The essay was titled "How I Learned to Love the New World Order."
Snopes→ Elizabeth Holmes Drawn As Villain, Underdog As Trial Begins
Prosecutors and defense attorneys sketched dueling portraits of fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes as her trial got underway.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Return As President And Remove Biden And Harris — This Headline Is Clickbait
Did Donald Trump return to the presidency, removing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris? No, that's not true: This is a clickbait headline that is not supported by the video connected to it. The purpose of the misleading
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: H3O2 Is NOT A Purified Version of H2O
Is H3O2 a purified version of water? No, that's not true: H3O2 is a temporary, fraction-of-a-second association in water. This short-term association has no effect on the properties of water, the director of McGill's Office for Science an
Snopes→ ‘Varsity Blues’ Trial Promises Fresh Insights in Old Scandal
The first trial in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions bribery scandal will begin this week.
Truth or Fiction?→ Surprise ‘Blue’s Clues’ Message from Steve in 2021
On September 7 2021, “a message from Steve” of Blue’s Clues fame was shared to the public Facebook group “Nostalgic Nick,” partly captioned, “Finally we have some closure from Steve”: On Twitter, @NickJr share
Washington Post→ False meme: Nobel laureate did not say ivermectin ‘cures’ covid-19
Delete this meme from your social media accounts.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Woman Are NOT Fertile For Only ‘Roughly 24 Days A Year’
Are women fertile for roughly 24 days a year? No, that's misleading: The fertility window for women is approximately four to seven days a month, totaling 48 to 84 days a year, according to medical experts. Ovulation is usually one to two
Snopes→ No, Special Apps Can’t Remove Stickers From Facebook Photos of Kids
A well-meaning and wildly popular Facebook warning got some basic facts wrong about digital image editing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Did NOT Jail Biden For Making Joke About 9/11 During His Trip
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi jail President Joe Biden for making a joke about 9/11 during his trip? No, that's not true: This didn't happen. It's a clickbait headline that has nothing to do with the subject matter of the recycled Newsma
Snopes→ Does Ivermectin Cause Sterility in Men?
One study purportedly found that 85% of men who were given the anti-parasitic were sterile following the research period.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walmart Locations Are NOT Military Bases Interconnected By Underground Tunnels
Are Walmart locations actually military bases that are interconnected by underground tunnels? No, that's not true: It's implausible that thousands of miles of tunnels could be excavated, made military-ready and maintained, all without det
Snopes→ Researchers Complete First-Ever Detailed Map of Global Coral
The Allen Coral Atlas will act as a reference for reef conservation, marine planning and coral science as researchers try to save these fragile ecosystems that are being lost to climate change.
Full Fact→ What the National Insurance rise means for the tax burden
The government has recently announced plans to raise National Insurance by 2.5 percentage points for employees (split between employers and their staff) and 1.25 percentage points for the self-employed. Following this, the press has reported that the m
Full Fact→ ‘Free Morrisons food box’ offer is fake
A post from a Facebook account purporting to be an official page for Morrisons claims that every person who comments on or shares the post is eligible to receive a free food box worth £35 and a voucher worth £15. This is not true. The
Snopes→ Did Ivermectin Win a Nobel Prize?
Ivermectin is not a treatment for COVID-19. The prize was awarded to the scientists who developed the drug to fight "infections caused by roundworm parasites."
Snopes→ RFK Wife Ethel Kennedy Says Assassin Shouldn’t Be Released
In a brief statement released on Twitter by her daughter, lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy said bluntly: “He should not be paroled.”
Snopes→ Statue of Confederate Robert E. Lee Taken Down in Virginia
Crews using a crane and other heavy equipment hoisted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off the giant pedestal where it has towered over Virginia’s capital city for more than a century.
Logically→ Xylitol, which can poison dogs, is marketed as “birch sugar.”
Xylitol is sometimes called "birch sugar" or "wood sugar" and also goes by the E number E967. It is an artificial sweetener that can poison dogs.
Snopes→ Britney Spears’ Father Files to End Court Conservatorship
James Spears filed his petition to terminate the conservatorship in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Full Fact→ Scottish Water says there’s no radium in its drinking water
A post on Facebook, shared almost 1,500 times, says: “So just been in a shop and overheard a Scottish water worker tell the member of staff who was serving in the shop that there’s radium in the water that’s what’s making people
Snopes→ Powerful Earthquake Near Mexico’s Acapulco Kills at Least 1
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7 and was centered 17 kilometers (about 10 miles) northeast of Acapulco.
