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Snopes→ Trump Organization and CFO Indicted on Tax Fraud Charges
Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged in what prosecutors called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme in which the executive collected more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, including apartment r
Snopes→ Live Blog: Happily Ever After Fireworks Return to Disney
The fireworks show returns for park guests at the Magic Kingdom in Orlando tonight after it was stopped for more than a year for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Snopes→ WATCH: World’s First Flying Car Makes 35-Minute Debut Flight
The aircraft turns into a sports car in under three minutes.
Snopes→ Tuition is Now Free at the Yale Drama School
That's thanks to producer and business magnate David Geffen's endowment of $150 million.
Snopes→ NCAA Clears Way for Athlete Compensation As State Laws Loom
The NCAA Board of Directors approved one of the biggest changes in the history of college athletics.
Snopes→ Did an Iowa Man Call in a False Bomb Threat to McDonald’s Over Dipping Sauces?
Robert Golwitzer Jr. was arrested in June 2021, after what news reports claimed was a dispute over a Chicken McNuggets order.
Snopes→ WATCH: Cruella Spots Service Dog in Disneyland, Yells ‘Stop the Car!’
The lighthearted moment was posted by TikTok user @disney.mom.101.
Snopes→ Whither #MeToo? Chilling Effect of Cosby Reversal Feared
As the nation digested the stunning sight of Cosby released from prison, some worried it would have a chilling effect on survivors.
Snopes→ Yes, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Settlement Is Legit
Snopes readers have reported receiving postcards in the mail alerting them to the settlement.
Snopes→ Meghan McCain Says She’s Quitting ‘The View’ in Late July
McCain, daughter of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, announced on the air that she would leave after the show's season ends.
Snopes→ ‘You Didn’t Know There Were 2 Guitars on That Track’?
If you don't know there are supposed to be limitations on what you can do, perhaps you won't be bound by them.
Snopes→ Was Bruce Lee an American Citizen?
Quentin Tarantino’s comments about the martial arts legend and “American stuntmen” raised controversy online.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Announcement By Reiner Fuellmich Does NOT Prove COVID-19 PCR Tests Do Not Detect The Virus
Does Reiner Fuellmich prove in a new video that COVID-19 PCR tests do not detect the virus? No, that's not true: This is one of several debunked conspiracy theories he recycles in a new video that have been refuted by published peer-revie
Snopes→ Pelosi Names GOP’s Cheney to Panel Investigating Jan. 6 Riot
Pelosi named Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to a new select committee on the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, elevating the most unyielding GOP critic of former President Donald Trump to work alongside seven Democrats on the high-profile investi
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Blames GOP for Defunding Police’
On July 1 2021, the right-wing blog DailyWire.com published a story with the headline, “Psaki Blames GOP For Defunding Police, But She Can’t Name 1 Republican Who Called For Defunding Police,” which claimed that White House Press Secreta
Snopes→ Comedian Christina P. Reveals Injury Details on Podcast
The stand-up comedian spoke over Zoom with her husband and co-host, Tom Segura, about the fact that both of them had recently been injured.
Snopes→ Mike Tyson’s Anti-Vaccine Shirt Photo Is Fake
We believe in genuine photographs, not doctored anti-vaccine propaganda.
Full Fact→ Only a third of people first heard of the term ‘cancel culture’ in the past year
The experts found that cancel culture had exploded in the last year — with 82 per cent of people having first encountered it in the past 12 months. The Sun, 29 June 2021. An article in the Sun, published on 29 June, claims that experts found &ld
Snopes→ Ghost Kitchens — What Are They?
Ghost kitchens are food prep operations with no waiters, no dining room and no parking lot – really, no public presence whatsoever.
Snopes→ Princes William, Harry Unveil Princess Diana’s Statue
Princes William and Harry unveiled a statue of their mother, Princess Diana, on what would have been her 60th birthday in a small — and brief — ceremony at London's Kensington Palace.
Snopes→ The ‘Pzoom’ Invisible Car Trick, Explained
It has more to do with camera tricks than butt muscles.
Logically→ A new law requires universities in Florida to survey the political views of faculty and students.
The new bill signed by Governor Ron DeSantis requires state universities to survey students, faculty, and staff on their political perspectives.
Snopes→ GOP Donor Pays $1M to Deploy South Dakota National Guard
Willis Johnson said he just wanted to help.
FactCheck.org→ Unsubstantiated Claims Follow Deaths of British and Indian Airline Pilots
SciCheck Digest Following the deaths of four British Airways pilots and five Air India pilots, social media posts claimed without proof that the pilots died as a result of receiving COVID-19 vaccines. Air India said its pilots died from COVID-19. Briti
Snopes→ Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions
The ruling was split 6-3.
Logically→ Two cases of monkeypox have been identified in the United Kingdom.
The World Health Organisation stated that two cases of monkeypox, both from the same household, had been detected on May 25 and 31 in North Wales.
Poynter→ She was an intelligence analyst at the CIA. Now she writes about the dangers of ‘fake news.’
As an intelligence analyst at the CIA, Cindy Otis was trained to assess how our country’s foreign adversaries deploy divisive rumors, destructive conspiracy theories and other kinds of disinformation against us. Several months after the 2016 presiden
Logically→ A new species of green capybara has been discovered in 2021.
Bruno Brack, a wildlife photographer, clarified that his Twitter video of a group of capybaras leaving a swamp was not of any new species.
Snopes→ ‘Homing Pigeons That Can’t Find Their Home’ Block I-95 Exit
Because the birds roost at night, the pigeons stayed on the road until bright lights from vehicles startled them.
Snopes→ Trump Organization CFO Surrenders Ahead of Expected Charges
New York prosecutors are expected to announce the first criminal indictment in a two-year investigation into Trump's business practices, accusing his namesake company and CFO Allen Weisselberg of tax crimes related to fringe benefits for employees.
Poynter→ Anti-vax claims center on the laws of attraction
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. Magnetic Personalities 3,190 fact checks were added to the CoronavirusFacts
Poynter→ The CDC did not say more young people are hospitalized from the vaccine than COVID-19 itself
An Instagram post wrongly claimed that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said more young people are hospitalized as a result of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine than from the disease itself. The post features a screenshot of a headline
Washington Post→ The most popular fact checks of 2021, so far
Here are the 10 fact checks that most captivated — or angered — readers so far in 2021.
Snopes→ AP Sources: Trump Company, Executive Indicted in Tax Probe
Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief have been indicted on charges stemming from a New York investigation into the former president’s business dealings, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Public Health Experts Do NOT Say Natural Immunity To COVID Is Stronger Than Vaccine-Based Immunity
Does medical research show natural immunity to COVID-19 is stronger than that gained from vaccines, and that those vaccines are ineffective against emerging variants of the virus? No, that's not true: The person making these claims, altho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove A Microchip Reader Used For Pets Found A Chip In A Vaccinated Woman’s Arm
Does a video show a microchip reader used for pets presumably registering a chip in a person's arm where she was vaccinated? No, that's not true: The company that makes the reader couldn't find any information linked to the number that fl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Great White Shark Did NOT Try To Attack A Parasailer
Did a great white shark try to attack a parasailer? No, that's not true: These are two separate photos that have been digitally manipulated into one. The original photo of the shark leaping out of the water was taken from an article that
Snopes→ James Franco Settles for $2.2M in School Sex Misconduct Suit
James Franco and his co-defendants agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations, court filings made public showed.
Snopes→ Tom Segura Reveals Most Humiliating Moment of Career
The stand-up comedian spoke with fellow comic Greg Fitzsimmons on the popular YouTube-hosted podcast, "2 Bears, 1 Cave."