An image of what looks like a screenshot of a CNN news story is being shared on social media with this headline: “Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in attack on his residence. U.S Troops on their way.” The image makes it look li
Washington Post→ Biden once again bungles a story about low-wage noncompete agreements
The president repeated a story that has been fact-checked as false — and offered another tale that cannot be confirmed.
Snopes→ MLB All-Star Game Uniforms Not Drawing All-Star Reviews
The fans on social media weren't exactly raving about the new All-Star jerseys that were on display at the game.
Snopes→ Shohei Ohtani Gets All-Star Win for AL, Bats, Too
Ohtani unleashed his 100 mph heat while pitching a perfect inning for the win in becoming baseball’s first two-way All-Star.
Truth or Fiction?→ Anti-Vaccine Disinformation Campaign Echoes ‘Doctor’s Plot’ Rhetoric
An ongoing medical disinformation campaign took a sharp turn in July 2021, when right-wing commentators and politicians pivoted to direct attacks against continued efforts by the Biden administration to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. T
Snopes→ ‘The Crown,’ ‘Mandalorian’ Top Emmy Nominations with 24 Each
"The Crown” tied with “The Mandalorian” for the most Emmy nominations Tuesday with 24 apiece, but the Marvel universe also got bragging rights with runner-up “WandaVision.”
AllSides→ Tucker Carlson distorts Texas’ smart thermostat energy conservation programs
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-distorts-texas-smart-thermostat-con/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man In ‘Last Wish’ Post Is NOT ‘A Prison Inmate On Death Row’ — He’s A Former Inmate Who Became A Model
Does a photo show a death row inmate whose last wish was to write a letter to his mother? No, that's not true. The man in the photo accompanying the purported death row letter was never on death row nor convicted of any crime serious enou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Public Health England Data Does NOT Support Claim That Delta Variant Fatality Rate Is 0.08 percent — Report Says It’s 2.5x That
Does a Public Health England report on COVID variants show the case fatality rate for the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is .08 percent and that, compared to the virus that started the pandemic, Delta is not as lethal? No, that's not true: The
Snopes→ Watch Disney’s ‘Happily Ever After’ Finale from Far Away, Music Included
The video was recorded at the California Grill at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando, where the music for Happily Ever After is played over speakers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Joe Biden’s Green Shirt Vaccine Pushing Shock Troops’ Confronted
Does a video show "Joe Biden's green shirt vaccine pushing shock troops" being confronted on camera? No, that's not true. The video has nothing to do with the COVID-19 vaccine. The video shows workers from a construction company and is la
Snopes→ First Lady Jill Biden Makes ‘Sesame Street’ Debut
Biden joins other first ladies who have appeared on the children’s television program.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Victoria’s Secret Meltdown’ Video
“Get away from me” trended on Twitter on July 13 2021, after a woman named Ijeoma Ukenta filmed a bizarre encounter with a woman named Abigail Elphick in a New Jersey Victoria’s Secret store. Ukenta first shared a multi-part video of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wolf Pack Order Is NOT As Described In Viral Photo — The Picture Is From A 2011 Documentary On Wolves Hunting Bison
Does this caption accurately describe the social structure of a wolf pack that happened to be photographed moving single file through the snow? No, that's not true: This is an allegorical caption that uses the image of a wolf pack to deli
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Lauren Boebert Did NOT Receive A PPP Loan For Her Restaurant
Did U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, who has made disparaging remarks about government assistance, receive a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for her restaurant Shooters Grill? No, that's not true: a restaurant with a similar name as the C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence People Are Going Door-To-Door To ‘See Your Papers’ On COVID-19 Vaccination
Are people going door-to-door to "see your papers" on COVID-19 vaccination? No, there's no evidence that's true: The claim riffs off a comment that President Joe Biden made on vaccine outreach. As his administration has made clear, the do
Snopes→ Not Nice: Baron Cohen Sues Massachusetts Cannabis Dispensary
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen has sued a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary he says used an image of his character Borat on a billboard without his permission.
Snopes→ Black Female WWII Unit Hoping to Get Congressional Honor
Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon and her Army colleagues never dwelled on being the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe during World War II.
FactCheck.org→ Greene’s Deceptive Claims of Forced COVID-19 Vaccinations and Vaccination ‘Deaths’
SciCheck Digest There is no evidence that a door-to-door campaign to encourage vaccinations against COVID-19 means President Joe Biden and Democrats “are coming to your front door to force you to take the vax,” as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tweete
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Photo Does NOT Show A Real Reindeer With Glowing Antlers — It’s A Digital Artwork
Does this photo show a reindeer in Finland whose brightly glowing horns were treated with reflective paint to protect it from being hit by a car? No, that's not true: This is artwork by visual designer Vasjen Katro. He was inspired to cre
Snopes→ Is This Photograph of a Swedish Vallhund Real?
