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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church In Houston Is NOT Closed to People Without Shelter During Texas Freeze-Up
Did megachurch pastor and televangelist Joel Osteen not open his "18,000-seat" Lakewood Church during freezing, icy weather in Houston, declining to help people left without shelter or heat and power? No, that's not true: Lakewood Church
Snopes→ No Charges Against Wisconsin Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake
Officer Rusten Sheskey’s shooting of Blake on Aug. 23 was captured on bystander video.
Snopes→ Was This 9-pound Goldfish Found in a South Carolina Lake?
Anyone missing their goldfish?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands of Ballots Were NOT Found Floating In Lake Erie
Were thousands of ballots found floating in Lake Erie off the shore of Pennsylvania, a key battleground state? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim that originated from a known satire website. The claim originated from an articl
Snopes→ AP Source: Lakers on Verge of Acquiring Dennis Schröder
A deal known to be tentatively agreed upon would send guard Dennis Schröder from Oklahoma City to the champion Los Angeles Lakers for Danny Green and the No. 28 pick.
Snopes→ ‘Voice’ Co-Stars Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani Engaged
Shelton and Stefani posted a picture Tuesday announcing the engagement between the country star and the pop singer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lakers Players Did NOT Wear Special Lace Collars To Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Did LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers' leading scorers this season, wear lace collars to honor the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after her death? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim publ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Bandaged Girl In A Hospital Bed Does NOT Show A 14-Year-Old Raped And Beaten By Jacob Blake
Does a photo of a bandaged girl in a hospital bed show a 14-year-old victim who was raped and beaten by Jacob Blake? No, that's not true: Jacob Blake, the man shot seven times by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police, was never charged or convicted
AllSides→ Did Kamala Harris Tell Jacob Blake She Was ‘Proud of Him’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-jacob-blake-proud/ Claim: U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris met w
Snopes→ Did Kamala Harris Tell Jacob Blake She Was ‘Proud of Him’?
The vice presidential candidate met with Blake’s family in Wisconsin after police shot Blake several times in the back.
AFP Fact Check→ Boy posing with guns does not resemble Jacob Blake
Social media posts shared thousands of times claim a photo collage showing a young black man posing with guns depicts Jacob Blake, who was shot multiple times in the back by police in August 2020. This is false; the images do not resemble Blake and fir
Snopes→ Harris Meets Blakes, Trump Goes on Attack in Labor Day Blitz
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris met the family of a Wisconsin man shot by police to kick off her Labor Day visit to a critical swing state, while President Donald Trump assailed the Democratic ticket and put the halting economic reco
Snopes→ Did Jacob Blake’s Ex-Girlfriend’s Aunt Denounce Him on Twitter?
The Twitter account @lifeisasoph briefly trended in August 2020, before it was suspended.
Snopes→ Did Chicago Code Blue FB Page Post a Meme Mocking Jacob Blake?
The Facebook page for supporters of law enforcement has a history of posting controversial content.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jacob Blake Was NOT Facing Accusation That He ‘Raped A 14 Year Old’ When He Was Shot By Police
Did Jacob Blake, the man shot seven times by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police, have a charge or conviction against him that he "raped a 14-year-old girl" when he was shot? No, that's not true. Blake was named in a third-degree sexual assault wa
AllSides→ Was Jacob Blake Charged With Raping a Child?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jacob-blake-sexual-assault-charge/ On Aug. 23, 2020, a police officer
FactCheck.org→ Posts Distort Facts on Jacob Blake Charges
Quick Take Posts on social media falsely claim that the man shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, “wouldn’t have been shot if he was still in prison for raping the 14 year old.” There’s no evidence he was ever charged with such
Snopes→ Was Jacob Blake Charged With Raping a Child?
Online commentators and social media users sought to undermine protests sparked by the police shooting of Blake in Wisconsin in August 2020.
