Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flee Kyiv for a bunker in Poland? Is this evident because he posted a video filmed in front of a greenscreen with a scene of Kyiv added as a background? No, that is not a conclusive argument: Th
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FactCheck.org→ Zelensky Remains in Ukraine, Despite False Claims on Social Media
Quick Take Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appeared in several recent videos that show he has remained in the country since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. But a post circulating on Facebook falsely claims he fled and recorded a video using a gre
Logically→ Twitch streamers Mizkif and Emiru are dating.
There is no evidence of Twitch streamers Mizkif and Emiru ever dating. Currently, Emiru's relationship status is single.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There’s NO Evidence Brent Renaud Was An American Spy
By Uliana Malashenko and James Rosen Was U.S. citizen Brent Renaud, who was killed March 13 by Russian troops at a checkpoint near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, an American intelligence operative? No, it is not true. The claim was made w
Logically→ Russia fired a hypersonic missile at Ukraine.
Russia made claims that it fired a Kinzhal missile in Ukraine, but other governments and international bodies have not confirmed it.
Logically→ U.S. state Rhode Island officially recognized the “Kashmir genocide” before the release of The Kashmir Files.
The citation provided by Rhode Island was simply to recognize the premiere of the film "The Kashmir Files."
Health Feedback→ Health benefits of CBD gummies are unsupported by scientific evidence; Shark Tank and other TV personalities didn’t endorse them
REVIEW The legal market for cannabis is soaring in the U.S. since the 2018 Farm Bill classified hemp, a variety of the plant Cannabis sativa, as a crop and not as a drug. This market is expected to grow by 37% to reach 19.5 billion by 2025. The main
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russia Boycott, Keystone XL Stoppage Are NOT The Drivers Of Gas Price Hikes
Did President Joe Biden's wartime ban on Russian oil imports cause the cost of gasoline to skyrocket and would completing the XL branch of the Keystone pipeline bring prices down? No, that's not true: Oil market experts and economists say
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Now-Deleted Ilhan Omar Tweet
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)In a now-deleted tweet, Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Thursday shared a viral TikTok clip of part of journalist Julia Ioffe’s March 15 CNN interview. In the clip Ioffe says: “It’s one t
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misinterpret Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Monitoring Document
SciCheck Digest A Pfizer document recently released by the Food and Drug Administration describes adverse events reported following vaccination and attests to the continued safety of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine. A popular video and other online po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Soldiers In Ukraine — They Are Kenya Defence Forces
Does a Facebook video show Russian soldiers using a Soviet-era rocket-propelled grenade in Ukraine during the 2022 invasion? No, that's not true: Two military experts contacted by Lead Stories in March 2022 said the uniforms worn in the v
Truth or Fiction?→ June 2008 Gas Prices
On March 14 2022, Twitter user Qasim Rashid tweeted about purported oil and gas prices in June 2008, in contrast with their prices in March 2022: Oil & Avg Gas $ June 2008:•Oil: $181.58/barrel•Gas: $4.10/gallon Oil & Avg Gas $ Mar 2022:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Electric Vehicles DO Pollute — But Engineers Are Reducing Impacts
Are electric vehicles (EVs) bad for the environment? Yes, that's partially true: Two experts in the field have looked over the claim for Lead Stories and come to two different conclusions. One believes the claim is accurate, while the oth
Full Fact→ Why is petrol more expensive now than it was 15 years ago?
A post from Twitter, versions of which have been widely shared on Facebook, claims that while the cost of petrol in the UK is much higher now than in 2008, the price of oil is actually lower, suggesting that retail fuel prices don’t mirror crude
Logically→ An image shows three exhausted Ukrainian firefighters amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A 2019 image showing three exhausted Tasmanian firefighters has been falsely attributed to Ukrainian firefighters amid the ongoing Ukraine invasion.
Logically→ An image shows Pakistani students using the Indian flag to escape Ukraine.
An image of Indian students waving the Indian flag was falsely attributed to being Pakistani students fleeing Ukraine, using the Indian flag as cover.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy’s Shirt Had Symbol Of Ukrainian Armed Forces — NOT Infamous Iron Cross
Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wear a T-shirt with an iron cross on his chest while addressing the U.S. Congress on March 16, 2022? No, that's not true: The shirt he wore had the symbol of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the le
FactCheck.org→ Ads Attacking Dr. Oz
A super PAC that supports Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick has been flooding the airwaves in the Keystone State with ads attacking his opponent, cardiac surgeon and TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, as a “Hollywood liberal̶
FactCheck.org→ Ads Attacking Dave McCormick
The campaign of Dr. Mehmet Oz and a super PAC supporting him are running ads that seek to paint his chief rival in the Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary, Dave McCormick, as a “friend” of China who outsourced Pittsburgh jobs and is out
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oil And Gas Prices Do NOT Always Move in Tandem
Do the prices for oil and gas always move in tandem? No, that's not true: Although the two closely track each other, there is often a time lag. That's especially true when oil prices fall; historically, it takes a while for gas prices to
FactCheck.org→ Both Sides Spin Domestic Oil Production
With the U.S. blocking new purchases of Russian oil, the White House, Republicans and the oil industry are engaged in a disagreement over whether the administration has hampered domestic oil production on federal land or whether the industry is holding
Logically→ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on his soldiers to lay down their weapons on March 16.
