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
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FactCheck.org→ The Semantics of ‘Tear Gas’ Versus ‘Pepper Spray’
Democratic politicians have criticized President Donald Trump for the use of “tear gas” to disperse protesters near the White House on June 1 before Trump walked to St. John’s Episcopal Church to pose for photos with a Bible. The pres
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Whoever Bought the Domain LouisvilleMetroPolice.com is a Hero’
On June 1 2020, a Facebook user shared the post below, directing fellow users to the domain LouisvilleMetroPolice.com and lauding its creator as a hero: The post was shared more than 10,000 times in under four days, with most commenters tag
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Soros Did NOT Say He Is ‘Funding Black Hate Groups’ To ‘Bring Down’ The U.S.
Did George Soros say in a 2014 interview with Bild, Germany's largest and most popular tabloid newspaper, that he was "going to bring down the United States by funding Black Hate groups"? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Bild told Lead Sto
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill and Melinda Gates, Dr. Fauci and CDC Are NOT Charged With Crimes Against Humanity
Are Bill and Melinda Gates, Dr. Anthony Fauci, bioethicist Christine Grady, World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and several hundred others facing prosecution on charges of crimes against humanity? No, that's not true:
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Share Old, Edited White House Photo in Dark
Quick Take Across social media, posts falsely claim to show a picture of the White House in the dark — purportedly “for the first time” in history — as protesters marched outside on May 31. But the image is actually from 2014 an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Story About Police Stopping Man From ‘Dumping LSD Into L.A. Water Supply’ Is NOT True
Did police stop a man from dumping LSD into the Los Angeles water supply? No, that's not true: This story originated on a satire website in 2017, but reappeared on various questionable websites without the proper satire warnings. One example i
The Dispatch→ Did Lego Pull Products Featuring Police and Rescue Workers?
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AllSides→ Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ claim about Donald Trump and investigations of police misconduct
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/04/kamala-harris/fact-checking-kamala-harris-claim-about-trump-and-/
Snopes→ Did Laura Ingraham Say LeBron James Should ‘Shut Up’ and Drew Brees Can ‘Have His View’?
Fox News host Laura Ingraham appears to have changed her mind whether athletes should express political opinions.
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
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Someone Throw a ‘Gas Bomb’ Into a Horse Trailer During a Black Lives Matter Protest?
A Michigan woman’s effort to spread disinformation on Facebook about a Black Lives Matter protest several states away has been shared more than 90,000 times on the platform — despite several news sources refuting her claim. Kaitlyn White
AllSides→ Examining Biden’s Farm Bankruptcy Claim
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/examining-bidens-farm-bankruptcy-claim/ Joe Biden claimed that farm b
AllSides→ Examining Biden’s Farm Bankruptcy Claim
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/examining-bidens-farm-bankruptcy-claim/ Joe Biden claimed that farm b
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
Full Fact→ Claim that extending the Brexit transition period could cost £380 billion is not credible
“Get Brexit done! Majority AGAINST Brexit transition extension in close poll” Daily Express, 17 May 2020 Britain’s ‘faces £380billion bill’ if Brexit is delayed beyond December Sun, 17 May 2020 “Extension to B
Full Fact→ Claim that extending the Brexit transition period could cost £380 billion is not credible
“Get Brexit done! Majority AGAINST Brexit transition extension in close poll” Daily Express, 17 May 2020 Britain’s ‘faces £380billion bill’ if Brexit is delayed beyond December Sun, 17 May 2020 “Extension to B
Health Feedback→ Significant methodological flaws in a 2020 study claiming to show unvaccinated children are healthier
SUMMARY A study published on 28 May 2020[1] has been used to support a claim shared in articles and social media posts on Facebook and Instagram that unvaccinated children are healthier than vaccinated children. As is typical for this type of claim,
AllSides→ Why Twitter’s Fact Check Of Trump Might Not Be Enough To Combat Misinformation
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-twitters-fact-check-of-trump-might-not-be-enough-to-combat-misinformation/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Brick Pallets For Riots From ‘ACME Brick Co Own By Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett & Bill Gates’
Did Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Illinois Gov. Jay Robert Pritzker conspire to place pallets of bricks on sidewalks so that rioters could use them at protests? No, that's not true: First, there is no actual evidence that pallets of bricks h
