Author name: Lance Hudgins

A video shared on Facebook claims to show author and journalist Chris Hedges reciting a poem about Gaza at the 2024 Oscars. Verdict: False Hedges did not talk about Gaza at the Academy Awards. The video has been edited. Fact Check: More than 1,000 Jewish entertainers signed a letter slamming director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech during

Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction, slammed a CNN reporter attempting to get a “gotcha moment.” Morrow, a homeschooling parent, defeated Catherine Truitt, who currently holds the office as the state’s superintendent, in North Carolina’s Republican primary election, according to The Charlotte Observer. Morrow has reportedly come under fire

A post shared on Facebook claims the London Eye, a popular Ferris wheel and tourist attraction in the U.K., has been dismantled.  Verdict: False There is no evidence the attraction has been dismantled. All photos shown in the post originate from 1999 when the attraction was built. Fact Check:  Train drivers in the London Underground

A video shared on X purports to show 2024 presumptive Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump being slapped by an Iranian Kurdish man at a recent campaign rally. Donald Trump received a strong slap from an Iranian Kurdish young man during his speech yesterday that he will not forget for the rest of his

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) are continuing to increase their fundraising haul, raking in more cash than former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, according to Politico. Biden’s campaign account reported that it brought in $21 million during February, setting the reelection bid up with $71

A post  shared on social media purports to show mass flooding in Saudi Arabia and The United Arab Emirates. Verdict: False The claim is inaccurate. The video is from Oman, not Saudi Arabia. Fact Check: Saudi Arabia is planning to invest $40 billion into Artificial Intelligence,  The New York Times  reported. Leaders are in talks

California voters on Wednesday barely passed a measure to massively increase taxpayer funds going toward constructing facilities for certain homeless people in the state, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Proposition 1, a measure consisting of a $6.4 billion bond, aims to bolster treatment and housing options for homeless individuals grappling with mental health

A video shared on Instagram purports to show a tweet from CNN claiming Kenyan President William Ruto called President Joe Biden about purchasing amphibious landing crafts to carry out a naval invasion of the Haitian coast. Verdict: False The purported tweet is fabricated. The claim made via the purported tweet is neither referenced on CNN’s

A guest speaker event Wednesday night at the University of Memphis featuring Kyle Rittenhouse resulted in mobs of protesters causing chaos on campus. Video posted on social media shows hundreds of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters chasing and preventing event attendees from exiting the parking garage. Police were seen intervening in the confrontation to stop

A photo shared on X allegedly shows an article from The Atlantic titled “Ketanji Brown Jackson’s role in white supremacy.”  GOLD pic.twitter.com/djdgsI5bWz — James Lindsay, number one Gay Studies author (@ConceptualJames) March 4, 2024 Verdict: False The Atlantic published no such article. It cannot be found on the outlet’s website or social media accounts. Fact