Does this caption accurately describe the social structure of a wolf pack that happened to be photographed moving single file through the snow? No, that's not true: This is an allegorical caption that uses the image of a wolf pack to deli
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Snopes→ Are Jan. 6 Rioters Traitors? So Far, Criminal Charges Say No
None of the more than 500 defendants accused in the attack has been indicted for sedition or for the gravest of crimes a citizen can face, treason.
Poynter→ IFCN launches working group to address harassment against fact-checkers
The International Fact-Checking Network, a global coalition of fact-checkers, has been monitoring the increasing number of harassment cases against its more than 120 verified signatory organizations operating in 62 countries. Incidents of harassment, r
FactCheck.org→ Capitol Police Expected to Testify During House Committee’s Probe of Jan. 6 Riot
Quick Take Members of the Capitol Police will be among the first to testify during the House select committee investigation into the Jan. 6 riot, according to Rep. Bennie Thompson, who will lead the panel. But social media posts have made the unfounded
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden Did NOT Order U.S. Troops To Haiti After President Moise Assassination
Did President Biden order U.S. troops to move into Haiti after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise? No, that's not true: A screenshot of a purported July 7, 2021 CNN article reporting that Biden ordered an American interv
FactCheck.org→ Second Ladies in Combat Zones
In several recent speeches to members of the military, President Joe Biden has sprinkled in a curious piece of trivia about his wife, Jill, saying he thinks she is the only second lady to visit a war zone. She isn’t. Jill Biden accompanied then-V
Truth or Fiction?→ Wi Spa Weaponized Disinformation Campaign
In late June and early July 2021, far-right activists attempted to launch a new disinformation campaign in the wake of a viral video of a woman harassing staff at a traditional public bathhouse in an historic Los Angeles neighborhood The video, which w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George W. Bush Did NOT Admit Explosives Used In 9/11
Did George W. Bush admit that explosives were used in 9/11? No, that's not true: The claim relies on footage from a 2006 press conference. The video was edited and his comments were misconstrued. Bush was talking about explosives in the c
Snopes→ Camper Killed After Being Pulled from Tent by Grizzly Bear
The incident marks the second bear attack in Big Sky Country this year.
Full Fact→ Video of man reporting Covid-19 crimes to police is full of misinformation
Many of our readers have asked us to check claims in a video on Facebook of a man filming himself in a police station making a complaint about Covid-19 vaccines. The video is over 30 minutes long, but we have looked at the main claims he makes in it he
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘U.S. Quietly Slips Out Of Afghanistan In Dead Of Night’ Onion Story
On July 6 2021, Twitter user @SIGSYS published two screenshots, one a satirical headline from The Onion in July 2011 about the United States having “quietly slip[ped] out of Afghanistan in [the] dead of night,” and a July 2021 Associated
FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Misleads on H.R. 1’s Proposal on Voter Rolls
Quick Take Democrats say their bill, H.R. 1, the For the People Act, would expand voter access in federal elections. But a Facebook post falsely claims the legislation would prevent the removal of dead people from voter rolls. The bill doesn’t say th
Snopes→ US Hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans After Nearly 20 Years
Bagram Airfield was the epicenter of the U.S. war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America.
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccine-Generated Spike Protein is Safe, Contrary to Viral Claims
SciDigest Hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered safely in the United States in the last six months. There is no evidence to indicate that the spike proteins generated by human cells following vaccination are a toxin or t
FactCheck.org→ Unsubstantiated Claims Follow Deaths of British and Indian Airline Pilots
SciCheck Digest Following the deaths of four British Airways pilots and five Air India pilots, social media posts claimed without proof that the pilots died as a result of receiving COVID-19 vaccines. Air India said its pilots died from COVID-19. Briti
Truth or Fiction?→ Golliwog Facebook Post
In June 2021, an indifferently punctuated January 2020 Facebook “golliwog” post was widely shared — along with a demonstrably false claim that the offensive content was at risk of being censored: The engagement-baiting text, which wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Great Reset’ Is NOT A Secret Plan Masterminded By Global Elites To Limit Freedoms And Push Radical Policies
Is "The Great Reset" a secret plan masterminded by global elites to limit freedoms and push radical policies? No, that's not true: It's the name of a public policy initiative the World Economic Forum (WEF) launched in response to the COVI
Snopes→ Facebook Message Leads to Warrant in Years-Old Rape Claim
Authorities in Pennsylvania have filed an arrest warrant in a 2013 campus attack at Gettysburg College, nearly eight years after the woman went to police.
