Rittenhouse’s lawyer countered that the shooting started after the young man was ambushed by a “crazy person” that night and feared his gun was going to be wrested away and used to kill him.
Snopes→ Was a Missing Submarine with 80 Sailors Found?
We looked into the origins of an impressive photograph.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Admit ‘Crushing Rights of Naturally Immune Without Proof’ In Response To Blogger’s Document Request
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "admit" it has no proof that a re-infected naturally immune individual can spread the virus that causes COVID-19? No, that's not true: This is a recycled gambit by anti-vaccine and COVID-
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother did not bring him to a Kenosha riot armed with a rifle
Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Kids ‘50 times more likely to be killed’ by COVID-19 vaccines? Pants on Fire
"Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the Covid vaccines than by the virus itself."
PolitiFact→ Dan Patrick – What's true, what's unproven in Dan Patrick's claim about people apprehended at southwest border
Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally."
PolitiFact→ Conservative Beaver – Pfizer CEO’s wife is ‘alive and well’; she did not die of vaccine complications
“Wife of Pfizer’s CEO dies after complications from the vaccine.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Does NOT Admit ‘Vaccines Did Not Work As Advertised And That Vaccinated Are In Great Danger Today’
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci admit that COVID vaccines did not work as advertised and that the vaccinated are in great danger? No, that's not true. The director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Biden admi
Snopes→ ‘Sesame Street’ Debuts Ji-Young, First Asian American Muppet
What's in a name? Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant to live there.
Snopes→ Does Michelle Pfeiffer Have a Wife?
An online advertisement invited readers to "meet Michelle Pfeiffer's wife."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral video aboard airplane is a fictional film
Video shows irate airline passenger demanding a seat away from an unvaccinated passenger and being asked to leave the airplane.
Snopes→ These Victorian-Era Cups Kept Men’s Mustaches Clean
Every stiff upper lip needs protecting.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Snow in Wizard of Oz Was Pure Asbestos’
On November 14 2021, the Facebook page “Sized” shared a meme claiming that the snow in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz was made from “pure asbestos”: Underneath a still of The Wizard of Oz that showed Dorothy with the Scarecro
Snopes→ Did a 5-Year-Old Girl Disappear from Her Home Every Night?
According to a story, the father called the police after he found out why the little girl was walking away from their home every night.
Snopes→ No, a Wayfair ‘Doswell’ Wardrobe Doesn’t Match the Name of a Missing Child
An online hoax in 2021 echoed a false rumor from the previous year.
Snopes→ No, Bill Gates Did Not Call for Withdrawal of ‘Dangerous’ COVID-19 Vaccines
This is why we fact-check "satire."
Snopes→ Foreign Students Returning to US, but Below Pre-COVID Levels
International students are returning to U.S. colleges in stronger numbers this year, but the rebound has yet to make up for last year’s historic declines as COVID-19 continues to disrupt academic exchange.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Judge Rules That Britney Spears is Allowed to Commit Crimes’
On November 15 2021, a screenshot of a purported headline reading “Judge Rules That Britney Spears Is Allowed to Commit Crimes” circulated on Facebook, often without any context: Based on visual cues, the headline appeared to originate wit
Full Fact→ What are the risks of Covid-19 in pregnancy?
We have been asked lots of questions on WhatsApp about the risks of Covid-19 in pregnancy. The evidence so far shows that you are not more likely to be infected with Covid-19 during pregnancy, but pregnant women who do catch it are more likely to be ad
Snopes→ Does ‘New Facebook/Meta Rule’ Permit Company To Use Your Photos?
We've seen at least a dozen variants of this copypasta rumor go viral over the past decade.
Snopes→ Japan’s Former Princess Leaves for US with Commoner Husband
A Japanese princess who gave up her royal status to marry her commoner college sweetheart arrived in New York, as the couple left behind a nation that has criticized their romance.
Logically→ Face masks don’t stop the transmission of COVID-19.
