You can find Mount Segla in Norway, but not this howling mountain peak.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Baseless Claims About Cause of Cargo Ship Backups
Quick Take U.S. ports slowed by pandemic-induced labor and equipment shortages cannot keep up with Americans’ demand for imported goods, resulting in cargo ship backups on both coasts. But social media posts, without citing evidence, falsely claim
Snopes→ Workers at All of Kellogg’s U.S. Cereal Plants Go on Strike
It wasn't immediately clear how much the supply of Frosted Flakes or any of the company's other iconic brands would be disrupted.
Snopes→ Is This ‘Karen’ Halloween Costume Real?
T-shirts supposedly read, "CAN I SPEAK TO THE MANAGER?"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Outage On October 4, 2021, Was NOT Met With Virtually ‘No Media Coverage’
Was Facebook's outage on October 4, 2021, met with "virtual no media coverage?" No, that's not true: not only was there major media coverage of the outage as it occurred but there was plenty of coverage about it after it was resolved. The
Health Feedback→ Study by UCSF researchers found that vaccinated people made up the minority of infections and that vaccination protects against hospitalization and death
REVIEW An article published by The Conservative Treehouse claimed that a “California study finds that vaccinated individuals are more susceptible to COVID variant infections than unvaccinated”. This claim was based on a preprint (a study not yet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Microbiologist’ Testimony To Dawson Creek City Council Is NOT Factual, Recycles Debunked Claims
Did a self-described microbiologist tell the Dawson Creek, British Columbia, City Council the facts about the Nuremberg Code, adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines and the degree to which the vaccines revise patients' genetic code? No, t
Snopes→ Token of All Tokens: Could a $1T Coin Fix the Debt Limit?
Even its serious proponents — who are not that many — call it a gimmick.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Swedish TV Accidentally Puts Subtitles from a Kids’ Show over a Political Debate’
An October 2 2021 Facebook post (screengrab included) contained a claim that a Swedish TV station accidentally put subtitles from children’s’ programming over a political debate: Beneath an apparent username from an unspecified platform
The Dispatch→ Did Maricopa County ‘Delete All Records Used for Election Results’?
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Snopes→ Have More Military Personnel Died from COVID Vaccines than Disease Itself?
In the first six weeks it was available online, a video claiming as much garnered nearly 900,000 views.
Logically→ A Project Veritas video proves that Johnson & Johnson vaccine is unsafe for children.
It is not confirmed that the men interviewed in the video work for Johnson & Johnson. There is no indication that vaccines are unsafe for children
Snopes→ Police: Student Opens Fire at Texas High School; 4 Hurt
Two people were shot and two others had unspecified injuries.
Full Fact→ Falling crime is related to pandemic lockdowns
“Crime has been falling, and not just, by the way, because we took the precaution of locking up the public for much of the last 18 months, but because you have a Conservative government that understands the broken windows theory of fighting crim
Snopes→ Texas High School on Lockdown Amid Reports of Shooting
Timberview High School was on lockdown Wednesday morning.
Snopes→ A Three-Child Limit? Bill Parodies Texas’ Strict Abortion Law
A bill proposing "forced vasectomies" and a "three-child limit" was created to parody abortion laws that restrict women's reproductive rights.
Snopes→ New HUD Rule Aimed at Preventing Public Housing Evictions
The Biden administration is trying to prevent evictions from public housing for nonpayment of rent, seeking to shore up protections following the end of the nationwide eviction moratorium.
Logically→ According to scientists working at Pfizer, natural immunity is better than immunity from vaccines.
Scientists have clarified that vaccine-induced immunity is more standardized and can be longer-lasting than natural immunity.
Full Fact→ How much do firefighters, paramedics and police officers earn?
