hoaxeye, 10 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

Uri Geller posted this on X. He claims the image shows alien bodies in a NASA refrigerator. Those are actually props for X-files tv-series. https://hoaxeye.com/2017/06/13/area-51-aliens/ #factcheck I miss the simple spoon bending tricks.

w7voa, 10 months ago to random

A #FactCheck of the controversial US country music video by Jason Aldean who contended it contains only "real news footage” reveals that’s not true and many of the authentic clips show protests in other countries. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/07/fact-check-some-video-clips-in-jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-video-are-not-news-footage.html

hoaxeye, 9 months ago to random

This picture is popular and is being shared as a real example of pareidolia. The face of Brazilian President Lula da Silva was generated with AI. It was overlayed on top of a landscape photo. https://www.malumatfurus.org/insan-yuzu-seklinde-manzara/ #factcheck

hoaxeye, 11 months ago to random

Meme check: Home Simpson's ear resembles the Threads logo? https://hoaxeye.com/2023/07/09/homer-simpson-and-the-threads-logo/ #factcheck h/t @idoubtit @fisadev

auscandoc, 2 months ago to news

People trust themselves more than they trust the news. They shouldn’t. - Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/people-trust-themselves-more-than-they-trust-the-news-they-shouldnt.php “The reason: People have greater faith in their own abilities to “#FactCheck” the news than they have in the #news itself. In the past year, we have published two academic studies that suggest this faith is misplaced, and that it actually leaves people more likely to believe #misinformation.

People view #journalism skeptically… (1/4)

girls_can, 9 months ago to Ford

🚨#factcheck 🚨 "The government is currently working to implement all 14 recommendations put forward in the report related to process," Yelich said.

BUT there were 15 recommendations in the #auditorgeneralreport and #ford is rejecting the MOST important one- to reconsider the #greenbelt land swap properties.

Why don’t #journalists challenge these lies. #onpoli

https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/rcmp-probing-ford-government-s-handling-of-the-greenbelt-1.6530703?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F

adrianfry, 5 months ago to random

In 1980 a First Class stamp cost 12p which equates to about 50p today. The actual cost is now £1.25. Can anyone explain why it now costs more than double?

Whilst it's tempting to assume that privatisation is to blame and that shareholders are the beneficiaries, I wonder whether there are other reasons?

#RoyalMail #FactCheck #FullFact #inflation #privatisation #capitalism

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/mar/27/60p-price-stamp-royal-mail

NatureMC, 1 year ago to random

Yeah, #Bellingcat is on Mastodon: @Bellingcat
Some time ago it was a rather empty account, but they started to post regularly now.

Bellingcat is one of the most important #investigation platforms for #journalism and part of the Global Investigative Journalism Network: https://www.bellingcat.com/ They work also intensively on factchecking Russian #propaganda and #WarCrimes.
#InvestigativeJournalism #factcheck #FollowFriday

hoaxeye, 10 months ago to random

Sometimes reliable news sources spread misinformation (often by accident)

Example: CBS news posted a space selfie of astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. It's not real, and caused more work.

The mentioned CBS article is still up. They never reacted to this #factcheck
https://hoaxeye.com/2016/12/20/space-selfie/

jackiegardina, 11 months ago to legal

Daniel Dale is working overtime again to fact check claims regarding the #espionageact

Here are 7 cases from 2017 to 2023 in which an obscure citizen was convicted and sentenced to prison time for having classified material at home -- under the exact same Espionage Act "willful retention" provision Trump is charged under. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/politics/fact-check-espionage-act-trump-willful-retention-prison/index.html

#law #lawfedi #lawyers #factcheck

hoaxeye, 10 months ago to random

Jim Ferguson, a “social media influencer”, blames the wildfires in Greece on illegal immigrants. He posted a video that was actually from 2019.

Related #factcheck (in German): https://correctiv.org/faktencheck/migration/2019/05/10/fluechtlinge-randalieren-auf-dem-weg-nach-europa-desinformation-war-grund-fuer-unruhen-in-griechenland/

We don’t have time for conspiracy theories or playing the blame-game when it comes to the climate crisis.

