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Snopes→ How College Students Can Help Save Local News
College journalists are already helping to serve the communities where their universities are located by making sustained contributions to local media.
PolitiFact→ Ted Cruz – Research: Armed campus police do not prevent school shootings
“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
Snopes→ Ray Liotta, ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ Star, Dies
Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has died. He was 67.
Snopes→ Is Instagram Down? Login Issues Reported by Users.
Instagram users reported on Twitter and the Down Director website that they were unable to access the service.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Truth To Claim Of Planned Racial Attack In Bowie, Maryland, Walmart On May 24, 2022
Did two white men walk into a Walmart location in Bowie, Maryland, on May 24, 2022, planning to carry out a hate crime plot against Black people? No, that's not true: A spokesperson from the Bowie Police Department said this story is fals
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: A Viral Tweet About Early Retirement Is Satire
A viral tweet claims to show screenshots from a Telegraph article about a man who achieved financial independence and retired in his 40s, by getting a high-paying job, living in his grandfather's vacation home, and accepting a $500,000 gift from an unc
Snopes→ Nearly 6 Years Later, Man Indicted in Mother’s Death at Sea
The indictment offers no clues and no new information on the case, which included a dramatic rescue at sea and the suspicious deaths of two members of a wealthy New England family.
FactCheck.org→ TV Ads About Cheri Beasley’s Record on Violent Crime Lack Context
Democrat Cheri Beasley’s record in North Carolina Supreme Court cases involving violent crime is the subject of competing TV ads in the state’s U.S. Senate race. But neither ad gives viewers all of the necessary context for the claims portr
Snopes→ Snopestionary: The Ad Hominem Logical Fallacy
Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom investigates.
Snopes→ Did Justice Burger Call Gun Lobby’s Take on 2nd Amendment a Fraud on the American Public?
Warren Burger was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon in 1969.
Full Fact→ Not everybody is getting their passports issued in four to six weeks
“To the best of my knowledge, everybody is getting their passport within four to six weeks.” Boris Johnson, 25 May 2022. During Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson responded to questions from Labour leader Keir Starmer about de
Full Fact→ Dyson clearance sale on Facebook has nothing to do with Dyson
A post on Facebook claims that online retailer AO is hosting a clearance sale, meaning the price of the Dyson Supersonic hairdryer—usually £399, according to the image in the post—is just £1.78. In fact, both Dyson and AO have t
Snopes→ FDA Chief Struggles to Explain Slow Response on Baby Formula
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf laid out a series of setbacks in congressional testimony that slowed his agency’s response, including a COVID-19 outbreak at the plant and a whistleblower complaint that didn’t reach FDA leadership because it was appa
Snopes→ Did ‘The View’ Settle with Rittenhouse for $22 Million?
Kyle Rittenhouse has threatened lawsuits against the news media, but there was no pending case involving the ABC talk show.
Snopes→ Scientists Will Set 1,000 Traps for Murder Hornets This Year
Scientists will set about 1,000 traps this year in their quest to wipe out the Asian giant hornet in Washington.
PolitiFact→ Republican Party of Wisconsin – Wis. Gov. Evers didn’t cause slowdown of state crime labs
On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”
Logically→ Australia has approved a bill that prohibits people from growing their own food.
The Agriculture Amendment Bill 2022 does not outlaw people from growing their own food, but focuses on potential biosecurity issues.
Logically→ Australia has approved a bill that prohibits people from growing their own food.
The Agriculture Amendment Bill 2022 does not outlaw people from growing their own food, but focuses on potential biosecurity issues.
Snopes→ Burn-Proof Edition of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Up for Auction
Margaret Atwood and Penguin Random House announced that a one-off, unburnable edition of “The Handmaid’s Tale” would be auctioned through Sotheby’s New York.
Poynter→ In Brazil, Telegram adds measures to block misleading information ahead of elections
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. Telegram was evading emails from Brazilian authorities for months,
Snopes→ States Divided on Gun Controls, Even As Mass Shootings Rise
Gun control measures are likely going nowhere in Congress, and they also have become increasingly scarce in most states.
AllSides→ ‘WHO Has No Authority to Dictate U.S. Health Policy’
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/scicheck-who-has-no-authority-to-dictate-u-s-health-policy/ The World
Logically→ Elon Musk is promoting transhumanism as part of Agenda 2030.
Elon Musk is a self-proclaimed advocate of transhumanism. However, there is no transhumanism in Agenda 2030.
Poynter→ Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter
Misinformation is spreading about the 18-year-old authorities identified as the shooter in a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County, Texas, on May 24. This story is still developing […] The post Fact-checking misinformation about the
Full Fact→ No evidence Sigmund Freud said viral quote about depression
A quote about depression wrongly attributed to the founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud has been circulating online, with hundreds of shares on social media. According to a Facebook post, Mr Freud said: “Before you diagnose yourself with depre
Logically→ The war between Ukraine and Russia is fake as an image shows Ukrainian soldiers fighting with paintball guns.
A photo of Ukrainian forces taken during a training simulation has been used to push the narrative that the war is staged.
Logically→ This video shows a destroyed railway station in Lviv, Ukraine following Russian military attacks.
A 2013 video of the derailment of oil wagons from Russia has been falsely shared as a Russian attack on the Lviv railway station in Ukraine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dish Soap Will NOT Remove A Tick From Skin
Can a person remove a tick with just dish soap and a cotton swap? No, that's not true: This will not work unless the tick is engorged and already ready to let go, Barry OConnor, an expert in parasites at the University of Michigan, told L
Snopes→ Scars of War Seem to Be Everywhere in Ukraine After 3 Months
Curfews, checkpoints and fortifications are commonplace.
Snopes→ Oklahoma Governor Signs the Nation’S Strictest Abortion Ban
State lawmakers approved the ban enforced by civil lawsuits rather than criminal prosecution, similar to a Texas law that was passed last year.
Snopes→ Onlookers Urged Police to Charge into Texas School
Onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman's rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, a witness said.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Old Stock Photos Of Monkeypox Lesions Do NOT Mean Fraud By Press
Do many media outlets recycle old photos of monkeypox lesions when reporting on current or past outbreaks of monkeypox? Does this indicate that there have not been any new cases of monkeypox found and the reporting is not factual? No, tha
Snopes→ Biden Signs Policing Order on Anniversary of Floyd’s Death
The event shaped by one tragedy occurred a day after a second one, a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Mass Shootings DID Increase More Than 90% From 2017
Did mass shootings in the United States increase more than 90 percent from 2017? Yes, that's true: While there are various definitions for what is considered a mass shooting, the Gun Violence Archive recorded a 98.9 percent increase in ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rapper Dr. Creep Did NOT Predict The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic In A 2013 Song
Did a rapper named Dr. Creep predict the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, also known as COVID-19, in a song he created titled "Pandemic"? No, that's not true: The musician outright refuted this claim in a Facebook post near the beginning of the
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden said mass shootings tripled when the assault weapon ban ended. They did
"When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."
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PolitiFact→ Tweets – ABC News didn’t use an altered photo of the Uvalde school shooter to make him look more Caucasian
ABC News altered the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter’s photo to appear more Caucasian.
PolitiFact→ Beto O'Rourke – A recent report put Texas last among states and DC in mental health care access
Texas is "50th in the nation in mental health care access."