Video shows Biden giving the "same exact speech" months apart.
Snopes→ Did WNBA MVP Kelsey Plum Receive a Trophy That Cost Only $18?
Many sports trophies, including those for the WNBA, are made by Tiffany & Co.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Drake Was NOT Arrested By Swedish Police At Nightclub On July 14, 2022
Was the rapper Drake arrested by the Swedish police in a nightclub in July of 2022? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support the claim and both Drake's team and Swedish police have reportedly denied the rumor. The claim appear
Snopes→ Emmett Till Accuser, in Memoir, Denies Wanting Teen Killed
The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 says she neither identified him to the killers nor wanted him murdered.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Huge Army Of 1 Million Ukrainian Special Forces Did NOT Launch All-Out Attack From North
Did a huge army of one million Ukrainian special forces launch an all-out attack from the north? No, that's not true: Such an attack would be impossible. Ukraine's entire army is estimated to have only around 200,000 active-duty troops an
Snopes→ Jim Thorpe Reinstated As Sole Winner for 1912 Olympic Golds
Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals.
Snopes→ Deposition of Trump, 2 Children Delayed After Ivana’s Death
Former President Donald Trump and two of his children got their questioning postponed in a New York civil investigation into their business dealings, a delay that follows the death of Trump’s ex-wife Ivana.
Full Fact→ Martin Lewis has not endorsed a cryptocurrency platform in a BBC interview
A page appearing to mimic BBC News has claimed Martin Lewis announced he was endorsing a cryptocurrency platform.
Full Fact→ NASA has not faked images of the surface of Mars
Claims that NASA has released fake images of the surface of Mars are false as the images have never been released by the space agency.
Snopes→ Griner Lawyer: WNBA Star Had Doctor’s Letter for Cannabis
A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is jailed in Russia on drug charges, presented a court with a doctor's letter recommending she use cannabis to treat pain.
Full Fact→ Post comparing chemtrails and contrails shows two examples of contrails
An image posted to Facebook of two vapour trails left by aircraft does not show how chemtrails differ from contrails. Chemtrails do not exist.
Logically→ A video shows two women swept away by waves on Bandra beach in Mumbai.
The footage is from an incident on Al Mughsail Beach in Salalah, Oman, not Bandra beach in Mumbai.
Full Fact→ Health minister claims contract yet to be awarded has been ‘procured’—then denies she said it
Maria Caulfield told Parliament that an ambulance service support contract was “procured”—not that “we are procuring” it, as she later claimed. NHS England says this contract has not yet been awarded.
Logically→ Nikon is stopping the production of SLR cameras to focus on mirrorless models.
Nikon has refuted rumors of its withdrawal from SLR development and clarified that it would continue SLR's production, sales, and services.
Snopes→ Watchdog Says Secret Service Deleted Jan. 6 Text Messages
Secret Service agents deleted text messages sent and received around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol even after an inspector general requested them as part of an investigation into the insurrection.
Logically→ An Israeli study has found that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine impairs sperm count.
The decrease in sperm concentration is temporary and returns to normal after 145 days.
Logically→ An image shows Sri Lankan civilians flying kites to interfere with the military helicopters at Galle Face Green.
A 2016 image of a kite festival at the Galle Face Green in Sri Lanka is recirculated by incorrectly linking it to the recent anti-government protests.
Logically→ U.K. Member of Parliament Rishi Sunak has been elected as Prime Minister of Britain.
Britain's new prime minister will be announced on September 5, 2022. Rishi Sunak is one of the frontrunners backed by Conservative MPs.
Logically→ India has imposed a goods and services tax on school books.
The government of India has not imposed a goods and services tax on school books. All printed books are tax-free.
Poynter→ Viral image: Border patrol says horseback agents used unnecessary force but did not strike Haitian migrants
After many months, Customs and Border Protection released findings from an investigation of a Sep. 19, 2021, incident in which Border Patrol agents on horseback pursued Haitian migrants as they […] The post Viral image: Border patrol says horseba
Washington Post→ RNC’s Biden ‘cheap fake’ paints a misleading picture of mental fitness
Once again, the Republican National Committee snips a clip, leaving the context out.
