Does a picture grid showing more than a dozen famous people, all of them with what seem to be black eyes, prove they got them from the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: All the images shown in the social media post were taken before
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Full Fact→ Amazon is not selling Kindle Oasis e-readers for £1.78 for Black Friday
Amazon is holding a Black Friday sale, but it has confirmed it is not offering Kindle Oasis e-readers for £1.78, as a number of Facebook posts have claimed.
Logically→ Black smoke emerging from an electric car disrupted a football game.
The smoke that engulfed the football pitch was lit by Polish team GKS Czarni Starzca fans.
The Dispatch→ Calling Putin’s Black Sea Bluff
Why did Russia’s president back down on his threat to resume blockading Ukrainian grain exports? A Dispatch ExplainerThe post Calling Putin’s Black Sea Bluff appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Black US Presidents Before Obama
Were there eight presidents of the United States before George Washington and did several Black presidents serve before Barack Obama was elected in 2008? No, that's not true: Washington was the first elected American president. There is a
Snopes→ Sen. Blackburn Did Not Tweet of Veterans Bill: ‘We Simply Cannot Afford to Give Joe Biden a Win’
This wasn't the first time the text had been shared as if it came from a Republican member of the U.S. Congress.
Poynter→ Iran’s media blackout sets the stage for state violence
Right now, there is countrywide, ongoing unrest in Iran, spurred by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while she was in the custody of the “morality police,” a security force […] The post Iran’s media blackout sets the stage for state vio
Snopes→ From Black Death to COVID-19, Pandemics Have Always Pushed People to Honor Death and Celebrate Life
Halloween, with its mix of the macabre and the playful, provides a moment to reflect on how closely life and death are interwoven – especially in the COVID era.
PolitiFact→ Raphael Warnock – Is the Black-white disparity in maternal mortality as big as Raphael Warnock said?
“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi ‘Black Phone Screen’ Photo Does NOT Prove She Was Faking Call On Jan. 6
Does a photograph show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pretending to speak into a cellphone during the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol? No, that's not true: Official footage from which a widely shared screenshot was taken clearly s
Truth or Fiction?→ Harvard ‘Black Hole’ Is a ‘Discovery of a Lifetime’
On October 12 2022, astronomer and Redditor u/Andromeda321 shared post to r/science, about novel behavior by a black hole: ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This Before:’ Black Hole Spews Out Material Years After Shredding Star from
Snopes→ Was Beethoven Black?
A long-running theory does not have much of a leg to stand on.
PolitiFact→ American Leadership Action – Ad dissects John Fetterman’s 2013 armed chase of a Black man
As a mayor, "John Fetterman chased down an innocent, unarmed Black man," wielded a shotgun and "falsely accused the man, triggering a confrontation with police."
Snopes→ ‘The Rock’ Did Not Promote ‘Black Adam’ in Tweets About Queen
Two fake tweets went around on social media that made it look like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was promoting his upcoming film "Black Adam" alongside condolences for the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Change Website Banner From Red To Black Before Queen Elizabeth’s Death Was Announced
Did the BBC change its home page color from red to black before the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II? No, that's not true: Archived copies of the BBC.com banner show it was black before the Crown's September 8, 2022, announ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bank Of America Mortgage Program Is NOT Only Available For Black, Hispanic Borrowers
Did Bank of America announce a mortgage program for which "Whites and Asians need not apply"? No, that's not true: Race is not a determining factor in eligibility for the Community Affordable Loan Solution mortgage program, a Bank of Amer
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Is homeownership harder for Black Americans to achieve?
After President Joe Biden mentioned Black homeownership in a speech about student loan forgiveness, talk show host Dan Bongino questioned whether it is harder for Black Americans to own homes. Data and history show that it is and always has been.
Snopes→ Black August Uplifted As Alternative Black History Month
For Jonathan Peter Jackson, a direct relative of two prominent members of the Black Panther Party, revolutionary thought and family history have always been intertwined, particularly in August.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Ukraine’s Navy Artillery Destroying 13 Russian Warships In The Black Sea
Does a Facebook video show the Ukrainian navy destroying "13 Russian warships in the Black Sea"? No, that's not true: The clip recycles old unrelated footage of Russian -- not Ukrainian -- ships in action. More importantly, the video neve
Snopes→ Snopestionary: What is the ‘Black Sheep Effect’?
