Did the wildfires that have ravaged much of the western United States in September 2020 stop at the borders and not impact Mexico and Canada? No, that's not true. The U.S. northern border has been breached with blazes -- while to the sout
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Full Fact→ Instagram post falsely claims there was a plane crash at Gatwick Airport
A post on Instagram has claimed that a plane crash at Gatwick Airport on Wednesday killed three people and injured 127. This is not the case. There have been no reported plane crashes at Gatwick or any other UK airport in recent days or months. The pos
The Dispatch→ Did Jeffrey Goldberg ‘Confess’ That His Atlantic Article About Trump Could Be False?
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Full Fact→ £1.5bn GDP boost from UK-Japan trade deal is not on top of existing EU-Japan deal benefits
Last week the government announced that the UK and Japan had secured a free trade agreement (FTA), the first major trade deal made by the UK since it left the EU. The Department of International Trade (DIT) said: “Government analysis shows
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Math Mistake Did NOT Cause U.S. Leaders To Panic And Order COVID Lockdowns
Did a math mistake by America's most visible pandemic fighter panic U.S. leaders into imposing strict quarantines? No, that's not true: A published claim by a Kremlin-controlled propaganda website offers no evidence that a statistic known
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show A ‘Fire Drone’ And Has NOT Been Blocked By Social Media Platforms
Did Twitter, Google and YouTube block users from seeing video of an aerial flame-thrower starting wildland fires? No, that's not true: the video has been available on several social media feeds since Aug. 21, 2020. Also, the video shows a
Poynter→ Science and health fact-checkers put pandemic claims under a microscope
In the face of a global pandemic, science and health fact-checking journalists are having their moment. Over the past two decades, political claims and widespread hoaxes and rumors have dominated fact-checking journalism. Snopes began debunking online
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blonde Woman In Meme About Ambush Of Los Angeles County Deputies Is NOT The Wounded Female Officer
Is a blonde woman pictured in a meme about the Los Angeles sheriff's deputies who were shot in their squad car the actual female officer who was wounded? No, that's not true. The photograph of a woman with long blonde hair in posts that h
Health Feedback→ Cloth masks are effective at reducing virus transmission because it spreads in respiratory droplets, which are larger than smoke particles and the pores in fabric
REVIEW Memes appeared on Facebook in late August 2020 claiming that cloth masks are ineffective at reducing virus transmission because smoke particles are larger than virus particles and cannot be filtered by cloth masks (see examples here and here)
AFP Fact Check→ The photo was taken in Chemnitz during a far-right rally in 2018
A pair of photos have been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that one of the photos shows German police removing their helmets in solidarity with protesters in Berlin. The claim is false; the first photo was taken in t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: North American Bison Numbers Were Not Reduced To Only Twenty Seven Individuals
Did colonizers kill bison until there were only 27 left? No, that's not true: While it is true that North American Bison Herds were brought dangerously close to extinction due to a variety of factors, and this had a devastating impact on
FactCheck.org→ Trump Spins Quotes by/About Biden
In campaign rallies in Nevada, President Donald Trump twisted remarks made by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and gave a disputed description of comments by Biden’s former chief of staff. Biden said that local law enforcement using
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Absentee Ballot Application With Trump Ads Did NOT Come From A Local Elections Office — Political Groups Can Send Them
Was an official absentee ballot application with Trump campaign advertisements all over it sent to a woman by the local elections office? No, that's not true: Ballot applications can be sent out by groups other than local board of electio
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Josie Huang Identify Herself as Press While Being Arrested?
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s latest attempt to justify the violent arrest of a journalist was clearly exposed as false by video footage of the attack posted by the reporter and other news outlets. Huang, a reporter for KPC
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Donald Trump Paid Hundreds of Workers To Help With Search And Rescue After 9/11
Did Donald Trump pay hundreds of workers to help with search-and-rescue efforts after 9/11? It's unclear, but unlikely: Almost immediately after the attacks, Trump told reporters that he had men helping in the efforts. But we could find n
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Louisiana Man Drop Dead Moments After Calling a Woman a Racial Epithet?
In September 2020, what looked like a news article about a Louisiana man who instantly died after using a racial slur to insult a woman went viral across social media platforms: "No one who knew the woman personally spoke to reporters nor th
Snopes→ UK Museum in Oxford Removes Shrunken Heads from Display
Oxford University’s Pitt Rivers Museum has removed its famous collection of shrunken heads and other human remains from display as part of a broader effort to “decolonize” its collections.
Snopes→ Virus Prompts Pause for Peeps Holiday Treats
Peeps treats are going on hiatus for several months — another consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.
