A Russian spacewalker had to rush back inside the International Space Station when the battery voltage in his spacesuit suddenly dropped.
Poynter→ Meta won’t comment on its plans to abandon CrowdTangle
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. It started as a rumor. Following reports alleging right-wing [R
Logically→ Rahul Gandhi claims that he spoke to Mahatma Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi did not say he had a conversation with Mahatma Gandhi. The video claiming so has been edited out of a longer speech.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Obama was warning about disinformation, not endorsing it
Video shows former President Barack Obama sharing how to mislead the public.
Logically→ Tejashwi Yadav refuses to deliver 10 lakh promised jobs as he is yet to become a Chief Minister.
A clip from Yadav's full interview has been edited out and shared out of context. Yadav said the new government would deliver 10 lakh jobs as promised
Snopes→ Medical Expert: Flawed Research Can Harm Your Health
A new study provides tips for spotting medical research that is deeply flawed or fake and should not be trusted.
Snopes→ LeBron James Inks 2-Year, $97.1 Million Deal with Lakers
The league-maximum deal makes James the highest-paid player in NBA history.
Logically→ Anne Heche’s death was not an accident. She was killed for making a film on human trafficking.
According to medical and police reports, actor Anne Heche died from injuries sustained in a car accident in Los Angeles.
Snopes→ New Zealand Family Finds Children’s Bodies in Abandoned Bags
The suitcases had been in storage for at least three or four years.
FactCheck.org→ IRS Will Target ‘High-Income’ Tax Evaders with New Funding, Contrary to Social Media Posts
Quick Take The Inflation Reduction Act includes $79 billion for the IRS. Social media posts misleadingly claim the IRS will now hire “87,000 new agents” to investigate average citizens. But most new hires will provide customer services, and
Snopes→ Trump CFO’s Plea Deal Could Make Him a Prosecution Witness
Allen Weisselberg is charged with accepting more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the former president's company over several years.
Full Fact→ Energy companies won’t automatically give struggling customers £49 vouchers
Claims that people with less than £4 on their prepayment meter can get a £49 voucher from their energy company have been shared on social media.
Poynter→ Fact check: Polio was found in New York wastewater, not its tap water
In July, New York City Mayor Eric Adams posted a video of himself on Twitter urging New Yorkers to drink the city’s tap water — a tip for “keeping cool this summer.” But […] The post Fact check: Polio was found in New York wast
Logically→ A 27-year-old Scottish woman died suddenly due to adverse effects from the COVID-19 vaccine.
The cause of Chelsea Tant's death is unknown, with no evidence that COVID-19 vaccine affected her adversely.
Logically→ A Sikh group protested against actor Aamir Khan’s film Laal Singh Chaddha.
The viral photo depicts Sikh groups demonstrating in support of actor Aamir Khan's film and not against it. Slogans were raised in favor of the film.
Logically→ Children replaced the crown of a student playing Bharat Mata with a hijab and forced her to offer namaz at a Lucknow school event.
The video has been clipped to support the claim. The play depicted prayers being offered in various religious customs.
Logically→ A recent video shows Dutch farmers spraying a mixture of hay and manure at police while protesting the government’s agriculture industry proposals.
The video of farmer protesters spraying hay is from Brussels in 2015 that is now being misattributed to Netherlands farmers' protests.
Washington Post→ Biden’s bogus boast of 1 million ‘construction jobs’
The president claims 1 million construction jobs would be created by the CHIPS Act. The number in the report he cites is just 6,200.
