The Committee to Defend the President has been running a six-second Facebook ad targeting older voters in North Carolina that takes former Vice President Joe Biden’s words out of context to brand him as a KKK sympathizer who twice used the “N-w
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Full Fact→ It’s not true the BBC decided against showing Dame Vera Lynn’s funeral live
Multiple Facebook posts shared thousands of times in total claim that the BBC decided not to broadcast live the funeral of Dame Vera Lynn, but did broadcast live the funeral of George Floyd. This is not correct. The funeral of George Floyd was broadcas
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the 2005 Film ‘V for Vendetta’ About a Virus — and Set in 2020?
On June 21 2020, the Facebook page “Cosmic Enlightenment” shared the following meme, which claimed that the 2005 film V for Vendetta was about the use of a virus to control populations — and that it was set in the year 2020: &nbs
Truth or Fiction?→ Richard Rose Dies of COVID-19, After Repeated ‘COVID Denier’ Posts
On July 10 2020, a number of Facebook users shared posts like the one below — purportedly screenshots from the profile of a user, Richard Rose, who initially adopted the position of a “COVID denier” before dying from it on July 4 202
FactCheck.org→ Donald Trump Jr. Shares Unsupported Claim that ‘Democrats’ Vandalized Statue
Quick Take Donald Trump Jr. has shared a viral meme that makes the unsupported claim that a statue of abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, was torn down by “Democrats.” Police have made no arrests, and are “still loo
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Carsyn Davis Die After Attending a ‘COVID Party’?
In early July 2020, news of the death of Florida teenager Carsyn Leigh Davis began spreading on social media — alongside rumors the girl, who was purportedly medically fragile, was intentionally exposed to SARS-CoV-2 by her mother: A parent se
Truth or Fiction?→ LAPD ‘14188’ Badge Number Controversy
On July 3 2020, Twitter user Hayes Davenport shared a screenshot of a purported Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) example badge web page, featuring a badge with the number 14188: Unfortunate sample badge number choice in my opinion pic.twitter.co
Truth or Fiction?→ Videos of Lynching Threat in Monroe County, Indiana Goes Viral on Facebook
On July 5 2020, an Indiana man shared the following three videos, an incident he described as an “attempted lynching” at Monroe Lake (archived here): Booker’s Written Account of the Altercation In the July 5 2020 post, Booker wro
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Vandals in Spain Call a Nobel Prize Winner a ‘Killer’?
A Spanish culture and history website’s anger over alleged vandalism at the country’s biggest bullfighting stadium gained attention on Twitter in June 2020, but its concern appears to be years too late. The site, Darío Madrid, claimed on
Truth or Fiction?→ Viral Post Blames Powdersville Cemetery Vandalism on ‘Black Lives Matter’
On June 14 2020, the Facebook page “The Sharp Truth” shared the following post and lambasted Black Lives Matter activists for purportedly vandalizing the Powdersville Cemetery in Anderson County, South Carolina: The text, which appeare
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue Was Vandalized In 2020, But Viral Image Is 2018 Attack
Was Austin's Stevie Ray Vaughan statue vandalized in 2020? Yes, that's true, but a viral image of paint on the rear side of the Vaughan memorial is from a 2018 incident blamed on a football fan after his team won the SuperBowl. A second photo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jimi Hendrix Statue In Seattle Was NOT Vandalized In 2020
Was Seattle's Jimi Hendrix statue vandalized during protests in 2020? No, that's not true: The photo of the spray-painted Jimi Hendrix statue used to imply recent vandalism is from 2013. There is no evidence that the Jimi Hendrix statue in Sea
FactCheck.org→ Trump Falsely Says COVID-19 Surge ‘Only’ Due to Testing, Misleads on Deaths
With some states posting record numbers of new COVID-19 cases, President Donald Trump continues to downplay the concern, falsely asserting that cases are up “only because of our big number testing,” and pointing to the falling number of daily COVID
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Crowd Photo Does NOT Show People Gathered At A Trump Rally In Tulsa
Was this photo taken outside a rally for Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19 or 20, 2020? No, that's not true: This photo shows the staging area for the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally for POW/MIAs. Pictured is the north parking lot a
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Fireworks Every Night’ in June 2020
On June 20 2020, the Facebook page “Son of Baldwin” shared what would later become a popular iteration of a “fireworks conspiracy” set of rumors, spreading from several points on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit: The Facebook
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Trump Campaign Post a Symbol Used by Nazis to Mark Political Prisoners?
In June 2020, United States President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign was criticized for invoking Nazi imagery in a new series of Facebook ads that the campaign later tried to claim featured an anti-fascist symbol. According to Media Matters
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Lighten The Photo Of The Man Who Drove Into The Protester In Seattle
Did CNN lighten the photo of the man who drove into a protester in Seattle and claim he was white? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that CNN used any form of an image showing the attacker's face lightened in their reporting. The CNN l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Matt Damon NOT Planning To Leave US For Australia To Get Away From Trump
Is actor Matt Damon planning to leave the United States for Australia to get away from Donald Trump? No, he's not: That's a two-year-old rumor that has been debunked but still keeps circulating. His spokesman denied Damon was moving in 2018.