Logically→ In the U.K., the COVID-19 hospitalization and fatality rate in fully vaccinated people under the age of 50 is 175 percent higher than in unvaccinated people.
The Daily Expose has misinterpreted PHE's data. The number of deaths and the rate of hospitalization is much smaller in the vaccinated population.
Poynter→ No, the U.S. government isn’t telling farmers to destroy their crops
A collection of videos circulating on social media claim the U.S. government is forcing farmers in the U.S. to destroy their crops. Several of the videos say the intent is to cause food shortages and mass starvation in the country. The videos were edit
Washington Post→ The claim that the U.S. government already has the power to lower drug prices
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and other lawmakers say President Biden has a tool to lower drug prices. But no administration or court has ever agreed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Did NOT Unveil New Uniforms
Did the NFL's Dallas Cowboys unveil a new uniform for their cheerleaders as of September 7, 2021? No, that's not true: The image of women looking down, while dressed modestly in blue cloaks with white hats displaying blue stars, carrying
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taliban And Afghanistan Did NOT Skip Vaccines, Escape Mass Deaths During Global COVID-19 Pandemic
Did the Taliban survive from February 2020 through August 2021 with no vaccines, no masks or business shutdowns and capture Afghanistan with no mass deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic? No, that's not true: These claims were made without
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oklahoma Doctor’s Comments About Ivermectin Overdoses, Gunshot Victims and Hospital Backups Were NOT Reported As Stated
Did Oklahoma gunshot victims wind up having to wait to be seen at the hospital because there were too many people who had overdosed on the horse worming medication ivermectin? No, that's not true: Reports in various outlets painted a high
Snopes→ First Responders Nationwide Resist COVID Vaccine Mandates
Despite deaths, police officers and other first responders are among those most hesitant to get the vaccine, and their cases continue to grow.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Pelosi And Biden Are Being Investigated By The FBI For Election Fraud
Are House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Joe Biden being investigated by the FBI for election fraud? No, that's not true: There is no evidence offered to support this claim and no publicly available evidence supports it. The claim is
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Ivermectin Causes Infertility’ Meme
On September 7 2021, a meme claiming “ivermectin causes male infertility” was shared to Imgur, quickly going viral on other platforms as well: Under the top text (“ivermectin causes male infertility,”) additional bottom text re
FactCheck.org→ Schumer Falsely Claims ‘All’ Americans Got Out of Afghanistan
A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has conceded that the New York Democrat falsely claimed that “all” Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan “have come out.” Government officials say that fewer than 100 U
Snopes→ Taliban Form All-Male Afghan Government of Old Guard Members
Appointed to the key post of interior minister was Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is on the FBI’s most-wanted list with a $5 million bounty on his head and is believed to still be holding at least one American hostage.
Snopes→ Did Texas Enact a Dress Code for Women?
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Mexico’s Supreme Court Rules That Abortion is Not a Crime
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, unanimously annulling several provisions of a law from Coahuila that had made abortion a criminal act.
Snopes→ COVID-19 Boosters Are Coming, but Who Will Get Them and When?
COVID-19 booster shots may be coming for at least some Americans but already the Biden administration is being forced to scale back expectations.
Truth or Fiction?→ Kayleigh McEnany: ‘I Can Only Explain it to You. I Can’t Understand It for You.’
On September 7 2021, Trendolizer detected a viral Twitter quote meme; it suggested that former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters, “I can only explain it to you…. I can’t understand it for you”: By the
Snopes→ Pic of Soldier Kneeling in the Clouds Dates to 2017
A years-old instance of pareidolia found new meaning in August 2021.
Snopes→ Texas Governor Signs New GOP Voting Restrictions into Law
Democrats spent months protesting what they say are efforts to weaken minority turnout and preserve the GOP's eroding dominance.
Snopes→ Biden Surveys NY and NJ Storm Damage After Deadly Flooding
Pointing accusingly at climate change, President Joe Biden toured deadly Northeast flood damage and said he was thinking about the all families who suffered “profound” losses from the powerful remnants of Hurricane Ida.