Did Twitter place a warning about retweeting solely on recent tweets about Joe Biden and fracking? No, that's not true: The new warnings are being added for all Twitter users, not just Biden critics. Twitter automatically warns when the u
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Contradict Himself By Saying He Was Raised In A ‘Black Church’ And A Lifelong Catholic When Referring To His Civil Rights Work
Did Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden say he was raised in a "Black Baptist Church," despite also saying he has been a "practicing" Catholic all his life? That claim is partially true, but it's missing context: Although Biden has
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hunter Biden Did NOT Admit To Doing Naked FaceTimes Nor Keeping Sexually Explicit Photos Of 14-Year-Old
Did Hunter Biden admit to doing naked video calls on FaceTime and keeping sexually explicit photos of a 14-year-old? No, that's not true. There is no record Hunter Biden has confirmed having done either of those things. The person making
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BLM Does NOT Want To Keep Black Men From Raising Their Children, Nor Does Biden
Does Black Lives Matter want to keep Black men from raising their children and has Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden endorsed the organization? No, there is no evidence to support either claim: A political ad attacking Biden relie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Say ‘Good’ After Joe Biden Said 525 Immigrant Kids Can’t Find Their Parents
Did President Trump say "Good" after Joe Biden said 525 immigrant kids can't find their parents because they were separated under Trump's orders? No, that's not true: President Trump said "Go ahead," which was a signal to presidential deb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Coyotes’ Is NOT A Xenophobic Term For Parents Illegally Bringing Children Into The U.S.
When President Trump said some undocumented children were brought across the southern border into the U.S. by "coyotes" was he using a xenophobic term for the parents of those children? No, that's not true: Trump was using the border regi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disturbing Video Does NOT Show Children Rescued From Being Trafficked
Does a disturbing video show children rescued from being trafficked and is it evidence of a huge market for kidnapped children? No, that's not true. A video showing suspected family members of ISIS fighters trying to escape from a Syrian
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S. Government Has NOT ‘Finally Admitted’ Marijuana Kills Cancer Cells
Has the U.S. government "finally" admitted that marijuana kills cancer cells? No, that's not true. A paper published by the government's National Institutes of Health concluded that while "cannabis and its derivatives may help to alleviat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Call Black Criminals ‘Super Predators.’
Did Joe Biden call young Black criminals "super predators"? No, that's not true: He used the term "predators" multiple times when giving speeches in support of the The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which he co-aut
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Use An iPad To Feed Him Answers During The Debate
Did Joe Biden use an iPad to feed him answers during the debate? No, that's not true. A video posted to social media claims to show an aide picking up an iPad from the podium where Biden stood during the debate with Donald Trump on Octobe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump, Congress DID End Tax Penalty For Non-Insured, But $10,000 Penalty NOT Likely
Did someone who couldn't afford health care under Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act get penalized $10,000, which was then used to pay for others' free health care? And is it true that Trump "ended that theft?" This is a mixture of false
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Three Red Lines On Biden-Harris Campaign Logo Are NOT A Reference To Chinese Socialism
Do the three red lines in the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris logo refer to a Chinese campaign involving building socialism? No, that's not true: It's just a coincidence, and one of the designers of the logo said the stripes have a far differ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rudy Giuliani Was NOT Prank Texted By Someone Pretending To Be Ivanka Trump
Did a Twitter user text Rudy Giuliani pretending to be Ivanka Trump, the president's eldest daughter, with a new number? No, that's not true: The messages were fabricated as a joke. The Twitter user was not actually texting Giuliani, Pres
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Today’ Is NOT The Day That Marty McFly Arrives When He Travels To The Future — That ‘Today’ Was 5 Years Ago
Was October 21, 2020, the day that Marty McFly of "Back To the Future" fame arrives when he travels to the future? No, that's not true. A meme has gone viral claiming that date this year is the point in time that Marty McFly arrives in th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Real Billboards Of Hunter And Joe Biden
Did someone install a giant billboard on Times Square featuring the photo of sleeping Hunter Biden alongside a billboard of his father Joe Biden giving a thumbs up? No, that's not true: This street scene image of the billboard is generate
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Study Does NOT Support Claim That The ‘Unmasked Buried The Masked’ in Spanish Flu Pandemic A Century Ago
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci -- a leader of the U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- write a research study in 2008 that proves the unmasked buried the masked during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and that masks were the reason
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Photo Does NOT Show Donald Trump Taking His Children To ‘Hang Out’ With Jeffrey Epstein And Not Protecting Them
Did Donald Trump take his children to "hang out with his pedophile buddy Jeffrey Epstein" and fail to protect the Trump children? No, this photo was taken at the grand opening of the Harley Davidson Cafe in New York City on October 19, 19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC, CBS, NBC Have NOT Given ‘Zero Coverage’ To Hunter Biden Story — All Three Have Reported The Story
Did ABC, CBS and NBC ignore New York Post stories that Democrat Joe Biden helped his son get rich from a Ukrainian company, with "proof" on a laptop the younger Biden abandoned at a repair shop? No, this is not true. All three networks ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Specific Marks On Cars Are NOT A Sign Of Sex Trafficking
Are specific marks on cars a sign of sex trafficking? No, that's not true: Both local law enforcement and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children refuted this claim. There is no concrete evidence to substantiate this clai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Dallas Cowboys Have NOT Signed Free Agent QB Colin Kaepernick
Did the NFL's Dallas Cowboys sign free agent quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick? No, that's not true: This is a baseless but possibly wishful-thinking claim. The claim appeared in an Instagram meme (archived here) where it was publ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hunter Biden Was NOT Chairman Of The UN Program That Won The Nobel Peace Prize, And The Trump Kids Are NOT Banned From Operating A Charity
