At a Wisconsin school, a 12-year-old girl "was transitioned into a boy by school officials without parental consent," and Protasiewicz supports it.
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Truth or Fiction?→ Google Maps ‘Shooting in Nashville’ Marker
Following the March 27 2023 Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, a purported Google Maps screenshot referencing the incident was shared to Reddit’s r/ABoringDystopia: Dystopian Maps Alert. Welcome to the US. by u/take
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Case Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Linked To Fivefold Increase In Cancer Biomarker
Does a medical case study prove there's a link between the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and a fivefold increase in a cancer biomarker? No, that's not true: The case report looks at one person, a 79-year-old woman with ovarian cancer. It doesn'
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – UK’s borders remain open; they weren’t closed to keep out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
The United Kingdom’s “Parliament closed its borders to prevent Harry and Meg from flying to the UK in order to protect the king.”
AllSides→ Social Media Posts Misrepresent Zelenskyy’s Remarks on U.S. Military Involvement
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/social-media-posts-misrepresent-zelenskyys-remarks-on-u-s-military-involvement/
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Misrepresent Zelenskyy’s Remarks on U.S. Military Involvement
Quick Take Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy predicted that if Russia’s invasion of his country is successful, it will invade nearby NATO countries, triggering a war involving the U.S. military. Some conservative commentator
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week We Marked One Year of War in Ukraine
A woman cries during a prayer near the graves of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the Russian-Ukrainian war at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine on February 25, 2023. (Photo by Pavlo Palamarchuk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Plus: Marjorie Taylor Green
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Trump’s ‘I had nothing to do with it’ remarks after the Ohio train derailment
In 2018 the Trump admin repealed an Obama-era rule about fast railroad brakes. But even if that rule had been in effect, it would not have applied to the type of train that derailed in East Palestine.
Truth or Fiction?→ Ukraine Marks One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion
Weaponized disinformation campaigns and more conventional attacks on February 24 2023 marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; amid retrospectives and updates, a popular Imgur post featured a video and commentary attribute
Full Fact→ Mark on Joe Biden’s forehead during Poland trip isn’t a ‘bruise’
The mark is actually an ash cross, given during the Ash Wednesday Mass.
AllSides→ Biden’s April 2022 Remark About Some Ukraine Aid Covering Pensions Is Not ‘Breaking’ News
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/bidens-april-2022-remark-about-some-ukraine-aid-covering-pensions-is-not-breaking-news/
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s April 2022 Remark About Some Ukraine Aid Covering Pensions Is Not ‘Breaking’ News
President Joe Biden said in April 2022 that some of the funding in a Ukraine aid package that Congress later overwhelmingly approved could be used to pay pensions for Ukrainians amid the ongoing war with Russia. That is not a new development, as
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Moderna CEO’s Remarks on Vaccine Production
SciCheck Digest Moderna’s CEO said in January that the company’s total production in 2019 was “100,000 dose,” referring to all its vaccines and therapeutics. Online posts distorted the remarks to falsely claim Moderna made C
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Has Gen. Mark Milley Ever Served in Combat?
Gen. Mark Milley speaks to the media after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base on January 20, 2023, in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) Photos of Gen. Mark A. Milley circulating online
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misquote Biden’s Year-Old Remarks on Tanks for Ukraine
Quick Take President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 25 that the U.S. would provide Ukraine with 31 tanks. After the announcement, a meme on social media misquoted Biden’s remarks from March 2022, suggesting he said that sending tanks to Ukr
Logically→ Hjärtstopp har ökat markant bland idrottare sedan vaccineringen mot COVID-19 började.
