Does the "Unmasked" video uncover the truth about the 2020 presidential election? No, it doesn't: The video remixes previously debunked claims of vote fraud and election theft. Chief among them were allegations that "vote spikes" in battl
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Reddit/GameStop Trading Likely DID Cause Nearly $4 Trillion in Global Market Capitalization Losses
Did the massive and sudden increase in the value of GameStop stock set off by the buying frenzy from the Reddit r/WallStreetBets community the week of January 25, 2021 cause nearly $4 trillion in losses for global market capitalization? Y
Snopes→ Arson Suspected in Massive Fire at Texas Courthouse
A suspect has been arrested been taken into custody following a massive fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of an 111-year-old Texas courthouse.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell’s ‘Absolute Proof’ Video, Promising To Expose Election Fraud, Relies On False And Unsubstantiated Claims
By Dana Ford and Alexis Tereszcuk Does Mike Lindell's "Absolute Proof" video, which promises to expose election fraud, contain only factual and proven statements about the 2020 election? No, that's not true: The nearly two-hour video recy
Full Fact→ No evidence that nanoparticles in Covid-19 vaccines affect fertility
A post on Facebook has claimed the Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines “use lipid nanoparticles to deliver an mRNA load into cells” and claims those nanoparticles have adverse effects, like harming both male and female reproductive systems
Full Fact→ Viral influencer video full of false Covid-19 claims
A viral video of an influencer spreading on social media makes a number of incorrect claims about the coronavirus pandemic, including its impact on children and suicide rates and misinformation about testing and face masks. “They’ve introd
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence This Tonic Recipe Will Change Outcomes For People Infected With COVID-19
Will this tonic routine treat COVID-19 in the way that is claimed, and can it prevent anyone who adheres to this regimen from dying of COVID? No, that's not true: This COVID remedy, which is intended to be used as both an inhaled steam tr
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Louisiana Floods Destroy Home of Christian Leader Who Says God Sends Natural Disasters to Punish Gay People’
On January 14 2021, an Imgur user shared the following screenshot of a headline (“Louisiana Floods Destroy Home of Christian Leader Who Says God Sends Natural Disasters to Punish Gay People”), in a post titled “Such dramatic way of c
AFP Fact Check→ These photos actually show ballots from the 2015 Myanmar election
Photographs of burned ballot papers have been shared in Facebook posts that claim they show evidence of fraud in the 2020 Myanmar elections. The claim is false; the photos actually show ballots from Myanmar’s 2015 election which were destroyed by lo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eight Years Were NOT Lost When the Gregorian Calendar Was Unveiled in the 1500s, Mayan Calendar Apocalypse NOT Foretold
Were eight years lost when the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582, meaning that the global apocalypse supposedly foretold in the Mayan calendar for 2012 actually was supposed to happen in 2020? No, that's not true: Only 10 days wer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eight Years Were NOT Lost When the Gregorian Calendar Was Unveiled in the 1500s, Mayan Calendar Apocalypse NOT Foretold
Were eight years lost when the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582, meaning that the global apocalypse supposedly foretold in the Mayan calendar for 2012 actually was supposed to happen in 2020? No, that's not true: Only 10 days wer
Snopes→ Rescuers in Norway Lose Hope of Finding Landslide Survivors
Three people are still missing from the Dec. 30 disaster that destroyed at least nine buildings in the village of Ask, outside Oslo.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Trump’s Claims From His Call With Brad Raffensperger
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger Does NOT Have A Brother Ron Who Is CTO Of China’s Huawei Corp
Does Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger have a brother named Ron who is the chief technology officer for the China-based Huawei Corporation? No, that's not true: While Huawei does have a Ron Raffensperger working as the CTO of
The Dispatch→ Did a Missile Blow Up the AT&T Building in Nashville?
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The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Debunking Donald Trump’s Claims About Voter Fraud
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Purported Evidence in ‘The Plot To Steal America’ Video Does NOT Support Election Fraud Claims — Mostly Consists of Rehashed Hoaxes
Does an advertising video titled "The Plot To Steal America" contain hard evidence of election fraud? No, that's not true: the 18-minute pitch contains allegations based on video clips purporting to show "evidence" but several of these cl
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Border Wall: Where Does It Stand?
