Is a video made by Charlie Kirk promising the "truth about Breonna Taylor" and another from Candace Owens claiming "everything they told us about the Breonna Taylor case was a lie" all true? No, that's not the case: Both videos contain fa
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Full Fact→ Thérèse Coffey did not say starving people were not her concern
A Facebook post falsely claims to quote the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Thérèse Coffey as saying: “It is not my job to worry about people starving to death in the UK.” This quote is not real, but appears to refer
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim About Mail Ballot Signatures in Nevada
At a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Nevada voters are not required to sign their mail ballots and, if they do sign them, the signatures don’t have to be verified. The law requires mail ballots to include vali
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fisher-Price Did NOT Release ‘My First Peaceful Protest’ Playset
Did Fisher-Price release 'My First Peaceful Protest' playset with a house that children can set ablaze? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim published by a well-known satire website. This satire piece stems from the recent prote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Has NOT Signed Nine Executive Orders To Combat Child Trafficking — He’s Signed Two And Both Received News Coverage
Has President Trump signed nine executive orders to combat child trafficking, with those orders not getting public coverage? No, that's not true: Trump has signed two executive orders that specifically mention human trafficking. Both were
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 Really High Gas Prices Was NOT The ‘Last Time Biden Was In Office’ — It’s From 2008 When George W. Bush Was President
Does a photo show high gas prices that were from "the last time Biden was in office"? No, that's not true. A photo has gone viral showing regular, plus and premium gas prices all above $5.00 with the claim that it was taken the "last time
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Botch The Pledge Of Allegiance
Did Joe Biden completely botch the Pledge of Allegiance during a campaign speech? No, that's not true and the comments were taken out of context. GOP rapid response director Steve Guest claimed that Biden "completely botches" the pledge d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Women And Children Are Not Being Targeted By Sex Traffickers With A $100 Bill Left On Their Car At A Mall
Are women and children being targeted by sex traffickers who leave a $100 bill on their car at a shopping mall? No, that's not true. This is an urban legend that was debunked earlier this year and has been in circulation for years. The ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BLM Rally And Antifa Riot Instigators Have NOT Been Charged And Arrested For Arson In California And Oregon Wildfires
Were "several" instigators of BLM rallies and Antifa riots arrested and charged with arson in California and Oregon wildfires? No, that's not true: Federal and local officials have dismissed the claim that left-wing extremists were involv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Viral Video Shows A Pedophile Getting Beaten Up
Does a viral video show a pedophile getting beaten up? No, that's not true: The video shows a real incident that happened recently in Novi Sad, Serbia. But none of the several statements authorities have released on the case as of Sept. 1
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Viral Video Shows A Pedophile Getting Beaten Up
Does a viral video show a pedophile getting beaten up? No, that's not true: The video shows a real incident that happened recently in Novi Sad, Serbia. But none of the several statements authorities have released on the case as of Sept. 1
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Same-sex Couple Did NOT Celebrate World’s First Anal Birth After Successful Rectal-Ovary Transplant
Did a gay couple in Los Angeles have an "anal birth" after a "rectal-ovary transplant"? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian entertainment website that makes a living by publishing fictional stories often involving wei
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 22 Christians Did NOT Get Executed By Afghan Islamic Rebels — Photo Is From Syria In 2013
Did Afghani Islamic militants execute 22 Christians? No, that's not true: This claim, with a variety of photos, has been making the rounds on social media since it surfaced in February 2009, and has been debunked even by groups dedicated
Lead Stories→ Press Release: Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network launches the first-ever coalition of major U.S. fact-checkers to debunk misinformation in English and Spanish
The project, FactChat, will lead to the creation of a WhatsApp chatbot and two Spanish-language fact-checking units. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sept. 18, 2020) -- Led by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Demand Kayleigh McEnany Resign As White House Press Secretary
Did CNN demand that Kayleigh McEnany resign as White House press secretary for "perpetuating the lies" of President Trump to the media over COVID-19 health risks? No, that is not true. CNN did not author a piece demanding she step down; i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet That He’s Donating $500,000 Each To Two Wounded Deputies
Did Donald Trump tweet that he's donating $500,000 toward the expenses of the two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were shot and critically injured? No, that's not true: This tweet was not posted by Trump's authentic account; it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: November Could NOT Be The USA’s ‘First Internal Political War Of Its History’
Could November 2020 see the United States' first internal political war in its history? No, that's not true: If an internal war breaks out in the United States after the national elections in November, which some people are predicting, it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jarrett Stepman Did NOT Receive A Ballot To A Home Where He Doesn’t Live – He Received A Voter Information Packet
Did a man who no longer lives in California receive an election ballot at his parents' house? No, that's not true. Jarrett Stepman, who is employed by The Daily Signal, a conservative news outlet, claimed on Twitter his parents received h
Full Fact→ This viral post understates the risk of Covid-19 infection
A post circulating on Facebook makes several claims about coronavirus, flu and cancer. The post starts: “There will never be an end to Covid. It will never go away. We have to get used to it and get used to living with it. Flu came along, k
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pro Golfer Bubba Watson Did NOT Write a Post Questioning Black Lives Matter
