Is there a mandatory oil dump order in place per the "Department of Hydrocarbons"? No, that's not true: neither a mandatory oil dumping order nor the "Department of Hydrocarbons" exist, and the creator of the video admitted it was a joke.
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘States With a Population Less Than DFW’
In August 2021, a May 2020 map purportedly depicting “states with a population less than DFW” (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas) continued circulating on Facebook: In an appended post, the sharer wrote: “Wow this just blew my mind ”. H
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video With Clickbait Title Does NOT Show Biden Crying And Leaving Briefing — It Doesn’t Show Him At All
Does a Facebook video show President Joe Biden crying and leaving a press briefing, only to come back and ask former President Donald Trump to return? No, that's not true: the video is clickbait and shows footage of a Pentagon press brief
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 31 US Troops Were NOT ‘Killed In Afghanistan Yesterday’ — Recycled Post Is About 2011 Attack
Were 31 U.S. servicemen killed in Afghanistan "yesterday"? No, that's not true: Versions of a post that has circulated since at least 2015 use details of a 2011 attack in which 30 U.S. servicemen and eight Afghans were killed when a U.S.
AllSides→ CNN quickly calls out Jen Psaki’s lie that Americans are not ‘stranded’ in Afghanistan
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cnn-jen-psaki-lie-americans-not-stranded-afghanistan White House press se
AllSides→ Was the State Department Charging Americans $2K for Flights out of Afghanistan?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/americans-flights-afghanistan/ Claim: Per an Aug. 14, 2021 notice, th
Logically→ India will prioritize Hindus and Sikhs in issuing ’emergency visas’ to Afghan nationals.
There are no reports that India prioritized any religion for repatriation from Afghanistan. All Afghan nationals are eligible for the e-Visa.
Full Fact→ Video of people falling from plane in Kabul shows a US aircraft
This article links to footage that is potentially distressing. A video with a misleading caption claiming to show the Taliban throwing people from a plane in Afghanistan has been seen more than 50,000 times on Instagram. The distressing footage actuall
Logically→ COVID-19 is nothing more than a bad seasonal flu.
Claims made by Dr. Roger Hodkinson are unfounded. COVID-19 is not the same as the seasonal flu.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Touted By Others As ‘Ph.D., Oxford’ Did NOT Make True Statements About COVID-19 Vaccines To A School Board — Did NOT Attend Oxford University
Does a doctor share evidence of vaccine harm to an Ohio school board? No, that's not true: A man who appeared at a school board meeting in Ohio repeated multiple COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories that Lead Stories has previously debunk
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Yale Professor, Ivermectin Maker Say The Horse Dewormer Is NOT Proven Effective Against COVID-19 — Mississippi Hospitalized Man After Dose
Has ivermectin been proven a safe and life-saving treatment for COVID-19? No, that's not true: The manufacturer of the drug, Merck, says its scientists find no evidence ivermectin works as a COVID-19 treatment and are concerned by the lac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence of The FBI Ever Releasing A Study Ranking ‘Most Dangerous Zodiac Signs’
Did the Federal Bureau of Investigation release a study ranking zodiac signs in terms of "dangerousness"? No, that's not true: This is a recycled hoax that has circulated in blog posts as far back as 2017. There is also no publicly availa
Health Feedback→ Janci Chunn Lindsay’s claims that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe are inaccurate and unsupported by scientific evidence
REVIEW In early August 2021, several posts (see examples here, here, and here) claiming that COVID-19 vaccination will cause fertility problems, blood clotting, and increase the chances that the virus bypasses previous immunity to it (immune escape)
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soviet Union Did NOT Take All Of Its Military Equipment From Afghanistan After the Soviet-Afghan War
Did the Soviet Union take all of its military equipment from Afghanistan after the Soviet-Afghan War? No, that's not true: Some of the Soviet equipment was abandoned in Afghanistan after the Soviets withdrew from the country. Even further
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Thatcher Effect’
In August 2021, an October 2018 post about the “Thatcher effect” and “thatcherized images” spread on Facebook, from a post originally shared by a New Hampshire-based optometrist’s office. It read: The Thatcher Effect. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Ballot Envelopes DO Contain Holes — But Voter Information Is Protected
Do California ballots have holes in them so that others can see how someone voted? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for California's secretary of state told Lead Stories that the holes in ballot envelopes were included to aid Californi
Truth or Fiction?→ Uncensored Library in Minecraft
On August 23 2021, an Imgur user shared the following meme, which describes a “censored library” that exists within the game Minecraft and explaining its purpose within the popular video game: Text at the bottom of the meme read: There i
Logically→ Wearing a face mask can cause cancer.
There is no evidence that wearing face masks causes decreased oxygen levels leading to cancer.