On social media and in life, many tend to treat deviating members of their own groups more harshly than outsiders.
Snopes→ More Black NFL Retirees Win Dementia Cases in Rescored Tests
Hundreds of Black NFL retirees denied payouts in the $1 billion concussion settlement now qualify for awards after their tests were rescored to eliminate racial bias.
Snopes→ Black Family Sues Sesame Place, Alleging Discrimination
The lawsuit comes in the wake of a video, shared widely on social media, showing two other Black girls apparently being snubbed by a costumed employee during a parade at the park.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 1994 Crime Bill Did NOT Lead To Incarceration Of 1 Million Black Men
Did the 1994 crime bill put over a million Black men in prison? No, that's not true: The Biden administration announced a plan in late July 2022 that, similar to the 1994 crime bill, would increase police funding and aim to crack down on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Has NOT Sent Warships To Black Sea To Attack Russian Submarines As Of July 25, 2022
Did the United Kingdom send warships to the Black Sea to attack Russian submarines during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict as of July 25, 2022? No, that's not true: No credible reports suggest that the Royal Navy sent warships or attacked
Snopes→ Sesame Place Apologizes After Black Girls Snubbed at Parade
A Sesame Street-themed amusement park has apologized and promised more training for its employees after a video showing a costumed character waving off two 6-year-old Black girls during a parade went viral online.
Snopes→ Emmett Till’s House, Black Sites to Get Preservation Funds
Emmett Till left his mother's house on Chicago's South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ADHD was not invented to disadvantage Black children and increase pharmaceutical sales
"ADHD does not exist."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Any British Military Operations In Black Sea
Does this video prove that 30 British aircraft intercepted Russia's Black Sea fleet? No, that's not true: The video shows a compilation of file photos, some not even of British aircraft, with subtitles. At least one shows an obsolete airc
Snopes→ Video Shows Akron Police Kill Black Man in Hail of Gunfire
Jayland Walker, 25, was unarmed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This is NOT Russian Flagship Moskva (Moscow) Sinking In Black Sea
Is this video of the Russian warship, Moskva -- the English-letter spelling of the Russian term for Moscow -- sinking in April 2022 after an ammunition explosion while being towed back to Sevastopol, a major maritime port in the Black Sea
Snopes→ Jackson Sworn In, Becomes 1st Black Woman on Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
PolitiFact→ Levar Stoney – In Virginia, Blacks eight times more likely than whites to be gun homicide victims
“In Virginia, Black people are eight times (8X) more likely than white people to die of gun homicide.”
Logically→ This video shows a Russian command center and gas filling station in the Black Sea, destroyed by Ukrainians.
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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
Logically→ A widely shared black and white image shows Klaus Schwab’s father, Eugen Schwab, in a Nazi uniform.
Snopes→ Did Queen Elizabeth Describe a Black Ambassador as a ‘Gorilla’?
In June 2022, the Platinum Jubilee revived a disturbing old anecdote that suggested casual racism on the part of Elizabeth II.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Credible Threat That ‘White Supremacy … Are Shooting Up All Walmarts and Will Kill Black And Mexicans’ In San Bernardino County
Have the police in San Bernardino County shared that they received a tip that "white supremacy has made it clear they are shooting up all Walmarts and will kill blacks and Mexicans"? No, that's not true: The San Bernardino County, Califor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Was NOT Endorsing Black Supremacist Theories — He Was Attacking Them
Was Tucker Carlson endorsing Black supremacist theories on his show on January 11, 2021? No, that's not true: The FOX News host was actually attacking the theories Kristen Clarke -- at the time the nominee for U.S. assistant attorney gene
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Has NOT Sent Warships To Black Sea To Break Russia’s Blockade As Of May 27, 2022– But Did Salute The Idea
Did the United Kingdom send warships to the Black Sea to break Russia's grain blockade in Ukraine during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: Although there have been reports that such a move was supported by the United
Snopes→ Rumors of Threat Against Black People at Walmart Unfounded, Police Say
A piece of copypasta spread baseless rumors around social media.