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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, CNN didn’t report on a supposed Cash App bankruptcy
“CNN just said Cash App went bankrupt and any funds you had in your account would have to be awarded to you through bankruptcy court.”
Full Fact→ Supposed Amazon E-scooter deal is too good to be true
Amazon is not selling e-scooters for £3 due to storage issues.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Clickbait Facebook post draws in users with supposed gossip about Melissa Rivers, Michelle Obama
“Joan Rivers’ daughter threatens to expose Michelle Obama.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Supposed recording of Obama reacting to chef’s death isn’t authentic
Former President Barack Obama “reacts to chef’s wife blaming him for the death of her husband Talafi Cambell.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t quit your jobs, Brits. Supposed BBC News video about Elon Musk project was altered
BBC News reported that British residents “no longer need to work” thanks to an investment project from Elon Musk.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of Biden’s NATO summit speech misleadingly edited to supposedly show him waving at nobody
“Biden points and waves to nobody again.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No need to blame the dog; video supposedly showing Joe Biden farting was altered
Video shows President Joe Biden apologizing for flatulence.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Supposed photo of Trump dancing with a girl on Jeffrey Epstein’s island appears fabricated
Photo shows former President Donald Trump “dancing with a 13-year-old girl” on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.
Full Fact→ Video supposedly showing protests against Imran Khan’s arrest was filmed in 2022
A number of Facebook posts wrongly claim a video showed protests in London against the arrest of the former Pakistani Prime Minister earlier this month.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kobe Bryant Was NOT Suing Company Behind ‘Black Mamba Hyperrush’ Over Supposed Opioid Contamination
Was basketball superstar Kobe Bryant suing the company behind Black Mamba Hyperrush over their energy supplements' supposed opioid contamination? No, that's not true: Bryant was suing a company in a trademark dispute for using the name Bl
Poynter→ The laws were supposed to attack ‘fake news.’ Now they are jailing journalists
This op-ed was published in commemoration of International Fact-Checking Day, held April 2 each year to recognize the work of fact-checkers worldwide. In the wee hours of Dec. 20, 2019, armed […] The post The laws were supposed to attack ‘fake
The Dispatch→ ‘He does everything you’re supposed to do’
A shining knight emerges from the Netflix golf docuseries.Continue reading ‘He does everything you’re supposed to do’ »
Full Fact→ Dog supposedly hit by a car in south London actually died in the US in 2017
A Facebook post features an image of a dog that was fatally injured in Newport News, Virginia.
Snopes→ No Evidence Xi Jinping Is Under House Arrest Amid Supposed Coup Attempt in China
Rumors spread on social media alleging a coup attempt was taking place in China, despite having no reputable source.
Full Fact→ Supposed ‘chemtrails’ in the sky are just clouds left by planes
An image on Facebook shows two contrails.
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Big Bird Supposed to Be on the Challenger?
In June 2022, a long-circulating claim that Big Bird nearly “died in space” on the ill-fated Challenger expedition re-emerged on an Imgur post: On what appeared to be a screenshot of a listicle, Sesame Street‘s Big Bird was shown ne
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Woman Did NOT Plead Guilty To Role In Supposed Ballot Trafficking Ring From 2020 Presidential Election
Did a Yuma County, Arizona, woman plead guilty to a role in a sophisticated ballot trafficking ring that supposedly stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Guillermina Fuentes did plead guilty on June
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Supposed CNN tweet about hotel is altered
CNN tweeted a picture of a Serbian resort and said it was in Ukraine.
Logically→ A video shows a supposedly dead person in a body bag smoking a cigarette in Ukraine.
A 2020 video from the set of a music video filmed in Russia is falsely claimed to be from the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Clickbait headline about Vladimir Putin’s supposed assassination is wrong
Russian President Vladimir Putin “was assassinated.”
Snopes→ Did Zelenskyy ‘Troll’ Putin Over a Supposedly Fake Video?
Social media users pored over videos that appeared to show the Ukrainian president touching a microphone. What was it all about?
Logically→ An image shows a Russian aircraft being shot down by Ukraine during the Russian invasion, supposedly the sixth such craft to have been destroyed.