AllSides→ Did Biden Nominate the First Gay Federal Appeals Court Judge?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-biden-nominate-the-first-gay An article from the Associated P
AllSides→ FactChecking Biden’s Statements About Afghanistan
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/factchecking-bidens-statements-about-afghanistan/ Since the Taliban s
Logically→ Muslim migrants from Syria are invading Europe and destroying countries.
Xenophobic rhetoric is regularly attached to innocent Syrian migrants seeking asylum in European nations.
Logically→ America is responsible for the destruction of buildings in Homs, Syria.
The two images circulating are from different countries. Buildings in Homs were destroyed when government planes struck rebel-held districts in 2013.
Logically→ The Publishers Clearing House Award Winnings promotion is a scam.
Many scammers have conned people under the alias of Publishers Clearing House.
Logically→ The Australian government is going to seize 24,000 children and place them in a stadium quarantine camp to be forcibly vaccinated.
Several articles misconstrued an announcement made by public health officials in the state of New South Wales, earlier in August 2021.
The Dispatch→ Fact-Checking Biden’s Latest Statements on the Afghanistan Withdrawal
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Shot’ Is NOT Failing — It Prevents Most Infections And Reduces Symptoms Of Breakthrough Infections
Is a meme correct in implying vaccination ("the shot") is not working to prevent COVID-19? No, that's not true: Since it uses an image of a comedian's fictional rapper character, "Ali G," it may be satire. But the apparent reference to va
Snopes→ Country Singer Tom T. Hall Dies; Wrote ‘Harper Valley PTA’
Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was 85.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Taliban DOES Have More Black Hawk Helicopters Than 166 Other Nations But The Images Do NOT Show A Combat-Ready Aircraft
Is it true the Taliban are now in possession of more Black Hawk helicopters than 166 other nations around the globe? Yes, but context partially changes the meaning of that. For instance, images of Taliban insurgents standing near Black Ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Scientifically Speaking,’ The Vaccinated Are NOT The Disease Vectors ‘Spreading The Mutant Variants’ of COVID-19
Are people vaccinated against COVID-19 "superspreaders," serving as the transmitting vectors for the virus that caused the midsummer 2021 increase in hospitalizations, and did the delta variant and other new forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Statements About Afghanistan
Since the Taliban seized control of the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Aug. 15, President Joe Biden has delivered speeches and given interviews to defend his administration’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal that preceded the swift fall of the Afghan go
FactCheck.org→ Malala Yousafzai Has Responded to Taliban Takeover, Plight of ‘My Afghan Sisters’
Quick Take Malala Yousafzai has expressed deep concerns for women and children in Afghanistan since the Taliban entered the country’s capital on Aug. 15. Yet a post on social media falsely accused Yousafzai, a children’s rights advocate, of bei
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HIPAA Does NOT Protect People From Having To Reveal Their COVID-19 Vaccination Status
Does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more commonly known by its acronym HIPAA, protect people from having to reveal their COVID-19 vaccination status at a restaurant, bar or similar business or organization? No, t
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Danny DeVito Lose His ‘Verified’ Status on Twitter?
Actor Danny DeVito’s show of support for Nabisco workers gained attention on Twitter not just for the sentiment, but for the accusations that followed of reprisal from the platform. “Support Nabisco workers striking for humane working hours
Truth or Fiction?→ Why is OnlyFans Banning Content?
On August 20 2021, an Imgur user shared screenshots of a Twitter thread about the news that OnlyFans was banning sexually explicit content: A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong, and the reality of it is a lot more damaging and concer
AllSides→ More Americans now say government should take steps to restrict false information online than in 2018
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/18/more-americans-now-say-government-should-take-steps-to-restrict-false-information-online-than-in-2018/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: An Afghan Man Did NOT Ride On Airplane’s Engine – It Was Photoshopped
Did an Afghan man clamber onto a departing jet and ride atop its engine to escape the Taliban? No, that's not true: A Vietnamese man who produces trick photos did the video as a prank. Also, a spokesperson for an airplane manufacturing co
Full Fact→ Covid testing hasn’t left 12 million on NHS waiting lists
A Facebook post shares a meme which says “Britain in 2021: We are currently testing millions of people who aren’t ill, whilst not treating 12 million people who are ill”. The caption of the post then says that this backlog of “g
The Dispatch→ Fact-Checking Biden’s Claim That ‘Some of the Afghans Did Not Want to Leave Earlier’
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The Dispatch→ Did Biden Nominate the First Gay Federal Appeals Court Judge?
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Health Feedback→ Video shared by Sebastian Gorka Facebook page shows nurse making false and unsubstantiated claims about ivermectin, COVID-19 PCR tests, and COVID-19 vaccine safety
REVIEW On 13 August 2021, the Facebook page “America First With Dr. Sebastian Gorka” published a video of nurse Nicole Whitley, who made several claims about ivermectin, COVID-19 vaccine safety, and the COVID-19 PCR tests. Sebastian Gork