FactCheck.org→ The Facts – and Gaps – on the Origin of the Coronavirus
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic — and with a death toll approaching 4 million lives — how the coronavirus came to spark a global scourge remains unknown. Was it the result of a spillover from an animal to a human, as has happen
FactCheck.org→ Rudy Giuliani’s Bogus Election Fraud Claims
A New York court suspended former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s law license in that state for making “demonstrably false and misleading statements” about the 2020 presidential election results to the courts and the public at lar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Woman Who Boxed Was NOT A British Special Forces Female Super Soldier
Was a female British special forces soldier ruthlessly beaten by a "regular guy" in boxing? No, that's not true: This photo is from a fight that was a part of the reality TV show modeled after special forces-style training called, "SAS: W
Full Fact→ Facebook post about poppy graffiti on mosque is misleading
A Facebook post claims that two men were sentenced to six months in prison for spray-painting a poppy on a mosque in Portsmouth, while two other men who defaced a war memorial and burned two large plastic poppies were only fined for their offences.&nbs
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Consensus Acceptance Of Untested Assertion The Spike Protein Created By mRNA COVID Vaccine Is ‘Very Dangerous’
Is this video correct in suggesting there's a "we know" consensus that mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 cause the body to create "very dangerous" toxic proteins? No, that's not true: There's no peer-reviewed medical study proving this asser
FactCheck.org→ Republican Spin on Democrats’ Voting Bill
In the days leading up to the Senate vote on the House-passed elections bill, Republicans offered several misleading talking points about the Democratic bill, and made other statements that required more context. Republicans said the bill would direct
Truth or Fiction?→ Study Fails to Find Any Tuna DNA Inside Subway Tuna Sandwich
A viral June 22 2021 @Complex tweet contained a startling claim — that a “new study” utilizing DNA testing technology failed to find any tuna whatsoever in what was supposed to be a Subway tuna sandwich: New study fails to find any
AllSides→ Fact Checking Joe Biden’s Comment on the Death of Brian Sicknick
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-joe-bidens-comment During a press conference after hi
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This is What Bravery Looks Like, Not a Man Wearing a Dress’
In June 2021, an image captioned “this is what bravery looks like, not a man wearing a dress” recirculated, often used to punctuate a point about gender identity: pic.twitter.com/Go1cBuyeNZ — Jerry Wares (@JerryWares) June 17, 2021
Truth or Fiction?→ Were Black Soldiers Eligible for the GI Bill?
On June 18 2021, a commenter shared a Twitter screenshot to an education-related Facebook post about one of the provisions of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, popularly known as the GI Bill: Teaching students that WWII vets were give
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines can enhance protective immunity in previously infected people
REVIEW On 8 June 2021, Medical News published an article titled “No point vaccinating those who’ve had COVID-19”. The article went viral on Facebook, receiving more than 70,000 interactions and 17,500 shares in one day, according t
Poynter→ Trump lost. Yet the 2020 election falsehoods thrive in Arizona’s review of ballots.
Republicans in Arizona are still pushing the myth that President Joe Biden stole the 2020 election — a falsehood that ultimately culminated in the Jan. 6 violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. The falsehood lives on in the review of about 2.1 million ba
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Decades-Old NASA Document Is NOT A War Plan For World Domination And Phasing Out Of Humans
Does this video show that NASA published a war document on its website in 2001 titled, "The Future is Now," which details a global plan to attack, take over the world, and phase out human beings by 2025? No, that's not true: This is a sho
FactCheck.org→ Soccer Star’s Collapse Was Unrelated to COVID-19 Vaccine
SciCheck Digest Danish soccer star Christian Eriksen is recovering well after he suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed during a match on June 12. But after the incident, social media posts falsely claimed he had recently been vaccinated for COVID-19 an
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Ken Griffin Sells Condo’
On June 19 2021, a popular stock trading-based Twitter account tweeted about Citadel hedge fund manager Ken Griffin purportedly selling a condominium in Florida, interpreted as a bullish signal by many retail investors: Well well well, how the turns
Snopes→ Yes, Trump Wished a Happy Father’s Day to ‘The Losers of the World’
The message was reminiscent of Trump's message to "haters and losers" on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Joe Biden’s Comment on the Death of Brian Sicknick
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Snopes→ Rep. Clyde, Officer Fanone, and the Handshake That Wasn’t
D.C. Police Officer Michael Fanone was beaten and tased by Jan. 6 rioters, suffering a traumatic brain injury and a heart attack.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: PETA Did NOT Call For Censorship of ‘Ruthless.Nature’ Instagram Page
Did PETA call for the immediate censorship of the Instagram page @Ruthless.Nature? No, that's not true: This is a fake tweet created to promote an Instagram page's social media account about graphic themes regarding animals attacking one
Snopes→ Brief, Global Internet Outages Blamed on Software Bug
Akamai, which runs one of the internet's main content-delivery systems, said the outage was not caused by a cyberattack.
Full Fact→ Claims that Covid vaccine spike proteins are harmful are unevidenced
An article published by website The Conservative Woman reports on an interview with a Canadian scientist who claimed researchers had made a “big mistake” and were “inadvertently inoculating” people with a “toxin” via
Truth or Fiction?→ Fox’s Tucker Carlson Pushes Conspiracy Theory Blaming FBI For Capitol Riot
Television presenter Tucker Carlson pushed another far right conspiracy theory downplaying the rioters who attacked the United States Capitol in January 2021, suggesting on his show that the attack was orchestrated by federal “operatives.”