On August 30 2019, a Facebook user shared a lengthy post (archived here) about her daughter Piper’s purported illness, in a screed blaming “vaping” for the girl’s condition. In the post, Johnson claimed that two weeks previou
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Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show the Abaco Islands Damaged by Hurricane Dorian?
A widely shared Facebook post claimed to show the effects of the storm's assault on the Bahamas in September 2019.
FactCheck.org→ Amazon Doesn’t Produce 20% of Earth’s Oxygen
Q: Does the Amazon produce 20% of the world’s oxygen? A: No. Scientists estimate the percentage is closer to 6 to 9%, and the Amazon ultimately consumes nearly all of that oxygen itself. FULL QUESTION Does the Amazon Rainforest truly produce 20%
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This View of Hurricane Dorian Is Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Seen’
On September 1 2019, the following image purportedly depicting a rainbow in the eye of Hurricane Dorian appeared on social media: The post was shared more than 30,000 times in two days. An added caption read: Dorian’s image from NASA!!!😲🙏
Snopes→ Can You Opt Out of Having Snapchat Photos Used as Legal Evidence?
Posting messages on social media does not immunize one from undesirable legal consequences.
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Kevin Hart ‘Paralyzed’ in a Car Crash?
On September 2 2019, a blog seemingly devoted to ginning up traffic for “shocking videos” on a separate website made a detour into disinformation by attempting to capitalize on comedian Kevin Hart’s real-life auto accident. According
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Al Gore Did NOT Say Hurricane is Result Of Trump’s Climate Change Denial
Did Al Gore blame President Donald Trump for hurricane Dorian at a converence in Geneva? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories
Lead Stories→ Clint Eastwood Death Hoax Tech Eerily Reminiscent of 2017 Rowan Atkinson Death Hoax
Earlier this week Lead Stories already reported that Clint Eastwood was NOT dead, despite what a YouTube video was claiming: Fake News: Clint Eastwood is NOT Dead | Lead Stories Hoax Alert Did Clint Eastwood recently die? No, that is not true
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Kevin Hart NOT Paralyzed After Car Accident, Did NOT Permanently Injure Vocal Cords
Was Kevin Hart in a car crash leaving him paralyzed and with permanent injuries to his vocal cords? No, that's not true: while the actor and comedian was involved in a pretty serious car crash over the weekend the story about the paralysis and
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Clint Eastwood is NOT Dead
Did Clint Eastwood recently die? No, that is not true: It is a celebrity death hoax. The "Dirty Harry" actor is alive and well as of September 1, 2019, contrary to a YouTube video that was viewed at least 80,000 times in the first three days a
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Little Girl Is NOT Missing And Police Do NOT Want This Picture To Be Shared To Find Her
Is a "little girl" named Elizabeth Brown, aged 15 missing in Ruskin and do the police need you to share picture to help find her? No, that's not true: an old report about a missing girl from 2017 was republished in 2019 by a website that was r
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NASA Does NOT Admit Climate Change Occurs Because Of Changes In Earth’s Solar Orbit, Not Because Of SUVs And Fossil Fuels
Did NASA admit that global climate change occurs because of changes in Earth's solar orbit, and not because of emissions from SUVs burning fossil fuels? No, that's not true: NASA scientists studying climate change have not changed their opinio
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Mark Twain NEVER Said ‘No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot’
Did American humorist Mark Twain say that "No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot"? No, that's not true: It is a made-up quote attributed to Twain, whose is rightfully credited with many quotable wise observations. This quote cannot
Climate Feedback→ Washington Examiner op-ed cherry-picks data to mislead readers about climate models
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This op-ed article published by The Washington Examiner (and republished by Zero Hedge) claims to provide evidence that climate models are not valid scientific tools able to inform decisions about climate change by
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Rep. Ilhan Omar Photographed at an ‘Al Qaeda Training Camp’?
A Twitter user was seemingly intent on spreading disinformation about Democratic Party Rep. Ilhan Omar on Twitter, even after the “proof” they presented was quickly debunked. In late August 2019, the account posted a photograph of a woman
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Democratic Party Pass a Resolution ‘Against Christianity’?
A far-right Christian blog exaggerated the language of a Democratic National Committee resolution expressing support for people who do not practice any religion, painting it as an attack on the Christian faith itself. The post on Stream.org took issue
FactCheck.org→ Another Phony Story Targets Malia Obama
Quick Take A website that describes its content as satire posted a story falsely claiming that Malia Obama was arrested at Harvard University. She wasn’t, but that story has been copied by other sites and shared as though it’s true. Full
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Apple Cider Vinegar Does NOT Shrink Tumors And Destroy Cancer Cells
Can apple cider vinegar shrink your tumors and destroy your cancer cells? No, that's not true: It is a false health claim disputed by medical experts and unsupported by scientific research. While acidic acids are known to destroy cultured canc
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Picture Donald Trump Supposedly Wants Removed From The Internet Is Manipulated
Is this a real picture that shows President Trump's bald scalp under his hair as it blows in the wind? And does he want it removed from the internet, as the caption claims? No, that's not true: while we can't look into President Trump's head a
Hoax-Slayer→ 1956 Hard Disk Drive – Disk Storage Unit for 305 RAMAC Computer
Long circulated message claims that an attached photograph shows a massive hard disk drive designed for use with the 1956 305 RAMAC computer The post 1956 Hard Disk Drive – Disk Storage Unit for 305 RAMAC Computer appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Snopes→ Alex Trebek, Saying He’s on the Mend, Back at ‘Jeopardy!’
