President Donald Trump says parts of the government will stay shut as long as Democrats refuse to build more barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: DC Comics Fans Did NOT Create Petition To Make Aquaman Gay
Did a "Colin Smith" create a Change.org petition asking DC Comics to make Aquaman gay? No, that's not true: the petition was invented by a satire website, there is no such campaign to be found at change.org, it is not real. The story originate
Snopes→ Kevin Spacey Posts Bizarre Video as Assault Charge Is Announced
Spacey posted a video on YouTube titled "Let Me Be Frank" and tweeted a link to it, breaking a public silence of more than a year.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man NOT Hospitalized After His Apple Airpods Exploded In His Ear
Did a 21-year old man from Tucson, Arizona named Josiah Johnson need to go to hospital with severe burns after his Apple Airpods exploded in his ear? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website that publishes tales of weird crimes,
Snopes→ Trump’s Reluctant Backers Sour on His Leadership, Policies
"Somewhat" Trump voters are much more likely to disapprove of Trump on key issues such as immigration and health care, and to express divergent opinions on a need for a border wall, gun control and climate change.
Snopes→ Have Two McDonald’s-Containing Countries Ever Been at War with Each Other?
Whether an economic theory involving McDonald's franchises and war literally holds true largely depends on one's definition of "war."
Snopes→ Michigan Couple Remarry After Realizing 1st Try Wasn’t Legal
A Michigan couple learned that they broke the law when they wed two years ago, so they asked a judge to void the illegal marriage and then to do it all over again.
Snopes→ Man Finds a $10,000 Surprise Inside Designer Bag on Subway
A Chanel purse left in a Manhattan subway station held a $10,000 surprise for the man who found it.
Snopes→ Profiting Off Presidency? Trump Biz Takes Hit Since Election
From golf fees and licensing deals to prices for Trump condos, many metrics used to gauge his business in the first two years of his presidency are down
Internet Archive→ This Week With George Stephanopoulos : KGO : December 23, 2018 8:00am-8:58am PST
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: Palace Did NOT Confirm Queen’s Christmas Message Will Have Arabic Subtitles for Syrian Refugees
Will Queen Elizabeth II read her traditional Christmas message with Arabic subtitles for Syrian refugees this year? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a British satire website. There is no truth to the story and the screenshot tha
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Canadian GoFundMe Did NOT Raise $6B In Two Hours To Pay For Privacy Hedge Along Entire US Border
Did Canadians react to the GoFundMe set up to fund a border wall between the United States and Mexico by starting a GoFundMe for a privacy hedge between Canada and the United States and did it raise $6B in two hours? No, that's not true: the n
Hoax-Slayer→ Easter Island Statues Have Bodies
Circulating message claims that the famous stone statues of Easter Island are not just heads but also have bodies buried beneath the surface. The post Easter Island Statues Have Bodies appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ Are All These Chemicals Found in a Banana?
An “ingredients label” for a banana was created by a high school chemistry teacher as part of a lesson on chemophobia.
Hoax-Slayer→ Giant Girl with Teacher Image is Photoshopped
This image, which circulates via social media and email, and has also been posted to numerous blogs and forums, depicts an amazingly tall young lass standing beside an older man usually identified as her teacher. The post Giant Girl with Teacher Image
Snopes→ Will 2018 See the First Christmas Full Moon Since 1977?
Beware of memes that use relative temporal terms.
Snopes→ Group Backing Private Medicare is Funded by Insurance Giants
UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, and Humana together account for close to 50 percent of all enrollees in private "Medicare Advantage" plans and stand to benefit as that part of Medicare keeps growing.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is a Meme About Taxes Europeans Pay for Their ‘Free Stuff’ Accurate?
On December 18, 2018, a Facebook user shared this meme about tax and purported socialism in several European countries: In addition to a chart listing purported figures for Germany, England, Italy, and Greece, its text read: JUST WANTED TO SHOW ALL O
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Corporation Did NOT Win Bid To Open Muslamic Temples in Toys R’ Us Locations
Is a corporation named "LexCorp" planning to open "muslamic" temples in Toys R' Us locations? 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 n
Snopes→ A Decade-long Rally on Wall Street Looks Like It’s Ending
All of the major indexes have lost 16 to 26 percent from their highs this summer and fall.
