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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Israel-Hamas war: Misinformation is spreading. Here are the facts
False claims about the latest Israel-Hamas war are flooding social media. Here's a look at the misinformation spreading online — and the facts.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A top Israeli general was not kidnapped by Hamas, contrary to widespread online claim
CLAIM: Nimrod Aloni, a general in the Israeli army, was captured by Hamas militants during a deadly incursion Saturday into southern Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip.
Logically→ Edited photo of Elon Musk reading a flat-earth book is fake
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Elon Musk Reading ‘Flat Earth’ Book
Does a photo show Elon Musk reading a book titled "The Flat-Earth Conspiracy"? No, that's not true: The image in the post has been digitally altered. The photo, which originated from another author's official social media page, displays M
AllSides→ Conspiracy Theories Spread Online About FEMA Emergency Alert Test
https://thedispatch.com/article/conspiracy-theories-spread-online-about-fema-emergency-alert-test/ Hall
Logically→ Morphed photo used to spread false claims about Manipur students’ murders
The Dispatch→ Conspiracy Theories Spread Online About FEMA Emergency Alert Test
Some say it will trigger reactions among vaccinated individuals.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Fabricated video spreads false report that a member of Ukraine’s UN delegation got into a bar fight
CLAIM: A video published by USA Today reports that a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly got into a “drunken brawl” on Sept. 21 at The Campbell, a bar in New York City.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theories about FEMA’s Oct. 4 emergency alert test spread online
CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate nanoparticles such as graphene oxide that have been introduced into people’s bodies.
The Dispatch→ Why the Pro-Life Movement Wasn’t Ready for a Post-Roe World
Dobbs represented a remarkable legal victory, but the anti-abortion cause has struggled to win hearts and minds.
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy has called for ‘paper ballots.’ Most Americans vote that way already
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has called for paper ballots to improve election security. Most Americans already live in jurisdictions that use paper ballots.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Widespread video of a parent ripping down a Pride flag in classroom is a skit, not real
CLAIM: Video shows an angry parent tearing down a Pride flag draped over a U.S. map in a classroom. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
AllSides→ Have ‘Alien’ Bodies Shown in Mexico Already Been Debunked? What to Know
https://www.newsweek.com/alien-bodies-mexico-debunked-ufo-jaime-maussan-nasa-1827093 In an unusual pres
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence CNN And BBC Reported That An Image Called ‘Mexico Did It’ Spreads Virus On Phones
Does an image called "Mexico did it," referring to a supposed COVID-19 cure in Mexico, actually spread a virus within five seconds when opened on a phone and did CNN and the BBC report about this? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could f
Logically→ Excerpts read from a ‘banned’ book in Senate hearing falsely claimed to be words of Barack Obama
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. Kennedy Did NOT Read Obama Texts To Larry Sinclair – He Was Reading From Sexually Explicit Books
Did Sen. John Kennedy read aloud during a Senate hearing sexually explicit text messages former President Barack Obama sent to Larry Sinclair? No, that's not true: The video is authentic, but mislabeled. The Louisiana Republican was readi
The Dispatch→ The Populist Train Has Already Left the Station
Mike Pence’s speech defending conservatism came a few years too late.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Social media users spread false claim that CNN reported that Cash App is bankrupt
CLAIM: CNN has reported that online payment service Cash App has gone bankrupt. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Full Fact→ Hoax posts posts about ‘missing’ man called Gerald spread across UK
The fake alerts have been shared more than 1,600 times.
AllSides→ Is FEMA at Burning Man? Virus Outbreak Conspiracy Theory Spreads Online
https://www.newsweek.com/burning-man-fema-ebola-conspiracy-theories-1824295 After the Burning Man festi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media posts spread unfounded rumors about Obamas, their late personal chef Tafari Campbell
Video shows former first lady Michelle Obama “accidentally reveals what really happened to their chef.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – False rumors about gunshots fired at a South Carolina high school spread on social media
“Shots fired T.L Hanna High School 1 seriously injured.”
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Los incendios forestales en Maui no fueron creados por láser, ni para crear una ciudad tecnológica
El incendio forestal en Maui, Hawai, fue provocado por un arma "láser" para crear una nueva ciudad tecnológica.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Conspiracy theorist spreads false information about the return of COVID-19 mandates
CLAIM: Transportation Security Administration managers were told on Aug. 15 that by mid-September they, along with airport employees, will again be required to wear face masks and by mid-October the policy will apply to travelers as well.
PolitiFact→ Fake mug shots of Donald Trump spread online ahead of his expected surrender in Georgia
The Fulton County, Georgia, sheriff has said former President Donald Trump will be booked into jail like any other suspect, including having his mugshot taken. But at the time these mugshots appeared online, Trump had not yet taken one.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Online posts spread misinformation about FEMA aid following Maui wildfires
Social media users are discouraging residents from accepting disaster aid in Maui, falsely claiming the Federal Emergency Management Agency could seize their property if they do.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John D. Rockefeller Was NOT Responsible For Widespread Arrests Of Alternative Medicine Supporters
Did oil tycoon and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller act as a driving force behind arrests of those who supported alternative medicine? No, that's not true: Although Rockefeller's foundation financially backed medical education changes i
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Sometimes trees stay standing after wildfires. That’s because of how the fire typically spreads
“Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”
PolitiFact→ Read indictment of Donald Trump in Georgia 2020 election case
Former President Donald Trump has been charged 13 times in a 41-count indictment by a Georgia grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 presidential election. Read the charges against him here.
Logically→ Video spreads false claims about human body cell regeneration rates
AllSides→ Fact Check: Was Letter Sent by Aliens Read Out at Congress UFO Hearing?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-letter-sent-aliens-read-congress-ufo-hearing-1817594 A congressiona
Logically→ Viral image of banner that read ‘Meiteis are refugee’ is fabricated
Health Feedback→ Pfizer documents misrepresented to spread the false claim that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine contains graphene oxide
REVIEW On 15 July 2023, the davidicke.com website published an article claiming that Pfizer admitted to its COVID-19 vaccine containing graphene oxide, a “highly toxic and conductive substance”. This claim originates from documents released by t
PolitiFact→ Read all of PolitiFact’s coverage on Donald Trump indictments
PolitiFact has been fact-checking and monitoring the various indictments of former President Donald Trump. Here's our coverage:
PolitiFact→ Read indictment of Donald Trump in the special counsel’s 2020 election, Jan. 6 investigation
Former President Donald Trump has been charged four times in a federal indictment by a grand jury investigating efforts to overturn election results. Read the charges against him here.
FactCheck.org→ Post Retreads False Claim About Biden’s Funding for Historically Black Colleges
Quick Take The Biden administration has awarded billions in funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, including more than $2.7 billion provided in the American Rescue Plan. Yet a social media post revives an old, false claim that Bid
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact readers respond to our fact-checks about transgender stats, book bans and climate change
Here’s what readers said about PolitiFact’s recent fact-checks about transgender data, Florida school standards on Black history and statements by Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Estas imágenes de LeBron James vestido de rosa fueron creadas usando inteligencia artificial
Estas imágenes muestran a LeBron James vestido de rosa para la película “Barbie”.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No existe una Barbie Baphomet creada por Mattel
“Ahora resulta que la corporación de juguetes MATTEL, lanza una ‘Barbie BAFOMET’, para complacer a la estrenada sociedad de la iglesia satánica en EEUU."