A niche genre of 'satire' sexualizes animated characters.
Snopes→ Did a Woman Give Birth to 17 Children at Once?
“The babies kept coming and coming and coming and coming ..."
Lead Stories→ Fake News: 16 Easy Tests at Home Will NOT Tell You If Food Is Real or Fake
Can you do sixteen easy tests at home to check if your food is "real or fake"? No, that's not true: a viral video making that claim seems to be based mostly on examples from China or India and several of the "tests" are not adequately explaine
Washington Post→ Would Bernie Sanders’s Medicare-for-all save Americans money?
The 2020 presidential hopeful is saying that his plan will cut the cost of health care for many Americans. Here are four factors that would affect whether that promise becomes reality.
Snopes→ US Now Seeking Social Media Details from All Visa Applicants
The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Turns Out McDonald’s French Fries Can NOT Cure Baldness
Can McDonald's french fries cure baldness? No, that's not true: Researchers have found that an ingredient used in the making of McDonald's fries -- in a very small amount -- might also be used as a "culture vessel" in the mass production of ha
Snopes→ Trump Denies Calling Duchess Meghan ‘Nasty’
The president used the adjective while discussing Meghan in an interview with Britain’s 'The Sun' newspaper.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Researchers Did NOT Find A Rock With A Carving Of A Mastodon At The Underwater Stonehenge Of Lake Michigan
Did researchers find a rock with a carving of a mastodon at the underwater Stonehenge of Lake Michigan? No, that is not true: A rock that had a possibly human-carved etching resembling a mastodon was discovered in 2007, but it was not confirme
Snopes→ 5 Injured in Venice as Cruise Ship Slams into Tourist Boat
The MSC Opera cruise ship, apparently unable to stop, blared its horn as it slammed into the much smaller River Countess boat and the dock as dozens of people ran away in panic.
Snopes→ Inflatable ‘Tank Man’ in Taiwan Marks Tiananmen Protests
An artist has erected an inflatable display in Taiwan’s capital to mark an iconic moment in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ivanka Trump’s Made-In-China Marc Fisher Footwear Line Is NOT Exempt From Tariffs
Is Ivanka Trump's "Marc Fisher Footwear" line exempt from U.S. tariffs when the shoes are imported from China? No, that's not true: President Donald Trump's daughter shut down her fashion brand in 2018 and a meme of a box showing a "TARRIFF EX
Snopes→ Pentagon Tells White House to Stop Politicizing Military
The goal is to ensure there is less ambiguity about how the military should support VIP events and how service members should respond to such political requests.
PolitiFact→ In Context: What Donald Trump said about Meghan Markle
President Donald Trump denied calling Meghan Markle "nasty" in an interview ahead of his visit to the United Kingdom this week. An audio clip shows him using the words both "nasty" and "nice" during an Oval Offic
Snopes→ Woman Taking Photos Dies in Plunge Off California Waterfall
Authorities say a woman plunged to her death down a Northern California waterfall after she slipped and lost her footing while taking photos.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Eric Holder Did NOT Say The Government Offered Him 75K To Kill Nipsey Hussle
Did murder suspect Eric Holder say the government offered him $75,000 to kill rapper Nipsey Hussle? No, that's not true: Eric Holder is maintaining his innocence and his lawyer is preparing to defending him in a murder trial for the shooting d
Snopes→ Italy’s Mount Etna Volcano Spews Lava in New Active Phase
Mount Etna, the largest of Italy’s three active volcanoes, is spewing ash and lava once again.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Virginia Beach False Flag Mass Shooting Was NOT Ordered By Deep State To Distract From SPYgate
Was the Virginia Beach mass shooting a "false flag" attached ordered by the "Deep State" to distract attention away from the investigation of "SPYgate"? No, that's not true: Twelve people shot to death inside a Virginia Beach municipal center
Snopes→ Is Target Donating $100K to ‘Promote Gay Lifestyles to School Children’?
The retails chain is donating to a charity that works to prevent the bullying of LGBT children in school.
Snopes→ Did Teddy Roosevelt Say the ‘One Answer to Terrorism’ Is a Winchester Rifle?
Roosevelt railed against the revolutionary anarchists of his day, whose violent activities he termed 'a crime against the whole human race.'