Truth or Fiction?→ Attempted Florida Pizza Shop Abduction: ‘Hold Tight to Your Babies. 😭😭 They Are Coming for Them’
On September 11 2020, a Facebook user shared the following screen recording of an apparent attempted child abduction, captioned “Hold tight to your babies. They are coming for them”: That had been captured from the Instagram acc
The Dispatch→ Was President Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Nomination Forged?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ignat Shchetinin And Sammy Scott Piatt Not CHARGED With Arson Connected To Clackamas County, Oregon Wildfires
Were Ignat Shchetinin and Sammy Scott Piatt charged with arson in connection with wildfires raging in Clackamas County, Oregon? No, that's not true. While two men have been charged with arson, the charges are not related to the wildfires
Full Fact→ People deciding not to get tested will not make it look as though coronavirus has been wiped out
A viral block of text on social media has claimed that if people stop getting tested for Covid-19, it’ll reduce the virus and the likelihood of a second lockdown. The post reads: “Can people just stop getting tested ? You do realise You are
Full Fact→ Covid-19 kills far more than 0.1% of the people who catch it
“Lockdown happened because we were told that Covid could kill one percent. But Covid was never going to kill more than about 0.1 percent – max.” RT.com, 6 September 2020 An opinion article on RT.com, a Russian state news site in Eng
Snopes→ Astronomers See Possible Hints of Life in Venus’s Clouds
Several outside experts — and the study authors themselves — agreed the potential sign of life is tantalizing but said it is far from the first proof of life on another planet.
The Dispatch→ Did Hillary Clinton Give Andy McCabe’s Wife $700,000 for a Campaign?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Netflix Did NOT Clarify Its Content Is ‘Mostly Pedophilia-Free’ In Response To ‘Cuties’ Backlash
Did Netflix tweet that its content is "mostly pedophila-free" in response to criticism over its streaming of "Cuties"? No, that's not true: The claim was made in a satire article on a popular satire site. However, several non-satire sites
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove Obama And Clooney Acted Inappropriately — Girl Is The President’s Niece And NOT The Girl Who Was Murdered
Do photos of former President Barack Obama and George Clooney with a young girl show them acting inappropriately? No, that's not true: The girl in Obama's lap is the former president's niece and the photo was taken by the White House phot
Logically→ The United States lost one in four manufacturing jobs after China’s entry into the WTO
Job losses in the manufacturing sector in the US sharply increased after China entered the WTO but there have also been other factors at play.
FactCheck.org→ Baseless Claim Turns Fake IDs Story into Voter Fraud Tale
Quick Take A claim being shared on Facebook distorts the facts about fake IDs seized in a Chicago airport this year, baselessly claiming the phony IDs were tied to names “ALL Registered to Vote” as Democrats. Federal authorities announced n
FactCheck.org→ Police: Political Activists Didn’t Cause Oregon’s Wildfires
Quick Take Rumors have spread across social media, claiming that the wildfires in Oregon were set by political activists. Law enforcement agencies have refuted those claims and asked residents to stop the spread of conspiracy theories. Full Story As wi
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Facebook Offering to Pay Conservatives to Delete Their Accounts?
A Facebook page catering to right-wing users shared a post in September 2020 misconstruing a new study by the platform as being an incentive program for users in their political sphere. The September 2020 post claims that Facebook “is offering
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Kenosha Car Dealer Kills Himself After His Insurance Won’t Cover a Cent of the 2.5 Million Dollars of Damages’ Caused by BLM Protests
On September 9 2020, a screenshot of a fabricated Fox Business article headlined “Kenosha car dealer kills himself after his insurance won’t cover a cent of the 2.5 million dollars of damages caused by the riots” was shared to meme a
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s False Attacks on Trump’s Social Security ‘Plan’
A Biden campaign TV ad falsely claims that a government analysis of President Donald Trump’s “planned cuts to Social Security” shows that “if Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Did More Than 12,000 Christians Defy Governor, Worship at California Capitol in September 2020?
On September 7 2020, a Facebook user shared the following post claiming that thousands of Christians had flocked to the California State Capitol the previous day — but the media did not report the large turnout. The post claimed: 12,000 plus Chr
The Dispatch→ Did Kayleigh McEnany Claim Obama Promised a COVID Vaccine?
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Truth or Fiction?→ Did NFL Fans Boo During a ‘Moment of Unity’?
The opening game of the National Football League’s 2020 campaign drew attention online beyond the boxscore on September 10 2020, as footage spread of fans booing during what the league had hoped would be soothe tensions between players and fans.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Exaggerates Progress, Credit on Future COVID-19 Vaccine
In a Labor Day press conference and at a rally in North Carolina the following day, President Donald Trump made several unsupported or inaccurate statements about a COVID-19 vaccine and distorted comments made by the Democratic ticket. Trump charged D
Full Fact→ Testing: Where are we?
The issue of Covid-19 testing has hit the headlines again in recent days, with reports both of tests not being available in certain areas of the country, and of an increase in how long it is taking to process certain tests. Back in spring and early sum
Snopes→ Yelling at People Who Aren’t Wearing Masks Won’t Work
People can better convince others to wear masks if they share the fear, loss and uncertainty that motivates their concern rather than use their outrage to shame others.
The Dispatch→ Was Rush Limbaugh a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee in 2007?
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