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☆ Fact Check-Debunked video of UFO over Eau Claire, Wisconsin resurfaces
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video showing a triangular, metallic object gliding through the sky has been previously identified as computer generated and Reuters found no evidence that it shows an unidentified flying object over Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as claimed on social media. Posts in March 2023 describing the clip as an authentic recording of an object flying over Wisconsin are viewable (here) and (here). However, portions of this video have been making appearances online for years, for example, an iteration of the clip posted in March 2016 to DailyMotion.com can be found (here) . Chad Hoyord, deputy chief of the Eau Claire Police, told Reuters via email that his department was “not aware of any reports of this nature in the City of Eau Claire.” Reuters did not find any verifiable evidence of recent UFO sightings in Eau Claire, Wisconsin either. There is no evidence to support claims that this video depicts an object flying over the city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

☆ Fact Check-Claims that Rudy Giuliani threatened Donald Trump with revealing information stem from satire account
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Claims that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani threatened former U.S. President Donald Trump with revealing information about his handling of classified documents and his attempts to overturn the 2020 elections originated as satire, although some social media users were duped into thinking they are legitimate. I don't report the facts, I improve them.” Reuters has previously debunked satirical claims taken seriously that stemmed from this account (here), (here). No credible news outlets reported on the supposed story (bit.ly/3EDY5eJ), and searches through his website (here) and Twitter account provided no results (bit.ly/3YbVHmw), (bit.ly/41vurBY). Rudy Giuliani did not threaten Donald Trump with revealing information if he’s not paid “the money he’s owed”. The claims stem from a satirical Twitter account.

☆ Infected in the first wave, they navigated long COVID without a roadmap
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Julie Steenhuysen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Three years later, at least 65 million people worldwide are estimated to have long COVID, according to an evidence review published last month in Nature Reviews Microbiology. An analysis of thousands of health records by the RECOVER trial found that non-Hispanic white women in wealthier areas were more likely than others to have a long COVID diagnosis. Researchers said that likely reflected disparities in access to healthcare, and suggests that many cases of long COVID among people of color are not being diagnosed. She has since been diagnosed with long COVID and can no longer work. Other infections such as Lyme disease can result in long-term symptoms, many of which overlap with long COVID.

☆ Fact Check-Digitally altered video shows Biden talking about UFOs and extraterrestrials
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

White House Spokesperson Saloni Sharma told Reuters the remarks “never happened.”Reuters found no public record of Biden saying this. “While the voice cloning is quite effective, the video manipulation is quickly discernible as fake,” he told Reuters via email. Reuters previously debunked another digitally altered video of Biden (here ). A White House spokesperson told Reuters Biden did not make such remarks about flying objects. There is no evidence that he said that, and experts told Reuters that the video circulating on social media has been manipulated.

☆ Fact Check-Claims conservatives were injured shooting down the Chinese balloon originated as satire
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

There is no evidence that a group of conservatives were injured while trying to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States for a few days in early February, contrary to social media posts. The claims stem from a satirical Twitter account. U.S. officials said on Feb. 2 that a Chinese spy balloon had been flying over the country for a few days, Reuters reported. There is no evidence that six local conservatives were injured while trying to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon. The claims stem from a satirical Twitter account.

☆ Fact Check-Claims that Fox News producer accidentally insulted viewers stem from satire account
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Claims that a Fox News executive producer “accidentally” insulted their viewers “on a hot mic” originated on a satire account, although some users were duped into thinking they were legitimate. The account shares satirical content and has the following written on its bio: “Dada news. I don't report the facts, I improve them.” Reuters has previously debunked claims stemming from this account (here). There is no evidence that a Fox News producer made such a statement. Claims that a Fox News producer accidentally insulted their viewers stem from a satire account.