AllSides→ What U.S. police are shooting at protesters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-weapons-factbox/factbox-what-u-s-police-are-shooting-at-protesters-idUSKBN23A30U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Floyd Was NOT ‘Found To Be Innocent,’ No Word On If $20 Bill Was Real
Have investigators concluded that George Floyd was innocent of passing a fake $20 bill because the money was real? No, that's not true: Investigators have not made their findings public because the case is ongoing. Whether or not the bill was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black South Sudanese Man In Viral Arrest Video Was NOT An FBI Agent
Was a black man who was arrested by police quickly released because the cops learned he was an FBI agent? No, that's not true. The now-viral video of a man being put in handcuffs by Rochester, Minnesota, police officers is a year old, and the
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A Post from Many Other Truckers’ on Protests Blocking Roads
On May 31 2020, an open letter was shared by the Facebook page “Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children” (archived here), purportedly speaking for all or most American truckers in the midst of ongoing protests in all fifty states: W
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vietnam Memorial NOT Defaced By Rioters During Protests Following George Floyd’s Death
Did rioters or protesters deface the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the George Floyd death demonstrations? No, that's not true: The photo claiming to show the memorial vandalized by rioters is an old picture of graffiti
FactCheck.org→ Post on Floyd Protests Uses Old Vandalism Photos
Quick Take A Facebook post about protests taking place in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death is criticizing protesters for “destroying the cemeteries” of veterans. But three of the four images cited are old and have nothing to do with the
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: Biden Did NOT Accept Campaign Donation From Antifa
Did Joe Biden accept a campaign donation from Antifa? No, that's not true: This story comes from a satire website and nothing published by this network is true. There is no evidence that the presumptive Democratic nominee for president has rec
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: Sheriff’s Roster Does NOT Show Derek Chauvin Released From Jail
Was Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd, released from jail? No, that's not true: Chauvin did leave the original place of confinement, the Ramsey County, Minnesota, jail, on May
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Protesters Did NOT Destroy Donald Trump’s Star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame
Did protesters destroy Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? No, that's not true: A photo of showing damage to Donald Trump's star was taken on July 25, 2018, after a man attacked it with a pickaxe. The star, which was vandalized
FactCheck.org→ Two Former Officers Involved in Floyd’s Death Are Not In-Laws
Quick Take Contrary to social media posts, Kellie Chauvin, the estranged wife of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, is not the sister of Tou Thao, another former officer involved in the events tha
FactCheck.org→ Viral Tweet ‘Alert’ Wasn’t From Antifa
Quick Take A tweet shared widely online during the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd — espousing a plan to bring violence to “residential areas… the white hoods” — was made to appear to be from antifa, the anti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Simpsons’ Did NOT Predict Police Officer Kneeling On George Floyd’s Neck
Did "The Simpsons" predict Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck, killing him? No, that's not true. The memes claiming the television show "The Simpsons" aired an episode that showed a police officer, Wiggins
Truth or Fiction?→ #BlackLivesMatter and the Parable of the “100 Sheep”
On May 31 2020, a Facebook analogy about Jesus and a flock of 100 sheep (where one was lost and 99 were safe) began circulating: That poster, Jared Price, credited Twitter user Manny Arteaga for the analogy. Arteaga shared a similar post earlier on
The Dispatch→ Was Joe Biden Warning About Coronavirus Back in January?
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FactCheck.org→ Examining Biden’s Farm Bankruptcy Claim
Joe Biden claimed that farm bankruptcies increased last year “due largely to Trump’s unmitigated disaster of a tariff war.” International trade was a factor, but there were additional reasons that predate the trade war — such as
AllSides→ Should Politicians be Exempt from Fact-Checks on Facebook?
http://thethreadweekly.com/news/fact-checking-politicians-facebook After the 2016 Presidential election
AllSides→ Should Politicians be Exempt from Fact-Checks on Facebook?
http://thethreadweekly.com/news/fact-checking-politicians-facebook After the 2016 Presidential election
Truth or Fiction?→ Hitler Holding a Bible, Trump Holding a Bible
After United States President Donald Trump controversially posed for photographs at a Washington, DC church while he held up a Bible, the following photograph of Trump juxtaposed with Adolf Hitler in a purportedly similar pose appeared and quickly wen