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Is the National Guard only being activated in "blue (D) cities" to prepare for possible violence during the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: Activations have been reported in both blue and red states, for a total of some 3,600 troops in 16 states, according to Military Times. The claim appeared in an Instagram post (archived here), published by…

Is China putting California garlic growers out of business? No, that's not true. The amount of garlic the United States imports from China has gone down for the past four years, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The claim appeared as a post (archived here) where it was published on Facebook on May 5, 2020 under the title…

Was JFK Jr. spotted at the Fourth of July celebration at Mount Rushmore on July 3, 2020? No, that's not true: John F. Kennedy Jr. died in plane crash in 1999, which makes it a certainty that the son of the 35th president of the United States did not attend the Mount Rushmore speech of the 45th, President Donald Trump.…

Does a photo of a policeman with lacerated cheeks show a real officer scarred by an Antifa thug who threw bricks covered with razor blades at him? No, it does not. The photo circulating on social media of a disfigured policeman is actually actor Heath Ledger playing The Joker in his 2008 Dark Knight movie role. The claim appeared in…

Did Sarah Grossman die after police sprayed her protest group with tear gas, which triggered her asthma and led to her death? No, there's no evidence that happened: The 22-year-old woman had not been diagnosed with asthma and there is no evidence her sudden death was connected to gas launched by police during May 28, 2020, protest in Columbus, Ohio,…

Does a video on YouTube purporting to describe the role of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in COVID-19 accurately depict how one can die from the disease? Yes, that's true, experts say, as the video's overarching message -- that people must observe social distancing guidelines if they hope to limit the spread of the disease -- is true. The claim appeared…

Was Kobe Bryant assassinated by the NBA or Big Pharma? No, that's not true: This is a tasteless hoax being perpetrated by a conspiracy theorist who offered no evidence to support his accusations. The claims originated from a series of videos published by Dr. Umar Johnson on January 28, 2020, one of which was titled "Kobe Bryant's death stream, by…

Is Elena Morrison the greatest ballerina of the century, and is her weight-loss story an inspiration to all? No, that's not true: Elena Morrison is not on any list of "greatest ballerinas" of any century - and the story of her dramatic weight loss was fabricated by a company to sell leggings that purportedly "break down the structure of cellulite"…

Does a leaked Pentagon video show that a flu vaccine was used to modify human behavior? No, that's not true: The video that was purportedly recorded in 2005 and "leaked" from the Defense Department was apparently produced in 2011 as a promotion for a faux documentary about a fictional scheme by the U.S. government to infect religious extremists with a…

Was Nancy Pelosi involved in one of the biggest heroin busts? No, that's not true: The claim that Speaker Pelosi was involved in a massive operation to smuggle heroin into the United States from southeast Asia has no basis in fact. A published report making the claim offered no documentation and included a conspiracy theory dating back to World War…