Did MSNBC host Rachel Maddow post on X discouraging people from disclosing vaccine injuries "on social media," as a post on Instagram suggested? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for MSNBC confirmed to Lead Stories that "the post is fak
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PolitiFact→ Chris Larson – Larson’s tweet on Brewers stadium funding Mostly False and lacks some context
The Milwaukee Brewers “are complaining about a lack of transit going to the ballpark at the same time as they are testifying in favor (of) taking $135 million away from Milwaukee County, which funds transit."
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Altered image shows Las Vegas Sphere displaying Israeli flag. That didn’t happen
The Las Vegas Sphere displayed an Israeli flag.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Did 1,609 scientists sign a declaration saying ‘there is no climate emergency’? Not quite
1,609 scientists signed a declaration saying “There is no climate emergency.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Sen. Dianne Feinstein didn’t tweet about getting a COVID-19 vaccine before her death
Sen. Dianne Feinstein tweeted about getting COVID-19 and flu vaccines days before her death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "Tweets" Between Michelle Obama And Trump Are NOT Real — They’re Fake Messages
Are the tweets between Michelle Obama and Donald Trump about "destroying the country" and inviting "Mike" to play basketball real? No, that's not true: No such tweets from the former first lady's official account nor the former president'
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Donald Trump didn’t call Michelle Obama ‘Mike’ in a tweet
Former President Donald Trump called Michelle Obama “Mike” in this tweet.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Eustace Marvello’ Mugshot Tweet
On August 25 2023, a mugshot showing an interestingly coiffed man going by the name of “Eustace Marvello,” who was purportedly involved in a scheme to interfere with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, began circulating on Twitter: Eusta
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This is the Pinned Tweet of the Murderer Who Killed Lauri Ann Carlton … For Having a Pride Flag on Her Business’
On August 22 2023, an Imgur user shared the following Twitter screenshots, which asserted that they showed the tweet pinned by “the murderer who killed Lauri Ann Carlton [sic] in cold blood for having a pride flag on her business”: Shocker
Truth or Fiction?→ Ted Cruz ‘Highway Shark’ Tweet
On August 21 2023, a pair of posts to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter featured two screenshots of a tweet apparently by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) about a long-debunked “highway shark” sighting in Los Angeles: A sucker is born e
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Tafari Campbell: Obamas’ personal chef did not tweet before his death about Barack Obama’s arrest
Tafari Campbell, the Obamas’ personal chef who drowned, tweeted that he had “information that will lead to the arrest of Barack Obama.”
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Unfounded claims blaming COVID vaccine for ESPN analyst Shaka Hislop’s recent collapse spread online
ESPN soccer analyst Shaka Hislop collapsed on air because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Las explosiones en la planta química de Luisiana no causaron radiación, ni evacuaciones
"8 potentes explosiones en planta química de Luisiana - Estados Unidos, causando alerta roja por radiación en la zona donde se ordenó evacuar a toda la población".
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A theater didn’t put ‘nanobots’ into drinks of ‘Sound of Freedom’ moviegoers. The tweet was a joke
CLAIM: A movie theater worker tweeted that he was fired after he refused to add a mysterious liquid that turned out to contain “nanobots” into the drinks of customers watching “Sound of Freedom.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Elon Musk ‘looks into’ some tweets, but not this one
Elon Musk tweeted “looking into this” in response to a claim that the “KKK never did anything wrong to Black people.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Parody tweet about the Titanic submersible falsely attributed to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
CLAIM: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene published a Twitter post reading, “How can the Titanic submersible run out of air if you breathe both in and out?
Truth or Fiction?→ Moms for Liberty’s ‘Americans and Jews’ Tweet
On July 12 2023, a screenshot of a tweet addressing “Americans and Jews” was attributed to the far-right activist group Moms for Liberty. It was quickly shared to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter and r/MarchAgainstNazis: “Am
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, this footage doesn’t prove ‘nukes are fake.’ Here’s how cameras filmed past nuclear tests.
