“The Russian army captured the U.S Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. … in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.”
Snopes→ No, Tucker Carlson Didn’t Ask if Dead Bodies of Ukrainian Civilians Were ‘Staged’
Clips from the Fox News host's show have been shown on Russian state television in the past.
Snopes→ No, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Didn’t Say This About Fox News
The quote appears to have come from someone else.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President Kennedy Did NOT Give Speech About Slavery Plot 7 Days Before His Assassination
Did former President John F. Kennedy give a speech seven days before he was assassinated about a plot to enslave every man, woman and child? No, that's not true: According to the communications manager at the John F. Kennedy Presidential
Snopes→ Should Travelers Always Keep a Bread Clip in Their Wallet?
We looked at the origins of a strange tip after a reader sent in a question about it.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Pfizer did not bribe the FDA for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine
Pfizer paid “$2.8 million bribe payment” to the FDA for COVID-19 vaccine approval.
Snopes→ Oklahoma State House Approves Bill to Make Abortion Illegal
The bill would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Snopes→ Would a Proposed Tennessee Law ‘Legalize Child Marriage’?
House Bill 0233 was a GOP attempt to give legal recognition to exclusively heterosexual, "common law" marriages.
Snopes→ Tiger Woods Says He’s Planning to Play the Masters
Tiger Woods says, for now anyway, he's planning to play this week in the Masters, a little more than a year after nearly losing a leg in a car crash.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Corpses Waving Or Moving Along Street In Ukrainian City Of Bucha
Does a video in the Ukrainian city of Bucha show "corpses" waving and moving alongside a road? No, that's not true: Bodies laying along the street can be seen in a video taken after Russian forces pulled out of the town, but none move or
Snopes→ White House to Extend Student Loan Pause Through August
The move extends a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Obama didn’t tweet that Trump might have Russian birth certificate
Says Barack Obama tweeted, “Has anyone checked to make sure Donald Trump doesn’t have a Russian birth certificate?”
Snopes→ Was a Dinosaur Mummy Dubbed ‘Appalachiosaurus’ Found in Tennessee?
It was called the “best preserved dinosaur specimen ever discovered."
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for March 2022
Virus-related item took top 'High Five' spot for March 2022
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bogus quote about Rupert Murdoch, white men attributed to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country doesn’t have to deal with the “rage of older white men” because “we’ve never allowed Rupert Murdoch to set up a media outlet here.”
Snopes→ ‘Furry Protocol’? False Rumors Circulate About Wisconsin Schools
Unbelievable rumors about students identifying as cats have unfortunately proved believable to some audiences.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Deborah Birx Was NOT Executed At Naval Base Guam On July 6, 2021
Was Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator under the administration of former President Donald Trump, executed at Naval Base Guam on July 6, 2021? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence supporting
Snopes→ Did Home Depot Convert to Drive-Thru Only?
Can I get a ladder, two nail guns, and a side of fries?
Truth or Fiction?→ DirecTV Drops One America News Network From its Lineup
On April 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a post saying, “DirecTv dropped OAN today!” — alongside an image of OAN’s logo. On Twitter, several prominent accounts made similar claims: OAN has officially been booted from DirecTV’s
Snopes→ US Agency Opens Probe into Electric Vehicle Batteries
U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into electric and hybrid vehicle batteries after five automakers issued recalls due to possible defects that could cause fires or stalling.
Truth or Fiction?→ Tennessee Marriage Bill
On April 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet from Occupy Democrats, which claimed that Tennessee Republicans had introduced a bill eliminating any age requirement for marriage: BREAKING: Tennessee Republicans introduce a bill that
Snopes→ Trump Aide Seeking NH House Seat Voted in 2 States in 2016
A former Trump administration official now running for Congress in New Hampshire voted twice during the 2016 primary election season.
Snopes→ Does Video Show Andy Serkis Reading from ‘Lord of the Rings’ as Gollum?
The actor who played Gollum in the movie franchise recited a new audiobook version of "The Lord of the Rings."
Poynter→ The challenges of combating misinformation in India
The post-pandemic world is expected to be more challenging in comparison to the one we knew before 2020. The volume and penetration of misinformation in India over the last two […] The post The challenges of combating misinformation in India appe
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Build Up the Strategic Petroleum Reserves to ‘100% Full’?
(Photograph by Sean Rayford/Getty Images.)In a statement released by Donald Trump, the former president claimed that “after 50 years of being virtually empty, [he] built up our oil reserves during my administration … to 100% full.”Liz
Snopes→ Fictional Twitter Employee’s Resignation Goes Viral
A satirical tweet about Elon Musk, Twitter and free speech was amplified on social media.
Logically→ Police in the U.K have issued a warning to citizens about tricks used by criminals for carjacking.
There is no evidence of a warning letter over a new technique used for car theft in the U.K. The message has been in circulation since at least 2009.
Health Feedback→ Claim that the antiviral drug remdesivir is killing people is baseless
REVIEW On 22 October 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adult and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older). The antiviral drug works by blocking the replication o
Snopes→ Darwin Notebooks Missing for 20 Years Returned to Cambridge
Two of naturalist Charles Darwin’s notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University's library have been returned, two decades after they disappeared.
AllSides→ Fact Checking Claims About GOP Senators Being ‘Loyal’ To Putin
https://thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-claims-about-gop-senators?s=r A viral tweet claims to show a Ru
Snopes→ Murkowski, Romney Back Jackson, All But Assure Confirmation
The senators from Alaska and Utah announced their decisions ahead of a procedural vote to advance the nomination and as Democrats pressed to confirm Jackson by the end of the week.
Snopes→ Jayhawks Rally, Rock North Carolina 72-69 to Win NCAA Title
What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas.
Logically→ This image shows Natasha Perakov, the first Ukrainian female fighter pilot, who died fighting the Russian invasion.
The photo identifying Natasha Perakov is taken from a shopping site. Nadiya Savchenko is Ukraine's first female combat pilot, and she is still alive.
Logically→ Video of National Police of Ukraine entering Bucha proves no massacre occurred.
A video of police entering Bucha does not disprove the massacre. Satellite imagery and witnesses provide evidence that the killings took place.
Logically→ Video of National Police of Ukraine entering Bucha proves no massacre occurred.
A video of police entering Bucha does not disprove the massacre. Satellite imagery and witnesses provide evidence that the killings took place.
Logically→ A video shows the owner of Himalaya Product urging people to boycott Reliance and Patanjali products.
Bhanu Pratap Singh is a lawyer and not the owner of the Himalaya Company. He was addressing anti-CAA protesters at Delhi's Mustafabad in 2020.
Logically→ In a video clip, a corpse can be seen moving its hand, suggesting the massacre in Bucha is staged.
The video that shows a corpse's hand supposedly in motion is, in fact, a mark or glare on the windshield.
Poynter→ Vaccines given to babies do not overload the immune system, despite social media claims
The process of introducing solid foods to a baby can be messy, entertaining and, as any parent who has been through that process knows, deliberate. Cereals should be fortified with […] The post Vaccines given to babies do not overload the immune
Logically→ A video shows the Ukrainian Azov battalion hanging a pregnant woman and her husband for speaking Russian.
A 2015 video of a militant and his pregnant wife punished has been miscaptioned to fit the current narrative of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Washington Post→ Klobuchar claims Ginni Thomas advocated ‘for an insurrection’
The texts from Virginia Thomas are filled with falsehoods, and she wanted the election overturned, but she was not happy with the people who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.