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FactCheck.org→ Old, Mislabeled Video Circulating Amid Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Quick Take A video from 2019 showing Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been circulating recently with the false claim that it shows Putin meeting with the South Korean president. Full Story Russian Presi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, inflation has not cut Americans’ buying power in half
“And just like that, your $15/hr doesn’t buy you as much as $7.50/hr did a year ago.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Oprah Winfrey is not hawking diet pills
“Oprah reveals her fully-natural solution that allowed her to drop 62 (pounds) in six weeks.”
FactCheck.org→ Examining U.S. ‘Energy Independence’ Claims
When politicians say that the United States was “energy independent” under former President Donald Trump, some people may get the false impression that the U.S. was 100% self-sufficient. The country still relied on foreign sources of energy, includ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence President Zelenskyy Left Kyiv In Early March 2022
Does a disproved meme using an old photo of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy imply that he must have left the capital city of Kyiv in early March 2022? Does the Russian chairman of the State Assembly, Vyacheslav Volodin, know that
Snopes→ Did Leonardo DiCaprio Donate $10M to Ukraine via International Visegrad Fund?
This rumor just doesn't add up.
PolitiFact→ Robert Ortt – Did N.Y. state park attendance set a record during the pandemic?
“With the ongoing pandemic, our State Park attendance is at the highest it’s ever been.”
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Why WNBA Players Go Overseas to Play in Offseason
Russia has been a popular destination for WNBA players like Brittney Griner over the past two decades because of the money they can make playing there in the winter.
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Why are gas prices going up?
Will Biden’s Russia oil ban drive up gas prices? It will contribute. But post-pandemic recovery snags were already pushing prices upward.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This is Not a Renaissance Painting, This is a Picture Someone in Poland Took of the Window of a Train from Lviv’
On March 9 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet, which contained a photograph with remarkably artistic qualities: This is not a renaissance painting. This is a picture someone in Poland took of the window of a train from Lviv… pic
Full Fact→ No evidence news channel used shot from Deep Impact to show people fleeing Kyiv
Posts on Facebook claiming that an Italian news channel used a shot from the 1998 film Deep Impact to falsely illustrate people fleeing the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have been shared hundreds of times. The same claim is also circulating on Twitter. The po
Truth or Fiction?→ $6.09 Gas Prices in California Meme
Amid ongoing discourse about rising gas prices in the United States on March 9 2022, an Imgur post purportedly showed a photo of a gas station displaying prices of $6.09 a gallon for regular, $6.23 for “plus,” and $6.29 for “supreme&#
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Is Putin Still on Twitter While Trump Is Banned?
(Photographs from Getty Images.)A viral Facebook post claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Twitter account has not been suspended despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and repeated attempts to spread disinformation.The claim has al
Snopes→ Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto?
Will the real Satoshi Nakamoto please stand up?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Go Back To Using A Gold Standard In Early March 2022
Did Russia go back to using a currency that operates on a gold standard? No, that's not true: Although Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced the abolition of the value-added tax (VAT) on precious metals in March 2022, this ch
PolitiFact→ Ben Shapiro – Ben Shapiro claimed Biden’s job figures from 2021 didn’t beat nonpartisan projections. That’s wrong
"There is no evidence Biden’s spending produced one job. Nonpartisan projections for job growth in 2021, not including that American Rescue Plan, showed higher job growth than Biden produced.”
Logically→ Video footage shows the wreckage of a Russian aircraft on a motorway in Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country.
The footage of the wreckage is not from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is from a Star Wars promotional video aired in 2014.
Full Fact→ Government has not backed up Russian sanction claims
On 5 March 2022 a number of Conservative MPs, including the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency Jacob Rees-Mogg, tweeted a chart claiming that the value of Russian bank assets sanctioned by the UK was higher than those sanctione
PolitiFact→ The CDC’s new guidelines on COVID-19 risk and masking send confounding signals
The CDC’s new guidelines on COVID-19 risk and masking send confounding signals
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Russia Has Given Humanitarian Aid To Ukraine
Did Russia start offering humanitarian aid to Ukraine, according to this video? No, that's not true: This video does not talk about humanitarian aid once. It is from a Russia-controlled television network, RT, that the U.S. State Departme
Snopes→ Antarctic Explorer Shackleton’s Ship Found After a Century
Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice.