Did pro golfer Bubba Watson write a post questioning Black Lives Matter? No, that's not true: Watson posted on his verified Twitter account that he wrote no such thing, saying, "it ain't from me." The claim appeared in a post (archived he
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Antifa Is NOT Calling For Election Rioting By Members Dressed As Trump Supporters — It’s An Old Post That Was Shared As Satire. And It Gets The Election Date Wrong
Is Antifa recruiting "comrades" to dress as President Trump supporters and police to riot on Election Day and fool people into thinking it was supporters of Trump who caused the mayhem? No, the online meme making the claim was posted by a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Block Hospital Entrance Before Arrival Of Ambulances Transporting Wounded Officers
Did protesters block the entrance to Saint Francis Medical Center before the arrival of ambulances transporting the two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who had been shot in Compton on the evening of September 12, 2020? No, that's no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Math Mistake Did NOT Cause U.S. Leaders To Panic And Order COVID Lockdowns
Did a math mistake by America's most visible pandemic fighter panic U.S. leaders into imposing strict quarantines? No, that's not true: A published claim by a Kremlin-controlled propaganda website offers no evidence that a statistic known
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show A ‘Fire Drone’ And Has NOT Been Blocked By Social Media Platforms
Did Twitter, Google and YouTube block users from seeing video of an aerial flame-thrower starting wildland fires? No, that's not true: the video has been available on several social media feeds since Aug. 21, 2020. Also, the video shows a
Full Fact→ People deciding not to get tested will not make it look as though coronavirus has been wiped out
A viral block of text on social media has claimed that if people stop getting tested for Covid-19, it’ll reduce the virus and the likelihood of a second lockdown. The post reads: “Can people just stop getting tested ? You do realise You are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Netflix Did NOT Clarify Its Content Is ‘Mostly Pedophilia-Free’ In Response To ‘Cuties’ Backlash
Did Netflix tweet that its content is "mostly pedophila-free" in response to criticism over its streaming of "Cuties"? No, that's not true: The claim was made in a satire article on a popular satire site. However, several non-satire sites
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ohio Is NOT Setting Up FEMA Camps To Separate Children From Parents During COVID-19 Outbreak — Governor Calls Claims ‘Garbage’ And ‘Ridiculous’
Is Ohio setting up FEMA camps to separate children from parents during the COVID-19 outbreak? No, that's not true. Gov. Mike DeWine shot down the claims that the state would be forcing parents with coronavirus and children to be split up
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘New’ Research Is NOT New, Does NOT Find Average 50- To 64-Year-Olds Have A 1-in-19.1-Million Chance Of Dying From COVID-19
Does a "new" scientific paper definitively show that people aged 50-64 have a 1-in-19.1 million chance of dying from COVID-19? No, this is not true. The paper, which is not new as it was posted June and studies a one-week period in May, h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Infrared Thermometers Do NOT Emit Radiation And Do NOT Damage The Pineal Gland
Do infrared thermometers emit radiation and damage the pineal gland? No, that's not true: Such thermometers are passive; they don't emit infrared radiation. They simply detect infrared energy. Furthermore, the pineal gland is not near the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Tweet Kenosha Has Fewer Black People ‘Which Means Less Looting’
Did Joe Biden tweet that Kenosha, Wisconsin, has fewer Black people "which means less looting"? No, that's not true. The did not come from Biden's verified Twitter account. Kenosha, Wisconsin, is where Jacob Blake was shot by the police o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci, Gates, Soros And Epstein Are NOT All Connected Through The Company Moderna
Are Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffery Epstein all connected through an association with the company Moderna? No, that's not true: Dr. Fauci was not the first CEO of Moderna, he and Bill Gates did not attend the same
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Kyle Rittenhouse’s Mother In Militia Gear And Armed At Kenosha Protest
Does a photo show Kyle Rittenhouse's mother dressed in militia gear and carrying an AR-15 rifle at the Kenosha protest the same night her son allegedly killed two men and wounded a third? No, that's not true: The image used in a meme clai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Portland Antifa ‘Anarchist’ Camps — They Are Temporary Outdoor Homeless Shelters
Does a video show a secret Portland Antifa "anarchist" camp where "rioters" are staying as protests rage in the city? No, that's not true. A video that was shot in Portland, Oregon, shows two outdoor homeless camps that were set up by the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Fraudulently Count Poisoning, Trauma And Unintentional Injuries In COVID Death Tally
Did the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fraudulently add deaths from poisoning, trauma and unintentional injury to its tally of COVID-19 deaths? No, that's not true: That claim is based on a mischaracterization of CDC list
Snopes→ Did Trump Tell People To Vote Twice?
Don't vote twice.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO ‘Massive International Study’ Shows Countries with Early HCQ Use Had 79% Lower Mortality Rate
Did a "massive international study" show a much lower COVID-19 mortality rate in countries where hydroxychloroquine was prescribed to patients? No, that's not true: The "C19study" is not a massive international study. It is an anonymous c
Washington Post→ White House social media director tweets manipulated video of Biden
Trump supporters keep posting manipulated video designed to mislead viewers. We don't think it's very funny.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Say Americans Are ‘Going To Die’ When He’s Not President — Lincoln Project Edited Video Deceitfully
Did President Donald Trump claim Americans are "going to die" when he's not president and call his staff "stupid" in a television interview? No, that's not true: a video -- posted by an anti-Trump political action committee -- deceptively
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Did NOT Pass A ‘Pro-Pedophilia Bill’
Did California pass a "pro pedophilia bill?" No, that's not true. A meme claims California Senate Bill 145 passed in a 6-2 vote and "no registration or felony if sex with minor is w/in 10 years." The bill is intended to protect LGBTQ+ min