On April 6 2022, a small but loud group of people showed up at Disney headquarters in Burbank, California to protest a vague swath of claims about the theme park “grooming” children. Local news station KTTV attempted to interpret the Disney
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin School District Did NOT Put A ‘Furry Protocol’ In Place
Did the Waunakee Community School District in Wisconsin put a "furry protocol" in place to normalize students who identify as and act like cats and dogs at school? No, that's not true: According to the superintendent of the school distric
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jews Are NOT Stealing Christian Children, Sacrificing Them And Feeding Them Back To Non-Jews Making Them Cannibals
Are Jews stealing Christian children, sacrificing them and then feeding them back to non-Jews to turn them into cannibals? No, that's not true: It's an antisemitic myth that's nearly a thousand years old. Recirculated audio and video on s
Snopes→ Alex Jones Faces Fines for Skipping Sandy Hook Deposition
His testimony is being sought ahead of a trial to determine how much he should pay in damages to the families for pushing a conspiracy theory that the massacre never happened.
Health Feedback→ Lack of oxygen isn’t the root cause of cancer; no scientific evidence for claims that oxygen or ozone therapy cures cancer
REVIEW Cancer is a common subject of health misinformation, particularly exploited by those peddling scientifically unproven cures to cancer patients, which can place these patients at risk for poorer medical outcomes. One such example is a TikTok v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Did NOT Say ‘Internet Must Be Reformed’ For ‘The Great Reset’
Did the World Economic Forum tweet that their chairman Klaus Schwab said the "internet must be reformed" as part of "the Great Reset?" No, that's not true: The tweet does not exist on the World Economic Forum (WEF) timeline on Twitter. Al
Truth or Fiction?→ Virginia Thomas Embraced Conspiracy Theories Long Before ‘Big Lie’ Texts Came to Light
Long before she was revealed to have been pushing for the overturning of the 2020 presidential election, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas — the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — trafficked in conspiracy theories in disinfor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO ‘Bombshell’ Proof Of Colorado Election Manipulation In New Report From Mike Lindell
Did the "Bombshell" report published by Mike Lindell about Mesa County, Colorado, voting systems prove election machine manipulation? No, that's not true: The Colorado Secretary of State's Office, whose election security systems are calle
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Existence Of Reptilian Aliens Underground NOT Confirmed By Retired Romanian General
Was the existence of reptilian aliens living in underground bases confirmed by retired Romanian Gen. Emil Strainu? No, that's not true: Contrary to its headline, this article does not mention underground bases, and there is no evidence pr
Truth or Fiction?→ Applebee’s Gas Prices Email
On March 23 2022, Twitter user Rob Gill (@vote4robgill) shared images of a purported internal Applebee’s “gas prices” email — which included commentary about a spike in gas prices enabling Applebee’s management to sharply
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a GOP Senator Say the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Have ‘Weighed In’ on Interracial Marriage?
Right-wing Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana (R) quickly backtracked on March 22 2022 after offering interracial marriage as an example of issues that the Supreme Court, in his opinion, should leave up for individual states to decide. Braun made the remark to
Full Fact→ The price of fuel is quite closely connected to the price of oil
A post on Facebook shares a table showing the price of crude oil compared to the price of fuel at the pump in the UK, claiming the “pump price is not connected to crude price”. However, there’s one big issue with the figures in the ta
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→ Fauci Continues Making Public Appearances and Hasn’t ‘Disappeared’
SciCheck Digest Dr. Anthony Fauci has continued making public appearances, although news coverage has largely shifted away from the pandemic since Russia invaded Ukraine in February and COVID-19 cases have dramatically fallen. Some politicians and pund
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Lawn Jockey History Was NOT Connected To Underground Railroad
Was the Black lawn jockey statue used as a signal to guide escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad? No, there is no primary evidence to support this claim, according to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia and a professor emeritu
Health Feedback→ There is no evidence of U.S.-funded bioweapon labs in Ukraine; claims to the contrary misrepresent the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
REVIEW Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, social media platforms saw an uptick in posts claiming that the Pentagon funded bioweapon labs in Ukraine, such as this Instagram video by Greg Reese, a content producer for the di
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Claims About the Conflict in Ukraine
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, following months of military buildup and, as we’ve written, repeated denials by Russian officials that their country planned to invade. As is often the case with major news events, we h
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: No, There Are No U.S.-Funded Bioweapons Labs in Ukraine
(Stock photo from Getty Images.)Several viral social Facebook posts are falsely claiming that the United States has biological weapon laboratories in Ukraine. Examples of widely shared Facebook posts can be seen here, here, and here.But the rumor hasn&
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Verifiable Evidence Of US-Funded Bioweapons Labs In Ukraine — Video Misrepresents US Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
Is there verifiable evidence of U.S.-run bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine? No, that's not true: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) at the U.S. Department of Defense says there are no U.S.-run bioweapons laboratories in the Europ
FactCheck.org→ Rothschild & Co. Has Office in Russia, Contrary to Conspiracy Claim on Social Media
Quick Take Rothschild & Co. has an office in Moscow and has been operating in Russia since the mid-1990s. Yet posts on social media falsely claim that Russia has barred the Rothschild banking family from doing business in the country. The claim is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Putin Bombed ‘Biden-Owned 200-Acre Villa’ in Ukraine Or ‘Biolabs & Pedophile Rings’ — Or That Any Of Those Exist in Ukraine
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin bomb a villa in Ukraine that U.S. President Joe Biden owned? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this happened or that Biden owns a villa in Ukraine. When searching for credible articles abo
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.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alex Jones DID Predict War Months Ahead Of Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine In February 2022 — But Said ‘Smart Money Is On A War With China’
Did Alex Jones predict war about four months ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022? Yes, that's true: But the American conspiracy theorist said nothing about the two European neighbors during his InfoWars show on October
PolitiFact→ The Jan. 6 committee’s court filing: How important is it?