hoaxeye, 10 months ago to random

LeBron James in Barbie premiere? According to some estimates, around 30% of people who saw this #midjourneyAI image believe it to be real. https://hoaxeye.com/2023/07/25/lebron-james-in-barbie-premiere/ #factcheck

hoaxeye, 11 months ago to random

That’s not a real photo of Bigfoot or Sasquatch taken in 1883. It’s AI generated image by Instagram user “the_ai_experiment”. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsCJRquua6C/ #factcheck

hoaxeye, 10 months ago to random

Old claim about a pyramid in Antarctica has returned https://hoaxeye.com/2023/07/25/pyramid-in-antarctica/ #factcheck #debunk

hoaxeye, 11 months ago to random

Fake: Video With Human Skulls Found on Kakhovka Reservoir Shore https://gwaramedia.com/en/fake-video-with-human-skulls-found-on-kakhovka-reservoir-shore/ #factcheck

commscholar, 1 year ago to random

Terrible news for those in the #factcheck and #misinformation community. The wife of Ferdi Oszoy, interim director of the International Fact-Checking Network, was pushed into a moving subway train in New York City on Sunday and suffered life-altering injuries. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-arrest-suspect-wanted-for-shoving-woman-into-moving-subway-car-critically-injuring-her/

A #GoFundMe campaign has been established for Emine Oszoy to help with her medical bills: https://gofund.me/dc2699fd

@commondon
@communicationscholars

hoaxeye, 9 months ago to random

An AI generated image of a large storm cloud over a desert road is being shared as real. It is often falsely credited to a photographer who doesn't seem to exist. https://hoaxeye.com/2023/08/26/large-storm-cloud-over-a-desert-road/ #factcheck

kbsez, 8 months ago to iran

#Iran #FactCheck

Pointer_kroncrv, 7 months ago to random Dutch

Volgens de BoerBurgerBeweging #BBB is Nederland 'slechts' verantwoordelijk voor 0,4 procent van de wereldwijde CO2-uitstoot. Ook is de CO2-voetafdruk volgens de partij per inwoner kleiner dan die van 'menig ander (Westers) land'. Het lage percentage dat de BBB noemt klopt, maar dat betekent niet dat Nederlanders weinig CO2 uitstoten. Integendeel.

Lees onze #factcheck: https://pointer.kro-ncrv.nl/nederlandse-co2-uitstoot-is-niet-weinig

#verkiezingen #TK2023

hoaxeye, 9 months ago to random

Fact Check: Laser Beam Was NOT Present In Press Photo Of Burning Lahaina Church -- Photo Was Swiped And Edited To Deceive https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/08/fact-check-laser-beam-was-not-present-in-press-photo-of-burning-lahaina-church-was-edited-to-deceive.html #factcheck

Snowshadow, 3 months ago to news

🇺🇸 Fact check: Debunking five false Trump claims about NATO

For a third straight presidential election campaign, former U.S. president Donald Trump is being serially inaccurate about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance.

#News #FactCheck #Politics #NATO #Trump
@TonyStark
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/fact-check-debunking-five-false-trump-claims-about-nato-1.6768497

eunews, 5 months ago to news

Fake Euronews report on corruption within the Ukrainian government spreads online

Another fake Euronews report has been brought to our attention, claiming the fact-checking unit, The Cube, has investigated the cryptocurrency links of a top Ukrainian official. Euronews never published such a report and their logo and text have been used without their permission.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/12/30/fake-euronews-report-on-corruption-within-the-ukrainian-government-spreads-online

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #Ukraine #FactCheck #FakeNews

Nonilex, 14 days ago to frontpage

#Trump is speaking soon on the #verdict of #guilty on 34 #felonies.

But first a look at the #frontpage of today’s #newspapers:

#Felon #Criminal #law #politics #TrumpTrial

Clockwise from top left: The Sun, The Daily News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Der Spiegel, The Queens Daily Eagle, The DailyStar, The Drudge Report, The Star Tribune. Center: The Daily Mirror

mediabiasfactcheck, 10 days ago to random

Fact Check: Edited Video Does NOT Show People Celebrating Trump's Guilty Verdict -- They Were Celebrating A 2016 Soccer Game https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/06/fact-check-video-does-not-show-people-celebrating-trumps-guilty-verdict-in-pub-they-were-celebrating-a-2016-soccer-game.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CurrentEvents #Elections #FactCheck

Nonilex, 9 days ago to america

#Biden calls #America’s democratic values the “grounding wire of our global power” & its #alliances “our greatest asset.” …#Trump, called for withdrawing American forces in #Europe & #Asia & has promised… to cut loose even our closest #allies if they don’t do as he tells them. …Trump sees all countries as unreliable, the relations between them #transactional. That sentiment has spread throughout a #GOP that once championed America’s values abroad…

#BidenHarris2024
https://time.com/6984970/joe-biden-2024-interview/