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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media users wrong to suggest Megan Thee Stallion wasn’t shot
Suggests Megan Thee Stallion was not shot in the foot.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Finland’s NATO membership is not final
“Finland joins NATO.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fact-checking warnings that NewProfilePic app is Russian spyware
The NewProfilePic app is Russian spyware.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims photos of Buffalo shooting suspect show crisis actors are unfounded
Photos of the alleged Buffalo shooting gunman show two different people.
FactCheck.org→ Pfizer Documents Show Vaccine Is Highly Effective, Contrary to Social Media Posts
SciCheck Digest The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine showed a final efficacy of 91% against symptomatic illness in its phase 3 trial. Social media posts wrongly claim recently released Pfizer documents show the vaccine is “12% effective.” T
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, making your own homemade baby formula is not safe or recommended
Homemade baby formula recipes offer a ‘viable option’ during U.S. shortage
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth II Did NOT Congratulate Marcos Jr. On May 11, 2022, For His Presidential Election Win — It’s Satire Post
Did Queen Elizabeth II congratulate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the presumptive president-elect of the Philippines, on May 11, 2022, for his presidential election win? No, that's not true: A social media post claiming that the queen called Marc
Full Fact→ Facebook image promoting vaccine damage payments scheme is not an official government poster
A post on Facebook shows what looks like a government poster, which says “Have you noticed your health declining since receiving the Covid-19 injection? If you weren’t made fully aware of the risks from the Covid-19 vaccines, you are entitl
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Experts warn against homemade baby formula
Says people can follow a 1960 recipe for homemade baby formula as a workaround during the current shortage.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence Amber Heard used cocaine in court
Suggests Amber Heard snorted cocaine while on the stand in court.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Formula shortage isn’t related to Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg investment in artificial breast milk
The infant formula shortage was purposely created because Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates invested in artificial breast milk.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Yoga Barbie’ Satanic Panic Facebook Post
On May 3 2022, a Facebook user warned that “yoga Barbie” poses a spiritual threat to innocent children: “Yoga Barbie” is at Target on the shelf. Satan always comes as appearing innocent. He will never come with horns and a pitch
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misattribute Phrase ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’ in Draft Opinion on Abortion
Quick Take In a footnote of a draft opinion on abortion access, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito quoted from a 2008 government report on the demand for adoption in the U.S., which used the phrase, “domestic supply of infants.” Posts on so
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The adenovirus was not developed to kill kids, nor is it a combination of viruses including COVID-19
An adenovirus is a combination of viruses, gastrointestinal virus, pneumonia and COVID-19 mixed together to “kill our children.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Posts misattribute quote about the US needing a ‘domestic supply of infants’ to Alito, Barrett
Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito said that the U.S. needs a “domestic supply of infants” to meet the needs of parents seeking to adopt.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo does not show lithium mine — it’s a copper mine
Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video shows “Sister Cindy,” an anti-abortion preacher and TikTok star, speaking sarcastically
Video shows abortion rights activist urging women to "run on down to the abortion clinic" if they get pregnant.
AllSides→ Post Misrepresents Democrats’ History of Opposing Platform Monopolies
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/post-misrepresents-democrats-history-of-opposing-platform-monopolies/
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo of sun is digitally enhanced, not the “sharpest image” ever recorded
Says photo shows "the sharpest image of the sun ever recorded."
FactCheck.org→ Post Misrepresents Democrats’ History of Opposing Platform Monopolies
Quick Take Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy Twitter was criticized by several prominent Democrats. But a social media post misleadingly claims Democrats didn’t speak out against companies buying out competitors and creating monopoli
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this is not footage of Ukraine shooting down a Russian plane with troops on board
Says video shows "Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds (of) troops on Kyiv airport."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Still not true: Kentucky Derby jockey wasn’t invited to White House, didn’t insult President Biden
"148th Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike jockey Sonny Leon just turned down a White House invite, saying 'If I wanted to see a horse's ass, I would have came (sic) in second.’"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Racist Backstory Of Timberland Boots Is NOT ‘Black History Fact’ — It’s Totally False Satirical Post
Was the founder of the Timberland boot company an 18th-century slave owner in Mississippi named Timberland Hawkins who hung slaves he couldn't auction from a tree in his field that's still standing and is now featured as the Timberland co
Snopes→ Pulitzer Prizes Award Washington Post for Jan. 6 Coverage
The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Amber Heard didn’t steal lines from ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ during testimony in Depp trial
Amber Heard plagiarized lines from the movie “The Talented Mr. Ripley” in her opening statement during the Johnny Depp libel trial.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim exaggerates fuel tax rates in Australia and Canada
“If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Contrary to claim, rape never mentioned in Roe v. Wade proceedings and did not form basis of case
“Roe v. Wade happened because a woman lied about being raped by black men.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No credible reports indicate that Starlink was used in Russian ship attack
“Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – JFK Jr. died over 20 years ago — he is not a QAnon leader
Says JFK. Jr is masquerading as QAnon promoter Juan O. Savin.
Poynter→ What would state laws look like in a post-Roe world?
The leak of an early draft ruling on a hotly contested Supreme Court abortion case has focused attention on what might happen if Roe v. Wade — the five-decade-old precedent requiring national […] The post What would state laws look like in a
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Current White House doctor did not call for Biden’s resignation
“White House physician demands Biden’s immediate resignation following his ‘obvious’ cognitive decline.”
PolitiFact→ What would state laws look like in a post-Roe world?
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as a leaked draft ruling suggests it might, then the rules governing abortion would revert to the states. In many states, the laws would either sharply restrict abortion or protect it.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Paying your taxes is mandatory, not optional
“Paying taxes is optional!!”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Canadian government doesn’t separate children from parents due to gender identity disputes
“Canada’s new law allows government to take children away if parents don’t accept kids’ ‘gender identity.’”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Images of Ukrainian flag being replaced with Soviet Union flag are from 2015, not 2022
Images show the Ukrainian flag being replaced by the Soviet Union flag in Mariupol in 2022.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence Jackie Chan is dead
Jackie Chan is dead.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No proof that Ukraine President Zelenskyy owns a $35 million home in Florida
“The President of Ukraine owns a $35 million home in Florida and has $1.2 billion in a overseas bank account.”
PolitiFact→ Ohio Gun Owners – Claim that Ohio US Senate candidate Matt Dolan sought gun grabs for social media posts is False
Matt Dolan sponsored Michael Bloomberg's “red-flag gun confiscation law, letting the people reporting your social media posts send SWAT teams to your house to take your guns."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Grand juries determined alleged sex trafficking ‘Franklin scandal’ in Omaha was a hoax
The “Franklin scandal” broke in 1989 “when hundreds of children were apparently flown around the US to be abused by high ranking ‘Establishment’ members."