The man who killed the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter “wasn't even an on-duty police officer.”
Snopes→ Did Border Patrol Officer Jacob Albarado Kill the Uvalde School Shooter?
Albarado truly rushed to the scene when he heard that there was a shooting at his daughter's school, but social media posts got several details wrong about his involvement.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado Killed Gunman In Texas School Shooting
Did Jacob Albarado, an off-duty Border Patrol agent, kill Salvador Ramos, the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school? There's no such evidence: Albarado, whose wife worked at the school and child atten
FactCheck.org→ Ask SciCheck Files: The Relationship Between Mental Health and Mass Shootings
In the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, some officials have cited mental illness as a reason for the unprovoked attacks. But as we’ve explained before, having a mental illness isn’t predictive of who will perpetrate a
Snopes→ Does the World Economic Forum Have Its Own Police Force?
Photos of police badges with a WEF logo have made the rounds online.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – TV interviews with Uvalde victim's family fuel false claim
TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged.
Snopes→ Did a Costco Gas Pump Say, ‘Don’t Blame Us. Blame Joe Biden’?
The message was supposedly documented in a photo of a Costco Wholesale gas pump displaying a Kirkland Fuel logo and a total of $147.34 for 26.458 gallons purchased.
Truth or Fiction?→ Universal Federal Free Lunch Program Ending
On May 31 2022, a popular Imgur post indicated federal free lunches in schools was slated to end the next month: As someone who’s family struggled financially growing up, they should just make school lunches free forever! That image-based post
Snopes→ ‘USPS’ Text Message Scam Claims Delivery Problem, Asks for Personal Financial Info
Here's the lowdown on how to figure out if a text message claiming to come from the U.S. Postal Service is real or a scam.
Snopes→ Garland Issues Call to Public Service in Wake of Shootings
Attorney General Merrick Garland told Harvard graduates that their generation has been asked to show “an impossible kind of resilience” after yet another mass shooting at another school.
Truth or Fiction?→ Tikrit Shoe Statue
On May 30 2022, a Reddit user shared a photograph which purportedly showed a “shoe monument” in Tikrit, Iraq, commemorating an incident during which an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush during a press
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Leak News That Putin Had Cancer Surgery
Did Elon Musk leak the news that Russian President Vladimir Putin had cancer surgery that failed? No, that's not true: This video and others like it offer no factual proof that Musk leaked such unconfirmed news to the media. Rumors about
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Bill Gates’ comments about preparing for pandemics doesn’t mean he planned monkeypox outbreak
Bill Gates planned a smallpox-type outbreak.
Snopes→ Jill Biden Says She, President Settle Arguments by ‘Fexting’
When President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden disagree, they don't hash it out in front of other people.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Costco Digital Gas Pump Screen Did NOT Display ‘Blame Joe Biden’ Message — It’s An Altered Image
Did a digital display screen at a Costco Wholesale gas pump display a message that said, "Don't blame us. Blame Joe Biden"? No, that's not true: This image has been edited. The digitally altered image began appearing on Facebook on about
Full Fact→ Modified chimpanzee virus in AstraZeneca vaccine isn’t linked to monkeypox
A Facebook post falsely suggests that there is a link between the recent rise in monkeypox cases and a key component of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The post features a screenshot from a real government information page listing the ingredien
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Rothschild Family Does NOT Own AP, Reuters
Does the Rothschild family own The Associated Press and Reuters? No, that's not true: A Reuters spokesperson told Lead Stories that this is not true. Also, Reuters 2021 annual report notes that, "As of December 31, 2021, the Company's pri
Health Feedback→ Sperm washing to help HIV-discordant couples conceive biological children safely was reported in the 90s; not “huge medical breakthrough” in 2022
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Texas School Shooting Was ‘100% A Planned Attack’ That Cops Were ‘In On’
Was the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, "100% a planned attack" that cops were "in on"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the shooting was planned or orchestrated by anyone other than the shooter, Salvador Ramos.
