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Truth or Fiction?→ Assessing the 1943 NYT Headline On Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
In the annals of World War II, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising stands as a symbol of resistance and defiance against the horrifying atrocities of the Holocaust. The revolt, triggered by the Jewish populace of the Warsaw Ghetto against the brutality of Nazi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Neither ‘The Rock’ Nor Joe Rogan Endorsed $5,600 ‘Health Spending’ Cards From Feds For Every American
Did Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Joe Rogan endorse a plan by the federal government to distribute health spending cards worth up to $5,600, with every American qualifying for one? No, that's not true: The claim that the government is fre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Palestinian Children ‘Searching For Burnt Food’ During 2023 Hamas-Israel Conflict — It’s Footage From Syrian Refugee Camp
Does a video show Palestinian children "searching for burnt food" after airstrikes that occurred during the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The footage predates by three months the conflict that arose after Hamas attacked
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A medieval church in Gaza was not razed by Israeli bombing, contrary to online posts
CLAIM: The Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrios was destroyed during Israel’s bombing of Gaza. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show White Phosphorus Bomb Used In Gaza — Scene Was Originally Recorded In Ukraine
Does a video shared to social media in October 2023 show "white Phosphorus bombs" dropped on Gaza? No, that's not true: The video was shot in Ukraine and was posted to social media in March 2023, which predates the October 7, 2023, start
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Bomb, Destroy 900-Year-Old Church of Saint Porphyrios In Gaza On October 9, 2023
Was the nearly 900-year-old Saint Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church In Gaza destroyed by Israeli bombs? No, that's not true: After claims went viral that the church had been destroyed, the church posted messages on its Facebook account, re
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump on ‘Meet the Press’
Kristen Welker’s first week as the new moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press” featured an interview with former President Donald Trump, and she was busy trying to push back on his numerous false and misleading statements. Here
FactCheck.org→ Post Makes False Claim About Children Missing After Maui Wildfires
Quick Take The wildfires in Maui caused widespread destruction on the island and claimed the lives of 97 people. The Maui Police Department and the FBI have released the list of 31 individuals still unaccounted for following the fire. Yet an Instag
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ England isn’t ‘giving up’ on 15-minute cities, despite social media claims
CLAIM: England is giving up on efforts to create 15-minute cities because people have destroyed all the cameras and refused to pay tens of thousands of fines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Were NOT 7 Million Registered Voters In Wisconsin 2020 Election With Only 4.5 Million Eligible
Were 7 million people registered to vote in the 2020 general election in Wisconsin when only 4.5 million were eligible voters? No, that's not true: There were more than 3.9 million registered voters and an estimated 4.5 million eligible v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Demo Video And Blue Objects Do NOT Prove A Laser Caused Hawaii’s Maui Fires
Do an unburned blue car and beach umbrella seen in a social-media video about the August 2023 wildfire that ravaged the town of Lahaina on Hawaii's island of Maui prove that lasers caused the blaze since the color blue can resist lasers?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Ukraine Seized ‘Train’ Filled With Russian SU-57 Jets In August 2023
Did Ukraine capture an entire "train" carrying multiple SU-57 jets used by the Russian army? No, that's not true: The video making such a claim in its clickbait headline did not actually say anything about this fighter jet. As of this wri
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Hawaii’s governor did not tell reporters he wants to make Lahaina a ‘smart city’
CLAIM: A video shows Hawaii Gov. Josh Green saying he wants the state to acquire land destroyed in the Maui wildfire so that it can turn the town of Lahaina into a “smart city.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Visiting Maui After Wildfires — It’s Alabama In 2019
Does a video show former President Donald Trump visiting the Hawaiian island of Maui in August 2023 to comfort survivors of the devastating wildfires there? No, that's not true: The footage of Trump is from 2019, when Trump visited Alabam
FactCheck.org→ High Winds, Drought Conditions Led to Maui Fires, No Evidence Intentionally Set
SciCheck Digest It’s not known what sparked the wildfires in Maui, although some evidence points to downed power lines. The conditions were ripe for fire, as large amounts of invasive grasses were dry due to drought and high winds helped to rapid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hawaii Wildfires Caused By ‘Direct Energy Weapon Assault’
Was the deadly wildfire that began the evening of August 8, 2023, on the Hawaiian island of Maui caused by a "direct energy weapon assault"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that assertion. Instead, natural factors, not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Standing Trees Do NOT Prove Maui Wildfires Were False Flag Operations
Does a widely shared video of still-standing trees prove that the Maui wildfires were false flag operations? No, that's not true: Social media users who reposted the clip pointed out that some plants survived fires, but that does not supp
Truth or Fiction?→ Maui Fires: How to Help
In early August 2023, deadly wildfires swept through the Hawaiian island of Maui; one of the most upvoted posts on Reddit’s r/all featured a circulating image of the devastation: The destruction of Maui fires by u/Jonny_Boy_808 in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Ban ‘5G Across Russia’ Or Destroy ‘All Towers’ — Signal Is Still Present
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin prohibit 5G in Russia, tearing down all the towers delivering it? Not, that's not true: As of this writing, 5G is working in major Russian cities, and the government continues to invest in the expansio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Does NOT Face A Chornobyl-Style Disaster From Water Shortage As Of July 2023
by: Evgenia Prodaeva Can "a nuclear explosion like in Chornobyl," the world's worst nuclear accident, now occur at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after the June 6, 2023, explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka dam emptied most o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Does NOT Face A Chornobyl-Style Disaster From Water Shortage As Of July 2023
