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Hoax-Slayer→ ‘Win a Tiny House’ Facebook Scams Continue
Facebook scammers seemingly love giving away imaginary tiny houses. In recent years, there have been dozens of versions of these giveaway scams on Facebook, all featuring stolen images of tiny houses in various parts of the world. The post ‘Win
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Was NOT Silent On The 4 Million People Without Power Due To The Winter Storm
Was Joe Biden silent on the 4 million people without power due to a February 2021 winter storm? No, that's not true. The president did not appear on camera to address the situation, but he made several public statements about the storm an
Snopes→ Does the Phrase ‘Blow Smoke Up Your Ass’ Come From ‘Tobacco Enemas’?
Let's get one thing out of the way — tobacco enemas were totally a thing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Renewable Energy Sources Are NOT The Leading Cause Of Blackouts Amid Deadly Winter Storm
Are renewable energy sources the main reason for blackouts amid a deadly winter storm? No, that's not true: Renewables like wind and solar continue to produce, according to power grid officials, and are not the leading cause of the blacko
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Have ‘This Photo Removed From Twitter’
Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, have an unflattering "photo" of her removed from Twitter? No, that's not true: First, it's not a photo. It's a caricature that depicts the congresswoman flashing a toothy g
Snopes→ After Acquittal, Trump 2024? Maybe Not So Fast
If Trump chooses to run for the White House in 2024, opponents are likely to call on a constitutional provision adopted after the Civil War to try to stop him.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein And Other Famous White Men Accused Of Sex Crimes Did NOT ‘Walk’ Free From Jail While Bill Cosby And R. Kelly, Both Black, Were Locked Up
Did Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein and other famous white men accused of sex crimes "walk" free from jail while Bill Cosby and R. Kelly were locked up? No, this is missing context. A meme from 2019 has gone viral in 2021, claiming Cosb
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Actual Advice Being Given to Southerners About How to Drive in the Snow’
As much of the South contended with unusually harsh winter weather, a viral February 2021 tweet claimed that a screenshot showed “actual advice” being given to Southerners for driving in the snow — entailing a complicated visualizati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Washington, D.C., Is NOT ‘Checking Your ID’ For People ‘To Get In And Out Of’ The City
Is Washington, D.C., "checking your ID" for people "to get in and out of" the city? No, that's not true: There are currently no checkpoints at the city limits/boundaries of Washington, D.C. The claim appeared a Facebook post (archived her
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Phone Number For FEMA To Pay For Hotel Rooms Is NOT Correct Number For Cold Weather Victims
Does the number offered in a Facebook post connect to a line to secure FEMA disaster relief to pay for a hotel room? No, that's not true: The number listed is indeed a FEMA number, but it is a helpline for internet problems -- not a numbe
Snopes→ Did CDC Warn Against Traveling to Mexico Due to COVID-19?
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was called out for traveling to Cancun, Mexico, as both a devastating winter storm and a pandemic impacted his state.
Snopes→ Path to Citizenship in New Democratic Immigration Bill
President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats proposed a major immigration overhaul that would offer an eight-year pathway to citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally.
The Dispatch→ Did a Helicopter Use Petroleum-Based Chemicals to De-Ice a Texas Wind Turbine?
A viral imagepurportedly shows a wind turbine in Texas frozen by recent winter storms being sprayed with a fossil-fuel-based chemical. a.image2.image-link.image2-559-510 { padding-bottom: 109.60784313725492%; padding-b
AFP Fact Check→ Posts falsely claim minority jobless rate lowest under Trump
A Facebook post shared tens of thousands of times claims unemployment for minorities hit an all-time low under Donald Trump, and that Joe Biden “killed” 135,000 jobs. This is false; Black men over the age of 20 did not enjoy record employment under
Snopes→ US Reverts to Targeted Immigration Enforcement Under Biden
Authorities are directed to focus on people in the country illegally who pose a threat.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Ted Cruz Fly to Mexico While Texans Were Without Electricity?
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz was denounced online after being caught flying out of the state as hundreds of thousands of residents remained without power and water for sunnier climates. Photographs placing Cruz at the Houston airport began surfacin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook And American Journal Of Medicine Did NOT Admit They Were Wrong About HCQ As COVID Drug
Did Facebook and the American Journal of Medicine "admit" they were wrong about a malaria drug's effectiveness against COVID-19? No, that's not true: The claim refers to a Facebook Oversight Board ruling that contains no endorsement of th
Full Fact→ The Covid-19 vaccine programme isn’t a medical experiment
People delivering the Covid-19 vaccination programme do not have to tell patients that they are taking part in a medical experiment, as a post on Facebook falsely claims. The vaccination programme is not an experiment. The three Covid vaccines currentl
Full Fact→ Santander bank card ‘scam’ probably doesn’t exist
Posts warning people about a possible scam involving Santander bank cards have been shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook. The posts largely use the same text, which was being shared at least as early as October 2020. It claims that the o
Full Fact→ US rapper Pitbull wrong to claim Event 201 was ‘rehearsal’ for coronavirus pandemic
A video of the US rapper Pitbull claiming that the pandemic was planned out during ‘Event 201’ has been widely shared on UK Facebook. Event 201 was a real pandemic planning exercise that took place in October 2019. This does not mean its or
AFP Fact Check→ The video clip shows a church group performing a street play, not a real couple fighting
Footage of a wedding party arguing in the street has been circulated in multiple social media posts purporting to show a bride confronting the groom for cheating on her with one of the bridesmaids. This is false; this video clip is actually a scene fr
Logically→ The USA is not a democracy because the term does not appear in the Constitution.
