Does a photo of the "Roman tidal baths" on Malta demonstrate that the sea level has been consistent for thousands of years? No, that's not true: The waterfront architecture known as the Roman Baths of Sliema were not built during the Roma
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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, missing Malaysian Flight 370 has not returned after 10 years
"Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 returns after 10-year mystery"
PolitiFact→ David Crowley – Was the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in 30 years under Biden?
“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – We feel fine: CERN scientists did not end the world 12 years ago. This claim is satire.
CERN scientists admit they “accidentally” ended the world in 2012 while performing experiments into the Higgs boson particle.
AllSides→ Snopes Finally Corrects The Record On Notorious Trump Hoax — Seven Years Later
https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/23/snopes-correction-charlottesville-virginia-very-fine-people-both-sides-donald-trump-seven-years/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Earth’s Average Temperature NOT 2 Degrees Celsius Warmer 55,000 Years Ago
Was the Earth's average temperature 2 degrees Celsius warmer 55,000 years ago? No, that's not true: Climate experts contacted by Lead Stories all agreed that the Earth's temperature 55,000 years ago was colder than today's average tempera
Full Fact→ ONS figures don’t show 14 million people will arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’
The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New-York-To-Florida Flight Did NOT Disappear Then Land 37 Years Later — No Such Missing Flight Was Ever Recorded
Did a passenger flight disappear in 1955 after taking off from New York, only to resurface "37 years later," as a reel on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: This claim appears to be based on a 1985 hoax published by the U.S. tabloid W
The Dispatch→ For Joe Biden, It’s Not the Years, It’s the Mileage
The president’s problems have less to do with age and more to do with him.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Does Trump want to repeal the ACA, as Biden says? Tracking his changing stance over the years
Donald Trump wants to terminate the Affordable Care Act.
Full Fact→ It’s not true that more migrants arrived in the UK in two years than between 1066 and 2010
A graphic shared by Reform UK leader Richard Tice claims Rishi Sunak “welcomed more migrants in just two years” than in the 944 years prior to 2010.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Altered Video Has Cristiano Ronaldo Supporting ‘Children Of Gaza’ — He Said ‘Children of Syria’ In Message Recorded Years Ago
Does a video on social media show Cristiano Ronaldo offering support to "children of Gaza"? No, that's not true: The original video of soccer superstar Ronaldo was posted in 2016 and he said it was for the "children of Syria," not the chi
AllSides→ Are five Americans facing up to 12 years in prison in Turks and Caicos for bringing ammunition in their luggage?
https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/are-five-americans-facing-up-to-12-years-in-prison-in-turks-and-caicos-for-bringing-ammunition-in-their-luggage?utm_source=allsides&utm_id=112
The Dispatch→ The Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Six Years Later
On the power of the Greek tragedy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California’s Fresno River Viaduct Did NOT Cost $11 Billion, Did NOT Take 9 Years
Did the Fresno River Viaduct in California cost $11 billion over nine years of construction? No, that's not true: A claim on social media misleads about the cost and duration of the project. The viaduct was completed in roughly three year
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Five years later, Texas never found voter registrations of 95,000 noncitizens
Texas found that 95,000 noncitizens were registered to vote.
AllSides→ As of early 2024, is the waiting period for a US immigration asylum hearing six to eight years?
https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/03/immigration-asylum-hearing-waiting-mark-pocan-fact-brief/?utm_source=gigafact%3Futm_source%3DGigafact&utm_id=112
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Marine Officer Said ‘I Have Spent Over 15 Years On Mars In Secret Space Program’ — NO Humans Have Set Foot On Mars As Of March 2024
Did a U.S. Marine Officer spend over 15 years on Mars in a secret space program? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesperson told Lead Stories that NASA has "not yet sent humans to Mars" and has a goal of "having astronauts walk on Mars by 2
PolitiFact→ Simon Rosenberg – Have 96% of jobs created over 35 years emerged under Democratic presidents?
