Was actor Alec Baldwin fired from "Saturday Night Live" following his involvement in an accidental shooting on the set of the Western film "Rust"? No, that's not true: The claim originated on a satire website. Plus, Baldwin was never a re
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FactCheck.org→ Video: Tucker Carlson Misrepresents Vaccine Safety Reporting Data
Social media posts repeatedly misuse unverified reports to a federal database designed to detect safety issues in vaccines to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous. In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk mi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HUD Homeowner Incentive Does NOT Give Up To $3,300 Back To Homeowners
Does the U.S. government have a "HUD Homeowner Incentive" that gives thousands of dollars to homeowners? No, that's not true: No federal government program by that name exists -- and that's according to HUD itself. The website listing the
Full Fact→ Fake photo of William Shatner does not prove he didn’t go into space
A Facebook post claims a photo of Star Trek actor William Shatner in uniform for the launch of the Blue Origin space mission is a fake, and says this shows the launch itself was “obviously faked” too. Earlier this month Mr Shatner, wh
Full Fact→ Viral tweet on Rishi Sunak’s tax claims got it wrong
Rishi Sunak appeared on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, and what he said about National Insurance increases as part of the Health and Social Care Levy has caused confusion on social media. A tweet with over 10,000 retweets says: “On Andrew Marr t
The Dispatch→ Was Halyna Hutchins Working on a Documentary About Pedophile Rings?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Farm Owner Was NOT Denied A Permit To Build A Horse Shelter
Did a German farmer build a giant table and chairs as a shelter for his horses in order to get around the local council's refusal to grant him a permit to build a standard horse shelter? No, that's not true: The owner of this land, a wood
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘US Student Loans Cost the Government over $60B More to Service Than They Bring in a Year’
On October 21 2021 — against a backdrop of a long-running national discussion about student debt — a tweet asserting that “US student loans cost the government over $60B more to service than they bring in a year” became virally
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nature Article Does NOT Say Electric Vehicles Are A Net Negative, Based On Emissions, Safety
Are electric vehicles having a negative effect on all societies around the world? No, that's not true: The Nature article that the Facebook user links to as support doesn't even agree with the user's claims that electric vehicles (EVs) do
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘PSA, If You’re Ever Lost While Hiking … Change Your Voicemail’
On October 21 2021, a Facebook post “PSA” circulated virally, advising individuals to change their voicemail message in the event they ever got lost while hiking, or in some other remote setting. One popular version read: If you are ever l
Full Fact→ Photo of lorry stuck in Bristol harbour used to spread misinformation about HGV tests
A Facebook post states the government has taken reversing out of the HGV driving test, illustrated with a photo of an HGV with its backend partly submerged in a body of water. The picture is genuine. The image is of a lorry which fell into
Full Fact→ Don’t believe the funny story about the navy and the lighthouse
A story of a confrontation between a British aircraft carrier and an Irish lighthouse is being shared on Facebook along with the claim that it is “the transcript of the actual radio conversation between the British and the Irish, off the coast of
Full Fact→ Sweden is not abolishing cash
A post with a screenshot claiming that “Sweden is abolishing money” has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. In fact, although transactions without cash are common in Sweden, the Swedish government told Full Fact that it has no plans
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme About Great-Grandmother Washing Aluminum Foil And Saving Bacon Grease Was NOT Fact Checked
Did Facebook fact checkers label a meme as false information because, "There is no evidence that people ever saved aluminum foil or bacon grease"? No, that's not true: A meme-maker used a counterfeit fact check label to make a satirical j
Health Feedback→ Claims that a Harvard study showed COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective misrepresent the conclusions from the authors; fail to account for the study’s limitations
REVIEW This video published by The Jimmy Dore Show on 17 October 2021 claimed in its title that a Harvard study showed that COVID-19 surged among most vaccinated communities. The cited study, which was published in the European Journal of Epidemiolo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John Gruden Did NOT Make Statements About Poor Kids, Indian Accents & Mainstream African-Americans — Joe Biden Said Them All
Did John Gruden make statements about poor kids, people with Indian accents and the "first mainstream African-American"? No, that's not true: Four statements attributed to ex-NFL football coach John Gruden were not made by him but by Joe
Snopes→ Is Chris Kelley Running Against Ilhan Omar?
