A professor of immunology from New York is calling attention to the price of a COVID-19 testing service for passengers flying through New York City. Dr. Miriam Merad, director of the Precision Immunology Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Snopes→ The First Mobile Phone Call Was 75 Years Ago
The people who crossed a wristwatch with a cellphone worked hard for several years to make it happen, but technology development really occurs on a timescale of decades.
Snopes→ Did Biden Call Putin ‘President Trump’ and then Correct Himself?
Was it a "Freudian slip," or an alleged example of Biden's declining cognitive ability? Social media users interpreted the gaffe differently.
Snopes→ Biden Admin Extends Protections to Transgender Students
The move reverses Trump-era policy and stands against proposals in many states to bar transgender girls from school sports.
Snopes→ The Walmart ‘Discount Code’ TikTok Trick Is a Hoax
The idea of looking above Walmart's entrance doors for a four-digit code to later use for self-checkout discounts has trended on TikTok since 2020.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Petition to Not Allow Jeff Bezos Re-Entry to Earth’
On June 15 2021, an Imgur account shared a purported screenshot of a Change.org petition that bore the blunt and to-the-point title, “Petition To Not Allow Jeff Bezos Re-Entry To Earth”: The context of the petition and its focus on Amazon
Snopes→ Yes, This Photo Shows a Montana Wildfire in June 2021
It comes as drought-stricken areas of the western U.S. could see temperatures up to 120 degrees.
Snopes→ Computer Trouble Hits Hubble Space Telescope, Science Halted
The orbiting observatory has been idle since a 1980s-era computer that controls the science instruments shut down.
The Dispatch→ Did a Teenager Die From Myocarditis After Her Second COVID Dose?
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Snopes→ Yes, ‘Scream 5’ Is Happening
You have the remainder of 2021 to catch up on 'Scream' 1 through 4.
Snopes→ Have Ostriches Pulled Off Their Own Heads?
We wanted to bury our heads in the sand after watching this video.
AllSides→ Shadow bans, fact-checks, info hubs: The big guide to how platforms are handling misinformation in 2021
https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/06/shadow-bans-fact-checks-info-hubs-the-big-guide-to-how-platforms-are-handling-misinformation-in-2021/
Snopes→ Did Roger Waters Refuse To Grant Mark Zuckerberg Permission To Use Pink Floyd Song in Ad?
Facebook, leave these kids alone!
Full Fact→ Labour’s record on unemployment
“Every time the Labour party has been in government, it has left unemployment higher than when it came in.” Richard Holden MP, 8 June 2021. In Parliament last week, Conservative MP Richard Holden claimed that every time the Labour party ha
Snopes→ Loan Relief Granted to Defrauded For-Profit College Students
The Biden administration said it is approving 18,000 loan forgiveness claims from former students of ITT Technical Institute.
Snopes→ Message in a Bottle Travels Across the Atlantic Ocean
The note included an email address to respond.
Logically→ The skeleton of a giant who died battling a large serpent was found in Krabi, Thailand, in 2017.
Images of a Taiwanese art installation that looked like fossils of a giant and a snake have been falsely shared as being from Thailand.
Snopes→ EU Members Agree to Lift Travel Restrictions on US Tourists
The recommendation is non-binding, and national governments have authority to require test results or vaccination records and to set other entry conditions.
Health Feedback→ Yellow Card scheme for adverse events does not suggest any new side effects of COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW On 11 June 2021, an article on America’s Frontline Doctors reported on a British organization that called for the cessation of COVID vaccine use. The organization, called The Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy Ltd, used data from the U.K.’
Snopes→ ‘Two Great Powers’: Biden, Putin Plunge into Hours of Talks
President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin are expected to meet for four to five hours of wide-ranging talks.
Poynter→ The lessons of Squash, the first automated fact-checking platform
Squash began as a crazy dream. Soon after I started PolitiFact in 2007, readers began suggesting a cool but far-fetched idea. They wanted to see our fact checks pop up on live TV. That kind of automated fact-checking wasn’t possible with the technolo
Poynter→ Donald Trump says he was ‘right about everything.’ Is he right about being right?
