Did Joe Biden's family own slaves and did his Great-Grandfather Biden fight for the Confederacy? No, there is no evidence that either is true. The former vice president's Great-Grandfather Biden was not born until 1867, two years after the end
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme Claiming Five Reasons Not To Wear A Face Mask Is Misleading
Did a meme provide five accurate reasons why people should not wear masks amid the novel coronavirus outbreak? No, several of the reasons were misleading. A viral post about why "I don't wear a mask" gives five reasons not to don a face coveri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Declare He And His Family Will Leave U.S. For Canada If Trump Wins Re-Election
Did former President Barack Obama declare that he would move his family to Canada if Donald Trump wins re-election in November? No, that's not true: Obama has made no such statement. The claim is completely made up and originated on a satire w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence 5 Million Muslim Children In Yemen Died Due To Hunger, Wars, COVID-19 & Poverty In 2020
Did 5 million Muslim children in Yemen die due to hunger, wars, COVID-19 and poverty in 2020? No, that's not true. The crisis in Yemen is undeniable, with millions of children facing starvation and death in the war-torn country, but the 5 mill
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Is NOT Of ‘Brian’ And He Is NOT An Antifa Street Rioter
Does the photo of a badly battered face circulating on social media belong to an Antifa member named Brian who got beaten up for hitting a woman? No, that's not true. The photo is of a young man attacked in 2015 in what police said was an assa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Tweet People Who Had Tickets But Failed to Show At Tulsa Rally Should Face ‘Powerful Charges’
Did President Trump threaten by Twitter that people who ordered tickets to his Tulsa rally but failed to attend should be "arrested and face very powerful charges," suggesting it was treason. No, that's not true. The president, while constantl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Mother And Premature Baby With Coronavirus
Did a woman give birth to a premature baby and they both have coronavirus? No, that's not true: This photo predates the 2020 coronavirus outbreak. The photo shows a grieving mother holding the hand of one of her premature twin daughters who wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tim Tebow Did NOT ‘Take A Knee’ In Protest Of Abortion During The National Anthem In 2012
Did Tim Tebow take a knee in 2012 during the playing of the national anthem? No, he did not: There is no record of the former NFL quarterback kneeling on the sideline as the national anthem was playing before a game in 2012 or any other season
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Is NOT Expected To Use Emergency Powers To Remove Pelosi From Congress
Is President Trump expected to use emergency powers to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from office? No, that's not true: This story was made up by a known network of satire websites. Articles from the site go viral when they are re-posted on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Trackers NOT Installed On Phones Without Public’s Knowledge During Phone Disruptions
Did Apple and Google use the time that some cell phone networks were experiencing disruptions to sneak COVID-19 trackers onto iOS and Android devices? No, that's not true: The two companies are in a partnership to deploy contact-tracing tech t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Did NOT Say ‘If Food Runs Scarce, It’s Okay To Eat Pets’
Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets?" No, that's not true. This claim about the liberal New York congresswoman is in a satirical article published by a known network of satire writers who see
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi Goldberg ‘Maybe It’s Time For Me’ To Leave The U.S. Quote Predates 2016 Trump Election
Did Whoopi Goldberg say "Maybe it's time for me" to leave the U.S. in June 2020? No, that's misleading: Goldberg did say something similar to this, but that was over four years ago, on January 20, 2016, months before the 2016 election. Newly p
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson incorrect to say Keir Starmer is “completely wrong” about past trends in child poverty
Keir Starmer: “Can I also welcome the Prime Minister's latest U-turn. This time on free school meals. That was the right thing to do, and it is vital to the 1.3 million children who will benefit. “A report last week from the government's S
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cracker Jack Did NOT Change Name To More Politically Correct Caucasian Jack
Did "Cracker Jack" change their name to "Caucasian Jack" because that would be more politically correct? No, that's not true: the story was published by Christian-themed satire website The Babylon Bee to mock the recent real announcement about
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASCAR Did NOT Prohibit MAGA Hats or ‘Political’ Clothing
Did NASCAR prohibit MAGA hats and "political" clothing? No, that's not true. The story originated on a liberal satire website and the story was posted in a category titled "Fox News Satire That's More Belivable Than Fox News." The site is part
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Protester Sarah Grossman’s Death Was Triggered By Tear Gas At A George Floyd Protest
Did Sarah Grossman die after police sprayed her protest group with tear gas, which triggered her asthma and led to her death? No, there's no evidence that happened: The 22-year-old woman had not been diagnosed with asthma and there is no evide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bibles NOT Pulled From Shelves At Barnes & Noble
Did U.S. bookstores like Barnes & Noble decide to stop selling bibles, stating the book contained outdated and controversial ideas? No, that's not true: the story originated as a joke on a Christian-themed satire website and it referenced
Truth or Fiction?→ Dave Chappelle Releases ‘8:46’ via YouTube, Netflix, Discusses Death of George Floyd and Protests
In June 2020, comedian Dave Chappelle released an unexpected, 27-minute-long special titled 8:46 — a number instantly recognizable as the amount of time former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, killing
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi’s Daughters Were NOT Arrested Breaking Into Liquor Store For ‘Quarantine Supplies’
Were Nancy Pelosi's Daughters Arrested Breaking Into Liquor Store For 'Quarantine Supplies'? No, that's not true: This story is from a website that caters to an audience which frequently falls for fictional stories that portray liberal politic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 22-Point Meme Of Conspiracy Memes Is Mix Of Falsehoods, Predictions, And Some Truth
Is a meme listing 22 points, including conspiracy claims about 5G hazards, adrenochrome, Jeffrey Epstein, Pizzagate, and Britain's Royal Family factual? Mostly no, although some points are true and others are just predictions that cannot be f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Buffalo Mayor Did NOT Call Knocked Down Elderly Man an ‘Agitator’ of Rioting, Looting
