Was actor Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in "The Lord of the Rings" movies, arrested for child sex crimes? No, that's not true: Contrary to the claim that Wood was arrested by the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, the Posse
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Aldrin didn’t say the moon landing was a hoax
Buzz Aldrin admitted that the moon landing “didn’t happen.”
Snopes→ Princess Anne Takes the Staten Island Ferry to Manhattan
The sister of Britain’s King Charles III was ushered to the ferry’s pilothouse as the Manhattan-bound ship crossed the New York Harbor escorted by police boats.
Full Fact→ Protestors did not close Bristol vaccination clinic ‘for the foreseeable future’
A group of protesters made a video claiming they ‘closed’ the centre. It reopened three days later.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Trump documents case judge didn’t lose her law license
Judge Aileen Cannon “loses her license.”
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Herschel Walker Drop Out of His Debate With Raphael Warnock?
Herschel Walker. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)Following the accusations that Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for an abortion, a claim went viral that Walker had withdrawn from his sole debate with Democratic opponent Sen
PolitiFact→ Ron Johnson – Johnson leaves out context in claim that Barnes supported a gas tax hike
Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
Full Fact→ No evidence small boat arrivals beat NHS waiting lists
A Facebook post claims people arriving in small boats can beat the NHS waiting lists.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims about Obama Foundation keeping classified records in an abandoned warehouse are wrong
“The Obama Foundation stored classified documents in an abandoned furniture warehouse.”
Snopes→ Keep It or Toss It? ‘Best Before’ Labels Cause Confusion
As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit in particular is drawing scrutiny: “best before” labels.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Blinken didn’t say Biden is responsible for Nord Stream leaks
Antony Blinken “confesses that Biden” is responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline leaks.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Aileen Cannon, the judge in Trump documents case, wasn’t arrested
Aileen Cannon has been arrested.
Logically→ Humans will be confined and be given orders via drones when the WEF’s Agenda 2030 is achieved.
Visuals of COVID-19 lockdowns in China have been wrongly shared to claim that Agenda 2030 will confine humanity and impose similar orders via drones.
Logically→ A global recession has been planned and coordinated to implement a social credit system in the U.K. similar to China.
Snopes→ French Writer Annie Ernaux Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy said Ernaux, 82, was recognized for "the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.”
Health Feedback→ Article by cardiologist Aseem Malhotra made unsupported claims about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccination
REVIEW On 26 September 2022, cardiologist Aseem Malhotra published a two-part article (archived here and here) in the Journal of Insulin Resistance—of which Malhotra is an editor— calling for a global pause of mRNA vaccines. Part 1 of the articl
Logically→ Rajasthan government banned all religious activities at a temple in Barmer city.
The government allowed general public to worship at the Hinglaj Mata temple. Two groups involved in a dispute were banned during Navratri festivities.
Poynter→ What appears to be a prescient PSA from the 1950s is actually satire from 2020
A black-and-white video circulating on social media includes a description that might surprise people who first learned about COVID-19 in, well, 2019, when the first cases were reported. “This video […] The post What appears to be a prescie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Justin Trudeau Is NOT Fidel Castro’s Son
Is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the son of the late former Cuban President Fidel Castro? No, that's not true: That's an oft-repeated conspiracy theory that is not supported by any official evidence. A recent claim appeared in an
Snopes→ Doctored Christmas Photo of Michelle Obama Circulates Online
A message to those users who shared this misleading picture with friends on Facebook: Reverse image search is your friend.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: MRNA COVID Vaccines Are NOT So Risky That Vaccinations Should Stop
Do mRNA COVID vaccines pose a significant health risk to recipients that warrants halting vaccination while global policies for COVID-19 are reappraised? Was insufficient testing performed on the vaccines prior to their public release? No
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Sen. John Kennedy Exposing ‘Biden’s Dirty Secret’ In Congress
Does a video show Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana "exposing Biden's dirty secret" in Congress? No, that's not true: The video in a post making this claim shows unrelated clips of Kennedy questioning Labor Secretary Marty Walsh during an ap
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misleads on U.K. defibrillators and COVID-19 vaccines
"Defibrillators are being installed all over” the U.K. after a child’s death, which may be “why the UK suddenly stopped” COVID-19 vaccination for children under 11 years old.
