Did Bill Gates bribe the World Health Organization with $50 million to declare COVID-19 a pandemic? No, that's not true: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated money not to the World Health Organization, but to the Therapeutics Accelera
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FactCheck.org→ Trump Touts Strong Jobs Report, Flubs Some Facts
In a Rose Garden address to comment on a surprisingly strong May jobs report, President Donald Trump continued to repeat false, misleading and exaggerated claims about the economy, the administration’s response to COVID-19, the border wall, veter
FactCheck.org→ Bricks Were Placed for Construction, Not to Incite Protesters
Quick Take Some viral social media posts misleadingly suggest that piles of bricks are being staged ahead of the protests over the death of George Floyd to incite violence. We reviewed five social media posts making such claims and found no evidence of
Truth or Fiction?→ Are ICE Detention Centers ‘Gassing Immigrants’ with a Chemical Disinfectant?
By June 4 2020, protests over the death of George Floyd had spread to every part of the United States and all around the world; because of the social upheaval, a claim that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was “gassing immigrants” in
Snopes→ White House Forces Reporters to Ditch Social Distancing
The White House abandoned social distancing for reporters attending President Donald Trump’s Rose Garden event because “it looks better,” according to the aide who ordered it.
FactCheck.org→ Meme Misrepresents Fauci’s Position on Vaccine Trials
Quick Take A viral meme falsely suggests Dr. Anthony Fauci supports administering a COVID-19 vaccine before clinical trials are completed. Fauci supports the manufacture of vaccines while trials are underway — but only administering the vaccine o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates, The CDC, Drs. Fauci And Birx NOT ‘Silent’ On Protests; COVID-19 Lockdowns NOT A ‘Scam’
Have philanthropist Bill Gates, along with Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention been silent amid the widespread protests sparked by George Floyd's death? And does this supposed silence "prove"
Full Fact→ The limits of what we can say about early lockdowns
“Locking down in the early stages of the spread of the virus is linked to a reduced excess death toll.” Financial Times, 28 May 2020 The Financial Times (FT) recently published a new analysis comparing the death rates in countries aff
Full Fact→ The limits of what we can say about early lockdowns
“Locking down in the early stages of the spread of the virus is linked to a reduced excess death toll.” Financial Times, 28 May 2020 The Financial Times (FT) recently published a new analysis comparing the death rates in countries aff
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Rip Up Bible In Bold Anti-Trump Statement
Did Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi rip up a bible in a bold anti-Trump statement? No, that's not true: the story originated on a well-known Christian-themed satire website but was mistaken by many people for real news. The satirical article
FactCheck.org→ The Semantics of ‘Tear Gas’ Versus ‘Pepper Spray’
Democratic politicians have criticized President Donald Trump for the use of “tear gas” to disperse protesters near the White House on June 1 before Trump walked to St. John’s Episcopal Church to pose for photos with a Bible. The pres
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Police Tell Newspapers That $2.4M of Merchandise Was Looted from a SoHo Rolex Store — When Rolex Said it Wasn’t?
Amid widespread protests and social unrest throughout the United States, a June 3 2020 Facebook post highlighted a discrepancy in the New York Post‘s coverage — specifically, a headline about a purported “looting” of $2.4 mill
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Lives Matter Protesters Did NOT Damage White Crosses, Vietnam War Memorials, Lt. Michael Murphy Plaque
Did Black Lives Matter protesters damage three war memorial sites -- in Kentucky, New York and California? No, that's not true: Photos shared to support the claim are years old and unrelated to the 2020 protests in the wake of George Floyd's d
Full Fact→ New antibody tests are not 100% accurate on all measures
“One hundred per cent accuracy of test developed by Swiss firm Roche confirmed by experts at PHE's Porton Down facility last week.” The Telegraph, 13 May 2020 “A new test to determine whether people have ever been infected with coron
Full Fact→ New antibody tests are not 100% accurate on all measures
“One hundred per cent accuracy of test developed by Swiss firm Roche confirmed by experts at PHE's Porton Down facility last week.” The Telegraph, 13 May 2020 “A new test to determine whether people have ever been infected with coron
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Someone Throw a ‘Gas Bomb’ Into a Horse Trailer During a Black Lives Matter Protest?
