Political leanings: Democratic 2020 total spending: $372 million The Senate Majority PAC is a super PAC that describes its “one mission” as helping Democrats “win Senate races.” The super PAC is headed by J.B. Poersch, a forme
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Ukraine Looters Taped to Poles’
On March 7 2022, a screenshot of the following reply tweet purportedly depicting a Russian soldier caught looting in Ukraine appeared on Imgur and elsewhere: My favorite….this Russian soldier was marking buildings for rocket hits…and was doing a
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: A Video Claiming to Show Ukrainian ‘Crisis Actors’ Is Fake
A viral video claims to show a newscast from Ukraine in which one of the supposedly deceased Ukrainians in a body bag in the background moves.Lashes Clay💅🏾 @HELDbytheBELLESooo is he dead or ? March 6th 20224,915 Retweets18,512 LikesOne
FactCheck.org→ Post Misconstrues Public Health Awareness Campaigns About Blood Clots
SciCheck Digest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Pfizer tweeted in February about the dangers of blood clots in veins, which are relatively common and affect as many as 900,000 Americans each year. A story shared on social media, howe
Logically→ Pakistani MPs repeated slogans praising Indian PM Narendra Modi.
A parliamentary hearing from 2020 in Pakistan was taken out of context and misinterpreted to make it seem like MPs were chanting pro-Modi slogans.
Logically→ Vladimir Putin met Indian students aboard the Air India flight evacuating from Ukraine to wish them a safe journey.
A video of Indian ambassador Rahul Shrivastava with the Indian students in the aircraft was falsely shared as Putin addressing them.
Logically→ The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a “smokescreen” meant to distract the public from the New World Order.
This is an instance of a well-known conspiracy theory, and there is no evidence to support it.
Logically→ An image shows Ukrakine’s Bayraktar TB2 drone struck a fuel train from Belarus during the Russian invasion.
An image of a tank wagon on fire in Bialystok, Poland has been falsely linked to a drone attack by Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
Logically→ A video shows Red Cross boxes loaded with money found in a Ukrainian bunker.
A 2011 video from Accra showing the illegal use of ICRC storage trunks full of cash has been shared with a false narrative of the invasion of Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ The case for and against establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the West to establish a no-fly zone to hold back the Russian invasion. For the West, it’s not that simple.
Logically→ A fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine.
Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant caused a fire in its training building in Enerhodar. No radiation release was detected.
Health Feedback→ Study by Lund University researchers didn’t show that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines change our DNA
REVIEW A study published by researchers at Lund University in Sweden made the rounds in late February 2022[1], with many social media users sharing it as evidence that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines change our DNA (see examples here and here). Articles, lik
PolitiFact→ The pros, and many cons, of establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the West to establish a no-fly zone to hold back the Russian invasion. For the West, it’s not that simple.
FactCheck.org→ Hunter Biden Left Ukrainian Company in 2019, Contrary to Ted Nugent Post
Quick Take Hunter Biden served on the board of the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma Holdings from 2014 to 2019. But Ted Nugent posted a Facebook meme falsely insinuating that Hunter’s payments from the company ended with the Russian invasi
PolitiFact→ The pros, and many cons, of establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked the West to establish a no-fly zone to hold back the Russian invasion. For the West, it’s not that simple.
Snopes→ Judge Approves Fix to Stem Race Bias in NFL Concussion Deal
Outrage over the use of “race-norming” in the dementia testing forced the NFL and players' lawyers back to the negotiating table last year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Mandate A Government-Controlled ‘Kill Switch’ In New Cars In 2026
Did President Joe Biden sign a bill mandating that a "kill switch" that is accessible to law enforcement be installed in every new car in 2026? No, that's not true: A section of Biden's bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on
Logically→ Rahul Gandhi said he wanted to meet the people who were “killed” in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident during a press meet.
Rahul Gandhi's comments have been used out of context. He meant to meet the families of the victims killed during the Lakhimpur violence in UP.
Logically→ Modi stopped the Russia-Ukraine war for six hours to evacuate Indian students after speaking with Putin.
Though over 18,000 Indians have been rescued from Ukraine, the reports about war being halted are baseless.
Logically→ A video shows wreckage in Ukraine after the Russian invasion.
A video related to the 2020 Beirut explosion has been misattributed to events of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Logically→ Russian tanks are being sold on eBay.
eBay's policy does not allow the sale of military items for both safety reasons and government regulations. The tank listing is satirical.
