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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scenes Do NOT Show Secret Moon Landing Hoax — They Are Clips Shot On A Real Movie Set
Do recently declassified behind-the-scenes film clips show that the moon landing was really a hoax -- that it was actually filmed on a movie set here on Earth? No, that's not true: This does not show the staging of a massive hoax. These c
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Ronald Reagan Lower the Top Tax Rate from 70 to 28 Percent and Introduce Income Tax on Social Security Benefits to Offset It?
On July 21 2022, a Twitter user shared a meme claiming that former United States President Ronald Reagan lowered the top tax rate from 70 percent — and then introduced a tax on Social Security benefits to offset the cut: Friendly reminder… p
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Say He Has Cancer?
(Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images.)Earlier this week, a number of viral social media posts claimed that President Joe Biden said he has cancer.Julia 🇺🇸 @Jules31415Biden just announced he has cancer. Good thing one of his campaign pro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moon Landings Were NOT Fake, NASA Says
Has NASA "all but admitted the [moon] landings were fake" in the past 12 months, but mainstream media is not reporting on the revelations so the public doesn't know? No, that's not true: The Apollo missions that orbited and landed on the
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Here’s to Politicians Using TikTok Properly’
On July 17 2022, a Twitter account shared a short TikTok clip by “kenforflorida,” described as “politicians using TikTok properly”: Here’s to politicians using TikTok properly lmao pic.twitter.com/VY7kOgjgE8 — Sonia B
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Private Election Data Stream Does NOT Prove GOP Primary Stolen From Colorado ‘Big Lie’ Purveyor Tina Peters
Does an election night correction made to a private company's Colorado vote tallies prove the primary election was manipulated by dark forces? No, that's not true: There is no evidence the official results "stole" votes from Mesa County C
Truth or Fiction?→ Astronaut Charlie Duke’s Family Photo on the Moon
On July 14 2022, social media posts suggesting that astronaut Charlie Duke had left a family photo on the moon in 1972 began circulating, including a popular post to Imgur: Text above an image of what appeared to be a family portrait on the surface of
FactCheck.org→ Georgia Senate Candidate Herschel Walker Spouts Inaccurate ‘Bad Air’ Theory of Climate Change
In speaking about the Green New Deal, Herschel Walker, the former professional football player vying for a Senate seat in Georgia, incorrectly suggested that U.S. climate efforts were pointless because “China’s bad air” would simply move over int
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Are Democrats ‘Poised to Win’ Ohio and Florida Senate Races?
Val Demings (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images)In a recent campaign email, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed that polling website FiveThirtyEight predicts Democrats “are poised to win” Senate seats in Florida and Ohio, among other
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dutch Farmers Did NOT Purchase A Tank To Block Distribution Centers
Did Dutch farmers protesting against government measures aimed at curbing emissions buy a tank to block supermarket distribution centers? No, that's not true: tweets making that claim actually show video of a restored World War II vintage
Snopes→ Supreme Court Limits EPA in Curbing Power Plant Emissions
In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Will NOT ‘Freeze Bank Accounts’ Of Meat Eaters To "Educate Them" — Doconomy Does NOT Enforce Consumer Spending Limit
Will the World Economic Forum (WEF) "freeze" the "bank accounts of "meat eaters to 'educate them,'" and does the Doconomy credit card refuse to let a consumer buy items when they are "deemed to be a net polluter"? No, neither are true: Th
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Myth vs. Fact: SCOTUS Dobbs Decision and America’s Attitude on Abortion’ Heritage Blog Post
On June 29 2022, Trendolizer listed a blog post from Heritage Action for America (“Myth vs. Fact: SCOTUS Dobbs Decision and America’s Attitude on Abortion”) as a virally popular link in circulation on social media. The contents of that li
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Hand Over Control Of ISS To Russia After They Threatened To Crash It Into Earth
Did NASA hand over control of the International Space Station (ISS) to Russia after a Russian official threatened to crash it into Earth? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesperson told Lead Stories that a long-established ceremonial change
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Phone Call During 1969 Moon Landing Was NOT Faked
Did then-President Richard Nixon fake a phone call to the moon when astronauts first landed in 1969? No, that's not true: According to AT&T, the call went from Washington, D.C., to Houston to the moon using a capsule communicator. The
FactCheck.org→ NRSC’s Misleading Green New Deal Attack on Fetterman
John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, says he “never supported the Green New Deal” though he does support a longer-term transition away from fossil fuels. Nonetheless, a TV ad from the National Republican S
Poynter→ Most Republicans still falsely believe Trump’s stolen election claims. Here are some reasons why.
