of the Illuminati.
The Dispatch→ Fixing the Local News Crisis
A multifaceted approach emerges for boosting struggling newsrooms.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Former President Donald Trump does not face the death penalty on any of the federal charges brought in a recent indictment.
Logically→ No, French news report didn’t exaggerate temperatures in Corsica
PolitiFact→ What Donald Trump, Hunter Biden and Devon Archer have in common: a news cycle
Some Republicans allege prosecutors timed the Trump indictment to distract from Hunter Biden news. There is no evidence of a connection between the timing of the Trump case and probes into Hunter Biden
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media post misleadingly presents old news as a recent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump
There was a recent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump in Reno, Nevada.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week of Indictment News
Donald Trump faces new charges in his documents case, and a whole new indictment is looming.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Ingesting borax, a chemical in cleaning products, can be harmful or deadly, contrary to online claims.
Logically→ Nepal’s 2020 temporary ban on Indian news channels misrepresented as recent