Sophia Tulp

CLAIM: A graph from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration displaying land and ocean temperatures over the last eight years shows that the Earth has been cooling, not warming, proving that global warming from carbon emissions is a hoax.

CLAIM: A protein naturally found in egg yolks protects against COVID-19 in humans, which is why there is an egg shortage.  AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.

CLAIM: A clip shows Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel admitting the company produced 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2019, before the pandemic began. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.

CLAIM: A legally-binding World Health Organization “pandemic treaty” will give the organization the authority to control U.S. policies during a pandemic, including those on vaccines, lockdowns, school closures and more.

Social media users and conservative commentators are taking the climate activist’s 2018 tweet out of context to push the claim that Thunberg is backtracking on a previous stance.

CLAIM: The Canadian Cancer Society recommends that transgender women get screened for cervical cancer. AP’S ASSESSMENT: Missing context.

CLAIM: It is a double standard that former President Donald Trump may be indicted over alleged hush money payments to women who accused him of sexual encounters, while former President Bill Clinton faced no criminal charges for paying a sexual harassment accuser $850,000.

Moments after the assailant who killed six people at a Nashville private school was identified as transgender, a baseless narrative emerged that there has been an incredible rise in transgender or nonbinary mass shooters in recent years. Specific data on transgender and nonbinary mass shooters can be hard to isolate, but available information shows that the overwhelming majority of assailants in mass shootings are cisgender males. Gender and criminology experts say trans or nonbinary people are far more likely to be the victims of violence.

CLAIM: Brewing company Anheuser-Busch fired its entire marketing department in response to its partnership with a transgender influencer and the rollout of LGBTQ Pride-themed Bud Light cans that feature various pronouns. 

Sometimes, you just have to return to the classics. That’s especially true as Halloween approaches. While you queue up your spooky movie marathon, here are 10 iconic horror movies from the past 70 years for inspiration.