A Facebook post about Kelley and Omar was shared nearly 750,000 times and received a flood of support in October 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The IRS Is NOT A Private Business
Is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a private business? No, that's not true: It's a government agency. The IRS, which is tasked with determining, assessing and collecting internal revenue, is a bureau of the Treasury Department. The cla
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Say That There Were No Killings At Sandy Hook — Data Were Submitted To FBI Later
Did the FBI say that there were no killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, the same year as the mass shooting at the school that resulted in 26 deaths? No, that's not true: Although data from the FBI's Crime in the U.S. 2012 pub
Full Fact→ Covid-19 can be fatal and tests for it aren’t rigged
A post on Facebook includes a number of false or misleading claims about Covid-19 deaths, tests, the vaccines, hand sanitisers and facemasks. It is not true to say that “Covid-19 is not killing people” According to data from the Offic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Two Great White Sharks Were NOT Spotted In The Mississippi River Near Davenport, Iowa
Were two great white sharks found in the Mississippi River near Davenport, Iowa? No, that's not true: A shark expert says great whites could not tolerate being in freshwater. Also, the story was posted on a website that says its stories s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image of Anti-Joe Biden Band Formation In Football Stadium Is NOT Real
Is an image depicting an anti-Joe Biden band formation in a football stadium real? No, that's not true: This image has been digitally altered. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on October 16, 2021. The post, captioned,
FactCheck.org→ Colin Powell’s COVID-19 Death Followed Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment
SciCheck Digest Former Secretary of State Colin Powell died from complications of COVID-19. Although he was fully vaccinated, he was also 84 years old and was a cancer patient who had undergone treatment for multiple myeloma — factors that put hi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Children Did NOT Recreate This ‘M*A*S*H’ Cast Photo — It’s A Digital Manipulation
Did eight children with uncanny resemblances to the cast members of the TV series "M*A*S*H" pose together to recreate a cast photo? No, that's not true: This photo is a digital manipulation. The clothing and setting in the two images matc
Full Fact→ Photo of diesel-powered electric vehicle charging point is at least two years old
A post on Facebook claims it shows a picture of an electric vehicle charging point, newly installed by Lancashire County Council, which is powered by a diesel generator. The post says drivers can use this charging point to fully charge a Tesla Model S
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: COVID Deaths Among Vaccinated Massachusetts Residents
A viral tweet from conservative talk show host Steve Deace claims that “Massachusetts reporting 45% of its Covid deaths last week were fully vaccinated.” Steve Deace @SteveDeaceShowMassachusetts reporting 45% of its Covid deaths last w
Full Fact→ NHS Covid-19 app is not the third most expensive project ever
A post on Facebook claims: “There are only TWO projects in history that have cost more than the Track & Trace app: the ISS (£72bn) and the entire US road network (£82bn). “So there we we [sic] have it: at £37 billion,
Full Fact→ Churchill street sweeper quote has been attributed to many politicians
A post on Facebook tells the story of a supposed conversation between former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine Churchill. In the anecdote, shared more than 1,700 times, Mrs Churchill tells her husband that she had been
Health Feedback→ Prenatal ultrasound is generally safe when performed by trained personnel and used only when medically necessary; its benefits outweigh the risks
REVIEW Ultrasound (also called ultrasonography) is widely used in medicine for imaging. It uses high-frequency sound waves to produce internal images of the body. One of its advantages is that it doesn’t use X-rays, meaning that patients aren’t
Full Fact→ Official LEGO donation service not yet available in UK
A Facebook post claims that you can donate old LEGO bricks to a service that will wash, sort and donate the bricks to charities that work with children. The post, from a UK Facebook account, also claims the “LEGO Replay” service offer
Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines contain graphene or parasites
REVIEW Several videos have gone viral claiming that COVID-19 vaccines contain certain kinds of synthetic organisms. On 1 October 2021, a video was published by The Stew Peters Show, in which osteopath Carrie Madej claimed to have discovered “s
Full Fact→ Picture of refugees on ship isn’t from WWII
A post on Facebook claims to show a ship full of European refugees fleeing to North Africa during the Second World War. This is not true. The picture featured in the post was actually taken in 1991, and shows thousands of Albanian people boarding
Full Fact→ A photo of a tiny bird actually shows a tiny sculpture
A photograph of a tiny bird is being shared on Facebook with the caption: “The Humming bird [sic]... Smallest in the world.” In fact, this photograph does not show a real bird. It is a sculpture by the artist Ina Malinik, who specialises in
Full Fact→ Fireworks are not banned in London on New Year’s Eve
A post on Facebook with over 700 comments says: “the Mayor of London has cancelled New Year's Eve celebrations in London......and will not allow fireworks. Yet is it true that he will allow celebrations of Divali [sic], including fireworks?
Poynter→ Don’t blame inflation. A viral photo of a $123,000 turkey at Target is an old pricing error.
As supply chain issues mount, some Facebook users are sharing an image that purports to show a turkey for sale at Target for an eye-popping price: $123,199, and $9,999.99 per pound. “No Turkey for Thanksgiving this year,” said one such F
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Magic Johnson’s Ability To Play Basketball With HIV Is NOT Comparable To Kyrie Irving’s Restriction Due To Being Unvaccinated
Is former professional basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson being allowed to continue playing basketball after testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) comparable to current professional basketball player Kyrie Irving's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Hospital Did NOT Replace Vaccine Mandate Resisting Nurses With Unvaccinated ‘FEMA Nurses’
Did a hospital in McKinney, Texas, bus FEMA nurses in from out of state to replace staff lost due to a vaccine mandate? No, that's not true: Additional medical staff has been needed in hospitals throughout North Texas for some time. In Au
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT True That Fact Checkers Never Fact Check Anything That Attacks Conservatives
Do fact checkers never fact check posts and photos that attack conservatives? No, that's not true: If you conduct a search of fact checking sites like Lead Stories, you'll find examples that disprove the claim. The claim has appeared on s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Every Peer-Reviewed Study In Existence Does NOT Agree On Superiority Of Natural vs. Vaccine-Induced Immunity
Does every peer-reviewed study in existence suggest that being infected with COVID-19 builds stronger immunity to the delta variant than does vaccination? No, that's not true: Conclusions drawn from research into COVID immunity differ, de
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trisodium Phosphate Is NOT Unsafe To Eat As Ingredient — But It CAN Be Hazardous In Other Settings
Is trisodium phosphate, an inorganic compound utilized as a cleaner among other uses, unsafe to eat as an ingredient in Lucky Charms cereal? No, that's not true: While the compound is an ingredient in the cereal, it essentially works as a