A person waiting for the bus and another walking their dog were among four people shot, three fatally, by a man who appeared to fire randomly over about 2 1/2 hours in Detroit.
Poynter→ ‘All they had to do was ask,’ said Trump: A timeline of efforts to retrieve presidential records
Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Aug. 12 to complain about the FBI’s unannounced search at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, days earlier. The agents […] The post ‘All they had to do was ask,’ said Trump: A ti
Logically→ Instagram’s new update can track user’s exact location, and this data is used to commit crimes.
Instagram does not track or share its users' locations without their consent. Users can turn off the precise location setting on their devices.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines reduce the risk of death, contrary to Mark Steyn’s misleading interpretation of mortality data
REVIEW On 24 August 2022, Mark Steyn, a host on GB News, a television and radio channel in the United Kingdom, claimed that young, healthy people died at a higher rate in 2021 than in previous years. Steyn suggested a link between this alleged incre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Did NOT Pay $1.5M To Customer Denied Extra Napkins
Did McDonald's pay $1.5 million in damages to a Black customer who asked a McDonald's manager for extra napkins and instead received a racist slur? No, that's not true: Court records show that the presiding judge dismissed the customer's
Snopes→ Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Get PPP Loan Forgiveness?
Greene and her husband own a construction company.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking statistics about Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
Depending on the lens, Biden’s student debt relief plan might look like help for people of modest means, a gift to the well-to-do, or an unfair burden on hard-working Americans. See how the competing claims hold up.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Political commentator Ben Shapiro didn’t receive PPP loan forgiveness
Screenshots show that conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro received more than $20,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russian Power Plant NOT Blown Up In Ukrainian Counterattack As Of August 26, 2022
Did Ukraine launch a counterattack against Russia by crossing its border and blowing up a Russian power plant, leaving the country in flames? No, that's not true: Although the Ukraine military has launched some cross-border missile attack
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, your body’s pH levels can’t prevent you from getting cancer
"If your body's pH is alkaline, you cannot get cancer. And if you have cancer, it goes away."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video falsely claims monkeypox is a governmental hoax
"Monkeypox is a complete, fake sham” that’s “designed to force lockdowns, mandates and shots.”
FactCheck.org→ Widespread Claims Misrepresent Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest As the virus that causes COVID-19 has evolved, the vaccines have become less effective in preventing symptomatic infection while remaining highly effective in preventing severe disease and death. This shift has been misrepresented by an
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t an authentic video of Tucker Carlson speechless before a guest
Video shows Tucker Carlson speechless in interview with a guest.
PolitiFact→ Pitbull – Recycled claim is still false: The COVID-19 pandemic was not planned
The COVID-19 pandemic was planned, and a 2019 simulation called Event 201 was a rehearsal for it.
Snopes→ Drought Forces Earliest Harvest Ever in French Wine Country
The harvest that once started in mid-September is now happening earlier than ever — in mid-August — as a result of severe drought and the wine industry's adaptation to the unpredictable effects of climate change.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Bill Gates Executed In July 2013
Did Bill Gates die in July 2013? Was he executed by Africans and Indians who had adverse reactions to incorrect shots they were given by Gates? No, neither of those claims are true: Gates is not a medical practitioner and would not be all
PolitiFact→ Republican Party of Florida – No, Charlie Crist doesn't support an agenda to 'defund the police'
Charlie Crist "supported Biden's agenda to defund the police."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the United States isn’t testing a nuclear bomb from the B-1B Lancer
“U.S. is testing new most deadly nuclear bomb from B-1B Lancer.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, dead people didn’t cast half of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election votes
Half of the votes for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election “are from dead people.”
Snopes→ Always Wanted to ‘Hit the Gas’: Blind Michigan Judge Drives
A blind Michigan judge went for a drive and a sheriff rode shotgun.
Truth or Fiction?→ Rep. Jim Banks Tweet: ‘Student Loan Forgiveness Undermines’ Military Recruiting
Amid national student loan forgiveness discourse on August 25 2022, screenshots of a tweet attributed to an Indiana Republican appeared and went viral, expressing his apparent belief that U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan potentially undermined mil
Snopes→ A Hot Dog-Flavored Popsicle?
