Did President Joe Biden's wartime ban on Russian oil imports cause the cost of gasoline to skyrocket and would completing the XL branch of the Keystone pipeline bring prices down? No, that's not true: Oil market experts and economists say
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NATO Did NOT Launch More Than 10,000 Air Raids On Libya In 2011 With Over 500,000 Civilian Casualties
Did NATO launch more than 10,000 air raids on Libya in 2011 with over 500,000 civilian casualties? No, that's not true: According to a NATO official, the claim is "bogus." The director of the nonprofit watchdog group Airwars says the acco
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Now-Deleted Ilhan Omar Tweet
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)In a now-deleted tweet, Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Thursday shared a viral TikTok clip of part of journalist Julia Ioffe’s March 15 CNN interview. In the clip Ioffe says: “It’s one t
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Kamala Harris Imply Ukraine is Part of NATO?
(Photo by Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Right-wing websites like the Post Millennial, the New York Post, and Blaze Media published articles claiming Vice President Kamala Harris referred to Ukraine as a part of the North Atlantic Treaty
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misinterpret Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Monitoring Document
SciCheck Digest A Pfizer document recently released by the Food and Drug Administration describes adverse events reported following vaccination and attests to the continued safety of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine. A popular video and other online po
Snopes→ Super-Valued: Special Copy of Marvel Comics #1 Fetches $2.4M
A particularly prized copy of the first-ever Marvel comic book fetched more than $2.4 million in an online auction, the auctioneer said Friday.
Snopes→ Yes, This Photograph Shows Bill Clinton Meeting JFK
Clinton said the meeting inspired him to pursue a life of public service.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Soldiers In Ukraine — They Are Kenya Defence Forces
Does a Facebook video show Russian soldiers using a Soviet-era rocket-propelled grenade in Ukraine during the 2022 invasion? No, that's not true: Two military experts contacted by Lead Stories in March 2022 said the uniforms worn in the v
FactCheck.org→ Polio Vaccine Is a Four-Shot Series, Contrary to Greene Comments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it “recommends that children get four doses of polio vaccine,” with the last dose given between ages 4 and 6. But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, when speaking against a potential fourth dos
Snopes→ Putin Appears at Big Rally As Troops Press Attack in Ukraine
The rally took place three weeks into the invasion that has led to heavier-than-expected Russian losses on the battlefield and increasingly authoritarian rule at home.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT True That Orwell Wrote Line About Society Hating Those That Speak The Truth
Did George Orwell say or write: "The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it"? No, that's not true: Orwell never said this. The quote is from a freelance writer named Selwyn Duke, who coined it in a 20
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – There is no evidence that Putin invaded Ukraine to fight child trafficking
“Putin Vows to ‘Crush’ Child Traffickers in Ukraine”
Snopes→ Did a Paris Orphanage Hold a Raffle with Babies as Prizes in 1911?
Early 20th-century Paris had not legalized child adoptions.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral image of helicopter lifting tractor does not show NATO ‘resupplying Ukrainian farmers’
A photo shows "NATO resupplying Ukrainian farmers anti-tank supplies."
Snopes→ Did Russia ‘Only Sanction Democrats’ and Not Republicans?
In March 2022, Russia barred hundreds of Canadians, and 13 Americans, from entering the country.
Snopes→ Rubens’ ‘Portrait of a Lady’ Sells for $3.4 Million
The painting sold for 14.4 million zlotys, auction fee included, at an Old Masters auction at the Desa Unicum.
PolitiFact→ Tulsi Gabbard – Tulsi Gabbard falsely claims U.S. ‘not so different’ from Russia on freedom of speech
"What is happening here is not so different from what we're seeing happening in Russia, where you have got state TV and controlled messaging across the board."
Snopes→ Was the CEO of Disney Arrested for Child Trafficking?
Four Disney employees were among 108 arrests in a Florida human trafficking sting. But was Disney’s CEO arrested, too?
PolitiFact→ Alex Lasry – Ron Johnson has not endorsed plan to phase out of Social Security, Medicare
Says Ron Johnson "is supporting the Republican plan that phases out Social Security and Medicare."
