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Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Cop Who Blamed a ‘Very Bad Day’ for Fatal Georgia Shootings Promote Racist Shirts?
The Georgia law enforcement spokesperson who drew criticism for apparently downplaying the motive behind a rash of fatal shooting attacks on March 17 2021 came under even more scrutiny online, after reports that he promoted shirts pushing a racist R
Snopes→ Did Trump Refer to ‘China Virus’ on Fox the Night Asian Women Were Killed in Atlanta?
The former president had called into Fox on March 16 to talk about issues unrelated to the Atlanta-area mass shooting.
Snopes→ Is Chinese Furniture Maker Selling a Trump Buddha Statue?
The description of the alleged product says, "Make your company great again!"
Snopes→ Did Trump Take Credit for ‘Beautiful’ COVID-19 Vaccine?
The former president of the United States no longer has access to a Twitter account, but he's still getting his message out.
Truth or Fiction?→ Far-Right U.S. Legislators Using Disinformation to Gain, Strengthen Positions
Even as acolytes of former United States president Donald Trump consider running to replace retiring Republicans, his allies already in the U.S. government are trying to throw up barriers to passing broadly popular legislation — but all are leani
Snopes→ Was Melania Trump Not Invited to First Lady Summit at Camp David?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Did Navy SEALs Arrest Hillary Clinton?
A post claimed Navy SEALs broke into the former secretary of state's home and tranquilized her.
Snopes→ Did Trump Launch 2024 Presidential Campaign?
"I may even decide to beat [Democrats] for a third time," the former U.S. president said at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Snopes→ Did Trump Receive COVID-19 Vaccination Before Leaving Office?
A number of political figures publicly shared their inoculation experience via social media.
Snopes→ Was a Golden Trump Statue Spotted at CPAC?
The former president was depicted wearing sandals, American flag shorts, and holding a magic wand.
Snopes→ Did Trump Wish Tiger Woods a ‘Speedy Recovery’?
The legendary golfer suffered serious injuries in a car accident in February 2021.
Snopes→ Would a Bill Bar Trump from Being Buried at Arlington Cemetery?
The “No Glory for Hate Act” appears to have a particular former president in mind.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Won’t Halt Turnover of Trump’s Tax Records
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has been seeking Donald Trump’s tax records since 2019 as part of an investigation.
Snopes→ Did Biden Claim There Was No COVID-19 Vaccine When He Came Into Office?
President Donald Trump's former press secretary made the allegation in a viral tweet.
Snopes→ Does Trump Control US Military for 60 Days After Leaving Office?
The claim stemmed from 2019 legislation introduced by a Republican lawmaker.
Snopes→ Did Dems’ Video Omit Trump’s Telling Supporters To ‘Peacefully and Patriotically’ Protest at Capitol?
Social media posts claimed impeachment prosecutors ignored a key fact.
Truth or Fiction?→ Law Professor Refutes Trump Attorneys’ Attempt to Cite Him in Impeachment Defense
An effort to sow weaponized disinformation benefiting former United States president Donald Trump ahead of his second impeachment trial was blunted in early February 2021, when the legal scholar cited by his attorneys publicly debunked their claims. T
Snopes→ Did a Florida Town Declare the First Week of February ‘Trump Week’?
The city of Frostproof in Florida's Polk County has a population of about 3,200.
Poynter→ As embedded fact-checking grows, reporters need to show their sources
Five years ago, the trend began as a trickle. A few reporters started adding a bit of extra information to their stories, declaring when a politician said something false. At the time, this was a bold move. Political stories were traditionally for news
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘President Trump’s New Office Looks STUNNING’
Even after the end of his presidency, supporters of Donald Trump continued peddling bad information online in February 2021. Anti-Muslim lecturer Brigitte Gabriel posted a photograph of Trump on Twitter saying, “President Trump’s new office lo
Truth or Fiction?→ Did 20 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses ‘Go Missing’?
Online speculation around former presidential advisor Jared Kushner swirled on social media after stories appeared about ongoing problems facing United States President Joe Biden’s administration as it continued fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, n
Snopes→ Supreme Court Ends Trump Emoluments Lawsuits
The cases involved suits filed by Maryland and the District of Columbia, and high-end restaurants and hotels in New York and Washington, D.C., that “found themselves in the unenviable position of having to compete with businesses owned by the Preside
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Alex Trebek Listed as Part of Trump’s ‘Garden of American Heroes’?