“Since 1989 and a new age of globalization began, 51 million jobs have been created in America. 49 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic presidents.”
PolitiFact→ Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists
Four years since the pandemic’s onset, COVID-19 misinformation centers primarily on the vaccines, which multiple studies show have saved lives. But persistent misinformation about their safety has left experts worried about vaccine willingness for ot
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: European Commission Did NOT Propose Banning Repairs On Cars Over 15 Years Old
Does the European Commission propose outlawing repairs on cars over 15 years old? No, that's not true: A proposal about end-of-lifecycle vehicles does not say that. A spokesperson for the European Commission categorically refuted the clai
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden said Medicare drug price negotiations cut the deficit by $160 billion. That's years away.
“We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Tucker Carlson clip on Biden gaffe is 4 years old, not from ‘Saturday’
President Joe Biden had a gaffe “in a rally in Michigan on Saturday.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton quoted from gospel song 17 years apart. It’s not nefarious
Video of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton speeches proves that their words are “all scripts and copied, all fake.”
PolitiFact→ Alejandro Mayorkas – Has Biden deported more people in nine months than in past years? Fact-checking Alejandro Mayorkas
“Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”
The Dispatch→ War in Ukraine, Two Years Later
Wavering U.S. support leaves Ukraine undergunned in its conflict with Russia.
The Dispatch→ Trump Secured the 2024 GOP Nomination Three Years Ago Today
A look back at the failed impeachment vote that paved the way for a Trump redux.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim That Rabies Has ‘Never Been Proven to Exist’ Is NOT True — It’s Been Known About For At Least 2,500 Years
Has rabies "never been proven to exist"? No, that's not true: Rabies is a viral disease that affects mammals, including humans, and is typically transmitted through the saliva of infected animals, often through bites. The existence of rab
Full Fact→ Underlying debt is forecast to be higher in five years’ time than it is currently
An exchange between chief secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott and Radio 4 presenter Evan Davis has gone viral after confusion over debt projections.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Dinosaurs fossils are millions of years old, not thousands, as video claims
The presence of soft tissue and carbon-14 in dinosaur bones proves they lived “only a few thousand years” ago, not millions of years ago.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – We fact-checked a years-old ‘Epstein list’ with 166 names. Here’s what we found
“Epstein List” shows 166 people connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Full Fact→ Photo of Russian jet has been online for nearly eight years
The photo of the Tu-160 was posted on Instagram in 2016.
Full Fact→ Not all migrants must wait five years for benefits under France’s new immigration law
A post being shared on social media makes several claims about the law that are not all true and require more context.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stephen King HAS Sold Manuscripts In The Last Two Years
Has acclaimed author Stephen King not sold a manuscript in two years because he "went woke"? No, neither is true: This claim appeared in an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. The website where this cla
Full Fact→ How many migrants arrived in the UK in the last two years?
Nearly 2.3 million migrants arrived in the UK over the last two years, but net migration is around 1.3 million.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Years-old image does not show an Israeli soldier pinning a child to the ground
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Years-old video of empty store on Black Friday was filmed in London, not the US
CLAIM: A video of only one shopper turning up for a Black Friday sale this year shows how President Joe Biden’s economic policies have negatively impacted consumer spending in the U.S.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Norwegian Newspaper Did NOT Report That 5 Years Old Was Average Age Of Palestinians Killed In Gaza
Did VG, a Norwegian newspaper, report that the average age of Palestinians killed in Gaza was 5 years old, as claimed by an image on social media? No, that's not true: The newspaper reported that 5-year-olds represented the age group with
AllSides→ The Evil Origins of 60 Years of JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theories
https://spectator.org/the-evil-origins-of-60-years-of-jfk-assassination-conspiracy-theories/ Sixty year
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Infant mortality rose for first time in 20 years, but no evidence ties it to COVID-19 vaccines
Rise in U.S. infant mortality rate connected to COVID-19 vaccines.