The video contains a lot of swearing, for obvious reasons.
Snopes→ 2 Plead Guilty in Scheme to Sell Biden’s Daughter’s Diary
Two Florida residents have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items stolen from President Joe Biden’s daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas.
Full Fact→ Labour’s £29 billion plan would not fully cover the cost of freezing the energy price cap
Freezing the price cap would require roughly £8 billion more funding, according to the IFS.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Airlines Are NOT Banning Vaccinated People From Flying Over Blood-Clot Risk
Are airlines banning travelers who are vaccinated against the coronavirus from flying because the shot elevates their risk for blood clotting? No, that's not true: This rumor has recently resurfaced on social media after being thoroughly
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Brazilian Gang Intimidating Police — It’s Movie Production
Did a Brazilian gang use force to make the police comply as armed gang members moved through a street? No, that's not true: This video shows a bystander's view of a movie scene in production. The film, "Rocinha: Toda História tem dois La
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jelly Soap Will NOT Make You Lose Weight — Expert Says It’s Fake
Will this jelly soap help you lose weight? No, that's not true: The Facebook post links to a product that is not even advertised in the video. The link leads to a similar product that Lead Stories debunked here. A registered dietician nut
Snopes→ Judge Orders Unsealing of Redacted Affidavit in Trump Search
Federal law enforcement officials submitted under seal the portions of the affidavit that they want to keep secret as their investigation moves forward.
FactCheck.org→ Correcting Misinformation About Dr. Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci has announced that in December he will step down from his positions as chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and its laboratory of immunoregulation. Fauci
PolitiFact→ Blake Masters – Blake Masters’ stance on privatizing Social Security shifted after primary
On privatizing Social Security.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove ‘Rife Machines’ Cure Cancer
Does resonant frequency therapy with the Rife machine cure cancer? No, that's not true: A video making that claim provides very little evidence that Rife machines work. A medical doctor who specializes in radiation oncology and a nursing
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Is NOT ‘Killing Poor People’
Is Canada killing poor people? No, that's not true: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is legal in Canada but "being poor as your only 'condition' would clearly not meet the eligibility criteria for MAID," Canadian law professor Jocelyn D
Snopes→ Did Ben Shapiro Get PPP Loan Forgiveness?
Today we found out how many real estate agents in California are named "Ben Shapiro."
Snopes→ ‘Magic Mushroom’ Psychedelic May Help Heavy Drinkers Quit
The compound in psychedelic mushrooms helped heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely in the most rigorous test of psilocybin for alcoholism.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Doug Mastriano, Jenna Ellis, and Breitbart Touted a Fake Polling Firm Created by a High School Student’
On August 25 2022, a popular screenshot of a tweet on Imgur claimed that right-wing entities fell for and promoted a “poll” on Twitter — without checking to determine whether it was credible: Amazing but not surprising: Doug Mastr
Snopes→ Did Pelosi Say the President Does Not Have ‘the Power for Debt Forgiveness’?
The House speaker also allegedly said that debt forgiveness “has to be an act of Congress.”
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Republican Attacks on Fetterman’s Crime Stance
Political ads and social media attacks by opponents of Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman have sought to portray Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor as dangerously soft on crime, but some of the claims stretch the facts: Dr. Mehmet Oz, Fe
Snopes→ SEC Questions Twitter on How It Counts Fake Accounts
The Securities and Exchange Commission asked the company about its methodology for calculating false or spam accounts and "the underlying judgments and assumptions used by management.”
Snopes→ California Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling 1,700 Animals
A California man who smuggled more than 1,700 wild animals into the United States, including 60 reptiles hidden in his clothing, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges.
Snopes→ Do Videos Show 2 Monitor Lizards Hugging?
Long lost lovers, or mortal enemies?
PolitiFact→ Why it’s hard to compare electricity use between electric cars and household appliances
When Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said two electric vehicles would take 25 times the electricity of a refrigerator yearly, we did some math. The comparison is tough, but rough calculations show two EVs would take 7 times to 19 times more energy annually
FactCheck.org→ Posts Fabricate Claim that Congress Voted to Exempt Members from IRS Audits
Quick Take After Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes funding to increase staff at the IRS, social media posts falsely claimed members of Congress “voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.