A deepfake video showing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been widely circulated to falsely claim that he ordered his soldiers to surrender.
Logically→ A video shows a military choir being arrested at a mall in Saint Petersburg for singing against the Russia-Ukraine war.
A 2015 video of a publicity stunt regarding a James Bond movie has been incorrectly misattributed to the Russia-Ukraine war narrative.
Logically→ This photo shows the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, on the front line of the Ukraine-Russia war.
This picture was actually posted on Klitschko's Instagram in March 2021.
Logically→ Yuval Noah Harari has a plan to control people with “organism hacking.”
Harari's comments have been edited and misrepresented. He is actually warning against a world being controlled by elites.
Logically→ Nurofen ibuprofen tablets contain graphene oxide.
The coloring agent on Nurofen ibuprofen tablets is actually black iron oxide, a widely used ingredient in medicine, food and cosmetic products.
Logically→ Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cried while watching the 2022 film The Kashmir Files.
The video of Adityanath crying during the Ek Diya Shaheed Ke Naam ceremony in 2017 has been misattributed as his response to The Kashmir Files.
Snopes→ St. Patrick’s Day Parades Turn Pandemic Blues Irish Green
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City.
Logically→ The Royal family hosts human hunting parties.
There is no basis for the claim. Moreover, ICLCJ, the so-called governing body mentioned in the post, is non-existent.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO ‘Battle’ Over Chukchi Sea ‘Today’ Between Russian MIG-31 Fighter And US RC-135 Aircraft
Was there an air battle over Chukchi Sea between Russian MiG-31 fighters and a U.S. RC-135 aircraft on March 12, 2022, as claimed by a title on a video posted on Facebook? No, that's not true: This clickbait headline overdramatizes a true
Logically→ Photos circulated on social media show Ashraf Ghani and Amrullah Saleh joining the war to support Ukraine against Russia.
Pictures of Volodymyr Zelenskyy from 2021 have been doctored, with Ashraf Ghani and Amrullah Saleh's faces added to push an inaccurate narrative.
Full Fact→ Is sharing photographs of prisoners of war banned by the Geneva Convention?
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, we’ve seen many images of Russian prisoners of war being shared on social media, and published by the media, including the Daily Mail, the Express, the Mirror, the Telegraph and the Times. We&
Lead Stories→ Several Red Flags Raised Over New Russian ‘Fact Checking’ Site WarOnFakes.com
Is the new Russian website "War on Fakes" a real and reliable fact checking website run by "experts and journalists"? We have questions. The site appeared to spring up almost overnight in early March 2022 in the wake of the Russian invasi
Logically→ U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris laughed at a question about Ukrainian refugees in a press conference.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Polish President Andrzej Duda laughed at the confusion over who should a press question first.
Logically→ Images show African students assaulted in Ukraine during the Russian invasion.
Images of wounded people in temporary camps for asylum seekers in Melilla have been falsely attributed to violence enacted by Ukrainian forces.
Logically→ The New York Stock Exchange displayed a message stating “Modi wins landslide election victory in India’s biggest state.”
The viral picture is from 2017, and the message was run on the Thomson Reuters building in London, not on the New York Stock Exchange.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congress Members Did NOT Receive 21% Pay Raise
Did congressional members receive a 21% pay raise? No, that's not true: An appropriations bill that became law in March 2022 only included a provision to raise the Members' Representational Allowance (MRA) in the House of Representatives
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: High Number of Registrations Is NOT Evidence of Voter Fraud in Michigan
Is the relatively high number of registrations on November 2 and November 3, 2020, evidence of voter fraud in Michigan? No, that's not true: On Election Day alone, close to 32,000 people registered to vote in Michigan, according to offici
Full Fact→ Photograph of crowded railway station is from Ukraine in March 2022
Several posts shared thousands of times on Facebook show a black-and-white photograph of a crowded railway station in Ukraine. The captions read: “This is not a photo from 1941. This is a Photo from March 2022 with all the colour taken out. A chi
Logically→ A video shows a “bolom” found in Saint Lucia, lying on the floor in a corner.
A video of a sculpture from a Parisian art exhibit has been falsely claimed to be a creature from Caribbean folklore.