A 2013 video of Bangladesh's Islamic groups protesting over anti-blasphemy law is widely shared as one from the recent fuel price hike protests.
Washington Post→ The IRS retirements wave — and whether current funding would cover it
Readers urged another look at whether the Biden administration is blowing smoke when it says the IRS funding bill will not double the size of the agency.
Logically→ A newspaper from Papua New Guinea published a letter criticizing Liz Truss.
Papua New Guinea Post-Courier did not publish such a letter. It originated from a Twitter account that posts satirical content.
Snopes→ Kobe Bryant Widow Awarded $16M in Trial over Crash Photos
Sheriff's deputies and firefighters shared photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter taken at the site of a 2020 helicopter crash.
Truth or Fiction?→ House Report: Trump Advisor Plotted With ‘Known Extremists’ to Promote Bogus COVID-19 Drug
A discredited advisor to former United States President Donald Trump “exerted inappropriate pressure” on federal officials to promote a similarly discredited treatment for COVID-19, a House committee said in a report released on August 24 2
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, U.S. Army forces aren’t in Ukraine
“US Army in Ukraine.”
Snopes→ Biden’s Student Loan Plan: What We Know (and What We Don’t)
Here's what we know so far and what it means for people with outstanding student loans.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marjorie Taylor Greene Was NOT Raided By DOJ On August 24, 2022
Was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene raided by the Department of Justice on August 24, 2022? No, that's not true: Greene's house was "swatted," with someone falsely reporting that there was a crime committed at her home. However, there is no p
Snopes→ Is This a Real ‘Don’t Feed Hallucinogens to Alligators’ Sign?
A digitally altered sign had some wondering what sort of extreme alligator activities inspired such a warning.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a real chyron about ‘gay hypnosis’ on Tucker Carlson’s show
An image shows a chyron on Tucker Carlson’s show that said “straight men turning homo after ‘gay hypnosis.’”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Book Banned at School Named After its Author’
On August 23 2022, an Imgur account shared an image claiming that a school in Texas had banned a book authored by George Dawson — the same person for whom the school was named: Everything’s bigger in Texas. Including stupidity On the same da
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the DOJ didn’t raid Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home
“Marjorie Taylor Greene was raided by Joe Biden’s DOJ last night.”
Snopes→ Experts Identify ‘Mysterious’ Illness Affecting Dogs
Reports suggest that more than 20 dogs have died thus far.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No evidence COVID-19 vaccine is increasing child mortality rates in England
In England, “COVID-19 vaccinated children are 4,423% more likely to die of any cause and 13,633% more likely to die of COVID-19 than unvaccinated children.”
Snopes→ ‘Pre-Bunking’ Shows Promise in Fight Against Misinformation
In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, the researchers detail how short online videos that teach basic critical thinking skills can make people better able to resist misinformation.
Snopes→ 5 Takeaways from Twitter Whistleblower Peiter Zatko
Zatko is a respected cybersecurity expert who first gained prominence in the 1990s and later worked in senior positions at the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Agency and Google.
Snopes→ Wis. School Board: Pride Flags, Pronouns Included in ‘Political Messaging’ Ban
The policy applies to teachers and other school employees.
Truth or Fiction?→ Crowder and Shapiro Student Loan Forgiveness-PPP Controversy
As social media anticipated an August 23 2022 announcement on student loan forgiveness from the Biden administration, right-wing Twitter pundits like Steven Crowder and Ben Shapiro criticized the move. The next day, multiple news outlets reported that
Snopes→ R&B Hall of Fame Headed to Small Mississippi Delta Town
Project planners hope to finish building the facility in the town of Marks in two or three years.
Snopes→ Were New Dinosaur Tracks Revealed by 2022 Drought?
The tracks were said to be around 113 million years old.
Snopes→ Rupert Murdoch’s Son Sues Australian Website for Defamation
Fox Corp. chief executive Lachlan Murdoch is suing Australian news website Crikey in a Sydney court for defamation over an opinion piece about last year’s storming of the U.S. Capitol.
