Snopes Debunker - Did Fire Caused by Gender Reveal Party Damage More Property Than 2020 Protests?

 

Did Fire Caused by Gender Reveal Party Damage More Property Than 2020 Protests? ​ In September of this year, a Facebook post began to circulate which claims that a gender reveal party caused more property damage than every 2020 protest against racial injustice in the United States combined.  It’s a compelling meme, but is it factual?  If this fact check can teach us anything, it’s the importance of word choice. Snopes reporter Jessica Lee digs deep to reveal the answers. Read More Fact Checks Did Joe Biden Wave to an Empty Field? Fox News host Sean Hannity helped spread this rumor to millions of viewers. ❌ False Did Trump Say the Military Had No Ammunition When He Took Office? A claim made by President Donald Trump has actually been on the internet for years. ✅  Correct Attribution Did McDonald’s Remove American Flags Nationwide? Repeating a lie ad nauseam does not make it any more true. ❌ False Is Facebook Banning Livestreamed Music Events? New Facebook terms of service will come into effect on Oct. 1, 2020. ❌ Mostly False Is This John D. Rockefeller’s ‘Masonic Creed’? An anonymous email from 2002 continues to circulate online. ❌ Misattributed View Latest Fact Checks Election Day Is Right Around The Corner Early voting for the 2020 U.S. General Election starts in some states this weekend, and mail-in ballots remain the safest way to make your voice heard. Our mail-in voting guide has everything you need to make sure you vote in time, no matter where you live. Read the Guide News ‘A Giant Middle Finger to the Entire System’: Trans Anarchist Satanist Runs for Sheriff ... as a Republican. Read More More Migrant Women Say They Didn’t OK Surgery AP’s review did not find evidence of mass hysterectomies, as alleged in a widely shared complaint filed by a nurse at the detention center. Read More Ohio Limit of 1 Ballot Drop Box Per County Blocked, Appealed An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the Republican secretary of state’s order limiting counties to one ballot drop box, and both the state and the Republican Party have appealed. Read More US Bans WeChat, TikTok Citing National Security The government said its order, previously announced by President Donald Trump in August, will "combat China's malicious collection of American citizens' personal data." Read More FBI Director Says Antifa Is an Ideology, Not an Organization FBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers that antifa is an ideology, not an organization, delivering testimony that puts him at odds with President Donald Trump, who has said he would designate it a terror group. Read More

View Latest News Staff Pick ​ Fake ‘BLM Manifesto’ Is Taken From Italian Fascism Document BLMManifesto.com appears intended to damage and discredit the wider movement against racial injustice and police brutality. Read More