British Prime Minister Theresa May came under attack from across Britain's political spectrum.
Snopes→ Baby Born after Michael Starts Life in Walmart Parking Lot
Wilmer Capps says he and wife Lorrainda Smith had no choice but to camp out at the store the night their son Luke was released from an Alabama hospital.
Snopes→ After Canada Legalizes Pot, Industry Eyes Rest of the World
Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday.
Snopes→ Man Linked to Saudi Prince at Consulate When Writer Vanished
The Sabah newspaper's report showed the man also later outside the Saudi consul general's home.
PolitiFact→ Did New York's John Faso break his promise to a woman with cancer?
With a melancholy piano soundtrack and video, an ad tells a sad tale: A woman in a tan coat, knit hat and black gloves tells U.S. Rep John Faso outside his Kinderhook, N.Y., home, "I have a brain tumor." She has health coverage through Medica
Washington Post→ Just about everything you’ve read on the Warren DNA test is wrong
Reporters and politicians rushed to say the test shows she was only 1/1024th Native American. But that's a huge misinterpretation of the data.
Snopes→ Are 20 Percent of Homicide Victims with Restraining Orders Killed Soon After Obtaining Them?
An image disseminated online cites part of a 2008 study on domestic violence but omits one key piece of information.
Hoax-Slayer→ FAKE — Bungee Jumper Loses Head To Crocodile Video
Circulating video supposedly shows a bungee jumper having his head bitten off by a crocodile as he reaches the water. The post FAKE — Bungee Jumper Loses Head To Crocodile Video appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘Our Group Will Not Poison Your Life’ Fake Blackmail Sextortion Scam
This email claims that the sender has used a "private computer worm" to create a video of you "caressing your body" while you visited a porn website. The post ‘Our Group Will Not Poison Your Life’ Fake Blackmail Sextortion Scam appeared f
Snopes→ Did Georgia’s Secretary of State ‘Block’ the Registrations of 53,000 Voters, Most of Them African-American?
Left-wing Facebook pages weighed into Georgia's gubernatorial race with widely shared memes about alleged voter suppression in that state.
Internet Archive→ President Trump Meeting on Regulations & Economy : CSPAN : October 17, 2018 6:41pm-7:01pm EDT
President Trump met with several industry-specific workers and several members of his Cabinet regarding the need to cut burdensome federal regulations. He also took several questions from reporters one regarding missing Washington Post journalist Jamal
Snopes→ Is Barron Trump a Chess Grandmaster?
Barron Trump was once photographed with a chess set, but that doesn't make him a Grandmaster.
Snopes→ Nevada’s Famous Pimp Expected to Win Election Despite Death
Dennis Hof's fame made him an attention-grabbing figure in an otherwise quiet industry.
Climate Feedback→ Guardian story accurately describes study on environmental impacts of our food system
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This story in The Guardian covers a newly published study in the journal Nature on the environmental impacts of the food system as global population grows and diets change. The study examines possible changes inclu
FactCheck.org→ Donnelly’s Hearings Attendance Record
Several Republican TV ads attacking Sen. Joe Donnelly have claimed the Indiana Democrat has “missed 1 in 5 committee hearings” since he took office in 2013. Actually, Donnelly attended nearly 95 percent of public committee and subcommittee hearings
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the Media Covering Up ‘the Real Story’ About Jamal Khashoggi?
A hideous story unspooled before the international media in October 2018, when Saudi Arabian journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi — who had been living in Washington, D.C. after fleeing his home country a year before due to pers
Is the Media Covering Up ‘the Real Story’ About Jamal Khashoggi?
A hideous story unspooled before the international media in October 2018, when Saudi Arabian journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi — who had been living in Washington, D.C. after fleeing his home country a year before due to persistent death threats in response to his criticism of its government — abruptly vanished. On Monday, sources told CNN […]
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Snopes→ Prosecutors Disclose More Misconduct by Weinstein Detective
The new allegations against Detective Nicholas DiGaudio involve an unidentified woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her in his Manhattan hotel room in 2013.
Snopes→ Police Say Teenager Baked Grandfather’s Ashes Into Cookies
The student and a friend baked the cookies and shared them with at least nine classmates at their public charter high school near Sacramento.
Snopes→ Trump Asks Turkey for Audio, Video Evidence on Khashoggi
At another point, he said, "I'm not sure yet that it exists."
FactCheck.org→ Rape Wasn’t Part of Roe Decision
Q: Was the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade made because Jane Roe said she was raped? A: No. “Jane Roe” falsely claimed she was gang raped, but that accusation was not a factor in the court ruling. FULL ANSWER A viral video is cir
Snopes→ Did Sarah Jeong Tweet That She Hopes ‘Bald White Kids’ Have Leukemia?
A series of fake tweets have been created and circulated in order to denigrate New York Times journalist Sarah Jeong.
Snopes→ Melania Trump Visits Babies, Moms Affected by Opioid Crisis
Mrs. Trump spoke briefly at a conference at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital on newborns who have been exposed to opioids while in the womb.
Snopes→ Does the Antifa Flag Resemble a Nazi Flag?
A political group without an official flag has nonetheless been represented by many photoshopped ones.
Truth or Fiction?→ Foreign Influence Operations Infiltrated, Polarized Online Communities
The ongoing scandals over data privacy, in which social media giants were found to be (among other things) flooding selected readers with hypertargeted and corrosive political advertising, is still unfolding — and it will continue to evolve for some
Foreign Influence Operations Infiltrated, Polarized Online Communities
The ongoing scandals over data privacy, in which social media giants were found to be (among other things) flooding selected readers with hypertargeted and corrosive political advertising, is still unfolding — and it will continue to evolve for some time as new pieces of evidence and data are unearthed and put together to get a […]
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