It was a flying frankfurter and not a foul ball that left a baseball fan with a black eye in Philadelphia.
Snopes→ Roseanne Barr in Interview: ‘I Made Myself a Hate Magnet’
In an emotional interview, Roseanne Barr said she definitely feels remorse for the racist tweet that prompted ABC to cancel the revival of "Roseanne."
Hoax-Slayer→ Boeing 797 ‘Blended Wing Design’ Hoax
Circulating message claims that aircraft company Boeing is set to launch a 1000 passenger jet aircraft that sports a radical Blended Wing design and will be called the Boeing 797. The message features several images supposedly depicting the new Boeing
Snopes→ Gun Industry Sees Banks as New Threat to 2nd Amendment
Corporate America has been taking a stand against the firearms industry amid a lack of action by lawmakers on gun control.
Snopes→ Man Finds Rattlesnake Under Hood While Trying to Start Car
An upstate New York man trying to jump-start his car was greeted by an unusual sound coming from his engine.
Snopes→ Rhode Island May Force Presidential Candidates to Release Tax Returns
If the bill becomes law, President Donald Trump would not appear on a future ballot unless he releases his returns.
Snopes→ Saudi Women Take the Wheel as Longstanding Driving Ban Ends
It's a historic moment for women who have been at the mercy of their husbands, fathers, brothers and drivers to move around.
Snopes→ Zsa Zsa, The English Bulldog, Wins ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’ Title
A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World's Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Snopes→ Drug Spoon Sculpture Placed Outside Drugmaker Headquarters
An 800-pound, nearly 11-foot-long steel sculpture of a bent and burned drug spoon was placed in front of the Connecticut headquarters of drugmaker Purdue Pharma as part of an art protest against the opioid crisis.
Snopes→ Sarah Sanders Says She Was Told to Leave Virginia Restaurant
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was booted from a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump.
Snopes→ Trump Administration Says It Knows Location of All Children
Trump administration officials say the U.S. government knows the location of all children in its custody after separating them from their families at the border and is working to reunite them.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Addresses the Nevada Republican Party : CSPAN : June 23, 2018 3:34pm-4:17pm EDT
[LIVE] President Trump addresses the 2018 Nevada Republican Party State Convention in Las Vegas. Sponsor: White House Travel | Domestic Trip.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This item has files of the following types: Closed Caption Text, Columbia
Hoax-Slayer→ Tech Support Scammers Using Recorded Phone Messages to Gain Victims
Recently, I received yet another scam phone call claiming that my Internet service was about to be disconnected because my computer was sending out viruses. The call was supposedly from Australian telecommunications giant Telstra. The post Tech
Snopes→ Have Undocumented Immigrants Killed 63,000 American Citizens Since 11 September 2001?
The figure would mean undocumented immigrants, who account for roughly 3 percent of the population, would have to commit about one quarter of the nation's homicides.
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump, Illegal Immigration And Crime
In an effort to justify his get-tough policies at the Southern border, President Trump met Friday with victims of crime committed by immigrants who entered the country illegally.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Trump, Illegal Immigration And Crime
In an effort to justify his get-tough policies at the southern border, President Trump met Friday with victims of crime committed by immigrants who entered the country illegally.(Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)
Snopes→ Did Fracking Cause Volcanic Activity on Hawaii’s Big Island?
Fracking does not take place on Hawaii’s Big Island, but that is far from the only problem with this absurd conspiracy theory.
Climate Feedback→ Financial Post commentary misleads about warming effect of greenhouse gas emissions by cherry-picking studies
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This opinion published by the Financial Post, written by economist Ross McKitrick, claims that Earth’s climate is much less sensitive to additions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide than climate scientists t
Snopes→ Did the King of the Netherlands Tell Donald Trump That The Hague Is Waiting for Him?
A parody account posing as Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands tweeted that the International Court of Justice was waiting for the United States president.
Truth or Fiction?→ FBI Special Agent David Raynor Murdered Before Clinton Testimony-
FBI Agent David Raynor Murdered Ahead of Clinton Testimony-Reported as Fiction! Summary of eRumor: FBI Agent David Raynor was murdered with his own service weapon days before he was scheduled to testify against Hillary Clinton. The Truth: FBI Special A
FactCheck.org→ Video: Nielsen’s Policy Distortion
This video from CNN’s Jake Tapper and FactCheck.org explains how Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen distorted the facts when she tweeted that the Trump administration does “not have a policy of separating families at the border. P
FactCheck.org→ Sessions vs. Sessions on Separating Families
Attorney General Jeff Sessions now says that the administration “never really intended” to separate families as part of its zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration. But Sessions had previously acknowledged that that’s what woul
Snopes→ Did Canada’s Prime Minister Say Canadians Don’t Need American Farmers Because They Have Grocery Stores?
