Did singer Beyonce sing a rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as the Black national anthem, instead of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a NFL game held in September 2023? No, that's not true: the claim appeared first on a we
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Bill AB 957 Would NOT ‘Require’ Parents To Affirm Child’s Gender Identity Or Lose Custody
Will California legislative bill AB 957 require parents to affirm "gender transition" of any child or "lose custody"? No, that's not true: the bill would require judges in custody cases to consider a parent's affirmation of a child's gend
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DTaP Vaccine’s Packaging Insert Does NOT Prove Immunization Causes SIDS
Does an insert included in the packaging for one diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine show a direct link between immunization and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the Centers for Dis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines in Maui Did NOT ‘Tactically Abort A Gunfight With National Guardsmen’
Did U.S. Marines in Maui "tactically abort a gunfight with National Guardsmen"? No, that's not true: The website this claim was made on carries a disclaimer stating that it publishes satirical content. The claim appeared in an article pub
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Boris Johnson Did NOT Perform A Nazi Salute While Visiting Ukraine — Photo Has Been Altered
Did former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson perform a Nazi salute while standing in front of a controversial flag when he was visiting Ukraine? No, that's not true: This photo has been digitally altered. Johnson received an honorary d
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump said he doesn’t know who gave Fauci a commendation. Trump’s White House website says Trump did
“I really don’t know who gave (Dr. Anthony Fauci) the commendation.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Old baseless rumors about Clinton snuff film persist on social media
“Hillary Clinton in trouble as her dark web video leaked.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Mexico’s ‘Mummified’ Alien Corpses
On September 13 2023, a pair of popular posts about “alien corpses” presented at a hearing before Mexico’s government appeared on Reddit’s r/aliens (and elsewhere): Aliens revealed at UAP Mexico Hearing byu/im2much4u2handlex in
The Dispatch→ The Party’s Over
Farewell to Mitt Romney and the right as we knew it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi, Joy, and Sunny Did NOT Say They’ll Quit ‘Immediately’ If ‘The View’ Adds Candace Owens — It’s A Satire Post
Did Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin all say they'll quit "immediately" if "The View" adds Candace Owens as a host? No, that's not true: This claim comes from a satirical website that has a history of fabricating content surrou
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Biden’s remarks about extreme weather events were taken out of context
President Joe Biden’s comments confirm that the government is going to “increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Este video del derrumbamiento de un edificio en Marruecos es del 2020
Estas son imágenes del “sismo de gran magnitud” en Marruecos.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Maui Houseless Residents Evicted In 2023 With ‘Nowhere To Go’
Does a video shared to social media in September 2023 show Maui residents "being arrested for camping on the beach with nowhere to go" following the destructive wildfires that killed at least 115 people? No, that's not true: The video in
The Dispatch→ High Steaks #7: What Did I Miss?
More atrocious ketchup placements.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Hawaii isn’t home to tons of lithium, despite baseless claims linking wildfires and lithium access
Hawaii wildfire was intentionally set because there’s “120 million tons of lithium in Maui.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Document The 2023 Floods In Libya
Does this video show deadly floods in Libya in 2023? No, that's not true: Lead Stories has found this video posted on different social media sites going back as far as 2016. The claim appeared on Facebook (archived here) where it was publ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Will NOT Start Charging $4.99 A Month ‘On Monday’ — As Of September 14, 2023, Basic Access To The Platform Remains Free
Did Facebook or its parent company Meta announce a plan to charge all of the platform's users $4.99 a month for access? Will copying and pasting a post about the change allow people to "opt out" or "bypass the system"? No, none of that is
Health Feedback→ Yale University researchers reported a technology to deliver mRNA vaccines in the nose, not a way to remotely vaccinate people
REVIEW Researchers from Yale University, Suberi et al., published a study in August 2023 on a new technology for mRNA vaccine delivery[1]. In early September 2023, a video from the Epoch Times claimed that this technology could be used to “dissemi
Health Feedback→ Robert Malone makes several misleading and unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 vaccines in Judicial Watch interview
REVIEW On 9 September 2023, political activist group Judicial Watch posted a video of an interview with scientist Robert Malone, conducted by the group’s director of investigations Christopher Farrell. The video, which contains several claims abou
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Use of Floodgates at Southern Border
Quick Take To avoid damage from heavy rains, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have opened floodgates along Arizona’s border fencing during monsoon season since 2009. But social media users, including Sen. Ted Cruz, shared posts wi
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Ron DeSantis mandated COVID-19 vaccines in Florida? No, that Donald Trump claim rates Pants on Fire!
“Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Climate change doesn’t cause hurricanes. But it may increase their frequency and intensity
CLAIM: Climate change isn’t real because Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that ‘The View’ hosts threatened to resign if Candace Owens joined started as satire
“Whoopi, Joy and Sunny Threaten To Resign ‘Immediately’ If Candace Owens Joins The Panel.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A new study doesn’t show Pfizer’s COVID vaccine causes ‘VAIDS’
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ A Different Kind of Impeachment
Plus: The Fellowship Athletes case gets resurrected.
Full Fact→ The Energy Bill will not make failing to comply with ‘Net Zero targets’ a criminal offence
Posts on social media which claim a new law will mean people can be fined £15,000 or sent to jail if they don’t comply with energy regulations misunderstand the legislation.
Logically→ Rescue footage from typhoon Doksuri in Beijing misrepresented as flooding in Libya
Logically→ HAARP did not cause the floods and wildfires in Greece
Logically→ Excerpts read from a ‘banned’ book in Senate hearing falsely claimed to be words of Barack Obama
Logically→ यूपी के कानपुर में नवजात शिशु को बचाए जाने का वीडियो मोरक्को भूकंप से जोड़कर वायरल
Logically→ ಇಲ್ಲ, ತೆಲುಗು ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆ ಚಂದ್ರಬಾಬು ನಾಯ್ಡು ಅವರನ್ನು ಅಪರಾಧಿ ಎಂದು ಘೋಷಿಸುವ ಲೇಖನವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ
Logically→ చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు దోషి అని నిర్ధారిస్తూ ఈనాడు దినపత్రిక కథనం ప్రచురించలేదు
Logically→ ছিৰিয়াৰ ক্ষতিগ্ৰস্ত মছজিদৰ পৰা মৌলবীযে আজান দিয়া ভিডিঅ’টো মৰক্কো ভূমিকম্পৰ নহয়
Logically→ The floods in Libya were caused by Storm Daniel, not HAARP
The Dispatch→ A Rogue State Visit
A look at Kim Jong Un’s trip to Russia.
Logically→ Viral post claiming Facebook users stand a chance to win two free houses is a scam
Logically→ Video of cleric reciting Islamic prayer atop damaged mosque in Syria falsely shared as Morocco
Logically→ Video of 2016 flash flood in Saudi Arabia misattributed to Storm Daniel in Libya
Logically→ উত্তৰ প্ৰদেশৰ ভিডিঅ’ মৰক্কো ভূমিকম্পত নৱজাত শিশুৰ উদ্ধাৰৰ দৃশ্য় বুলি শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
Logically→ No, video of gold bust of PM Modi is not from Saudi Arabia