The blue skies greeting Olympic athletes here this month are a stark change from just a decade ago when the city’s choking air pollution was dubbed an “Airpocalypse” and blamed for scaring off tourists.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This is NOT Benjy Stacy, Born With Dark Blue Skin — It’s Paul Karason Who Turned Himself Blue
Was Benji Stacy born in 1975 with dark blue skin that shocked his nurses? Yes, but this is not a picture of him. According to ABC News, infant Stacy did frighten maternity doctors and they quickly transferred him to the University of Kans
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Blue Cross Blue Shield physicians aren't paid a bonus to meet a vaccine quota
"Blue Cross Blue Shield pays your doctor a $40,000 bonus for fully vaccinating at least 100 patients under the age of two."
Snopes→ Moody Blues Drummer, Co-Founder Graeme Edge Dies at 80
The band’s frontman Justin Hayward confirmed Edge’s death on the group’s website.
Snopes→ Dean Stockwell of ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ Dies at 85
Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age in the sci-fi series “Quantum Leap” and in a string of indelible performances in film, has died. He was 85.
Snopes→ Is Blue Tape Laced With Fentanyl Being Placed on Cars?
How many iterations of this scarelore can there be?
Snopes→ Is the ‘Blue River Dragon’ Photo Real?
Oddly enough, the word "dragon" in this claim is not the misleading one.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: $100 Bills Do NOT Contain Tags In Their Blue Security Ribbons That Are Connected To Devices Used By Law Enforcement
Do $100 bills contain tags in their blue 3-D security ribbons that are connected to devices used by law enforcement? No, that's not true: A representative from the U.S. Department of the Treasury confirmed that the claim is false. Additio
Snopes→ ‘Varsity Blues’ Trial Promises Fresh Insights in Old Scandal
The first trial in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions bribery scandal will begin this week.
Snopes→ House Passes $3.5T Biden Blueprint After Deal with Moderates
Striking a deal with moderates, House Democratic leaders muscled President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle, ending a risky standoff and putting the party’s domestic infrastructure agenda back on track.
Snopes→ Why Do Some Monkeys Have Blue Balls?
Turns out it's not because they’re sexually frustrated.
Snopes→ Does a NASA Photo Show ‘Blue Dunes’ on Mars?
The picture was produced by Odyssey, the longest-serving space craft orbiting Mars.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Implying Five JetBlue Pilots Died After COVID Vaccinations Gives NO Evidence, Omits Varied Causes Of Deaths
Does a video implying that five JetBlue pilots died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine show evidence to back that up? No, it does not. Of the five people named in the video, one was not a pilot, but an inflight crew member for JetBlue. On
Snopes→ Are Blue Java Bananas Real?
The fruit is said to taste like vanilla ice cream.
Snopes→ Blue Origin’s Bezos Reaches Space on 1st Passenger Flight
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was joined by a hand-picked group: his brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands and an 82-year-old aviation pioneer from Texas — the youngest and oldest to ever fly in space.
Snopes→ No, 5 JetBlue Pilots Didn’t Die From the COVID-19 Vaccine
The claim echoed a similar, baseless claim about British Airways pilots.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blue Java Bananas ARE Real — But They Do NOT Stay Blue Or Have Blue Flesh Like The Banana In This Photo
Do "Blue Java" bananas, a variety of bananas that have bluish peels, exist? Yes, that's true: the bananas' peels take on a bluish-green appearance when unripe and have a distinctive texture and flavor, often compared to ice cream. However
Snopes→ Why Are Blue Laws Called ‘Blue Laws’?
The term 'blue laws' historically defined regulations intended to preserve the Sabbath by proscribing what activities were allowed on that day.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos Will Soar Into Space
When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, the former Amazon CEO will be on board.
Snopes→ Yes, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Settlement Is Legit
Snopes readers have reported receiving postcards in the mail alerting them to the settlement.
Snopes→ Did Blue’s Clues Pride Parade Feature a Beaver with ‘Top Scars’?
Perhaps Blue can give us some clues to solve this one.