Former President Donald Trump recently released a statement claiming he was “right about everything” that critics said he was wrong on. Is he right about being right? We looked through the 10 points in Trump’s June 12 statement and found
Logically→ Mahatma Gandhi’s great-granddaughter was sentenced to seven years in prison in connection with a forgery case.
Ashish Lata Ramgobin was sentenced to seven years in prison for 6.2 million South African rands in fraud, forgery, and fabrication.
Snopes→ Did Johnny Carson Make a Risqué Remark About a Guest’s Cat?
A purported quip by 'Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson regarding Zsa Zsa Gabor and her cat has become one of the most infamous of broadcast legends.
Snopes→ Senate Approves Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
The bill would lead to Juneteenth becoming the 12th federal holiday. It is expected to easily pass the House, which would send it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Snopes→ Does a Photo Show British Soldiers in Drag Fighting Nazis?
The photograph and others like it were initially censored by the British government.
Snopes→ Why We’re Not Opposed to ‘Why We Oppose Pockets for Women’
Suffragist Alice Duer Miller penned "Why We Oppose Pockets for Women" in 1914. Her logic is still sound.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Giant’ Sculpture Creators Can NOT Be Built in 2021
Are 'giant' sculptures going to be built in 21 states in 2021? No, that's not true: The company creating them plans to use the structures to showcase quasi-animated images of heroes, athletes and celebrities once they have found investors
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Container Ship Pictured On Fire Is NOT Evergreen’s Ever Given — It’s The X-Press Pearl
Did the container ship run by Evergreen Marine, Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March 2021, catch fire? No, that's not true: The container ship in the video that did suffer a fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the X-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Compare States’ Vaccination Rates To Trump Support, Blaming Him For Vaccine Hesitancy
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issue a report that compared how states voted in the 2020 presidential election with their vaccination rates? No, that's not true: There is no such report, according to a CDC spokes
Snopes→ No, Disney World Employees Aren’t Left on a Bench if They Die in Costume
The term "creepypasta" refers to a short piece of horror-fiction that is oft-repeated on the internet.
Snopes→ Yes, Disney World Saw Increase in Arrests for Gun Possession During Pandemic
The park, a private property, prohibits firearms — even for gun owners who have permits to carry.
Snopes→ RUMOR ALERT: Korean Actor Park Seo Joon To Star in Marvel Sequel?
If true, he would be the third Korean actor to star in a Marvel movie.
Snopes→ Is This ‘Pink Fairy Armadillo’ Real?
Little is known about this seemingly enigmatic species.
Poynter→ ‘There will always be claims of cheating’ in elections, but fact-checkers can work together to fight back
Fact-checkers emphasized Tuesday the importance of collaboration in protecting election integrity and fighting back against false accusations of fraud. Speaking at Tuesday’s IFCN Talk, Gilberto Scofield Jr., business and development director for the
Snopes→ Does Louisiana Textbook Teach Civil War from Perspective of Wealthy, White Slave Owner?
A viral tweet claimed a textbook for eighth-graders focused on the war's effect on a 20-year-old white woman whose family owned slaves.
AllSides→ Fact Checking ‘Absolutely 9-0,’ the Latest Documentary From Mike Lindell
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-absolutely-9-0-the On June 3, MyPillow CEO and Donald
Snopes→ Did DC Comics Say Batman Can’t Go Down on Catwoman?
The controversy over a comment in a magazine interview was heated.
Snopes→ US Park Service Sued After Gate Kills Ugandan Humanitarian
The family of a women’s rights activist from Uganda sued the National Park Service after she was decapitated by a gate at Utah’s Arches National Park.
Snopes→ Ikea Fined $1.3 Million over Spying Campaign in France
A French court ordered home furnishings giant Ikea to pay fines and damages over a campaign to spy on union representatives, employees and some unhappy customers.