Studien som används för påståendet är inte en studie utan en bloggpost. Ingen koppling mellan ökade antal hjärtstopp och COVID-19 vaccin har hittats.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Gen. Mark Milley served multiple combat tours, despite claims otherwise
Gen. Mark Milley “never served in combat.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT Accurate That Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley ‘Never Served In Combat’ — Pentagon Provides Proof
Has U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "never served in combat"? No, that's not true: A publicly available profile of Milley lists his numerous operational deployments over the past several decades. The cla
PolitiFact→ Mark Obenshain – More Virginia children die from guns than fentanyl
“You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show President Biden Making Transphobic Remarks — Audio Is Digitally Manipulated
Did President Joe Biden go on a transphobic rant live on national television? No, that's not true: A viral video mimicking his manner of speech had the authentic sound replaced with a made-up voice-over, probably utilizing a deep fake tec
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of Quran-burning man was from Denmark in 2021, not Sweden in 2023
Video shows a “man burning the Quran in Sweden.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying over Ted Cruz’s remarks
Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying after “Ted Cruz gets up and humiliates her to her face.”
PolitiFact→ Glenn Youngkin – Youngkin is near the mark on tax growth claim
Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
AllSides→ Did Mark Twain Say This About Reading the Newspaper and Being Misinformed?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-twain-read-newspaper-misinformed/ A quote has been floating arou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ambulance That Carried Damar Hamlin From Field Was NOT Marked With Military Stars
Were there two military stars marking the ambulance that carried Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin off the field on January 2, 2023, when he collapsed after a tackle during a televised game against the Cincinnati Bengals? No, tha
PolitiFact→ Tom Tiffany – Tiffany misses the mark with claim that Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan, Russia
“Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of cellphones used to pop popcorn kernels is part of viral marketing campaign
Cellphones can be used to pop popcorn kernels.
Truth or Fiction?→ Indiana College Chancellor Apologizes After ‘Made-Up Asian’ Remark Comes to Light
The head of a Purdue University campus quickly backtracked after footage of him making an anti-Asian “joke” in December 2022 gained more attention on social media. Chancellor Thomas L. Keon’s outburst during a commencement ceremony wa
Truth or Fiction?→ Conspiracy-Slinging Republican Claims ‘Sarcasm’ After January 6 Remarks Were Caught on Video
Right-wing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) claimed that she was being “sarcastic” when she told a GOP group that they “would have won” if she had organized the January 6 2021 coup attempt against the United States govern
PolitiFact→ Mark Finchem – More than 1.13 million votes were counted within 24 hours of Election Day, not just 62,000
“We waited 24 hours and got a measly 62k votes" in Maricopa County
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence of fraud in case of NY man who incorrectly used ballot-marking device
Video shows a faulty New York voting machine invalidated a GOP vote in governor’s race.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AutoMARK Terminal Is NOT Ballot Tabulator — It’s Marking Device For Voters With Physical Impairments
Do videos show a voting machine at a New York polling place disregarding a voter's selections -- even though he made an effort to darken the selected circles? No, that's not true: The terminal pictured in the video is an AutoMARK assistiv
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Mark Kelly and Blake Masters in Arizona Senate race
Republicans have a shot at picking up a Senate seat in Arizona. Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly and Republican Blake Masters have lobbed attacks over immigration, abortion and social security. See our highlights.
Logically→ Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is deliberately targeting farmers to create food shortage and control people.
Rutte's government is attempting radical changes in farming practices to cut nitrogen emissions. He is not deliberately targeting farmers.
PolitiFact→ Liz Cheney – In Arizona, GOP candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem won’t commit to accepting election results
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it."
PolitiFact→ Mark Kelly – Mark Kelly misrepresents Blake Masters’ current Social Security stance in Arizona Senate race
Blake Masters “wants to privatize” Social Security.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Government Did NOT Patent Luciferase ‘Mark’ To Serve As COVID Vaccine Tracker
Did the U.S. government file a patent to use an enzyme called luciferase to track the vaccination status of individuals? No, that's not true: While the patent is authentic it was filed on September 16, 2019, predating the COVID-19 pandemi
Snopes→ ‘Whole Foods Market Research’ Secret Shopper Email Is a Scam
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission first warned about this scam in 2020.
Logically→ Pfizer lied about the COVID-19 vaccine’s ability to prevent transmission before it was released to the market.
It was widely known throughout the pandemic that there were no clinical trial data regarding the vaccines' ability to prevent transmission.
PolitiFact→ Saving Arizona PAC – Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly voted for Trump and Biden laws that let prison inmates get stimulus checks
Mark Kelly "voted to allow prison inmates to receive stimulus checks five separate times."