Did U.S. Vice President Mike Pence call the Space Force necessary to protect the U.S. from "gay aliens"? No, that's not true: the story was invented by a satire column appearing in The New Yorker magazine, it is not true. The story originated
Publication: Politics
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Elections In 3 States NOT Tossed Out For Voter Fraud
Were election results in Minnesota, Wyoming and Delaware thrown out after voter fraud was discovered? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a liberal website satirically masquerading as a right-wing news site in order to get Trump sup
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO 14 Democrats Arrested For Rigging Elections
Did 14 of the 17 Democrats who won elections in California's primaries on August 7, 2018 get arrested for election fraud and were their victories stripped? No, that's not true, the entire thing was made up by a left-wing satire site seeking t
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Van Full of Illegals NOT Caught Voting in Ohio Special Election
Was a van full of illegals caught illegally casting ballots in the Ohio special election? No, that's not true: a story circulating online that made this claim was posted by a satirical website that tries to trick conservatives and Republicans
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Obama Did NOT Say "I Fully Support Seizure Of White Farmers’ Land In South Africa"
Did former President Barack Obama say he supports the seizure of white farmer's land in South Africa? No, that's a fake quote, made up by a website that plagiarises articles from other websites about real news events and then adds some invente
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ginsburg Did NOT Say: ‘I Am Mentally Fit Enough To Serve Through The End Of President Eisenhower’s Term’
Did Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg say she is mentally fit enough to serve through to the end of the Eisenhower administration? No, that's not true: the fake quote was made up by a satirical website but some people believed it to b
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Baracco Clintez Did NOT Destroy Donald Trump Walk Of Fame Star
Did an illegal immigrant named Baracco Clintez destroy Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? No, that's not true: the perpetrator was made up by a satirical left-wing Facebook page and his description was designed to match every s
Truth or Fiction?→ Silent Partner of Red Hen Restaurant is a Registered Sex Offender-Unproven!
Silent Partner of Red Hen Restaurant is a Registered Sex Offender-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: Stephanie Wilkinson, the owner of the Red Hen restaurant who refused service to Sarah Huckabee Sanders, has a silent partner named Barney Allen Frazier, Sr,
Snopes→ Did a Study Find That Almost All Politicians Are ‘Actual Psychopaths’?
A disreputable web site grossly misrepresents the finding of a May 2018 study.
Truth or Fiction?→ Facebook Hires George Soros to Help Moderate Elections-Mostly Fiction!
Facebook Hires George Soros to Help Moderate Elections-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Facebook hired George Soros to moderate misinformation and foreign meddling during elections. The Truth: Facebook announced a partnership with the Atlantic Counci
Truth or Fiction?→ Planned Parenthood to Spend $30 Million in Mid-term Elections-Truth! & Fiction!
Planned Parenthood to Spend $30 Million in Mid-term Elections-Mostly Truth! Summary of eRumor: Planned Parenthood is spending $30 million in the 2018 mid-term election to turnout the vote for Democrats in battleground states. The Truth: The polit
Hoax-Slayer→ Did Manmohan Singh Get First Place in ’50 Photos of Loyal Person In the World’?
According to a message that is circulating via social media, former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has earned first place in '50 Photos of Loyal Person In the World' conducted by the White House in the US. The post Did Manmohan Singh Get First
Snopes→ Does Facebook Categorize Users By Political Preferences?
A graphic circulating online in March 2018 brought new attention to one of the company's data-gathering tools.
Hoax-Slayer→ False Claim – Anzac Day Badges Banned at Mt. Warren Park Shopping Centre
Circulating message claims that Anzac Day badges were not sold at Mt. Warren Shopping Centre because the owner of the centre is from the Middle East and he refused permission for businesses in the complex to sell the badges. The post False Claim ̵
Truth or Fiction?→ Janet Reno: Waiting Period for Firearms Only the First Step, Prohibition the Goal-Fiction!
Janet Reno: Waiting Period for Firearms Only the First Step, Prohibition the Goal-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said that a waiting period for firearms purchases was only the first step, and total prohi
Snopes→ ‘Fake News’ Smear Takes Hold Among Politicians at All Levels
President Donald Trump's campaign to discredit the news media has spread to officials at all levels of government, who are echoing his use of the term "fake news" as a weapon against unflattering stories.
Snopes→ Are Nestle and Coca-Cola Trying to Privatize a South American Aquifer?
Some fringe blogs in North America picked up a claim about the Guarani Aquifer that has already been debunked by Brazilian journalists.
