Was this photo taken outside a rally for Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19 or 20, 2020? No, that's not true: This photo shows the staging area for the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally for POW/MIAs. Pictured is the north parking lot a
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Full Fact→ No, the government is not proposing to inject the public with tracking microchips
We’ve been asked to check an image of a letter, claiming to be from Boris Johnson, which says: “I am personally writing to you in order to alert you to a new government policy, in which we are proposing that all UK residents will be require
FactCheck.org→ Trump Wrong on Obama-Biden Actions on Policing
In signing an executive order on policing issues, President Donald Trump falsely claimed former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period.” In fact, the Obama administra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Lives Matter ‘Defund The Police’ Donations Do NOT Go to ‘Act Blue’, The ‘Biden For President’ Campaign’s Top Source of Donations
Does the Black Lives Matter website for 'Defund The Police' donations go to ActBlue, the 'Biden For President' campaign's top source of donations? No, that's misleading: ActBlue is a non-profit tech platform that facilitates online fundraising
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This is the 54th Regiment’ Memorial Defaced ‘This Week’ Claim
In early June 2020, the following image circulated with the claim that either “Black Lives Matter” or “Antifa” had defaced the 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial: At the top of the image was a graffitied monument difficult
Health Feedback→ Article inaccurately claims that coronavirus vaccine by Oxford researchers caused animal test subjects to develop COVID-19
SUMMARY This article, published in late May 2020, received more than 280,000 views on Facebook and more than 24,000 interactions on social media. The article makes numerous claims about Bill Gates and the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine being developed by Oxford
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Floyd Is NOT Alive And There Is No Evidence Video Of His Death Was Faked
Is George Floyd alive and was video of him dying under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer faked? No, that's not true: Two autopsies -- one by a medical examiner, and a second private examination -- confirmed that Floyd is dead. Video rec
Full Fact→ Claim that extending the Brexit transition period could cost £380 billion is not credible
“Get Brexit done! Majority AGAINST Brexit transition extension in close poll” Daily Express, 17 May 2020 Britain’s ‘faces £380billion bill’ if Brexit is delayed beyond December Sun, 17 May 2020 “Extension to B
Full Fact→ Claim that extending the Brexit transition period could cost £380 billion is not credible
“Get Brexit done! Majority AGAINST Brexit transition extension in close poll” Daily Express, 17 May 2020 Britain’s ‘faces £380billion bill’ if Brexit is delayed beyond December Sun, 17 May 2020 “Extension to B
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Atlanta Did NOT Deploy A ‘Child Militia’ During Protests
Did Atlanta deploy "a child militia" that was "fitted with riot shields and batons" during recent protests? No, that's not true: A video posted on Twitter alleges as much, but the National Guard has denied these claims, insisting that the pict
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Americans Were NOT Spared Deaths From Flu This Year
Is it true that for the first time in history "not one American died from the flu this year"? No, sadly, that's not true: Influenza continues to take lives. According to the mortality surveillance data culled by the National Center for Health
FactCheck.org→ Dueling Ads in the Kentucky Senate Race
The Kentucky Senate race — likely pitting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell against Democratic challenger, and former Marine fighter pilot, Amy McGrath — is playing out on the airwaves. But the recent TV ads don’t always square w
The Dispatch→ Is Trump Implementing COVID Relief Efforts With ‘No Oversight’?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: House Democrats Did NOT Sneak Provision Into $3 Trillion ‘Bailout Bill’ To Recess Until July 21
Did House Democrats sneak into their $3 trillion stimulus bill tied to coronavirus relief a recess that would keep them out of having to work -- but with fully pay -- until July 21? No, that is not true. HR 6800, which passed the House on May
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wuhan, China, NOT Back On Lockdown With ‘2nd Wave’ of COVID-19 Cases
Did Wuhan, China, go back on lockdown amid a second wave of new COVID-19 cases? No, that's not true: Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began in late 2019, is not back on lockdown despite 15 new cases being found in the city's province. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mississippi Man Named Jared Arnold NOT Legally Sold to Circus As a Baby; Judge Did NOT Say He Was Still Owned By Company
Was a Mississippi man legally sold to a circus as a baby and did a court judge say he was "still owned by company"? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian entertainment website that makes a living by publishing fictional stor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hobby Lobby CEO NEVER Claimed Not Being Able To Own Slaves Violates His Religious Freedom
Did Hobby Lobby CEO claim not being able to own slaves violates his religious freedom? No, that's not true: This is a fictional story from a satire website. The story appeared in an article (archived here) where it was published by the website
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HR 6666 Is NOT Going To Forcibly Remove People With COVID-19 From Homes As Dr. Rashid Buttar Claims
Does House Resolution 6666 provide funds to forcibly removed people with COVID-19 from their homes as Dr. Rashid Buttar claims in videos? No, that is not true: HR 6666 would not mandate that citizens be removed from their homes if they test po
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the California Department of Social Services Mandating COVID-19 Testing for Eligible Families — and Threatening to Place Children in Foster Care?
