Does a birth certificate or a Social Security number turn a person into the property or a ward of the state? No, that's not true: The claim misrepresents the nature of a highly publicized case in New Zealand in which the judge ruled that
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pharmacists, Doctors Do NOT Rely Solely On Blank Page In COVID-19 Vaccine Package In Deciding Whether To Inoculate
Is a blank-page insert in some mRNA COVID-19 vaccine packaging the only resource for providing doctors and pharmacists with the vaccine information they need to ensure a patient's informed consent to vaccination? No, that's not true: COVI
Truth or Fiction?→ A Crowd Booed Elon Musk at a Dave Chappelle Show
On December 11 2022, newly-minted Twitter owner Elon Musk joined comedian Dave Chappelle on stage in San Francisco, leading to an immediate chorus of “boos” from the crowd. As is often the case, Musk’s appearance at Chappelle’s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Black Mona Lisa’ Was NOT Found On Dark Side Of The Moon
Was a "Black Mona Lisa" discovered in a 3-mile-long spacecraft on the moon's dark side? No, that's not true: The origin story of this claim is based on a science fiction novel that some people have falsely suggested reflects an accurate r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pictures Do NOT Prove Hitler Was Replaced By CIA Agent — History Tells Different Story
Does a portrait of a familiar-looking historical figure actually show a CIA agent instead of German dictator Adolf Hitler? No, that's not true: The picture can be found in the National Archives Catalog and is described as a "Portrait of A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Root Canals Do NOT Cause Cancer
Do root canals cause cancer? No, that's not true: An endodontics resident told Lead Stories that root canals do not cause cancer. The American Association of Endodontists says that the 2019 documentary that made this claim is guilty of sp
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories Uncovers Network of Cambodian Websites Pushing Death Hoaxes On Facebook To Spread Malware
The celebrity death hoax has long been a clickbait staple, but recently one network has taken it to extremes, using scores of websites to host its content and an automated army of bots to push the links into Facebook groups. Many Facebook
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Did NOT Vote All Red Except For The Governor
Did Arizona drag out midterm election ballot-counting for a week so that the tally would award the governor's race to Katie Hobbs -- the Democrat in charge of all state elections -- despite voters going "red in every other category"? No,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Shannen Doherty Did NOT Die On December 6, 2022
Did actress Shannen Doherty die on December 6, 2022? No, that's not true: The claim was made without credible, publicly available corroborating evidence. "She is fine," her agent told Lead Stories. Donerty is best known for roles she play
Logically→ A leopard attacked two women in the Turahalli Forest Range in Bengaluru.
The video of a leopard attacking two women is from Uttarakhand. Though leopards were spotted in Bengaluru last week, the video is not from the city.
Logically→ Lionel Messi wiped the floor with a Mexico jersey after winning a match in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022.
A video of Argentinian skipper Messi inadvertently kicking a Mexico jersey is being shared with a misleading claim that he "wiped the floor" with it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 5G Wuhan Rollout Did NOT Cause Coronavirus Pandemic Or Facilitate Global Spread
Was Wuhan, China the first city to be "covered" with 5G technology and did this wireless communications network facilitate the origination and spread of COVID-19? No, that's not true: A telecommunications expert told Lead Stories that cre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Angelina Jolie Has Passed Away As Of December 7, 2022
Has Oscar-winning actress and humanitarian activist Angelina Jolie passed away as of December 7, 2022? No, that's not true: No credible news organizations have reported her death as of December 7, 2022, and TIME magazine published on Dece
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Simon Cowell Did NOT Die Suddenly At The Hospital
Did Simon Cowell die suddenly at the hospital? No, that's not true: His representative told Lead Stories "It's rubbish" and there is no credible reporting on entertainment or news sites about Cowell, an internationally known celebrity, dy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer CEO Bourla Did Not "Maintain" That mRNA Technology Was Unsafe
Did Albert Bourla, the chairman and CEO of the Pfizer pharmaceutical company, "maintain" that mRNA vaccine technology was unsafe when he gave researchers the go-ahead to use it in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: In the ful
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Six Million’ Population Figure In Pre-WWII American News Stories About Jews Does NOT Confirm There Was No Holocaust
Does the repeated use of the figure 6 million in pre-World War II American newspaper reports about the world's Jewish communities prove there was no Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews are estimated to have died? No, that's not true: The r
Truth or Fiction?→ Wolfenstein Twitter Controversy, Explained
On December 5 2022, a popular post to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter addressed the “Wolfenstein” video game franchise — more specifically, purported complaints that the game had become overtly “political”:
FactCheck.org→ Exploring Sen. Murphy’s Claim About ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’
By some counts, about 2,000 of the more than 3,100 counties in the U.S. are so-called “Second Amendment sanctuaries,” which generally means that the counties – or the state of which they are a part — oppose gun laws they deem uncon
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "Handled" and "Removed" Tweets in "Twitter Files" Were Hunter Biden Nudes Distributed Without Consent in Violation of Twitter Rules
Did the staff of presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee suppress political speech leading up to the 2020 election against then-President Donald Trump when it requested certain tweets be reviewed? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dolly Parton Has NOT Passed Away As Of December 5, 2022
Has Dolly Parton, a country music hall-of-famer, passed away as of December 5, 2022? No, that's not true: Parton has been active on her verified social media accounts since the claim was published. There have also been no credible news or
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Cup German National Team’s Plane NOT Banned From Landing In Qatar For FIFA Because Of Its Diversity Logo, Mural
Did Qatar ban the German team's plane landing there for the FIFA World Cup because of the aircraft's inclusive logo and mural? No, that's not true: The plane left Frankfurt, Germany, and landed in Muscat, Oman, for training in mid-Novembe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Chief Klaus Schwab Did NOT Suffer ‘Second’ Heart Attack
Did World Economic Forum (WEF) Chairman Klaus Schwab suffer a second heart attack? No, that's not true: A WEF press spokesman said Schwab has never experienced a heart attack and confirmed that he is in "good health." The claim appeared i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ronald Reagan Is NOT Denying Holocaust In This Clip
Did former President Ronald Reagan deny that 6 million Jewish people were killed in concentration camps during World War II? No, that's not true: There is missing context to this video. A transcript of this event shows that Reagan is answ
Logically→ Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud issued a death threat to Saudi Arabian football team players if they lost to Poland in the 2022 World Cup.
