Violent extremists motivated by a range of political grievances and racial biases pose an “elevated threat” to the United States, officials said in an unclassified intelligence report.
Snopes→ Our First Interstellar Visitor is a Cookie-Shaped Planet Shard
Arizona State University astronomers reported that the strange 148-foot (45-meter) object named Oumuamua appears to be made of frozen nitrogen.
AFP Fact Check→ US border authorities apprehended many more than 9,000 people in 2020
Facebook posts shared thousands of times claim only 9,000 migrants illegally passed through the United States border in 2020 during the administration of former Donald Trump, while more than 100,000 have entered the country unlawfully under President
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video of Joe Biden Talking To Press on W.H. Lawn Does NOT Reveal A ‘Green Screen Fail’
Does this video show a "green screen fail" that proves Joe Biden was deceptively edited into video of a quick exchange with reporters at the White House? No, that's not true. The 46th president was live and in person at the presidential h
Snopes→ Did a 1997 Issue of Archie Comics’ ‘Betty’ Depict Remote School in 2021?
In March 2021, a remarkably prescient page from a 24-year-old comic book resurfaced on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Screenshot Of Post From Atlanta Shooting Suspect Robert Aaron Long Is NOT From A Real Account
Did Robert Aaron Long, the suspect taken into custody after a string of shootings at massage parlors in the Atlanta area, make this anti-China post on Facebook before the deadly March 16, 2021 shootings? No, that's not true: This screensh
Snopes→ Do McDonald’s Golden Arches Symbolize a Mother’s Breasts?
We tracked down the origins of the tale of a psychologist named Louis Cheskin, who purportedly advised McDonald's about its alluring golden arches logo.
FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Misrepresents FDA Document About Monitoring Vaccine Safety
Quick Take A Food and Drug Administration presentation on monitoring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines listed possible adverse events the agency might track. But an Instagram post misrepresents the document, falsely claiming it shows the vaccines are kno
AFP Fact Check→ Boxing great Hagler’s death not linked to Covid-19 vaccine
Social media posts claim middleweight boxing legend Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s death was linked to a Covid-19 vaccination. But Hagler’s wife denied vaccine involvement, his official website says he died of natural causes, and the state medical exami
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→ Was Atlanta Shooting Suspect Robert Aaron Long a ‘Registered Democrat’?
Claiming suspects in high-profile crimes are "registered Democrats" is a long-running disinformation trope.
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘Yellow Square’ Instagram Controversy, Explained
On March 17 2021, the day a spree shooter reportedly killed eight people at three Asian spas, the verified Instagram account @88rising shared a simple yellow square — content which led to significant and tense discourse. The Incident On March 16
Snopes→ 15th Century Bowl Found at Yard Sale Sells for $722,000
The exceptionally rare 15th century porcelain bowl made in China somehow turned up at a Connecticut yard sale where it was originally purchased for just $35.
Logically→ Pfizer is attempting to block efforts to share the vaccine’s intellectual property with the developing world.
Pfizer officials have shot down the proposals to share the Covid vaccine's IP rights.
AFP Fact Check→ Trump falsely claims border wall ‘almost complete’
Former US president Donald Trump claimed in an interview with Fox News that his controversial wall on the Mexico border is nearly complete. But US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data shows that almost 300 miles of planned construction has not bee
Snopes→ Are Lyft and Uber Offering Free Rides on St. Patrick’s Day?
Readers inquired about rumors that claimed Lyft and Uber would be offering free rides to impaired drivers on St. Patrick's Day in 2021.
Snopes→ Did Robert A. Long Post China ‘COVID Cover-Up’ Message Before Mass Shooting?
While police investigated the motive behind the shooting deaths of eight people in Atlanta, social media users were quick to assign their own motive.
AFP Fact Check→ Covid-19 vaccination does not impact Canada life insurance coverage
Social media posts claim that Canadian company Manulife will deny life insurance payments to people who have been immunized against Covid-19 because the vaccines are “experimental.” This is false; both the firm and the Canadian Life and Health Insu
Snopes→ Did a Prague Newspaper Call U.S. a ‘Confederacy of Fools’ for Electing Joe Biden?
A Czech newspaper editorial purportedly claimed the U.S. was endangered by the people who elected Joe Biden as president.
Snopes→ Expanded Testing Part of Biden Administration School Plans
Pushing forward with its plan to reopen schools, the Biden administration is also convening a summit for educators to share “best practices” for returning kids to the classroom.
