[ad_1] On Jan. 31, 2023, the Washington Post published a story suggesting, in part, that Florida teachers were told to hide books from their students to...
[ad_1] Claim: RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who died in early 2023 after an encounter with five Black police officers, said, “I...
[ad_1] This image from video provided by Eddie Johnson shows a line of tanks and other military combat vehicles traveling by rail along a snowy field...
[ad_1] CLAIM: A “Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Form” is now being issued in Georgia high schools, suggesting a new phenomenon relating to the COVID-19 vaccines. AP’S...
[ad_1] A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they...
[ad_1] CLAIM: Rep. Matt Gaetz had a $482,321 loan from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program forgiven even though he doesn’t own a company. AP’S...
[ad_1] CLAIM: Electrically-charged stones have been discovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. While some minerals can serve as conduits for electricity,...
[ad_1] CLAIM: The Declaration of North America, which President Joe Biden signed on to this month, will strip the U.S. of its sovereignty in order to...
[ad_1] CLAIM: A video shows President Joe Biden giving a speech about guns and being interrupted by people making vulgar anti-Biden chants. AP’S ASSESSMENT: Altered video....
[ad_1] CLAIM: Hellmann’s mayonnaise is discontinuing the product globally due to high inflationary import costs. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The popular condiment brand is only discontinuing sales...
[ad_1] CLAIM: The United Kingdom is banning anyone under the age of 50 from getting COVID-19 vaccines. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. While the country will stop widely...
[ad_1] Claim: Using recovered genetic material from extinct specimens, a team of scientists is working to “reincarnate” the Woolly Mammoth by 2027. Rating: Context The genetically...
[ad_1] At least two new YouTube ads are promoting a familiar lie in a story about the purported “weight loss,” “Alpine ice hack,” and “diet” product...
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[ad_1] Claim: As of January 2023, OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology declined to write a poem admiring Donald Trump, but successfully drafted one for Joe Biden. Rating: On...
[ad_1] Microwave ovens are used to heat up Hot Pockets and leftovers in pretty much every American home today. People have been buying them for their...
[ad_1] “Died suddenly” has become shorthand for unfounded claims that COVID-19 vaccines were responsible for someone’s death. The words “dropped suddenly” elicits similar reactions on social...
[ad_1] An estimated 100,000 hens died in a Jan. 28 fire at Hillandale Farms in Bozrah, Connecticut. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the...
[ad_1] U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has tweeted about misinformation before, including in 2021 when she alerted her followers to a “false tweet that’s been photoshopped...