Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy say the word "butthole" when giving President Joe Biden a medal at the White House? No, that's not true: Zelenskyy was saying "Pavlo," the name of the Ukrainian Army military captain who sent hi
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chick-fil-A Did NOT Just Donate ‘Another $1.8 Million To Anti-LGBTQ Groups’
Did Chick-fil-A just donate "another $1.8 million to anti-LGBTQ groups"? No, that's not true: The claim is a copy of a headline first published in 2019. The old story reported the fast food chain donated a combined $1.8 million to the Fel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctor Did NOT Say On Video That He Manufactured AIDS As Bio Weapon — This Is A Soviet-Era Disinformation Hoax
Did an American doctor admit on video that he created the HIV and AIDS viruses in a U.S. military medical laboratory, Fort Detrick, so that they could be used as biological weapons for depopulating the world? No, that's not true: Dr. Robe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 80,000 Ukrainian Troops Have NOT Imposed A ‘Total Blockade’ On Russian Forces In The Donetsk Region
Have 80,000 Ukrainian troops totally blockaded Russian invasion forces fighting in Ukraine's semi-occupied eastern Donetsk region? No, that's not true: The post making the claim in its caption does not mention a blockade in an accompanyin
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Story About Uncle Frank Doesn’t Add Up
At a military veterans event in Delaware, President Joe Biden told a detailed story about how as vice president he presented one of his uncles, Frank Biden, with a Purple Heart, which his uncle refused to accept. But the facts of Biden’s story d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 80,000 Polish Troops Did NOT Besiege Kaliningrad, Russia
Did 80,000 Polish troops besiege Kaliningrad, Russia? No, that's not true: The video making this claim in its headline does not mention 80,000 Polish troops besieging Kaliningrad, Russia, in its recorded content. There have also been no n
FactCheck.org→ Trump Swapped Prisoners, Too
Criticizing the Biden administration’s recent prisoner swap of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for WNBA star Brittney Griner as “a one-sided disaster,” former President Donald Trump wrongly boasted that his administration “got
FactCheck.org→ The Whoppers of 2022
Summary The midterm elections are finally over, but it won’t be long before the 2024 campaign cycle — which will really start in 2023 — gets going. Before that happens, we’ve put together this list of the year’s bigges
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Brazil’s Military Killed Red Command Cartel Leaders Or ‘Prepares Take Over’ As Of December 14, 2022
Did the Brazilian military kill the leaders of the Red Command cartel in early December 2022, and prepare to "take over" the country? No, that's not true: The article circulating on social media that makes these claims contains multiple f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Evacuation Of 800K From Crimea
Does a video show the Russian government evacuating 800,000 people from the "island" of Crimea? No, that's not true: Russian officials said in media reports and on social media sites that no evacuations have occurred in Crimea. Also, Crim
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories Uncovers Network of Cambodian Websites Pushing Death Hoaxes On Facebook To Spread Malware
The celebrity death hoax has long been a clickbait staple, but recently one network has taken it to extremes, using scores of websites to host its content and an automated army of bots to push the links into Facebook groups. Many Facebook
Truth or Fiction?→ Germany Arrests 25 in Coup Plot
On December 7 2022, 25 people in Germany were arrested in early morning raids in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government: Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting to overthrow the government from worldnews In
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Military Did NOT Arrest ‘Several Deep Staters’ On December 1, 2022
Did the U.S. military arrest "several Deep Staters" who attended President Joe Biden's state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron on December 1, 2022? No, that's not true: The U.S. military is not allowed to arrest civilians. This
Truth or Fiction?→ Wolfenstein Twitter Controversy, Explained
On December 5 2022, a popular post to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter addressed the “Wolfenstein” video game franchise — more specifically, purported complaints that the game had become overtly “political”:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fact Check: U.S. Special Forces Did NOT Detain Nancy Pelosi On Charges Of Treason, Conspiracy
Did U.S. Special Forces take House Speaker Nancy Pelosi into custody after the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps charged her with "multiple counts of treason and seditious conspiracy"? No, that's not true: A representative of the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi, ‘Other Deep Staters’ Were NOT Arrested By US Military At Biden Banquet On December 1, 2022
Were Nancy Pelosi and "other Deep Staters" arrested at a President Joe Biden banquet in a faux White House owned by filmmaker Tyler Perry? No, that's not true: No branch of the U.S. military is allowed to arrest civilians, per the Posse C
FactCheck.org→ ‘Died Suddenly’ Pushes Bogus Depopulation Theory
SciCheck Digest What appear to be ordinary postmortem blood clots are held up in a viral online video as supposed evidence that there’s a depopulation plot underway using COVID-19 vaccination to kill people. There’s no evidence for this theory.