PolitiFact→ Miguel Cardona – Teachers have not had much of a raise in 25 years, data show
"Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary."
Logically→ Symbols embossed on Oreo cookies link the product to the Satanic cross and Freemasons.
The double cross symbol on the Oreo cookies is the updated logo of the Nabisco company. There's no evidence that the logo carries a secret message.
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccination Doesn’t Increase Miscarriage Risk, Contrary to Naomi Wolf’s Spurious Stat
SciCheck Digest Studies have repeatedly found that COVID-19 vaccination does not increase the risk of miscarriage. Bogus claims that 44% of pregnant women in the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine trial miscarried rely on a faulty tally of miscarri
Snopes→ Officers Won’t Face Any Charges in Rayshard Brooks Shooting
Two white Atlanta police officers who clashed with Rayshard Brooks acted reasonably during the 2020 encounter that ended with the 27-year-old Black man's fatal shooting, a specially appointed prosecutor said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Hotel in Las Vegas Was NOT On Fire On August 23, 2022
Did the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas catch on fire on August 23, 2022? No, that's not true: The fire was behind the hotel in an abandoned warehouse, not at the actual hotel, according to the deputy fire chief of the area's fire department. Th
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden exaggerates job-creation impact of American Rescue Plan
The American Rescue Plan “helped create nearly 10 million new jobs.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Government Is NOT Giving Away $6,895 To ‘Americans Who Sign Up For Classes’ — Funding Is Only For Pell Grant Recipients
Is the government giving away $6,895 to "Americans who sign up for classes"? Not exactly: Although the federal government does offer Pell Grants worth up to $6,895, that funding is only available to college students whose financial needs
Snopes→ 17-Year-Old Pilot Sets Record for Solo Flight Around World
A 17-year-old pilot became the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a small aircraft after he landed in Bulgaria, where his journey kicked off five months ago.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Viral list of 'banned' books in Florida is satire
Image shows "Florida's anti-woke banned book list."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Study didn’t find that vaccines prolong COVID-19 contagiousness
A New England Journal of Medicine study found that vaccinated people are “5X more contagious than the unvaccinated 10 days after SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
Snopes→ Big Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Announced by Biden
Borrowers who earn less than $125,000 a year, or families earning less than $250,000, would be eligible for the $10,000 loan forgiveness.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Did NOT Seize Trump’s Home On August 8, 2022
Did the FBI seize Donald Trump's home? No, that's not true: Unsealed court records reveal that agents took multiple sets of documents during the August 8, 2022, search of Mar-a-Lago in Florida, where the former president resides, but did
Full Fact→ Monkeypox simulation event doesn’t mean outbreak was planned
The virus was used in a fictional scenario during a theoretical planning event in March 2021.
Logically→ Michael Jackson was killed for saying that history is a lie.
Jackson's words have been taken out of context to lend credibility to conspiracy theory narratives.
Snopes→ IRS Initiates Safety Probe After Threats to Workers
The Internal Revenue Service announced that it was conducting a comprehensive review of safety at its facilities.
Full Fact→ Out-of-date map showing high GB electricity prices compared to Europe re-emerges
A screenshot circulating on social media shows electricity prices in September 2021, and doesn’t reflect current prices.
PolitiFact→ Ben Cline – Cline embellishes potential IRS expansion
A new Democratic law “will make the IRS workforce larger than the Pentagon, FBI, State Department, and Customs and Border Patrol, combined.”
Snopes→ Serena Williams Tells Meghan of Baby’s Injury Before Match
Serena Williams and Meghan recount challenges they've experienced as working mothers on the Duchess of Sussex's first podcast.
Snopes→ Call Shows Inmates Knew ‘Whitey’ Bulger Was Moving to Prison
Inmates at a troubled West Virginia prison where James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death found out ahead of time that the notorious Boston gangster would be arriving.