Or, if you pass on that, there's a "bologna-inspired face mask" to consider.
PolitiFact→ Mark Kelly – Blake Masters still supports a national abortion ban, but during the third trimester
Blake Masters “wants to pass a national ban on abortion.”
Snopes→ FBI: Trump Mixed Top Secret Docs with Magazines, Other Items
No space at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was authorized for the storage of classified material.
Snopes→ Some Like It Hot: Eating Spicy in China’s WWII Shelters
The city of Chongqing, dubbed one of China's four “furnace” cities, is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine — notably its hotpot.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence that the deaths of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski and Anne Heche are linked or suspicious
The deaths of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and actor Anne Heche are suspicious and linked because they “partnered fighting against pedophilia.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This Unbelievable Photo Is of the RMS Queen Elizabeth Ship Pulling Into New York Harbor in 1945 … ‘
On August 20 2022, the Facebook page “USA Military Families” shared a striking image, purportedly a photograph of American troops heading to New York at the end of World War II in 1945; the image was shared to Imgur three days later: An I
Snopes→ Ordinary Japanese ‘Salarymen’ Reach TikTok Stardom
The chief executive and general manager at a tiny Japanese security company are among the nation’s biggest TikTok stars.
Snopes→ Instagram’s ‘Precise Location’ Tool Is Nothing New
A widely shared social media post is misleading.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show UFOs Surrounding A Nuclear Plant — It’s A Coal-Fired Power Plant, Flying Orbs Are Computer-Generated
Does a Facebook video show three UFOs surrounding a nuclear plant? No, that's not true: The footage shows a coal-fired power plant in West Virginia, and the white orbs allegedly flying in the sky above have been created by a special effec
Snopes→ Justice Dept. Releases Redacted Mar-A-Lago Search Affidavit
Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate earlier this year contained documents with classification markings.
Snopes→ Paul Newman’s Daughters Sue Late Actor’s Charity Foundation
A new lawsuit has exposed a deep rift between two of Paul Newman's daughters and the late actor's charitable foundation funded by profits from the Newman's Own line of food and drink products.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ’10 Thousand NATO Troops’ Did NOT Enter Ukraine Between August 24 And August 26, 2022
Did NATO send "10 thousand" troops to Ukraine? No, that's not true: There are no credible reports about that. Moreover, the social media posts that made this claim did not contain a single verifiable detail about the purported event. The
Full Fact→ No evidence the media is covering up vaccine deaths with stories about heart issues
Newspapers have been writing about what household items and activities might cause heart attacks since before the pandemic.
Snopes→ Latvia Brings Down Soviet-Era Monument’s Obelisk in Capital
A concrete obelisk topped by Soviet stars that was the centerpiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany was taken down in Latvia's capital.
AllSides→ Did Pelosi Say the President Does Not Have ‘the Power for Debt Forgiveness’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-power-debt-forgiveness/ Shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden
Full Fact→ Does Scotland have an ‘order’ to chop down 17 million trees?
This seems to step from a story that 14m trees had been cut down over 20 years to make way for wind farms.
AllSides→ Joe Biden Falsely Claims ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Does Not Subsidize Foreign-Made Electric Cars
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/16/fact-check-biden-falsely-claims-inflation-reduction-act-does-not-subsidize-electric-cars-made-mexico-canada/
AllSides→ Ted Cruz Says Student Debt Relief Costs $2,100 Per Taxpayer
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-ted-cruz-says-student-debt-relief-costs-2100-per-taxpayer-1737293 R
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ben Shapiro The Commentator Did NOT Receive PPP Loan — That Was A Different Guy
Did political commentator Ben Shapiro receive a Paycheck Protection Program loan (PPP) loan of more than $20,000 that was later forgiven? No, that's not true: Shapiro did not receive such a loan. Rather, an individual with the same name a