Did a man make it public that he plans to go after Target stores in Phoenix, Arizona, that support the LGBT movement? Yes, the screenshot of a text message warning is real. A person who considers himself a professional internet provocateur made a video with another person that was posted online. In the video he threatened that in the month…

Does this video accurately show airplanes in situations that depict the "most horrible emergency landing ever"? No, that's not true: This footage is not real. It is a computer-generated video that is from a flight-simulator game, one of numerous such videos on this Facebook page and on other Facebook pages. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on April 25,…

Does breast milk "leakage" contain "all the impurity that's in the mother's body"? No, that's not true: "This claim is false and is not grounded in science," Dr. Christopher M. Zahn, chief of clinical practice and interim chief of health equity and quality for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, told Lead Stories. Nursing mothers do not secrete "leakage"…

Was the May 2022 Texas school shooting a "false flag"? No, there's no evidence that's true: A false flag is an operation, or attack, that's made to look like it was carried out by someone other than the person who is responsible. Authorities have identified Salvador Ramos as the shooter. He is believed to have acted alone, according to a…

Does Balchem Corporation, a company with white leadership, own a trademark of the word "Juneteenth"? No, that's not true: Although Balchem submitted an application to trademark the word, that application was dead by the time this claim was made. Juneteenth is a federal holiday that recognizes the emancipation of all enslaved Black people in the United States. The claim appeared…

Did two white men walk into a Walmart location in Bowie, Maryland, on May 24, 2022, planning to carry out a hate crime plot against Black people? No, that's not true: A spokesperson from the Bowie Police Department said this story is false. Also, no threats had been made to the Bowie Walmart. In reality, there was a disorderly person…

Do many media outlets recycle old photos of monkeypox lesions when reporting on current or past outbreaks of monkeypox? Does this indicate that there have not been any new cases of monkeypox found and the reporting is not factual? No, that's not true: It is common practice for media outlets to use stock photos. The screenshots in this claim do…

Did mass shootings in the United States increase more than 90 percent from 2017? Yes, that's true: While there are various definitions for what is considered a mass shooting, the Gun Violence Archive recorded a 98.9 percent increase in mass shootings in the U.S. from 2017 to 2021. The FBI recorded a similar percentage increase for active shooter incidents, which…

Did a rapper named Dr. Creep predict the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, also known as COVID-19, in a song he created titled "Pandemic"? No, that's not true: The musician outright refuted this claim in a Facebook post near the beginning of the pandemic, stating that he was referencing the coronavirus pandemics that were ongoing in 2013 -- which was different from…

Was Salvador Ramos, the shooter who killed children and faculty members at a Texas elementary school on May 24, 2022, an illegal immigrant? No, that's not true: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Ramos was a U.S. citizen and a state legislator said Ramos was born in the United States. The claim appeared in a tweet (archived here) on May 24,…