Footage of nuclear explosions proves that "nukes are fake."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Community Note Falsely Claims Video In Benny Johnson Tweet Shows Paris Gas Explosion Aftermath
Does this video actually show damage to a Paris building from a gas explosion last month, as a Twitter Community Note suggests? No, that's not true: This video shows the collapse of a pharmacy building in the town of Montargis, France. Th
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Fabricated image tweeted by a Russian embassy shows a made-up Politico article about Ukraine
CLAIM: A screenshot shows a Politico article about the war in Ukraine titled, “20 000 000 lives for the sake of freedom,” which reported that Ukraine will need to sacrifice millions of lives to win its war against Russia.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – The Threads app is here, and no, Elon Musk did not tweet that it ‘sucks’
Elon Musk tweeted that he “just downloaded Threads” and it “sucks.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hamish Harding Tweeted About ‘Biden Crime Family’ Before Diving In OceanGate Titan Sub
Did Hamish Harding, an aviation businessman and aircraft pilot who died in the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster, tweet on June 17, 2023, that the Biden family tried to hire his aviation company for human smuggling? No, that's not true
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, J.P. Morgan y los Rothschild no planificaron hundir el Titanic
J.P. Morgan y la familia Rothschild planificaron que el Titanic se hundiera para eliminar a Jacob Astor y crear la Reserva Federal.
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Distort Greta Thunberg Tweet Warning About Climate Change
Quick Take A Harvard University professor warned in 2018 that steps were needed over the next five years to reduce carbon pollution to preserve Arctic ice. Climate activist Greta Thunberg then shared a tweet that misquoted the professor. But recent
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Activision Did NOT Post Tweet Mocking Russian Military
Did "Call of Duty" game maker Activision post a tweet mocking the Russian military, apologizing to gamers for using Russia as an antagonist and saying it should have built games around a more competent army, such as that of Cuba or Laos?
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media posts distort 2018 Greta Thunberg tweet
Greta Thunberg said the world would end on June 21, 2023.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, una iglesia en Massachusetts no se incendió durante matrimonio gay
Una iglesia fue “quemada por un rayo en Boston, EE. UU. durante una ceremonia de boda gay. Este 5 de mayo de 2023, sin sobrevivientes entre los participantes”.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Did a printer error in Nassau County, N.Y., turn every registered voter Democratic?
A printer error in Nassau County, New York, turned every registered voter Democratic.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge in the documents case, wasn't pictured in a Team Trump hat
Photo of woman in Team Trump attire is Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the classified documents case.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Call For 20 Minute Twitter News Show – Tweet Originated on Parody Account
Did Elon Musk send a tweet calling for the introduction of "Twitter News," which would be a 20-minute clip each day covering "the most relevant topics from an unbiased viewpoint"? No, that's not true: The tweet originated on a parody acco
Truth or Fiction?→ Elon Musk’s Pride Tweet
As Pride Month kicked off in June 2023, a post featuring a tweet attributed to Twitter owner Elon Musk was shared to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter: From woke to joke by u/DemocracyStan in WhitePeopleTwitter The Reddi
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Chick-fil-A did not ‘just hire’ a vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion
Chick-fil-A “just hired a VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.”
Logically→ This Ukrainian Defense Ministry tweet about Zelenskyy has been digitally manipulated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet That ‘The World Is Flat’ in 2022
Did Elon Musk write that "the world is flat" on Twitter in April 2022? No, that's not true: The viral image of the supposed entry appears to have been digitally altered. Archived versions of Musk's account do not contain such a tweet. The
Truth or Fiction?→ Ann Coulter NAACP Tweet
On May 2023, a Reddit user shared an image to r/WhitePeopleTwitter, which was purportedly a screengrab of a tweet in which right-wing pundit Ann Coulter referenced a NAACP travel warning issued for Florida: The GOP needs to piss off by
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Dash for the border on video was months before Title 42 ended
“JUST IN: A MASSIVE CARAVAN of illegal aliens is forcing their way into the US!”
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Is that Donald Trump 'in the hood'? No. That’s an altered image.
Photo shows former President Donald Trump “in the hood.”
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Lia Thomas was not stripped of her title. This claim comes from a satire site.
“NCAA strips Lia Thomas of National Championship After ‘Unfavorable’ Test Results.”
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, every Black Californian is not receiving $1.2 million for reparations
California has approved $1.2 million in reparations for every black resident.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Image showing thousands of bridge-crossing migrants was from 2018, not 2023
Photo shows migrants heading to U.S. border in May 2023.