Was Hunter Biden chairman of the World Food Program, which just won the Nobel Peace Prize, and were Eric Trump, Donald J. Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump banned from ever operating a charity again because they stole donations to children with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Say ‘If Your 8-Year-Old Child Says They Want To Be Transgender … They Have A Right To Transition’
Did Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden say during an ABC News Town Hall, "If your 8-year-old child says they want to be transgender ... they have a right to transition and there is no reason for you to deny it"? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Own Four Homes Worth Millions And Funded By Foreign Entities
Does Democrat Joe Biden own four homes, each worth millions, while living on annual income of $200,000 or less? No, that's not true. The presidential nominee does not own all of the homes shown in posts making the rounds on social media a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NOT An Attempted Child Abduction At A Louisiana Walmart
Does this video show the aftermath of a child abduction attempt in the parking lot of a New Iberia Walmart on the evening of October 20, 2020? No, that's not true: It was a misunderstanding. According to New Iberia authorities, two men, b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The White House Is NOT Confirmed To Be Set To Release Footage Of Hunter Biden Raping And Torturing Little Girls
Is it confirmed that The White House has video footage -- and is set to release it -- of Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden's son Hunter raping and torturing minor girls? No, that's not true: conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' claim i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Bidens’ Income DID Go From $396,456 In 2016 To $16.5 Million For 2017-2019 — It’s In Public Records: Increases From Book Deals, Speaking Dates
Did Joe and Jill Biden's income go from $396,456 in 2016 to a three-year total of $16,596,979 for 2017-2019? Yes, that's true and it is all public record. A viral meme is questioning the huge income increase for the Bidens since they left
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Projection Of The Biden-Harris Logo On A Harley-Davidson Building Was NOT An Endorsement By The Business
Did the large image of the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris logo projected onto a Harley-Davidson location in Milwaukee indicate the motorcycle manufacturer's endorsement of the Democratic presidential nominee? No, that's not true: Harley-Davi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show The Man Beheaded In France
Is the person holding a "REFUGEES WELCOME" sign in this tweeted photo the same person who was beheaded in a violent attack outside of Paris on October 16, 2020? No, that's not true. The man who was beheaded in France, Samuel Paty, was a 4
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama’s Two Terms Were NOT ‘A Crime Spree’
Were the two terms that Barack Obama spent in office "a crime spree" in which $4 trillion of $6 trillion sent to Muslim nations disappeared, $200 billion was sent to Iran, $500 billion was "stolen" from the Housing and Urban Development d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Extraterrestrials Were NOT Found And Examined During An ‘Apollo 20’ Mission
Do these videos prove that astronauts found an "alien city" on the moon during the Apollo 20 mission and then attempted to conceal their discovery? No, that's not true: The Apollo 20 mission never happened, astronauts did not find evidenc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ice Cube And 50 Cent Did NOT Wear Trump Hats In Photo
Did Ice Cube and 50 Cent wear Trump hats in a photo of the two rapper/actors? No, that's not true: The image was digitally altered to put Trump logos on the hats the two men were wearing when they sat next to each other at an event. The o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: America’s Frontline Doctors Did NOT Prove Their Claims That Masks Don’t Work
Did an anti-mask group of doctors prove its claim that masks are "irrelevant" to the prevention of COVID-19? No, that's not true: The 19 people in white lab coats who stood in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to make the claim did not prov
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Iowa Farm Bureau Did NOT Withdraw Its Endorsement Of Republican Sen. Joni Ernst
Did the Iowa Farm Bureau withdraw its endorsement of Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa? No, that's not true: The Farm Bureau said it has not withdrawn its endorsement, and that the email circulating the claim is fake. The claim appeared in a post (
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A Wounded Bull, Betrayed By The Owner Who Kissed Him And Did Nothing
Does this photo illustrate a poignant tale of betrayal: a farmer kissing a bull that he raised and then sold to be killed in a bullfight? No, that's not true: This photo depicts a moment that happened during a daring athletic competition
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hackers Did NOT Prove The Oregon Voting System Is Insecure
Did hackers break into Oregon's online election system and change votes -- including that of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler? No, that's not true: An Oregon election official said safeguards in place make that impossible, such as comparing sig
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anthony Weiner’s Laptop Did NOT Contain ‘Proof Hillary Clinton & Her Associates Are Involved In Child Trafficking And Pedophilia’
Did Anthony Weiner's laptop contain "proof Hillary Clinton & her associates are involved in child trafficking and pedophilia"? No, that's not true: The claim is part of a debunked conspiracy theory that has circulated for years. There
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Say He Lived In Section 8 Housing As A Boy
Did Joe Biden claim that he lived in Section 8 housing as a young boy -- even though the Section 8 program was not created until Biden was in his 30s? No, that's not true: He did not claim he lived in Section 8 housing. Rather, during his
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aboriginal Australians Were NOT Classified As Animals Under The ‘Flora And Fauna Act’ Until The 1960s
Did a law called "The Flora and Fauna Act" classify aboriginal people as animals until Australian voters overturned it in the 1960s? No, that's not true: There is no record a Flora and Fauna Act ever existed. While the historic Australian
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pregnant Woman Is NOT Getting HRT Injections To Switch Baby’s Sex In Utero
Is it true that a woman is going to inject special hormones during her pregnancy to change the baby's sex from male to female before the baby is even born? No, this is not true. First, it would be impossible to change the sex of a fetus i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: OAN’s Chanel Rion Did NOT Promise ‘Big News Dump’ On Bidens In 4Chan Posts
Did OAN reporter Chanel Rion post messages on the 4Chan's forum promising a pending "big news dump" about Joe Biden that would result in the election being postponed? No, that's not true: Rion, who works for One America News Network, made