Snopes→ Biden Names New Secret Service Director Amid Jan. 6 Scrutiny
President Joe Biden named Kim Cheatle, a veteran Secret Service official, to be the agency’s next director.
Logically→ Defibrillators have been installed in children’s parks to counter the risks associated with 5G.
There is no connection between their installation and either 5G phone masts or the COVID-19 vaccine, both of which have been shown to be safe.
Logically→ A confidential Pfizer document reveals that 82-97 percent of pregnant women who received the company’s COVID-19 vaccine “lost their babies.”
Faulty calculations were used to compute the percentage 82-97 to imply that expectant mothers lost their babies after receiving the Pfizer shot.
PolitiFact→ ‘All they had to do was ask,’ said Trump: A timeline of efforts to retrieve presidential records
Trump said all the FBI had to do was ask for the documents it wanted. But experts say law enforcement isn’t obligated to repeatedly ask someone to comply with the law. Here is a timeline of what we know about how often the request was made.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Trump is not representing himself in case against the US government
Image shows Trump is representing himself in a lawsuit against the United States government related to the FBI search of his Florida home.
Snopes→ Russian Patriarch Scrubs Meeting Where He Was to Meet Pope
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has canceled his planned attendance at an interfaith meeting in Kazakhstan next month where he was expected to meet with Pope Francis.
Poynter→ Repustar debuts a tip line tool for US fact-checking organizations
Repustar, a fact-checking organization that crowdsources fact checks, is partnering with journalism and fact-checking outlets in the US to provide both fact checks to the public and verifiable claims to […] The post Repustar debuts a tip line too
Snopes→ Memo Sheds Light on Decision to Clear Trump in Russia Probe
The nine-page memo offered a legal analysis on whether Trump had criminally obstructed the investigation into potential ties between Russia and his 2016 presidential campaign.
Snopes→ California Poised to Phase out Sale of New Gas-Powered Cars
California is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen.
PolitiFact→ Ron Johnson – Johnson’s claim on IRS audits of mostly low wage earners is in the ballpark
"Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups."
Logically→ Wearing socks or a cap while sleeping can lead to brain damage, according to WHO.
WHO did not say wearing a cap or socks while sleeping could cause brain damage. Several studies say wearing socks to bed helps one relax.
Snopes→ Gender Dysphoria Covered by Disability Law, Court Rules
A federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care.
Snopes→ Uvalde School Board Fires Police Chief After Mass Shooting
In a unanimous vote, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s board of trustees fired Arredondo in an auditorium of parents and survivors of the May 24 massacre.
Full Fact→ Contrails are not evidence of plan to block out the sun
A YouTube video suggests that vapour trails in the sky are evidence of “global elites” attempting to “block out the sun”. They are actually contrails caused by frozen water vapour.
Logically→ Gas prices in the U.K. are much higher than the EU price cap.
There is no cap placed by European Union on gas prices. The rates vary across Europe as countries import natural gas from different reserves.
Logically→ Film director Stanley Kubrick confesses to faking the moon landing.
The unedited version of the video footage reveals that the person interviewed is not the real Stanley Kubrick.
Logically→ 128 kg of gold was recovered from the house of a Tirupati Balaji temple priest.
A photo of gold recovered after a heist at a jewelry store in Vellore has been falsely shared as one of ornaments recovered from the priest's house.
Poynter→ A viral list of ‘banned’ books in Florida is satire
In recent weeks, social media users have criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his policies to crack down on classroom instruction around LGBTQ issues and race. The latest instance might […] The post A viral list of ‘banned’ books in Flor
Logically→ A Congress worker thrashed a colleague for molesting her during an Independence Day ceremony.
The video shows YSR Congress Party and not INC leaders engaging in a spat over the party's internal affairs. It is an old video from 2014.