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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Is NOT ‘True Face Found On Mars,’ NOT A Former CIA File
Does this image show the supposed "true face found on Mars" and is the image a "former CIA file"? No, that's not true: The image discussed in this fact check is a creation by an artist, and the famed "Face On Mars" image is actually a roc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Actor Sam Elliott Did NOT Say He Doesn’t Support Abortion Rights, ‘Illegals’ And Refugees
Did actor Sam Elliott say that he won't support a political party "that supports abortion over life"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the Academy Award-nominated actor ever made that remark, part of a longer purported quote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT Example Of US Military Drone That Looks Like Fly
Does this photo show a U.S. military polymer drone that looks like a live fly? No, that's not true: This is not a drone but an example of a bot fly, the collections manager of the University of Arizona's Insect Collection told Lead Storie
Truth or Fiction?→ L.A.’s Mayoral Candidates Mum after Police Attacks on Journalists at Roe v. Wade Protests
Despite ongoing attacks by law enforcement against journalists covering protests, Los Angeles’ mayoral candidates, both running on the Democratic Party ticket, have not weighed in on the accounts of police attacks against journalists during prote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: SUV Trump Was Riding In Did NOT Have Glass Partition Blocking Him From Steering Wheel On January 6, 2021
Was it impossible or difficult for then-President Donald Trump to reach the steering wheel of the vehicle he was riding in on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: The fortified SUV transporting him did not have a glass partition between
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show Zelenskyy’s Russian Passport
Does an image of a Russian passport shared on social media in spring 2022 prove that Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy is a secret Russian citizen? No, that's not true. Analysis of similar images shows that forged passport scans are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Enfamil Is NOT Harming, Killing Babies During 2022 Formula Shortage
Is Enfamil, an infant formula brand, harming and killing babies during the U.S. baby formula shortage of 2022? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Enfamil poses such a threat to babies. Although there was a widespread baby form
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Picture Of A Crying Girl Does NOT Show The Consequences Of Russia’s 2022 Invasion Of Ukraine
Does a picture of a grieving girl hugging a tombstone stem from the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true. The photograph first appeared on a Georgian-language website in January 2019. The original image contained a Georgian-l
Full Fact→ Old image of Glastonbury aftermath re-emerges on social media
A photo of rubbish at the Glastonbury festival site used to criticise environmental campaigning is actually from 2015.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posted IP Addresses NOT Linked To 5 Supreme Court Judges — They Belong To Unrelated Entities
Can people target U.S. Supreme Court justices with Internet Protocol (IP) addresses found on social media? No, that's not true: The IP addresses superimposed over the smiling photos of the five judges who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade do
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Hand Over Control Of ISS To Russia After They Threatened To Crash It Into Earth
Did NASA hand over control of the International Space Station (ISS) to Russia after a Russian official threatened to crash it into Earth? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesperson told Lead Stories that a long-established ceremonial change
Truth or Fiction?→ Democrats Singing ‘God Bless America’ on June 24 2022
On June 24 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision preserving abortion rights, Roe v. Wade; as protests began to take shape in Washington, DC, a video of Democrats purportedly singing “God Bless America” at the Capitol spre
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did an ‘Inside Man’ Open Capitol Doors for Rioters on January 6?
(Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Disinformation surrounding the 2021 Capitol insurrection has resurfaced in recent days following hearings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States
Climate Feedback→ Yes, plants need carbon dioxide. No, that doesn’t mean it’s harmless.
Carbon Dioxide is critical for plants. It’s a key part of photosynthesis, the process by which plants turn CO2, water and sunlight into the sugars they need to grow – and the oxygen life on Earth needs to survive. But narratives that the elevated l
Logically→ Gas prices at a 7-Eleven store reached $7.11 in June 2022.
An old photo displaying a "test price" to mark the opening of a new 7-Eleven store does not reflect the actual gas price.
Logically→ New Facebook/Meta rules will make all private posts on the platform and deleted messages public.
