Plus: Breaking down claim Iranians burned Baal statues at rallies
FRIDAY EDITION | Snopes Debunker | | Did Thom Tillis ask Kristi Noem about salacious text from Corey Lewandowski? | Rumors spread online that Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, chastised former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about a salacious text message from her special adviser Corey Lewandowski. | The claim spread following Noem's testimony in a Senate hearing about her leadership of the Department of Homeland Security — days before Trump fired her from the position. Reporter Joey Esposito has the real story. | | | | Did US figure skater Ilia Malinin receive threatening message from Trump? Not so fast | Malinin reportedly told his Instagram followers about the alleged message in a late-night livestream. | | | | Get the Snopes app, check the facts anywhere | For more than 30 years, Snopes has been fighting misinformation. Now it's in your pocket. When you're not sure if something is true or false, just open the app and Snopes it. Save articles to your reading list, switch to night mode, see fact-check ratings at a glance, and even play our daily crossword. Available on iOS and Android for phones and tablets. | | | | Does this photo show graves of Iranian girls killed in Minab school attack? | Contrary to claims from Grok and others, the image doesn't show grave sites in Indonesia or Brazil. | | | | Posts claim this image shows Iranians mourning schoolgirls killed by airstrikes. Here's the truth | A social media user said he shared it "symbolically to reflect the scale of the tragedy." | | | | Did Jim Carrey use body double or clone to accept French award? | Photos and videos of Carrey at the César Awards corroborate the real actor attended the event. | | | Staff pick | | Breaking down claim Iranians burned Baal statues at rallies | Social media users claimed Iranians burned statues of Baal, an ancient Middle Eastern god, during public rallies. Some posts suggested a link between the statue burnings and the decisions by the U.S. and Israel to attack Iran on Saturday. | Reporter Emery Winter verified what we do (and don't) know about the claim. | | |
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