Snopes→ 40 Years in Prison for Selling Cannabis, 17 Years for Joining the Taliban?
A meme compared the sentences given to John Walker Lindh, a white American known as the "American Taliban," and black Michigan resident Michael Alonzo Thompson.
Snopes→ Spacey Lawyer Says Accuser Deleted ‘Exculpatory’ Messages
An attorney for Spacey's accuser declined to comment.
Snopes→ 11 People Killed in Virginia Beach Shooting; Suspect Dead
A spokeswoman for the FBI said the bureau is responding to assist Virginia Beach police.
Lead Stories→ That Fake ‘Drunk Pelosi’ Video Was A Dud: How Lead Stories And Facebook Defused A Viral Bomb
A viral video that was digitally altered to make it appear that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was slurring her words and drunk has raised questions about what social platforms can do to limit fake content's spread. Since Lead Stories was the
Snopes→ Firing of Weapon by Marine on Border Under Investigation
The Marine is among about 2,100 active duty troops assigned to support the Border Patrol along the southwest border.
FactCheck.org→ Manipulated Pelosi Video, Take 2
Quick Take Another manipulated video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is circulating on Facebook. She did not slur her words during a speaking engagement at the Commonwealth Club of California. Full Story A week after a manipulated video of House Speake
Snopes→ Kenny Rogers Admitted to Hospital, Treated for Dehydration
"He plans on sticking around through the years to come."
FactCheck.org→ Fictional Feinstein Remark Gains Traction Again
Quick Take A fabricated quotation about guns attributed to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has circulated online for years and is again being shared by thousands on Facebook. Full Story Thousands of Facebook users have helped to once again dissemi
Truth or Fiction?→ Wrist Freckle Myth
The hunt for an “identical wrist freckle” among women on social media went viral in May 2019 following a widely-shared tweet: ladies….. u got a freckle on the middle of ur wrist or is this a myth lmao pic.twitter.com/VpwkkeWKTj &mda
Snopes→ Judge’s Order Means Missouri Clinic Can Keep Doing Abortions
Planned Parenthood pre-emptively sued this week and argued that the state was "weaponizing" the licensing process.
Snopes→ California Team Loses 2nd Sponsor Over Ocasio-Cortez Video
Heineken International and the raisin company Sun-Maid both terminated their partnerships with the Fresno Grizzlies.
Snopes→ Principal: I Accidentally Plagiarized Ashton Kutcher Speech
"I did not get all my ideas from Ashton. Format yes, thoughts and ideas were from my heart."
Snopes→ Union Warns Disney World Fire Department is Understaffed
"We just don't have enough firefighters on property to make these families and visitors safe."
Snopes→ Will Immersing an Egg in Soda for 24 Hours Dissolve Its Shell?
This eggcellent eggsperiment has clearly been eggsagerated.
FactCheck.org→ Decades-Old Video Doesn’t Show Congresswoman
Quick Take Musician Ted Nugent posted a 1989 video of a now-deceased woman who called for “making America Muslim.” He wrongly described her as “the new congresswoman from Michigan.” Full Story Sharifa Alkhateeb died in 2004. But
Snopes→ Record Flooding Causes Levee Breach in Western Arkansas
Crews went door to door to recommend evacuation for about 160 homes.
Truth or Fiction?→ Can You Use Cornmeal to Keep Weed Seeds from Germinating?
In February 2019, the Facebook page “Country n garden” shared a post (archived here) borrowed from another source, which claimed that cornmeal is an effective substance in home gardens to prevent the spread of weeds: Above an image of
FactCheck.org→ Video: Comparing Barr, Mueller Remarks
This fact-checking video by CNN’s Jake Tapper compares what special counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General William Barr have said about Mueller’s decision not to make a determination on whether President Donald Trump committed obstruction
Snopes→ Is It ‘Molecules of Freedom’ or Just Natural Gas?
Environmentalists opposed to wider use of gas said it was no laughing matter.
Snopes→ Trump Gets Pushback on Promise of New Mexican Tariffs
He said the percentage will gradually increase — up to 25%.
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Mischaracterizes Cow Study
Quick Take A picture of a cow used for a research project in 2008 has been circulating on social media with a false claim that “fringe leftist[s] are now advocating for cow fart bags to capture farts as a way to help prevent ‘global warming