Does this photo show a Detroit broadcast meteorologist wearing an ankle monitor device parole officers install on convicts to track their whereabouts? No, that's not true: The broadcaster shown is Jaime Travers, of Fox2 St. Louis. A meme
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Is NOT Footage of Taliban With Anti-Aircraft Weapons — It’s A Video Game
Does footage released after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan show the insurgents using anti-aircraft weaponry? No, that's not true: The footage is from the video game Arma 3. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) publis
Snopes→ Did Neil DeGrasse Tyson Tweet This About Unvaccinated Republicans?
The famous astrophysicist deleted the tweet, saying it was causing unintended "Twitter fights."
Snopes→ Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates for 100 Million Americans
The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans.
Snopes→ Justice Dept. Sues Texas over State’s New Abortion Law
The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."
Snopes→ About 200 Westerners, Including Americans, Fly Out of Kabul
An estimated 200 foreigners, including Americans, left Afghanistan on a commercial flight out of Kabul with the cooperation of the Taliban — the first such large-scale departure since U.S. forces completed their frantic withdrawal.
Snopes→ Did Christine Grady Personally Approve the Pfizer Vaccine?
The wife of Dr. Anthony Fauci is also the chief of bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Giant U-Shaped Skyscraper Is Not Real — It’s Just A Proposed Design From 2017
Is there a giant U-shaped skyscraper in New York that is so big a plane can easily fly between its uprights? No, that's not true: This image of a large building in Manhattan is just an architectural design for a proposed building that had
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Does NOT Show Two Bullets That ‘Collided’ During Battle Of Gallipoli
Does a viral image show two bullets that "collided" during the Battle of Gallipoli? No, that's not true: In addition to the lack of the expected rifling marks on one of the bullets, ballistics experts who reviewed the image were not convi
Snopes→ Michael Constantine of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ Dies at 94
Constantine died Aug. 31 at his home in Reading, Pennsylvania, of natural causes.
Logically→ Nasal swabs used in COVID-19 testing are unsafe because they have been sterilized with ethylene oxide.
Ethylene oxide is used to sterilize medical equipment, including swabs, globally. Any residue left is removed, making the swabs safe to use.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Multiple Senators Were NOT Arrested ‘At’ Arizona
Were "senators" arrested at Arizona and does this mean that Trump is in trouble? No, that's not true: This nonsensical headline is clickbait intended to trick people into watching the video and joining the group promoted in the caption. O
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Republican’s Estimates Do NOT Document ‘173,104 Lost Votes and 96,389 Ghost Votes’ In 2020 Election
Has an Arizona Republican's door-knocking campaign and back-of-the-envelope estimate proved there were "173,104 lost votes and 96,389 ghost votes" in Maricopa County's 2020 election? No, that's not true: Even if every person answering eve
Logically→ ID Fresh Food Pvt Ltd mixes animal extracts to increase the volume of its batter.
There is no evidence that ID Fresh Food uses animal extracts in its products. The company has stated that the allegations are baseless.
Full Fact→ Viral video makes incorrect claims about teenagers and vaccine consent
A video with over 2,000 views on Facebook and which was also sent to us by readers on WhatsApp shows a protester outside an NHS building claiming that it is illegal to vaccinate children without parental consent or a specific court order because of a c
Snopes→ Sen. Amy Klobuchar Says She Was Treated for Breast Cancer
The Democrat added that the treatment was successful.
Full Fact→ What we know about the Taliban and Covid-19
A post on Facebook claims that the Taliban survived the pandemic with “no vaccines, social distancing, PCR testing, masks” and were still able “to then recapture an entire country with no mass deaths amongst their population during a
Snopes→ Biden Ousts 18 Trump Military Academy Board Appointees
The Biden administration removed 18 appointees named to U.S. military academy boards by Donald Trump in the final months of the Republican president's term in office.
Full Fact→ WD-40 did not say it “makes screwing a pleasure”
We’re sorry to spoil the fun, but an old WD-40 ad full of innuendo appears to be a fake. The ad, which has been shared more than 1,500 times on Facebook, says that the well known brand of lubricant “makes screwing a pleasure” and &ld
Snopes→ An English Bar Put Cameras in Its Bathrooms
Critics say they invade privacy, but the bar's owners say they are for safety.