Scientific evidence shows that masks can suppress the transmission of COVID-19 by preventing respiratory droplets from infecting others.
Full Fact→ Hunt for child who told man ‘you’re not my dad’ was false alarm
Several newspapers published online articles on 14 November claiming that Greater Manchester Police were searching for a boy and a ‘suspicious male’ after a member of the public reported that the child had been heard telling the man “
Full Fact→ Old photo of bed attached to bicycle is not the world’s first ambulance service
A Facebook post depicts what it claims is photographic proof of the world’s first ambulance service. It shows what appears to be a bicycle-like vehicle with an attachment carrying a patient. A caption reads: “The world’s first ambulan
Full Fact→ Scotland’s electricity consumption isn’t 100% renewable
“We’ve virtually decarbonised our electricity supply. Just short of 100% of all the electricity we use is from renewable sources.” Nicola Sturgeon, 1 November 2021. The Scottish National Party (SNP) leader and Scottish First Minister
Snopes→ Politicians Maskless in Viral Pic Because It Was Taken in 2012
If you have to support your argument with outdated and unrelated images, it might be worth rethinking your position.
Snopes→ Is This Steve Martin With a Puppy?
There are plenty of reasons to love Steve Martin. This isn't one of them.
Snopes→ Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy Won’t Seek Reelection
Leahy, 81, said he and his wife, Marcelle, have concluded that “it is time to pass the torch to the next Vermonter who will carry on this work for our great state."
Snopes→ Trump Ally Bannon Taken into Custody on Contempt Charges
Steve Bannon surrendered to federal authorities to face contempt charges after defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Health Feedback→ Pfizer CEO’s wife didn’t die from vaccine complications; Myriam Bourla is alive and well
REVIEW On 10 November 2021, the Conservative Beaver, an anonymously run Canadian website that routinely publishes “false information and actual fake news”, published a piece claiming that “Myriam Bourla—the wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla
Snopes→ UK Police: Blast Outside Hospital Was Terrorist Incident
A blast in a taxi outside a hospital in England that killed a man was caused by an improvised explosive device and is being treated as a terrorist incident, but the motive remains unclear.
Snopes→ 9-Year-Old Dallas Boy Dies After Astroworld Festival Crush
Ezra Blount of Dallas died at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.
Logically→ Climate change played no role in the worsening health conditions of an elderly Canadian woman
Although the woman had underlying conditions, a historic heat wave in Canada led to her physical health deteriorating further.
Logically→ California Governor Gavin Newsom contracted Bell’s Palsy after receiving a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Governor Newsom does not have Bell's Palsy. He encouraged people to get booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine to keep their immunity strong.
Poynter→ Dennis Prager’s claim that it was ‘inconceivable’ that gay men were seen as ‘pariahs’ in the 1980s is extraordinarily inaccurate
The coronavirus pandemic has brought back discussion of an earlier pandemic: The AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Dennis Prager, a conservative commentator, said in a Nov. 8 interview with Newsmax that it was “inconceivable” that gay men would h
PolitiFact→ Bob Good – Bob Good spreads bogus claim about infrastructure bill
“The infrastructure bill itself is only 10% true infrastructure.”
Health Feedback→ Article misrepresents WHO guidance regarding vaccination at schools; the WHO recommends that parents must be informed about the vaccination
REVIEW In November 2019, an article published on the website Signs of the Times (SOTT), rated as a Conspiracy-Pseudoscience source by Media Bias/Fact Check, claimed that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers the presence of a child in school
Snopes→ Did Will Smith Climb to the Top of the Burj Khalifa?
The actor scaled the building's stairs, and then some.
Snopes→ ‘Wilson’ Volleyball from ‘Cast Away’ Sells for $308K at Auction
The piece of film memorabilia sold for higher than expected.
Snopes→ Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict Astroworld Tragedy?
"The Simpsons" aren't nearly as good at making predictions as the internet seems to think.