Snopes→ A Blow to Morale: Afghan Generals Worry About US Withdrawal
The Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said.
PolitiFact→ Man behind viral border wall GoFundMe fundraiser also peddled false news
The man behind a viral GoFundMe page created to help fund Trump’s border wall isn’t just a citizen fundraiser. Brian Kolfage, a 37-year-old triple-amputee Iraq war veteran from Florida, also runs Right Wing News, a website often cited for p
PolitiFact→ Man behind viral border wall GoFundMe fundraiser also peddled false news
The man behind a viral GoFundMe page created to help fund Trump’s border wall isn’t just a citizen fundraiser. Brian Kolfage, a 37-year-old triple-amputee Iraq war veteran from Florida, also runs Right Wing News, a website often cited for p
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true President Donald Trump is facing backlash from Democrats and some members of his own political party after saying he will pull
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true President Donald Trump is facing backlash from Democrats and some members of his own political party after saying he will pull
Snopes→ Did Putin Just Send Two Supersonic Nuclear Bombers to Venezuela?
A December 2018 incident was not the first time Russian Tu-160s had been spotted in Venezuela.
Snopes→ Did Three ‘Muslim Congresswomen’ Refuse to Uphold the Constitution?
A meme claims that three Muslim congresswomen were refusing to uphold the constitution and promising to install Sharia law.
FactCheck.org→ Rep.-elect Green Wrong About Vaccines, CDC Fraud
At a town hall event on Dec. 11, Rep.-elect Mark Green of Tennessee inaccurately claimed that vaccine preservatives might cause autism. He also repeated an unsubstantiated claim that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “fraudulently manage
Snopes→ Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery to Remove Cancerous Growths
The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery to remove two malignant growths from her left lung.
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s Whoppers of the Year
In this last installment of the year in our collaboration with CNN’s “State of the Union,” CNN’s Jake Tapper reviews four of the biggest whoppers told by President Donald Trump in 2018. Topping the list is the president’s false claim th
Snopes→ Did a Trump Campaign Advisor Demand Sen. John McCain ‘Answer Questions’ — Four Months After His Death?
As usual, the simplest explanation is the correct one.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Trump Adviser Katrina Pierson Appear to Scold the Late John McCain for His Silence on Dossier?
A December 20, 2018 tweet from political operative Katrina Pierson was widely examined and commented on when its syntax made it appear that Pierson was chiding Sen. John McCain — who died the previous August — for his silence: Since everyone is
Snopes→ Aquarium Apologizes for Tweets About Otter
The aquarium called it a "learning moment."
Snopes→ Pope: Church Will ‘Never Again’ Cover Up Clergy Sex Abuse
Francis' demand that abusers turn themselves in to face "human justice" was significant, and echoed his previous demands for mafia bosses and corrupt politicians to convert.
Snopes→ Trump Call with Turkish Leader Led to US Pullout from Syria
President Trump rejected the advice of his top aides and agreed to a withdrawal in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Snopes→ Death Toll in Czech Mine Explosion Increases to 13
The explosion occurred about 2,600 feet underground.
Climate Feedback→ Climate misinformation video reaches broad audience with help from Youtube recommendation algorithm
YouTube’s recommendation algorithm recently began promoting a video about climate change on dozens of popular Youtube channel; the video has been promoted to between 300,000 and 2,000,000 people according to AlgoTransparency. That video (which cu
Climate Feedback→ Popular “Friends of Science” video promoted by Youtube presents long list of climate myths
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This video of a talk by author and speaker Steve Goreham, posted by the YouTube channel “Friends of Science” has been viewed over 250,000 times and has been widely promoted by Youtube recently. In it, G
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Farmer Did NOT Lose Penis After Calf Bites It Off
Did a farmer in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (or anywhere else) lose his penis after a calf bit it off? No, that's not true: a fake news website pretending to be CBS News published the story but the site is the latest in a long string of sites all im
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Democrats Did NOT Cave, Did NOT Authorize Full Funding Of Wall To Avoid Shutdown
Did the Democrats cave and authorize full funding of president Donald Trump's border wall project? No, that's not true, the political struggle over the budget is still going on. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to