A Michigan woman’s effort to spread disinformation on Facebook about a Black Lives Matter protest several states away has been shared more than 90,000 times on the platform — despite several news sources refuting her claim. Kaitlyn White
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
Health Feedback→ Significant methodological flaws in a 2020 study claiming to show unvaccinated children are healthier
SUMMARY A study published on 28 May 2020[1] has been used to support a claim shared in articles and social media posts on Facebook and Instagram that unvaccinated children are healthier than vaccinated children. As is typical for this type of claim,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Brick Pallets For Riots From ‘ACME Brick Co Own By Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett & Bill Gates’
Did Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Illinois Gov. Jay Robert Pritzker conspire to place pallets of bricks on sidewalks so that rioters could use them at protests? No, that's not true: First, there is no actual evidence that pallets of bricks h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Floyd Was NOT ‘Found To Be Innocent,’ No Word On If $20 Bill Was Real
Have investigators concluded that George Floyd was innocent of passing a fake $20 bill because the money was real? No, that's not true: Investigators have not made their findings public because the case is ongoing. Whether or not the bill was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black South Sudanese Man In Viral Arrest Video Was NOT An FBI Agent
Was a black man who was arrested by police quickly released because the cops learned he was an FBI agent? No, that's not true. The now-viral video of a man being put in handcuffs by Rochester, Minnesota, police officers is a year old, and the
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A Post from Many Other Truckers’ on Protests Blocking Roads
On May 31 2020, an open letter was shared by the Facebook page “Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children” (archived here), purportedly speaking for all or most American truckers in the midst of ongoing protests in all fifty states: W
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Accept Campaign Donation From Antifa
Did Joe Biden accept a campaign donation from Antifa? No, that's not true: This story comes from a satire website and nothing published by this network is true. There is no evidence that the presumptive Democratic nominee for president has rec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: You CANNOT Legally Hit A Protester If They’re Blocking A Road
Can you legally hit a protester if they're blocking a road? No, that's not true: While some states considered legislation to provide legal protection in some cases when a driver hits a protester on a road, the proposals did not pass. A screens
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sheriff’s Roster Does NOT Show Derek Chauvin Released From Jail
Was Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, released from jail? No, that's not true: Chauvin did leave the original place of confinement, the Ramsey County, Minnesota, jail, on May
FactCheck.org→ Viral Tweet ‘Alert’ Wasn’t From Antifa
Quick Take A tweet shared widely online during the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd — espousing a plan to bring violence to “residential areas… the white hoods” — was made to appear to be from antifa, the anti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Simpsons’ Did NOT Predict Police Officer Kneeling On George Floyd’s Neck
Did "The Simpsons" predict Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck, killing him? No, that's not true. The memes claiming the television show "The Simpsons" aired an episode that showed a police officer, Wiggins
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Send Tweet About A Secret White House Bunker With No Food Or Supplies
Did President Trump send out a tweet claiming that he and Vice President Pence were escorted to the secret White House bunker, and complaining that former President Obama had left it dirty and unsupplied? No, that's not true: the screenshot of
The Dispatch→ Was Joe Biden Warning About Coronavirus Back in January?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Boston Police NOT Caught Planting Bricks Amid Protest
Were Boston police caught planting bricks amid the George Floyd death protest? No, that's not true: The bricks being removed by police officers from the back of a truck were collected by police from a damaged sidewalk on the campus of Northeas
FactCheck.org→ Examining Biden’s Farm Bankruptcy Claim
Joe Biden claimed that farm bankruptcies increased last year “due largely to Trump’s unmitigated disaster of a tariff war.” International trade was a factor, but there were additional reasons that predate the trade war — such as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The NBA Did NOT Say To Trump: Resign Or We’ll Never Play Again
Did the NBA say to President Trump: Resign or we'll never play again? No, that's not true. The article is from the satire website bustatroll.org and is a completely made-up, fake story. The story appeared in an article (archived here) where it
FactCheck.org→ Trump Can’t Designate Antifa — or Any Movement — Domestic Terrorist Organization
As some nationwide protests have turned violent, President Donald Trump pointed to the anti-fascist movement antifa, claiming: “The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.” But there is no such offic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Supporting Evidence That Heroin Killed More People ‘Yesterday’ Than The Coronavirus
Did heroin kill more people in the United States on one mid-May day in 2020 than COVID-19 killed? No, that's not true: The COVID-19 death toll on May 13, 2020, was an estimated 1,758, while an average of 42.4 Americans die each day from herion
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Dallas Police Tweet About ‘Technical Difficulties’ After Kpop Stans ‘Spammed’ Their ‘Snitch App’?
On May 31 2020, the following tweet offered “a story in 4 acts” — Dallas Police requesting recordings of purported “illegal activity” during protests over the death of George Floyd, two tweets from fans of the popular mus
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a Dallas Business Owner Killed During a Protest Against Police Brutality?
Right-wing Twitter accounts distorted footage of an attack on a would-be vigilante during a demonstration against police extrajudicial killings in Dallas on May 30 2020. One clip disseminated online pushed the claim that the man — later identifi
Truth or Fiction?→ Are the #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd Hashtags Banned on TikTok?
Actress Rachel Zegler and other users criticized the video app TikTok in May 2020, after some reported that the hashtags #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd had been wiped from search results on the platform. As the entertainment site AceShowbiz.com fi
Health Feedback→ Facebook posts spread unsupported anonymous claim that face mask use caused a lung infection in a healthy teenager
REVIEW A claim that a healthy 19-year-old grocery store worker was hospitalized for pleurisy, an inflammation of the tissue surrounding the lungs, due to her breathing in carbon dioxide and “her own bacteria” as a result of wearing a face mask,