Former President Donald Trump has made the “stolen” 2020 election the centerpiece of his post-White House political life. Virtually every statement he sends out invokes the false theme. The polling […] The post Most Republicans still
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Azov Document Does NOT Prove That 70% Of Mariupol Residents Are Loyal To Russia
By Uliana Malashenko Is it true that a "classified" Azov document proves that over two-thirds of the Mariupol population support Russia? No, that's not true: The link to the English-language article by the state-controlled Syrian Arab New
FactCheck.org→ Trump Ignored Aides, Repeated False Fraud Claims
At the second hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, former President Donald Trump’s top aides testified that they told him his claims of election fraud were baseless. What Trump char
Truth or Fiction?→ Disinformation Takes Center Stage at January 6 Committee Hearings
The role of weaponized disinformation campaigns in the January 2021 attempted coup at the United States Capitol was the main topic at the second January 6 Committee hearing about the events that culminated in a violent insurrection. The House select
FactCheck.org→ Evidence Gaps in ‘2000 Mules’
A conservative film now playing in select theaters around the country isn’t “determinative, definitive” proof of widespread voter fraud, as former President Donald Trump has claimed. “It’s called ‘2000 Mules,'” Tru
Full Fact→ Survey of GPs’ retirement plans is not reliable
Half of existing GP workforce intends to retire at or before 60 Pulse, 7 June 2022. Almost half of family doctors plan to retire by 60, poll shows The Times, 7 June 2022. The GP magazine Pulse, claims that about half of the GP workforce intends to re
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Was the Georgia Gubernatorial Primary Rigged?
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)After Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp beat former Sen. David Perdue in the gubernatorial Republican primary last week, voter conspiracy theories began circulating on social media. Perdue, who was endors
Health Feedback→ Monkeypox outbreak triggers conspiracy theories on social media claiming that it was planned or incorrectly linking it with COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW On 13 May 2022, the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of two confirmed cases of monkeypox in patients from the same household and without recent travel history to areas where the virus circulates
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘2,000 Mules’
On May 7, 2,000 Mules, a documentary film from right-wing provocateur Dinesh D'Souza, debuted in more than 270 theaters across the country. The movie, which grossed more than $1 million on the streaming service Rumble in under 12 hours, purports
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Late Attack on Kathy Barnette in Pennsylvania Senate Race
A late attack ad from a super PAC supporting one of Kathy Barnette’s opponents in the Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary makes several misleading claims about Barnette, who has surged in the polls. The ad highlights a Barnette tweet with the
Snopes→ Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Dirt, Next Stop Moon
For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.
Full Fact→ Article 61 of the Magna Carta doesn’t mean you don’t have to pay council tax
A post on Facebook says: “What's everyone's opinions on council tax? The Crown has NO lawful authority to make demands whilst Article 61 Magna Carta 1215 is in effect.” This is accompanied by a link to a post on Patreon which features an im
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Racist Backstory Of Timberland Boots Is NOT ‘Black History Fact’ — It’s Totally False Satirical Post
Was the founder of the Timberland boot company an 18th-century slave owner in Mississippi named Timberland Hawkins who hung slaves he couldn't auction from a tree in his field that's still standing and is now featured as the Timberland co
Truth or Fiction?→ … ‘In the 90s, the [Supreme] Court Held That Protesting Outside of the Homes of Abortion Clinic Employees Is Protected by the First Amendment’
On May 9 2022, discourse about the SCOTUS/Roe v. Wade leak turned to ongoing protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices — and a very popular tweet suggested that in the 1990s, that same court ruled that protests outside the homes of abo
Truth or Fiction?→ What Percent of Americans Believe Abortion Should Be Illegal?
On May 4 2022, a Reddit user shared a chart to r/dataisbeautiful amid ongoing, extremely fraught discourse about a leaked Supreme Court decision that aims to overturn Roe v. Wade: [OC] The Percent of Americans Who Believe Abortion Should Be
Full Fact→ Some voting in local elections can pick more than one candidate
On Thursday 5 May, local elections are being held in England and Wales (as are council elections in Scotland and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland). However, the way the voting system for local elections in England and Wales was explained on the G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth Did NOT ‘Surprise Everyone By Declaring New King And Queen’ — Line Of Succession Is Unchanged
Did the queen "surprise everyone by declaring new king and queen"? No, that's not true: Queen Elizabeth, the 96-year-old British monarch, has not decided that her son Charles and his wife Camilla will be skipped over in favor of Prince Wi
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Earth Day Exaggerations
On Earth Day, President Joe Biden touted his administration’s environmental initiatives, but his rhetoric made efforts to reduce methane emissions and drinking water contamination sound more expansive than they actually are. Global Methane Pledge
Logically→ Marine Le Pen’s ballot papers were deliberately spoiled to rig the 2022 presidential election in France.
It is expected that some ballot papers will have printing errors, tears, or rips. Voters are advised to get fresh ballot papers from polling stations.
PolitiFact→ A voter’s guide to casting a ballot in Ohio: 10 things to know
Ohio voters go to the polls May 3 for primaries including for the U.S. Senate race. We explain what voters need to know to cast their ballot.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Face Masks Are NOT Major Source Of Microplastics In Our Lungs — Most Of It Comes From Clothes, Tires
Is polypropylene from face masks a major source of microplastics in our lungs? No, that's not true: The benefits of wearing masks outweigh the risks. Microplastics (MPs) can be found throughout the environment. Nearly two-thirds of MPs co
FactCheck.org→ McCormick’s Denouncement of ‘Structural Bigotry’ Not an Endorsement of BLM
Amid nationwide protests after George Floyd’s murder in 2020, Dave McCormick, then CEO of a hedge fund, emailed his colleagues, calling on them to “be agents of change” and to show “solidarity by denouncing and eradicating structural bi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alexa Answer Does NOT Offer ‘Gotcha’ Proof Of Sinister Purpose Of ‘Chemtrails’
Does Amazon's digital assistant Alexa know that the main purpose of spraying "chemtrails" is to reduce the human population on Earth? No, that's not true: Alexa can recite information found in internet search results from Microsoft's Bing