Social media users reported receiving an email from Apple about iTunes Connect that said, "Correct your banking details to receive payments."
Snopes→ Flooding in Central Appalachia Kills at Least 8 in Kentucky
Rescue crews used helicopters and boats to pick up people trapped by floodwaters.
Snopes→ Did the White House Change the Definition of ‘Recession’?
"Apparently the White House is changing the definition of recession this week so we can pretend that we’re not in one," said one prominent Biden critic.
Snopes→ Do Car Grab Handles Have a ‘Hidden Purpose’ or ‘Hack’?
An online advertisement claimed that a TikToker discovered the secret purpose behind car grab handles that are located above windows.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama DID Say ‘Gotta Have Them Ribs And Pussy, Too’ — But He Was Quoting A Person In His Book
Did former President Barack Obama say, "Gotta have them ribs and pussy, too"? Yes, that's true, but he was quoting someone from a book he wrote. He wasn't expressing his own opinion. The 1995 memoir, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Rac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ray Epps’ Wife Robyn Does NOT Work For Company That’s A Division Of Dominion Voting Systems
Does Ray Epps' wife work for a company that owns Dominion Voting Systems? No, that's not true: Robyn Epps is the wife of Ray Epps, who has become a target of a conspiracy theory that claims that since he has not been arrested for particip
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Find Wasp Venom In COVID Vaccines For Children
Did the U.S. military find wasp venom in COVID-19 vaccines for children? No, that's not true: As of July 28, 2022, only Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were approved for people 17 and under in the United States. Neither of them includes the v
Snopes→ No, Hugh Laurie Did Not Transition to Become a Woman
A misleading online advertisement on Yahoo.com with a doctored picture of Laurie appeared to indicate that he had transitioned to become a woman.
PolitiFact→ There’s no evidence that the virus behind the monkeypox outbreak was leaked from a Wuhan lab
Experts said there’s no evidence that the virus behind the current monkeypox outbreak came from a lab in Wuhan, China. Analysis of the monkeypox virus’s genetic material indicates the current outbreak is linked to an outbreak in West Africa.
Snopes→ Bank Alert Text Scams, Explained
Never click links in spammy-looking text messages that claim to come from financial institutions such as Chase, Citibank, or Wells Fargo.
Snopes→ Obama White House Portrait to Be Unveiled at Sept. 7 Event
Barack Obama's presidential portrait will be unveiled at the White House in a September ceremony hosted by his former No. 2, President Joe Biden.
FactCheck.org→ Unraveling Trump’s Unsubstantiated Claim of ‘Crooked’ Nursing Home Votes
Former President Donald Trump is making yet another unsubstantiated claim of voter fraud, this time relying on a disputed, partisan report to assert that “thousands and thousands and thousands of crooked votes” came out of nursing homes in
PolitiFact→ Janet Yellen – The White House’s big deficit cut, and why it merits an asterisk
"We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Represent Devon Island, Canada, As Mars
Did NASA use the landscape of a remote Arctic island in Canada to produce fake images that were then falsely represented as exploration on the planet Mars? No, that's not true: This accusation lacks a key element -- there is no evidence t
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking ‘Wizard of Lies’ attack on Mehmet Oz over ‘miracle’ claims, immigration, his residency
An ad uses images from “The Wizard of Oz” to attack Mehmet Oz over his touting of “miracle” products, an immigration case and his state of residency.
Snopes→ US Not Yet in Recession and 4 Other Takeaways from the Fed
The Fed chair said for the first time that the central bank's actions are already having an effect on the economy in ways that could slow the worst inflation the nation has endured in four decades.
AllSides→ False claims of ‘deepfake’ President Biden go viral
https://www.bbc.com/news/62338593 People are falsely claiming a video of US President Joe Biden posted
PolitiFact→ Viral image – A trick of perspective in NASA photos of the moon and Earth do not prove that space is fake
NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.”