FactCheck.org→ Ahead of Trump Rally, Republicans Spin COVID-19 Metrics
In the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, Trump and his supporters are making false and misleading claims about COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and testing:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Adolf Hitler Did NOT Defund And Eliminate The Police
Did Adolf Hitler defund and eliminate the police? No, that's not true: The Nazi leader did the opposite, expanding the police and the scope of their powers. The claim appeared as a post (archived here) shared on Facebook on June 11, 2020, unde
Truth or Fiction?→ The Wilmington Massacre
In early June 2020m a screenshot of the following tweet was shared to Facebook; the original tweet asked students in North Carolina to retweet if they hadn’t learned about the “Wilmington Massacre” in history classes: N.C. STUDENT
Snopes→ George Floyd, Whose Death Energized a Movement, To Be Buried
His funeral will be private. Some 6,000 people attended a public memorial service in Houston, where he grew up.
FactCheck.org→ Nuremberg Code Addresses Experimentation, Not Vaccines
Quick Take A bogus claim that “[v]accines are in direct violation of The Nuremberg Code” has been circulating on social media. Actually, the Nuremberg Code addresses the treatment of human subjects in medical experiments and says nothing ab
FactCheck.org→ Post on Floyd Protests Uses Old Vandalism Photos
Quick Take A Facebook post about protests taking place in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death is criticizing protesters for “destroying the cemeteries” of veterans. But three of the four images cited are old and have nothing to do with the
FactCheck.org→ Trump Adds New Falsehood to Pelosi/Chinatown Claims
President Donald Trump has upped the ante in his allegations about Nancy Pelosi and Chinatown, falsely charging that the House speaker urged foreign nationals to “bring your infection” to the San Francisco neighborhood. Pelosi never issued
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Tweet ‘America Is Now GREAT Do To My Sacrifices’
Did President Trump tweet on Memorial Day weekend that "American is now GREAT do to my sacrifices," and that "only losers and haters don't see that"? No, this is not true. A search through the president's Twitter timeline, as well as archives
Snopes→ Biden Makes 1st In-Person Appearance in More Than 2 Months
Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home.
Snopes→ Did Trump Tweet That He ‘Sacrificed a Lot To Be Your President’?
Memorial Day is for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died while serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Volkswagen Pull an Ad Because it Included a Racist Slur?
Auto makers Volkswagen scuttled an online ad in May 2020 campaign after social media users detected a prejudiced subtext and outright racist text within the short video. A tweet by journalist Felix Edeha criticizing the video was highlighted (or ̶
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Right-Wing COVID-19 Protester Carry a Sign Displaying a Nazi Slogan?
Several photographs emerged online on May 1 2020 purportedly showing right-wing protesters — and in one case a child — displaying a Nazi slogan. But at least one of the images was manipulated digitally. As the Associated Press reported, a
Truth or Fiction?→ The Viral Death of Kat Restin
Segments of Twitter are alight with rumors surrounding the April 2020 death of Virginia teenager Kat Restin and the alleged circumstances regarding her demise. An obituary for Restin, 19, was published on April 23 2020. Restin’s Obituary In that
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence That Flu Shot Increases Risk of COVID-19
Quick Take A claim being pushed on social media and by an organization skeptical of vaccines is using a military study to falsely suggest that the flu vaccine increases someone’s risk of contracting COVID-19. The study does not say that, and the
FactCheck.org→ Kennedy Center Didn’t Contribute to Democrats
Quick Take Online posts falsely claim that the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts donated $5 million to Democrats after it was allocated $25 million in the COVID-19 stimulus package. The center has not given any political contributions; it’s
FactCheck.org→ Misinformation on COVID-19 Death Protocols in New York
Quick Take A viral Facebook post about COVID-19 falsely claims that in New York “every contaminated corpse belongs to the state” and will be incinerated without any “wakes or memorial services to pay your last respects.” The sta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Claim Illegal Immigrants Were Held In Nazi Detention Camps
Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claim Hitler held Jews in detention camps for being illegal immigrants. No, that is misleading, and the claim seems to be a new spin on a controversy sparked in Summer 2019 by the liberal New York Congres
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Coronavirus Test Does NOT Cost $3,200
Does the Coronavirus test really cost $3,200? No, that's not true: A claim that the coronavirus test is $3,200 - and that if a person is unable to afford the test or the treatment, they could die - is misleading. The claim has been debunked by
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Tests Don’t Cost Over $3,000
Quick Take A meme with the false claim that “[t]he US is charging over $3,000 per test” for patients who may have COVID-19 has been circulating on social media. For now, the two agencies authorized to test for the illness are not billing pa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bernie Sanders Did NOT March With Fidel Castro, Che Guevara
Did Bernie Sanders, the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, march with revolutionaries Fidel Castro and Che Guevara when he was younger? No, that's not true: A photo purporting to show the Independent senator from Vermont marching with Cas
Truth or Fiction?→ Prolific Web Artist Qinni Dies at 29
Well-loved DeviantArt and social media artist Qing Han, known to fans as Qinni, has died. She was 29. DeviantArt, a platform on which Qinni maintained a massive following (and which honored Qinni in 2017), confirmed Qing Han’s death in a tweet:
Lead Stories→ Fake News: "Taps" Did NOT Originate From Paper In Dead Confederate Soldier’s Pocket
Did the bugle melody known as "Taps," which is played at U.S. military funerals, originate from a paper found in the pocket of a dead Confederate soldier? No, that's not true: The origin story for "Taps" does not match that mythical narrative,