FactCheck.org→ Hagler’s Widow Refutes Rumors About How He Died
Quick Take Hall of Fame boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler “died on March 13 of natural causes,” according to a statement posted on his official website. In a Facebook post, his widow, Kay Hagler, wrote that his death was not the result
Full Fact→ Germany has spent far more than £48m on test and trace
A Facebook post shared thousands of times claims the cost of the UK’s Test and Trace system was £32 billion, compared with £48 million for the system in Germany. This despite Germany having a larger population and about half as many C
AllSides→ Did the Washington Post Correct a Report About Trump’s Call With the Georgia Secretary of State?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-the-washington-post-correct-a After the Washington Post issued
AFP Fact Check→ Satirical article resurfaces about South African student hacking university site to change her marks
An article claiming a student who hacked into the University of Johannesburg’s website had awarded herself distinctions has been shared thousands of times since it was first published in March 2020 and has been gathering steam on social media again.
Snopes→ Correction: Trump-Georgia Story
The Associated Press issued a correction to its story about a Jan. 2021 phone call between then-President Trump and a Georgia elections investigator.
Full Fact→ 17 countries haven’t ‘banned’ the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
The data in this piece is correct as of the time of writing, on 17 March 2021. A post on Facebook has claimed that 17 countries have “banned” the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, and the UK hasn’t. The post previously claimed that 12 count
The Dispatch→ Did the Washington Post Correct a Report About Trump’s Call With the Georgia Secretary of State?
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Logically→ DMK hasn’t won any Assembly Elections without allies since 1996.
The DMK has been in power twice since 1996 and has contested both elections with electoral allies.
Snopes→ Did Candace Owens Tweet That Her Husband Cheated on Her With Her Brother?
The viral screenshot was circulated again in 2021 during an online argument with rapper Cardi B.
Snopes→ James Levine, Who Ruled over Met Opera, Dead at Age 77
Levine made his Met debut in 1971 and became one of the signature artists in the company’s century-plus history, until he was fired in 2018 due to sexual misconduct dating to the 1960s.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 RNA vaccines are safe, cannot modify human DNA; death rate in vaccinated people aren’t higher than in unvaccinated people
REVIEW In an interview with Daystar Television Network, Sherri Tenpenny, a physician, made several claims about the COVID-19 vaccines currently in use in the U.S. Specifically, she claimed that the COVID-19 RNA vaccines could modify human DNA and that
Snopes→ St. Patrick’s Day in NYC to Be Largely Virtual For 2nd Year
Thanks to COVID-19 restrictions, celebrations will be muted in 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel’s Vaccination Data Do NOT Reveal A ‘Frightening’ Death Rate
Does Israel's vaccination data reveal a "frightening" death rate for elderly patients injected with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: This "new holocaust" conspiracy theory is contradicted by peer-reviewed medical studies and
Snopes→ White Supremacist Propaganda Surged in 2020, Report Says
According to a report by the Anti-Defamation League, there were nearly double the instances of hateful physical media in 2020 as there was in 2019.
Snopes→ Biden to Mark St. Patrick’s Day, Praise Good Friday Accord
A tradition that began in 1952 will continue uninterrupted, if modified by COVID-19 concerns.
Logically→ Three Hindu Mahasabha members held for offering prayers to Lord Shiva inside the Taj Mahal compound.
Three activists from Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha were arrested for trying to offer prayers for Lord Shiva at the Taj Mahal premises.
AFP Fact Check→ Claim that pictures show neglected railway line between two Nigerian cities is misleading
Social media posts are circulating in Nigeria with pictures purporting to show dilapidation on the railway line linking Nigeria’s southern oil-rich city of Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, in the country’s northeastern region. This claim is misleadin
Poynter→ European fact-checkers try to explain the confusing move to stop using the AstraZeneca vaccine
European fact-checkers are trying to thread the needle between debunking falsehoods about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and explaining why several European countries have paused its distribution. Most say they’re putting a greater emphasis on expl
Poynter→ Do masks really work? Here are PolitiFact’s answers for mask skeptics.
A year into the pandemic, masks have become part of daily life. Want to use a face covering to broadcast your patriotism? Online stores sell masks with U.S. flags. Wondering how to pair your mask with your outfit? Magazines show how celebrities do just
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘Final Notice Suspension Pending’ SMS Spam
The spam messages included here - along with many others of a similar ilk - are currently being distributed via SMS. The post ‘Final Notice Suspension Pending’ SMS Spam appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.