Ukrainian officials warned that their forces wouldn't be able to stop the Russian offensive without more sophisticated Western-supplied weaponry.
Snopes→ Did an Abbott Representative Offer Grieving Uvalde Family Money To Oppose Gun Control?
The rumor originated from a now-deleted Twitter account using the handle @MyCancerJourne3.
Snopes→ Students Who Survived Texas School Attack Describe Scene
The children who survived the attack, which killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers, described a festive, end-of-the-school-year day that quickly turned to terror.
Snopes→ NRA Speakers Unshaken on Gun Rights After School Massacre
One by one, they insisted that changing U.S. gun laws or further restricting access to firearms was not the answer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Post About Texas School Shooter Contains False, Unsupported Claims
Does a viral post about Salvador Ramos, the Texas school shooter, contain only verified and proven facts? No, that's not true: Although the post contains some true statements, it also includes some false and unsubstantiated claims. For ex
Snopes→ Did US Rep. Tony Gonzales Vote Against Gun Control?
Gonzales represents Texas' 23rd Congressional District, where the deadly Uvalde school shooting took place in May 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Uvalde ‘Uncle’s’ Story Is NOT True — ‘Somebody Somehow Got Into My Account’ Twitter User Claims
Did a representative of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott follow a family home after they identified the body of a child killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting and offer to pay them to stand with him to oppose stronger gun laws -- as reported
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting
Here’s what we know to be true — and false — about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left at least 19 children and two teachers dead on May 24.
Snopes→ ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ Writer Found Guilty of Murder
A jury has convicted a self-published romance novelist — who once wrote an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” — of fatally shooting her husband four years ago.
Snopes→ 22 Mass Shootings. 374 Dead. Here’s Where the Guns Came from
In some cases shooters got guns legally under current firearms laws, or because of background check lapses.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Photo Of Person Wearing Checkered Skirt Is Texas School Shooter
Does a photograph of a person wearing a checkered skirt and a dark top show Salvador Ramos, the Texas school shooter? No, there's no evidence that's true: A post making the claim does not identify the source of the photo, which appeared o
PolitiFact→ Ted Cruz – Ted Cruz spins partisan blame for failure of gun legislation
In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”
Snopes→ Firefighters Rescue ‘Cinder’ the Elk Calf from Fire’s Ashes
Firefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf found amid the ashes of the nation's largest wildfire.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Ted Cruz doesn’t tweet the same ‘thoughts and prayers’ message after each mass shooting
“These mass shootings happen so much that Ted Cruz really got a template ready to tweet whenever they occur.”
PolitiFact→ Mailbag: The Uvalde shooting and gun control, Roe v. Wade, open borders, and more
Our latest mail from readers: Comments on our coverage of gun control, Roe v. Wade, open borders and more.
Snopes→ Iran Seizes 2 Greek Tankers in Persian Gulf As Tensions Rise
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf.
PolitiFact→ Marco Rubio – Fact-checking Marco Rubio claim that no guns used in mass shootings were bought online
“There hasn't been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet.”
Snopes→ Is America the ‘Safest Country on Earth’?
After 19 children were killed in the 27th U.S. school shooting of 2022, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz from Texas claimed that America was the "safest country on Earth."
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Monkeypox
In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a viral outbreak once again has health officials concerned. This time, it’s monkeypox, a much less dangerous relative of smallpox. In early May, cases of the disease began cropping up in Europe and oth
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Has NOT Sent Warships To Black Sea To Break Russia’s Blockade As Of May 27, 2022– But Did Salute The Idea
Did the United Kingdom send warships to the Black Sea to break Russia's grain blockade in Ukraine during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: Although there have been reports that such a move was supported by the United
Full Fact→ Monkeypox is not ‘vaccine acquired’ shingles
Several Instagram posts feature an image of a man sitting behind a table which has a sign on it saying: “Monkeypox is vaccine aquired [sic] shingles covered up change my mind”. This is false. As of 26 May there have been 106 confirmed cases
Snopes→ Official: Kids to 911 During Siege: ‘Please Send the Police’
Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman.