Hyperpartisan social media pages and bots used yet another fake quote in order to attempt to drum up criticism against Canada's leader.
FactCheck.org→ Stormy Daniels Didn’t Announce 2020 Campaign
Q: Has Stormy Daniels announced she’s running for president? A: No. That false headline is based on a question she asked in jest. FULL ANSWER Adult film star Stormy Daniels continues to challenge President Donald Trump in public and in court o
Snopes→ Did Media Falsely Report That Border Agents Separated a Girl From Her Mother?
A spate of blog posts claimed that news organizations misrepresented a photograph of a crying immigrant child who was in fact never separated from her mother.
Snopes→ Did an Oregon Department of Transportation Employee Say That Immigrants Should be ‘Shot at the Border’?
Lori McAllen has faced a backlash after screenshots emerged of her calling for immigrants to be shot during an online debate over the Trump administration's immigration policy.
Snopes→ Is the Trump Administration Paying Southwest Key $458 Million to Run Immigrant Child Detention Centers?
Southwest Key's chief executive officer earned an annual salary of $1.5 million in 2016.
Washington Post→ Facts vs. spin on family separations at the border
PolitiFact→ Ivanka Trump – Ivanka Trump's Chinese proverb ahead of Singapore summit doesn't check out
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ivanka Trump's Chinese proverb ahead of Singapore summit doesn't check out Ivanka Trump tweeted a subtle dig at critics of her father before he became the first sitting president to meet with a North Korean lead
Snopes→ In India, Rats Have a $19,000 Meal
Police say at least one rat slipped through a hole in the back of an ATM in northeastern India and ate more than $19,000 in currency.
PolitiFact→ Photo showing Melania Trump wearing jacket saying 'I really don't care' is real
Viral photographs show first lady Melania Trump wearing a green khaki jacket that reads, in graffiti-style capital letters, "I really don’t care. Do u?" The first lady wore the jacket during a trip to a Texas facility holding children s
Washington Post→ Video: One rally, one hour, almost 30 Trumpian claims
President Trump flip-flopped on his stance or made a false or misleading claim nearly once every two minutes at his Duluth rally on June 20.
Washington Post→ Video: One rally, one hour, almost 30 Trumpian claims
When President Trump took the stage in Duluth, Minn. on June 20, controversy was boiling outside of the arena. His administration had taken a public beating over the zero-tolerance policy that led to family-separation at the U.S.-Mexico border. Hours b
Snopes→ Charles Krauthammer, Prominent Conservative Voice, Has Died
Krauthammer's death was announced by two organizations that were longtime employers: Fox News Channel and The Washington Post.
Snopes→ Journalists, Activists Criticize Social Media Sites Amid Conflicts Over Content
A news media trade group accused Facebook specifically of furthering a "dangerous narrative" regarding paid content.
Snopes→ Is an ‘Obama Don’t Separate Me From My Mommy’ Protest Sign Real?
A photograph showing protesters holding a sign is real, but the sign is referring to separations due to the deportation of family members in the United States rather than forcibly separating families at the border.
FactCheck.org→ More Bogus Border Claims
During the ongoing family-separation controversy, President Donald Trump and others have made false or misleading statements on several immigration issues: Trump falsely claimed that the U.S. has “thousands of judges — border judges —
Snopes→ Did a Study Find That Almost All Politicians Are ‘Actual Psychopaths’?
A disreputable web site grossly misrepresents the finding of a May 2018 study.
Snopes→ Did Melania Trump Wear This Jacket When Visiting Children Separated from Their Families?
The First Lady made a surprise visit to detained immigrant children while wearing a jacket bearing the message "I DON'T REALLY CARE DO U?" on the back.
Snopes→ Koko, the Gorilla Who Knew Sign Language, Dies at 46
The Gorilla Foundation says the western lowland gorilla died in her sleep at the foundation's preserve in California's Santa Cruz mountains.