Truth or Fiction?→ June 2008 Gas Prices
On March 14 2022, Twitter user Qasim Rashid tweeted about purported oil and gas prices in June 2008, in contrast with their prices in March 2022: Oil & Avg Gas $ June 2008:•Oil: $181.58/barrel•Gas: $4.10/gallon Oil & Avg Gas $ Mar 2022:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Electric Vehicles DO Pollute — But Engineers Are Reducing Impacts
Are electric vehicles (EVs) bad for the environment? Yes, that's partially true: Two experts in the field have looked over the claim for Lead Stories and come to two different conclusions. One believes the claim is accurate, while the oth
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post rehashes false claim that Hillary Clinton was found guilty of spying on Trump
“Just a reminder that right before Ukraine was invaded, Hillary was found to be guilty of spying on a sitting U.S. president.”
Snopes→ Weighty Case: Alabama Man Charged in Theft of 70-Ton Crane
An Alabama man who called a wrecker service asking to have a 70-ton crane pulled out of the woods is now charged with stealing the heavy machinery.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Paratroopers In Ukraine In 2022
Does a video show U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine? No, that's not true: The clips in the video are at least six years out of date, excerpted from videos identified as showing U.S. military paratroo
Snopes→ Tennessee Guard Members Safe Despite Russian Reports
Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard are safe and accounted for, despite a Russian newspaper’s false report that the men were killed while fighting in Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ A war of information: Both sides fight in the Ukraine-Russia conflict
In the Russia-Ukraine war, both sides are fighting an information war
Snopes→ Putin Deepfake Imagines Russian President Announcing Surrender
This is likely the first time that deepfake videos have been created and deployed in a war propaganda effort.
Snopes→ Endangered Rhino Born in Czech Zoo, Named Kyiv
A Czech zoo has welcomed a critically endangered eastern black rhinoceros baby that has taken the name of Ukraine's capital Kyiv in honor of that country's resistance to invading Russian forces.
Full Fact→ Why is petrol more expensive now than it was 15 years ago?
A post from Twitter, versions of which have been widely shared on Facebook, claims that while the cost of petrol in the UK is much higher now than in 2008, the price of oil is actually lower, suggesting that retail fuel prices don’t mirror crude
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney CEO Bob Chapek NOT Arrested For Human Trafficking On Or About March 17, 2022
Was the CEO of Disney, Bob Chapek, arrested for human trafficking in Southern California? No, that's not true: This is a fabricated story with no basis in fact. The article lacks ironic or humorous cues that would indicate it is a comment
Full Fact→ Labour graph showing reduction in army size is misleading
A graph shared by the Labour party claims the Conservatives cut the size of the army to 72,500 personnel by 2021—a fall of over 25,000 since 2010. While the size of the army has fallen significantly, this is not an accurate figure. The graph was
Snopes→ Netflix Is Streaming Zelenskyy’s 2015 TV Show, ‘Servant of the People’
The one where he played a schoolteacher who was elected president of Ukraine.
Snopes→ Nice Try but No Potato for New Zealand Couple’s Giant Find
When is a potato not a potato?
AllSides→ Ads Attacking Dr. Oz
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/ads-attacking-dr-oz/ A super PAC that supports Republican Pennsylvani
Snopes→ FBI Eyeing 6 Suspects After Bomb Threats at Black Colleges
More than a third of America’s 101 historically Black colleges and universities have been targeted by calls or emails threatening to set off bombs on their campuses since early January.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Florida’s surgeon general on COVID-19 vaccine requirements for kids, masking
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has said masks “are not saving lives,” and said Florida would recommend against COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children over age 5. Public health experts say his recommendations are “irresponsible” and a
Logically→ An image shows three exhausted Ukrainian firefighters amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A 2019 image showing three exhausted Tasmanian firefighters has been falsely attributed to Ukrainian firefighters amid the ongoing Ukraine invasion.
Snopes→ Russian Strikes Hit Ukrainian Capital and Outskirts of Lviv
World leaders pushed for an investigation of the Kremlin’s repeated attacks on civilian targets, including schools, hospitals and residential areas.
Full Fact→ Video of person moving inside body bag isn’t from Ukraine
A video on Facebook claims to show news footage of the war in Ukraine, in which a man can apparently be seen moving inside a body bag while posing as a dead body. The video is accompanied by the caption “EVERYTHING YOU ARE TOLD IS A LIE”.&n
Logically→ An image shows Pakistani students using the Indian flag to escape Ukraine.
An image of Indian students waving the Indian flag was falsely attributed to being Pakistani students fleeing Ukraine, using the Indian flag as cover.