Was the nearly 900-year-old Saint Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church In Gaza destroyed by Israeli bombs? No, that's not true: After claims went viral that the church had been destroyed, the church posted messages on its Facebook account, re
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Footage Does NOT Show Israeli Air Force Striking Targets In Gaza In October 2023 — It Is Video From Five Months Earlier
Does a video of an explosion in an urban area with clouds of smoke and large pieces of debris hurled skyward show the Israeli Air Force striking terror targets in Gaza in October 2023? No, that's not true: The footage is from a May 2023 a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Hamas Terrorist With Kidnapped Jewish Baby Girl In Gaza’ — Toddler Is Arab, Video Is From Before Hamas Attack In October 2023
Does a social media video show a "Hamas terrorist with kidnapped Jewish baby girl in Gaza," following the Hamas attack on Israel in early October 2023? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found the original video and it predates the October
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hamas Did NOT Claim Ukraine Sold Them Weapons Used To Attack Israel In October 2023
Did Hamas claim that Ukraine sold them the weapons, purportedly paid for by the United States, that they used to attack Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: Hamas has made no such public claim. Additionally, there is no credibl
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Airstrike video predates October Hamas attack on Israel
Video shows “Israeli Air Force…striking terror targets in Gaza” in October.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video that predates Hamas October 2023 attack mischaracterized amid violence
Video shows Hamas “paraglided amongst Israeli citizens and proceeded to massacre them.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA’s October 4 Test Will NOT Send ‘Special Sound Nationwide For 30 Minutes’ On All Phones, Computers, TVs, Radios
Will FEMA's October 4, 2023, wireless emergency alert test cause a 30-minute sound on all phones, computers, televisions and radios in the United States? No, that's not true: The test of the emergency alert system will run within a 30-min
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA’s October 4, 2023, Wireless Emergency Alert Test Is NOT Mandatory On Mobile Devices — It is Possible To Opt Out
Is it true that there will be no way to opt out of the FEMA and FCC Nationwide Emergency Alert Test on October 4, 2023? No, that's not true: If a person does not want to receive the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) portion of the test, they
The Dispatch→ Smears and Myths—The October Surprise Revisited
Ronald Reagan takes the oath of office on January 20. 1981 during inauguration ceremonies in Washington, DC. (Photograph from the Bettman Collection/Getty Images.)The New York Times revives the claim that Reagan won in 1980 by conspiring to prolong th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Actor Pauley Perrette Did NOT Die On October 20, 2022, Or December 11, 2022
Did Pauley Perrette, the actor who formerly starred in the television series "NCIS," die on December 11, 2022? No, that's not true: Perrette is, at the time of writing, active on social media and in recent weeks shifted her posting from T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Congratulate Musk On October 27, 2022, For Buying Twitter
Did former President Donald Trump send out an October 27, 2022, statement congratulating Tesla owner and billionaire Elon Musk for purchasing Twitter? No, that's not true: Trump's spokesperson said the claim is not real. Trump has comment
Logically→ Donald Trump’s Twitter account will be reactivated on October 31.
There is no official confirmation from Trump, Twitter, or its new owner Elon Musk whether the former U.S. President's account will be restored or not.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Was NOT Featured On October 2022 Cover Of German Satirical Magazine Titanic
Did Titanic, a German satirical monthly magazine, release a cover in October 2022 that features an illustration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sucking money and resources into his mouth? No, that's not true: The October 2022 i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA Vaccines For Livestock Are NOT Mandated For Australian Farmers As Of October 2022
Are Australian farmers being forced to inject livestock with mRNA vaccines that are killing cows? No, that's not true: Some biotechnology firms and governments have announced plans to research and eventually roll out less expensive and mo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Active Serial Killer Investigation In New York As Of October 20, 2022
Is there currently an active serial killer investigation into a New York City male taxi driver who murders his passengers? No, that's not true: A Brooklyn District Attorney's Office spokesperson told Lead Stories they have no knowledge of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Did NOT Produce More Oil Than Saudi Arabia On October 7, 2018
Was the state of Texas, not Saudi Arabia, the largest oil producer in the world on October 7, 2018? No, that's not true: In 2018, Texas produced, on average, roughly 4.42 million barrels of oil a day, while Saudi Arabia produced nearly 10
AllSides→ Biden’s Numbers, October 2022 Update
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/bidens-numbers-october-2022-update/ With the economy on the top of vo
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers, October 2022 Update
Summary With the economy on the top of voters’ minds this election year, we take a look at some key statistical measures of how the U.S. has performed under President Joe Biden: The economy gained 10 million jobs; total employment is
Logically→ International Committee of the Red Cross has suspended work in Ukraine after the October 10 missile strikes.
