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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Blog Post Does NOT Prove 25,800 Deaths Were Caused By The mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19
Does this blog post prove 25,800 people have died of reactions to COVID vaccines? No, that's not true: The claim recycles an oft-rebuked misuse of the U.S. government's unverified list of vaccine reaction reports called VAERS (Vaccine Adv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Junk Mailers DO Have To Pay USPS To Deliver Own Junk Mail Back To Them
Are you supporting the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and reducing junk mail if you return unsolicited business-reply mail to the sender using the enclosed prepaid envelope? That's mostly true: The USPS is paid per piece by marketers for retu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 ‘Breakthrough Infections’ Are NOT An Unexpected Occurrence In Vaccinated People
Does a screenshot of a Newsweek headline tell the whole story about 10,000 COVID infections reported in fully vaccinated people? No, this headline has been intentionally separated from the Newsweek article that describes what the CDC repo
Snopes→ Fake Billie Eilish Livestream Fools Thousands on TikTok
At one point, more than 43,300 people were watching at 3 a.m. EDT.
Snopes→ Top General Blasts Rep. Matt Gaetz for ‘Offensive’ Comment About Military Being ‘Woke’
And the exchange went viral.
Snopes→ Songwriter Diane Warren Saves Escaped Cow from Slaughter
Songwriter Diane Warren stepped in to save the life of cow that eluded capture for more than a day after a herd escaped from a Southern California slaughterhouse and stampeded through a suburb.
Snopes→ Many Feared Dead After Florida Beachfront Condo Collapses
A beachfront condo building partially collapsed outside Miami, killing at least one person and trapping others in the tower that resembled a giant fractured dollhouse.
Snopes→ Aunt Jemima Syrup Now Hitting Store Shelves Under New Brand Name
The change was announced following the Black Lives Matter protests of the spring and summer of 2020.
FactCheck.org→ Rudy Giuliani’s Bogus Election Fraud Claims
A New York court suspended former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s law license in that state for making “demonstrably false and misleading statements” about the 2020 presidential election results to the courts and the public at lar
Snopes→ WATCH: Netflix Reality Dating Show ‘Sexy Beasts’ Has Contestants Dressing Up in Cosplay
And you thought your dating life was weird.
Snopes→ Did Someone Once Write a Check on the Side of a Cow?
A check doesn't necessarily have to be written on paper. It can be written on anything, as long as it has the necessary elements.
Snopes→ Do Senators Who Support Voting Reform Bill Represent 43M More People Than Those Against?
A filibuster by Senate Republicans halted a major piece of Democratic legislation, the For the People Act, in June 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Citizens Do NOT Pay A Percentage Of Their Taxes To The Queen Of England
Do U.S. citizens pay a percentage of their taxes to the queen of England via the IRS, and is the IRS not part of the federal government? No, that's not true: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Tre
Snopes→ Were Rudy Giuliani and Roy Cohn Both Disbarred on June 24?
Giuliani, former U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, had his law license suspended in New York.
Snopes→ Did Slaves Help Build the U.S. Capitol?
Many iconic buildings in Washington, D.C., used slave labor in their construction.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC News Did NOT Post Headline About Tom Hanks Being Arrested For Child Pornography Charges
Did a BBC News Online headline report that Tom Hanks was arrested on 135 counts of child pornography possession? No, that's not true: Although an image attributed to BBC News Online displays that headline, along with a picture of Hanks an
Snopes→ Facebook Arrest Video Leads to Protests in South Carolina
About 100 people protested outside a police headquarters in South Carolina, after a video of officers wrestling and throwing punches during two arrests was posted to Facebook.
Snopes→ Nearly 4K COVID-19 Patients in Massachusetts Had Been Vaccinated. Here’s the Full Story.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that breakthrough cases are expected, even going so far as to bold the statement on its website.
Snopes→ Did Transgender Olympian Chelsea Wolfe Say She Wants To ‘Burn a US Flag on the Podium’?
The BMX Freestyle rider’s qualification to join the U.S. team made history.
