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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump DID Post Meme Of SpongeBob SquarePants ‘Got Done Last Week’ List
Did President Trump post a meme on Truth Social showing SpongeBob SquarePants making a "Got Done Last Week" list? Yes, that's true: The meme appeared on Trump's Truth Social account on February 23, 2025. It was still on the @realDonaldTru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Crowd At Trump Madison Square Garden Rally — It’s Crowd In Ireland At 2011 Event With Then-President Obama
Does a photo on social media show people crowding the street outside Madison Square Garden in New York in 2024 for a Trump rally? No, that's not true: Images from the street scene first appeared in 2011, showing people in Dublin lined up
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Wear Hat With Proud Boy Colors To Madison Square Garden Rally
Did Donald Trump wear a hat in the Proud Boys colors of black and yellow at his Madison Square Garden rally on October 27, 2024? No, that's not true: Trump wore the black-and-yellow baseball hat in Traverse City, Michigan, two days before
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Trump wore red and blue at the Madison Square Garden rally, not ‘black and gold’
Former President Donald Trump wore “Proud Boys black and gold” at his Oct. 27 Madison Square Garden rally.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Trump wore red and blue at the Madison Square Garden rally, not ‘Proud Boy gang colors’
Former President Donald Trump wore “Proud Boy gang colors” Oct. 27, 2024, at Madison Square Garden.
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, New Yorkers didn’t erect an anti-Trump sign outside Madison Square Garden during his rally
Image shows an anti-Trump billboard outside Madison Square Garden.
PolitiFact→ Live fact-checks from Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally in New York City
We're live fact-checking former President Donald Trump's 5 p.m. ET rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Follow along here.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Present Plan To ‘Flood’ Public Square With ‘Raw Sewage’ In 2022 Speech; He Described Propaganda Tactics
When former President Barack Obama described a metaphorical plan in 2022 to "flood" the public square with "raw sewage," did he present it as either his own or as that of the Democratic Party? No, that's not true: He was describing how pr
The Dispatch→ Two Visions of Lafayette Square
Impunity for me but not for thee.
Health Feedback→ Colored squares on toothpaste tubes guide machines during production, aren’t secret codes for ingredients
REVIEW The claim that toothpaste tubes carry a secret code about the safety of toothpaste ingredients has circulated on social media platforms for years. One recent instance of this claim can be traced back to a January 2024 episode of the podcast J
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: SpongeBob SquarePants Was NOT Based On Boy’s Abusive Childhood In 1940s
Was SpongeBob SquarePants based on the abusive childhood of a 9-year-old boy in the 1940s, as a video on TikTok suggested? No, that's not true: Stephen Hillenburg, the cartoon's creator, said in a 2015 interview that he was inspired by hi
Full Fact→ Congestion charge and ULEZ weren’t suspended for Trafalgar Square Eid event
Posts claiming the charges were suspended for London’s Eid in the Square event this year, but not for the London Marathon, are untrue.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of 12-Year-Old ‘Bride’ With Older Man As ‘Groom’ In Times Square Does NOT Show a Real Event
Does a video on social media show an authentic 12-year-old child bride with an adult groom in Times Square in New York City? No, that's not true: These two individuals were part of a staged "social experiment" to record reactions from pas
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The NYPD did not stage a protest over the release of suspects in Times Square officer attack
As men charged in the attack were released without bail this week, social media users falsely claimed that a video showed the NYPD protesting against the decision.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: T-Square Drug Test Does NOT Prove Red Bull Contains Drugs Cocaine And Suboxone
Does a video of a non-laboratory test using the T-Square brand oral fluid drug test prove that Red Bull energy drink contains the drugs buprenorphine and cocaine? No, that's not true: There is no way to confirm that the people featured in
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of a billboard near Times Square misspelling ‘Glory to Ukraine’ was fabricated
CLAIM: A video shows a technical error causing a digital billboard near New York City’s Times Square to read “Glory to Urine” instead of “Glory to Ukraine” while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in town to speak at the United Natio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Glory To Urine’ Was NOT Displayed On A Large LED Billboard Near New York City’s Times Square — Video Manipulation
Did an LED billboard at the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan feature the words "Glory to Urine" against a waving blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to New York City for the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NYPD Officers Did NOT Arrest Two Young People For Sleeping Near Times Square — They Were Charged With Theft