A graphic on Facebook which has been shared over 49,000 times makes a number of claims about public sector pay, including the salaries of police, paramedics, firefighters and MPs. Although this post in particular was first shared in 2017, it seem
Full Fact→ Angela Rayner wrong on wage growth
“Boris Johnson said that wages are rising. That is a lie, real wages are falling. The average worker is over £1,000 worse off today than they were in 2010 and the government’s own figures show it.” Angela Rayner, 3 October 2021
Full Fact→ Amazon parcels do not pose widespread risk to cats
A Facebook post claims that all Amazon boxes are sprayed with toxic pesticides to kill rodents that can cause chemical burns on the tongues of cats, as well as a number of other potential symptoms including fever, lethargy and shallow breathing. The po
Snopes→ Ship’s Anchor May Have Caused Massive California Oil Spill
A ship’s anchor may have hooked, dragged and torn an underwater pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the ocean off Southern California.
Logically→ COVID-19 is not an airborne disease.
COVID-19 is mainly spread through droplets and aerosols. Knowing this and protecting yourself against this is not hysteria.
Snopes→ Nobel in Chemistry Honors ‘Greener’ Way to Build Molecules
The work of Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan has allowed scientists to produce molecules more cheaply, efficiently, safely — and with significantly less environmental impact.
Snopes→ Yankees Knocked out Early by Rival Red Sox at Fenway
Not even an appearance by Boston heartbreaker Bucky Dent could help them advance in October.
Poynter→ Vaccines keep people out of the hospital. A viral image of Israeli COVID-19 cases ignores that.
On TikTok and Twitter, opponents of the COVID-19 vaccines have been sharing a table that they claim shows how ineffective vaccines are. One TikTokker, writing in a style designed to thwart efforts to block misinformation, used the table in her video. &
Washington Post→ Jayapal’s claim that ‘the majority of the country’ supports federal funding of abortion
Most polls show consistent opposition to federal funding of abortions but a lot depends on the wording of the survey question.
Snopes→ Missouri Man Executed for Killing 3 Workers in ’94 Robbery
Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre.
Snopes→ Ex-Facebook Manager Criticizes Company, Urges More Oversight
A former Facebook data scientist told Congress she believes stricter government oversight could alleviate the dangers the company poses.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Endangered Orangutan Did NOT Approach And Offer Help To A Stranger In A Mud Pool
Did a wild and endangered orangutan offer a helping hand to a geologist who had fallen in a mud pool while searching for the animal? No, that's not an accurate description of the scene captured in this photograph. The man in the water, Sy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AMR Ambulance In LA County Did NOT Terminate 30% Of Employees For Refusing Mandated COVID-19 Vaccine
Did the AMR ambulance company in the LA County area recently terminate approximately 30% of its employees for failing to comply with the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate? No, that's not true: The Emergency Medical Technician union, IAEP
Snopes→ Yes, Snapchat Has Tool To Help Youths Run for Office
The new in-app feature shows users upcoming races that may interest them.
Snopes→ Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and the Nobel Prize Parable
A popular tale claims that an act of kindness greatly impacted the lives of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy.
Snopes→ Does This Photo Show a Star Being Born?
The formation was said to take place an estimated 1,350 light-years from Earth.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rupert Murdoch Did NOT Say ‘I Started Fox News To Get Rich,’ Did NOT Refer To ‘Low IQ Viewers’
Did Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch recently say, "I started Fox News to get rich," or "We created a fake story that 'Biden stole the elections' to keep our low IQ viewers returning every day"? No, that's not true: "This report is false,"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Illinois Vaccine Protesters Were NOT High School Students Who ‘Quit’ — Protesters Were Adults, At District Office
Did high school students in Crystal Lake, Illinois, protest a COVID-19 vaccine mandate by quitting and leaving their shoes outside the school? No, that's not true: The photo was taken outside the Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 School
Snopes→ NYC Public Libraries Will End Late Fees in Push for Equity
Late fees had already been suspended since March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and will now be permanently eliminated.
Snopes→ Milestone for Bubba Wallace As He Earns 1st NASCAR Victory
Wallace became just the second Black driver to win a race at the Cup Series level.
Truth or Fiction?→ Project Veritas and ‘Nick Karl From Pfizer’
On October 4 2021, Project Veritas — an organization that releases heavily misleadingly edited far-right propaganda videos and pretends they are journalistic “stings” — claimed to “expose Pfizer” through secret vi
The Dispatch→ Do Refugees Get More Monthly Benefits Than Social Security Recipients?
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