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Misleading: Prayut Chan O-Cha will lead Thailand's development until 2027 After opposition parties dominated general elections in Thailand, social media posts misleadingly claimed incumbent Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha would retain control over any future government as he had been appointed to lead the kingdom's development until at least 2027. But the role of chair of the National Strategy Committee goes to whomever is prime minister at the time -- not specifically Prayut. The Thai government has refuted the claim, and political analysts also told AFP that Thailand's prime minister chairs the committee by virtue of their position. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)
Old Conspiracy: Conservatives believe that there is a conspiracy to create chemical rainbows near the ground Old ConspiracyAre conservatives or Republicans now taking issue with "manufactured" rainbows that appear when there is water spray from a fountain? No, that's not true: This viral 2007 video of unscientific musings about rainbows was mashed up and posted to mock conservative Repu (Source: Lead Stories)
Private: Only 7 People Showed Up For Trump in Iowa PrivateDid seven people show up for former President Donald Trump in Iowa as the 2024 election season began? No, that's missing context: The video of Trump with seven people was taken inside a radio station office where he was recording an interview -- it was not an event open to (Source: Lead Stories)
Millions of Britons...: Millions of Britons voted to end the jurisdiction of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In a recent letter to the Prime Minister, Andrea Jenkyns MP claimed that millions of people had voted for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The letter, which the Conservative MP shared on Twitter on 17 May, claimed that the "overwhelming majo (Source: Full Fact)
Altered: Audio translation of Emmanuel Macron’s 2022 UN speech is altered Fabricated audio has been added to a video of French President Emmanuel Macron giving a speech to the United Nations General Assembly to make it appear that he apologized to African nations for wrongs they suffered during France’s colonial past. The actual speech and its official (Source: Reuters)