Did "undercover NYPD" officers "arrest two young people for sleeping on the concrete blocks a short distance from Times Square"? No, that's not true: the persons in question were not trying to sleep in a noisy, well-lit area on top of con
Logically→ Video shows NYC’s Union Square in disarray after messy giveaway, not everyday scenes
Logically→ Old video from Times Square shared with a false ‘clown attack’ claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: SpongeBob SquarePants Driver’s License Does NOT Show An Address On One Of Jeffery Epstein’s Private Islands
Does the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants' driver's license show an address on one of the late Jeffrey Epstein's private islands in a cartoon on the Nickelodeon channel? No, that's not true: A post making the claim never shows or g
Poynter→ Political extremism in the public square: A resource for journalists and voters
Disinformation about election processes and alleged election fraud is falsely stoking anger among voters who feel neglected by their government. That same disinformation — perpetuated by online elements and amplified […] The post Political extr
PolitiFact→ Political Extremism in the Public Square: A resource for journalists and voters
Political Extremism in the Public Square: A resource for journalists and voters
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Is NOT A Before/After Of Kyiv’s Independence Square Since Russian Invasion
Does a split image of Independence Square in Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv accurately compare the condition of the area before and after Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022, and tried to seize the city? No, that's not true: T
Full Fact→ Trafalgar Square “Freedom Rally” speech littered with false claims
During an anti-lockdown event on 24 July, dubbed the “The Worldwide Rally For Freedom”, Vernon Coleman (who we have fact checked before, under his online pseudonym “Old Man In A Chair”) made a speech in Trafalgar Square where he
Snopes→ Biden Says He Stands ‘Squarely Behind’ Afghanistan Decision
Biden said he had to choose between sticking to a previously negotiated agreement to withdraw U.S. troops or sending thousands more service members back into Afghanistan to fight a “third decade” of war.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Child Was NOT Incarcerated For Changing ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Theme Song Lyrics — He Was A Murder Victim
Did a 9-year-old child go to prison for changing the theme-song lyrics to the classic Nickelodeon cartoon, "SpongeBob SquarePants"? No, that's not true: The picture used with the claim is of a young murder victim who was not named "Jake S
Snopes→ Back to Square One? Trump Decision Still Weighs on Facebook
Trump's presence or absence on the platform is unlikely to greatly influence users whether they should stay or they should go.
Washington Post→ Kevin McCarthy says he rented a ‘room’ — in a 7,000-square-foot penthouse
The apartment owned by pollster Frank Luntz combined four units with 12 bedrooms and home ownership fees of almost $5,000 a month.
Snopes→ Did Nickelodeon Remove 2 Episodes of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ For Being Too Problematic?
“Mid-Life Crustacean” and “Kwarantined Krab” may have had some kontroversial kontent.
Snopes→ Were 2 Episodes of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Removed For Being Too Problematic?
“Mid-Life Crustacean” and “Kwarantined Krab” may have had some kontroversial kontent.
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘Yellow Square’ Instagram Controversy, Explained
On March 17 2021, the day a spree shooter reportedly killed eight people at three Asian spas, the verified Instagram account @88rising shared a simple yellow square — content which led to significant and tense discourse. The Incident On March 16
Snopes→ Square, Inc. to Buy Majority of Tidal and Put Jay-Z on Board
“It comes down to one simple idea: finding new ways for artists to support their work,” Square, Inc. CEO Jack Dorsey said in the statement announcing the deal.
Snopes→ Did Scientists Discover Why Wombat Poop Is Square?
The cubed-shaped turds have fascinated wildlife ecologists for decades.
Snopes→ Bomb-Sniffing Dogs? Check. Times Square Crowd? Not This Year
Would-be partygoers were urged to watch the ball drop on television.
Snopes→ Is Times Square Closed to Crowds on New Year’s for First Time in History?
The ball drop on New Year's Eve is going to look a little different in 2020.
Snopes→ Will Cats Always Sit in a Square Taped to the Floor?
Cats have a reputation for disobeying their owners — why would they start listening now?
Snopes→ Car Caught on Video Plowing Through Times Square Protesters
The New York Police Department says it is trying to find a car that drove through a group of Black Lives Matter protesters blocking a street in Times Square.
AFP Fact Check→ This image has been digitally manipulated to show a Hindu God on a Times Square billboard
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows a Hindu God displayed on billboards in New York’s Times Square "this morning". The claim is false; the photo has been digitally manipulated to include an image