The FBI on Aug. 8 executed a search warrant at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. A federal judge magistrate signed the warrant after “finding probable cause that evidence of multiple federal crimes would be fou
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Moderna’s lawsuits against Pfizer do not prove the COVID-19 vaccine existed before the pandemic
Moderna’s lawsuits against Pfizer-BioNTech shows COVID-19 vaccines were in the works before the pandemic started.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Robots Did NOT Kill 29 Scientists In Japan
Did four robots powered by artificial intelligence kill 29 scientists in Japan on August 28, 2022? No, that's not true: This is a 4-year-old hoax with a fluctuating time and place of the purported incident, not backed up by any corroborat
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘No On Oz’
After being ridiculed by a political opponent, television personality turned right-wing candidate Mehmet Oz was the butt of a joke yet again, this time thanks to a well-placed photo alteration. On August 12 2022, Oz posted two photographs of himself at
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: 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
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.
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Airlines Are NOT Banning Vaccinated People From Flying Over Blood-Clot Risk
Are airlines banning travelers who are vaccinated against the coronavirus from flying because the shot elevates their risk for blood clotting? No, that's not true: This rumor has recently resurfaced on social media after being thoroughly
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Brazilian Gang Intimidating Police — It’s Movie Production
Did a Brazilian gang use force to make the police comply as armed gang members moved through a street? No, that's not true: This video shows a bystander's view of a movie scene in production. The film, "Rocinha: Toda História tem dois La
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jelly Soap Will NOT Make You Lose Weight — Expert Says It’s Fake
Will this jelly soap help you lose weight? No, that's not true: The Facebook post links to a product that is not even advertised in the video. The link leads to a similar product that Lead Stories debunked here. A registered dietician nut
FactCheck.org→ Correcting Misinformation About Dr. Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci has announced that in December he will step down from his positions as chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and its laboratory of immunoregulation. Fauci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove ‘Rife Machines’ Cure Cancer
Does resonant frequency therapy with the Rife machine cure cancer? No, that's not true: A video making that claim provides very little evidence that Rife machines work. A medical doctor who specializes in radiation oncology and a nursing
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Trump is not representing himself in case against the US government
Image shows Trump is representing himself in a lawsuit against the United States government related to the FBI search of his Florida home.
Logically→ A Congress worker thrashed a colleague for molesting her during an Independence Day ceremony.
The video shows YSR Congress Party and not INC leaders engaging in a spat over the party's internal affairs. It is an old video from 2014.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a real chyron about ‘gay hypnosis’ on Tucker Carlson’s show
An image shows a chyron on Tucker Carlson’s show that said “straight men turning homo after ‘gay hypnosis.’”
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccination Doesn’t Increase Miscarriage Risk, Contrary to Naomi Wolf’s Spurious Stat
SciCheck Digest Studies have repeatedly found that COVID-19 vaccination does not increase the risk of miscarriage. Bogus claims that 44% of pregnant women in the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine trial miscarried rely on a faulty tally of miscarri
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Viral list of 'banned' books in Florida is satire
Image shows "Florida's anti-woke banned book list."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Seize Trump’s Home On August 8, 2022
Did the FBI seize Donald Trump's home? No, that's not true: Unsealed court records reveal that agents took multiple sets of documents during the August 8, 2022, search of Mar-a-Lago in Florida, where the former president resides, but did
Full Fact→ Out-of-date map showing high GB electricity prices compared to Europe re-emerges
A screenshot circulating on social media shows electricity prices in September 2021, and doesn’t reflect current prices.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: France 2 Did NOT Intentionally Misinform Viewers About War Incident In Ukraine On August 10, 2022 — It Admitted A Video Editing Mistake
Did France 2 intentionally misinform its audiences about an incident in the war in Ukraine on August 10, 2022? No, that's not true: The French TV channel's report about a strike that hit buildings surrounding Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Melanin Is NOT Used In Computer Chips
