A Michigan woman whose father committed a fatal shooting attack against their family on September 11 2022 identified the “QAnon” conspiracy theory and several strands of online disinformation for the mental degeneration that preceded his ac
PolitiFact→ The most outlandish claims we’ve fact-checked about Queen Elizabeth II
Vaccines, conspiracies, Prince and a lizard: The wildest claims we’ve fact checked about Queen Elizabeth II
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – 9/11 conspiracy theories misconstrue how World Trade Center buildings collapsed
Says of 9/11, “Two planes can’t cause three buildings to collapse in free-fall time.”
Health Feedback→ Mike Adams’ flawed analysis of a clot sent by embalmer Richard Hirschman doesn’t demonstrate any link between blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW On 2 September 2022, The Epoch Times published an article claiming that embalmers in the U.S. have been finding “strange clots” in deceased people since the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. The article received more than 25,000 interactions
Snopes→ Did Morgan Freeman Say This About Stupidity?
Freeman is frequently (and falsely) credited with morsels of viral internet wisdom.
Snopes→ Was the Queen’s Golden Piano First Owned by Saddam Hussein?
A tweet claimed that Queen Elizabeth II once posed in front of a gold-colored piano in Buckingham Palace that was "stolen" from Iraq.
Snopes→ Trump Team Takes Aim at Records Probe; Calls It ‘Misguided’
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers dismissed as a “storage dispute” Trump’s retention of top-secret documents at his Florida home.
Truth or Fiction?→ Arrests of Anti-Monarchy Protesters
On September 11 and 12 2022, popular tweets claimed that individuals protesting the monarchy at ongoing public events in the UK were (in some cases) being cautioned, detained, or arrested: The police were far more eager to arrest a woman with an ab
AllSides→ Hillary’s email half truth: Media shows true colors for not calling out falsehood
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/hillarys-email-half-truth-media-shows-true-colors-not-calling-out-falsehood
AllSides→ More than half of GOP governor nominees have questioned or denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/politics/fact-check-republican-governor-nominees-2020-election/index.html
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – King Charles III didn't declare Trump winner of the 2020 election
King Charles III signed “a proclamation stating that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and is the rightful president by law.”
Snopes→ Police Believe 3 Children Drowned by Mother at NYC Beach
Three children were found dead on the beach near Brooklyn's famed Coney Island boardwalk and police believe they may have been drowned by their mother.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Obama didn’t post a video message telling people to go to work on 9/11
Barack Obama urged people on Sept. 10, 2001, to “report to work tomorrow” at the World Trade Center.
Snopes→ A Queen and Her Corgis: Elizabeth Loved Breed from Childhood
For many people around the world, the word corgi is forever linked to Queen Elizabeth II
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, North Korea didn’t ‘land’ someone on the sun
“North Korea confirms it has landed a man on the sun.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photo doesn’t show queen wearing Obama-gifted brooch during Trump meeting
Photo shows Queen Elizabeth II meeting Donald Trump wearing a brooch given to her by Barack Obama.
Snopes→ US Counts Millionth Organ Transplant While Pushing for More
It took decades from the first success — a kidney in 1954 — to transplant 1 million organs.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Reptilian conspiracy theory continues after queen’s death
Queen Elizabeth II was a reptile.
Snopes→ Donor Beware: Pause Before You Give to any Cause
According to one report, the public's trust in nonprofits declined from 59% to 56% in 2022.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this photo doesn’t show African porters carrying queen over river
Photo shows Queen Elizabeth II being carried across a river by African porters.
Truth or Fiction?→ Michael Sheen Speech on Wales Sees New Light After Monarch’s Death
In the aftermath of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 2022, past comments by actor Michael Sheen on the effects of English dominion over his native Wales once again gained traction online. For the second time in two years, social media inf
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump ‘Knighted in Secret’
On September 10 2022, two days after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, an enormously popular social media rumor suggested that former United States President Donald Trump said that she had secretly knighted him; one very popular tweet attributed the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show North Korea Sending Troops To Ukraine
Is North Korea sending troops to Ukraine to help the Kremlin's war efforts? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, Moscow appeared to be considering the idea of North Korean workers, not soldiers, working on reconstruction in Ukrain
Snopes→ ‘The Rock’ Did Not Promote ‘Black Adam’ in Tweets About Queen
Two fake tweets went around on social media that made it look like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was promoting his upcoming film "Black Adam" alongside condolences for the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Snopes→ ‘I Cannot Mourn’: Former Colonies Conflicted over the Queen
Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world, many of them unwilling.
Snopes→ Did Trump Say the Queen ‘Knighted Me in Private’?
A spurious post on Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, set tongues wagging in the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II's death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Post That He Was Knighted In Private
Did former President Donald Trump post on Truth Social that he was secretly knighted by Queen Elizabeth II? No, that is not true: There is no evidence of this post on Trump's Truth Social account. A Trump spokesperson denied this claim as
Snopes→ Bezos Rocket Fails During Liftoff, Only Experiments Aboard
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company suffered its first launch failure.
Full Fact→ Russell Brand admits falsely claiming that ivermectin is a Covid-19 treatment
A page of the National Institutes of Health website says that ivermectin is not recommended, and does not work, as a treatment for Covid-19.
Snopes→ Ukraine Pushes Big Counteroffensive As War Marks 200 Days
As the war in Ukraine marked 200 days, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a long-anticipated counteroffensive that has dealt a heavy blow to Russia.
Full Fact→ Viral video does not show the Queen throwing food at ‘African’ children
A video circulating on social media shows French women throwing coins at a group of children, and was filmed long before the Queen was born.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Landlord Of Utah Tesla Supercharging Station DID NOT Cover Superchargers In Brown Bags In July 2022
Did a landlord of a supercharging station in Beaver, Utah, cover the superchargers in brown bags in July 2022 after electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. did not pay rent? No, that's not true: The supercharging stations in Beaver, Utah, ar
Full Fact→ Are England’s cities ‘majority non-white’?
Most of England’s cities are not “majority non-white” as an Instagram post has claimed. The latest data we have shows that none are.
Logically→ A Ganesh Chaturthi celebration happened in South Africa in August 2022.
A 2017 video of people celebrating Ganesha Chaturthi from Uganda has been falsely shared as a recent Ganesh Chaturthi celebration in South Africa.
Snopes→ What’s in a Name? King Charles III’s Name Has Loaded History
Britain’s new monarch is named King Charles III — but that was not inevitable.
Logically→ Queen Elizabeth was a trillionaire.
While the British Royal Family controls considerable assets, there is nothing to support the claim that Queen Elizabeth was a trillionaire.
Logically→ Veganism and mental health issues like depression are highly interrelated.
Several studies say veganism increases depression and vice versa. However, more studies are required to establish a definite connection.
Snopes→ MLB Adopts Pitch Clock, Shift Limits, Bigger Bases for 2023
Major League Baseball is introducing some of its most radical rules next season after concluding modern analytics created a slower, less entertaining sport.
Logically→ The Delhi government launched India’s first virtual school in August 2022.
Delhi's virtual school is not the first of its kind in India. NIOS had already launched the country's first virtual school in August 2021.
Snopes→ Found: Alligator, Drugs, Guns, Money. But Where’s the Tiger?
New Mexico wildlife officials said they are still searching for a young tiger they believe is being illegally kept as a pet.