Two days before the end of his one-term presidency, Donald Trump’s administration released a wide-ranging list of public figures it ordered to be included as statues in its proposed “National Garden of American Heroes” — includ
Poynter→ Growing usage of encrypted messaging apps could make it harder to combat misinformation
Gigantic numbers released this week indicate that encrypted messaging apps are on the rise — and this is disturbing for some members of the fact-checking community. Reporting by Axios showed private messaging app Signal saw a 677% increase in downloa
Poynter→ Researchers say Facebook should allow fact-checkers to fact-check politicians
Disinformation researchers are arguing that Facebook should do more than just indefinitely block President Donald Trump. They argue the company should go further by doing away with its exemption of politicians from its Third-Party Fact-Checking program
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Trump Have an OnlyFans Account?
As outgoing United States President Donald Trump and his supporters were locked out of some digital platforms, social media users asked — sometimes derisively — if Trump would open an account on the subscription-based service OnlyFans. Two
Truth or Fiction?→ Twitter Finally Shuts Down Donald Trump’s Account
Two days after he incited an attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol and just over two months after he decisively lost the 2020 election to Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, outgoing United States President Donald Trump was ousted again ̵
Truth or Fiction?→ Amid Fascist Coup Attempt, Twitter Cowers From Banning Donald Trump
Even as he incited a far right, explicitly fascist coup attempt against the American government, Twitter refused to say whether it would remove outgoing United States President Donald Trump’s account on the platform: A company spokesperson told
Truth or Fiction?→ Is This a ‘Biblical’ Crowd of Trump Supporters in Washington D.C.?
As a crowd of loyalists for outgoing President Donald Trump gathered in Washington, D.C. at least one account wasted little time recycling a common disinformation tactic in order to make attendance seem much higher than it actually was. The user,
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the Trump Campaign Planning a Second Inauguration?
A suspicious screenshot grabbed Twitter users’ attention on December 17 2020, making some think that outgoing President Donald Trump and his campaign intended to continue denying his loss in the U.S. presidential elections into the new year. The
Poynter→ Will Trump’s example change how politicians handle the truth?
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. How fact-checkers help normalize the truth As the Trump e
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Tweets About ‘Fake Water Main Break’ on Election Night in Georgia
As electors of the gathered on December 14 2020 in order to finalize the incoming Joe Biden administration, sitting U.S. President Donald Trump continued advancing baseless claims that his decisive loss in the 2020 election was fraudulent, claiming
Truth or Fiction?→ Mellissa Carone, Dominion Subcontractor, Goes Viral After Bizarre Michigan ‘Hearing’ Appearance
On December 2 2020, video of “a drunk woman” acting as a witness for purported and nonexistent election fraud went viral, due in part to the following tweet: a drunk woman is trump team’s star witness in michigan pic.twitter.com/qGxEI3
Poynter→ Fact-checking Trump was a volume business. How will that change with Biden?
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. Is ‘too stupid to fact-check’ a thing of the past? On
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Rudy Giuliani Announce That He Tested Positive for ‘Covid 9/11’?
Online mockery of former New York City mayor Rudolph “Rudy” Giuliani continued in late November 2020 with a tweet by a newly-formed parody account that had other users fooled, if only for a moment. The post from “@Rudy_Giuliani_̶
Poynter→ Global fact-checkers find strength in numbers amid dual challenges of politics and COVID-19
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. All together now Fact-checking is a form of journalism, a
Truth or Fiction?→ Twitter Amends Flag from ‘Official Sources Called This Election Differently’ to ‘Multiple Sources Called This Election Differently’
In mid-November 2020, Twitter updated one of its election information flags, changing the wording from the uncertain-sounding, “Official sources called this election differently” to the even less forceful, “Multiple sources called th
Truth or Fiction?→ Twitter Amends Flag from ‘Official Sources Called This Election Differently’ to ‘Multiple Sources Called This Election Differently’
In mid-November 2020, Twitter updated one of its election information flags, changing the wording from the uncertain-sounding, “Official sources called this election differently” to the even less forceful, “Multiple sources called th
Poynter→ Falsehoods about the 2020 election run rampant on the world stage
Fact-checkers outside the United States were not spared the onslaught of both mis- and disinformation that followed the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Asia, Europe and Latin America all had to contend with a tidal wave of false claims about voting Su