by: Evgenia Prodaeva Can "a nuclear explosion like in Chornobyl," the world's worst nuclear accident, now occur at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after the June 6, 2023, explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka dam emptied most o
Truth or Fiction?→ Sinéad O’Connor’s Saturday Night Live Rehearsal
Sinead O’Connor had a short but storied life. When the Irish musician and performer (who since 2018 had called herself Shuhada’ Sadaqat after converting to Islam) — died on July 26 2023, her groundbreaking Saturday Night Live per
FactCheck.org→ Pfizer Facility Damaged in Tornado Didn’t Produce COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest No COVID-19 vaccines were affected by the tornado that damaged Pfizer’s North Carolina warehouse, which doesn’t produce the vaccines. But some misinformation spreaders are claiming vaccines were destroyed. Full St
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Sink FEMA Ship In The Pacific
Did U.S. Marine Corps jets sink a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) barge off the coast of California around July 19, 2023? No, that's not true: The Department of Defense press office told Lead Stories that the purported attack n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Public Health Experts Did NOT Discredit Ivermectin To Ensure COVID Vaccines Got Emergency Use Authorization
Did public health experts discredit the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies got emergency authorization from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)? No, that's not
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Claim tornado planned for Pfizer insurance money unfounded
The tornado that destroyed a Pfizer building in North Carolina was orchestrated using weather manipulation to provide “an insurance claim for big pharma.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT ‘Stocked’ At NC Pfizer Facility Damaged By A Tornado
Was a Pfizer manufacturing site in North Carolina that was damaged by a tornado "stocked with" COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: A Pfizer spokesperson told Lead Stories that COVID-19 vaccines are not made or stocked at the facility.
Health Feedback→ Claim that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain DNA contaminants based on study of vials of “unknown provenance”; no evidence COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can alter DNA in people
REVIEW On 11 June 2023, The Epoch Times republished an article by osteopath Joseph Mercola, which carried the headline “Monkey Virus DNA Found In COVID-19 Shots”. The article claims that a group of scientists had found “massive DNA contaminati
Truth or Fiction?→ Experts Warn: ‘Freedom Convoy’ Supporters Now Pushing Anti-LGBTQ Movement
In what should by now be a familiar shift, supporters of the right-wing “Freedom Convoy” have moved on to pushing anti-LGBTQ campaigns, according to Canadian experts. “In terms of the organizers and the people who had the loudest voic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Explosion Was NOT Caused By ‘Direct Energy Weapon’ — It’s A Rolling Shutter Artifact In Video
Was an explosion caused by a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) caught on tape -- showing a beam of light coming down from the sky in the split-second before the enormous blast? No, that's not true: Although this footage of an explosion is real
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Massachusetts Church Did NOT Host Pride Event Or Same-Sex Wedding The Day Lightning Burned It To The Ground
Did lightning strike a Massachusetts church and burn it to the ground hours after it hosted a gay Pride event or same-sex wedding? No, that's not true: Both a representative of the First Congregational Church of Spencer, United Church of
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Distortions of Federal Indictment
In the days leading up to his June 13 arraignment and in a speech several hours afterward, former President Donald Trump distorted what the federal indictment against him said and made faulty comparisons to other politicians’ actions. Trum
Truth or Fiction?→ State Farm No Longer Insuring California Homes, Insurance Industry in Climate Crisis
On May 30 2023, The Recount tweeted about a purported decision by insurer State Farm, which would evidently no longer be accepting new applications from California homeowners: State Farm is no longer accepting new applications for homeowner insurance
Health Feedback→ No evidence that hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin cure cancer; cancer and multiple sclerosis aren’t caused solely by parasites, contrary to claim by orthopedic surgeon
REVIEW A Facebook video posted on 5 May 2023 claimed that parasites cause cancer and multiple sclerosis, receiving more than 130,000 views. The video is an excerpt from a 5 December 2022 episode of the podcast “After Hours with Dr. Sigoloff”, du
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Old ‘Tartarian Empire’ Or Of ‘Mud Flood’ Resetting Society
Did a once powerful and technologically advanced "Tartarian Empire" exist before being washed away or buried in a great "mud flood" that reset society? No, that's not true: There is no proof to support this claim. While the assertion has
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Destruction Of Eggs In U.S. — It’s From Argentina
Does a video show thousands of eggs being destroyed in the United States during the egg shortage in 2023? No, that's not true: The video is from a company in Argentina that was forced by its government to destroy the eggs due to avian flu
Health Feedback→ Peter McCullough makes multiple false, misleading, and unsupported claims about COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy in viral podcast
REVIEW On 22 April 2023, the website X22 Report published a 27-minute podcast interview with cardiologist Peter McCullough. During the interview, McCullough referred to the COVID-19 vaccination campaign as a “worldwide debacle” and repeated prev
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Road Roller Demolishing Bud Light Cans In Criticism Of Dylan Mulvaney Ad
Does a video show a compaction roller demolishing cases of Bud Light beer cans in response to a marketing campaign for the brand featuring transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney? No, that's not true: The video shows thousands
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Russian Missile Strike ‘Killed 200 NATO Generals, Including At Least 20 Or 30 High-Ranking American Officers’
Does a TV interview with international affairs analyst Gilbert Doctorow prove that a Russian hypersonic missile "killed 200 NATO generals, including at least 20 or 30 high-ranking American officers"? No, that's not true: Doctorow doesn't