Local officials in Springfield, Ohio, investigated an Aug. 26 call about Haitians stealing geese. They found nothing that would substantiate the claim.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Haitian Immigrants In Springfield, Ohio, Are ‘Kidnapping And Eating’ Cats, Officials Say
Are Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, "kidnapping and eating their neighbors' cats" in 2024? No, that's not true: Springfield police said they had no reports of pets being stolen and eaten. A city official told Lead Stories that th
PolitiFact→ City officials and residents say there is no Venezuelan gang “takeover” in Aurora, Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, city officials and residents dispute claims that Venezuelan gang members have overrun apartment complexes and are forcing residents to pay them rent.
The Dispatch→ Are Palm Beach Officials Considering Closing Trump’s Mar-a-Lago?
Local council members discussed temporarily closing the Florida club, but such a move would not affect his residency.
Full Fact→ No evidence French politician promised Arabic would be an official language
Jean-Luc Mélenchon has not promised that Arabic “will be an official language in France” after the country’s election.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ‘Official’ Navy photographs of a UFO don’t hold water
Official Navy photographs show an unidentified flying object in the Arctic Ocean in 1971.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Official US Space Force Logo Alongside Satanic Symbol
Does a social media image that shows a logo and the upside-down words "Space Force" next to a satanic symbol display the official logo of the U.S. Space Force? No, that's not true: The official U.S. Space Force delta symbol is not seen in
The Dispatch→ Military Officials Call Russian Naval Presence in the Caribbean ‘Routine’
Social media posts speculating about a ‘Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0’ are misleading.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Replacement of Milwaukee election official unrelated to 2020 election
With the 2024 election just six months away, social media users continue to promote erroneous claims of election-related fraud in 2020, most recently with a spotlight on Wisconsin.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Map That Shows Parts Of US To Be Hit By Floods, Earthquakes From 2024 Is NOT Official
Is a Safe Zones Map that shows parts of the United States that may be submerged by "the sea" or wracked by earthquakes an official map? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to back up this claim. Additionally, the map and its accompan
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Baltimore bridge collapse: Federal, state officials say ship’s collision wasn’t intentional
Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.”
PolitiFact→ Andrew Tate – Officials still investigating why cargo ship lost power before Baltimore bridge crash
The ship that struck a Baltimore bridge “was cyber-attacked.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian Defense Official Oleksiy Danilov Did NOT Describe Moscow Concert Hall Attack As ‘A Lot Of Fun’ — It’s A Deepfake
Did Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, describe the Moscow concert hall attack on March 22, 2024, as "a lot of fun"? No, that's not true: The video purportedly showing an interview with Dani
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Officials Did NOT Warn Residents To Prepare For Disaster Or Biological Attack During Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024
Does a video on social media contain "insider intel" regarding a bioterrorism attack that will be carried out on crowds gathered to watch the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse? No, that's not true: There is no evidence provided in this video o
The Dispatch→ Can State Officials Block Me on Social Media?
Plus: some Breyer-flavored dessert.
AllSides→ Posts Mislead About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety With Out-of-Context Clip of FDA Official
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/posts-mislead-about-covid-19-vaccine-safety-with-out-of-context-clip-of-fda-official/
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety With Out-of-Context Clip of FDA Official
SciCheck Digest Given the extra scrutiny and large number of doses, reports of possible side effects to a vaccine safety monitoring system increased with the COVID-19 vaccines. The high number of reports does not mean the vaccines are unsafe, contr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Officials Could NOT Have Kept Kyle Rittenhouse’s Name Secret
Could law enforcement and prosecutors have chosen not to release Kyle Rittenhouse's name? No, that's not true: Wisconsin, where he was charged at age 17 and later acquitted after the trial over the killing of two, is one of the states tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US JAG Did NOT Hang WHO Official Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu — Story Is Made Up
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps execute World Health Organization official Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is "false." The claim appeared in an article
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russian Official Did NOT Suggest Russia Is Supplying Weapons To Texas
Did the Russian representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, publicly say "It is important to understand that by supplying weapons to Texas, Russia does not become a party to the conflict"? No, that's not true: A transcript of t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Convict WHO Official Chikwe Ihekweazu In January 2024
Did the U.S. Judge Advocate General's Corps convict World Health Organization official Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu of committing multiple crimes on January 25, 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appears in an article on a website that regular
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Pentagon Contemplated Taylor Swift As ‘Asset’ — Clip Did NOT Show An Agency Official
Did an old recording on YouTube prove that the Pentagon contemplated turning Taylor Swift into an "asset"? No, that's not true: The video doesn't say that. It captured a fragment of an open conference where a person with no known connecti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marines Did NOT Hang NIH Official Alfred Johnson — Story Is Made Up
Did U.S. Marines hang National Institute of Health Deputy Director Alfred Johnson after pranking him "Whitmer-style"? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that the claim is false. The claim is in an article on a
Logically→ Joe Biden and Barack Obama are not mentioned in the official public Epstein Documents
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Arrest WHO Official Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu — Story Is Made Up
Did U.S. Marines arrest World Health Organization official Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is "false." This claim appears in an article on a website that regularly publi
Full Fact→ Official Palestinian flag did not feature a Star of David in 1939
This claim has been circulating on multiple social media platforms.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Officially Admit Its Army ‘Bombed At Nova Festival And Killed 364 Israelis’
Did Israel officially admit that its army bombed the Nova Festival and caused the death of 364 Israelis during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: Israeli officials called the claim "untrue" and "fake." Additionally,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ministry Of Education In Gaza Did NOT ‘Officially Announce’ End Of 2023/2024 Academic Year ‘As All Students Have Been Killed’
Was the academic year in Gaza suspended because "all students" have died? No, that's not true: Available data suggests that most schoolchildren are still alive, even though the Hamas-Israel war has disrupted their education. While interna
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest CDC Official Karen Hacker
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps place Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official Dr. Karen Hacker under arrest for committing "treason, abuse of office, and defrauding the country"? No, that's not true: A Pentago
Logically→ The official Palestinian flag in 1939 was a Union Jack
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Kill CDC Official Aaron Aranas — It’s A Made-Up Story
Did U.S. Marines "kill" Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "Managing Officer" Aaron Aranas by fatally shooting him on November 24, 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer confirmed to Lead Stories that this claim is fal
Logically→ News outlets publish AI-generated image of rescue officials at Uttarakhand tunnel collapse site
Logically→ Old video from Jordan’s Parliament shared as assault on Israeli official
PolitiFact→ Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . – Claim that Wis. elections official Meagan Wolfe refused to ‘clean up’ voter rolls is Pants on Fire
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “refuses to clean up our voter rolls”
PolitiFact→ Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . – Claim that Wisconsin official Meagan Wolfe allowed absentee drop boxes, ballot harvesting is false
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “allowed for the use of illegal drop boxes and ballot harvesting.”
PolitiFact→ Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . – Claim that Wis. elections official Meagan Wolfe permitted ‘Zuckerbucks’ in 2020 is Pants on Fire
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “permitted the ‘Zuckerbucks’ influence money.”
Logically→ Old video from Uttar Pradesh shared as YSRCP councilor assaulting police official in Andhra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: London Officials Did NOT Take Down UK Flag To ‘Maintain Peace’ — It Was Being Cleaned
Did London officials take down a United Kingdom flag before a march in support of Palestinians to "maintain peace"? No, that's not true: According to an X post from the local police, the flag was taken down to be cleaned. A Google News se
Logically→ Yemen has not officially declared war on Israel
Logically→ Unrelated video from Azerbaijan shared as Israeli officials captured by Hamas