"River Dave" Lidstone, a logger by trade who chopped his firewood and grew his food in the woods along the Merrimack River in the town of Canterbury, said he's not grieving the loss of his life in isolation.
Snopes→ Are ‘Vaccine Bandits’ Taking Over Los Angeles Streets?
There's a predictable answer to the question "why is nobody else talking about this?"
Logically→ Anti-lockdown protestors in Australia attacked police horses.
Two men were charged for allegedly attacking police horses during a protest in the Sydney Central Business District.
AllSides→ Indiana Doctor Piles On Bogus COVID-19 Claims in Viral Video
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/scicheck-indiana-doctor-piles-on-bogus-covid-19-claims-in-viral-video/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctor Addressing Indiana School Board Does NOT Accurately Represent Benefit Of COVID-19 Vaccines
Did Dr. Dan Stock present well-reasoned arguments to the Mt. Vernon, Indiana, school board against masking and vaccination as means to mitigate the spread and harm of COVID-19, and should his arguments apply universally as public health m
Snopes→ Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T Budget in Latest Win for Biden
Lawmakers approved Democrats’ budget resolution on a party-line 50-49 vote, a crucial step for a president and party set on training the government’s fiscal might on assisting families, creating jobs and fighting climate change.
AllSides→ Trusting science leaves people vulnerable to believing pseudoscience, new research finds
https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/08/trusting-science-leaves-people-vulnerable-to-believing-pseudoscience-new-research-finds/
Logically→ Two ships from the Royal Australian Navy rammed a boat loaded with undocumented migrants.
The photo in question is mislabeled. It actually shows Japan Coast Guard's attempts to block Chinese activists from landing on the Senkaku Islands.
Poynter→ CNN did not bring on Jeffrey Toobin to analyze Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment allegations
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Aug. 10 announced plans to resign amid ongoing criminal investigations. The state’s attorney general, Letitia James, had recently released a report finding that Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women. Cuomo has denied
Logically→ American actors Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer are dating.
The actors have revealed that they previously had a crush on each other. However, neither has confirmed the current dating rumors.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell Cyber Symposium Final Wrap-Up, August 12, 2021 — No PCAP Evidence, Questions Remain
Did the materials released by Mike Lindell at his Cyber Symposium meet evidentiary standards of relevance, proof of origin, chain-of-secure-custody and reproducibility that online security experts say would be needed to take seriously his
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer CEO’s Israel Visit Was NOT Canceled ‘Because He Was Not Vaccinated’– He Was Awaiting Second Dose Of Two-Shot Vaccine
Was a trip to Israel by the CEO of Pfizer canceled "because he was not vaccinated"? No, that's not true: Albert Bourla canceled his trip because while he had had his first shot, he was still waiting for the second shot of the two-step Pf
Snopes→ Census Data Spurred GOP’s Largest Partisan Edge in Decades
A new analysis from the Associated Press.
Snopes→ San Francisco Schools Will Require Vaccine or Weekly Test for Teachers
The announcement makes the San Francisco Unified School District the latest in California to issue a vaccine or testing mandate for staff.
FactCheck.org→ Indiana Doctor Piles On Bogus COVID-19 Claims in Viral Video
SciCheck Digest In a viral video, an Indiana physician baselessly claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines, which have been shown to be safe and effective, “fight the virus wrong and let the virus become worse than it would with native infection.”
Snopes→ Mississippi Back Near High for COVID Hospitalizations
Mississippi is approaching its pandemic high for COVID-19 hospitalizations as the coronavirus continues spreading rapidly in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT True PCR Test Failed To Distinguish Flu From COVID And That CDC Dropped FDA Application Because Of Errors
Did the CDC's PCR test fail to distinguish flu from COVID and did it cause errors in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tallies by which the agency tracked the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections? No, that's not true. The claim was ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Several New Pieces of Evidence Link Mike Lindell’s Election Data and Videos To Accused Con Man Dennis L. Montgomery
After Mike Lindell's appearance on the April 28, 2021, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show, Lead Stories published a story titled "Attention Mike Lindell: What You May Want To Know About The 'Data' Used In Your Stolen Election Claims" that traced s
The Dispatch→ Does the CDC Have a Plan to Put High-Risk Individuals in Camps?
Right-wing provocateur and frequent source of misinformation Candace Owens claimed in a recent viral tweet that the CDC “actually put together a document to discuss putting high risk people into camps to ‘shield’ low risk people from
Snopes→ Chicago Target Employees Allegedly Run in Fear of Possible Shooter, Viral TikTok Video Shows
The same TikTok user who posted the viral video later said that no one was hurt in the incident.
