Is it true that chemotherapy and radiation "actually causes cancer"? No, that's not true: Both treatments are rigorously studied, evidence-based effective therapies against this disease: They cure cancer, not cause it. Some people do deve
Snopes→ Judge Appears Willing to Unveil Some of Mar-A-Lago Affidavit
U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart gave prosecutors a week to submit a copy of the affidavit with proposed redactions.
Truth or Fiction?→ Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden’s ‘I Agree’ Tweet
On August 17 2022, an Imgur account shared a screenshot of a concise tweet attributed to a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, Gen. Michael Hayden: In the screenshot shared to Imgur, Gen. Hayden appeared to retweet an observation by Fin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show IRS Agents In Training — Event Was For Accounting Students
Does this video show footage of new IRS agents in training? No, that's not true: The footage is from a university event held in 2017 for accounting students that allowed them to perform a mock investigation with IRS Criminal Investigation
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show Ukraine’s Navy Artillery Destroying 13 Russian Warships In The Black Sea
Does a Facebook video show the Ukrainian navy destroying "13 Russian warships in the Black Sea"? No, that's not true: The clip recycles old unrelated footage of Russian -- not Ukrainian -- ships in action. More importantly, the video neve
Poynter→ Poynter and PolitiFact announce speakers for United Facts of America
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Aug. 18, 2022) – Next month, the nonprofit Poynter Institute and its Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking site PolitiFact will discuss the role of facts in everyday American life […] The post Poynter and PolitiFact ann
Snopes→ Is This a Real Deep-Sea Diving Suit from 1925?
This luxurious, patented, all-metal diving suit featured the latest in deep-sea technology, including automobile headlights on its shoulders.
Snopes→ Federal Study: New Climate Law to Slice Carbon Pollution 40%
That saving is equivalent to about the annual greenhouse gas emissions of every home in the United States.
Snopes→ Rosalynn Carter Marking 95th Birthday with Butterflies
Rosalynn Carter turns 95 on a birthday that will be marked not just with cards and best wishes, but with butterflies.
Snopes→ Kids-For-Cash Judges Ordered to Pay More Than $200M
Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show Ted Cruz questioning FBI director over Mar-a-Lago search
“Ted Cruz erupts as FBI director tries to defend Biden over Mar-a-Lago raid” in video.
Full Fact→ Reports of a serial killer on the loose in Dundee are false
Multiple posts claim the same individual is active in cities around the world.
Full Fact→ President Zelenskyy did not sell 17 million hectares of land to American conglomerates
There’s no record of Monsanto, Cargill or DuPont having bought large swathes of land from the Ukrainian government under President Zelenskyy, despite claims on social media.
Snopes→ Russian Spacewalk Cut Short by Bad Battery in Cosmonaut Suit
A Russian spacewalker had to rush back inside the International Space Station when the battery voltage in his spacesuit suddenly dropped.
Poynter→ Meta won’t comment on its plans to abandon CrowdTangle
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. It started as a rumor. Following reports alleging right-wing [R
Logically→ Rahul Gandhi claims that he spoke to Mahatma Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi did not say he had a conversation with Mahatma Gandhi. The video claiming so has been edited out of a longer speech.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Obama was warning about disinformation, not endorsing it
Video shows former President Barack Obama sharing how to mislead the public.
Logically→ Tejashwi Yadav refuses to deliver 10 lakh promised jobs as he is yet to become a Chief Minister.
A clip from Yadav's full interview has been edited out and shared out of context. Yadav said the new government would deliver 10 lakh jobs as promised
Snopes→ Medical Expert: Flawed Research Can Harm Your Health
A new study provides tips for spotting medical research that is deeply flawed or fake and should not be trusted.
Snopes→ LeBron James Inks 2-Year, $97.1 Million Deal with Lakers
The league-maximum deal makes James the highest-paid player in NBA history.
Logically→ Anne Heche’s death was not an accident. She was killed for making a film on human trafficking.
According to medical and police reports, actor Anne Heche died from injuries sustained in a car accident in Los Angeles.
Snopes→ New Zealand Family Finds Children’s Bodies in Abandoned Bags
The suitcases had been in storage for at least three or four years.