☆ Elon Musk's Twitter faces censorship allegations in India free speech battle
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Covers Tech For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk is facing allegations of being complicit with state censorship after Twitter appeared to take sides with India’s government in a turbulent free speech fight over a documentary critical of the country’s prime minister. Musk’s brief answer was in contrast to the sometimes-detailed, personalized responses he has given to other people who complain to him about Twitter. Within India, Twitter said it complied 5.6% of the time. “The BBC has not asked Twitter to remove any content relating to the documentary,” the British broadcaster said in a statement. “The IT Rules are being exploited, handing authorities license to pressure platforms to censor content in ‘emergency’ cases,” he said in a Twitter thread.

☆ Girl Scout mom kicked out of Radio City and barred from seeing Rockettes after facial recognition tech identified her
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

“I was just a mom taking my daughter to see a Christmas show,” she told NBC New York. It’s un-American to do this.”The Rockettes perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York in 2019. The spokesperson added that a sign outside Radio City Music Hall informs visitors that facial recognition technology is among the security measures it has in place. The company spokesperson called its policy “straightforward” and said attorneys at firms pursuing litigation against it are welcome at its venues once the litigation is resolved. New York court records show that there are more than 20 active lawsuits pending against MSG Entertainment and its properties in the state.

☆ A picture and its story 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

I flew to Edinburgh the next morning, where the hearse carrying her coffin from Balmoral Castle was expected to arrive two days later. This would be the first moment that the world would see the Queen’s coffin itself, outside of the hearse. After we had waited for hours, the hearse drove down the Royal Mile, the main road leading to Holyroodhouse. The castle gates opened and the hearse stopped outside, where Princess Anne and princes Edward and Andrew were waiting for their mother. When the hearse was opened, soldiers of the Royal Regiment of Scotland lifted out the Queen’s coffin.

☆ Biden to host French President Macron at his first state dinner
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Peter Nicholas | Peter Nicholas Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

White House executive chef Cris Comerford gave a media preview Wednesday of the state dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron. “You need France.”Then-President Trump hosted French President Macron at a state dinner in 2018. The state dinner may be the Biden administration’s way of apologizing for an unforced error of such magnitude, Fried said. “We owed the French one after that.”A dish is previewed for the Macron state dinner. The last state dinner at the White House was in 2019.

☆ What China’s Protesters Are Calling For
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Agnes Chang | Chang Che | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

The protesters’ calls for an end to lockdowns have morphed into demands for official accountability and even for China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to step down. In Shanghai on Sunday, protesters had gathered at Urumqi Road, named after the city, when the man stepped onto the road. The crowd responded: “No!”“Chinese people, we have to be braver!” ReutersThe crowd applauded. PLAINCLOTHES OFFICER PLAINCLOTHES OFFICER The New York Times; video via ReutersThe man continued: “How did the people in Urumqi die? “The foreign forces you are talking about — are they Marx and Engels?”“We are all patriots,” one replies.

(Reuters) - The shooting death of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer prompted the U.S. Justice Department's most significant investigation of policing practices since the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement. The DOJ also pointed out that “police departments in surrounding municipalities and the County” have practices similar to Ferguson, although that issue was “beyond the scope” of the investigation. In fact, federal officials even considered opening another investigation of the St. Louis police department for similar problems, Reuters reported in October 2020. Ferguson officials expressed concerns that the reforms required to stop exploitative policing in their city would “cripple city finances,” Reuters reported in March 2016. (A measure to institute a modest property tax increase to fund the reforms didn't get the required two-thirds majority vote.)

☆ Fact Check-False claims about arrest of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine originated on website that shares parody news
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink was “arrested” on Oct. 10 are false and stem from an article in a website that describes its content as containing parody and satire news. A U.S. Embassy to Ukraine spokesperson told Reuters the allegation about Brink “is utter nonsense.” Reuters also found no credible evidence to support the claims she’d been arrested. An article entitled “Military Arrests US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink” was published by Real Raw on Oct. 10 (here). Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink was “arrested” on Oct. 10 are false, a spokesperson for the embassy told Reuters. The allegation stems from an article by a website that has a history of publishing fabricated stories and describes its content as including satire and parody.

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