Truth or Fiction?→ Campground Sign ‘Translated for Teenagers’
On August 9 2021, a Facebook post depicting a campground’s “text us” sign and a “teenager translation” went viral; iterations of the image were popular across social media: Every variation of the images of the signs we we
Snopes→ No, a Canadian Court ‘Victory’ Didn’t Prove COVID ‘Is a Hoax’
A viral video is spreading false information about the pandemic on social media.
Snopes→ Did Lionel Messi Officially Sign for Paris Saint-Germain?
Rumors and speculation surrounded the future of the Argentine soccer star, one of the greatest of all time, in August 2021.
Truth or Fiction?→ San Diego Sheriff Admits No Doctor Verified ‘Overdose’ Claim in Viral Video
San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore admitted on August 10 2021 that no medical professionals were involved in the making of a heavily-criticized video his department has claimed showed a deputy “overdosing” on fentanyl. According to the San
Snopes→ No, Kathy Hochul Is Not Nancy Pelosi’s Stepsister
As the New York lieutenant governor's name circulated on social media, so did misinformation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccinated And Unvaccinated People Do NOT Face The Same Risks From COVID-19
Do vaccinated and unvaccinated people face the same risks from COVID-19? No, that's not true: People who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 have substantially better outcomes. They are much less likely than unvaccinated people to get s
Snopes→ Prince Andrew Faces No Good Choice in Epstein Accuser Case
Britain’s Prince Andrew is likely to do anything he can to avoid giving evidence in a U.S. lawsuit filed by an American woman who alleges that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic say.
Snopes→ Hospitals Run Low on Nurses As They Get Swamped with COVID
Some patients wait inside ambulances for up to an hour before hospitals in St. Petersburg, Florida, can admit them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "2020 Election Data" Video Centerpiece Of Lindell Cyber Symposium Has Identical Data For Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
Does a blurry video posted to Mike Lindell's Frankspeech.com show internally consistent evidence of election fraud? No, that's not true: the (clearer) screenshot that serves as the thumbnail image for the video shows identical data for Pe
Snopes→ China’s Wandering Elephants May Finally Be Heading Home
Despite their entrance into villages and a close approach to the Yunnan provincial capital of Kunming, no animals or humans have been injured.
Poynter→ The Mongolian Fact Check Center fights misinformation in a country where the word doesn’t exist
When the Mongolian Fact Check Center began in March 2020 to expand the fact-checking movement to Mongolia’s populace, it also exposed founder and editor-in-chief Dulamkhorloo Baatar to a new set of standards for fact-checking. While she had done basi
Snopes→ 14-Year-Old Becomes Youngest to Swim Length of Lake Tahoe
James Savage of Los Banos completed the trip across the scenic lake in 12 hours on Aug. 1.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Starlight Barking’
On August 6 2021, the Facebook page “Premium Internet Curation” shared screenshots of a Twitter thread, the latter pertaining to The Starlight Barking — a purportedly bizarre sequel to the book from which 101 Dalmatians was adapted
Snopes→ ‘Modern Family’ Medicine: Bowen, Sister Help Injured Woman
A woman who fainted and hit her head on a rock after stopping to rest in Utah's Arches National Park woke up to hear a familiar voice and wondered if she might be watching television.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fully Vaccinated Individuals In Italy Did NOT Burn Their COVID-19 ‘Green’ Certification Passes In Solidarity With Unvaccinated Individuals — There’s No Paper Pass
Did individuals in Italy who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 burn their vaccine "passes" in solidarity with unvaccinated individuals? No, that's not true: Italy's COVID-19 "green" certification is a digital pass -- not a green piece
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Voltaire Did NOT Say ‘To Learn Who Rules Over You, Simply Find Out Who You Are Not Allowed To Criticize’
Did French philosopher Voltaire say, "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"? No, that's not true: Two academic authorities on Voltaire told Lead Stories the words were not those of the French w
Snopes→ Did the Movie ‘Young Frankenstein’ Inspire Title of Aerosmith’s ‘Walk This Way’?
Rumor has it the rock band found an unlikely inspiration in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy.
AllSides→ Senators press Facebook for answers about why it cut off misinformation researchers
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/09/facebook-klobuchar-warner-letter-nyu-ad-observatory/ Facebook’s dec
Snopes→ Is New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resigning?
Cuomo had resisted calls to resign.
Snopes→ Did Netflix Announce Catherine Zeta-Jones Joined ‘Addams Family’ Series ‘Wednesday’?
The eight-episode series will center around the Addams family's morbid anti-hero daughter Wednesday.