9/11

Did Duane 'Dog' Chapman die of suicide after a depression attack and did the BBC report this? No, that's not true: an outfit of scammers likely from the Philippines has put out a video and a number of websites making that claim but it is all bogus. The scammers are tricking people into sharing more copies of the story on…

Are the people shown in this "Stolen Lives Quilt" meme victims of illegal alien killers? No, that's not true. While many of those pictured were killed by undocumented immigrants, the 30 images on the right half of the meme show victims of the 2016 Orlando, Florida, Pulse Nightclub massacre, which was blamed on a man born in New York state.…

Did Turkey just launch an air raid on Tel Aviv in Israel and is CNN reporting about it? No, that's not true: an old video from the 2003 Gulf War showing explosions and air defense systems in action over Baghdad seems to have been uploaded to YouTube with a misleading title in 2010 and the video went viral again in…

Did Fox News dump anchor Chris Wallace, claiming Wallace was "spreading lies" through his reporting? No, that's not true: The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by…

Do Pepsi Co. and other food companies use cells from aborted fetuses as ingredients for their products? No, that's not true: The false claim is based on the use of HEK 293 cells -- which were developed decades ago from live-baby birth fetal cells -- in taste research by another company. The cells are and never have been placed into…

Were 13 Uber drivers arrested for alleged sex trafficking in Georgia? No, that's not true: The claim began with a now-deleted tweet that claimed 13 Uber drivers were arrested in Atlanta for sex trafficking. The false claim spread through social media despite a denial from law enforcement agencies. There is no public record of Uber drivers (any number) being arrested…

Did CNN host Brian Stelter say that President Donald Trump is a "destructive cult leader"? No, that's not true: A psychologist who studies cults made the comment while being interviewed by Stelter on CNN's "Reliable Sources" program. Stelter did not repeat it, but questioned the guest about how he could justify and prove the statement. The story originated from an…

Did Israel invent 5G technology, then ban it because of health concerns? No. That's not true: Israel is aggressively pushing the 5G networking service through a tender to incentivize that country's carriers to start rolling it out, according to Reuters. While Israeli companies are actively developing 5G tech, it's not accurate to say that they invented it. The United States…

Did Bernie Sanders say at a Democratic debate that the planet has only eight or nine years before major cities go under water? No, that's not true: What the Democratic presidential hopeful said was that, unless "we get our act together within the next eight or nine years," the rising sea levels would inevitably flood major cities. Instead of saying…

Did CNN break down and finally admit the entire Russian collusion theory was a hoax? No, that's not true: CNN reported that an FBI agent is "under investigation" for altering a document "related to 2016 surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser." But it was not an admission that the "entire Russian collusion theory was a hoax." CNN also noted that…