What do the COVID-19 vaccine, superstar musician Prince and lizards have to do with Queen Elizabeth II? Nothing. But conspiracy theorists claim otherwise. After the news broke Sept. 8 about […] The post 5 outlandish claims we’ve fact-checked ab
Logically→ BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia quit the party and blamed the BJP, RSS, and VHP for creating communal riots in India.
Gaurav Bhatia has not quit the BJP or spoken against the party recently. This is a 2014 video from when he was a spokesperson for Samajwadi Party.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Swiss Authorities Did NOT Call On Citizens To Report Neighbors Who Consume Too Much Gas
Did the Swiss government call on its citizens to turn in their neighbors to the authorities if people heat their homes above 19 degrees Celsius (66.2 degrees Fahrenheit)? No, that's not true: A claim on social media originated from a tabl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Is NOT ‘Set To Resign’; Trump Did NOT File ‘Impeachment Lawsuits Against Her’
Is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "set to resign" as former President Donald Trump "files impeachment lawsuits against her"? No, that's not true: The headline that contains this claim is for a video posted on Facebook that does not feature Tr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2011 ‘Captain America’ Movie Did NOT Foretell Coronavirus Pandemic With Hidden Clues
Did the movie, "Captain America: The First Avenger" contain secret clues about the coronavirus years in advance -- proving that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned? No, that's not true: The Times Square advertisements appearing in the backg
Snopes→ Whistleblower: China, India Had Agents Working for Twitter
Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is a respected cybersecurity expert who appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Snopes→ Fed Likely to Stay the Course on Interest Rate Hike
Even as inflation ticks up, gas prices have eased.
Snopes→ Did Queen Elizabeth Say This About the Need To ‘Kick Some Ass’?
The Queen could be said to have kicked some proverbial ass during the Second World War, but did she make this comment?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth Did NOT Say She Wished ‘The Lord Would Come In My Lifetime’
Did the late Queen Elizabeth II say she wished Jesus Christ would return in her lifetime so she could "lay her crown at His feet?" No, that's not true: Queen Elizabeth II did not make those comments. They were first published in a book in
PolitiFact→ Elizabeth Warren – 40% of student borrowers lack a four-year degree
"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Trump didn’t say Queen Elizabeth II secretly knighted him
Donald Trump said, “I never told anybody but she knighted me in private.”
PolitiFact→ Congressional Leadership Fund – No, Scholten didn’t dismiss the damage in the riots or praise rioters
Following protests in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2020, Democratic U.S. House candidate Hillary Scholten "dismissed the destruction and praised the rioters."
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Hospitals Are Cancelling Appointments for Cancer Patients on the Day of the Queen’s Funeral’
On September 13 2022, a screenshot of a tweet claiming that hospitals across the UK canceled treatments for cancer patients on the day of Queen Elizabeth’s memorial servces “as a ‘mark of respect'” was highly popular across pla
Snopes→ Ken Starr, Whose Probe Led to Clinton Impeachment, Dies
Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president’s impeachment, died Tuesday at age 76.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Queen Elizabeth II In Coffin As Post’s Timing, Content Imply
Did a video posted to Facebook in September 2022 show the body of the late Queen Elizabeth II being placed into a coffin? No, that's not true: The video in question was originally posted to social media more than three weeks prior to the
Snopes→ Should You Vote Early in the 2022 Midterm Elections? 3 Essential Reads
The balance of U.S. political power is at stake in the 2022 midterm elections. Voters have several ways to cast their ballots – and the majority of Americans are choosing one of them.
Snopes→ Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor to Be Laid to Rest, at Last
A 21-year-old sailor will be laid to rest on Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor.
PolitiFact→ Hillary Clinton – Clinton exaggerates absence of classified information in her emails
“I had zero emails that were classified.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Posts claim national monkeypox response coordinator is a ‘satanist.’ That’s False
Joe Biden appointed a 'satanist' to the White House.
