A 2021 article about monkeypox that used a photo of a shingles rash proves the monkeypox virus is a hoax.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – It’s not true that a new benefit gives Americans up to ‘$50k in relief’
“Americans can get up to $50k in relief” from a “new benefit that just got released last week."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Have News Report On April 22, 2022, About New Program That Could Earn Americans Up To $50,000
Was there a CNN news report on April 22, 2022, about a new program that could earn Americans up to $50,000? No, that's not true: Instead, a video that claimed that such a financial program has "been all over the news lately" used stock fo
Snopes→ Rural Texas Official Arrested, Charged with Stealing Cattle
The top elected official in a rural and sparsely populated West Texas county has been arrested after being accused of stealing cattle.
Snopes→ Toyota 4Runner ‘Anniversary Giveaway’ on Facebook Is a Scam
A post told users that they would be entered to win by commenting “Done.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ’10 Weeks of Wheat’ in Global Reserves?
On May 22 2022, popular posts to r/worldnews and elsewhere carried an alarming claim that only ten weeks of wheat remained in global supply reserves — mostly, but not entirely, because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: World has
Snopes→ Priceless Seeds, Sprouts Key to US West’s Post-Fire Future
A New Mexico facility where researchers work to restore forests devastated by fires faced an almost cruelly ironic threat: The largest wildfire burning in the U.S. was fast approaching.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Monkeypox Is Biological Warfare
Are governments waging biological war via monkeypox? No, that's not true: There's zero evidence monkeypox virus, the virus that causes monkeypox, is being used by governments to cause disease. Monkeypox was first identified in humans in 1
Snopes→ No, Nintendo Isn’t Banning Female Characters from Driving in ‘Mario Kart’
A satirical headline apparently fooled some readers.
Snopes→ Did Florida’s Secretary of Education Say Uranus is ‘Suggestive’?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ RECALL: Some Jif Peanut Butter Recalled After Illnesses Reported
Various Jif peanut butter products were recalled due to potential salmonella contamination.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, these photos don’t prove monkeypox is a hoax
Photos of monkeypox lesions prove the current virus outbreak is a hoax.
Snopes→ 3 Air Force Cadets Who Refused Vaccine Won’t Be Commissioned
Three cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy who have refused the COVID-19 vaccine will not be commissioned as military officers but will graduate with bachelor's degrees.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT True That ‘Not One Real Video Has Surfaced’ From 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Is it true that "not one real video has surfaced" from the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: There is an abundance of footage showing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on May 20, 2022.
Snopes→ Pool Noodle Fight over the Name Josh Again Attracts Hundreds
A couple hundred people grabbed their pool noodles and headed to a Nebraska park to battle over the right to the name Josh.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sniper Wali Did NOT Say That Fraudulent Scheme Was Organized In Ukraine To Steal US Military Aid
Did the Canadian sniper known by the pseudonym Wali claim that a fraudulent scheme was organized in Ukraine to steal U.S. military aid? No, that's not true: In a conversation with a journalist from the Canadian edition of La Presse, which
Poynter→ Lebanese fact-checkers feel tempered hope after Hezbollah loses majority in parliament
On Tuesday, Hezbollah and its allies lost their edge in the Lebanese parliament, winning 62 of the 128 parliamentary seats, three fewer than the 65 needed to retain a voting […] The post Lebanese fact-checkers feel tempered hope after Hezbollah l
Snopes→ Yes, This Is Ronald Reagan with a Half-Shaved Head
In 1989, the former president had surgery on his skull.
Snopes→ Report: Top Southern Baptists Stonewalled Sex Abuse Victims
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations.
Logically→ Contrails that don’t dissipate instantly are proof that chemtrails exist.
Depending on the atmospheric conditions, white trails of condensed water vapor can remain visible in the sky for hours.
PolitiFact→ Winsome Earle-Sears – Did Merrick Garland 'sic' police on parents at school board meetings?
Merrick Garland “sicced the police on parents when they were at the school boards simply trying to be heard for the safety of their children.”
Snopes→ 78,000 Pounds of Infant Formula Arrives in US
President Joe Biden authorized the use of Air Force planes for the effort because no commercial flights were available.
