In a meeting at the White House, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar left the misleading impression that the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to revoke its emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for COVID-1
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This Fool Actually Tattooed Will Smith on His Face’
On May 15 2020, Facebook user Ed Lawson shared the following image, which purportedly depicted a man who had had Will Smith’s face tattooed over his own face: The post was extremely popular, but not every commenter was convinced that t
Climate Feedback→ Article in The Guardian misleads readers about sensitivity of climate models by narrowly focusing on single study
SUMMARY The article in The Guardian misleadingly claims that the latest generation of climate models are more sensitive to carbon emissions than scientists previously thought. Instead, reviewers of this article state that the best estimate of climat
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Original ‘Aunt Jemima’ Nancy Green Being ‘Erased’ by Political Correctness?
PepsiCo’s June 17 2020 announcement it was retiring the Aunt Jemima brand due to the character’s original “Mammy” connotations led to immediate and extensive complaining on social media, such as a copypasta post accusing bra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg ‘Maybe It’s Time For Me’ To Leave The U.S. Quote Predates 2016 Trump Election
Did Whoopi Goldberg say "Maybe it's time for me" to leave the U.S. in June 2020? No, that's misleading: Goldberg did say something similar to this, but that was over four years ago, on January 20, 2016, months before the 2016 election. Newly p
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Trump Campaign Post a Symbol Used by Nazis to Mark Political Prisoners?
In June 2020, United States President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign was criticized for invoking Nazi imagery in a new series of Facebook ads that the campaign later tried to claim featured an anti-fascist symbol. According to Media Matters
FactCheck.org→ America First Policies/America First Action
Political leanings: Republican/ Pro-President Trump 2018 total spending: $36.4 million America First Policies is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit devoted to promoting the agenda of President Donald Trump. According to its website, the group’s main goals are r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Lighten The Photo Of The Man Who Drove Into The Protester In Seattle
Did CNN lighten the photo of the man who drove into a protester in Seattle and claim he was white? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that CNN used any form of an image showing the attacker's face lightened in their reporting. The CNN l
The Dispatch→ Did ‘Radical Dems’ Sue to Stop Trump’s Rally This Weekend?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cracker Jack Did NOT Change Name To More Politically Correct Caucasian Jack
Did "Cracker Jack" change their name to "Caucasian Jack" because that would be more politically correct? No, that's not true: the story was published by Christian-themed satire website The Babylon Bee to mock the recent real announcement about
FactCheck.org→ Trump Wrong on Obama-Biden Actions on Policing
In signing an executive order on policing issues, President Donald Trump falsely claimed former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period.” In fact, the Obama administra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo of ‘Antifa Against Bikers’ Banner is NOT Real; Antifa Did NOT Warn Hells Angels To ‘Watch Out We Are Coming To Sturgis’
Did Antifa issue a warning to the Hells Angels biker gang to "watch out we are coming to Sturgis"? No, that's not true: A screenshot of an Antifa Facebook page featuring a banner reading "ANTIFA AGAINST BIKERS" was digitally altered. The Faceb
Truth or Fiction?→ Have Police in the United States Killed 120 People Since George Floyd’s Death?
On June 14 2020, a Facebook user shared the following post, asserting that police in the United States had killed an additional 120 civilians since the May 25 2020 death of George Floyd: Floyd was killed during an interaction with Minneapoli
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT A Photo Of An Antifa Activist Posing With A Hammer-And-Sickle Cake
Did an Antifa activist pose with a cake that had a hammer and sickle symbol on top? No, that's not true: The viral image was digitally altered. Lead Stories spoke with the person in the picture, who provided the original photograph, which was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASCAR Did NOT Prohibit MAGA Hats or ‘Political’ Clothing
Did NASCAR prohibit MAGA hats and "political" clothing? No, that's not true. The story originated on a liberal satire website and the story was posted in a category titled "Fox News Satire That's More Belivable Than Fox News." The site is part
FactCheck.org→ Biden on Economic Growth and Trump’s Tax Cuts
Former Vice President Joe Biden wrongly says “most of the conservative think tanks,” including the Heritage Foundation, agree that the tax cuts championed by President Donald Trump “generated virtually no growth at all.” There a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Lives Matter ‘Defund The Police’ Donations Do NOT Go to ‘Act Blue’, The ‘Biden For President’ Campaign’s Top Source of Donations
Does the Black Lives Matter website for 'Defund The Police' donations go to ActBlue, the 'Biden For President' campaign's top source of donations? No, that's misleading: ActBlue is a non-profit tech platform that facilitates online fundraising
FactCheck.org→ Meme Spreads Wrong Photo, Details in Floyd Criminal Case
Quick Take A meme misrepresents a 2007 criminal case in Houston involving George Floyd. The meme distorts the details of Floyd’s case and includes a photo of a woman who was badly injured in an unrelated attack in Spain in 2018. Full Story A popular
Truth or Fiction?→ Did ’61 out of 63 Females’ Become Infertile After Receiving a Vaccine Against COVID-19?
A graphic spreading online in June 2020 acted as a nesting doll for a spate of disinformation linking conspiracy theories about both COVID-19 and tech mogul Bill Gates. The graphic claims that “61 out of 63 females GlaxoSmithKline tested became
Truth or Fiction?→ COVID-19 Risk Levels Chart: Accurate?