In early May 2020, a letter attributed to California’s Department of Social Services circulated on Facebook. It purportedly mandated that recipients of programs like MediCal and CalFresh immediately submit to testing for COVID-19 antigens or ant
Climate Feedback→ “Planet of the Humans” documentary misleads viewers about renewable energy
On 21 April 2020, Michael Moore released a documentary on his YouTube channel titled Planet of the Humans, which has received over 5 million views as of May 1st. The film, directed and narrated by Jeff Gibbs, criticizes renewable energy technologies li
FactCheck.org→ An April Filled with Repeats
Throughout April, the White House’s coronavirus task force briefings, at times, sparked feelings of fact-checking deja vu: President Donald Trump made many of the same inaccurate statements repeatedly. The president – as is the case with many polit
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Ad About Donating ‘Our Masks and Supplies’ to China
A Democratic group’s ad attacking President Donald Trump leaves the misleading impression that medical equipment donated by U.S.-based organizations and businesses to China early in the global coronavirus outbreak came from the Trump administration.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. NOT ‘Sneakily’ Using Coronavirus As Cover to Pass Bill; Uncertain If It ‘Will Stop End-To-End Encryption, Allow Officials To See All Private Messages, Listen To All Calls’
Is the U.S. government using the cover of the coronavirus pandemic to remove end-to-end encryption so officials would be able to listen to everyone's calls and see everyone's private messages? No, that does not appear to be the case: A controv
FactCheck.org→ Constitutional Experts: Trump Lacks Power to ‘Open Up the States’
Constitutional experts say President Donald Trump is wrong that he, not governors, has the power to “open up the states” where businesses were closed or residents were ordered to stay at home as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. On Apri
Truth or Fiction?→ Does This Video Show ‘More and More’ Coronavirus Looters in San Francisco?
Untrustworthy blogs and right-wing social media users pounced on footage allegedly captured by one Twitter user to throw inflammatory allegations against San Francisco and “liberal” communities as a whole following a shelter-in-place order
Truth or Fiction?→ Was ‘The Purge’ Feed Set on March 22 2020?
One in five Americans were on official coronavirus lockdown on March 21 2020, and many of those Americans watched movies to pass the time — leading to a rumor that those viewing 2013’s The Purge spotted surveillance feed video in the f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Homeland Security Is NOT Preparing To Mobilize The National Guard To Combat Coronavirus
Is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security preparing to mobilize the National Guard to enforce a nationwide quarantine? No, that's not true: The National Guard has issued a tweet refuting those claims. The item has been copied-and-pasted from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Warn Two Asteroids Could Cause Atmospheric Explosion Over Earth This Week
Did NASA warn that two asteroids could cause atmospheric explosion over Earth this week? No, that's not true: NASA did not issue a warning about these asteroids. The claim originated in an article (archived here) published by The Mind Unleashe
Truth or Fiction?→ Will Americans Go Into a Four-Week Quarantine on April 1 2020?
In mid-March 2020, completely unsubstantiated but frightening rumors began circulating about a four-week-long quarantine blanketing the entire United States, purportedly to begin on April 1 2020. The rumor spread from person to person in individual
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Will Smith Death Hoax
Did CNN report that actor Will Smith had died? No, that's not true: The story is another in a string of celebrity death hoaxes, but this one has a twist. A group of hoaxers - likely from the Philippines - has created a series of websites that
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the March Democratic Debate
Summary The first head-to-head debate of the Democratic presidential primary between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders focused on the government’s response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. We sorted through competing claims th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Every U.S. Election Year Does NOT Have A Disease
Does every U.S. election year have a disease associated with it? No, that's not true: A whiteboard photograph being shared online contains some inaccurate dates and information. It presents a U.S.-centric view of global epidemics and pandemics
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: As Of March 7, 2020, Tanzania And Zambia Had NOT Confirmed First Cases Of Coronavirus
Did Tanzania and Zambia confirm their first cases of novel coronavirus? No, that's not true: These made-up stories were published by a website known to spread disinformation. According to the World Health Organization, neither African country
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Rep. Bobby Rush Removed From the House Floor for Wearing a Hoodie?
After Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) donned a gas mask while Congress debated a bill securing emergency funding to fight the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the United States and beyond, one of his colleagues rebuked both him and an apparent set of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctors Do NOT Recommend Carbon Filter Face Masks To Prevent Coronavirus Spread
Do doctors recommend carbon filter face masks to prevent Coronavirus? No, this is misleading. Videos falsely claims that doctors are recommending carbon filter masks as a way to protect families, although the FDA and CDC both concluded that th
Truth or Fiction?→ Public Enemy, Bernie Sanders Team Up for Rally in Los Angeles
On February 26 2020, Public Enemy’s official Facebook page announced a Bernie Sanders rally on March 1 2020 in Los Angeles — complete with a poster of Sanders about to drop a microphone: The text in the post read: The time is now! FIGHT
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the South Carolina Debate
Summary In the last Democratic debate before Super Tuesday, the candidates often talked over and past one another. We sort out some of the misinformation. In criticizing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ sympathetic remarks about authoritarian regimes, former Vi
Truth or Fiction?→ Rush Limbaugh Claims Coronavirus is No More Dangerous than the Common Cold. Is it?
In a transcript dated February 24 2020, radio personality Rush Limbaugh claimed that novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is no more dangerous than “the common cold,” adding that he believed that concern over the new strain of disease was simply p
FactCheck.org→ Video: The Ninth Democratic Debate
We examine four claims from the Feb. 19 Democratic debate in this video: Former Vice President Joe Biden wrongly said of the stop-and-frisk policing policy under former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg: “The reason that stop and frisk changed is b
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Las Vegas Democratic Debate
Summary Many of the factual disputes centered on disagreements among the candidates: Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said the stop-and-frisk policy that was “in place” when he became mayor “got out of control” and so “we cut 95% of