There is no new rule that authorizes Facebook/Meta to use people's photos regardless of when it was uploaded.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bayer Top Exec Did NOT Admit COVID-19 Vaccine Is Gene Therapy
Did the head of Bayer's pharmaceutical division admit the COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy? No, that's not true: The comments made by Bayer's Stephan Oelrich were taken out of context. Speaking about innovation in the pharmaceutical ind
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Swirls With Unsupported Claims About Cause of Justin and Hailey Bieber’s Medical Conditions
SciCheck Digest Pop star Justin Bieber announced he has Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a form of facial paralysis caused by a reactivation of the virus that causes chickenpox. Social media posts have claimed his condition was caused by COVID-19 vaccination, but
Truth or Fiction?→ AriZona Iced Tea Price Increase
In mid-June 2022 a viral image circulated, suggesting that AriZona Iced Tea’s price increased to $1.29, from 99 cents: Worst thing I've seen today. pic.twitter.com/aHW39U0mFu — Adam Neuman (@AdamJNeuman) June 16, 2022 Officially t
Truth or Fiction?→ Oak Ridge National Laboratory Parallel Universe Experiments
Has the multiverse finally arrived? A June 18 2022 post by the Facebook page “Unexplained Mysteries” claimed scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in eastern Tennessee endeavored to “open a portal” to a parallel univer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plane From United Airlines Flight 93 On 9/11 DID Crash In Pennsylvania — It Disintegrated Into Small Pieces
Was the plane from United Airlines Flight 93 not at the reported crash site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: The hijacked plane crashed into the ground on September 11, 2001, almost upside down at a speed of up to 580
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About the January 6 Committee’s Partisanship
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Tom Fitton, president of the conservative organization Judicial Watch and supporter of Donald Trump, claimed in a widely-shared tweet that the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack is a “on
AllSides→ Posts misrepresent satirical story on Jan. 6 text exchanges
https://apnews.com/article/Fact-Check-Satire-Capitol-Insurrection-Texts-643546347076 CLAIM: Leaked text
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: PAC News Release Does NOT Prove Lauren Boebert Had 2 Abortions, Was Unlicensed Paid Escort
Has a political action committee proved that Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert had two abortions and worked as an unlicensed escort? No, as of June 19, 2022, the allegations about the anti-abortion Republican congresswoman, made in a press rel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Poland Did NOT Annex Ukraine Via Tax Office Data Contract
Is it true that at the beginning of June 2022 Poland annexed Ukraine? No that's not true. Such posts on social networks began to appear after the publication of a press release from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, in which the a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plant Oils Do NOT Provide Effective Natural Sun Protection AND Sunscreen Does NOT Cause Cancer
Do plants produce oils that provide effective natural sun protection and do sunscreens cause cancer? No, neither is true: "There is no evidence that they afford even close to adequate protection," board-certified dermatologist Julie K. Ka
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Young Girls Working at an Oyster Processing Plant’
On June 16 2022, an Imgur user shared a photograph of three young girls, purportedly child workers who labored shucking oysters; the same image was colorized and shared in May 2021 to Reddit’s r/TheWayWeWere: Coloured by me, 3 girls wh
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, this isn’t Lauren Boebert posing with two half-dressed men
Photo shows U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert with two scantily dressed men.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Baselessly Link Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome to COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, or SADS, has been studied for decades and is caused by genetic heart problems. But social media posts suggest, with no evidence, that SADS is related to COVID-19 vaccines.
Health Feedback→ Justin Bieber’s facial paralysis is caused by a viral infection; no evidence that COVID-19 vaccine played a role
REVIEW On 10 June 2022, pop singer Justin Bieber published an Instagram video announcing that he had been diagnosed with a rare neurological condition called Ramsay Hunt syndrome. In the video, Bieber explained that the condition was caused by “th
Truth or Fiction?→ Pete Sessions’ Deleted Tweet
On June 16 2022, hearings about the January 6th 2021 coup attempt hearings continued; meanwhile, a screenshot of a tweet by an elected about Capitol visitors went viral — purportedly tweeted by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) before the insurrect
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT Paul Pelosi’s Mug Shot
Is this photo of a man with a black eye Paul Pelosi? No, that's not true: This appears to be a doctored photo. The Napa County Department of Corrections provided Lead Stories with the correct mug shot of Paul Pelosi, husband of House Spea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show ‘Pallets Of Formula’ In Mexico; US Baby Formula Shortage Is NOT Happening Because Biden ‘Wants Us To Suffer’
Does a picture show "pallets of formula" in Mexico, proving that there is only a shortage of baby formula in the United States because "the Biden Administration wants us to suffer"? No, that's not true: Not only does the picture not show
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JFK Jr. Was NOT Preparing To Announce Run For US Senate Against Hillary Clinton Before His Death
Was John F. Kennedy Jr., preparing to make an announcement about his candidacy for U.S. senator of New York right before his death? No, that's not true: Although reports have suggested that Kennedy was considering running for the Senate s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Shell Is NOT Offering Gas Cards, Gift Cards On Social Media
Is Shell gas company doing a giveaway of $500 gas cards for $1.95 or a $250 gas card after completing a survey? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Shell responded to Lead Stories by email on June 15, 2022, saying that Shell is not pr
FactCheck.org→ Posts Distort Questionable Study on COVID-19 Vaccination and EMS Calls
SciCheck Digest Studies have found that COVID-19 increases the risk for heart complications, and that the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination outweigh the risks for males and females in all age groups. Social media posts, however, have misinterpreted and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Navy Full-Ship Shock Trial Was NOT Targeting A Sea Monster Heading Toward Florida In June 2021
Did the U.S. Navy use a 40,000-pound explosive to blow up a sea monster from the bottom of the ocean that was heading toward Florida? No, that's not true: This detonation of a 40,000-pound explosive in the Atlantic Ocean was part of a Ful
Snopes→ Is This Lauren Boebert With Two Near-Naked Men?
Social media users should be wary of photographs that start circulating after a scandal.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Claiming Harriet Tubman ‘Is Not A Real Person’ Is NOT Accurate
Is a post saying "Harriet Tubman is not a real person" accurate? No, that's not true: Multiple historians told Lead Stories this claim is false. One of them, the author of "Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom," wrote, "I can suggest that