Snopes→ Snopes Exclusive: An Investigation Into One Tech Investor’s Deceptive Business Practices
For 18 months, we've been investigating the business practices of British-Ukrainian tech entrepreneur Max Polyakov via troves of financial documents, website data, and other evidence. We just published the findings.
Snopes→ Snopes Exclusive: An Investigation Into One Tech Investor’s Deceptive Business Practices
For 18 months, we've been investigating the business practices of British-Ukrainian tech entrepreneur Max Polyakov via troves of financial documents, website data, and other evidence. We just published the findings.
FactCheck.org→ TV Ads Distort Tshibaka’s Position on Birth Control
A super PAC supporting Sen. Lisa Murkowski claims in several TV ads that her top challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, “wants to ban birth control in the mail.” Tshibaka has said she would ban the sale of the morning-after pill via the mail, but the
Snopes→ Are There No Women Signing Up for Conservative Dating App?
Love transcends all ... except politics, apparently.
PolitiFact→ Marco Rubio – Fact-checking Rubio’s claim on Demings’ stance on transgender athletes and ‘radical’ gender identity
Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent."
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Comment on Delaware’s Puerto Rican Population
In Puerto Rico to tour hurricane damage and recovery efforts, President Joe Biden said there was a “large Puerto Rican population in Delaware — relative to our population” and that he was “sort of raised in the Puerto Rican communit
Snopes→ Snopes-tionary: What is ‘Scarelore’?
There are many names for urban legends on the internet.
FactCheck.org→ American Dream Federal Action
Political leanings: Conservative 2020 total spending: N/A American Dream Federal Action is a hybrid PAC with a mission to back “forward-looking” Republicans who will “protect America’s long term economic and national security by advancing sma
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Dr. Mehmet Oz hasn’t won the Pennsylvania race for a Senate seat
“Dr. Oz wins seat.”
PolitiFact→ Newt Gingrich – PA’s Fetterman said his tattoos memorialize lives taken in violence and don’t refer to drugs or gang
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Birth Control Pill Use Does NOT Guarantee Cancer Diagnosis, But Does Have Risks
Does use of birth control pills, classified by international cancer researchers as a Class 1 carcinogen, mean that a woman will develop cancer? No, that's not true: Decades of research show that oral contraceptives do not significantly in
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A Fifth Texas National Guardsman [Died by] Suicide After Being Ordered by Greg Abbott to Patrol Migrants’
On October 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming that a “fifth Texas National Guardsman” had died by suicide after being “ordered by [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott to patrol migrants”: BREAKING: A fifth
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered photo shows George W. Bush holding phone upside-down
George W. Bush was photographed talking into the wrong end of a phone.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Posts suggest without evidence that vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s AFib
The COVID-19 vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s atrial fibrillation.
PolitiFact→ Zach Nunn – Iowans are paying $5,000 more per year under inflation, are Democrats to blame?
“Iowans are paying $5,000 extra for everyday goods under Biden and Axne’s inflation.”
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Antony Blinken ‘Confess’ That the U.S. Was Behind the Nord Stream Pipeline Leaks?
Antony Blinken. (Photo by Chris J. Ratcliffe/Getty Images.)A video from website TFIGlobal claims that Secretary of State Antony Blinken “confessed” in a recent speech that the United States was responsible for the leaks in the Nord Stream g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elephant-Shaped Rock Formations Are NOT Proof Of Giants — They Had Volcanic Origins
Do rock formations that resemble elephants prove that giants once ruled the world? No, that's not true: These two formations -- one in Heimaey, Iceland, and the other off the eastern shore of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii -- were bo