Truth or Fiction?→ Blue’s Clues ‘Top Scars’ Beaver
On May 29 2021, Twitter user @WaferBiscuits tweeted about a beaver on Blue’s Clues who was purportedly bearing scars on their chest, and commended animators for taking the time to include the subtle detail indicative of gender-affirming surgeri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Lift Mask Guidelines ‘Out Of The Blue With No Solid Explanation’
Did the CDC lift mask guidelines "out of the blue with no solid explanation"? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised the rules to allow fully vaccinated individuals to stop wearing masks outdoors and i
Full Fact→ Getting a Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t mean you can connect to Bluetooth
A post on Facebook has claimed to show evidence that getting the Pfizer or AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccinations makes you magnetic at the injection site. The post also includes what it claims is video evidence of this happening, as well as a screenshot of
Snopes→ Girl Purposely Got Blue Slime on Would-Be Kidnapper’s Arms
The 11-year-old Pensacola girl said she learned the importance of evidence from her favorite TV show, the long-running detective series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scope Of Colonial Pipeline Shutdown Is NOT Related To Whether States Are Red Or Blue
Is the scope of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown somehow related to whether states are red or blue? No, that's not true: There's no connection between the shutdown and whether states are Democratic or Republican. The system spans more than
AFP Fact Check→ Only a small percentage of all blue surgical masks contain graphene
A post shared on Facebook claims that Chinese-manufactured blue masks “widely used” in Uganda contain graphene, a material that could be harmful to the lungs when inhaled. This is misleading; not all “blue masks” contain graphene, according to
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘There Is No Such Thing as a Blue State, Only Blue Cities’ Tweet
In early May 2021, a tweet showing a map of the United States swathed in mostly red with a scattering of blue appeared, and it quickly went viral: The text that accompanied the image, from an account going by @TABYTCHI, said: There is no such thing a
Snopes→ Did Ohio Police Say ‘Blue Lives Matter’ After Killing Ma’Khia Bryant?
We analyzed videos frame by frame to discern what exactly happened after a Columbus cop fatally shot the 16-year-old.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Raise a ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag?
As criticism swirled around law enforcement in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota — following yet another extrajudicial killing by police — the department was also spotted mounting a flag outside its offices commonly associated with far-right propa
Snopes→ Do ‘Disposable Blue Face Masks’ Contain Asbestos-Like Substance?
A specific disposable mask that contains a coating of graphene was distributed by officials in Canada's Quebec province before the Canadian government warned against its use.
AFP Fact Check→ This is a flag of a Pakistani feminist organisation — it is purple, not the blue found on the French tricolour flag
Images and videos of activists waving a flag at a Women’s Day March in Pakistan in 2021 have been shared in Facebook, Twitter and YouTube posts that claim that they were waving the French tricolour national flag. The claim is false: the flag seen i
Snopes→ Did Stray Dogs in Russia Turn Blue from Chemical Waste?
Some news outlets reported the coloration resulted from chemical exposure.
Snopes→ UW-Madison Police Chief Bans ‘Thin Blue Line’ Imagery
The flag, which resembles a U.S. flag but has a blue stripe, is considered a sign of police solidarity, but has also been criticized as a symbol of white supremacy.
Snopes→ Did Tom Selleck Leave ‘Blue Bloods’ and Offer Some ‘Final Words’?
The eleventh season of the Tom Selleck-led CBS television drama "Blue Bloods" premiered later than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Full Fact→ A “new” pink and blue planet is not real (sadly)
A number of people on social media have been sharing pictures of “a new planet” that they say NASA recently found. One person claims that it is a planet called TOI 1338 b. Sadly, although real new planets are being found all the time, these
Snopes→ Will Red or Blue Masks Be Required By ‘National Mask Code’?
A flyer went viral claiming unvaccinated people must wear red masks and face a range of restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Snopes→ Did City Blue Imaging Print Voting Ballots, Then Burn Down?
Wherever you find bad news, conspiracy theorists aren't far behind.
Snopes→ Did a Woman Find Human Ashes in a $2 Blue Heart Ornament?
An online advertisement promised a heck of a story.