Does footage show an authentic panic in Paris as people react to a UFO and an unidentified submerged object (USO) in the Seine River? No, that's not true: The video is from a film shoot. The footage is from the production of "Under Paris,
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show LeBron James Kissing Unidentified Man In Paris
Does a photo show basketball star LeBron James kissing an unidentified man in Paris? No, that's not true: A reverse image search showed that the men in the photo are a couple who go by the screen name "TeeAndDrew." An online news search f
PolitiFact→ Nancy Pelosi – Nancy Pelosi’s wrong comparison about illegal immigration under Joe Biden, Donald Trump
“Fewer people came in under President Biden than came under Donald Trump.”
FactCheck.org→ False Comparison of Kid Rock’s and Taylor Swift’s Hurricane Support
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take As disaster relief efforts continue in the areas affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, a Facebook post makes the false claim that Kid Rock has made “14 trips
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Kamala Harris off base on tax rate comparison of billionaires, teachers
"Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."
Full Fact→ Inaccurate comparison of benefit fraud and tax losses recirculates on social media
It’s not true that 360 times more money is lost to tax evasion than benefit fraud, as posts on social media have claimed.
PolitiFact→ JD Vance – JD Vance’s faulty comparison of Trump, Harris on child separation at the border
A zero-tolerance policy during the Trump administration "led to less family separation than under Kamala Harris' border policies.”
Full Fact→ Fake USA Today video falsely claims Church of Satan praised Paris Olympics opening ceremony
A video appearing to be from USA Today has thousands of shares, but the clip is not a real report and it makes a number of false claims.
Health Feedback→ Vitamin D3 supplements are safe for treating vitamin D deficiency; comparison to rat poison is misleading
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted in May 2024 referred to vitamin D3 supplements as “rat poison”, calling them “radiated sheep’s wool mixed with chloroform”. It also asserted that vitamin D levels are only low due to lack of sunlight and “hi
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump’s False crowd comparison with his Jan. 6 speech and the crowd at MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Full Fact→ Video claimed to show Iran coverage of Paris Olympics is satirical clip from 2013
A clip is being shared with false claims it is of Iranian censorship of Olympic events at Paris.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Throat-Slitting Gesture NOT Filmed At Paris Olympics — Scene Of Moroccan Footballers’ Throat Slitting Motions, Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Is From 2023
Does a video on social media show Moroccan football players at the Paris Olympics doing throat-slitting motions and shouting "Allahu Akbar"? No, that's not true: That video was posted to Instagram in July 2023, when Morocco was participat
Full Fact→ No, the Paris Olympics is not ‘cashless’
A claim being widely shared on social media that cash is not accepted at the 2024 Olympic Games is not true.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo of Israeli swimmers predates the Paris Games
Photo shows Israeli swimmers protesting Olympic rules by spelling out “bring them home.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles Is Retiring Or ‘Expecting A Baby’ As 2024 Paris Games Wrap Up
Did Olympian Simone Biles reveal that she's pregnant and announce she will retire when she finishes competing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, as a Facebook post said? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, Lead Stories did not find
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Irish Boxer Kellie Harrington Did NOT Say She Refuses To Compete Against ‘Biological Males’ At The Paris 2024 Olympics
Did Irish professional boxer Kellie Harrington say she would refuse to compete against "biological males" at the Paris 2024 Olympics? No, that's not true: The Olympic Federation of Ireland told Lead Stories on August 2, 2024, that Harring
Full Fact→ Video does not show Christians protesting against the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics
A clip is being shared on social media with false claims it shows Christians protesting after the Olympics opening ceremony.
Full Fact→ Video of gathering of Christians in Paris filmed well before Olympics
A clip is being shared on social media with false claims it shows Christians filling the streets of Paris in response to a scene from the Olympics opening ceremony.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this video doesn’t show Christians praying after the Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Video shows “thousands of Christians in France gathered to pray after Olympics opening mocked Jesus Christ.”
Full Fact→ Amnesty International has not produced posters protesting Israel’s participation in Paris Olympics
The organisation told Full Fact the posters weren’t produced or published by Amnesty International.