As of June 16 2020, chances are that a large number of people saw the following “COVID-19 Risk Levels” chart somewhere on social media — purportedly ranking common activities (as well as some o”pontoon boat rides”) agains
FactCheck.org→ Ahead of Trump Rally, Republicans Spin COVID-19 Metrics
In the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, Trump and his supporters are making false and misleading claims about COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and testing:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Antifa Debit Card’ Is NOT A Real Banking Card
Does the Antifa movement offer a debit card that can be funded to support looting, rioting, and gang-stalking? No, that's not true: The "card offer" appears on a German website that, according to the English translation on the site, belongs to
Truth or Fiction?→ Tamla Horsford’s Death Investigation Reopened: ‘This Picture Literally Gives Me the Chills’
On June 14 2020, a Facebook user shared the following post about the death of Tamla Horsford: Viral Posts about Tamla Horsford in June 2020 An appended image of eight women — seven white and one black — was captioned “This picture l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Squad’ Does NOT Want The Bible Deemed Hate Speech
Does "The Squad" want to deem the Bible as hate speech? No, that's not true: This is a made-up article published by a known network of satire writers. These stories are often re-published by other people and websites without the satire label.
Full Fact→ What did lockdown rules say when these Labour MPs are claimed to have broken them?
We’ve seen it claimed multiple times that several Labour MPs broke lockdown rules. As we’ve said before, there is a difference between the law that enforces lockdown and government guidance. This article is going to primarily look at
Full Fact→ Yes, patients were discharged to care homes without Covid-19 tests
We’ve been asked by readers whether it was government policy on 19 March to send hospital patients back into care homes, without making it mandatory for them to be tested for Covid-19. This is correct. There was no requirement to test all patient
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Robert E. Lee WAS A Slave Owner — And So Was Ulysses S. Grant
Is it true that Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, was not a slave owner, while Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union Army, was? No, that's not true: General Lee owned dozens of slaves and cont
Truth or Fiction?→ “Google ‘322 COVID’”
On June 14 2020, posts asking readers to do a web search for the phrase “322 COVID” began circulating (particularly in QAnon circles), with an implication that the act would reveal that the novel coronavirus was a “scamdemic” a
Truth or Fiction?→ Does the NYPD Have a Slave Master With a Whip on Its Logo?
In mid-June 2020, a number of social media posts appeared featuring a close-up image of the New York Police Department (NYPD)’s insignia or badge, with emphasis on what appeared to be a “slave master” or “pilgrim with a whip
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Jewish Journalist Did NOT Apply Blackface To Establish A Black Lives Matter Center In Poland
Did a Jewish journalist paint his face black to establish a Black Lives Matter center in Poland? No, that's not true: Jacek Hugo-Bader, a well-known Polish journalist, did appear in blackface at a Warsaw parade in 2016 as part of a reporting p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Atlanta Police Did NOT Say White Supremacists Shot 7 Black People in Drive-By Shooting
Did Atlanta Police say white supremacists shot seven black people, killing two, in a drive-by shooting in Atlanta on Saturday, June 13, 2020? No, that's not true: The Atlanta Police Department denied to Lead Stories that its spokesman said whi
The Dispatch→ Did the Heritage Foundation Say That the 2017 Tax Cuts ‘Didn’t Grow the Economy’?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bibles NOT Pulled From Shelves At Barnes & Noble
Did U.S. bookstores like Barnes & Noble decide to stop selling bibles, stating the book contained outdated and controversial ideas? No, that's not true: the story originated as a joke on a Christian-themed satire website and it referenced
Health Feedback→ People who do not show COVID-19 symptoms can and do transmit it to others; physical distancing and face masks effectively reduce the risk of transmission
SUMMARY Claims that physical distancing (or social distancing) and using face masks or face coverings are not necessary went viral on Facebook in June 2020 (see examples here and here), following remarks by World Health Organization (WHO) official D
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Credible Evidence For Rumor Hells Angels And Mongols Prevented Antifa Demonstration in Placerville
Did Antifa announce they were going to come to Placerville, California and did bikers from the Hells Angels and Mongols scare them away? There is no evidence any of this happened and Sonny Barger, one of the oldest and best known members of th
AllSides→ A debunked conspiracy theory about Black Lives Matter, ActBlue, and Democrats can be traced to far-right message boards
https://www.mediamatters.org/fake-news/debunked-conspiracy-theory-about-black-lives-matter-actblue-and-democrats-can-be-traced
AllSides→ Link on Black Lives Matter website does not donate directly to DNC
https://apnews.com/afs:Content:9043930562 CLAIM: When you click on the donate link on BlackLivesMatter.
AllSides→ Is Black Lives Matter a ‘Shell Company’ for a Liberal Super PAC?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/is-black-lives-matter-a-shell-company In viral tweets Wednesday, po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Social Distancing And COVID-19 Are A Government Plot To Track And Control Citizens
Are social distancing guidelines and the COVID-19 pandemic part of a government plot to track and control citizens? No, that's not true: Osteopath Rashid Buttar, a practitioner who has been sued for fraud, made the claim in a video rant that a
New York Times→ Trump Made Inaccurate Claims About the Military During His West Point Speech
The president made misleading claims about his military budgets, the fight against the Islamic State and wars in the Middle East.