Full Fact→ 9/11 video doesn’t prove plane didn’t hit South Tower
This fact check includes links to pictures and video footage some people may find disturbing. A post on Facebook wrongly claims that video footage of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City shows that no planes were inv
Full Fact→ HGV securing point rules aren’t changing
A post on Facebook shared over 1,000 times shows two pictures of securing points for HGVs, claiming that they will be “illegal” by September due to a “new VOSA rule”. VOSA refers to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, whic
Logically→ Doctors in the U.K. will be paid an extra £10 for every child they vaccinate, and Google is trying to hide it.
GPs do not profit from COVID-19 vaccines, and only under-16s with serious health issues and disabilities are eligible for the jabs.
Snopes→ Yankees Star Derek Jeter Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Derek Jeter was simply Derek Jeter on his special day — smooth as silk.
Snopes→ AP Source: Biden Requiring Federal Workers to Get COVID Shot
Biden will sign a new executive order to require vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors who do business with the federal government.
Snopes→ Dozens of Westerners to Fly from Kabul on Commercial Flight
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities will allow some 200 Westerners, including Americans, to fly out from Kabul in the coming hours, marking the airport’s first such flight since U.S. forces withdrew from the country.
Logically→ Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud fled to Tajikstan over the oppression by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
For security concerns, Saleh and Massoud were not in contact with the public, and their absence was misinterpreted as having abandoned the nation.
Logically→ A video shows a group of tortoises running around unusually fast.
The video featuring fast tortoises running around in circles is digitally created.
Logically→ When you wake up with your eyelashes stuck together, it’s because male spiders have mistaken your eyelashes for female spiders.
Sleep crust (also known as eye gunk or eye goop) is a mixture of mucus, exfoliated skin cells, oils, and tears. It has nothing to do with spiders.
Poynter→ Another air quality monitor demonstration fails to show masks reduce oxygen to children
A viral video uses a demonstration with a child to claim that the cloth masks used to fight the spread of COVID-19 are unsafe for children. It’s a new version of a claim that’s been debunked. “People make the same mistakes each time, and the
Washington Post→ Larry Elder’s false and misleading claims in California recall race
Elder has a Trumpian knack for delivering false and misleading claims on the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and the economy.
Snopes→ This 500-Year-Old ‘Swimming Head’ Fossil Once Swam the World’s Oceans
The ancient sea-dweller used a pair of spiny claws like "multiple stacked rakes" to capture prey.
Snopes→ Only 100 Corporations Responsible For Most of World’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
This piece of misinformation, which has circulated online for years, stems from a misleading headline.
Snopes→ North Carolina Has 170 COVID Clusters in Schools, Centers
Districts without mask-wearing requirements are seeing substantially more spread of the virus and hours of lost learning among students.
Snopes→ Did Lyft Announce Legal Aid for Drivers Caught Up in Texas Abortion Ban?
Texas Senate Bill 8 allows private citizens to sue anyone obtaining an abortion, or assisting someone else to obtain one.
Snopes→ Idaho Patients in Hospital Halls Amid COVID Rationed Care
Amid the Idaho coronavirus surge that prompted officials to authorize hospitals to ration health care, Army soldiers sent to one hospital have traded their fatigues for personal protective equipment to help treat a flood of infected patients.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is San Francisco Paying Criminals $300 a Month Not to Shoot People?
On September 8 2021, the unreliable Daily Wire published an item headlined, “San Francisco Is Going To Pay People $300 A Month Not To Shoot Others.” The outrage-baiting headline worked; soon it appeared atop Trendolizer.com’s “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT End Biden Antifa Meeting With A Riot — This Is Clickbait
Did former President Donald Trump end President Joe Biden's antifa meeting with a riot and did Biden say "sorry" to troops and resign? No, none of that is true: This is a clickbait headline that is not supported by the video it purports t
Snopes→ FTC Investigating Broken McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines
The problems with McDonald's ice cream machines has been a long-standing issue.
Snopes→ Did WSJ Op-Ed by Biden in ’92 Claim He Wanted to ‘Destroy National Sovereignty’?
The essay was titled "How I Learned to Love the New World Order."