Red Cross denied the rumors and clarified that it has not suspended activities and is continuing its work in Ukraine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Did NOT Resign On October 12, 2022
Did U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris resign from office on or even before October 12, 2022? No, that's not true: The claim was made in the title of a video on Facebook, but, in the actual video, Newsmax talk show host Rob Schmitt does no
Logically→ An image of people injured in the October 10 missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, is fake.
Many credible media outlets have documented the missile attacks on October 10, proving that the image is not fake.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germany Did NOT Declare War On Russia On October 11, 2022
Did Germany declare war on Russia on October 11, 2022? No, that's not true. There are no credible reports or official statements confirming this claim. Even a video posted on Facebook with a headline asserting that Germany had declared wa
Logically→ NATO combatants and 500 Polish soldiers died in the Russian missile strike at a building in Zaporizhzhya on October 8.
There is no evidence that NATO combatants and Polish soldiers died in the Zaporizhzhia missile attack on October 8.
The Dispatch→ Video: Dispatch Live for October 11
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Video: Dispatch Live for October 11 appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ India will shut down banks for 20 days in October to introduce cryptocurrency.
Banks in India will remain closed on weekends and on account of festivities. No bank will be shut for three weeks straight.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Was NOT Removed From Office By House Democrats On Or Before October 4, 2022
Was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi removed from office by Democrats in the House on or before October 4, 2022? No, that's not true: Such a claim appears to be clickbait and there is no evidence to support it. The claim appeared in a Facebook
Snopes→ Amazon to Hold Holiday Shopping Event in October
During the Oct. 11-12 event, Amazon Prime members will get early access to discounted items.
Snopes→ Twitter-Musk Takeover Dispute Heading for an October Trial
Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge set an October trial.
AllSides→ Meta admits Facebook bug led to a ‘surge of misinformation’ and other harmful content appearing in News Feeds between October and March
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10675719/Meta-admits-Facebook-bug-led-surge-misinformation.html
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That U.S. Army ‘Delta Force’ Raided An Adrenochrome Warehouse On October 18, 2021
Did the U.S. Army Delta Force raid a storage facility on October 18, 2021? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a raid occurred and the claim was published on a known fake news website. The claim appeared as an article (arc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence That A Clown Purge Is Happening October 30, 2021
Are sinister clowns coming to a city near you to purge and terrify everyone in sight? No, that's not true: It's a rerun of the same baseless clown threat that appeared in the fall of 2016. There was no evidence then that a clown purge wou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Claiming ‘Joe Biden Declares Mandatory Vaccination for ALL Americans by October 30’ Leads To Porn Page
Is an article headlined 'Joe Biden Declares Mandatory Vaccination for ALL Americans by October 30' a real story? No, that's not true: Clicking on the link takes you to an obscene photo of senior citizen sex. It was created by a fake news
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Washington, D.C., Commercial Flights Were NOT Canceled on October 11, 2021
Were all commercial flights to and from Washington, D.C., canceled on October 11, 2021? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that happened. Flights still were moving as planned in the morning and early afternoon on October 11, accord
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Outage On October 4, 2021, Was NOT Met With Virtually ‘No Media Coverage’
Was Facebook's outage on October 4, 2021, met with "virtual no media coverage?" No, that's not true: not only was there major media coverage of the outage as it occurred but there was plenty of coverage about it after it was resolved. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Disrupt Facebook By Seizing Its Servers On October 4, 2021 — Outage Was Caused By Technical Difficulties
Did the military disrupt Facebook's operations on October 4, 2021, by seizing the social media platform's servers at its headquarters? No, that's not true: Facebook, along with its acquired social media platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, e
Snopes→ What Caused the October 2021 Facebook Outage?
The technology giant suffered a major shutdown that lasted about six hours.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minister’s Order Does NOT Indicate Martial Law To Be Implemented Between October 8-16 In Canada
Did the government of Saskatchewan in Canada adopt an emergency order with the intention of instituting martial law -- shutting down travel with checkpoints, entering homes and seizing private property and disrupting the food supply by ta
Snopes→ Food Stamp Benefits to Increase by More Than 25% in October
President Joe Biden's administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food aid available to needy families — the largest single increase in the program's history.
Snopes→ The Rumor About ‘The Parent Trap’ and October 11 Is True
In the 1998 film "The Parent Trap," Lindsay Lohan portrayed two identical twin girls who were born on October 11. But that's not all.
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has circulated since October 2020 in reports about a Yemini boy who was assaulted by his father
Photos of a boy covered in bruises have been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that he is the Muslim boy who was beaten for allegedly drinking tap water inside a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in Mar