The original video of the Saudi Prince encouraging his national football players has been edited to include audio in English to claim as such.
Logically→ Three Ukrainian football fans were arrested for Nazi graffiti at the World Cup stadium in Qatar.
Several independent analysts and news outlets, including Al Jazeera itself, have confirmed that this video is fake.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DASANI’s Bottled Water Does NOT Contain Lethal Amount Of Potassium Chloride
Does the bottled drinking water DASANI contain lethal amounts of potassium chloride, the same chemical used to kill death row inmates? No, that's not true: All bottled water contains small amounts of the mineral, but a water sciences expe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Global Warming Is NOT Caused By Solar System Having Two Suns
Is global warming caused by the solar system having two suns? No, that's not true: An astronomy expert and the National Weather Service told Lead Stories this claim is "completely false." The claim appeared in a video on Instagram on Nove
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: USA Today Did NOT Publish This Article On Neuralink Study Monkey Deaths — Screenshot Is Made Up
Did USA Today publish an article on November 30, 2022, titled, "Elon Musk's Neuralink implants have killed nearly 3000 monkeys since last December, 98% fatality rate"? No, that's not true: This is not a real USA Today headline and the num
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Photos Do NOT Show A ‘Ukrainian Soldier’ With A Swastika Tattoo Captured In November 2022
Do photos circulating on social media show a recently captured Ukrainian POW with a swastika tattoo on his back? No, that's not true: These are seven-year-old images, taken during fighting in 2015 with armed, Russia-backed separatists in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Terra-Infinita’ Map Does NOT Show Real Place — It’s Illustration Of Lands In Science Fiction Series
Does a map showing "Terra-Infinita" show a real place composed of 178 worlds that exist beyond the domed territory of the "Known Lands" of Earth, ringed by a giant wall of ice and guarded by "custodians"? No, that's not true: This detaile
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nixon Did NOT Need Cell Towers To Call Astronauts On The Moon In 1969
Does former President Richard Nixon's call without a string of cellphone towers prove that NASA never put astronauts on the moon? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesman explained to Lead Stories that the agency used massive radio antennas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tourist In Northern Ireland Did NOT Record Giant’s Door Opening In Mountainside At Giant’s Causeway
Did a tourist in Northern Ireland record a giant's "door" opening in the mountainside at Giant's Causeway? No, that's not true: This was part of a promotional video made by An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland, a nongovernmental cha
Logically→ Around 250 boats were lit to celebrate Karthika Deepotsava at Mahankaleshwara temple in Kerala.
A video of illuminated bamboo rafts sailing on the Yulong river in China has been falsely shared as footage from a celebration in Kerala.
FactCheck.org→ ‘Died Suddenly’ Pushes Bogus Depopulation Theory
SciCheck Digest What appear to be ordinary postmortem blood clots are held up in a viral online video as supposed evidence that there’s a depopulation plot underway using COVID-19 vaccination to kill people. There’s no evidence for this theory.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hitler Did NOT Invent Highways And Microphones As Ye (Formerly Kanye West) Said
Did Hitler invent highways and microphones, as Ye said in a radio interview? No, that's not true: The Nazis appropriated highway plans and construction already occurring. Several people are credited with inventing the microphone in the la
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla isn’t a reptile
Video confirms Pfizer’s CEO is “reptilian.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ’88 Words’
On November 30 2022, tweets about a Republican fundraising email containing the phrase “88 words” appeared: I hate playing “gotcha” — regardless of the side. But I’m striving to understand why — during week of Trump/Kanye/Fuente
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Carrageenan In Tom’s Of Maine Toothpaste Causes Cancer
Does carrageenan, a food stabilizer made from red seaweed, cause cancer? No, that's not true: A registered dietitian told Lead Stories that there is no substantial evidence that carrageenan causes cancer. Neither the Food and Drug Adminis
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead on Number of Election Day Votes in Maricopa County
Quick Take About 540,000 voters went to polling places in Arizona’s Maricopa County on Election Day, including roughly 250,000 who voted in person and over 290,000 who dropped off mail-in and provisional ballots, according to election officials
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence COVID-19 PCR Tests Are ‘Linked To Human Cloning’
Are COVID-19 PCR tests "linked to human cloning"? No, that's not true. There is no evidence confirming that human cloning ever occurred. A study cited in a video making the claim never discussed PCR tests used during the pandemic because