PolitiFact→ Glenn Youngkin – Youngkin's claim that Virginia protects same-sex marriage is flawed
“In Virginia, we actually do protect same-sex marriage.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Tax Yield’ Is NOT Real Term, Such Payments Are NOT ‘Guaranteed 100%’ By Government
Is there such a thing as a "tax yield" payment and are "tax yield" checks "guaranteed 100 percent by the government"? No, that's not true: "Tax yield" seems to be a made-up term for payments that result from tax deed sales by county gover
Snopes→ Did Putin Say He Will Make US-Europe ‘Depopulation Plan’ Public?
Posts containing the awkwardly-worded quote attributed to the Russian president appear to be nothing more than copypasta.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Tylenol Use During Pregnancy Is Linked To Autism
Is Tylenol use during pregnancy linked to autism? No, there's no evidence to support that. Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disability caused by differences in the brain. According to the Centers for Dis
Snopes→ Did Trump Fundraise in Email About Death of Ex-Wife Ivana?
NBC News journalist Andrea Mitchell tweeted that an email statement from the former president about the death of his ex-wife Ivana was being used for fundraising.
Snopes→ Why Are People Calling COVID-19 Variant BA.2.75 ‘Centaurus’?
If enough people use a name to refer to something, who's to say that isn't what it's called?
FactCheck.org→ Fake Shinzo Abe Tweet Dredges Up Baseless Clinton Conspiracy Theory
Quick Take Internet trolls have used the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and a fake tweet purportedly from Abe, to promote a long-standing, unfounded conspiracy theory that the Clintons are responsible for the deaths of multiple peo
Snopes→ Did Oprah Say, ‘When People Treat You Like They Don’t Care, Believe Them’?
We looked back several years on social media to find the origins of a quote about a bit of life advice regarding believing people based on their actions.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No proof Tom Holland died, despite viral internet rumor
Actor Tom Holland is “confirmed to have died.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Was NOT Murdered
Was Michal Stenger, the Senate sergeant-at-arms, murdered after saying the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was an inside job? No, that's not true: Stenger resigned after the January 6 riot, as did other officials who were
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Selling Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Highest Bidding Companies
Q: Is the Biden administration selling crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to other countries? A: The oil is sold to eligible companies that make the highest offers. Some of the companies are U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies, and some
Truth or Fiction?→ Astronaut Charlie Duke’s Family Photo on the Moon
On July 14 2022, social media posts suggesting that astronaut Charlie Duke had left a family photo on the moon in 1972 began circulating, including a popular post to Imgur: Text above an image of what appeared to be a family portrait on the surface of
PolitiFact→ Val Demings – Val Demings’ ad criticizes Rubio’s attendance record
Sen. Marco Rubio has "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
Health Feedback→ Consuming sufficient vitamin C is necessary for health and plays an important role in many of the body’s chemical processes
REVIEW Footage of a speech by the late Alfredo Bowman, who also went by Doctor Sebi even though he didn’t hold a doctoral degree, circulated on social media in July 2022. Bowman, who died in 2016, was a herbalist who made several inaccurate claims
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Spiderman’s ‘Tom Hollard’ Did NOT Die By Tripping, Falling Into Well And Freezing To Death
Did Spiderman's "Tom Hollard" die by tripping and falling into a well, then freezing to death? No, that's not true: The social media post making this claim misspelled Tom Holland's name when posting the clearly fake announcement. There ha
Snopes→ Ivana Trump, First Wife of Former President, Dies at 73
Ivana Trump, a skier-turned-businesswoman who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City.
Snopes→ Congress Honors WWII Hero of Iwo Jima with Ultimate Salute
Seventy-seven years after his wartime heroism, Woody Williams lay in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Special Forces Did NOT Arrest Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough
Did "U.S. Special Forces" arrest Secretary of Veteran Affairs Denis McDonough? No, that's not true: A duty officer from the Pentagon told Lead Stories this claim was completely false. A spokesperson from the Department of Veterans Affairs
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What’s up with Puerto Rico’s electricity bills?
Ask PolitiFact: What’s up with Puerto Rico’s electricity bills?