Snopes→ Yogi Berra Gets a Postage Stamp in His Honor
The stamp honoring the New York Yankees Hall of Famer and the man of endless philosophical musings was dedicated during a ceremony at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center.
Snopes→ Western Drought Brings Another Woe: Voracious Grasshoppers
Federal agriculture officials are launching what could become their largest grasshopper-killing campaign since the 1980s amid an outbreak of the drought-loving insects.
Snopes→ Montana Couple Rescues Horse from Drowning in River
A western Montana couple were able to save a horse from drowning in the Bitterroot River on Father's Day, and may have made a new friend in the process.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA Vaccine Technology Does NOT Have Catastrophic Side Effects, Including Death
Does messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine technology have catastrophic side effects, including death? No, that's not true: Health officials widely consider such technology to be safe and effective. Millions of people have gotten a COVID-19 mRNA v
Logically→ Before the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines had never been used on humans.
Previously, researchers have tested mRNA vaccines on humans for rabies, influenza, cytomegalovirus, and Zika.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Female Weightlifter Did NOT Suffer ‘Tragic Testicle Injury’ Just Weeks Before Tokyo Olympics
Did New Zealand female weightlifter Laurel Hubbard suffer from a testicular injury just weeks before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics? No, that's not true: the claim is lifted from from The Babylon Bee, a satirical website that writes about "Chris
Snopes→ Nearly All COVID Deaths in US Are Now Among Unvaccinated
Deaths per day — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the vaccine.
Snopes→ Philippine Democracy Scion, Ex-Leader Benigno Aquino Dies
The son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and a defender of good governance who took China's sweeping territorial claims to an international court, has died. He was 61.
Snopes→ Hundreds of Unmarked Graves Found in Former Indian Residential School in Canada
The Cowessess First Nation Tribe made the “horrific and shocking discovery” in the Saskatchewan province.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Woman Who Boxed Was NOT A British Special Forces Female Super Soldier
Was a female British special forces soldier ruthlessly beaten by a "regular guy" in boxing? No, that's not true: This photo is from a fight that was a part of the reality TV show modeled after special forces-style training called, "SAS: W
Snopes→ Rembrandt’s Huge ‘Night Watch’ Gets Bigger Thanks to AI
A marriage of art and artificial intelligence has enabled Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum to recreate parts of the iconic “Night Watch” painting that were snipped off 70 years after Rembrandt finished it.
Snopes→ Did Biden Say FDR Went on TV To Discuss Stock Market Crash?
The remark was made in 2008, TV became popular in the 1950s, Franklin D. Roosevelt was president in 1933, and the stock market crashed in 1929.
Full Fact→ Instagram post gets it wrong about Covid-19 vaccines and animal testing
An Instagram post has made misleading claims about Covid-19 survival rates and vaccine safety testing. It states: “99.998% chance of survival But takes part in human vaccine trial where they skipped animal testing.” Both of the claims
Full Fact→ Government modelling not proof of vaccine ‘genocide’
A message being shared on WhatsApp claims that a government document is “proof for anybody that the vaccines are intended for genocide”, as it shows the government expected most hospitalisations and cases to occur in summer 2021 would occur
Snopes→ New York Court Suspends Rudy Giuliani’s Law License
An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race.
Snopes→ Did Harry von Zell Introduce the President as ‘Hoobert Heever’?
A notorious radio flub became even more infamous through an exaggerated "re-creation" of it long after the fact.
Snopes→ Did Matt Gaetz Suggest Defunding the FBI?
Nothing ever gets deleted from the internet.
Full Fact→ Facebook post about poppy graffiti on mosque is misleading
A Facebook post claims that two men were sentenced to six months in prison for spray-painting a poppy on a mosque in Portsmouth, while two other men who defaced a war memorial and burned two large plastic poppies were only fined for their offences.&nbs
Snopes→ Lawyer: Death of John McAfee Surprised the US Mogul’s Family
A court spokeswoman said that a forensic team would need to perform toxicology tests to determine the cause of death.
Snopes→ Biden Administration Extends Eviction Moratorium for a Month
The White House had acknowledged Wednesday that the emergency pandemic protection will have to end at some point.