“India has nearly 1.4 billion citizens. Nearly 800 million of them live in extreme poverty — less than $1.90 per day. Yet EVERY singly (sic) Indian citizen is required to have a valid form of ID to vote in national elections.”
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Poynter→ Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure. But it could take a while.
Critics of Dr. Anthony Fauci — the government’s top infectious-disease adviser — hint that he profited from the COVID-19 pandemic. Without evidence, they’ve raised questions about whether Fauci made any stock trades […] The post Fauci s
AllSides→ Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure. Yes, but it could take a while.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/jan/13/fauci-said-all-you-have-do-ask-his-financial-discl/ Crit
PolitiFact→ Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure. Yes, but it could take a while.
Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure reports. It’s not that simple.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: She Did Have 4 Legs, But Josephine Myrtle Corbin Is NOT The Woman Pictured
Did Josephine Myrtle Corbin have four legs, raise a family and die at 60? Yes, most of these facts about her in a post are fairly accurate -- she was a real person who lived from 1868 to 1928 and she died just a week before her 60th birth
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta is alive, but he’s not selling CBD gummies
“A tragic end today” for CNN’s Sanjay Gupta
Snopes→ Australian Judge Says Djokovic Can Stay but Saga Not Over
The drama might not be finished, with the government threatening to cancel his visa a second time and deport him.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Unmarried Mother DOES Have Sole Legal Rights To Child In Minnesota – But The Father Can Take Legal Steps For Rights
Does an unmarried mother have sole legal rights to a child in Minnesota, as a social media post claims? Yes, that's true: Like unmarried fathers in other U.S. states, the unmarried father of a child in Minnesota does not automatically rec
Snopes→ Black Man Behind ‘Separate but Equal’ Ruling is Pardoned
Louisiana’s governor posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy.
PolitiFact→ Jon Erpenbach – Democrats made early moves to on high-speed internet access, but at local level, it’s not partisan
The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Omicron Variant Is NOT Spreading Faster Than Any Other Virus In History – But It Is Close
Is the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreading faster than any virus in history? No, that's not true: The omicron variant is extremely contagious but does not spread as quickly as measles, which is the most infectious virus. Dr. Claudia Hoy
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fentanyl deaths spike, but Facebook post overstates by how much
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Grapefruit comes with some risks, but no evidence it’s fatal with antidepressants
Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Police CAN Search A Car For Just The Smell Of Pot — But There Are Exceptions In Some States
Are police not allowed to search a car just because they smell pot? No, that's missing important context: As of November 2021, an Illinois judge ruled the smell of marijuana does not give probable cause for officers to search a car. Howev
PolitiFact→ The vaccine rollout was a success. But events within and beyond Biden’s control stymied progress
The vaccine rollout was a success. But events within and beyond Biden’s control stymied progress
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hospitalizations, Mortality Were NOT Cut In Half After Brazilian City Offered Ivermectin; City Officials Rebut Study
Did a Brazilian city cut hospitalizations and mortality in half after offering everyone ivermectin before COVID-19 vaccinations were available? No, that's not true: City officials in Itajai, Brazil, rebut the draft study, saying less than
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 DID Kill Only 68 Children In 2020, But Chart Omits Context: Infected Children Host And Spread The Virus
Did 67 children ages 5-14 die from COVID-19 in 2020? Yes (68, to be precise), but this chart comparing that to the much higher death tolls from traffic accidents, fires and other causes obscures the risk posed by children's infections, wh
PolitiFact→ Glenn Grothman – Some migrants being tested for COVID at Southern border, but only if they’re sick
Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”
Full Fact→ Full Fact welcomes Joint Committee’s Online Safety Bill report—but questions on freedom of expression unanswered
Today the Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill published their report on the government’s proposed legislation, due next year. We thank the MPs, Peers, and staff who produced this important and thoughtful report in such a short t
Snopes→ Did Biden Read ‘End of Message’ During Bob Dole Tribute?
Right-leaning critics of the president seized upon what appeared to be an unfortunate mistake during a speech in December 2021.
