Does a video show a laser beam from the sky, or a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW), cause an explosion in a city, or spark the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii? No, that's not true: This viral video predates the August 8, 2023, Maui wildfires. It sh
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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A video doesn’t show a laser beam igniting Maui’s wildfires. It’s a transformer explosion in Chile
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former FBI Agent Ted Gunderson’s Death Was NOT Suspicious — It Was Cancer
Does a video on social media prove that the death of former FBI agent Ted Gunderson was connected to his public speeches and did not result from natural causes? No, that's not true: The video, shared under different captions on social med
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video shows former President George H. W. Bush ill, not dying, at 1992 dinner in Japan
CLAIM: Footage shows former President George H. W. Bush dying on live television. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Old headlines about former President Donald Trump and migrants recycled as breaking news
Former President Donald Trump recently dispatched troops to the border.
Logically→ Death of former village revenue assistant falsely shared as case of farmer suicide in Andhra
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Former FBI agent Ted Gunderson wasn’t murdered. He died of cancer, according to family
Former FBI agent Ted Gunderson was murdered.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This girl has good aim, but she didn’t hit former Vice President Mike Pence with a water balloon
Video shows a girl hitting former Vice President Mike Pence in the head with a water balloon.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Former President Donald Trump wasn’t arrested in July
“Donald Trump arrested” July 5.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden aren’t dead, contrary to social media claims
“Donald Trump and Joe Biden both died years ago.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Old video of former President Donald Trump miscaptioned as ‘breaking news’
Video shows “breaking news” because “President Trump just dropped a bombshell!!!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Former Biden Campaign Worker Runs ‘Erica Marsh’ Twitter Account — Name Not Known To Biden Campaign, DNC, FEC
Is a Twitter account under the name of Erica Marsh run by someone with that name who identifies themself as a "Proud Democrat: Former Field Organizer to elect President Biden. Volunteer for the Obama Foundation"? No, that's not true: Ther
PolitiFact→ Jared Moskowitz – Trump in the rough? Altered photo falsely depicts former president on the golf course
Image shows Donald Trump golfing.
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson is not entitled to a ‘£115,000 pension’ as a former Prime Minister
Social media posts wrongly claim that Boris Johnson will receive a £115,000 a year pension.
PolitiFact→ What have GOP candidates said about pardoning former President Donald Trump?
On the presidential campaign trail, Republican candidates are weighing in about how they would handle a potential pardon for former President Donald Trump.
PolitiFact→ Mark Kaye – Claim is wrong: Donald Trump’s former attorney general did not call the former president a spy
Former Attorney General Bill Barr “says Donald Trump is a spy.”
The Dispatch→ Former President Arraigned (Again)
Plus: Lawmakers weigh intelligence collection reform. Continue reading Former President Arraigned (Again) »
Logically→ Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan is alive and was not injected with toxins to trigger a cardiac arrest
Logically→ Video of protests outside former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s London home predate Imran Khan’s arrest
Logically→ Old photos used to falsely claim former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was ‘tortured,’ ‘killed’ after his arrest
Logically→ No, actor Akshay Kumar has not condemned former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wasn’t found guilty of treason
Says U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi “is guilty of treason.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Those are no actors. They’re President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
"There is no Biden presidency. The real Biden was executed for his crimes long ago along with Clinton."
Poynter→ A video of a former CIA director is not proof that the government is spraying the sky with chemicals
The conspiracy theory that the U.S. government is intentionally spraying toxic chemicals into the air has persisted for nearly two decades. The baseless claims often refer to so-called “chemtrails” and say that the […] The post A v
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of former CIA director is not proof that government is spraying sky with chemicals
A video proves that “our own government is acknowledging that they’re spraying the skies” with toxic chemicals.
Logically→ A falsely attributed passport belongs to Barack Obama’s father, not the former president
PolitiFact→ Tom Fitton – No, former President Donald Trump is not ‘officially a political prisoner’
“President Trump is officially a political prisoner.”
Logically→ Old speech by President Joe Biden misrepresented, falsely linked to former President Donald Trump’s indictment
The Dispatch→ Former President Arraigned
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits with his defense team in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on April 4, 2023. (Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images)Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg faces an uphill climb for a Trump conviction.Continue reading Fo
Logically→ Old image of former Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra falsely linked to his recent visit as Foreign Secretary
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts about his possible arrest don’t include this one
Former President Donald Trump said “any indictment of me is an indictment of you.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Donald Trump is a former U.S. president, not the current commander in chief
Former President Donald Trump is the “current sitting” commander in chief.
Truth or Fiction?→ Tennessee SB 841, ‘Drag Performers Must Register With the Government’
On March 21 2023, Imgur user redbullvodka shared a screenshot of a tweet with a post title indicating that a proposed bill would require “drag performers” to register with the government in Tennessee: Up next: drag performers must register
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Former President Donald Trump didn’t tweet this QAnon phrase
Former President Donald Trump tweeted, “The storm is upon us.”
Logically→ Former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss called India ‘a nation that naively follows illiterate leaders and spiritual gurus.’
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No mystery: Former Clinton White House official died after jet turbulence
“Clinton ally mysteriously dies.”
Logically→ Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo stormed an election collation center in Abuja.
No reputable source has corroborated this narrative.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Former Clinton White House aide wasn't murdered
“Clinton aide found dead, tied to tree in apparent murder.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service Driver Did NOT Kill Former President
Did the driver for John F. Kennedy, Secret Service Agent William Greer, turn around and shoot the former president when JFK was assassinated in Dallas in November 1963? No, that's not true: A video posted on social media that makes this c
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Old photo of former President Donald Trump used to hawk diet pills
This photo shows former President Donald Trump “last week.”