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Claim: Eerie clouds over Geneva were caused by the particle collider at CERN opening a portal to a new dimension. What’s True There was a storm over Geneva in June 2016, and nature photographer Christophe Suarez captured images from the event. What’s False The photographs do not portray CERN …
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Claim: A photograph shows UFO “kill markings” on the side of a German World War II anti-aircraft gun. A photograph purportedly showing “kill markings” that indicate flying saucers on the side of a German World War II anti-aircraft gun has been showing up on the internet for several years, often …
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Claim: Fire and smoke billowing from the vicinity of the Eiffel Tower were evidence of a Bastille Day terrorist attack in Paris. Just after a devastating attack in Nice, France, on 14 July 2016 — in which dozens of people were killed and still more wounded when a man identified as French-Tunisian …
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Claim: A 2016 Stanford study revealed widespread primary election fraud in multiple states favoring Hillary Clinton. What’s True Two researchers (presumably graduate students) from Stanford University and Tilburg University co-authored a paper asserting they uncovered information suggesting …
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Claim: WhatsApp Gold is a premium service offered by WhatsApp. In May 2016, several users of the messaging service WhatsApp reported that they had received an offer to download something called “WhatsApp Gold.” While the messages varied, they all claimed that users who downloaded the new “premium …
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Claim: Multiple news outlets reported that primary voters in New York claimed their votes were switched from Bernie Sanders to Hillary Clinton. On 19 April 2016, social media users began sharing links to what appeared to be a Huffington Post article titled “The Fix Is In: Sanders Supporters in New …
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Claim: The Obama Administration is “fighting in court” to allow non-citizens to vote in general elections. What’s True The League of Women Voters (along with the NAACP and other parties) filed for injunctive relief against the Election Assistance Commission on 12 February 2016 due to unilaterally …
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Claim: California has passed a law allowing undocumented residents to vote. What’s True California has implemented a law providing for the automatic voter registration of motorists who obtain or renew driver’s licenses, and critics contend that the law will make it easier for non-citizens to …
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Claim: Donald Trump was removed from GOP primary ballots in five states. On 23 December 2015, the web site Christian Times Newspaper published an article claiming that Donald Trump had been removed from the Republican primary ballots in five states. The claim was quickly picked up by online …
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Advertisment: Claim: The seven astronauts supposedly killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion are quietly living out their lives in the U.S. On the morning of 28 January 1986, NASA lost its first astronauts to an in-space accident when all seven members of the Space Shuttle Challenger …
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