Is the pigment melanin used in computer chips? No, that's not true: Researchers are coming closer to developing superconducting melanin, but the work is confined to laboratories and the applications are not considered for use in computer
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Falsely Claim Magic Johnson Donated Blood for People with COVID-19
SciCheck Digest In a 2012 documentary, Magic Johnson discussed his HIV diagnosis and how it has affected his career. Social media posts are sharing an image from the documentary to falsely claim it shows Johnson donating blood for people with COVID-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Government Did NOT Release Photos Of UFOs And Aliens — Images Created With AI-Powered Tool
Did the government release classified photos of UFOs and aliens? No, that's not true: This collection of images made in a vintage "Top Secret" style, showing purported alien autopsies and UFO crash sites were produced by the designer Doug
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show a Google Street View of Antarctica with a tree-lined landscape
Video claims Google Street View shows Antarctica with green vegetation and brick buildings.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Did NOT Lose Its Lawsuits Against Rudy Giuliani And Sidney Powell — It’s A Recycled Claim
Did Dominion Voting Systems lose its lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and personal attorney for Donald Trump; and Sidney Powell, another Trump attorney? No, that's not true: In an August 22, 2022, email from Domi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reflection In Astronaut’s Visor From Apollo 17 Moon Landing Does NOT Prove It Was Hoax
Does a reflection in an astronaut's helmet visor from the Apollo 17 moon landing prove that it was a hoax? No, that's not true: The reflection seen in astronaut Gene Cernan's helmet visor shows astronaut Harrison Schmidt standing in front
Full Fact→ Mariupol concert footage doesn’t prove Ukraine isn’t a warzone
Russian forces now control the city and there was a concert there in July. Footage shows destroyed buildings in the background.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Whistleblower’ Did NOT Provide Evidence To Back Claims — ‘Chemtrails’ Are Not A Thing
Did a "whistleblower" physician provide evidence of chemtrails being sprayed from military airplanes? No, that's not true: While Dr. Bill Deagle called himself a "whistleblower on the inside," nothing ever came of his outlandish claims an
Truth or Fiction?→ Did France’s Loire River ‘Run Dry’ in August 2022?
On August 14 2022, a Facebook account shared a photograph and a status update about France’s Loire River, which had purportedly “run dry” or “dried out” amid intense heat waves and drought conditions in the summer of 2022
FactCheck.org→ Images Show IRS Educational Program, Not Training of Agents
Quick Take The IRS Criminal Investigation division’s “Adrian Project” educates the public about the IRS through community outreach sessions with high school and college students. Posts on social media are sharing a video from one of t
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Steve Bannon didn’t say Trump is going to jail
Video shows Steve Bannon crying, “Trump is going to jail.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Story about parents changing baby’s gender fake
Photo shows parents who changed their baby’s gender identity.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Texas Senator Exposing FBI Lie Over Mar-a-Lago Raid
Does a video of Sen. Ted Cruz questioning current FBI Director Christopher Wray or former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe expose either man in a lie about the circumstances surrounding the August 8, 2022, search of Mar-a-Lago, the Flori
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Shots Given By Governments Did NOT Kill 12M People Worldwide
Did governments around the world kill 12 million people by giving them COVID-19 shots? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that anywhere near that number of people have died due to vaccination for the disease as of mid-August 2022. T
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, McConnell didn’t say Pelosi should be jailed
Video shows Mitch McConnell saying Nancy Pelosi “should be jailed!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Jr. Did NOT Tweet "Do Not Come To Mar-A-Lago" On August 13, 2022
Did Donald Trump Jr. tell Trump supporters via Twitter to not come to Mar-a-Lago because "many important people are coming through the club and we need to keep it clean"? No, that's not true: Trump Jr. did not tweet this; it's not on his
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show IRS Agents In Training — Event Was For Accounting Students
Does this video show footage of new IRS agents in training? No, that's not true: The footage is from a university event held in 2017 for accounting students that allowed them to perform a mock investigation with IRS Criminal Investigation
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Ukraine’s Navy Artillery Destroying 13 Russian Warships In The Black Sea
Does a Facebook video show the Ukrainian navy destroying "13 Russian warships in the Black Sea"? No, that's not true: The clip recycles old unrelated footage of Russian -- not Ukrainian -- ships in action. More importantly, the video neve