PolitiFact→ One Nation – Warnock, Cortez Masto voted for COVID-19 relief bill, but not for leisure projects it helped fund
Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.
PolitiFact→ One Nation PAC – Warnock, Cortez Masto voted for COVID-19 relief bill, but not for leisure projects it helped fund
Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show New War Between Russia And Azerbaijan in 2022
Does this Facebook video show a new armed conflict between Russia and Azerbaijan in July 2022? No, that's not true: The clip recycles archival footage, and the narrator admits that there are no shots of the supposed event. The claim origi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Canada’s banking system is not closing down
The entire banking system in Canada is closing down.
Snopes→ Can Veterans’ Spouses Get Florida Teaching Certificates Without Degrees?
A new law makes it easier for military veterans, but not their spouses, to obtain a teaching certificate without a bachelor's degree.
Snopes→ Did Biden Kneel Before Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman?
Photographs of the president kneeling are popular viral fodder.
Truth or Fiction?→ DCCC Spending Half a Million Dollars to Meddle in GOP Primary?
In late July 2022, posts on social media asserted that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) allocated “nearly half a million dollars to air ads boosting Donald Trump-endorsed John Gibbs over Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), who vot
Snopes→ US Economy Shrinks for a 2nd Quarter, Raising Recession Fear
The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – The Permian Basin is America’s largest oil basin, but alone couldn’t fuel the US for 200 years
A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Huge UFO’ Over Flood Waters Is Result Of Special Effects Mobile App
Was a huge UFO filmed hovering above muddy floodwaters? No, that's not true: This scene was created with a video editing app called FxGuru adding the "UFO Shuttle" effect. The FxGuru App launched in 2013 -- an early example of a video fea
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘NASA Just Dropped New Planet Pics’
A July 23 2022 Facebook user’s post (“NASA just dropped new planet pics ”) spread virally in the next few days, likely inspired by then-popular new images from (and content about) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): In t
Full Fact→ No evidence Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is causing monkeypox
There is no evidence that monkeypox is linked to the widespread distribution of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
Snopes→ Man Used $1.2M in Fake Checks to Try to Post Bail
A Hawaii man accused of using counterfeit bank checks totaling $1.2 million to try to bail three people out of a jail has been arrested and ordered held without bail.
Full Fact→ Study comparing side effects of Covid-19 and vaccines nothing to do with WHO
Some experts have also raised questions about the study itself, which has been shared thousands of times on social media.
Snopes→ Thousands of North Carolina Felons Can Now Register and Vote
Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots this fall.
Full Fact→ No evidence Keir Starmer tried to block the prosecution of Muslim grooming gangs
Widely-shared posts on Facebook make an unsubstantiated claim about Mr Starmer’s work for the Crown Prosecution Service.
Full Fact→ Tumours are not ‘there to save your life’
A Facebook post which claims cancer is ‘created’ by doctors performing needle biopsies on tumours and that it can be starved by natural remedies is inaccurate and potentially harmful.
AllSides→ Washington GOP House Candidates Attack Each Other on Social Security
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/washington-gop-house-candidates-attack-each-other-on-social-security/
Snopes→ Hawaii Pair Accused of Conspiracy, Taking IDs of Dead Babies
A U.S. defense contractor and his wife who lived for decades under the identities of two dead Texas children have been charged with identity theft and conspiring against the government.
Logically→ Politicians and bankers are hyping climate change as part of an agenda to roll out a climate quota credit system and benefit by taxing carbon.
Humans have played a major role in contributing to global warming, and allegations of climate change warnings being propaganda are unwarranted.
Logically→ The CEO of Tim Horton’s was arrested for possessing child pornography.
Tim Hortons CEO's alleged detention for possessing child pornography stemmed from a satirical website, and there is no basis for this claim.
Snopes→ ‘Rage Giving’: Charities Can See Boosts From Current Events
Quick bursts of anger sometimes called "fury triggers" usually drive these types of donations.