Meet västgötaspets — the Vizigothic spitz, or Swedish vallhund.
Snopes→ Was Italy Disqualified From UEFA Championship?
Sorry, England fans.
Snopes→ Kellogg’s Unveils Limited Edition ‘Addams Family’ Cereal Boxes
Kellogg's is teaming up with MGM to bring fans a new way to experience their favorite macabre clan: breakfast.
Truth or Fiction?→ Jaleel White and ‘Purple Urkel’
On July 7 2021, a Facebook account shared a screenshot a post and image featuring “Purple Urkel,” a strain of cannabis purportedly being promoted by Jaleel White of Family Matters and Snoop Dogg: Never did I ever think I would see Jaleel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lisbon Court Did NOT ‘Rule’ Only 0.9% Of Portugal’s ‘Verified Cases’ Died Of COVID
Did a court in Lisbon rule that the COVID-19 death toll in Portugal was 152 and not the 17,000 reported by public health officials? No, that's not true: The claim is based on misidentification of court documents and on excerpting that cha
Snopes→ Unwanted Pets: Giant Goldfish Turn Up in Minnesota Waterways
Officials in Minnesota said they’re finding more giant goldfish in waterways, prompting a plea to citizens to stop illegally dumping their unwanted fish into ponds and lakes.
Snopes→ Pete Shrayder’s ‘Where’s the Girl for Me’ Reemerges on TikTok
"This is my great uncle and his song from the 1950s the record label never passed," said TikTok user @cam_kurtz03 of Pete Shrayder's song.
Snopes→ IHOP Offering 58-Cent Short Stack of Pancakes for 1 Day Only
But the special is only valid on July 13.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Shows Egyptian Protests In 2011, NOT 2021 Protests In Cuba
Did a Facebook post about the July 2021 protests in Cuba include a picture of said protests? No, that's not true: the image was taken 6,000 miles away, a decade earlier: it shows protests in Egypt in 2011. The claim originated from the ca
Full Fact→ Italy aren’t going to be disqualified from Euro 2020
A post on Facebook which has been shared over 50,000 times claims UEFA officials have noticed that an Italian player in the Euro 2020 final against England received a yellow card in the quarter-final and therefore shouldn’t have been playing. It
Snopes→ ‘Alexa, What Will Happen to Florida in 2025?’
Alexa, why can't you predict the future?
Snopes→ Are Jan. 6 Rioters Traitors? So Far, Criminal Charges Say No
None of the more than 500 defendants accused in the attack has been indicted for sedition or for the gravest of crimes a citizen can face, treason.
Snopes→ Did Protester in Ralph Lauren Polo Jacket Face Baton-Wielding Cop on Horseback?
A photograph shared widely in July 2021 appeared to capture a moment of remarkable visual symmetry. But did it really?
Snopes→ 2 Baltimore Officers on US Task Force Shot, Suspect Killed
The police officers were taken to the University of Maryland Medical Center with injuries that aren’t thought to be life-threatening.
Poynter→ IFCN launches working group to address harassment against fact-checkers
The International Fact-Checking Network, a global coalition of fact-checkers, has been monitoring the increasing number of harassment cases against its more than 120 verified signatory organizations operating in 62 countries. Incidents of harassment, r
Logically→ The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is only available for people aged 40 and above in Australia.
The AstraZeneca vaccine is available to any adult aged 18 and over in Australia.
Snopes→ Rioting, Looting Continues in South Africa, Deaths Up to 32
The deployment of 2,500 soldiers to support the South African police has not yet stopped the rampant looting although arrests are being made at some areas in Johannesburg.
Full Fact→ A Portuguese court hasn’t said there have only been 152 Covid deaths
It’s been widely claimed that a court in Lisbon has found only 0.9% of reported deaths from Covid-19 in Portugal were actually as a result of the disease.This is not true. On 19 May, the Administrative Court of the Lisbon Circuit responded
Logically→ Former Union Law Minister Ravishankar Prasad is appointed as the governor of Tamil Nadu.
Ravi Shankar Prasad has not been officially appointed as the governor of Tamil Nadu and all reports saying otherwise are just speculations.
Full Fact→ No evidence Covid-19 vaccines are “overwhelming” NHS services
Website The Daily Expose published an article with a headline claiming the NHS was never overwhelmed by Covid-19 patients in the last year, but is now because of the vaccination programme. We have not seen any evidence to support this claim about the i