This Week: Rumors about Brittney Griner, Trump, CPAC, and Air Florida 90

Plus: The knocker-uppers, and an inseminating nanobot. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ​ SATURDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker Aug. 13, 2022 Trouble Reading? [View in Your Browser]( This Week: Rumors about Brittney Griner, Trump, CPAC, and Air Florida 90 Is the Meme About Brittney Griner and Audrey Lorber True? Recently, the Occupy Democrats Facebook page posted a meme about WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner that purported to compare Griner’s jail sentence in Russia to that of a white American named Audrey Lorber. According to the meme, a white American named Audrey Lorber received far less jail time in Russia than Griner did for a similar drug possession crime. Jordan Liles reports. [Read Now]( [] [] Fact Checks and Original Reporting [] Did Trump Say ‘Anyone Being Investigated by the FBI Is Not Qualified To Be President’? Occupy Democrats shared a meme with this purported Trump quote after news broke that his Mar-a-Lago property had been searched by the FBI. [Read Story.]( Did a CPAC Banner Say, ‘We Are All Domestic Terrorists’? Another banner at the same conservative conference warned, "You're Next: The Rise of the Democrat Gulag." [Read Story.]( Does Photo Show Air Florida Flight 90 Crashing into Bridge? In our research, we were less concerned with the fairly obvious fact that it didn't show the 1982 crash than we were with finding the origins of the image. [Read Story.]( [Latest Fact Checks]( News [In Biden’s Big Bill: Climate, Health Care, Deficit Reduction]( The package heading toward final passage in Congress and to the White House for President Joe Biden's signature will touch countless American lives. [Read More]( [CDC Drops Quarantine, Distancing Recommendations for COVID]( The changes are driven by a recognition that an estimated 95% of Americans 16 and older have acquired some level of immunity. [Read More]( [Trump Says FBI Searched Estate in Major Escalation of Probe]( The FBI searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence. [Read More]( [] [View Latest News]( Editor’s Picks Get even more fact-filled reporting by checking out articles curated by Snopes editors, like this one: Who Were the Knocker-Uppers? Before alarm clocks became common, someone had to wake up workers in industrialized England. [Read Story.]( Does This Video Show a Nanobot Inseminating Egg with ‘Lazy’ Sperm? The corkscrew shaped "micromotor" is said to help propel immotile sperm. [Read Story.]( [View All Editors' Picks]( Keep Snopes Debunking Show your support for Team Snopes by making a one-time contribution today. [Contribute Now]( Manage Preferences Need to update your email address or how often you get Snopes in your inbox? You can do that by managing your email preferences [Manage Your Preferences]( Unsubscribe You can unsubscribe from all Snopes emails by clicking the link below. Please note, this includes from both paid and free newsletters. [Unsubscribe from Everything]( Snopes Media Group Inc. 864 Grand Ave #256 San Diego, CA 92109 © 1994 - 2022 by Snopes. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes. ‌