FactCheck.org→ IRS Will Target ‘High-Income’ Tax Evaders with New Funding, Contrary to Social Media Posts
Quick Take The Inflation Reduction Act includes $79 billion for the IRS. Social media posts misleadingly claim the IRS will now hire “87,000 new agents” to investigate average citizens. But most new hires will provide customer services, and
Snopes→ Trump CFO’s Plea Deal Could Make Him a Prosecution Witness
Allen Weisselberg is charged with accepting more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the former president's company over several years.
Full Fact→ Energy companies won’t automatically give struggling customers £49 vouchers
Claims that people with less than £4 on their prepayment meter can get a £49 voucher from their energy company have been shared on social media.
Poynter→ Fact check: Polio was found in New York wastewater, not its tap water
In July, New York City Mayor Eric Adams posted a video of himself on Twitter urging New Yorkers to drink the city’s tap water — a tip for “keeping cool this summer.” But […] The post Fact check: Polio was found in New York wast
Logically→ A 27-year-old Scottish woman died suddenly due to adverse effects from the COVID-19 vaccine.
The cause of Chelsea Tant's death is unknown, with no evidence that COVID-19 vaccine affected her adversely.
Logically→ A Sikh group protested against actor Aamir Khan’s film Laal Singh Chaddha.
The viral photo depicts Sikh groups demonstrating in support of actor Aamir Khan's film and not against it. Slogans were raised in favor of the film.
Logically→ Children replaced the crown of a student playing Bharat Mata with a hijab and forced her to offer namaz at a Lucknow school event.
The video has been clipped to support the claim. The play depicted prayers being offered in various religious customs.
Logically→ A recent video shows Dutch farmers spraying a mixture of hay and manure at police while protesting the government’s agriculture industry proposals.
The video of farmer protesters spraying hay is from Brussels in 2015 that is now being misattributed to Netherlands farmers' protests.
Washington Post→ Biden’s bogus boast of 1 million ‘construction jobs’
The president claims 1 million construction jobs would be created by the CHIPS Act. The number in the report he cites is just 6,200.
PolitiFact→ Glenn Grothman – Border apprehensions outpace previous years, but analyst calls numbers misleading
"With three months remaining in the Fiscal Year, (the border patrol) has already encountered more illegal immigrants along the Southwest border" than in any previous fiscal year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Depict A ‘Big Shark’ Breaching On Fleeing Crowd Of People On Shore
Does this video show a big shark breaching from a body of water onto a fleeing crowd of people? No, that's not true: This video has been digitally manipulated, combining two unrelated videos to create a single false scene. The Florida Pro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Woman Found Dead In Arkansas River Is NOT Provably Linked To Clinton Advisor Who Apparently Killed Self
Was a woman found dead in the Arkansas River linked to the "suspicious death" of former Clinton advisor Mark Middleton? No, that's not true: A report in radaronline.com quoted an anonymous source -- purportedly an associate of Middleton's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York’s ‘Go Bag’ Advisory NOT A ‘Project Blue Beam’ Warning
Were New Yorkers advised to pack "go bags" because there is an immediate threat from "Project Blue Beam"? No, that's not true: While city emergency managers have recommended residents create this type of emergency kit, it's not associated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anne Heche Was NOT Murdered By The Illuminati, And Was NOT In A Movie About Jeffrey Epstein
Was Anne Heche murdered by the Illumniati because she was in a movie about pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: The Hollywood star crashed her car into a house August 9, 2022, succumbing to her injuries five days late
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Schools Can Prescribe Adderall To Students
Can schools prescribe students Adderall, a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? No, that's not true: According to federal law, public schools are not allowed to prescribe Adderall to students. Lead Stories d
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Dubious ‘Standing Order’ to Declassify Documents
After the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home and retrieved boxes of documents — some of them labeled “top secret” — former President Donald Trump released a statement claiming that as president, he had a “standing order …
Snopes→ Yes, Liz Cheney Tweeted ‘Bring It,’ Then Lost to Trump’s Pick
We looked for the origins of a screenshot that purported to show Cheney tweeting the words "bring it" back in September 2021.
PolitiFact→ Rick Scott – Rick Scott overstates potential hiring surge at the IRS
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”