Does garlic relieve "pain in ears"? No, there's no evidence to substantiate that claim: An ear, nose and throat (ENT) physician with the University of Kansas Health System tells Lead Stories, "While some garlic extracts possess antimicrob
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Heritage Area Designation Does NOT Impose NHA Control Over Private Land — It’s A Tourism Map Device
Do private landowners lose control of their property when tourism promoters and/or history buffs get a region of their state designated a National Heritage Area? No, that's not true: There is no evidence National Heritage Areas empower fe
Full Fact→ Poster claiming bread is healthy for ducks gets its facts in a flap
A Facebook post shows a photograph of a poster claiming it’s safe to feed bread to ducks. The poster suggests the idea that bread makes ducks ill is wrong and has led to the birds “dying of starvation”. It also encourages
Snopes→ Dutch Queen and Robot Open 3D-Printed Bridge in Amsterdam
Dutch Queen Maxima teamed up with a small robot to unveil a steel 3D-printed pedestrian bridge over a canal in the heart of Amsterdam's red light district.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Container Ship Pictured On Fire Is NOT Evergreen’s Ever Given — It’s The X-Press Pearl
Did the container ship run by Evergreen Marine, Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March 2021, catch fire? No, that's not true: The container ship in the video that did suffer a fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the X-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Say Special Operation Boarded The ‘Ever Given’ To Find Weapons, Bodies, Trafficked People
Was an "intel dispatch" released to the public that told of a U.S. military special operation in which U.S. Navy SEALs boarded the cargo ship Ever Given? And did this mission discover heavy weapons as well as 1,366 dead and 1,245 people a
Snopes→ Did US Navy SEALs Rescue Trafficked Children from Ever Given Ship?
A website with a history of publishing dubious content advanced a conspiracy theory about the formerly stuck Suez Canal ship.
AFP Fact Check→ Suez ship baselessly linked to QAnon conspiracy theory about Clintons
QAnon-linked social media posts seek to tie the Clintons to a ship that blocked the Suez Canal, saying the vessel has been used for human trafficking. The Clinton Foundation, however, says it has no ships, while an international maritime safety agency
The Dispatch→ The Morning Dispatch: The Iran-China Crossover
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Snopes→ Did a Truck Carrying an ‘Evergreen’ Container Block a Chinese Highway?
The visual parallels to the blocked Suez Canal were not lost on social media.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the First Full Week of Spring
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New ‘X22 Report’ Video Does NOT Offer Evidence That Proves Claims About Mass Shootings, Election Fraud, Suez Ship
Does a new "X22 Report" video contain only factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: The video recycles familiar conspiracy theories, including disproven claims about a mass shooting and voter fraud in the 2020 election. It repe
The Dispatch→ Elizabeth Warren: Senator From Massachusetts—or the Roman Empire?
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AFP Fact Check→ The lotus blossoms were digitally inserted into this image by a graphic artist
An image that appears to show a canal in Venice laden with lotus blossoms has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts. The posts, however, lack context; the image was created by a graphic artist and the lotus blossoms were digitally i
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Stop What You’re Doing and Google Why Chainsaws Were Invented’
On November 9 2020, a Facebook post encouraging fellow users to “Google why chainsaws were invented” (archived) went quite viral very quickly; it alluded to the possibility that one might have difficulty guessing the original intended purp
AFP Fact Check→ The video is a parody sketch aired on French TV
Footage has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows a family killed by a teenage boy who was addicted to video games. The claim is false; the footage is actually a parody sketch which aired on French TV channel Cana
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASCAR Did NOT Prohibit MAGA Hats or ‘Political’ Clothing
Did NASCAR prohibit MAGA hats and "political" clothing? No, that's not true. The story originated on a liberal satire website and the story was posted in a category titled "Fox News Satire That's More Belivable Than Fox News." The site is part
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Medical Evidence That ‘Just a Few Drops’ Of Hydrogen Peroxide In The Ear Boosts Immunity To Viruses
Will a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in the ear canal pass through the eardrum to the blood and fight off viruses, including presumably COVID-19? No, there is no medical evidence to substantiate the claim. The eardrum is watertight, and neith
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Campaign With Grand Wizard of KKK
Did Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden formerly campaign with a grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan? No, that's not true: Former U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia renounced his 1940s Klan activity. The claim has previously been chal
FactCheck.org→ Trump Again Misunderstands California’s Wildfires
For the second year in a row, President Donald Trump inaccurately attributed California’s rash of wildfires to poor forest management. He also falsely said other states don’t have “close to the level of burn” as California. Most of
Truth or Fiction?→ Palindrome Week, September 2019
On September 9 2019 and subsequently, a “palindrome week” meme circulated on Twitter: Above 10 dates ranging from September 10 to 19 2019, text read: PALINDROME WEEK Each date reads the same backwards and forwards for the next 10 days.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Clint Eastwood is NOT Dead
Did Clint Eastwood recently die? No, that is not true: It is a celebrity death hoax. The "Dirty Harry" actor is alive and well as of September 1, 2019, contrary to a YouTube video that was viewed at least 80,000 times in the first three days a
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Addiction’ Sculpture in Amsterdam
In June 2019, the Facebook page “Archeology & Civilizations” shared the following image, purportedly of a sculpture in Amsterdam called “Addiction.” That post wasn’t the only time the same piece title and description
Snopes→ American Crocodiles Thriving Outside Nuclear Plant
American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot — the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Macron Did NOT Deploy Tanks to Tackle Yellow Vests in France
Did French President Macron deploy Army tanks to the streets of France to tackle the yellow vest protests? No, that's not true: he did order the deployment of army troops alongside regular security forces of the Gendarmerie but no tanks were d
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Bread Bad for Ducks?
In January 2019, the Facebook page “Wild at Heart Rescue” shared the following illustration while claiming that it is dangerous — even potentially lethal — to feed bread to ducks: The drawings depicted waterfowl and the text said: Plea
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Shark NOT Found By Boat Ramp in Gallipolis Ohio
Was a six foot shark discovered by the boat ramp in Gallipolis, OH? No, that's not true: a viral story claiming a shark was spotted there originated on a prank website where it had been uploaded by some joker. It is not real. The story origina
Hoax-Slayer→ HOAX -‘Breast Larvae Infestation From Undergarments’
Circulating message that includes an image depicting an unusual rash on a woman's breast, claims that the rash harboured live larvae that were feeding off her fat, tissue, and milk canals. The post HOAX -‘Breast Larvae Infestation From Undergarm
FactCheck.org→ Keanu Reeves Didn’t Praise Trump
Q: Did Keanu Reeves say that President Donald Trump is a role model? A: No. That’s a made-up quote that has been attributed to at least two other actors. FULL ANSWER Keanu Reeves doesn’t say much publicly about politics. He has long had a
FactCheck.org→ Obama’s Record on Toxic Cleanups
Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt criticized former President Barack Obama for leaving “us with more Superfund sites than when he came in.” This is misleading for multiple reasons: While Pruitt is right, his agency doesn
Truth or Fiction?→ Save the Endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus From Extinction-Fiction!
Save the Endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus From Extinction-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Calls to save the Pacific Northwest tree octopus from extinction have been in circulation for years. The Truth: The Pacific Northwest tree octopus is a ficti
FactCheck.org→ Land Loss in Louisiana
Q: Is Louisiana losing a football field of land to the ocean every hour? A: Yes. Both natural processes and human activities contribute to the land loss, though humans are primarily to blame. FULL QUESTION Is Louisiana losing a football field of