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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
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
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
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
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
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
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→ 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
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Response to Mueller
In an impromptu press conference and on Twitter, President Donald Trump responded to special counsel Robert Mueller’s remarks about the Russia investigation with several false and questionable claims: Trump suggested that he could not be impeach
Truth or Fiction?→ Was the USS John McCain Hidden From Sight for President Donald Trump’s Japan Visit?
On May 29 2019, a claim published by the Wall Street Journal was quickly picked up by other news organizations, all relating a story about President Donald Trump’s visit to Japan and his purported disdain for the USS John McCain: The White Hou
FactCheck.org→ What Mueller, Barr Say About Obstruction of Justice
Special counsel Robert Mueller devoted much of his 10-minute remarks on May 29 to explaining why the special counsel’s office did not reach a determination about whether President Donald Trump committed obstruction of justice. Democrats have criticiz
Lead Stories→ Fake News: U.S. Muslims Do Make Up Only One Percent Of The Population, But Do NOT File 40% Of Workplace Discrimination Complaints
Do U.S. Muslims make up only one percent of the population, but they file 40% of workplace discrimination complaints? No, that's not true: Yes, Muslims are just 1% of the U.S. population, but they filed only about 1.5% of all workplace discrim
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Russian Navy Did NOT Find Extraterrestrial Spaceship Under Arctic Ice
Did the Russian Navy find an extraterrestrial spaceship under the Arctic Ice? No, that's not true: a story making that claim does not point to any verifiable sources and the photo used to illustrate it actually shows the wreckage of a U.S. Nav
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the ‘New Congresswoman from Michigan’ Describing ‘What the Enemies of America’ Plan to Do?
On May 26 2019, rock musician turned conservative commentator Ted Nugent shared the following video and caption to his Facebook page: Listen very closely to the new congresswoman from Michigan what the enemies of America believe especially on Memorial
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘We Can Land on the Sun, We Just Have to Go at Night?’
On January 31 2019, a Facebook user shared the following meme (archived here), claiming that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had once said that it was possible to “land on the sun” and “we just have to go at night”: Not only d
Lead Stories→ Fake News: January 28, 2019 Was NOT 42nd Anniversary Of The Vietnam War
Was January 28, 2019 the 42nd anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War? No, that's not true: A viral meme posted on that date on Facebook incorrectly claimed that it was and questioned why no one was acknowledging the anniversary. The Vietnam
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ilhan Omar Did NOT Propose Tax on Pork Products ‘So Costly Nobody Will Buy Them Anymore’
Did Ilhan Omar propose a tax on pork products so costly nobody will buy them anymore? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to ac
Snopes→ Cost of Flood Buyouts Has Been Rising Over Past Decade
Federal and local governments have poured more than $5 billion into buying tens of thousands of vulnerable properties across the country.
Snopes→ Texas Lawmakers Approve Safe Gun Storage Program Despite NRA
Budget negotiators — the majority of whom are Republicans — added the funding into a budget bill. Now Republican Gov. Greg Abbott must decide whether to veto the spending.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: The Hashtag Sign is NOT An Alt-Right or Far-Right Symbol Known As The Fashtag
Is the venerable pound sign, also known as the hashtag, now an alt-right or far-right symbol? No, that's not true: pranksters from online message board 4chan have started a campaign to spread that message but it is all a big joke aimed at unde
Lead Stories→ Fake News: A Quarter A Day For A Year Will NOT Get You $9,125
Does saving a quarter a day for a year get you $9,125? No, that's not true: it will get you $91.25 despite what a viral image says. An example of the image can be seen in this post (archived here) where it was published on May 27, 2019 with a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan Do NOT Get Welfare Payments For Up To Four Wives
Do Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan get welfare payments for up to four wives? No, that's not true: The claim was made up to support the argument that Sharia law is gaining a foothold in the state by catering to Muslim immigrants who practice pol
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a Milkshake Thrown at an Elderly Brexit Party Volunteer?
