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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Judge ordered release of people named in court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, not his client list
The order has added to yearslong speculation sparked by the Epstein case about the involvement of rich and powerful people in sex trafficking.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Acting On ‘Bump This Post’ Will NOT Help Find Missing Man With Dementia — It’s Ruse To Trick People To Share It
Did "Mr. Luke Jones," purportedly a man with dementia, drive away from his home and fail to return, triggering the activation of a silver alert? No, that's not true: No elderly man named Luke Jones is missing at the time of writing. This
Logically→ No, people who arrive in the U.K. after crossing the English Channel in dinghies do not automatically get a range of benefits
PolitiFact→ Mark Lamb – No, the U.S. government is not giving people who crossed the border illegally $5,000 gift cards
“We have our government giving people who came into this country illegally $5,000 gift cards.”
Full Fact→ University of Edinburgh has not issued a ‘public apology’ to the Palestinian people
A letter supposedly showing this has been circulating online. It’s actually a fictional text created for a performance piece.
Full Fact→ People who cross the Channel do not automatically get a range of benefits
A Facebook post suggests those crossing the Channel are entitled to a range of benefits, but asylum seekers get far less support.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cambridge Scientists Did NOT ‘Admit 25% Of Vaccinated People Now Have VAIDS’
Did Cambridge scientists "admit" that 25 percent of people vaccinated for COVID-19 now have "vaccine acquired immune deficiency syndrome"? No, that's not true: The scientific report that the claim is purportedly based on never mentions th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Offer Free Gold Bars To 10,000 People — Video Has Been Altered With Fake Voiceover
Does a video document an Elon Musk offer to give free gold bars to the first 10,000 people who respond to his offer? No, that's not true: The audio track of this video has been replaced with audio of a fake voice that resembles Elon Musk'
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Iceland Has NOT Banned ‘Covid Shots’ As Of December 5, 2023 — At-Risk People Encouraged To Stay On COVID Vaccine Schedule
Did Iceland ban COVID-19 vaccinations? No, that's not true: The Nordic nation has not banned COVID vaccines as of this publication and was actually encouraging at-risk populations to maintain a recommended vaccine schedule. Social media u
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Homeless people in San Francisco didn’t go missing, they were moved into shelters and other areas
Suggests homeless people mysteriously went missing in San Francisco.
Full Fact→ Widespread confusion over number of ‘people’ on NHS waiting lists
The latest figures show there are 7.8 million cases waiting for planned treatment in England—but only 6.5 million people, because some are waiting for more than one thing.
Truth or Fiction?→ Fact-Checking the Claim: ‘Israel: A Land Without a People for a People Without a Land?’
The narrative that Israel was “a land without a people for a people without a land” has often been cited in historical, political, and philosophical discourses. This multifaceted exploration will delve not only into the origins of this cl
Logically→ 2014 video of people celebrating ceasefire agreement in Gaza shared as recent
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 17,327 Dead People Did NOT Vote In Michigan In 2020 Presidential Election
Did 17,327 dead people vote in Michigan in the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: The Michigan Office of the Auditor General released an audit in March 2022 that found 1,616 votes cast by electors who died prior to election
Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines did not kill 30 people at one clinic in New Zealand
This claim comes from an activist who supplied no supporting evidence. It is contradicted by data on deaths published by the New Zealand government.
PolitiFact→ Stew Peters – No, this video doesn’t show Israeli military killing people at Oct. 7 concert in Israel
“Footage from Israeli helicopter shows the IDF killing many people at October 7 concert in Israel.”