The game show posted a video on Twitter showing the 79-year-old host back on set and promising “a good year” ahead.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Trump Share a Logo Identical to One Used by a White Nationalist Group?
While it denies any links to white nationalists, President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign spread a logo first used by a white supremacist group on August 28, 2019. The logo — a red and white lion’s head inside a blue band adorned wi
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Steel Industry Claims
Summary To hear President Donald Trump tell the story of the U.S. steel industry, it went from “dead” or “going out of business” to “thriving” all because of the 25% tariffs on imported steel he instituted in March 2
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Chelsea Clinton Did NOT Say Satanism Is A Religion That Deserves Respect
Did Chelsea Clinton say that satanism is a religion that deserves respect? No, that's not true: The only child of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did say in a tweet that people should be "civil, chee
PolitiFact→ Elizabeth Warren – Warren says US broadband lags compared to other nations. She's close
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Warren says US broadband lags compared to other nations. She's close To Elizabeth Warren’s list of plans, add improving rural broadband. In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Warren wrote that over 21 milli
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Dog Does NOT Fall Into Canal And Starts To Drown, Until The Group of Dolphins Come To Save Him
Did a dog fall into a Florida canal and almost drown before a dolphin rescued it, as pictured in this story? No, that's not true: The image purportedly of a brown dog riding on the back of a dolphin is from a short film titled "Zeus and Roxann
Truth or Fiction?→ How Much Ground Would the Amazon Rainforest Fires Cover Inside the United States?
While the final toll of their damage has yet to be assessed, enough fires had torn through the Amazon rainforest in August 2019 that a similar outbreak would devastate several regions in the mainland United States. A graphic first posted to Twitter on
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Brazilian Soldier NOT Pictured Rescuing Jaguar That Jumped Into Water To Escape Amazon Fire
Did a Brazilian soldier rescue a jaguar after the animal threw itself into a river to save itself from the Amazon fires, as seen in a photograph? No, that's not true: The touching image of a jaguar being cuddled by a man wearing a Brazilian un
Snopes→ Questions after US Turns Away Palestinian Harvard Freshman
Ismail Ajjawi said he was detained for eight hours and questioned about his friends' social media posts.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Ivanka Trump Did NOT Wear Nazi Swastika Design On Shirt In Photo With Colorado Sheriff
Did Ivanka Trump wear a shirt with a Nazi Swastika design when she visited with a Colorado sheriff? No, that's not true: An image posted on social media showing the purported Swastika pattern on a shirt worn by President Trump's oldest daughte
FactCheck.org→ Website Distorts MSNBC Clip
Quick Take An old clip from a cable news show has been misrepresented by a dubious website to make the false claim that the program’s anchor prayed “for every American to suffer just so Trump won’t get re-elected.” Full Story
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Olive Garden Funding Trump’s 2020 Campaign?
On August 26 2019, a Facebook user shared the following post (archived here), claiming Olive Garden was financially backing United States President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign: It seems that a few times a week, text-based status
Truth or Fiction?→ Nine Things a Woman Couldn’t Do in 1971
In August 2019 the Facebook page “Old Crone” shared the following post, listing nine everyday activities women were purportedly prohibited from doing up until the year 1971 (with some commentary about subsequent related liberties): Bene
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Popeyes Chicken Employees Will NOT Be "Packing Heat" To "Smoke" Aggressive Customers
Will Popeyes Chicken employees now carry guns to subdue unruly customers upset about the chain running out of chicken sandwiches? No, that's not true: a tweet with that message seemingly coming from the company was actually posted by a parody
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump misleads on Russia, Crimea, Obama and the G-8
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Donald Trump misleads on Russia, Crimea, Obama and the G-8 President Donald Trump entered the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, urging his fellow members to re-admit Russia to the group, from which it had been e
Truth or Fiction?→ Did The Movie ‘Venom’ Get More Money Than Fire Relief for the Brazilian Amazon?
Following the August 2019 news that the G7 economic forum agreed to pledge $20 million to contain fires tearing through the Amazon rainforest, digital artist Todd Vaziri‘s note of perspective on Twitter struck a chord online. Vaziri — who has
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump miscasts the money and the terms in the Iran nuclear deal
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Donald Trump miscasts the money and the terms in the Iran nuclear deal The G7 meeting closed with a possible sign of reduced tensions between Iran and the United States. After months of charges and counter cha
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Auto Industry Tweets
In a series of tweets aimed at the auto industry, President Donald Trump inaccurately said that his fuel efficiency plan would reduce the cost of cars “by more than $3000” and make them “substantially safer.” Even going by his administration’
PolitiFact→ Bernie Sanders – Bernie Sanders is right that South Carolina spends more on prisons than schools
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Bernie Sanders is right that South Carolina spends more on prisons than schools Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accused South Carolina of spending too much on prisons and not enough on schools, keying in on the iss
Truth or Fiction?→ Can You Use Breastmilk Topically to Treat Various Conditions?
In August 2018, a post from “Parents R Us” about topical use of breastmilk to treat various conditions (archived here) appeared and has made the rounds online since, showing claims that have long been around in other forms as advice shar