The claims we looked at in September 2022, as the November election drew closer, became more pointed – and often m
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Covid-19 Vaccination Reactions Are NOT Causing US Military Crashes And Aircraft NOT Grounded In September 2022
Are complications from COVID-19 vaccinations causing U.S. military pilots to crash, resulting in the U.S. Navy and U.S Marine Corps grounding all aircraft after crashes in California killed six people in September 2022? No, that's not tru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Column Of NATO Military Equipment Blocked By Residents Of Moldova’ on September 18, 2022
Did locals block a NATO column in Moldova on September 18, 2022? No, that's not true: The video that allegedly demonstrates the "evidence" was shot in 2016. The claim appeared in an English-language tweet (archived here) on September 18,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Italians Taking Down EU Flag Is NOT From September 2022 — It’s From 2013
Does this video show Italians take down the European Union (EU) flag and replacing it with an Italian flag after the right-wing Brothers of Italy group won an election in 2022? No, that's not true: This video is from December 13, 2013. Th
Logically→ Dozens of civilians died in the Begusarai shooting on September 13, 2022.
Assailants fired at the public, killing one person and injuring eleven others in the recent Begusarai shooting in Bihar.
Logically→ Hindu mobs attacked a mosque in Leicester city on September 17, 2022.
Leicestershire Police have denied any reports of the mosque being attacked and mentioned it as a rumor.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Entire leadership of NATO’ Was NOT Fired On September 5, 2022
Did the "entire leadership of NATO" lose their jobs on September 5, 2022? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support this claim. An event of this scale would be intensively covered by media organizations in many countries, inclu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Russian Tanks Abandoned During September 2022 Ukrainian Offensive In The Kharkiv Region
Snopes→ Did Putin Face Assassination Attempt in September 2022?
This is not the first rumored attempt on the Russian president’s life.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Politician Did NOT Issue A Warning About September 24, 2022 — He Misspoke And Gaffe Was Misused
Did German politician Friedrich Merz issue a warning that something would occur on September 24, 2022, which would be remembered into the future and not be forgotten by any person? No, that's not true: On February 27, 2022, just days afte
Logically→ A time-lapse video shows a cloud burst in Bengaluru, Karnataka, captured on September 4, 2022.
A 2020 time-lapse video from Australia has been falsely shared as a recent cloud burst in Bangalore.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Was NOT Flanked By ‘Crisis Actors’ During September 1, 2022 Speech — They Were Real Marines
Did President Joe Biden use "crisis actors" to portray U.S. Marines for a speech? No, that's not true: Real Marines were standing guard when Biden delivered a speech on September 1, 2022, that called out former President Donald Trump and
Logically→ Locals in Kashmir lit fireworks to celebrate the Pakistan cricket team’s victory against India on September 4.
The video is from August 2020 and is unrelated to the India-Pakistan match. Srinagar Police clarified that no such celebrations were reported.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sidney Powell Did NOT File A Lawsuit Against Dominion On November 14, 2021 — It Was Filed In September 2021
Did Sidney Powell, an attorney who previously worked for former President Donald Trump, file a lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems on November 14, 2021? No, that's not true: Powell filed a counterclaim in September 2021 in response to
Snopes→ Obama Presidential Center and Library Will Break Ground in September 2021
The opening in Chicago was delayed because of a lawsuit and a federal review.
Truth or Fiction?→ New Footage of Capitol Riots Released in September 2021
“New footage” of the events of January 6 2021 began circulating on September 22 2021, appearing alongside a predictable set of claims about the “meaning” of the video: Whatever this is, it is not anything close to a coup or in
Snopes→ Did 1 in 500 US Residents Die From COVID-19 by September 2021?
A total of nearly 664,000 people were lost to the virus in the United States by Sept. 14, 2021.
Logically→ Public and Private schools in Punjab are closed until September 30 due to COVID-19.
Because of the festive season, Punjab extended COVID-19 limitations till September 30; however, the restrictions did not affect school operations.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bank Of England IS Phasing Out Paper Banknotes By September 2022 — But It Is NOT Moving To XRP Cryptocurrency
Is the Bank of England removing paper money from circulation and moving to the XRP cryptocurrency financial system by September 2022? No, that's not entirely true: Although the Bank of England's paper banknotes will no longer be legal ten
AFP Fact Check→ This image of Trump in the Oval Office was originally posted in September 2020
An image of former US President Donald Trump with US attorney Lin Wood in the Oval Office has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows them meeting at the White House in April 2021. The claim is false: the image dates back to
AFP Fact Check→ This image was taken in September 2020 — months before Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal
Multiple Facebook posts have shared an aerial image of containers spelling out THANK YOU alongside a claim that trafficked children were rescued from the Ever Given, a container vessel that got stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal for almost one week in Mar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Did NOT Utter This Famous Quote About Americans On September 29, 1959
Did then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev say in a speech, "Your children's children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible..." on September 29, 1959? And was this speech on the same day as the day he purportedly banged h
AFP Fact Check→ Bhagat Singh’s sister Prakash Kaur passed away in September 2014 in Canada
A photo of Prakash Kaur, the younger sister of Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh, been shared in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim that Kaur died in March 2021. The claim is false; Kaur in fact died in September 2014 in Canada.