The United States has elements of both a republic and a democracy. The definition of democracy has changed over time.
AFP Fact Check→ Machakos University is not launching a degree in witchcraft
Multiple articles and widely shared social media posts have alleged that Kenya’s Machakos University is launching a degree in witchcraft. But this is false: AFP Fact Check found the story stems from a satirical website. The university has also ref
Snopes→ US Life Expectancy Drops a Year in Pandemic, Most Since WWII
“What is really quite striking in these numbers is that they only reflect the first half of the year ... I would expect that these numbers would only get worse,” said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, a health equity researcher and dean at the Universit
Logically→ A new bill to legalize killing babies has been passed by the New Mexico House Committee.
New Mexico Senate passed a bill repealing a decades-old abortion ban that grants greater autonomy to women with respect to abortions.
Logically→ An Idaho politician changed his name to ‘Pro-Life’.
'Pro-Life' (formerly Marvin Thomas Richardson), an American perennial candidate, legally changed his name to show his opposition to abortion.
Full Fact→ We don’t know how much Test and Trace affects the spread of Covid-19
Over the past few weeks, the chair of NHS Test and Trace, Baroness Dido Harding, told two MPs’ committees that the programme significantly reduced the spread of Covid-19 last October. This was based on research by the Department for Health and So
AFP Fact Check→ Old photo of former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni circulates online with false claims
An image showing former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni standing on a tractor has circulated online in social media posts that claim that he is supports a tractor rally organised by protesting Indian farmers in January 2021. The claim is false:
AFP Fact Check→ Social media posts mislead on New Zealand’s Covid-19 vaccination drive
Multiple Facebook posts shared thousands of times in Thailand in February 2021 claim New Zealand has “returned to normal” as “the majority of people have been vaccinated [for Covid-19]”. The posts shared screenshots of a video featuring New Zea
Snopes→ Thousands of Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles Being Rescued in Texas
Texas residents, some of whom lack heat or basic amenities in their own homes due to the unusually chilly weather, have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles and taking them to a convention center.
Snopes→ Emirati Arrested for Stealing Camel for Gift to Girlfriend
Emirati police have arrested a man for allegedly stealing a highly valuable newborn camel to give to his girlfriend for her birthday.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Why the Power Grid Failed in Texas and Beyond
The power outages tormenting Texas in uncharacteristically Arctic temperatures are exposing weaknesses in an electricity system designed when the weather's seasonal shifts were more consistent and predictable.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands Of Dead And Dying Children Were NOT Pulled From Tunnels Under Washington, D.C.
Did the United States National Guard recently conduct an operation in the nation's capital that resulted in the discovery of thousands of dead and dying children in tunnels under the city of Washington, D.C.? No, that's not true: This rec
AllSides→ Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about people having to seek asylum ‘from abroad’
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/17/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-about-people-having/
AllSides→ Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about people having to seek asylum ‘from abroad’
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/17/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-about-people-having/
FactCheck.org→ Video Airs False, Misleading Claims About Face Masks
Quick Take Evidence of the efficacy of face masks to help control the spread of the novel coronavirus has grown since the start of the pandemic. But a Facebook video, viewed tens of thousands of times, uses false and misleading claims to tell viewers t
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Green New Deal. Pray For Texas.’
The scramble by right-wing politicians and pundits to spread disinformation amid the winter storms devastating Texas in February 2021 led to a long-debunked graphic finding new life online — again. The photograph shows a helicopter hovering near
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The United States’ Energy Independence Was NOT ‘Sent Back Fifty Years’ In 10 Days
Was the United States' energy independence "sent back fifty years" in 10 days? No, that's not true: Although it's true that the country was "energy independent" in 2019 for the first time in more than 60 years, there's no evidence policy
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘I’ve Never Killed a Man, But I Have Read Some Obituaries with Great Pleasure’ Quote Origin
On February 17 2021, the death of right-wing talk radio presence Rush Limbaugh prompted a number of social media users to post a quote generally attributed to Mark Twain (or American lawyer of note Clarence Darrow), saying “I’ve never ki