Snopes→ Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson Departing from ‘SNL’
Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney will also leave the cast,
Snopes→ Russian Sentenced to Life in Ukraine’s 1st War Crimes Trial
Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin pleaded guilty to shooting a 62-year-old man in the head in a village in the northeastern Sumy region in the early days of the war.
Logically→ Worldwide death tolls due to extreme weather-related events have decreased in recent decades.
The BBC confirmed that death tolls have decreased over the past 50 years due to better warning systems. Climate change remains a threat.
Snopes→ Biden: US Would Intervene with Military to Defend Taiwan
It was one of the most forceful presidential statements in support of self-governing in decades.
Logically→ A U.K. study discovered that microplastics found in the lungs came from face masks.
Pre-pandemic research by the University of Hull has been misinterpreted to say microplastics found in human lungs were due to face masks.
Logically→ A Russian Navy warship, Admiral Makarov, has been hit by a Ukrainian missile.
At present, there is a lack of verifiable evidence that Russia's Admiral Makarov warship has been hit by Ukraine's Neptune missiles.
Logically→ The Indian National Congress party used only white and green colors on the ceiling and deliberately put the saffron color on the ground to appease Pakistan during its Chintan Shivir pandal.
All three colors of Congress' flag – saffron, white, and green – were used to set the pandal's ceiling for its Chintan Shivir meeting.
Health Feedback→ Scientific evidence doesn’t support the claim that induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer and mental illness
REVIEW On 18 May 2022, Newsmax posted to its Facebook page
Logically→ When Roe v. Wade was first recognised in 1973, pro-lifers didn’t riot.
Anti-abortion campaigners have participated in both violent and non-violent protests since Roe v. Wade was ruled.
Poynter→ A conspiracy theory tries to blame Pfizer and Bill Gates for the baby formula shortage
A Facebook post linked several unfounded claims to create one conspiracy theory about U.S. baby formula shortages. “(Pfizer) says do not breastfeed,” the May 17 post said. “Baby formula shortages everywhere. Gates […] The post
Logically→ An image shows a 12 feet long Shiva Linga discovered at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
This image of the Shiva Linga is from the Cham Temple Complex in Vietnam, not from the Gyanvapi mosque.
Logically→ A video shows U.P. Police officers rescuing themselves from an overturned vehicle in a flooded street.
The viral video is from Rajasthan, not Uttar Pradesh.
Snopes→ Is the ‘Southwest Air Fans’ Facebook Ticket Giveaway a Scam or Legit?
The fake "69th anniversary" and "86th anniversary" free tickets scams on pages named "Southwest Air Fans" spread so quickly and widely on Facebook that Southwest Airlines decided to issue an official statement on a Sunday.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘2,000 Mules’
On May 7, 2,000 Mules, a documentary film from right-wing provocateur Dinesh D'Souza, debuted in more than 270 theaters across the country. The movie, which grossed more than $1 million on the streaming service Rumble in under 12 hours, purports
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Water Fluoridation Did NOT Result From Government Request For Scientists To Find A Use For Surplus Fluoride
Did the government ask scientists to find another use for fluoride, which had been used to make nuclear weapons, pesticides and herbicides, because 'there was too much of it"? Did someone "decide" that it would strengthen teeth -- and the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Is NOT ‘Set to Sell America’s Sovereignty to Globalists’ At The World Health Organization
Is President Joe Biden "set to sell America's sovereignty to globalists" at the World Health Organization (WHO)? No, that's not true: Proposed U.S. amendments to WHO rules are aimed at strengthening the organization's ability to prevent,
Snopes→ ‘Mandela Effect’: Ed McMahon and Publishers Clearing House
Here are eight reasons why so many Americans think they remember entertainer Ed McMahon handing out big checks at people's front doors.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Woke’ Marvel, Jane Foster, and ‘Thor Losers’
In an example of using memes to fight pop culture disinformation, a graphic circulating on the platform Imgur refutes the misconception that Natalie Portman’s appearance in an upcoming Marvel Studios movie is a modern concession to “woke