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a Detroit food vendor spitting on pizza dough in September 2018
Stomach-churning footage of a man spitting on pizza dough has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts in February 2021 alongside claims that the incident took place in London and the man is a Muslim refugee from Algeria. T
AFP Fact Check→ This video is from an India-Pakistan cricket game in Dubai in September 2018
A video has been viewed thousands of times after an Indian politician posted it on Facebook claiming it shows a crowd singing after the Indian national cricket team's historic test match win against Australia on January 19, 2021. The claim is false; t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Needle Cap Was On For London Mayor’s Flu Shot Publicity Photo In September, NOT For COVID-19 Vaccine Injection In December
Does a photo show London Mayor Sadiq Khan getting a COVID-19 vaccination with the cap still on the needle? No, that's not true: This photo was posted to Twitter by the Mayor London on September 28, 2020 with a message about how to book an
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a demonstration against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York in September 2019
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows pro-Pakistan chants at a protest in support of Indian farmers in the British capital of London. The claim is false; this video actuall
Health Feedback→ A rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths starting in September 2020 contradicts the claim by Michael Yeadon that “the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”
REVIEW This video by talkRADIO, a national talk radio station in the U.K., was uploaded to YouTube on 5 November 2020 and went viral on Facebook, receiving more than 93,000 views. The video features a conversation between talk show host Julia Hartle
Snopes→ Earth Breaks September Heat Record, May Reach Warmest Year
Earth sweltered to a record hot September last month, with U.S. climate officials saying there’s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the globe’s hottest year on record
AFP Fact Check→ Online articles claiming a ‘new virus’ was spreading in China in September 2020 lack important context
Multiple online articles shared repeatedly on Facebook claim a “new virus” disease called severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) was spreading in China in September 2020. But the articles omit important details about the disease; while
Snopes→ Did Trump Campaign Send Fundraising Emails With the Date ‘September 31st’?
The emails were sent on the day after September 30, so we can see where the confusion arose.
Logically→ Karnataka government to re-impose a lockdown on 25th September.
The State Minister clarified that there will be no imposition of lockdown in Karnataka.
AFP Fact Check→ Old photos of unrelated aircrafts are used to claim Rafale fighter jet crashed during training in India in September 2020
Four photos have been shared in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that they show a crashed Dassault Rafale fighter jet in India in September 2020, just two months after India procured the jets from France in a deal that sparked m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands Did NOT Witness UFO Over New Jersey On September 14, 2020
Did thousands of people witness a UFO over New Jersey September 14, 2020? No, that's not true: While there may have been some excitement and confusion about what they saw, it was not a flying saucer from outer space, but just one of the f
Truth or Fiction?→ Did More Than 12,000 Christians Defy Governor, Worship at California Capitol in September 2020?
On September 7 2020, a Facebook user shared the following post claiming that thousands of Christians had flocked to the California State Capitol the previous day — but the media did not report the large turnout. The post claimed: 12,000 plus Chr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Testify At Court On September 9 For Any Reason
Did Hillary Clinton testify in court on September 9, 2020, for a lawsuit related to her use of private emails for official business while she was secretary of state in the Obama administration or any other matters? No, that's not true. Cl
AFP Fact Check→ This footage shows Indian soldiers celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi in the Shingo River Valley in September 2019
Footage of Indian soldiers celebrating the Hindu festival Ganesh Chaturthi has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim that the video shows troops in the Galwan Valley in India’s Ladakh region. The clai
Logically→ A lockdown would be imposed in West Bengal’s Siliguri on September 7, 2020.
The West Bengal Government has imposed a strict lockdown on September 7, 11, and 12 all over the state.
Logically→ Bengaluru Namma Metro to start operations from September 7, 2020.
The Bengaluru Namma Metro would resume its services in the purple line on September 7 and the green line on September 9, 2020.
Logically→ Multiplexes are open across Karnataka from September 1, 2020.
The guidelines released by the MHA says that Cinema halls will remain closed.