PolitiFact→ Explaining a post-Roe legal landscape for medication abortion
Next level abortion debate pegged to state vs. federal power
Full Fact→ No evidence Covid-19 vaccines cause monkeypox
A post on Instagram claims that the current monkeypox outbreak is a side effect of the Covid-19 vaccines. There is no evidence this is true. What does the post say? The post includes two pictures from the cartoon Scooby-Doo, showing the unmasking of an
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, these tweets about Greg Abbott trying to pay off a Uvalde victim’s uncle aren’t accurate
Says Gov. Greg Abbott offered the uncle of a Uvalde shooting victim money to say “we don’t need stronger gun laws.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ted Cruz Does NOT Have A ‘Template Ready To Tweet’ Whenever Shootings Happen
Does Ted Cruz have a "template ready to tweet" whenever shootings happen? No, that's not true: The Texas senator tweeted in response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. But a viral tweet that makes it look like Cruz
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, CNN didn’t report that the same man died in Afghanistan and Uvalde
CNN is recycling crisis actors in reports about a man dying in Afghanistan in 2021 and at the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022.
Full Fact→ The US military did not find traces of pesticides in Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine
A Facebook post claiming that vials of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine contained traces of pesticides is false. The story in the post is a screenshot of a website called Real Raw News and the article was originally published on 12 May 2022, claiming v
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT Receive $22 Million From ‘The View’ — It’s Satire
Did the American daytime television show "The View" pay $22 million to Kyle Rittenhouse along with giving him a formal apology? No, that's not true: No such payment has been announced or reported. The claim was made without documentation
Snopes→ 329 Years Later, Last Salem ‘Witch’ Who Wasn’t is Pardoned
It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned.
Full Fact→ Private jet pictures aren’t from Davos ‘climate change conference’ this year
Pictures purporting to show private jets parked up at the “Davos 2022 Climate Change conference” have been shared hundreds of times on Twitter, as well as Facebook. There are several problems with this claim. First of all, the pictures in t
Full Fact→ Image said to show a centuries-old ship is actually a photo of a replica
An image of a ship sailing past Tower Bridge on the River Thames in London has been shared on Facebook, claiming to show: “A 282 year old East India trading company ship [returning] to London for the first time since 1787.” This photo has b
Full Fact→ White lines in the sky are not ‘chemtrails’
A post on Facebook shares several pictures of long white vapour trails, which it claims are “chemtrails, geo engineering all the sky”. This is false. As we’ve said before, lines like these are not evidence of the chemtrails conspiracy
Snopes→ Shooter Warning Signs Get Lost in Sea of Social Media Posts
The warning signs were there for anyone to stumble upon, days before the 18-year-old gunman entered a Texas elementary school and slaughtered 19 children and two teachers.
Full Fact→ No evidence Denzel Washington quote about being criticised is real
A quote attributed to actor Denzel Washington, about being criticised by others, has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. The quote says: “You’ll never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you. You’ll always be
Snopes→ Rep. Randy Fine Didn’t Say He Would Sacrifice Children To Preserve 2nd Amendment
The Florida state representative is fervent defender of the 2nd Amendment, but he did not tweet this.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence that masks caused COVID-19 deaths
There’s a “‘positive correlation’ between higher mask usage and COVID-19 deaths.”
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims That the Texas School Shooting Was a ‘False Flag’ Operation
After a deadly shooting in Uvalde,Texas, at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday, misinformation about the tragedy began spreading on social media. One viral Facebook post claims that CNN has reported the same man’s death in both Afghanistan an
PolitiFact→ Zach Nunn – Private rescue total in campaign ad overshoots on number of Americans
“Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”
Logically→ Monkeypox is a sexually transmitted disease.
Public health experts worldwide agree that sexual contact is not needed for the spread of the monkeypox virus.