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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ An AI image of Sen. Rand Paul in a bathrobe is circulating online after Senate drops dress code
CLAIM: A photo shows U.S. Sen. Rand Paul sitting on the Capitol steps in a red bathrobe. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theories about FEMA’s Oct. 4 emergency alert test spread online
CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate nanoparticles such as graphene oxide that have been introduced into people’s bodies.
FactCheck.org→ Flu Shots, MMR Vaccines Have Saved Millions of Lives, Contrary to Online Claim
SciCheck Digest Flu shots and vaccines that protect children against measles, mumps and rubella have been effective in preventing illness, serious disease and death. But a meme has been circulating with the false suggestion that those vaccines are
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wasn’t arrested, despite online claims
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi was arrested.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Walmart isn’t refunding $500 to anyone who shopped there last year, despite online claims
“Walmart must pay $500 to U.S. families who made purchases in 2022.”
FactCheck.org→ WHO Director-General Is Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Contrary to Online Post
SciCheck Digest Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, is an advocate for equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines in countries around the globe. But a social media post misleadingly claims,
The Dispatch→ False Claims About the 9/11 Pentagon Attack Continue to Circulate Online
Photo, video, and eyewitness accounts all tell the same story.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ There is no connection between rising COVID cases and elections, contrary to claims online
CLAIM: COVID-19 only spikes during election seasons. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. There is no connection between rising COVID-19 cases and the electoral process, epidemiology experts confirm.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Decades-old footage of Hawaiians being removed from parkland misleadingly shared online as recent
CLAIM: A video shows native Hawaiians being evicted from their property after the Maui wildfires. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Old video of Clearwater Beach mischaracterized online
Video shows Clearwater Beach during Hurricane Idalia.
AllSides→ Is FEMA at Burning Man? Virus Outbreak Conspiracy Theory Spreads Online
https://www.newsweek.com/burning-man-fema-ebola-conspiracy-theories-1824295 After the Burning Man festi
Full Fact→ Bargain online offers at Wilko are fake
The real Wilko website no longer allows online purchases.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Arkansas isn’t ditching voting machines for paper ballots, despite claims online
CLAIM: Arkansas is switching to election ballots that are marked by hand rather than by machine. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Austin and Houston aren’t cutting out meat and dairy to combat climate change, despite online claims
CLAIM: The Texas cities of Austin and Houston are part of a global alliance of cities seeking to eliminate meat and dairy products in order to combat climate change.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Jacksonville shooter’s manifesto has not been released, despite claims online
CLAIM: Police quickly released the manifesto written by the white gunman who killed three Black people at a Dollar General Store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Aug. 26, yet a manifesto written by the shooter who killed six people at a Christian school in
FactCheck.org→ Online Videos Share Fabricated Story About FEMA and Marines on Maui
Quick Take The Federal Emergency Management Agency operates a Disaster Recovery Center on Maui and has approved $7 million in assistance to thousands of wildfire survivors. Online videos, however, are sharing a fabricated tale about FEMA’s op
Full Fact→ Fake Donald Trump mugshots shared online
The real picture of the former president has been released, but two others are also being shared.
Lead Stories→ Mike Lindell’s WMD Online Detection Viewer: Dennis Montgomery And A Cryptic Message
Mike & Dennis At Lead Stories we have a long history of looking at Mike Lindell's election fraud claims. Readers will remember our fact checks about Lindell's four conspiracy-filled election fraud "documentaries" here, here, here and
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The military didn’t arrest FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks, despite online claims
“Military arrests FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks.”
PolitiFact→ Fake mug shots of Donald Trump spread online ahead of his expected surrender in Georgia
The Fulton County, Georgia, sheriff has said former President Donald Trump will be booked into jail like any other suspect, including having his mugshot taken. But at the time these mugshots appeared online, Trump had not yet taken one.
Full Fact→ Misleading video about melted cars in Maui shared widely online
A clip shared on social media implies that fires on Maui could not have melted car wheels.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires
Social media users are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid in Maui, falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Old photos are being misrepresented online to fuel a conspiracy theory about the Maui wildfires
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ Senate Advances Kids’ Online Safety and Privacy Bills—Again
Plus: Congress reacts to another Trump indictment as the House GOP investigates the Bidens.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Trump is not facing the death penalty on his latest federal charges, as some online claim
CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump is facing the death penalty on federal charges filed against him in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ World Economic Forum didn’t call for the elimination of conspiracy theorists, despite online claims
CLAIM: A top World Economic Forum official has said conspiracy theorists should be “eliminated.”
FactCheck.org→ Romney Not Switching Parties, Contrary to Online Claim
Quick Take Sen. Mitt Romney has sometimes been critical of fellow Republicans and veered from the party line. But an Instagram post falsely claims Romney “threatens to leave the Republican Party and Join Democrats.” A Romney spokesperso
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Donald Trump was accused of racism long before his presidency, despite what online posts claim
CLAIM: Donald Trump was never called a racist until he ran for president. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The federal government sued Trump for allegedly discriminating against Black apartment seekers in the 1970s.
Full Fact→ Hoax lost dog picture circulating online for months
Posts showing a dog in a crate have been shared thousands of times in Facebook groups around the world.
Full Fact→ Full Fact campaign wins improved media literacy in the Online Safety Bill
If implemented effectively, changes to the Bill will now help more people spot truth from fiction online.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Unfounded claims blaming COVID vaccine for ESPN analyst Shaka Hislop’s recent collapse spread online
ESPN soccer analyst Shaka Hislop collapsed on air because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Unfounded claims about the World Economic Forum, mark of the beast and microchips spread online
The World Economic Forum “launches ‘mark of the beast’ CBDC microchip that will ‘end gun ownership in America.’”
Health Feedback→ 2023 malaria cases in the U.S. are unrelated to the release of genetically modified mosquitoes, contrary to viral claims online
REVIEW Mosquitoes serve as vectors for a number of potentially fatal diseases like dengue, chikungunya, Yellow fever, and West Nile fever, as well as malaria and Japanese encephalitis. Altogether, they cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year
FactCheck.org→ Online Post Misrepresents 2020 Wisconsin Voter Data, Turnout
Quick Take Nearly 3.3 million votes were cast in the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin, which the state calculated as a record turnout of 73%. A social media post tries to cast doubt on the results by citing incomplete data and claiming it sh
Full Fact→ False claims of links between vaccines and HIV spread online
A social media post falsely links Dr Anthony Fauci to the origins of the AIDS epidemic and repeats a long debunked theory that the smallpox vaccine causes HIV.
FactCheck.org→ Sam Bankman-Fried Under House Arrest and Awaiting Trial, Contrary to Online Claims
Quick Take FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in 2022 for allegedly defrauding customers by stealing billions of dollars for personal use, including nearly $38 million in political donations to Democrats. Online posts falsely claim the B
AllSides→ Misleading Online Posts Distort Biden’s Joke at Meeting with Indian Prime Minister
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/misleading-online-posts-distort-bidens-joke-at-meeting-with-indian-prime-minister/
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Online Posts Distort Biden’s Joke at Meeting with Indian Prime Minister
Quick Take In a meeting with the Indian prime minister and CEOs of technology companies, President Joe Biden joked about Republican investigations into him and his family. “I sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things,R
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Baseless claims that Titan passengers faked their own deaths start to spread online
The Titan “submarine never happened. They faked their own deaths.”