PolitiFact→ Glenn Grothman – Border apprehensions outpace previous years, but analyst calls numbers misleading
"With three months remaining in the Fiscal Year, (the border patrol) has already encountered more illegal immigrants along the Southwest border" than in any previous fiscal year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Depict A ‘Big Shark’ Breaching On Fleeing Crowd Of People On Shore
Does this video show a big shark breaching from a body of water onto a fleeing crowd of people? No, that's not true: This video has been digitally manipulated, combining two unrelated videos to create a single false scene. The Florida Pro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Woman Found Dead In Arkansas River Is NOT Provably Linked To Clinton Advisor Who Apparently Killed Self
Was a woman found dead in the Arkansas River linked to the "suspicious death" of former Clinton advisor Mark Middleton? No, that's not true: A report in radaronline.com quoted an anonymous source -- purportedly an associate of Middleton's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York’s ‘Go Bag’ Advisory NOT A ‘Project Blue Beam’ Warning
Were New Yorkers advised to pack "go bags" because there is an immediate threat from "Project Blue Beam"? No, that's not true: While city emergency managers have recommended residents create this type of emergency kit, it's not associated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anne Heche Was NOT Murdered By The Illuminati, And Was NOT In A Movie About Jeffrey Epstein
Was Anne Heche murdered by the Illumniati because she was in a movie about pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: The Hollywood star crashed her car into a house August 9, 2022, succumbing to her injuries five days late
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Schools Can Prescribe Adderall To Students
Can schools prescribe students Adderall, a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? No, that's not true: According to federal law, public schools are not allowed to prescribe Adderall to students. Lead Stories d
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Dubious ‘Standing Order’ to Declassify Documents
After the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home and retrieved boxes of documents — some of them labeled “top secret” — former President Donald Trump released a statement claiming that as president, he had a “standing order …
Snopes→ Yes, Liz Cheney Tweeted ‘Bring It,’ Then Lost to Trump’s Pick
We looked for the origins of a screenshot that purported to show Cheney tweeting the words "bring it" back in September 2021.
PolitiFact→ Rick Scott – Rick Scott overstates potential hiring surge at the IRS
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No leaked messages before Mar-a-Lago search
Leaked messages “between former President Barack Obama and Judge Reinhart foreshadowed the unlawful raid on former Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.”
PolitiFact→ Tim Scott – Tim Scott mangles false GOP talking point on IRS hounding average taxpayers
“The Congressional Budget Office says 90% of the revenue generated from the new IRS agents will come from people making less than $200,000 … and the revenue generated will be $300-plus billion.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CERN Collider NOT Powered By Child Sacrifices, Human Blood — The Electricity It Runs On Comes From France
Is the CERN physics laboratory powered by child sacrifices or human blood? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that the lab, which is often referred to as the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, is being powered by anything oth
Truth or Fiction?→ The Origin of the ‘Spitting Stalin’ Statue
A statue of “spitting Stalin” that is periodically viral online is real — but its location is unclear. Photographs of a statue of the former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin, usually seen half-submerged, have circulated online for ye
FactCheck.org→ Crude Oil Prices Down Due to Recession Fears, Contributing to Lower Gasoline Prices
The average price of U.S. regular-grade gasoline has been falling for weeks, after reaching a record high of over $5 in mid-June. Analysts have said the decrease can mostly be attributed to a drop in the price of crude oil, which has declined largely b
Snopes→ ‘Pepsi’s 119th Birthday’ Facebook Giveaway Is a Scam
We strongly recommend sharing this article with any family members or friends who might be susceptible to falling for this potentially dangerous scam.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Attack On A Priest In France
Does a video on social media in August 2022 show an act of aggression against a French priest? No, that's not true: The clip shows a 2020 incident in Guyana. Some of this claim's variations had such hashtags as "diversity," "multicultural
Snopes→ Musk Tweet Joking About Buying Manchester United Causes Stir
Elon Musk caused a stir by tweeting that he was buying the English soccer team Manchester United, then saying several hours later that it was a joke.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rejected Petition Signatures For LA County Recall NOT The Same As Rejected 2020 Ballots
Are the 30 percent of signatures that did not qualify for the recall of the Los Angeles County district attorney the same as ballots rejected in the 2020 election? No, the claim is missing context: Nothing stops an unqualified person from
Snopes→ Scam for Walmart and Ukraine’s Independence Hits Facebook
We strongly recommend sharing this article with any family members or friends who might be susceptible to falling for this potentially dangerous scam.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Polio was found in New York wastewater, not its tap water
There’s polio in New York City’s tap water.
Snopes→ Boston Police Boat Comes to Rescue of Stranded Groom
Officers with the Boston Police Department's harbor patrol unit are used to helping boaters in distress.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘I’m Very Worried for Our Agent Trump’: Host on Russian State Media
On August 17 2022, a post to Reddit’s r/worldnews suggested that a broadcaster on Russian state media had said “I’m very worried about our agent Trump,” during a segment mentioning the August 2022 Federal Bureau of Investigatio