Snopes→ Was Ex-California State Senator and Gun Control Advocate Leland Yee Arrested for Gun Trafficking?
Yee pleaded guilty to arms trafficking in 2016.
Snopes→ Does President Donald Trump Plan to End School Shootings — By Banning Schools?
An article appearing to report that the president has an unorthodox idea for ending mass shootings at schools appeared on a page that only publishes satire.
Snopes→ Does Delta Airlines Give Planned Parenthood Members Discounted Rates?
A Georgia senator has claimed — without any supporting evidence — that Delta offers discounts on air travel to Planned Parenthood members.
Snopes→ Did Ben Carson Purchase a $31,000 Dining Set and Charge It to HUD?
After news reports revealed the purchase amid proposed funding cuts, the HUD secretary said he wants to cancel it.
Snopes→ Does Chuck Schumer Have an Unrestricted Concealed Carry Permit?
The claim that the Senate Minority Leader has a concealed weapons permit is based on one single unsourced article.
Snopes→ Did the NRA’s Dana Loesch Tweet That CNN’s Rick Sanchez Was ‘Fired by a Jew?’
A tweet posted in 2010 by NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch about a fired CNN reporter was criticized several years later as anti-Semitic.
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Stop a Mugging in 1991?
A 1991 article reported that Trump stopped an assault in New York City shortly after his own mother had been mugged, but corroborating details are murky.
Snopes→ Did the NRA Support a 1967 ‘Open Carry’ Ban in California?
A law barring the open carry of loaded firearms was passed in 1967 with the support of the National Rifle Association, after armed Black Panthers "invaded" the California state capitol earlier that year.
Snopes→ Did Amnesty International ‘Officially Declare’ Donald Trump a ‘Human Rights Violator’?
The group didn't formally give the U.S. president that label, but it used strong language in accusing him of human rights breaches.
Snopes→ Is the NRA a Tax-Exempt Nonprofit Organization?
A Facebook meme gets the basic facts right about the gun lobby's status as a social welfare organization.
Snopes→ Is a School Walkout Planned in Response to the Parkland Mass Shooting?
School walkouts and a protest in Washington, D.C. are being planned in response to a deadly February 2018 school shooting in Florida.
Snopes→ Did Melania Trump Hire an Exorcist to Cleanse the White House of Obama ‘Demons’?
According to the First Lady's spokesperson, widely shared reports that she demanded a White House exorcism are "not true in any way."
Snopes→ Did CNN Give a Parkland Shooting Survivor Scripted Questions?
The network denied Colton Haab's allegation that it asked him to write a speech for a town hall meeting about gun safety.
Snopes→ Did the NRA Ask Judicial Candidates for ‘Position Letters’ on Guns?
The National Rifle Association's letters to Wisconsin judicial candidates came under scrutiny in the wake of a mass school shooting in February 2018.
Snopes→ Gun Manufacturers Can’t Be Sued For Crimes Committed With Their Products?
There are almost no circumstances under which someone can sue a manufacturer in civil court for a crime committed with a gun.
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Register ‘Make America Great Again’ in 2012?
Donald Trump filed a trademark application for his campaign slogan in November 2012, despite claims that he had no plans to run for office at the time.
Snopes→ Did Donald Trump Encourage Violence at His Rallies?
A viral cartoon accurately presents several quotations by the then-presidential candidate, delivered on the campaign trail in 2015 and 2016.
Snopes→ Were Alligators Ever Kept as White House Pets?
According to popular lore, an assortment of United States presidents from John Quincy Adams to Herbert Hoover shared space in the West Wing with giant reptiles.
Snopes→ Presidential Responses to School Shootings?
A set of images showing President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump in the aftermath of different school shootings are real, but they do not necessarily tell the entire story.
Snopes→ Are Third-Graders Raffling Off an AR-15 After the Parkland Shooting?
A youth baseball coach in Missouri said he wanted to make the giveaway "a positive thing."
Snopes→ Did a Florida Gun Owner Turn in His AR-57 After the Parkland School Shooting?
Saying "no one without a law enforcement badge needs this rifle," Ben Dickmann surrendered his weapon to the sheriff's office.
Snopes→ No School Shootings in the United Kingdom Since Handguns Were Banned?
After a massacre at Dunblane Primary School in 1996, there have been no school shootings in the UK.
Truth or Fiction?→ Florida Shooter Nikolas Cruz Was a Registered Democrat-Fiction!
Florida School Shooter Nikolas Cruz is a Registered Democrat-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is a registered Democrat. The Truth: False claims that Nikolas Cruz is a registered Democrat are based on public voter registra