VP Kamala Harris ‘Laughing at Refugees’
A misleadingly clipped segment of a lengthy joint press conference involving U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and President Andrzej Duda of Poland did not involve “laughing” about Ukrainian refugees.
Fact Checks
‘This is Not a Renaissance Painting, This is a Picture Someone in Poland Took of the Window of a Train from Lviv’
A photograph shared across social platforms purportedly shows a woman from Ukraine “from the window of a train in Lviv.”
$6.09 Gas Prices in California Meme
Amid ongoing discourse about gas prices in March 2022, a meme apparently showing gas for sale for $6.09 a gallon in California spread virally.
St. Jude Ukrainian Translators Request
Circulating social media posts claimed that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital needed Ukrainian translators to aid in treating evacuees.
‘Ukraine Looters Taped to Poles’
Viral photographs of purported looters in Ukraine being “taped” to poles are circulating, sometimes identified as Russian soldiers.
Kharkiv Railway Station Image
A broadly circulated image appears to show displaced Ukrainians crowding together at a railway station in Kharkiv in March 2022.
Republican Candidate Booed by University of North Texas Students
A viral Twitter video purportedly shows candidate Jeff Younger getting booed by a college class in March 2022.
Did Flooding in Australia Cause a Quad Bike to Get Stuck on a Power Line?
A lighthearted photo is real — and so is the “rain bomb” that pounded the country in early 2022.
Putin ‘Stripped of Black Belt’
Amid ongoing news about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, social media rumors spread that Vladimir Putin’s black belt was revoked.
Interfax Ukraine: ‘No Need to Declare’ Captured Russian Tanks on Tax Forms
Myriad social media posts claimed Ukraine’s tax authorities issued guidance about properly declaring captured Russian tanks.