Did Buffalo's mayor call the elderly man who was knocked down and injured by police during a protest an "agitator" of rioting and looting? No, that's not true: Buffalo, New York, Mayor Byron Brown was referring to a separate incident and anoth
The Dispatch→ Does Joe Biden Want to ‘Defund the Police’?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Protester’ Was Joking When He Told Interviewer George Soros Paid Him To Protest
Was a man serious when he told a journalist that George Soros invited him to lunch, paid him by personal check to protest, and made him rich? No, that's not true: A video of the "paid protester" is a 3-year-old spoof, according to the man who
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Do All The Following — Contrary to Claims in Viral Message
Did President Trump do all of the things claimed in this viral post listing 10 accomplishments? No, that's not true. While several of the claims are true, many are misleading or false. The claim appeared in memes and text posts, including a po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Did NOT Defer $2.2 Billion From Social Security to Cuomo’s Budget
Did U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defer $2.2 billion from Social Security to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget amid the ongoing battle against the coronavirus pandemic? No, that's not true. This is a satirical piece written by a known netw
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Does NOT Show ‘Undercover Footage’ In Vaccine Video
Does an anti-vaccine video by Dr. Rashid Buttar show "undercover footage"? No, that's not true: The misleading title implies that this YouTube video will be the public unveiling of exclusive undercover footage of ... something. Viewers who fal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: LeBron James Did NOT Say He Wants Nothing To Do With White People
Did LeBron James say that he wants nothing to do with White people and he doesn't think they want anything to do with him? No, that's not true: The NBA legend was explaining what was in his mind as a 14-year-old starting at a mostly-white high
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Leaked IRS Tax Returns Did NOT show George Soros Wired $1.7M To Antifa
Did leaked IRS tax returns show George Soros wired $1.7 million to Antifa? No, that's not true: The Open Society Foundations, created by Soros, has made several large donations to The Center for Community Change, but that group is not affiliat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates, The CDC, Drs. Fauci And Birx NOT ‘Silent’ On Protests; COVID-19 Lockdowns NOT A ‘Scam’
Have philanthropist Bill Gates, along with Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention been silent amid the widespread protests sparked by George Floyd's death? And does this supposed silence "prove"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Rip Up Bible In Bold Anti-Trump Statement
Did Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi rip up a bible in a bold anti-Trump statement? No, that's not true: the story originated on a well-known Christian-themed satire website but was mistaken by many people for real news. The satirical article
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Lives Matter Protesters Did NOT Damage White Crosses, Vietnam War Memorials, Lt. Michael Murphy Plaque
Did Black Lives Matter protesters damage three war memorial sites -- in Kentucky, New York and California? No, that's not true: Photos shared to support the claim are years old and unrelated to the 2020 protests in the wake of George Floyd's d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Floyd Is NOT Alive And There Is No Evidence Video Of His Death Was Faked
Is George Floyd alive and was video of him dying under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer faked? No, that's not true: Two autopsies -- one by a medical examiner, and a second private examination -- confirmed that Floyd is dead. Video rec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo of Hitler Holding Up Bible Similar to Trump is NOT Real
Is President Trump holding a Bible in his right hand imitating an image of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler posing with a Bible? No, that's not true: The photo of Hitler was digitally altered to add a Bible in his right hand. The original image showed
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: You CANNOT Legally Hit A Protester If They’re Blocking A Road
Can you legally hit a protester if they're blocking a road? No, that's not true: While some states considered legislation to provide legal protection in some cases when a driver hits a protester on a road, the proposals did not pass. A screens
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Supporting Evidence That Heroin Killed More People ‘Yesterday’ Than The Coronavirus
Did heroin kill more people in the United States on one mid-May day in 2020 than COVID-19 killed? No, that's not true: The COVID-19 death toll on May 13, 2020, was an estimated 1,758, while an average of 42.4 Americans die each day from herion
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Send Tweet about George Floyd’s Family Being Honored to Hear From Him
Did President Trump send out a tweet claiming the family of Geoarge Floyd was honored to hear from him and that to die by a knee to the neck "looked to painful"? No, that's not true: the screenshot of the tweet circulating on social media was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Amy Klobuchar Did NOT Decline To Prosecute Cop at Center Of George Floyd Death
Did Amy Klobuchar decline to prosecute Derek Chauvin, the cop at the center of George Floyd's death? No, that's not true: Klobuchar was not involved in the prosecutorial decisions in the October 2006 police shooting of Wayne Reyes, which happe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Evidence Video Of Cop Pinning George Floyd Down Is ‘False Flag’ — Minneapolis Police Cars DO Say ‘POLICE’ On License Plates
Is the video of a Minneapolis police officer pinning down George Floyd before Floyd died a "false flag" because the police car license plate that says "POLICE" is fake? No, that's not true. The video of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Little Girl In The Viral Photo Asking For Prayers Does NOT Have Coronavirus – The Sign In The Picture Is Photoshopped
Does the little girl in a viral photo asking for prayers have coronavirus? No, that's not true. A photograph of a little girl with a tube in her nose holding a sign asking for prayers with the caption that she has coronavirus is fake -- it has
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Plan To Move Social Security Eligibility Age to 75
Does Joe Biden plan to move Social Security eligibility age to 75? No, that's not true: This story was originally published as satire by a network that trolls conservatives with false claims about liberals and Democrats. The content is often s