Poynter→ What we know about Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin
If your time is short On Aug. 23, Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wis. Blake survived, but is partially paralyzed from a bullet that severed his spinal cord. On the third night of protests over the shooting, two
Poynter→ What we know about Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin
If your time is short On Aug. 23, Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wis. Blake survived, but is partially paralyzed from a bullet that severed his spinal cord. On the third night of protests over the shooting, two
Snopes→ 3 Shot, 2 Killed in Third Night of Unrest Over Blake Shooting
Police fired tear gas for the third straight night to disperse protesters who had gathered outside the courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Snopes→ Lawyer: Blake Not Likely to Walk Again After Being Shot by Police
Jacob Blake, the Black man shot multiple times by police in Wisconsin, is paralyzed, and it would “take a miracle” for him to walk again, his family’s attorney said.
Snopes→ Jacob Blake’s Dad Says Son Left Paralyzed by Police Shooting
Anger over the shooting led to nights of unrest in Kenosha, Washington, with police firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied a curfew.
Full Fact→ Claims that a 2011 lightning composite picture were taken in the Lake District are false
A number of posts on Facebook have claimed to show a striking image of a storm taken in Caldbeck in the Lake District in early August 2020. This is not the case. The picture is a composite taken in 2011 by photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos. He took
Snopes→ ‘Glee’ Star Naya Rivera Found Dead at California Lake
The discovery came five days after the 33-year-old Rivera disappeared on Lake Piru, where her son was found July 8 asleep and alone on a rented pontoon boat, authorities said.
AFP Fact Check→ The video actually shows US military helicopters flying over a lake in the US state of Arizona
Footage of helicopters flying low over a body of water has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook, Twitter and YouTube posts alongside a claim it shows Indian Air Force attack helicopters flying over Pangong Lake in Ladakh, an Indian border regi
Snopes→ Former ‘Glee’ Star Naya Rivera Missing in SoCal Lake
Her young son was found on a boat wearing a life vest.
Snopes→ Native American Woman Removed from Land O’Lakes Packaging
The Native American woman who has graced the packaging of Land O’Lakes butter, cheese and other products since the late 1920s has quietly disappeared.
Snopes→ Is The Lake Michigan Dolphin Population On the Rise?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Seen But Not Heard: Lakers, Nets, NBA are Silent in Shanghai
In response to the NBA defending Daryl Morey’s freedom of speech, Chinese officials took it away from the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets.
Snopes→ Google Earth Leads to Remains of Missing Florida Man in Lake
It took 22 years, but a missing man’s remains were finally found thanks to someone who zoomed in on his former Florida neighborhood with Google satellite images and noticed a car submerged in a lake.
Snopes→ Were Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Created as an ‘Anti-Masturbatory Morning Meal’?
Numerous websites exaggerated the role of J.H. Kellogg's odd beliefs about sexual health in the creation of the breakfast cereal.
Snopes→ Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Man Who Swam in NC Manmade Lake
Health officials say the amoeba is known to have infected just 145 people in the U.S. from 1962 through 2018.
Snopes→ Toxic Lake in Russia’s Siberia Becomes Selfie Sensation
The lake is blue due to a chemical reaction between toxic waste elements from a local power station.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Researchers Did NOT Find A Rock With A Carving Of A Mastodon At The Underwater Stonehenge Of Lake Michigan
Did researchers find a rock with a carving of a mastodon at the underwater Stonehenge of Lake Michigan? No, that is not true: A rock that had a possibly human-carved etching resembling a mastodon was discovered in 2007, but it was not confirme
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Nude Beach NOT Coming to Marshall County on Lake Texoma
Is a nude beach soon opening in Marshall County on Lake Texoma? No, that's not true: some joker put up a fake article about that on a prank website where anyone can create a story to fool their friends in a few clicks. The story is not real.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Great Lakes Whoppers
Falsely declaring that he has “always” been a supporter of the Great Lakes, President Donald Trump announced that he would fully fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative with $300 million, telling a Michigan crowd he would finally get done somet
Snopes→ Republican Jeff Flake Says He Won’t Challenge Trump in 2020
The former Arizona Senator has often said he hoped a Republican would challenge Trump in 2020.
Hoax-Slayer→ Léman Lake Switzerland Ice Storm Photographs
Fabulous photographs that depict an "ice storm" at a Swiss lake have been circulating via email since 2005. The post Léman Lake Switzerland Ice Storm Photographs appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.