Were Nancy Pelosi's daughters, Pamela, 22, and Loreen, 25 arrested at the Mexican border carrying cocaine and "bloogies"? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters
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Lead Stories→ Lead Stories Fastest At Debunking 2018 Top Hoaxes Identified By BuzzFeed News
A few days ago BuzzFeed's Craig Silverman published his annual overview of the top 50 biggest on-line hoaxes of the previous year. Just like last year we used this list as a basis to do some analysis to see how Lead Stories did compared to oth
Truth or Fiction?→ Are More Americans Killed Annually by Lack of Affordable Healthcare Than in Terror Attacks or Undocumented Immigrants?
On December 20 2018, the Facebook page Teanderthal Party posted the following meme about healthcare, “illegal immigration,” terror attacks, and the mortality rate in the United States: It stated: FACT: More Americans die every year from la
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of Immigrant Children Deaths Under Obama
Q: Is it accurate that “18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol” during the Obama administration? A: No. Prior to two children’s deaths in December, it had been more than a decade since a child died while in the custody of U.S.
Snopes→ Did President Trump Say U.S. Generals Were ‘Better Looking Than Tom Cruise, and Stronger’?
The 45th president's first public cabinet meeting of 2019 gave rise to a widely shared Facebook meme.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Teddy Roosevelt Stand Up for the First Black Female Postmaster?
In January 2019, the Facebook page History Hustle shared a meme about President Teddy Roosevelt and a woman named Minnie Cox, the first black female postmaster in the United States: The original post (which did not include any visible citations) said:
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a Snake Head Found in a Can of Green Beans?
In late December 2018, a Facebook user shared a photograph set showing what appeared to be a snake’s head, claiming that she had found it in a can of Glory Foods green beans: Accompanying the images was a post, which read: Snake for supper anyon
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Donald Trump Say Generals at the Pentagon Were Better Looking and Stronger Than Tom Cruise?
On January 2, 2018, the Facebook page Union Thugs shared a meme attributing a quote about Pentagon generals and how they compared to actor Tom Cruise: The quote was bookended with commentary from the meme’s maker. It read: An actual thing the P
Snopes→ Pelosi Poised to Become House Speaker, Making History
The Republicans will relinquish the majority to House Democrats under leadership of Nancy Pelosi as speaker, beginning a new era of divided government.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Border Blunders
On the day he met with congressional leaders to discuss the budget stalemate, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims about the Southwest border and the wall he wants to build: Trump tweeted that “Mexico is paying fo
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Offer To Build The Wall In Exchange For Full Gun Ban
Did Nancy Pelosi offer to build Donald Trump's planned Southern border wall in exchange for a full gun ban in the United States? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump sup
PolitiFact→ Can House Democrats release Donald Trump's tax returns?
As Democrats edge closer to taking control of the U.S. House, many of the party’s supporters are wondering what, if anything, the new House majority can do to obtain and make public President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Breaking with tradit
Lead Stories→ Fake News: 10,800 U.S. Children Were NOT Raped By Illegal Immigrants in 2018
Were 10,800 U.S. children raped by illegal immigrants in 2018? Almost certainly not. The actual statistics haven't been published yet and the 10,800 number is just a very sloppy extrapolation based on data from one state that also includes n
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Two-Thirds of Millennials Not Know What Auschwitz Is?
In late December 2018, the Facebook page for Yahoo! Now shared a link to an article with a comment that two-thirds of millennials “don’t know what Auschwitz was”: The post linked to an article aggregated to Yahoo! from Newsweek on Apr
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Merkel’s Muslim Migrants Did NOT Form Sharia Police To Patrol Streets Of Berlin And Terrorize Locals
Are migrants in Germany running a "Sharia Police" in the streets of Berlin to enforce "sharia law" and to terrorize locals? No, that's not true: an old article mixing together several incidents from years ago keeps getting republished over and
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ted Nugent Did NOT Announce ‘Build The Wall’ Benefit Concert
Did singer Ted Nugent announce he was organizing a benefit concert to "Build The Wall"? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Loretta Lynn Did NOT Die And Left NO Note For Fans
Did country singer Loretta Lynn die after checking into hospice care earlier? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to actually
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Trump Family Did NOT Donate $1 Billion To Wall Fund
Did the Trump family donate a billion dollars to Brian Kolfage's GoFundMe campaign to build a wall on the US-Mexico border? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporter
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Loretta Lynn Did NOT Enter Hospice or Sign Estate Over To MAGA2020, Also NOT Dead
Did country singer Loretta Lynn enter hospice care and did she sign over her estate to Donald Trump's re-election campaign MAGA2020? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump
Lead Stories→ Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Order Drug Tests for All Members of Congress
Did ¨President Trump order drug test for all congressmen and -women so he could replace the ones that failed it with people appointed by himself? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate g
Lead Stories→ Fake News: President Trump Did NOT Order DOJ To Stop Using Arabic Numerals
Did President Donald Trump sign an executive order telling the Department of Justice to stop using Arabic numerals? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Re
Truth or Fiction?→ How to Slow the Spread of Disinformation: A Guide for Newsrooms
Every day, a new fake story emerges with the power to affect policy or further corrode relationships, from interpersonal to international. This is corrosive disinformation, as different from garden-variety scams and hoaxes as a molehill is from a mount
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Kotex Did NOT Introduce Confetti Popper Tampons For Ringing In The New Year
Did Kotex introduce a confetti-filled tampon that could be used to launch a festive cloud of absorbent material into the user's body? No, that's not true: the story was launched by one of America's oldest satire websites, it is not real. The
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the FBI Declare That ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Was ‘Communist Propaganda’?