In the final weeks of his presidency, President Donald Trump has returned to the signature issue that brought him to the White House — his pledge to build “a beautiful, gorgeous, big wall” on the southern border. On two separate occas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: An Asteroid Is NOT About To Hit Near Puerto Rico, And The Arecibo Telescope Collapse Was NOT Nefarious
Is an asteroid "on its way to strike" near Puerto Rico and was the Arecibo Telescope purposefully destroyed in attempt to hide the purportedly impending asteroid strike? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that an asteroid will stri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The FBI Did NOT Admit To Accidentally Destroying The Laptop That Supposedly Belonged To Hunter Biden
Did the FBI admit to accidentally destroying the laptop said to have belonged to Hunter Biden? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim published by a website that trolls conservatives with outrageous false claims. The laptop in que
FactCheck.org→ Checking the Facts in the World of Trump
I guess I picked the right year to take up fact-checking. I had been in journalism for a very long time. I had run a national magazine, overseen news operations at newspapers in many cities, covered Washington during the Watergate era, written columns
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Shredders Destroying Ballots In Cobb County, Georgia
Does a video show the shredding of paper ballots in Cobb County, Georgia, a day after a recount confirmed that Joe Biden won a 14-percent margin over Donald Trump? No, that's not true: A video posted on social media by a woman on November
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on Trump’s Post-Election Legal Challenges
On Nov. 19, President Donald Trump’s legal team spouted a gusher of false and unfounded allegations of voter fraud at a 90-minute press conference. We could fact check it, but we’re not going to. We’re not going to fact check Rudy Giu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Votes For Donald Trump In The Trash In Oklahoma
Does a video show votes for President Donald Trump in the trash in Oklahoma? No, that's not true: The discarded ballots were spoiled ballots, according to the Oklahoma State Election Board. When a voter accidentally marks more than one ca
FactCheck.org→ Trump Baselessly Alleges COVID-19 Vaccine Announcement Was Delayed
In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump claimed — without evidence — that the pharma company Pfizer and his own Food and Drug Administration purposely held off on releasing positive interim results about a COVID-19 vaccine candidate u
AFP Fact Check→ The video actually shows a Russian social media personality burning his luxury German-made car
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that it shows a young man setting fire to his French-made luxury car in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s defense of the Prophet Muhammad’s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Virus NOT Man-made And Vaccine NOT Forced On Unwilling
Is the U.S. pushing an under-tested, dangerous coronavirus vaccine on unwilling people as part of a depopulation agenda? And was the virus man-made and weaponized in U.S. and Chinese labs? No, these claims are untrue. There are no plans t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show A Wounded Bull, Betrayed By The Owner Who Kissed Him And Did Nothing
Does this photo illustrate a poignant tale of betrayal: a farmer kissing a bull that he raised and then sold to be killed in a bullfight? No, that's not true: This photo depicts a moment that happened during a daring athletic competition
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Exaggerated Claims on Biden and Pharma in Puerto Rico
At a rally in Sanford, Florida, President Donald Trump made the exaggerated claim that his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, “voted to obliterate” Puerto Rico’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. And during a health care speech in Char
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden’s First Wife Did NOT Run A Stop Sign Before She Was Killed In A Car Accident
Did Joe Biden's first wife run a stop sign before she was killed in a car accident? No, that's not true. Neilia Biden and their children Naomi, Beau and Hunter, were in a car accident on December 18, 1972. She did not run a stop sign but
AFP Fact Check→ These photos have circulated since 2016 in reports about an air defence system that was damaged after an accident in Russia
Two photos have been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim they show a Russian-made air defence system that was destroyed in an October 2020 attack on Armenia. The claim is false; the photos have circulated online s
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘BLM Destroys Hispanic Child’s Birthday Party’
On October 5 2020, the aptly named Facebook page “Infodemik” shared a video captioned “BLM destroy Hispanic child’s birthday party Houston, TX”: Variations and Iterations Infodemik also shared the clip with a similar
Snopes→ Record-Breaking California Wildfires Surpass 4 Million Acres
In this year’s historic fire season, more than 8,200 California wildfires have killed 31 people and destroyed more than 8,400 buildings.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Mr. Climate Change’ Is NOT Responsible For Lighting 32 Wildfires In 2020
Was a 32-year-old California man, dubbed 'Mr. Climate Change' online, responsible for starting 32 wildfires in 2020? No, that's not true: The man pictured in the meme is Brandon McGlover, who admitted he started nine Southern California f
Full Fact→ There’s no connection between new biometrics legislation and Covid-19 tests
Multiple posts on social media have claimed that new government legislation has enabled DNA to be “harvested and retained” from Covid-19 test kits. This is not true. The legislation, ‘The Coronavirus (Retention of Fingerprints a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pro Golfer Bubba Watson Did NOT Write a Post Questioning Black Lives Matter
Did pro golfer Bubba Watson write a post questioning Black Lives Matter? No, that's not true: Watson posted on his verified Twitter account that he wrote no such thing, saying, "it ain't from me." The claim appeared in a post (archived he
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Kenosha Car Dealer Kills Himself After His Insurance Won’t Cover a Cent of the 2.5 Million Dollars of Damages’ Caused by BLM Protests
On September 9 2020, a screenshot of a fabricated Fox Business article headlined “Kenosha car dealer kills himself after his insurance won’t cover a cent of the 2.5 million dollars of damages caused by the riots” was shared to meme a
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Single Gender Reveal in California Cause More Property Damage Than All of 2020’s Black Lives Matter Protests Combined?
On September 7 2020, a Facebook user shared a post asserting that a single gender reveal party in 2020 caused more property damage than all of the Black Lives Matter protests throughout the year: White text against a red and orange background read:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Kyle Rittenhouse’s Mother In Militia Gear And Armed At Kenosha Protest
Does a photo show Kyle Rittenhouse's mother dressed in militia gear and carrying an AR-15 rifle at the Kenosha protest the same night her son allegedly killed two men and wounded a third? No, that's not true: The image used in a meme clai
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bad Advice for Mail-In Voters
Elections officials and voting experts say President Donald Trump gave bad advice when he encouraged mail-in voters to show up at polling places on Election Day and cast an in-person ballot if poll workers can’t confirm that their mail-in ballot