{"id":1517,"date":"2026-05-01T07:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2026-05-01T07:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:47:13","slug":"weekly-fact-checking-round-up-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/weekly-fact-checking-round-up-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Fact-Checking Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of fact-checkers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European fact-checks, visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edmo.eu\/\">main EDMO website<\/a>. Here, we highlight recent fact-checks by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/factcheck\/news\/\">TheJournal FactCheck<\/a>&nbsp;team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/factchecek-conspiracy-theories-donald-trump-attempted-shooting-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2026-7025396-Apr2026\/\">A bizarre \u2018time travel\u2019 theory is among the conspiracies spreading about the DC shooter<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Conspiracy theories circulating online about a recent shooting in Washington\u2014including claims involving \u201ctime travel\u201d\u2014have no basis in reality and illustrate how rapidly false narratives can emerge following breaking news events. Published: 27 April<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Debunked: Video of abandoned \u2018Irish\u2019 woman in London contains no evidence she is Irish<\/strong><br><br>A viral video shared by an anti-immigration activist falsely claimed to show an abandoned Irish woman in London, but the footage has no verified connection to Ireland and includes several misleading details about those involved.&nbsp;&nbsp;Published: 29 April \u2013 by Shane Raymond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of fact-checkers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European fact-checks, visit the&nbsp;main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent fact-checks by&nbsp;TheJournal FactCheck&nbsp;team. A bizarre \u2018time travel\u2019 theory is among the conspiracies spreading about the DC shooter Conspiracy theories circulating online &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/weekly-fact-checking-round-up-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekly Fact-Checking Round-Up&#8221;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}