Snopes Debunker - A living "Gilligan's Island" star, that Plaid settlement email, and that rumor about "Lachlan Leary"

​ SATURDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Jan. 22, 2021 This Week: A living "Gilligan's Island" star, that Plaid settlement email, and that rumor about "Lachlan Leary" ​ Is a ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Star Still Alive and Over Age 100? This month, an online advertisement claimed that a “Gilligan’s Island” star was still alive at over 100 years old. It read: “‘Gilligan’s Island’ Star Is Almost 103 & Lives Like This.” The ad leads to a 101-page slideshow article, and we clicked through all of it. Jordan Liles reports. Read More Fact Checks and Original Reporting Is the Plaid Settlement Email a Scam or Legit? Readers began receiving a "notice of class action settlement" for a company named Plaid in early 2022. Read Story. Did a Milkman Father 800 Children? This old trope continues to be a source of rumors. Read Story. No, the COVID-19 Vaccine Didn’t Kill ‘Lachlan Leary’ of Australia Australians have been subjected to a flood of COVID-related disinformation since the pandemic began. Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks News Intel Building $20B Ohio Chip Facility Amid Global Shortage Intel will invest $20 billion in a new computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to video games. Read More NCAA Adopts New Policy for Transgender Athletes The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. Read More Supreme Court Allows Jan. 6 Committee to Get Trump Documents The justices rejected a bid by Trump to withhold the documents from the committee until the issue is finally resolved by the courts. Read More

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