Snopes→ Did Pfizer’s CEO Say He Wants To Reduce World Population by Half by 2023?
The pharmaceutical giant is not trying to be Thanos.
Snopes→ The ‘Starbucks Cup-Size Scam’ Video Is an Old Internet Prank
It is apparently worth repeating: Different sized cups hold different amounts of liquid.
Snopes→ Do These Images Show MRIs of Fetuses?
When science becomes nightmarish.
Logically→ A 2021 simulation exercise attended by world leaders predicted the Monkeypox outbreak.
The exercise was designed to test out responses to pandemics. The monkeypox outbreak was not predicted.
Snopes→ California Man, 78, Gets High School Diploma 6 Decades Later
For 60 years, Ted Sams regretted missing his high school graduation.
Full Fact→ Australian grandmother did not shoot two rapists
A Facebook post claiming an Australian grandmother shot off the testicles of two men who had raped her granddaughter is false. The post relates the tale of 81-year-old Ava Estelle, a former librarian, who, after two men raped her 18-year-old gran
PolitiFact→ Is life as hard in Georgia as Stacey Abrams said? We checked her stats
Stacey Abrams said Georgia ranks poorly in maternal mortality, gun violence, mental health, and the fraction of people without health insurance. Her numbers might not be precise, but her point is largely correct.
Full Fact→ Monkeypox isn’t shingles in disguise
A post on Instagram shows a screenshot of a tweet that says: “13,783 cases of Shingles (one of the adverse effects of C19 jab) are reported on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Seems like Shingles is being termed as monkey pox [sic].&rd
Snopes→ Were Ukraine’s Colors Added to Pride Flag?
Social media posts claiming "you can't make this up" are often entirely made up.
Snopes→ Show’s Over for Famed Cabaret Show at France’s Lido
It’s the end of an era for the famed Lido cabaret on Paris’ Champs-Elysees.
Full Fact→ Pfizer CEO did not say he wanted to decrease population by 50%
A post on Facebook falsely claims that the CEO of Pfizer has said “by 2023 we will reduce the world population by 50%”. This is accompanied by a link to a website with the headline: “Pfizer CEO: ‘by 2023 we will reduce the world
Full Fact→ Saudi Arabia has not announced plans for an ‘International Straight Pride Month’
An Instagram post which has received thousands of likes shows a fake tweet from BBC World News from 20 May, claiming that Saudi Arabia is set to hold “International Straight Pride Month” in June 2022. The supposed BBC tweet reads: “Sa
Snopes→ Snopestionary: The ‘Slippery Slope’ Logical Fallacy
Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom investigates.
Snopes→ Judge Gives Initial OK to $1B Deal in Florida Condo Collapse
A Florida judge gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died.
Logically→ This image shows the 2022 plane crash in Nepal.
An image of a 2021 chopper crash in India has been misattributed to the 2022 plane crash in Nepal.
Logically→ A video shows people in Varanasi celebrating after a Shivling was discovered in the Gyanavapi Mosque.
The video dates back to 2019 and is not related to the recent Gyanavapi mosque controversy.
AllSides→ Biden Falsely Claims 9mm Bullet Will Blow ‘Lung Out of the Body
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/30/fact-check-biden-falsely-claims-9mm-bullet-will-blow-lung-out-of-the-body/
AllSides→ Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/may/27/fact-checking-misinformation-about-uvalde-school-s/ Frid
Full Fact→ No evidence Keanu Reeves nature quote is real
A quote attributed to Keanu Reeves, about his apparent love of nature, has been shared more than 800 times on Facebook. The full quote says: “To me, Nature is a place where you retreat whenever you feel exhausted or sad. I’m more happ
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: How are elections run in the US?
Elections are operated by local officials who take a series of steps to make sure your vote is counted.
Snopes→ Deaths of 3 Women in Early Heat Wave Raise Questions, Fears
Temperatures barely climbed into the 90s and only for a couple of days.