Truth or Fiction?→ Russia Purportedly Planned ‘Public Executions’ in Ukraine
In early March 2022, as wild rumors, lies, half-truths, and weaponized disinformation campaigns lit up social media amid Russia’s war against Ukraine, posts began to appear referencing leaked Russian plans for “public executions” the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Neither Zelenskyy NOR Putin Threatened To Send Troops To Ghana’s Border In Response To ‘Jokes’ About Russia-Ukraine War
Did the Ukrainian president threaten to send troops to Ghana's border for alleged "jokes" about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war? No, that's not true: Not only does Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not appear in the video used to pur
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Panther Of Kharkiv’ Is NOT A Real Military Working Cat
Is this a picture of a cat, Mikael, "The panther of Kharkiv," trained by the Ukrainian army to spot Russian sniper laser dots and to signal where the sniper is? No, that's not true: While this cat may enjoy chasing a red dot, there is no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Tell Trump That Russian ‘Spetznas’ Liberated Child Trafficking Victims In Ukraine
Did Russian "spetznas" liberate child trafficking victims in Ukraine and did Russian President Vladimir Putin tell former President Donald Trump about this during a recent phone call? No, that's not true: "This is fake," Trump's spokesper
Truth or Fiction?→ Republican Candidate Booed by University of North Texas Students
On March 3 2022, a video apparently showing Texas House candidate Jeff Younger (R) getting booed by a university classroom full of students spread virally on Twitter: Anti-trans Texas House candidate Jeff Younger came to the University of North Texas
Logically→ Russia’s President Putin told Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan that Gilgit-Baltistan should be part of India.
The subtitles posted in the viral video are fake. The video had no mention of Pakistan or Gilgit-Baltistan.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainians Did NOT Post A Russian Tank On eBay
Did Ukrainians put a Russian tank on sale on eBay? No, that's not true: When Lead Stories searched eBay, we did not find this listing. We only found listings for books about Russian tanks and models of tanks. Also, this tank image has bee
Logically→ Ukraine is fighting for a New World Order.
An offhand comment by a Ukrainian MP has been taken out of context by conspiracy theorists.
Logically→ An image shows children saying goodbye to Ukrainian soldiers fighting against the Russian invasion.
An image taken in 2016 falsely being linked to the prevailing situation in Ukraine. It was part of a photo album called "Children of War."
Logically→ The mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko has been pictured in a military uniform with a machine gun while he fights for Ukraine.
The picture of Klitschko is from 2021. It does not show the mayor fighting on the frontline.
Logically→ The image of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in military uniform was clicked while fighting Russian troops.
Zelenskyy's image in a military uniform was taken in 2021, during his visit to Donbas on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Logically→ Uttar Pradesh police detained a Samajwadi Party leader’s daughter for pretending to be stuck in Ukraine.
The police have not arrested Vaishali Yadav, and she has crossed over into Romania from Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
Logically→ A Russian missile hit a government building in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities confirmed a Russian missile hit a government building in Kharkiv, Ukraine on March 1, 2022.
Logically→ This image shows a little girl crying next to her deceased mother due to the war after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A photograph from the 2010 film Fortress of War has been spread with a false claim that it shows a girl crying next to her dead mother in Ukraine.
Logically→ The “Ghost of Kyiv,” a Ukrainian fighter pilot, is really called Samuyil Hyde.
An old image of a U.S. fighter pilot has been manipulated to show comedian Sam Hyde’s face. This is not a picture of the "Ghost of Kyiv."
Poynter→ A viral photo of a girl confronting a soldier is from 2012 in West Bank, not Ukraine in 2022
A nearly 10-year-old photo is being misrepresented on social media as an image from present-day Ukraine. “An 8-year-old Ukrainian girl confronts a Russian soldier telling him to go back to […] The post A viral photo of a girl confronting a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian Soldiers Leaving Their Wives For War In 2022 – It’s From 2017 Documentary
Does a video show Ukrainian soldiers leaving their wives for war in 2022? No, that's not true: The footage is from a 2017 Ukrainian documentary film titled, "The War of Chimeras." The claim appeared as a video (archived here) on Facebook
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Have Prevented Deaths, Contrary to Misleading Graphic on Social Media
SciCheck Digest Studies have shown that COVID-19 vaccines have prevented severe disease and deaths. But bogus claims that they don’t work continue to circulate online. One claim relies on a misleading graph showing cumulative deaths in the U.S.,
FactCheck.org→ EMILY’s List/Women Vote!
Political leanings: Liberal 2020 total spending: $126.5 million EMILY’s List is a political nonprofit that primarily backs Democratic women candidates who support a legal right to abortion. Women Vote!, its affiliated super PAC, uses media campaigns