In an interview about the Mueller report, Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, distorted the facts in repeatedly making the case that there was “no obstruction” by Trump. Giuliani claimed “there is overwhelmin
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: Photo Showing Two Men "Smiling" In Front Of Burning Notre Dame Is NOT Doctored (But We Still Don’t Know If They Are "Laughing Muslims")
By Alan Duke and Maarten Schenk - Did the Russian news agency Sputnik digitally insert two smiling men into a photograph taken near the burning Notre Dame cathedral and then publish it as part of their breaking news coverage of the fire? No, t
Snopes→ Easter Feast Arrives at the Space Station
There are three Americans living on the space station, as well as two Russians and one Canadian.
FactCheck.org→ What the Mueller Report Says About Obstruction
In the hours after the public release of the redacted report from special counsel Robert S. Mueller, President Donald Trump took to Twitter with a message that reads, in part, “NO OBSTRUCTION!” That’s not at all what the Mueller repor
Snopes→ The 10 Instances of Possible Obstruction in Mueller Report
On the day after Trump fired Comey, the president told Russian officials that he had “faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”
PolitiFact→ Read the redacted Mueller report
Attorney General Bill Barr released a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report about Russian interference and the Trump campaign to Congress and the American people April 18, 2019. Read it below. See Figure 1 on Poli
Snopes→ Polar Bear Gets Lost in Russia, Hundreds of Miles from Home
Russian media reported Wednesday that the animal, which looks exhausted, has somehow ended up in the village Tilichiki on Kamchatka.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misstates Nadler’s Position on Starr Report
President Donald Trump got his facts wrong when he said Rep. Jerrold Nadler “thought the concept of giving the Starr report” about President Bill Clinton “was absolutely something you could never do” in 1998. Nadler wasn’t against releasing a
FactCheck.org→ Meme Misleads on Russia Sanctions
Quick Take A social media post falsely claims that President Donald Trump “immediately dropped our sanctions against Russia” after his election. Full Story Days after Attorney General William P. Barr issued a summary of Special Counsel Ro
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Russia Investigation Repeats
In his first extended interview since the completion of the special counsel probe, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims regarding the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The FBI investigation be
FactCheck.org→ Dossier Not What ‘Started All of This’
In an interview about the special counsel’s report, Rep. John Ratcliffe said that what “started all of this” was “a fake, phony dossier.” But a House Republican intelligence committee memo said it was information about a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Robert Soros (Son of George Soros) NOT Married To Sister of Adam Schiff
Is Robert Soros, the son of George Soros, married to Melissa Schiff, sister of U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D)? No, that's not true: Melissa Schiff is not related to Adam Schiff and the marriage ended in a divorce several years ago. The cl
FactCheck.org→ Conway’s Spin on Trump’s ‘Obstructive Conduct’
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway falsely claimed that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report concluded that President Donald Trump engaged in “no — quote — ‘obstructive conduct'” during the Russia investigatio
PolitiFact→ Here’s what we know about the cost of the Mueller investigation
Special Counsel Robert Mueller ended his investigation on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election without accusing President Donald Trump or his campaign of conspiring or coordinating with the Russian government. Given the favorable outc
PolitiFact→ What Democrats said about Trump, collusion before Mueller report
Republicans have been having a field day rubbing the Democrats’ noses in the outcome of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. As the summary from Attorney General William Barr quoted Mueller’s report, "the investigation
FactCheck.org→ Nadler Gets the Facts Wrong on Russia Probe
Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, misrepresented the facts regarding two key moments in the special counsel’s investigation of President Donald Trump and his campaign: Nadler claimed that the email inviting Donald Tru
PolitiFact→ Martha Stewart to Donald Trump: Can there be obstruction of justice with no underlying crime?
In summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference, Attorney General Bill Barr said there were two major questions the investigation examined: whether there was coordination or collusion between the Trump camp
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Top Prosecutor Has NO Evidence Hillary Colluded With Ukraine
Did a "top prosecutor" reveal that he has evidence that Hillary Clinton colluded with Ukraine during the 2016 U.S. election? No, that's not true: Ukraine's top prosecutor said he has evidence that officials in Ukraine released damaging informa
Snopes→ Mueller Concludes Russia Probe, Delivers Report to Attorney General Barr
Special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his investigation into Russian election interference and possible coordination with associates of President Donald Trump.