Snopes→ Nearly 300 Demand South Korea Probe Their Adoptions Abroad
Louise Kwang felt her entire sense of identity collapse in 2016 when her South Korean agency matter-of-factly acknowledged that her origin story was fiction aimed at ensuring her adoptability.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Biden didn’t call the Pope a ‘famous African American baseball player’
Joe Biden called Pope Francis the “famous African American baseball player in America."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Heighten Protection on Donald Trump ‘Amid Assassination Chatter’
Did the U.S. military heighten protection on Donald Trump "amid assassination chatter"? No, that's not true: A spokesman for the U.S. Marine Corps denied this claim. Lead Stories contacted the Marine Corps because the article making the c
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Why were the recent COVID-19 boosters authorized before human trials were completed?
The updated COVID-19 boosters’ effectiveness was tested in mice and authorized before data could be gathered from human trials because of a pressing need to address the rapidly changing nature of coronavirus variants, an expert said.
Snopes→ Casket of Queen Elizabeth II Arrives at Buckingham Palace
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II returned to Buckingham Palace, making its way through a drizzly London as crowds lined the route for a glimpse of the hearse and to bid her a final farewell.
Snopes→ Australian Man Killed by Kangaroo in Rare Fatal Attack
A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Late Term Abortion’ Legislation
On September 13 2022, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) announced a press conference regarding a proposed federal “late term abortions” ban, which was called the “Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ted Cruz Did NOT Call Adam Schiff A ‘Son Of A "B*CH’
Did Sen. Ted Cruz angrily call Rep. Adam Schiff a "son of a bitch" in public remarks during a news conference held by Senate Republicans? No, that's not true: Cruz criticized only President Joe Biden during his remarks and never mentioned
Snopes→ Broadway Theater Renamed in Honor of James Earl Jones
The newly restored Cort Theatre on Broadway has been renamed after James Earl Jones, becoming the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist.
Snopes→ No, the Queen Did Not Request That Trump Be Banned from Her Funeral
Trump once claimed that he and the queen “got along fantastically well.”
Snopes→ Woman Whose Rape DNA Led to Her Arrest Sues San Francisco
A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime filed a lawsuit against the city.
Full Fact→ Real terms business investment has not fallen by 20% since Brexit
Claims that business investment has fallen by 20% since Brexit refer to the difference between current business investment and projections based on pre-referendum trends.
Snopes→ Iconic French New Wave Director Jean-Luc Godard Dead at 91
Jean-Luc Godard, the iconic “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema and stood for years among world cinema's most vital directors, has died.
Full Fact→ Other funerals have not been banned on day of the Queen’s funeral
The government has not issued specific advice on funerals scheduled for the day of the Queen’s funeral. Funeral service providers say some services have been cancelled at the request of families.
Logically→ Turmeric, a commonly used spice, removes fluoride from the brain.
A selective sample of research shows turmeric protects the brain against fluoride poisoning but does not remove it from the brain.
PolitiFact→ Mandela Barnes – Challenger Barnes vastly overstates case, suggesting U.S. Sen. Johnson backs outright abortion ban
“Ron Johnson just came out in favor of a federal abortion ban.”
Snopes→ Emmy Moments: A Winner’s Joy — in Song — Lifts Emmy Night
It was the first Emmy (and nomination) for stage and screen veteran Sheryl Lee Ralph, at 66, and she made the most of it.
Logically→ Islamic Studies is one of the subjects in the UPSC examinations.
None of the examinations conducted by India's Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has Islamic Studies as a separate subject.
Logically→ Sweden is building a prison for 5000 immigrants and can jail any Muslim without probable cause.
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Snopes→ US Inflation Falls for 2nd Straight Month on Lower Gas Costs
Sharply lower prices for gas and cheaper used cars slowed U.S. inflation in August for a second straight month.
Logically→ Queen Elizabeth II threw food at African children.
The viral video is not of UK's Queen Elizabeth II. It is a clip from a 1901 black-and-white short film that was shot in Vietnam.