Logically→ No, 30 people vaccinated on the same day in New Zealand did not die due to the COVID-19 vaccine
The Dispatch→ Party People
How to win with a very old, very unpopular president. Maybe?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Lead Advisor To The World Economic Forum’ Revealing Plan To Hook ‘Useless People’ On Drugs And Video Games In 2023
Did a video on social media capture "the lead advisor to the World Economic Forum" advocating for making "useless people" addicted to drugs and video games? No, that's not true: The recording showed a pre-pandemic discussion about the soc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israel ‘Blowing Up People In Hospitals’ After Hamas Attack in October 2023 — Scenes Are From Syria’s Civil War Years Earlier
Does a video on social media show Israel "blowing up people in hospitals" in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The video shows scenes that can be traced to Omar bin Abdulaziz Hospital in Aleppo, Sy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: October 2023 Titanic Magazine Cover Does NOT Show Cartoon Of People In Zelenskyy Masks Begging For Candy
Does the cover of the October 2023 issue of the German satirical magazine Titanic feature a cartoon of people wearing masks depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with a title that translates to "This time there won't be enoug
AllSides→ People Claim a Majority of Palestinians in Gaza Elected Hamas — Here’s Why It Isn’t That Simple
https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/11/01/majority-palestinians-gaza-elect-hamas/ As the Israel-Gaza cris
Logically→ Video of people assaulting security guard in Israel viral with false claims
Logically→ Old video of fans throwing soft toys in a football stadium shared as people supporting Palestine
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Side-By-Side Videos Do NOT Show ‘Hamas Crisis Actor’ Faking Injuries — It’s Two Different People
Did a "Hamas crisis actor" fake a video during the Hamas-Israel conflict in October 2023 that showed him hospitalized one day and walking around OK the next? No, that's not true: The side-by-side videos on social media show two different
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: How many people on the terrorist watchlist are coming into the United States?
Encounters with people on the terrorist watchlist at the southern border have gone up over the past two years. But immigration experts say flawed data make these numbers a bad gauge of the threat of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Greta Thunberg didn’t urge people to use vegan hand grenades
Greta Thunberg urged people to use “vegan grenades” because “no animals should have to give their life for all this mayhem and chaos.”
Logically→ The image showing people cheering for the Israeli army is AI-generated
Logically→ 2014 video of people chanting ‘Gaza is cemetery’ shared amid Israel-Hamas war
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: That’s NOT People Sleeping On Ground In Gaza In October 2023 — It’s World Youth Day In Portugal Weeks Earlier
Does a video show displaced Palestinian people who had no place to go sleeping outdoors on the ground? No, that's not true: The video was filmed in early August 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, during World Youth Day, an international Catholic p
Logically→ No, video doesn’t show Egyptians entering Palestine with aid for people of Gaza
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Climbing Wall At Lebanon-Israel Border In October 2023 – It’s From 2021
Does a video on social media show people climbing a wall at the Lebanon-Israel border in October 2023 in response to the Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The footage is from a 2021 protest against Israeli raids on the Palestini
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Cargo plane that evacuated people from Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021 is real, not a decoy
Video shows an “inflatable decoy plane” at the Kabul airport in 2021.
Health Feedback→ Analysis claiming to find COVID-19 vaccines killed 17 million people is highly flawed, doesn’t account for COVID-19 mortality surges
REVIEW A claim that COVID-19 vaccines have killed 17 million people appeared in
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, an ‘air vaccine’ tied to Bill Gates was not approved for use on non-consenting people
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Logically→ Video of people cooking pig shared as ‘migrants roasting dog’ in Ireland
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of people dressed as dogs is part of a fetish festival, not a ‘trans-species rights’ protest
Video of howling people in Germany shows “trans species rights” protest.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Fleeing SuperNova Festival During Hamas Attack In Israel — Video Shows Bruno Mars Fans Running To Concert Seats Days Earlier
Does a video show festival attendees running for their lives amid the attack by Hamas gunmen at a rave in Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The footage is from three days before Hamas' attack; It shows people rushing into a
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Nikki Haley’s claim that Joe Biden added 20 million ineligible people to Medicaid is wrong
Joe Biden "put 20 million people on Medicaid who aren’t even eligible, then stopped states from taking them off."