Health Feedback→ The film “Died Suddenly” rehashes debunked claims and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccines
REVIEW On 21 November 2022, a pseudo-documentary titled “Died Suddenly”, co-produced by radio host Stew Peters, premiered on Twitter and the video sharing platform Rumble. Through a series of interviews, the film, which is approximately one hour
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show An Al Jazeera Report About ‘Nazi Ukrainians’ Being ‘Arrested In Qatar’
Does a viral video show Al Jazeera footage of "Nazi Ukrainians" "arrested in Qatar after they drew swastikas on football posters"? No, that's not true: The network denied that it had anything to do with the clip using its logo. More impor
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Presidential Bid Announcement
Summary Here we go again. Donald Trump’s official bid to get back to the White House had us at FactCheck.org feeling a bit of déjà vu. His Nov. 15 speech announcing his candidacy for 2024 featured assertions we’ve fact-checked before and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cyber Sleuths Did NOT Spot Immigrants Voting With Fake IDs In Colorado
Did the U.S. Army Cyber Command find evidence that immigrants lacking permanent legal status in Colorado used fraudulent state identification cards to vote for Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections? No, that's not true: The claim origin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence US Military Found ‘Election Fraud Amid Fizzled Red Wave’
Did the U.S. military find "evidence of election fraud amid fizzled red wave"? No, that's not true: This claim was made on a website known for publishing fabricated content. The claim originated in an article published by Real Raw News on
Logically→ Video shows Swedish judge claiming widespread voter fraud in the Brazilian elections.
The video is of singer Agneta Fältskog talking about the joy of being home with her kids. The Brazilian army has ruled out voter fraud in the polls.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Special Forces Did NOT Arrest Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel
Did U.S. Special Forces arrest Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel to charge him "on many counts of murder" for deaths caused by Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: This claim is made on a website that publishes false claims and ide
Truth or Fiction?→ The IRS is Ignoring Churches’ Right-Wing Political Push: Report
As more Christian churches push harder into right-wing politics, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will not tackle apparent violations of federal law, ProPublica and the Texas Tribune reported on October 30 2022. The two news sites said that they had
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Prove That Footage Of Russian Attacks On Ukraine Is Staged
Does a video circulating on social media show evidence that war footage of Russian attacks on Ukraine was staged? No, that's not true: It took out of context the footage of actual film sets -- one clip dating from 2013 -- recycling the fa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Execute US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink
Did the U.S. military hang U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink for committing treason? No, that's not true: The story is entirely fabricated and Brink remains an ambassador in good standing. The claim originated on the website Real R
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Special Forces Did NOT Destroy ‘Boston University COVID-19 Research Lab’
Did U.S. Special Forces destroy a "Boston University Covid-19 research lab"? No, that's not true: This claim was made on a website known for publishing fabricated content. The claim appeared in an article published by Real Raw News on Oct
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Offers NO Proof US M1A1 Abrams Tanks Were Deployed To Ukraine
Did the U.S. deploy M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine? No, that's not true: A video with a headline that makes this claim offers no proof. A tag in its lower right-hand corner says that "Video footages are used for illustration purposes only."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Recent Ukrainian Refugee Did NOT Paint Swastika In London Mall — Video Dates From 2018
Was a refugee from Ukraine recently caught defacing a tile floor with a swastika in a UK shopping center and then made to clean it off? No, that's not true: A bystander video of the incident first surfaced online in 2018, and no evidence
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian Missile Did NOT Destroy Russian Tank Convoy On Crimean Bridge
Did the Ukrainian military fire a missile at the Kerch bridge in Russian-occupied Crimea, taking out a convoy of Russian tanks? No, that's not true: The video with this claim says the damage was caused by a truck that exploded on the brid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germany Did NOT Declare War On Russia On October 11, 2022
Did Germany declare war on Russia on October 11, 2022? No, that's not true. There are no credible reports or official statements confirming this claim. Even a video posted on Facebook with a headline asserting that Germany had declared wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ukrainian General’s Bracelet Does NOT Feature Swastika — It’s A Motif Called Solomon’s Knot
Did the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Gen. Valery Zaluzhnyi, wear a bracelet with a Nazi insignia? No, that's not true: The motifs and clasp on his bracelet resemble a design series that is marketed as a Viking Bracel
Snopes→ College Football at 49? North Dakota Lineman Has Right Stuff
After nearly two decades in the Army and National Guard, Ray Ruschel was working as a night-shift mechanic at a North Dakota sugar beet factory when he decided to enroll at the College of Science.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Prove That NASA Confirmed That Vaccinated People Are ‘No Longer Human’
Has NASA classified people vaccinated against COVID-19 as "Homo Borg Genesis"? No, that's not true: This term cannot be found in any of the agency's publicly available documents, and NASA's representative told Lead Stories the agency hasn
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘A Fifth Texas National Guardsman [Died by] Suicide After Being Ordered by Greg Abbott to Patrol Migrants’
On October 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming that a “fifth Texas National Guardsman” had died by suicide after being “ordered by [Texas Governor] Greg Abbott to patrol migrants”: BREAKING: A fifth
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Americans Did NOT Keep All Of Their Earnings Up Until 1913 — Some Were Taxed Before Then
Did Americans keep "100%" of their earnings up until 1913? Not exactly: While the 16th Amendment, which taxed individual income, was ratified in 1913, some higher-earning Americans paid income taxes between 1862 and 1872 to pay off the co
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No proof that Russian troops have surrendered in Donetsk
“The Russian army has surrendered in Donetsk!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Most Energetic’ Russian Propagandist Did NOT Say He ‘Gets Drafted’
Did Vladimir Solovyov, dubbed "the most energetic" Russian state TV propagandist by the U.S. State Department, say he got drafted? No, that's not true: Deliberately mistranslated subtitles in a viral video that allegedly shows this scene
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russian Airlines Did NOT ‘Stop Selling Tickets To Russian Men Aged 18 To 65’
Did Russian airlines ban men between 18 and 65 years old from buying tickets to other countries in response to the "mobilization" announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 21, 2022? No, that's not true: Despite rumors on