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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Biden didn’t use health excuses to dodge the draft
“Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A horde of crocodiles have not invaded Brazil
Video shows an "invasion of crocodiles" that has flooded the beaches of Brazil and caused residents to panic.
Snopes→ Video of SUV Driving Up Truck Ramp To Escape Cops Is Digital Animation
Creative visual effects artist and Instagram user @2ncs wasn't credited for the digital animation video in a wildly popular tweet that showcased the work.
PolitiFact→ What is a MAGA Republican?
Biden defines MAGA Republicans as those who say the 2020 election was stolen, and see violence as a legitimate tool. We dug into the polling data to see whether it helps show what MAGA Republicans are, and to what extent they differ from other Republic
Snopes→ Ohio GOP House Candidate Has Misrepresented Military Service
Campaigning for a northwestern Ohio congressional seat, Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Chinese Military Convoy Entering Ukraine
Does a video show a convoy of Chinese military vehicles crossing the Russian border into Ukraine in mid-September 2022? No, that's not true: There were no reports of Chinese military troops or vehicles in Ukraine when the claim was posted
PolitiFact→ Lee Zeldin – House Democrats have objected to presidential election results, though under different circumstances
Every time a Republican has been elected president over the last few decades, House Democrats have objected to the result
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Claim that Martha’s Vineyard ‘deported’ migrants is wrong
Martha’s Vineyard “deported 50 illegals after only 24 hours.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Zelenskyy At Gay Pride March
Was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy photographed shirtless and wearing an Afro wig at a gay pride event in the United States in the 1990s? No, that's not true: This photo has been digitally edited. The original photo was taken on
PolitiFact→ How could U.S. voting be affected if election deniers win?
Election deniers running for statewide office have called for sweeping changes such as getting rid of voting machines and mail ballots. Are their ideas really executable? Some are. Here’s how.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Meghan Markle attended Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
Meghan Markle wasn’t allowed to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
Snopes→ Suspended Sarver Says He’s Decided to Sell Suns, Mercury
Robert Sarver says he has started the process of selling the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, a move that comes only eight days after he was suspended by the NBA.
Snopes→ Facebook Scam Pushes Fake Giveaway for Ninja Foodi Cooker
A Facebook post congratulated users and misleadingly claimed that they had won a brand new Ninja Foodi MAX 15-in-1 SmartLid Multi-Cooker.
Truth or Fiction?→ Russia ‘Traffic Jam at the Finnish Border’ Video
On September 21 2022, “Russia traffic jam” became a trending topic on Twitter, largely due to the virality of a tweet purportedly showing massive gridlock at the border shared by Russia and Finland: #Breaking: just in – The traffic
Snopes→ Was the Original Name of This Product ‘Cheez-Itz,’ ‘Cheez-Its,’ or ‘Cheez-It’?
And is this yet another example of the "Mandela Effect"?
Snopes→ Fed Attacks Inflation with Another Big Hike and Expects More
The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by a substantial three-quarters of a point for a third straight time and signaled more large rate hikes to come.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: King Charles III Did NOT Sign Proclamation That Trump Won 2020 Election
Did King Charles III sign a proclamation that former President Donald Trump actually won the 2020 presidential election in the U.S.? No, that's not true: The claim uses a screenshot of Charles signing documents related to his accession to
Truth or Fiction?→ California Attorney General Seizes Control of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Investigation of Local Officials
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has taken control of an investigation originally carried out by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, which quickly stirred accusations that the sheriff was attempting to intimidate local officials with overs
Snopes→ Biden: Russia ‘Shamelessly Violated’ UN Charter in Ukraine
President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations that Russia has “shamelessly violated the core tenets" of the U.N with its "brutal, needless war” in Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Does not compute: This math problem’s solution isn’t a once-in-a-century phenomenon
Once every thousand years “your age + your year of birth, every person = 2022.”
PolitiFact→ National Republican Senatorial Committee – GOP group misses mark with claim prison population reduction would require fast release of criminals
“Mandela Barnes…wants to release 50% of the prison population when 68% is classified as ‘violent offenders.’”
Snopes→ Mars is Littered With 15,694 Pounds of Human Trash From 50 Years of Robotic Exploration
Discarded pieces of landing gear, crashed spacecraft and wear and tear have produced debris that is now scattered around the Martian surface.
Snopes→ Did an Old Toys ‘R’ Us Building Later Become a Gun Store?
We looked for the truth on Google Maps.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The World Economic Forum did not say people shouldn’t own cars
The World Economic Forum has called for the end of “wasteful private car ownership.”
Snopes→ Arbiter in Trump Docs Probe Signals Intent to Move Quickly
The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home appeared skeptical of the Trump team's reluctance to say whether it believed the records had been declassified.
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott – Experts disagree with Abbott that it’s unconstitutional to raise the minimum age to purchase AR
Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”
Full Fact→ Picture of Queen in Spitfire is fake
The image of her in a Spitfire’s cockpit has been edited.
Snopes→ NY Attorney General Sues Donald Trump and His Company
Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, is the culmination of the Democrat’s three-year civil investigation of Trump and the Trump Organization.
Logically→ Children were held hostage in a temple in Leicester.
There is no evidence that any hostages were taken during the unrest in Leicester over the weekend.
Snopes→ Is the Pandemic Over? We Asked an Economist, an Education Expert, and a Public Health Scholar Their Views
President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the COVID-19 pandemic is over has led to a backlash among some experts who suggest the comment is premature – and counterproductive.
Snopes→ Danish Queen Tests Positive After UK Monarch’s Funeral
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has tested positive for the coronavirus after attending the funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
Logically→ Anti-Hindu violence broke out in Leicestershire after India’s T20 win over Pakistan.
The violence that broke out in Leicester city involved both communal groups. The local authorities have so far not pinned the blame on one community.
PolitiFact→ California Together, No On Proposition 1 – Opponents of California’s abortion rights measure mislead on expense to taxpayers
“With Proposition 1, the number of abortion seekers from other states will soar even higher, costing taxpayers millions more.”
Logically→ The 1995 Illuminati card game proves that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job.
The September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States were carried out by Osama Bin Laden's terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
Snopes→ US: 48 Exploited Pandemic to Steal $250M from Food Program
United States authorities charged 48 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts in what they said was the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme yet.
AllSides→ Is the Pandemic ‘Over’? Biden Says So, But Scientists Say That’s Up for Debate
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/scicheck-is-the-pandemic-over-biden-says-so-but-scientists-say-thats-up-for-debate/
Logically→ King Charles advocated for the great reset in a speech during COP26.
There is no evidence that Charles was calling for anythng other than action to address the climate crisis in the speech being shared.
Full Fact→ Picture doesn’t show Boris Johnson queueing for the Queen’s lying-in-state
The photograph seems to originate on Twitter. The person who first shared it has confirmed that it does not show Boris Johnson.
Snopes→ Some 230 Whales Beached in Tasmania; Rescue Efforts Underway
The pod stranded on Ocean Beach in Macquarie Harbour appears to be pilot whales and at least half are presumed to still be alive.