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Hurricane Harvey
Does This Picture Show a Shark Swimming Down a Highway After a Hurricane?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug 28, 2011
A much-repurposed photograph of a shark swimming down a flooded highway after a hurricane is a fake.
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Did President Trump Save Two Cats After Hurricane Harvey?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Sep 5, 2017
Is President Trump enough of a feline lover to go wading out into floodwaters to rescue a pair o ...
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Floridians Can Obtain Food Stamp Benefits If Their Power Went Out During Hurricane Irma?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sep 15, 2017
A series of Facebook rumors about food stamp benefits for post-Irma Florida residents have a gra ...
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Red Cross Instructed to Throw Away Donated Supplies in Texas?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Brooke Binkowski
Sep 13, 2017
A viral video from Houston, Texas makes claims about the Red Cross' treatment of food and other ...
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Texas Accepts Mexican Offer of Hurricane Harvey Aid
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Aug 29, 2017
The U.S. State Department thanked Mexico's government for the "very generous offer" of assistance.
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Was Barack Obama President During Hurricane Katrina?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Aug 30, 2017
Twitter users tried to pin the blame for Katrina relief issues on Obama, though he wasn't even p ...
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Was Joel Osteen's Houston 'Megachurch' Affected By Hurricane Harvey?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Aug 28, 2017
The evangelist was criticized on social media for not opening Lakewood Church to help people fle ...
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Did Mexican Troops Aid the U.S. After Hurricane Katrina?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sep 4, 2016
As Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in 2017, so too did a rumor that Mexico sent troops to assist U.S. ...
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Did a City in Texas Require Harvey Aid Recipients to Promise Not to Boycott Israel?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct 24, 2017
The mayor of Dickinson, Texas, says a new state law requires that the city ask aid recipients no ...
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Did the Red Cross Steal Donations in Texas, Empowered by an Obama-Era Executive Order?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sep 21, 2017
A viral Facebook video contains false and unproven claims about the humanitarian organization's ...
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Were Houston Residents Warned to Use Gas Masks During Mosquito Spraying?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sep 21, 2017
A warning video about the use of the insecticide naled in parts of Texas gets some facts wrong a ...
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Did Ben Carson Tell Hurricane Victims 'Homelessness Is A Gift From Heaven'?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Sep 19, 2017
An image circulating online attributes an insensitive (and fabricated) quote to the Secretary of ...
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Can Hurricane Victims Delay Their Mortgage Payments?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Sep 15, 2017
Lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as well as the federal government, have programs to help hom ...
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Did Floodwaters in Southeast Texas Test Positive for Several Diseases After Harvey?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sep 13, 2017
There is no evidence to support a viral Facebook warning about certain cities, but the public sh ...
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Did the Red Cross Serve This Meal to Hurricane Victims?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Sep 13, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a meal served by the Red Cross to victims of Hurricane Harvey i ...
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Did Jennifer Lawrence Say Hurricanes Are 'Nature's Wrath' Against Trump?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sep 11, 2017
Right-wing web sites misrepresented Lawrence's assertion that climate change is caused by human ...
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Did Physicist Michio Kaku Say HAARP Caused Irma and Harvey?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sep 11, 2017
A 2013 CBS video segment about weather modification was dishonestly reframed as a clip about Hur ...
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Did a 2005 Movie Feature Hurricanes Named Harvey and Irma?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sep 8, 2017
An online conspiracy theory about government-created hurricanes gets even the most basic facts w ...
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Did FEMA Deny Aid to Harvey Victims Unless They Received Vaccinations?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sep 5, 2017
A false rumor that could discourage hurricane victims from seeking aid spread on social media.
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Did a Texas Mosque Refuse to Help Hurricane Harvey Survivors?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Sep 4, 2017
A "satire" site fabricated a story about a local mosque closing its doors to "infidels" seeking ...
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