PolitiFact→ Val Demings – No proof for Val Demings claim that Marco Rubio backs tax hikes like those indicated in Scott’s plan
"Marco Rubio is following his party bosses, like Rick Scott, with his plan to raise taxes on Florida's working families, retirees and veterans."
Snopes→ US Man Who Got 1st Pig Heart Transplant Dies After 2 Months
David Bennett, 57, died at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Oil production in Biden’s first year on par with Trump
"Gas is high because they shut down production in the U.S.” under the Biden administration.
Logically→ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fled to Poland during the Russian invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not left Ukraine; he posted a video on his official Instagram page, confirming his presence in Kyiv.
Logically→ Video showing crisis actors in Ukraine prove the war is a hoax.
The video is taken from an unrelated demonstration that happened before the war started and has nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine.
Snopes→ Biden Signs Order on Cryptocurrency As Its Use Explodes
The Biden administration views the explosive popularity of cryptocurrency as an opportunity to examine the risks and benefits of digital assets.
Logically→ A video shows a small Ukrainian boy crying and walking to the border of Poland alone due to the Russian invasion.
According to the Polish Border Guard Headquarters, the boy did not cross the border alone as his family accompanied him.
Logically→ Russia has deployed two bombers in the Caribbean after Putin put his nuclear forces on alert.
A segment from a 2018 CNN report on Russian military exercises with Venezuela is falsely linked to the ongoing Ukraine invasion.
PolitiFact→ With time and money, US can replace banned Russian imports with domestic oil
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have said that American oil production could replace the oil once imported from Russia. Most experts agreed that increased domestic production could replace Russian imports, though it would likely cost more and take
Snopes→ Ukrainians Flee Some Besieged Cities As Conditions Worsen
Days of shelling have largely cut residents of the southern city of Mariupol off from the outside world and forced them to scavenge for food and water.
Logically→ Vladimir Putin has warned FIFA that there will be no world cup in Qatar if Russia is not allowed to participate.
Vladimir Putin has not threatened FIFA for suspending the Russian football team from participating in the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
Poynter→ A story that claims Putin bombed a Biden-owned villa and ‘hammered’ biolabs, pedophile rings is bogus
As Russia continues its attack on Ukraine, misinformation continues to spread about the conflict. “Putin bombs Biden-owned villa in Ukraine while hammering biolabs & pedophile rings,” reads the headline of a […] The post A story
Washington Post→ Pence-backed ad falsely blames Biden for hike in purchases of Russian oil
Pence’s political group is bankrolling $10 million on an emotional and hard-hitting ad that says Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline was a “horrific decision.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video shows 2019 meeting with North Korean leader, not South Korean president
Video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with South Korea’s president.
Snopes→ McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coke, Pepsi Join Exodus out of Russia
“Our values mean we cannot ignore the needless human suffering unfolding in Ukraine,” McDonald's President and CEO Chris Kempczinski said in an open letter to employees.
Snopes→ Is This Elyse Myers’ Official Facebook Page?
A Facebook page managed by at least one administrator in Pakistan reportedly stole and made money off of a TikTok video creator's content.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nathaniel Rothschild Did NOT Write To British Government Calling Putin ‘The Most Dangerous Man Since The Defeat Of Hitler’
Did Nathaniel Rothschild write a letter to members of the British government calling Russian President Vladimir Putin "the most dangerous man since the defeat of Hitler"? No, that's not true: "This is utterly untrue and completely fabrica
Snopes→ Is This a Photograph of the Woman Who Modeled for the Statue of Liberty?
Computer-generated faces are often confused for those of real people.