An old image of two aircraft colliding at the RAF Fairford airshow in the U.K. in July 1993 has been misattributed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Full Fact→ ‘Storm Eunice video’ supposedly showing crane fall in Portsmouth is actually from Poland
A video on Facebook claiming to show a violent storm and a crane falling in Fratton, in Portsmouth, has almost 1,000 shares. The video was not taken in the UK. It was most likely filmed in Krakow, Poland. The video shows a lot of rubbish swirling aroun
Snopes→ Investigating the ‘Interesting Points’ Supposedly Stated by Harvard Doctor
The viral email came at a time when the omicron COVID-19 variant set record highs for new case reports and health leaders changed up isolation regulations.
Logically→ President Biden: “Our mission in Afghanistan was never supposed to be nation building. It was never supposed to be creating a unified democracy.”
The U.S. initially sought to fight terrorism in its invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, but later switched focused to "restoring democracy."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cat Did NOT Watch Video of Supposedly Deceased Owner
Did a cat watch a video of its deceased owner and then show grief? No, that's not true: This video has been digitally altered. It was initially recorded and posted by the cat's owner, Sevilay Deryal, who was very much alive when she shot
Logically→ Udhay Stalin: The funds supposed to compensate for the shortfall in Tamil Nadu’s GST revenue are being used to make a new parliament building.
Through the final weekly installment, the central government has released the GST compensation shortfall to all the states, including Tamil Nadu.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope NOT Arrested On 80-Count Indictment For Child Trafficking And Fraud During Supposed ‘Vatican Blackout’
Was Pope Francis arrested in Vatican City after a supposed blackout and was he indicted for child trafficking and fraud? No, that's not true: there is no evidence for any of this and the claim went viral through a website run by an anonym
Full Fact→ The needles in some syringes are supposed to ‘disappear’
Various posts on social media show news footage of a Covid-19 vaccination being given to a patient. After the vaccine is apparently administered, it appears as if the needle has disappeared. Some have suggested that this is evidence that these pa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chiropractor NOT Correct In Saying COVID Vaccine Is Supposed To Lessen Symptoms, But Not Stop Spread
Is the COVID-19 vaccine only supposed to lessen symptoms, but not stop the spread of infection? No, that's not true: The claim is made without evidence nor reference to scientific research and is being spread by a chiropractor. Chiropract
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The FBI Did NOT Admit To Accidentally Destroying The Laptop That Supposedly Belonged To Hunter Biden
Did the FBI admit to accidentally destroying the laptop said to have belonged to Hunter Biden? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim published by a website that trolls conservatives with outrageous false claims. The laptop in que
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Julia Roberts Supposed to Play Harriet Tubman in a 2019 Biopic?
In November 2019, just after the film Twitter was outraged over news that white actor Julia Roberts was “suggested” by a studio executive to play Harriet Tubman, a black woman and a former slave turned abolitionist hero: Julia Roberts
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Narrative About a Supposed ‘Ukrainian Arms Dealer’
Quick Take An online story says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff “are both connected to a Ukrainian arms dealer” through a 2013 fundraiser. But the supposed “Ukrainian arms dealer” owns a California company tha
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Picture Donald Trump Supposedly Wants Removed From The Internet Is Manipulated
Is this a real picture that shows President Trump's bald scalp under his hair as it blows in the wind? And does he want it removed from the internet, as the caption claims? No, that's not true: while we can't look into President Trump's head a
Snopes→ Leaked ‘Jeopardy’ Video Supposedly Shows James Holzhauer’s Defeat
"Q: This cautionary sign appears before news articles containing information some readers may not want to know." "A: What is a spoiler warning?"
FactCheck.org→ Supposed ‘Child Bride’ Photo Debunked in 2014
Quick Take A photo circulating online claims to show a young girl being “sold into sexual slavery.” But, according to fact-checking sites in 2014, the picture is from an old video of a child participating in a Quran recitation. Full Story
FactCheck.org→ No Support for Supposed Reagan Quote
Quick Take There is no evidence to support social media posts attributing a quote about Nancy Pelosi to former President Ronald Reagan. Full Story When reclaiming her role as speaker of the House, Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi invoked Republican Presid
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Looming Government Shutdown
The federal government is heading to a shutdown, if Congress doesn’t pass funding legislation by the time the clock strikes midnight on Sept. 30. We’ll explain what that means and what government services could be affected. What is a g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Deutsche Welle Did NOT Report That Poles Use Wi-Fi Network Names ‘Offensive’ To Ukrainian Refugees In Poland
Did the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) report that Poles have started to rename their Wi-Fi networks to insult Ukrainian refugees in Poland? No, that's not true: Both DW and the Ukrainian government refuted the claim. A Lea