Snopes→ Trump Intensifies Effort to Discredit Mueller Report
Robert Mueller is expected to soon deliver a report to the Justice Department on his investigation into Russian election meddling.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: UN Resolution 2334 Did NOT Demand Israel "Give the Golan Heights to ISIS, including all its Christian population"
Did U.N. resolution #2334 require Israel to give the Golan Heights to ISIS? No, that's not true: a staunchly pro-Israel blog that seems to contain articles that are mostly copy pasted together from other sources embedded a video making that cl
FactCheck.org→ Trump Touts Questionable Survey Results
A national survey promoted by President Donald Trump may not show that “50% of Americans AGREE that Robert Mueller’s investigation is a Witch Hunt,” as he tweeted. The Suffolk University/USA Today survey, taken March 13-17, asked the foll
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Massive Geomagnetic Storm Will Hit Our Planet On The 18th Of March
Did Russian scientists warn that a massive geomagnetic storm would hit Earth on March 18, 2019? No, that's not true: The Russian Academy of Sciences noted chances of a low-level storm reaching our planet, but several websites exaggerated the o
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Putin Did NOT Ban Microsoft Products From Russia
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin ban all Microsoft products from Russia? No, that's not true: a 2016 article was reposted to Facebook by website that has a reputation for making up unsubstantiated claims in its headlines that are not backe
FactCheck.org→ Cohen, Trump at Odds
Michael Cohen gave public testimony under oath that contradicted past statements by President Donald Trump on WikiLeaks, Stormy Daniels and a proposed Moscow real estate deal, as well as Trump’s Vietnam War deferrals and his net worth. Here we la
Truth or Fiction?→ Christmas Tradition of Women Begging Their Husbands for Forgiveness?
On February 24 2019, the Facebook page “Pictures in History” shared the following caption with the photograph seen above: A long forgotten Christmas tradition, women once used to beg their husbands for forgiveness from all of their wrongdoings and
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Yes, President Trump, Congress also investigated Barack Obama
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Yes, President Trump, Congress also investigated Barack Obama President Donald Trump, facing a newly installed Democratic House majority with the power to hold oversight hearings on the executive branch, vente
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Satirical Trump ‘Quote’
Quick Take A quote attributed to President Donald Trump in Facebook posts actually originated in a well-known satirical New Yorker column. Full Story There are at least three indicators on a Borowitz Report column that it is satirical. “Satire
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories Joins Facebook’s Third Party Fact Checking Partnership
COLORADO SPRINGS - Lead Stories is happy to announce we are now part of Facebook's partnership with various fact checking organisations around the world which aims to fight misinformation on the platform. Lead Stories will continue using its
Climate Feedback→ How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?
This article was originally published at Carbon Brief by Robert McSweeney, and has been praised by scientists as a nuanced summary of the research on this topic. (The top image from NASA Earth Observatory shows temperatures on 29 January 2019.) &nbs
Truth or Fiction?→ Video of Bernie Sanders Shirtless, Singing ‘This Land Is Your Land’ in Russia in 1988?
On January 28 2019, a video of what appeared to be video of a shirtless Bernie Sanders at a dinner party in Russia in 1988 surfaced on Twitter: BREAKING: @SenSanders like you’ve never seen him!! Bernie and Jane on their honeymoon in Russia singing
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Jean-Claude Van Damme NOT Dead, NOT Victim of Heart Attack
Did actor Jean-Claude Van Damma die of a heart attack? No, that's not true: the story of his death was made up by a website with a history of publishing death hoaxes. The story originated from an article published by chanteur-news-fr.info on
Snopes→ Model Apologizes in Claim of Russia Election Interference
A Belarusian model who claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election says she won't be saying anything more about the matter.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Texas Ranchers Find ‘Prayer Rugs’ Near the U.S.-Mexico Border?
Amid a flurry of headlines about the government shutdown and Michael Cohen on January 18 2019, President Donald Trump tweeted a highly dubious claim that ranchers on the southern United States border had found “prayer rugs” as part of a pl
FactCheck.org→ RNC Misleads on ‘Immoral’ Democratic Bill
Republican National Committee tweets in recent days have attacked a Democratic-sponsored bill in the House as “immoral” because it “would spend $54 billion taxpayer dollars on foreign countries” but not address “the border
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Barber Mistakenly Shave a ‘Play’ Button on a Client’s Head Because of a Paused Video?
In January 2019, 9Gag shared a post titled “Barber Mistakenly Shaves A Play Button Into Client’s Hair After Being Shown A Paused Video.” It was light on details and included several amusing images: 9Gag had very little to say about t
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Say She Will Skip Trump and Negotiate Directly With Putin
Is Nancy Pelosi negotiating directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the government shutdown? No, that's not true: the story was made up by the satire section of a magazine, it is not real. The story originated from an artic
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Chinese Lunar Rover Finds No Evidence of American Moon Landings (Exactly As Expected…)
Did Chinese officials involved with their space program express skepticism that the American Moon landings ever happened because their recently landed lunar rover did not find any evidence for them? No, that's not true: the story was made up b
Truth or Fiction?→ Is ‘Bar’ an Acronym for ‘Beer and Alcohol Room’?
A meme with the claim that the word “bar” is an acronym for “beer and alcohol room” suddenly appeared in late December 2018: The meme was virtually identical in both presentation and format to a similar post claiming the word
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Merkel’s Muslim Migrants Did NOT Form Sharia Police To Patrol Streets Of Berlin And Terrorize Locals
Are migrants in Germany running a "Sharia Police" in the streets of Berlin to enforce "sharia law" and to terrorize locals? No, that's not true: an old article mixing together several incidents from years ago keeps getting republished over and