Snopes→ Court Won’t Stop Texas Abortion Ban, but OKs Clinics’ Suit
The outcome is at best only a partial victory for abortion providers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 91-Year-Old Woman Did NOT Give Birth, But Carried A Calcified Fetus For 60 Years
Did a 91-year-old woman find out that she had been pregnant for 60 years when she visited the doctor? Yes and no: the story of the rare health condition of an elderly woman from La Boca, Chile is true, but it is presented in a misleading
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Omicron is still being studied, but data in viral Facebook post is wrong
“The toxicity of COVID-Omicron is 5 times higher than that of the delta variant, and the mortality rate is also higher than that of Delta.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In Scotland, Fully Vaccinated ARE Nearly 9 In Every 10 COVID-19 Deaths — But Simple Numbers Can Mislead
Do fully vaccinated people account for nine in every 10 COVID-19 deaths in Scotland? Yes, that's a bit exaggerated yet true: But simple ratio analysis based on that statistic doesn't tell the story fully. The figures are found in the COVI
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Most military veterans get a boost from Social Security, but not in the form of monthly payments
“If you were in the military before 2002 you get an additional $1,200 a year, ($100 per month) in Social Security. But you have to ask for it and almost no one knows about it.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Maximum Legal Campaign Donation is Indexed to Inflation, But the Minimum Wage is Not’
On December 1 2021, Imgur user Lanhdanan shared an undated Twitter screenshot with an uncited claim that maximum campaign donations were tied to inflation — but the federal minimum wage was not: Although, as mentioned, the context of the date wa
Snopes→ Yes, Pete Buttigieg Said Families Who Buy Electric Cars ‘Never Have To Worry about Gas Prices Again’
The U.S. transportation secretary was discussing the Democrats’ social spending package.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In UK, Fully Vaccinated ARE 4 In Every 5 COVID-19 Deaths — But Simple Ratio Can Mislead If Other Variables Ignored
Do fully vaccinated people account for four in every five recent COVID-19 deaths in the UK? Yes, that's true: But simple ratio analysis based on that statistic doesn't tell the story fully. The figures are found in the COVID-19 vaccine su
PolitiFact→ Mailbag: PolitiFact, ‘this is incorrectly rated’ but ‘keep them honest’
In November, President Joe Biden signed into law a major infrastructure bill, Democrats sought to deflect criticism over inflation, and the nation argued over rules related to COVID-19 vaccines and critical race theory.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: European Medicines Agency Data DOES Show More Than 1.1 Million Adverse Drug Reactions And More Than 30,000 Fatalities By COVID-19 Vaccinations — But All Are Unverified
Does European Medicines Agency data show more than 1.1 million adverse drug reactions and more than 30,000 deaths by COVID-19 vaccinations? Yes, that's true: Those numbers are found in EudraVigilance, the European Union's database of susp
Health Feedback→ Contrary to claim in Becker News article, not all cases of infection lead to immunity; falsely claims that most COVID-19 deaths weren’t caused by COVID-19 but by comorbidities
REVIEW An article published by Becker News in mid-November 2021, written by former Fox News writer Kyle Becker, claimed in its headline that “The CDC Finally Admits a Massive Number of Americans Have ‘Natural Immunity’: 146.6 Million People”
PolitiFact→ Mailbag: PolitiFact, ‘this is incorrectly rated’ but ‘keep them honest’
Readers sound off about our fact-checks on economy, health care and COVID-19
Snopes→ After Record Low, Monarch Butterflies Return to California
There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies.
Snopes→ ‘Sesame Street’ Debuts Ji-Young, First Asian American Muppet
What's in a name? Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant to live there.
Snopes→ Foreign Students Returning to US, but Below Pre-COVID Levels
International students are returning to U.S. colleges in stronger numbers this year, but the rebound has yet to make up for last year’s historic declines as COVID-19 continues to disrupt academic exchange.
Snopes→ Homer Plessy, Key to ‘Separate but Equal,’ on Road to Pardon
A Louisiana board voted to pardon Homer Plessy, whose decision to sit in a “whites-only" railroad car led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence toxic masks are being sent in the mail, but watch out for ‘brushing’ scam
Scam artists are using Amazon to send people face masks laced with “something toxic.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands Of 2020 Ballot Images Required By Law CANNOT Be Produced By Georgia Election Officials — But They Still Have All 5 Million Originals
Did Georgia election officials fall short of producing all the 2020 election ballot images required by law? Yes, that's true: A top Georgia election official says not all the scans of original ballots were transferred into the election ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Digital Driver’s License’ in Utah Will NOT Contain Vaccination Status, Credit Score — But Some States Will
Will Utah implement a "digital driver's license" that includes a license holder's COVID-19 vaccination status and may eventually consist of information such as their credit score? No, that's not true: Although Utah is introducing mobile d
Logically→ Vehicles are a bigger contributor to global warming than cattle.
Methane emissions from both vehicles and cattle contribute to global warming. It can be misleading to compare vehicle emissions and cattle emissions.