The owner of a camera shop that was destroyed during unrest in Kenosha says the president used his store for political gain by appearing with a former owner of the business.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Officials Did NOT Say California Wildfires Were Coordinated Arson
Did officials say arsonists responsible for starting the fires in California on August 15, 2020? No, that's not true: There was an unusual weather event, being referred to as a "lightning siege" that brought an estimated 14,000 lightning
FactCheck.org→ Meme Recycles Conspiracy Theory on California Wildfires
Quick Take A baseless conspiracy theory on Facebook suggests that the California wildfires were started by a “powerful laser.” The meme spreading the theory uses the same photos that circulated in 2018 to advance a similar claim. Full Stor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blast in Beirut Was NOT A Nuclear Explosion
Was the massive blast in Beirut a nuclear explosion? No, that's not true: A leading arms control expert, referencing images of the blast that hit on August 4, 2020, says "there are literally none of the phenomena one sees with a
FactCheck.org→ NRSC’s Attack on Hickenlooper Lacks Proof, Context
A Republican TV ad strongly implies — without proof — that former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper accepted donations in exchange for not penalizing an oil and gas company involved in a fatal home explosion in 2017. “A community devastate
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Robert Downey Jr. Did NOT Blow The Whistle On Purported Hollywood Pedophile Ring
Did Robert Downey Jr. blow the whistle on an elite Hollywood pedophile ring? No, that's not true: Robert Downey Jr.'s representative told Fox News he never made the comments being falsely attributed to him about a purported Hollywood pedophile
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Stop What You Are Doing Google Who Invented Blow Up Dolls Right Now’
On July 16 2020 the Facebook page Memes Republic commanded its followers stop whatever they were doing and “Google who invented blow up dolls” immediately: The post rapidly racked up shares, nearing 60,000 in under 24 hours. So what hap
FactCheck.org→ Donald Trump Jr. Shares Unsupported Claim that ‘Democrats’ Vandalized Statue
Quick Take Donald Trump Jr. has shared a viral meme that makes the unsupported claim that a statue of abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, was torn down by “Democrats.” Police have made no arrests, and are “still loo
Climate Feedback→ Article by Michael Shellenberger mixes accurate and inaccurate claims in support of a misleading and overly simplistic argumentation about climate change
SUMMARY The article by Michael Shellenberger was published in various media outlets, including Forbes, Zero Hedge, Breitbart, PJ Media, The Daily Wire, The Australian, and Quillette. The article has been shared more than 200,000 times on social medi
Full Fact→ Coronavirus cures: debunked
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, readers have been asking us whether alleged cures or treatments for the coronavirus are real or not. It’s important to note that, currently, there is no approved vaccine for Covid-19. In the UK only
Truth or Fiction?→ Viral Post Blames Powdersville Cemetery Vandalism on ‘Black Lives Matter’
On June 14 2020, the Facebook page “The Sharp Truth” shared the following post and lambasted Black Lives Matter activists for purportedly vandalizing the Powdersville Cemetery in Anderson County, South Carolina: The text, which appeare
Snopes→ Did a Medical Manufacturer Destroy Swabs After Trump’s Visit?
Puritan Medical Products said the swabs had to be destroyed "due to the number of individuals (officials, security personnel, and media) participating in the visit."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 22-Point Meme Of Conspiracy Memes Is Mix Of Falsehoods, Predictions, And Some Truth
Is a meme listing 22 points, including conspiracy claims about 5G hazards, adrenochrome, Jeffrey Epstein, Pizzagate, and Britain's Royal Family factual? Mostly no, although some points are true and others are just predictions that cannot be f
Truth or Fiction?→ The Wilmington Massacre
In early June 2020m a screenshot of the following tweet was shared to Facebook; the original tweet asked students in North Carolina to retweet if they hadn’t learned about the “Wilmington Massacre” in history classes: N.C. STUDENT
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Destroy Donald Trump’s Star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame
Did protesters destroy Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? No, that's not true: A photo of showing damage to Donald Trump's star was taken on July 25, 2018, after a man attacked it with a pickaxe. The star, which was vandalized
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a Dallas Business Owner Killed During a Protest Against Police Brutality?
Right-wing Twitter accounts distorted footage of an attack on a would-be vigilante during a demonstration against police extrajudicial killings in Dallas on May 30 2020. One clip disseminated online pushed the claim that the man — later identifi
Truth or Fiction?→ Obamagate, Explained
Chances are you saw at least a passing reference to “Obamagate” in May 2020, and chances are similar you (like many) struggled to understand what “Obamagate” might actually be. We’ll do our best to break it down. WhatR
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Isn’t the Only Country With Lockdown Protests
Quick Take A social media post falsely claims that “the United States is the only country on earth that is protesting” stay-at-home restrictions and business closures. People around the world have opposed mitigation measures designed to slo
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a May 6 1993 ‘Simpsons’ Episode Feature an ‘Asian Flu’ And ‘Murder Bees’?
