Did Oprah Winfrey announce she is ending her talk show and moving to Italy, saying "I can't live in the U.S. for the next four years and breathe the same air as Elon Musk" as online article claimed? No, that's not true: There is no eviden
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PolitiFact→ Social Media – Bill Gates didn’t say defunding USAID would cause a “mystery illness”
Bill Gates said, “Defunding USAID will bring about another mystery illness across the world.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: January 2025 Study Did NOT Conclude Ozempic Causes Blindness
Did a study published in January 2025 definitively establish a link between Ozempic and blindness, as was implied in a post on X? No, that's not true: The study was a small observational analysis of just nine patients that did not establi
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Donald Trump did not post that Chiefs lost Super Bowl because of ‘DEI nonsense’
President Donald Trump posted that “the Chiefs’ Super Bowl performance was a disaster” and “too focused on DEI nonsense.”
Health Feedback→ Viral copypasta posts mislead about cancer causes and testing, promote unproven cancer remedies
REVIEW In late January 2025, “copypasta” posts containing multiple claims about cancer went viral on Facebook. The term copypasta is Internet slang for a block of text that is directly copied and pasted many times across social media platforms.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Explosion In Philadelphia Was NOT Caused By ‘Missile Or Comet’ — FAA Reports It Involved A Learjet 55 Airplane
Was the explosion near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia on January 31, 2025, not caused by an airplane crash but by a missile or comet? No, that's not true: The Federal Aviation Administration and multiple news outlets confirmed that the in
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – ICE tip line not paused because of reports about Musk, claim started as satire
“ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting Elon Musk.”
Health Feedback→ Flawed analysis of Florida Medicaid data used to promote false claim that vaccines cause autism
REVIEW In January 2025, a claim that vaccines cause autism circulated online, using a study of children enrolled in Medicaid as supporting evidence for the claim. The claim was propagated through a Substack article by entrepreneur Steve Kirsch, whic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ICE Did NOT Announce It Was Pausing Hotline Because of Bogus Elon Musk Reports — Satire Post
Did ICE announce it was pausing a hotline to report undocumented immigrants because 90 percent of the calls were people reporting Elon Musk? No, that's not true: That claim originated on a satirical X account named "The Halfway Post." The
Health Feedback→ Vaccines don’t cause mercury toxicity; the mercury compound present in some vaccines is different from the one in seafood
REVIEW In late January, a Threads post with over 3,000 interactions claimed that doctors’ advice regarding mercury exposure in infants is inconsistent. Specifically, the post argued that while doctors recommend that pregnant women not eat fish “
PolitiFact→ Common Cause – Yes, Wisconsin makes it harder to vote than most other U.S. states
Wisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation.
Health Feedback→ Grapefruit can cause negative effects when mixed with certain antidepressants, such as sertraline (Zoloft)
REVIEW A Facebook post from 13 January 2025 claimed that eating grapefruit while taking antidepressants “could cause an overdose, amongst other complications”. The post was shared more than 2,000 times. As we will explain below, there is an elem
Health Feedback→ Moderna booster vaccine trials didn’t cause “mass heart attacks” in children, contrary to online claims
REVIEW The development and wider rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines involved dozens of trials to check the safety and effectiveness across different vaccines, doses, timeframes, populations, and virus variants. An important aspect of these trials is t
PolitiFact→ Did Trump kill ‘Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965’? Here’s why that claim caused confusion
President Donald Trump revoked executive order 11246, signed by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, that required federal contractors to provide equal opportunity in hiring. Some social media users mistakenly claimed Trump revoked a law.
Health Feedback→ Nature Biotechnology study misrepresented in social media posts claiming “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
REVIEW In January 2025, