Despite ongoing attacks by law enforcement against journalists covering protests, Los Angeles’ mayoral candidates, both running on the Democratic Party ticket, have not weighed in on the accounts of police attacks against journalists during prote
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: SUV Trump Was Riding In Did NOT Have Glass Partition Blocking Him From Steering Wheel On January 6, 2021
Was it impossible or difficult for then-President Donald Trump to reach the steering wheel of the vehicle he was riding in on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: The fortified SUV transporting him did not have a glass partition between
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did an ‘Inside Man’ Open Capitol Doors for Rioters on January 6?
(Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Disinformation surrounding the 2021 Capitol insurrection has resurfaced in recent days following hearings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Air Force F-35s Did NOT Carry Out Air Raid In Black Sea Destroying Russian Forces In June 2022
Did U.S. Air Force F-35s carry out an air raid in the Black Sea destroying Russian forces in June 2022? No, that's not true: The United States, while offering billions of dollars in military aid, equipment and training to Ukrainian forces
Truth or Fiction?→ Is a Kansas City News Outlet Ducking Questions About its ‘Fentanyl Overdose’ Story?
A Kansas City news organization is not addressing major questions around a story about a suspected “fentanyl overdose” that relies on disinformation and debunked law enforcement narratives. The story, which aired on KCTV-TV on June 16 2022,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Julian Assange’s Organization’ Did NOT Release Series Of Clips Exposing ‘Brutal WAR CRIMES’ Of US, UK After Assange Extradition Order
Did "Julian Assange's Organization" release a series of clips exposing "brutal WAR CRIMES" of the U.S. and British militaries after WikiLeaks founder Assange was ordered to be extradited to the United States? No, that's not true: When the
Truth or Fiction?→ Winnfield, Louisiana ‘Indecent Exposure’ TikTok Controversy
On June 11 2022, a TikTok user going by @kazzi112 shared a clip claiming that she was cited for “indecent exposure” in Winnfield, Louisiana, for wearing the cropped t-shirt and denim cutoffs she wore in the video: @kazzi112 MAKE IT MAKE SE
Truth or Fiction?→ Jan. 6 Hearings: Disinformation Powered Trump’s Push to Overturn Election
The fourth public hearing organized by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol on June 21 2022 examined how disinformation and smear campaigns were wielded to pressure state officials and private individ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Navy Did NOT See UFOs in July 2019 — Navy Classified Them As ‘Unmanned Aerial Systems’ (Drones)
Did the U.S. Navy encounter real UFOs in July 2019 and shoot "hundreds of bullets" at them? No, that's not true: The Navy defined the objects as "unmanned aerial systems" (UAS), or as news reports described them, drones. The objects were
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plane From United Airlines Flight 93 On 9/11 DID Crash In Pennsylvania — It Disintegrated Into Small Pieces
Was the plane from United Airlines Flight 93 not at the reported crash site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: The hijacked plane crashed into the ground on September 11, 2001, almost upside down at a speed of up to 580
Logically→ A video shows Russia shot down NATO helicopters in Ukraine.
The widely circulated video is a video game footage from Arma 3. It is not related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Truth or Fiction?→ Third January 6 Hearings Looks at Pressure, Disinformation Campaigns to Overturn Election
The third hearing by the House committee investigating the January 6 2021 insurrection focused on the pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election — and the deeply corrosive weaponized narratives which undergirded the attempt. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Navy Full-Ship Shock Trial Was NOT Targeting A Sea Monster Heading Toward Florida In June 2021
Did the U.S. Navy use a 40,000-pound explosive to blow up a sea monster from the bottom of the ocean that was heading toward Florida? No, that's not true: This detonation of a 40,000-pound explosive in the Atlantic Ocean was part of a Ful
The Dispatch→ Fact-Checking Day 2 of the January 6 Hearings
(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)The second day of hearings by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol focused on Donald Trump’s role in knowingly perpetuating the false narrativ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UFO In Video Was NOT Filmed By US Marines Training In Arizona Desert — It Was Added With CGI
Did U.S. Marines film a giant UFO in the Arizona desert? No, that's not true: 2017 footage of U.S. Marines conducting a training exercise during a weapons and tactics instructors course was edited to include a large hovering UFO. The orig
FactCheck.org→ Evidence Gaps in ‘2000 Mules’
A conservative film now playing in select theaters around the country isn’t “determinative, definitive” proof of widespread voter fraud, as former President Donald Trump has claimed. “It’s called ‘2000 Mules,'” Tru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mermaid Washed Up On Beach In Kenya Or South Africa Is NOT Real — It’s Video Hoax
Was this an actual child mermaid who cried in distress with the voice of a pig, reeled in or washed up on a beach in Africa, amazing onlookers who poked and videoed the half-human half-fish creature without trying to help? No, that's not
Full Fact→ Video of driver escaping police roadblock by driving on roof of bus is not real
A widely-shared video posted to Facebook which purports to show spectacular footage of a driver escaping a police roadblock is not real. In the video a blue car manages to avoid a roadblock by driving off a ramp next to a tunnel and using the roof of a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Geotracking NOT Only Evidence Used By Justice Department To Place January 6 Defendants Inside Capitol
Is geotracking the only evidence being used by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to place January 6, 2021, defendants inside the U.S. Capitol? No, that's not true: FBI investigators and the DOJ are using the tracking data, along with Wi-Fi
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did the Military Arrest the White House Deputy Chief of Staff?
