"AirPods are essentially microwaving your brain.”
Snopes→ How Much is Zuckerberg Worth? Card Collector Could Find out
Allie Tarantino is hoping that a signed baseball card featuring one of the richest men in the world will bring a fortune when it is put up for auction next month.
FactCheck.org→ Sorting Out the Partisan Tax Spin on Inflation Reduction Act
Both political parties are spinning the facts on whether the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act would raise taxes. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says the climate bill “does not raise taxes” but merely closes tax “loopholes.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Reporter Wears Grape Costume to Defend Boy Suspended for Banana Suit’
An August 3 2022 post to Reddit (featured on r/all) featured a meme about a reporter wearing a “grape costume” as he interviewed a boy who had been suspended from school for wearing a “banana suit”: Fruit of the Loom,
PolitiFact→ Kat Cammack – A GOP talking point suggests birth control is not at risk. Evidence suggests otherwise.
“In no way, shape, or form is access to contraception limited or at risk of being limited.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Monkeypox Is NOT Airborne Disease That Causes Paralysis
Is monkeypox an airborne disease that causes paralysis? No, that's not true: While its transmission might occur during prolonged face-to-face contact, the particles do not stay in the air for long and thus it cannot be classified as an ai
Snopes→ Feds Charge 4 Police Officers in Fatal Breonna Taylor Raid
The charges are an effort to hold law enforcement accountable for the killing of the 26-year-old medical worker.
FactCheck.org→ Three Canadian Doctors Died of Long-Term Illnesses, Contrary to False Claims COVID-19 Vaccine Was Cause
SciCheck Digest It’s estimated that COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives, but false claims continue to cast doubt on their safety and efficacy. One such claim that has spread around the world falsely suggests that three Canadian doctors
Truth or Fiction?→ Nick Adams’ ‘Men in Denim Built America Only for the Men in Suits to Destroy It’ Tweet
An August 3 2022 tweet by the account Conservative Self-Owns (@ConSelfOwns) on Twitter featured a screenshot of a purported tweet from internet user Nick Adams — who happened to be wearing a suit in his Twitter avatar: pic.twitter.com/k4uEjV5nx
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Tiny House’ Facebook Page Will NOT Give Away This Home
Did the Facebook page Tiny House give away a home to "everyone who shared and signed 'Done' before August 5rd [sic] at 6pm"? No, that's not true: The real owners of the home have told Lead Stories that the owners of this Facebook page do
Snopes→ Did Kate Bush Say She Has Never Even Seen a Hill?
Was she only imagining "Running Up That Hill"?
Snopes→ New York Prisons Lift Ban on Book About Attica Uprising
New York authorities have lifted a ban that had stopped state prison inmates from reading a book about the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility uprising.
Health Feedback→ The CDC hasn’t classified monkeypox as airborne; transmission is typically through sustained physical contact
REVIEW The recent monkeypox outbreak has led to the disease spreading in dozens of countries where it isn’t normally found. There have been over 25,000 cases and a small number of deaths, leading to the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring a
Snopes→ US Proposes to Increase Refund Protections for Air Travelers
The Transportation Department is proposing to require airlines to offer passengers a refund if their flight schedule is changed significantly or the airline makes major changes to their itinerary.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Trials Did NOT Skip Animal Testing Because All The Animals Were Dying — No Steps Were Skipped
Did COVID vaccine trials skip animal testing and go straight to people because all the animals were dying? No, that's not true: In an email to Lead Stories, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said, "The claim is completely false.
Poynter→ Factually: In Georgia, fact-checkers have become targets of the ruling party
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. While Georgian democracy has never flourished, fact-checkers in th
Snopes→ Suspect Mistakenly Freed in Lady Gaga’s Dog Theft Recaptured
James Howard Jackson was arrested nearly five months after he was released from jail while awaiting trial “due to a clerical error.”
Full Fact→ The government has not awarded a £70 billion net zero contract to a small Cornish company
A public body consortium has chosen the company to provide a procurement service.
Full Fact→ Not all people with hearing loss are unable to access extra cancer care help
A tweet from Macmillan Cancer Support appears to suggest that 11 million people with hearing loss in the UK can’t access extra help following a cancer diagnosis. This is unlikely to be the case.