A court filing by the Jan. 6 committee lays out its theory of how Donald Trump and his lawyer, John Eastman, may have broken the law. How significant is this?
Logically→ The media wants us to hate Putin because he rejected the New World Order.
Putin is facing criticism because Russia is invading its neighbor Ukraine. This has nothing to do with the New World Order conspiracy theory.
FactCheck.org→ Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccination Outweigh the Rare Risk of Myocarditis, Even in Young Males
SciCheck Digest Rare cases of myocarditis have been reported following the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, particularly among young males after a second dose. Most cases resolve quickly without the need for advanced therapies, although research on any potentia
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘Freedom Convoy’ Ran on Regurgitated Disinformation Narratives
There was nothing original about the “convoy” that disrupted the Canadian capitol of Ottawa in early 2022. The occupation dovetailed almost entirely with other right-wing demonstrations, starting with the use of Facebook as both an organiza
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada DID Invoke Emergencies Act For 1st Time — But It Is Update Of War Measures Act, Last Invoked in 1970
Did Canada invoke its Emergencies Act for the first time ever? Yes, that's true, but Canada has had a similar law in place since Parliament adopted the War Measures Act in August 1914, shortly after the beginning of World War I. The War M
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Magnetic Bracelet Does NOT Increase Metabolism, Promote Fat Breakdown
Does this magnetic bracelet increase metabolism and promote fat breakdown? No, that's not true: "There really is no scientific evidence to prove these work," UCLA Prof. Zhaoping Li, M.D., PhD told Lead Stories. The claim appeared as a vid
Logically→ There is a secret multi-billion dollar market for adrenochrome.
The myth surrounding adrenochrome is part of an anti-semitic conspiracy theory. It has not basis in fact.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a GOP Lawmaker Accuse Nancy Pelosi of Having a ‘Gazpacho Police’?
Conspiracy-theory-slinging Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) bungled her latest attempt to paint Democrats as tyrants in a rant that spread online on February 9 2022. The conservative group The Republican Accountability Project captured Greene
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Evidence Does NOT Support Quantum Entanglement Claims By Anti-Vaccine Activist Sherri Tenpenny
Did Dr. Sherri Tenpenny make a case that the COVID-19 pandemic, treatments and mitigation efforts are a global government plot to kill people -- a "democide" -- or a plot to transform people into genetically modified "transhumans" who are
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Same Executive at NBC Greenlit Fear Factor and The Apprentice, Setting an Unbelievable Sequence of Events in Motion’
On January 29 2022, the Facebook page “Millennials for Guillotines” shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which described an NBC executive who was purportedly responsible for singlehandedly changing the course of history: Lol the sa
FactCheck.org→ False Reports of Wisconsin Assembly’s Action on 2020 Electors
Quick Take A resolution introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly to reverse the state’s 2020 presidential electoral votes for President Joe Biden was referred to the Rules Committee on Jan. 25. The committee chair tweeted that the resolution was R
FactCheck.org→ False Reports of Wisconsin Assembly’s Action on 2020 Electors
Quick Take A resolution introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly to reverse the state’s 2020 presidential electoral votes for President Joe Biden was referred to the Rules Committee on Jan. 25. The committee chair tweeted that the resolution was R
FactCheck.org→ Posts About ‘Cross Reactants’ Misrepresent Accuracy of COVID-19 PCR Tests
SciCheck Digest Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for COVID-19 are highly accurate. People on social media, however, are circulating lists of germs that they baselessly claim will cause such tests to be falsely positive. In reality, it’s t
FactCheck.org→ Posts About ‘Cross Reactants’ Misrepresent Accuracy of COVID-19 PCR Tests
SciCheck Digest Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for COVID-19 are highly accurate. People on social media, however, are circulating lists of germs that they baselessly claim will cause such tests to be falsely positive. In reality, it’s t
Lead Stories→ Context Matters: Why Lead Stories Fact Checked The BMJ
On November 10, 2021, Lead Stories published a fact check about an article published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on November 2, 2021. In response, the BMJ published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on December 17, 2021, calling
Climate Feedback→ How sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic is influenced by climate change
With its melting sea ice, greening landscapes and rapidly warming temperatures, the Arctic region is rife with examples of how climate change is impacting the planet.[1] Arctic sea ice, in particular, is a significant climate indicator, as its downward