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AllSides→ Fact check: Image showing news story on LGBTQ Marine uniform pin is fabricated
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/06/30/fact-check-altered-image-makes-false-claim-marines-can-wear-lgbtq-pin/7760554001/
Snopes→ Biden Backs Filibuster Exception to Protect Abortion Access
Although Democrats already control the Senate by the narrowest of margins, there isn’t enough support within their caucus to change the filibuster rule.
PolitiFact→ What is the ‘boyfriend loophole,’ and how does the new gun law close it?
In 2020, about half of women killed by their partners were in a dating relationship. The new gun law closes the “boyfriend loophole.”
Snopes→ Judge Lifts Trump’s Contempt Order After 2-Month Legal Fight
Donald Trump is no longer in contempt of court.
FactCheck.org→ Satirical Amendment Cited in False Claims About Kentucky Abortion Law
Quick Take The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, allowing laws banning abortion in several states, including Kentucky, to take effect. But social media posts falsely claim Kentucky is considering a law requiring all women of childbearing
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Is NOT ‘True Face Found On Mars,’ NOT A Former CIA File
Does this image show the supposed "true face found on Mars" and is the image a "former CIA file"? No, that's not true: The image discussed in this fact check is a creation by an artist, and the famed "Face On Mars" image is actually a roc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Convict, Execute White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Did the U.S. military convict and execute Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, White House deputy chief of staff? No, that's not true: A Pentagon spokesperson told Lead Stories the claim is "completely false," and O'Malley Dillon was listed among re
Snopes→ New Zealand Designates Proud Boys a Terrorist Organization
New Zealand's government has declared that American far-right groups the Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist organizations.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, este audio no está relacionado con los migrantes encontrados en San Antonio, Texas
Esta grabación muestra una llamada al 911 de los migrantes atrapados en un camión en San Antonio, Texas.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Border Patrol agents can’t enter a home without a warrant. SCOTUS case dealt with suing agents
"The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it."
Snopes→ Jackson Sworn In, Becomes 1st Black Woman on Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.
Snopes→ Was Uterus Mailed to Supreme Court? TikTok Fantasy Goes Viral
Some people definitely fantasized about committing such an act after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Full Fact→ Announcement of Prince Philip’s death on BBC is edited
The announcement of the Duke of Edinburgh’s death did appear abruptly on the radio station, but not quite in the way the viral clip suggests.
Full Fact→ Argentina is not giving all its citizens a 40-day public holiday so they can watch the World Cup
Claims that the entire nation of Argentina will begin a 40-day public holiday in November so citizens can watch the World Cup are untrue.
Full Fact→ An image of a rock shaped like an elephant has been digitally altered
The original image shows a real UNESCO world heritage site in Greece.
Snopes→ Supreme Court: Biden Properly Ended Trump-Era Asylum Policy
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico.
Logically→ Udaipur’s Muslim population has grown from 3.5 percent in 2011 to 15.67 percent in 2021.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Limits EPA in Curbing Power Plant Emissions
In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Snopes→ Marcos Takes Helm in Philippines, Silent on Father’s Abuses
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, praised his father's legacy and glossed over its violent past as he was sworn in as Philippine president.
Logically→ The planes that hit the Twin Towers in the 9/11 attacks were holograms created using Project Blue Beam technology.
Logically→ The current monkeypox outbreak appears to be a lab strain with unknown characteristics that likely originated in a U.S. bioweapons laboratory in Ukraine.
Preliminary analysis by the World Health Organization confirms that the current monkeypox cases belong to known variants found in West Africa.
Logically→ Space suits do not work and the space program is a lie.
Snopes→ Putin: Western Leaders Would Look ‘Disgusting’ Topless
Russian President Vladimir Putin shot back at Western leaders who mocked his athletic exploits, saying they would look “disgusting” if they tried to emulate his bare-torso appearances.
Snopes→ Toll Now at 53 in San Antonio As Families Wait for Answers
In the chaotic minutes after dozens of migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer sweltering under the Texas sun, the driver tried to slip away by pretending to be one of the survivors.
Logically→ Oklahoma democrat proposes a bill that mandates vasectomy for males when they reach puberty.
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Poynter→ What is Jan. 6 hearing witness Cassidy Hutchinson’s background?
A former White House staffer on June 28 took center stage in the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, delivering the most revealing testimony […] The post What is Jan. 6 hearing witness Cassidy Hutchinson
Logically→ A video shows Muslims holding a massive rally in Bareilly, India, demanding Nupur Sharma’s arrest over her remarks against Prophet Muhammad.
A video of Muslims protesting against Haridwar Dharam Sansad's hate speech in Bareilly on January 2022 has been falsely linked to the Prophet Muhammad row.
Logically→ Cases of paralysis from the polio outbreak in the early 20th century were caused by the insecticide DDT.
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Washington Post→ The most popular fact checks of 2022, so far
Here are the 10 fact checks that have most captivated — or angered — readers so far in 2022.
PolitiFact→ Abigail Spanberger – 'Big Four' meat packers are seeing record profits
“The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ”
Snopes→ Instagram Post About Ectopic Pregnancy in ‘Trigger Law’ State Bespeaks Post-Roe Fears
A physician we consulted raised concerns that abortion bans could delay crucial medical care for some.
Snopes→ Amazon, Rite Aid Cap Purchase of Emergency Contraceptives
Amazon's limit, which temporarily caps purchase of the contraceptives at three units per week, went into effect on Monday.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Actor Sam Elliott Did NOT Say He Doesn’t Support Abortion Rights, ‘Illegals’ And Refugees
Did actor Sam Elliott say that he won't support a political party "that supports abortion over life"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the Academy Award-nominated actor ever made that remark, part of a longer purported quote
PolitiFact→ Can states punish women for traveling out of state to get an abortion?
One of the legal questions raised by the overturning of Roe v. Wade is whether states can legally punish women for traveling out of state to seek abortions. Legal experts say there are precedents on both sides. We take a closer look.
FactCheck.org→ Stacey Abrams on Violent Crime, Defunding the Police
Stacey Abrams, who faces Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in a rematch this fall, correctly accused Kemp’s TV ad makers of “conveniently” editing her comments about defunding the police, but she falsely claimed that the state’s violent c
Snopes→ 1955 Warrant in Emmett Till Case Found, Family Seeks Arrest
A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking conspiracy theories about the death of Michael Stenger, former Senate sergeant-at-arms
The death of Michael Stenger, the Senate sergeant-at-arms at the time of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol, fueled a number of rumors and conspiracy theories online.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT Example Of US Military Drone That Looks Like Fly
Does this photo show a U.S. military polymer drone that looks like a live fly? No, that's not true: This is not a drone but an example of a bot fly, the collections manager of the University of Arizona's Insect Collection told Lead Storie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum Will NOT ‘Freeze Bank Accounts’ Of Meat Eaters To "Educate Them" — Doconomy Does NOT Enforce Consumer Spending Limit
Will the World Economic Forum (WEF) "freeze" the "bank accounts of "meat eaters to 'educate them,'" and does the Doconomy credit card refuse to let a consumer buy items when they are "deemed to be a net polluter"? No, neither are true: Th