Almost every major global event has a purported Simpsons episode predicting it, and COVID-19 was no different — but a variation of the 2020 claim that The Simpsons predicted COVID-19 snapped back with a second claim the same episode also pre
Truth or Fiction?→ Researcher Behind Retracted Paper Launches Anti-Fauci Campaign
The researcher-turned-anti-vaccine activist whose work was publicly redacted by a leading journal resurfaced in May 2020 to attack National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci and accuse him of spreading disinformation
Truth or Fiction?→ Viral ‘Ohio State House COVID-19 Protest’ Image
On April 14 2020, images of a large crowd gathered in Ohio to protest COVID-19 social distancing measures (while clearly violating those measures) circulated on social media: Trump supporters protest against #Quarantine policies in Ohio. #Covid_19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Top German Doctor Did NOT Seriously Recommend Whiskey to Protect Against COVID-19
Did German virologist Jürgen Rissland seriously recommend drinking whiskey as protection against COVID-19? No, that's not true: A TV segment from German public broadcaster SWR did show Rissland jokingly making remarks about drinking whiskey a
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘Fundamental Problem’ of the ‘2.5% of the Population Which is Generally Expensive to Maintain and Not Productive’ Tweet Controversy
Viral comments and debates in mid-March 2020 included direct arguments in favor of leveraging COVID-19 deaths as an economic bulwark, often punctuated by screenshots of a purported tweet by San Diego, California lawyer Scott McMillan in which he propo
FactCheck.org→ Prank Posts Mislead on Direct Government Payments for Coronavirus
Quick Take The Trump administration has proposed a plan to provide direct payments to some U.S. citizens, beginning April 6, to blunt the economic impact of the coronavirus. But a prank post circulating on Facebook falsely states that the government is
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi’s Lapel Pin Does NOT Mean She’s A Witch Or Nazi
Does a lapel pin worn by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi show allegiance with witches or Nazis? No, that's not true: The pin she wears is a replica of the silver mace, a symbol used in the House since 1841. The claim originated from a post (archive
FactCheck.org→ Fake Coronavirus Cures, Part 1: MMS is Industrial Bleach
Quick Take Online posts have claimed to reveal various “cures” for the new coronavirus. Some are benign, like eating boiled garlic, while others are potentially dangerous, like drinking chlorine dioxide, an industrial bleach. Neither will c
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Does NOT Face 3 Years In Prison For Ripping Up State of Union Speech Copy
Could U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi face up to three years in prison for tearing up a copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address? No, that's not true: The law in question applies only to documents that are considered officia
Lead Stories→ Fake News: 11-Yr-Old Does NOT Show How To Get Free High-Speed Internet
Did an 11-year-old show "how 2 get free high-speed Internet?" No, that's not true: This is a hoax video using images of a former Shark Tank contestant to tout something completely different. The claim originated from a post on Facebook (archiv
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Boy Did NOT Lose His Arms And Legs Because Of Vaccines
Did a two-year-old boy lose his arms and legs because of septic shock caused by vaccines? No, that's not true: the photo being associated with anti-vaccination posts on social media is really of Jeremiah Cox, who developed a severe bacterial i
Truth or Fiction?→ Is This a Photograph of the Chernobyl ‘Elephant’s Foot’?
Even before a show based on the Chernobyl disaster renewed interest both on and off social media, one of the most vivid online reminders of the April 1986 nuclear reactor meltdown continued to circulate online. A Facebook post that was shared more tha
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man Whose Fart Does NOT Kill Mosquitoes Has NOT Been Hired To Produce Belly Gas For Repellent
Was a man whose fart is known to kill mosquitoes hired to produce belly gas for a repellent? No, that's not true: The man was a fictional creation of a satire website, but many publishers failed to pick up on the joke and republished the claim
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Butt Plug’ Christmas Tree in Paris
In December 2019 a number of Facebook users shared photographs and memes depicting a purportedly modernist Christmas tree in Paris, France — which also happened to resemble a giant version of a certain type of sex toy: In the post above, atop a p
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Woman Does NOT Shoot At Her Man After Finding Him In The Car With Another Woman & Her Child
Did a woman shoot at her man after finding him in a car with another woman and her son? No, that's not true: The green-haired woman in a video-gone-viral admitted that she faked the incident in which she pretended to shoot her boyfriend and th
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ as of November 2019?
In November 2019, Facebook page “The Other 98%” was among others on social media sharing the news that koalas had become “functionally extinct” after bushfires in Australia: Under a photograph of a koala that appeared to
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ilhan Omar’s Children NOT Arrested For Starting Church Fire
Were the children of Ilhan Omar (named Impala and Diego Omar) arrested for starting a church fire? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing mad
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the November Democratic Debate
Summary We spotted several false claims and factual flubs: South Bend Mayor Peter Buttigieg falsely claimed that President Donald Trump “had to confess in writing, in court, to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to g
Truth or Fiction?→ What Happened to ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Swastika Props?
As the fourth and final season of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle aired, a post to Reddit’s r/oddlysatisfying asserted that producers were proactive in post-production handling of the show’s many swastikas and other Nazi memora
PolitiFact→ Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up
Chunks of solar panels, old rocket bodies, dead satellites, and chips of paint smaller than a fingernail — they’re all whizzing around at up to 17,500 mph in space. Humans have been sending stuff into orbit around Earth for 60 years. A
Truth or Fiction?→ Have Gender Reveal Parties Killed More People Than Anti-Fascists?
On October 31 2019, a Facebook page shared a text-based status update asserting that gender reveals had caused more deaths than antifascist protesters, popularly referred to as “antifa”: That status update appeared to reference a gender
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump’s World Series ad said he cut illegal immigration in half. That’s False
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump’s World Series ad said he cut illegal immigration in half. That’s False President Donald Trump launched a high-profile re-election ad during Game 7 of the World Series, claiming that he’s deliv