Full Fact→ Do a disproportionate number of women end up in prison for failing to pay TV licences?
Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss has raised concerns over the number imprisoned, but since 1995 twice as many men have been jailed.
Snopes→ Christian Flag in Speech Battle Flies, Briefly, over Boston
The Christian flag that became the focus of a free speech legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court was raised — briefly — outside Boston City Hall.
Snopes→ ‘Stray’ Cat Video Game Brings Some Benefits to Real Cats
Thanks to online fundraising platforms, gamers are playing “Stray" while streaming live for audiences to raise money for animal shelters and other cat-related charities.
Snopes→ Expert: Crossing the US-Mexico Border Is Deadlier Than Ever For Migrants
A Vassar College professor of geography who's been researching U.S.-Mexico border policing since 1994 explains.
Snopes→ Russian Prosecutors Seek 9 1/2-Year Sentence for Griner
The trial is nearing its end nearly six months after Griner's arrest at a Moscow airport and subsequent detention.
Logically→ U. S. Navy planes flew around Taiwan during House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit.
The video in question dates back to at least April 2021. It is not connected to Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
Logically→ Several Muslims gathered to protest the appointment of a new Brahmin Collector in Alleppey, Kerala.
Muslim and other groups protested against the Collector's appointment as he was accused of killing a journalist and not because he was a Brahmin.
Snopes→ Indiana Rep. Walorski, 2 Staffers Killed in Head-On Crash
Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was killed in a car crash in her northern Indiana district along with two members of her congressional staff and another person.
Poynter→ Fact-check: Oz distorts Fetterman’s position of ending mandatory life sentences for certain murders
John Fetterman, the lieutenant governor and the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, has advocated for ending mandatory life sentences for what is known as felony murder. But he […] The post Fact-check: Oz distorts Fetterman’s po
Logically→ The alien bodies found after an alleged crash in 1947 at Roswell, New Mexico, were biological robots built for Space travel.
The official findings on the Roswell crash have not indicated finding any biological robots, aiens or equipment that enables space travel.
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for July 2022
PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for July 2022
Snopes→ Is Monkeypox Spread Through Airborne Droplets?
Health officials are still working to better understand the virus.
Snopes→ Did US Veteran Jacob Rivas Sell His Medals to Buy Groceries?
According to the story, the elderly veteran woke up the next day and heard a loud military band playing in front of his home.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Packaged Chicken In Swollen Plastic Does NOT Mean It’s Bad, Growing Bacteria
Does swollen plastic packaging mean chicken is bad and growing bacteria? No, that's not true: According to Tom Super, the senior vice president of communications at the National Chicken Council, this "is a USDA-approved packaging process,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Did NOT Sit On Jet Airplane Wing For Viral Video — Green-Screen Effects
Did a man sit on a jet engine attached to the wing of an airplane while it flew over a city? No, that's not true: This video of a scene, which would be physically impossible to act out in reality, was created by Vietnamese content creator
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Children Being Saved From Human Trafficker Selling Them For Adrenochrome
Does a video show children being saved from a human trafficker who may have been selling them for adrenochrome? No, that's not true: The video shows children being taken out of a truck by authorities after trying to leave a Syrian displac
Snopes→ Did Kevin Costner Wear a Liz Cheney Shirt?
The image of the "Yellowstone" star sporting a white T with a political message on it went viral.
PolitiFact→ Why the ‘stop the steal’ Arizona Republicans are wrong about 2020
Mark Finchem and Blake Masters won primaries running on former President Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election. Kari Lake, another “stop the steal” candidate, was leading in her race for governor.
Snopes→ Is the Lord’s Prayer Aramaic Translation on Facebook Legitimate?
A popular Facebook post claimed that Aramaic-language scrolls discovered by archaeologists in 1892 led to a different translation of the Lord's Prayer.
Snopes→ Is Biden Still Planning To Run for Reelection?
Republicans and even some Democrats think he's too old (among other reasons not to run).
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Maury Stevens’ Glitter Glue Facebook Post
In August 2022, a Facebook post by the page “Plattsburgh Online Official” recirculated, purportedly depicting the mugshot of a man named Maury Stevens, purportedly arrested for huffing “glitter glue.” Originally posted on July 1