(Screenshot from CSPAN.)A widely shared article from Real Raw News, which describes itself as trying “to bring light to topics often ignored by others,” claims that the military arrested President Joe Biden’s campaign manager and Whit
Full Fact→ BBC didn’t replace boos for Boris Johnson with ‘generic audio’
A post on Facebook, viewed more than 73,000 times, claims that the BBC edited footage of Boris and Carrie Johnson arriving at St Paul’s Cathedral for part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations to replace the sound of booing crowds wi
Full Fact→ BBC didn’t ‘censor’ audio of crowd booing over Boris Johnson clip
Claims that the BBC “censored” footage of Boris and Carrie Johnson arriving at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee thanksgiving service to remove audio of the crowd booing have been shared widely on social media. The claim is based on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Chant ‘Lock Her Up’ At Speaker Nancy Pelosi At 2017 Press Conference
Did protesters shout "Lock her up!" when confronting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the Congress floor? No, that's not true: This interaction took place between pro-immigration protesters and Pelosi at a press conference in San Francisco o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 9 mm Bullet Does NOT Blow ‘The Lung Out Of The Body’
Is it true that "a 9 mm bullet blows the lung out of the body"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories reached out to firearms experts and a trauma surgeon who said the claim is false. The claim was made by President Joe Biden on May 30, 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Just Destroy A Chinese Spy Satellite With a SpaceX Rocket
Did Elon Musk "just save us" by destroying a Chinese spy satellite with a SpaceX rocket? No, that's not true: This is a baseless clickbait video manufactured for views. There are news stories from late 2021 about close calls between two S
Truth or Fiction?→ Leonna Hale Photoshop Controversy
On May 30 2022, social media users discussed the shooting of Leonna Hale, a purportedly unarmed pregnant woman in Kansas City — frequently in the context of police actions during and after the May 24 2022 Uvalde, Texas school shooting: Kansas C
Truth or Fiction?→ Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘White Supremacy Should Not Be the Main Target … We Should Not Be Pursuing People Based on How They Vote’
As the nation continued to discover and discuss “replacement theory” in late May 2022, a Twitter screenshot on Imgur attributed a quote to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia), addressing white supremacy by saying that the government
Snopes→ Did Viral Video Show a Real Fight at Airport Check-in?
The footage was shared widely on social media in May 2022, prompting speculation about its authenticity.
Poynter→ This college ‘nerd’ investigates the Ukraine war from the digital front lines
I first stumbled across The Intel Crab in 2021. The anonymous Twitter account shared videos showing an Israeli airstrike hitting Associated Press offices in the Gaza Strip. The footage that […] The post This college ‘nerd’ investigates the Uk
Full Fact→ Why Parliament must act on the Online Safety Bill
MPs can take action to protect us all from harmful misinformation What is the Online Safety Bill? The Online Safety Bill will bring in new rules for internet companies to make sure their users are protected from harms that can take place on thei
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Keanu Reeves Work As a Reporter Covering a Teddy Bear Convention?
A glimpse of actor Keanu Reeve’s first media jobs spread online once again in May 2022, thanks to a movie podcast. The show, “All The Right Movies,” posted a clip of Reeves’ work as a correspondent for the CBC Television program
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Have News Report On April 22, 2022, About New Program That Could Earn Americans Up To $50,000
Was there a CNN news report on April 22, 2022, about a new program that could earn Americans up to $50,000? No, that's not true: Instead, a video that claimed that such a financial program has "been all over the news lately" used stock fo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT True That ‘Not One Real Video Has Surfaced’ From 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Is it true that "not one real video has surfaced" from the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: There is an abundance of footage showing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on May 20, 2022.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘2,000 Mules’
On May 7, 2,000 Mules, a documentary film from right-wing provocateur Dinesh D'Souza, debuted in more than 270 theaters across the country. The movie, which grossed more than $1 million on the streaming service Rumble in under 12 hours, purports
Snopes→ Yes, Someone Broke Down Laughing in Courtroom of Depp v. Heard Trial
Video footage of the trial observer leaving, seemingly because of uncontrollable laughter, captured social media attention.
Truth or Fiction?→ Denmark Versus Netherlands Football Match, Both Teams Wear Ukraine Jerseys
On May 18 2022, an Imgur user shared a post that purportedly depicted a football match between teams from Denmark and the Netherlands — with both sides in “Ukraine” jerseys. The post was titled “Denmark plays with Netherlands
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UFO In Shape Of Pyramid Was NOT Seen Over The Pentagon In 2018
Did witnesses capture footage of a UFO over the Pentagon in December 2018? No, that's not true: A spokesperson at the Pentagon described the claim by telling Lead Stories, "This appears to be a hoax. There were no reports of unusual activ
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Doctored video appears to show 9/11 attack without planes
No planes are visible in footage of the 9/11 attack.
Logically→ Stratospheric aerosol injections cause allergies and trouble breathing.
2016 footage of an ex-CIA director talking about using stratospheric aerosol injections to reverse global warming has been misinterpreted.
Truth or Fiction?→ Congressional UFO Hearing Slated for May 17 2022
On May 10 2022, lawmakers on Twitter disclosed that an open hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (or UAPs, formerly known as UFOs, or unidentified flying objects) would be held the following week in Congress. California congressmember Adam Schiff (