A photograph showing a KKK member being treated by an all-black emergency room staff was part of an advertising series, not a genuine historical image.
Hoax-Slayer→ Bogus Warning – Canned Fruit From Thailand Contaminated With HIV
Circulating message claims that HIV carriers in Thailand have deliberately contaminated canned fruit in a factory by dripping their blood into the food. The post Bogus Warning – Canned Fruit From Thailand Contaminated With HIV appeared first on H
Snopes→ Driver in Charlottesville Car Attack Identified as James Alex Fields, Jr.
The 20-year-old is accused of killing one person and injuring several others when he reportedly drove a car into a crowd of peaceful protesters.
Hoax-Slayer→ HOAX – ‘Chinese Miner Found Alive After 17 Years Underground’
Circulating story claims that a man has been found alive after being trapped underground in a Chinese mine for seventeen years. The post HOAX – ‘Chinese Miner Found Alive After 17 Years Underground’ appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ Boy with Fork Through Nose
Photographs show a boy whose nose was impaled by a fork during an accident at a restaurant.
Snopes→ White Nationalist Rally, Violence Rock Virginia City
A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town.
Snopes→ Trump Blames ‘Many Sides’ for Violent Clashes in Virginia
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes between white nationalists and counter protestors.
FactCheck.org→ Aug. 12: Jobs, Opioids, ‘Buy America’
The post Aug. 12: Jobs, Opioids, ‘Buy America’ appeared first on FactCheck.org.
Snopes→ Did Vladimir Putin Say North Korea Doesn’t Have Nuclear Weapons But Has ‘Trillions’ in Minerals?
We found no evidence that the Russian president made this comment.
Snopes→ Did President Donald Trump Steal His ‘Fire and Fury’ Line from a Comic Book Villain?
Despite rumors to the contrary, Trump's comments about North Korea were not plagiarized from a Captain America comic book character.
Snopes→ Did President Donald Trump Target a Democratic State Senator’s Family for Deportation?
A dubious right-wing web site makes a false claim about the family of California lawmaker Kevin de León.
Snopes→ Has NASA Called the Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe ‘Living’?
Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have not announced that "Our Lady of Guadalupe", a religious artifact, is alive.
Snopes→ Is Nancy Pelosi in Critical Condition After a Head-On Drunk Driving Accident?
A hoax news article falsely reports that the House Minority Leader was involved in a collision with a bus in Los Angeles.
Snopes→ Obama Left Trump a White House Full of Roaches?
Various outlets misleadingly quoted a 2013 article to blame President Obama for a 2017 roach infestation that likely never occurred.
Snopes→ Has the National Debt Fallen by $102 Billion Since Donald Trump’s Inauguration?
A conservative web site accurately describes a remarkable decline in the debt since January 2017, but offers no evidence that the President is responsible for it.
Snopes→ Foreign Call Centers Must Transfer Customers to U.S. Reps?
U.S. companies operating overseas telephone service centers do not have to transfer customers to representatives in the U.S. upon request.
Snopes→ Did the Texas House of Representatives Pass a Law Requiring Women to Buy ‘Rape Insurance’?
An article regurgitated a slightly misleading characterization of a Texas bill to reduce health insurance coverage for abortions.
Truth or Fiction?→ Bill Clinton Gave North Korea $2 Billion, Two Nuclear Reactors-Mostly Fiction!
Bill Clinton Gave North Korea Nuclear Reactors, $2 billion-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: President Bill Clinton essentially gave North Korea nukes in 1994 by giving them $2 billion and two nuclear reactors. The Truth: Bill Clinton reached an agree
Snopes→ 1957 Chevies Secretly Produced Until 1967?
An amusing but false story holds that a group of former General Motors workers furtively produced 1957 Chevrolet automobiles on their own for ten years.