During a May 23 2019 vote in the UK, early-morning rumors circulated that the latest in a line of milkshake-throwing incidents involved elderly British Army veteran Don McNaughton in the south England town of Aldershot: Yet more disgusting behavio
FactCheck.org→ Biden Stretches Industry Support for Fuel Standards
Joe Biden distorted the facts when he asserted that the auto industry thought the Obama administration’s fuel standards were “a good idea” and that automakers “didn’t even agree” with President Donald Trump’s p
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Insult Melania, Did NOT Call Her ‘The Hired Help Wife’
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insult first lady Melania Trump by calling her "the hired help wife"? No, that's not true: The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Video Does NOT Show House Speaker Pelosi Drunk As A Skunk
Does a video show U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words and appearing "drunk as a skunk"? No, that's not true: The video of Pelosi speaking at an event was digitally altered, with the tempo slowed down, to make it sound as if the
FactCheck.org→ O’Rourke Twists Facts at Town Hall
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke twisted the facts on several topics, including immigration and gun control, during a CNN town hall. O’Rourke incorrectly said Trump is “proposing to build a 2,000-mile wall” at a cost of $30
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Arkansas Does NOT Pass Law Allowing Rapists To Prevent Victims From Having An Abortion
Did Arkansas pass a law that allows rapists to prevent their victims who become pregnant from having an abortion? No, that's not true: Arkansas' Act 45 allows family members to sue a doctor who performs a certain type of abortion procedure, bu
Snopes→ Chimpanzees Spotted Cracking Open Tortoises for Meat
Scientists have observed wild chimpanzees tucking into an unusual snack: tortoises, whose hard shells they crack against tree trunks before scooping out the meat.
Snopes→ Did a ‘Mob of Somali Teens’ Attack Minneapolis Commuters with Hammers in Racially Motivated Assault?
A cluster of right-leaning websites jumped into action based on preliminary details about a May 2019 incident. But what actually happened?
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Fox News Interview
President Donald Trump, in a lengthy interview on Fox News, made several statements that were false, misleading or not supported by the evidence: Trump claimed Joe Biden, as vice president, pressured Ukraine to fire a prosecutor who “was after h
Truth or Fiction?→ Is North Carolina Changing Rape Laws So Victims Cannot ‘Withdraw Consent’?
Amid a rash of near-total abortion bans in various American states in May 2019, a screenshot of two tweets regarding sexual consent laws in North Carolina caused further confusion on social media. As of May 22 2019, one of the two tweets was deleted,
Truth or Fiction?→ Will a Kentucky Bill Mandate That Women Confirm Whether They’re Pregnant Every Month?
In May 2019, links to and screenshots of Kentucky HB 148 began circulating on social media, often alongside posts baffled about the bill’s purported provisions mandating that women in the state “shall acquire a signed and notarized stateme
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Study Did NOT Reveal Children Get Most of Their Genes From Their Maternal Grandmother
Did a study reveal children get most of their genes from their maternal grandmother? No, that's not true: a recent viral article is making several claims that go directly against everything science has learned about human inheritance based on
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Screenshot Showing President Trump Going Ballistic On Fox And Friends Is NOT Real
Did President Donald Trump go ballistic on Fox and Friends and is there a screenshot to prove it? No, that's not true: the screenshot is digitally manipulated. An image purporting to be a screenshot from Fox and Friends falsely quotes Presiden
Washington Post→ Katrina Pierson tweeted about Gaza. The video she posted was filmed 2,000 miles away.
Senior Trump campaign adviser Katrina Pierson tweeted a video captioned “Rockets fired into Israel from Gaza" during a violent uptick along the border between Israel and Gaza. But the video wasn't from Gaza and wasn't filmed in 2019.
PolitiFact→ Steve Bullock – Fact-checking Steve Bullock on decline of the American Dream
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Fact-checking Steve Bullock on decline of the American Dream Montana Gov. Steve Bullock -- a late entry into the Democratic race for the 2020 presidential nomination -- decried the withering of the American dre
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Joe Biden Was Not Given Demonstration Of Guillotines During 4 Day Tour Of REX 84 FEMA Camps
Was Joe Biden given a demonstration of guillotines during a tour of REX 84 FEMA camps? No, that's not true: The photo purportedly depicting the former U.S. vice president with a guillotine is a digitally-doctored image using a photo of the "Ch
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Giuliani Did NOT File Impeachment Papers For Pelosi on Behalf of the White House
Did Rudi Guiliani file impeachment papers for Nancy Pelosi on behalf of the White House? No, that's not true: No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republic