Full Fact→ Video of protesters pulling down Israel flag not connected to Paris Olympics
Footage of a protest in which a pro-Palestinian demonstrator pulls down an Israeli flag outside a building is being shared with a misleading caption relating it to the Olympic Games.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Power Outages In Paris Day After Olympics Opening Ceremony Were Small
Did massive power outages occur in Paris on July 27, 2024, the day after the Olympics opening ceremony? No, that's not true: The energy company responsible for the power outages said power was restored within 10 minutes and that 85,000 re
The Dispatch→ Paris Olympics Set to Begin Under Tight Security
‘This is … the biggest logistical and security challenge we’ve ever had to organize.’
PolitiFact→ X posts – Claims that Jill Biden was at the White House and in Paris at same time are Pants on Fire!
Videos show Jill Biden alone in Paris and at White House with Joe Biden at the same time.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video of Paris Crowd’s Algerian Flags Does NOT Show A Celebration Of Leftist Wins In 2024 French Election
Does a video show people waving Algerian flags after the second round of the 2024 French legislative election? No, that's not true: The video is from sometime in 2019. At that time, people gathered in a Parisian square to support a pro-de
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Ukraine’s first lady didn’t buy a $4 million luxury sports car in Paris
"President Zelenskyy’s wife orders 4 million dollar Bugatti” in Paris with U.S. tax money.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel Is NOT Struck From List Of 2024 Paris Summer Olympics Competitors As Of June 24, 2024
Is Israel out of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, as of June 24, 2024, as was claimed in a social media post? No, that's not true: As of this writing, Israel remains on the list of 206 national teams entered to compete. Lead Stories cou
AllSides→ Israel Will Participate in Olympic Games in Paris, Contrary to Threads Post
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/06/israel-will-participate-in-olympic-games-in-paris-contrary-to-threads-post/
FactCheck.org→ Israel Will Participate in Olympic Games in Paris, Contrary to Threads Post
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Israel will send a delegation of about 85 athletes to the Olympic Games in Paris in July. Protesters opposed to the war in Gaza have called for limited participation b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CIA Did NOT Issue Warning To US Citizens To Avoid Paris Metro During Summer Olympics
Did the CIA issue a warning to U.S. citizens to avoid using the Paris Metro during the 2024 Summer Olympics? No, that's not true: No official statements or credible sources confirm such a warning as of June 18, 2024. Additionally, warning
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lia Thomas Has NOT Been Exclusively Banned From 2024 Olympics In Paris
Has Lia Thomas, the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA swimming championship Division I title, been exclusively banned from competing in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, as a post on Facebook implied? No, that's not true: The Inte
Full Fact→ Video shows a market in Marseille, not Paris
A video circulating on Facebook claiming to show Paris was actually filmed at a flea market in Marseille, in the south of France.
Health Feedback→ Country-to-country comparison doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, contrary to Facebook post by journalist Sharyl Attkisson
REVIEW Country-to-country comparisons have been used to push the narrative that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, even though clinical trials and post-marketing surveillance proved the opposite[1-3]. Science Feedback previously covered such claims
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Abraham Lincoln wasn’t removed from 1860 ballots; comparison to Trump removals faulty
"Last time Democrats removed a Republican from the ballot” was Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
Full Fact→ Footage does not show protesting French farmers digging up highways leading to Paris
While farmers have been protesting across France, the footage is from a supermarket car park in a town 365 miles south of Paris.
Full Fact→ Social media posts use outdated figures for comparisons between governments
The posts claim to compare what ‘the Tories inherited from Labour’ to ‘now’.
FactCheck.org→ Meme Makes Misleading Comparison to Cast Doubt on Climate Change
SciCheck Digest The Earth is warming at the fastest rate seen in the last 10,000 years, according to NASA, and the consensus among climate scientists is that human activity is causing the change. But a meme on social media tries to undermine the re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Hamas Supporter’ Burning French Flag In Paris
Does a video shared to X in November 2023 show a "Hamas supporter" burning "the flags of France" in Paris? No, that's not true: Using visual clues shown in the video and a staff translator, Lead Stories determined that the footage was fil
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Poverty Rate Comparison
The official U.S. poverty rate in 2022 “remained stable compared to 2021,” but an alternative method of measuring poverty “increased significantly, reflecting changes in economic well-being following the end of many pandemic-era prog
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t believe the social media circus. A clown attack didn’t happen in Paris
Video shows an April 2023 clown attack in Paris.