Snopes Debunker - Viral lion video, Jumanji settlement, and the dark side of Facebook prayer requests

​ TUESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Jan. 4, 2022 Today: Viral lion video, Jumanji settlement, and the dark side of Facebook prayer requests ​ Did a Woman Carry a Lion Down the Street? Recently, a video went viral that supposedly showed a woman carrying a lion down the street. As this video was circulated on social media, some wondered if this footage was real or if it was the result of some digital editing. And, if it was real, why was this happening? Dan Evon reports. Read More Fact Checks and Original Reporting Viral Prayer Request Exploits Dead Child, Mother Tells Facebook Like-Farmers: ‘Go Straight to Hell’ Deyse Lene, the mother, said that Sarah, her baby, passed away in 2018. Here's how we found the truth. Read Story. Did an Orangutan Try To Fight a Bulldozer Razing a Forest? The video went viral on Reddit in early 2022. Read Story. Did Ted Cruz Confuse Washington State With Western Australia in Anti-Democrat Tweet? "Power-drunk authoritarian kill-joys," Cruz tweeted. But where? Read Story. Did Makers of Jumanji Settle a $729B Class Action Lawsuit? The lawsuit supposedly alleged that paranormal forces inside the Jumanji video game threatened to kill all of its players.​ Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Skip the Clickbait We debunk the rumors behind misleading online advertisements. Such ads lead to slideshow articles that require a seemingly endless number of "next page" clicks. We've flipped through thousands of pages to save our readers a bit of time. Read More News Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr Subpoenaed by NY Attorney General The office of New York’s attorney general confirmed for the first time that it had subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children. Read More Former Theranos CEO Holmes Convicted of Fraud and Conspiracy Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of duping investors into believing her startup Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device that could detect a multitude of diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood. Read More Drivers Snowed-In All Night As I-95 Shuts Down in Virginia Both directions of traffic on I-95 came to a standstill between Ruther Glen, Virginia, in Caroline County and exit 152 in Dumfries, Prince William County. Read More

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