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump on U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper and FactCheck.org review the accuracy of President Donald Trump’s tweet about the modernization of the U.S. nuclear weapons program. The president tweeted that his “first order a
ABC News→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
Washington Post→ Dear readers, help us fact-check your lawmakers during August recess
When Congress left Washington for the April recess, we asked our readers to help us fact-check their local town halls. We were overwhelmed with submissions from coast to coast. We ended up fact-checking what members of Congress from seven s
FactCheck.org→ Earth Won’t Go Dark for Days
Q: Did NASA confirm that there will be 15 days of darkness on Earth in November? A: No. Variations of that false claim have been circulating since at least 2015. FULL ANSWER On May 29, the website twofeed.org posted a story with the headline “
Snopes→ Scientists Spot Rare, Endangered Whales in the Bering Sea
One of the North Pacific right whales had not been seen in a decade.
Snopes→ High School Student Dies After Log Falls on Him During Football Drill
Joshua Mileto died during a Navy SEALs-style drill at a high school in Farmingville, New York.
Snopes→ Trump Warns US ‘Locked and Loaded’ as North Korea Readies Missiles
The exclamation came after President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of "fire and fury like the world has never seen."
Washington Post→ Trump’s effort to blame Obama for the opioid epidemic
“Federal drug prosecutions have gone down in recent years. We’re going to be bringing them up and bringing them up rapidly. At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer than in 2011. So they looked at this scourge and the
Hoax-Slayer→ Check Your Receipts – Cash Back Scam Warning Email
Message warns shoppers to always check their receipts before leaving the check-out because people are being caught out by a scam in which unscrupulous cashiers add unauthorized cash back requests to transactions. The post Check Your Receipts – C
Snopes→ Did a University of Georgia Professor Let Students Pick Their Own Grades?
The professor had a syllabus posted to his web site outlining a "stress reduction policy" — which appears to have been satire.
Snopes→ ‘I Was Seth Rich for a Day’ — DC Man Misidentified as Murder Victim by Conspiracy Theorists
For Washington, D.C. business owner Jeff Gero it was just another day — until he saw a tweet identifying him as slain Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich.
Snopes→ ‘I Was Seth Rich for a Day’ — Washington, D.C. Man Misidentified as Murder Victim by Conspiracy Theorists
For Washington, D.C. business owner Jeff Gero it was just another day — until he saw a tweet identifying him as slain Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich.
Snopes→ Did Fukushima Officials Warn that Humans Should Never Eat Fish Again?
The claim comes from a 2013 blog post about preparing for the collapse of civilization, but it is just as wrong now as it was then.
Snopes→ Did Singer Lana Del Rey Ban American Flags at Her Concerts?
In an interview with a music magazine, the singer said she's taken the flag away as a backdrop during the performance of the song "Born to Die".
Snopes→ Can Drinking Cocktails From a Copper Mug Cause Poisoning?
News articles exaggerate the health risks associated with normal consumption of cocktails such as the popular Moscow mule.
Snopes→ Was Sasha Obama Murdered in a Drive-By Shooting?
A hoax news article reported that the daughter of former president Barack Obama had been killed.
Snopes→ Are Memberships No Longer Necessary to Shop at Costco?
Clickbait articles on Facebook are misleading users into thinking people no longer need a memberships to shop at the warehouse stores.
Snopes→ Utility Bill Payment Scam
Scammers claim a government grant will pay your utility bill in full for one month, then take your money.
Snopes→ Huge Blue Whale Under a Rowboat?
An image showing a blue whale dwarfing a rowboat under which it appears to be swimming is actually a piece of digital artwork.
Climate Feedback→ BBC Today airs false statements by Lord Lawson in the name of balance
On Thursday August 10, BBC Radio 4’s “Today” broadcasted an interview in which Nigel Lawson commented on Al Gore’s new film sequel to “An Inconvenient Truth”—and on Gore’s own interview on “Today” about that film. We asked scientist
PolitiFact→ A Trump nuclear strike against North Korea: constitutional or not?
President Donald Trump’s threats against North Korea and tweets about the United States’ powerful nuclear arsenal have raised the specter -- however small -- of nuclear war. But some members of Congress argue that the current process by whi