In December 2018, claims that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had once deemed the holiday classic film It’s a Wonderful Life to be “communist propaganda” circulated on various social media sites: Fun Fact: Months after It’
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Twitter Did NOT Block Amputee Vet’s Wall Fund Petition That Millions Have Signed
Did Twitter block the petition started by Brian Kolfage which he launched along with his GoFundMe campaign to have private citizens finance a wall on the U.S. Southern border? No, that's not true: the link to the petition can be freely shared
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Mike Pence NOT To Resign ‘At The Request of the President’
Did President Donald Trump ask his Vice President Mike Pence to resign on January 1st? No, hat's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the need to a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Woman Did NOT Stuff Husband’s Head Inside Christmas Dinner Turkey
Did a woman in Ocala, Florida (or anywhere else) kill her husband and stuff his head in a Christmas Turkey that she then served to her horrified family? No, that's not true: a fake news website pretending to be NBC News published the story but
Snopes→ FBI Concerned by Money Mules Roped Into Fraud Schemes
The FBI is grappling with a seemingly endless cycle of money laundering schemes that law enforcement officials say they’re scrambling to slow through a combination of prosecution and public awareness.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Administration Distorts the Facts On Climate Report
Since the National Climate Assessment dropped on Black Friday, members of the Trump administration have inaccurately attacked the report for lacking transparency and factual basis, and for focusing on an “extreme” climate scenario. The EPA has als
Snopes→ Kevin Spacey Posts Bizarre Video as Assault Charge Is Announced
Spacey posted a video on YouTube titled "Let Me Be Frank" and tweeted a link to it, breaking a public silence of more than a year.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Man NOT Hospitalized After His Apple Airpods Exploded In His Ear
Did a 21-year old man from Tucson, Arizona named Josiah Johnson need to go to hospital with severe burns after his Apple Airpods exploded in his ear? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website that publishes tales of weird crimes,
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Canadian GoFundMe Did NOT Raise $6B In Two Hours To Pay For Privacy Hedge Along Entire US Border
Did Canadians react to the GoFundMe set up to fund a border wall between the United States and Mexico by starting a GoFundMe for a privacy hedge between Canada and the United States and did it raise $6B in two hours? No, that's not true: the n
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Corporation Did NOT Win Bid To Open Muslamic Temples in Toys R’ Us Locations
Is a corporation named "LexCorp" planning to open "muslamic" temples in Toys R' Us locations? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to educate gullible Trump supporters and Republicans about the n
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true President Donald Trump is facing backlash from Democrats and some members of his own political party after saying he will pull
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true President Donald Trump is facing backlash from Democrats and some members of his own political party after saying he will pull
FactCheck.org→ Rep.-elect Green Wrong About Vaccines, CDC Fraud
At a town hall event on Dec. 11, Rep.-elect Mark Green of Tennessee inaccurately claimed that vaccine preservatives might cause autism. He also repeated an unsubstantiated claim that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “fraudulently manage
FactCheck.org→ Video: Trump’s Whoppers of the Year
In this last installment of the year in our collaboration with CNN’s “State of the Union,” CNN’s Jake Tapper reviews four of the biggest whoppers told by President Donald Trump in 2018. Topping the list is the president’s false claim th
Climate Feedback→ Climate misinformation video reaches broad audience with help from Youtube recommendation algorithm
YouTube’s recommendation algorithm recently began promoting a video about climate change on dozens of popular Youtube channel; the video has been promoted to between 300,000 and 2,000,000 people according to AlgoTransparency. That video (which cu
Climate Feedback→ Popular “Friends of Science” video promoted by Youtube presents long list of climate myths
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This video of a talk by author and speaker Steve Goreham, posted by the YouTube channel “Friends of Science” has been viewed over 250,000 times and has been widely promoted by Youtube recently. In it, G
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Democrats Did NOT Cave, Did NOT Authorize Full Funding Of Wall To Avoid Shutdown
Did the Democrats cave and authorize full funding of president Donald Trump's border wall project? No, that's not true, the political struggle over the budget is still going on. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to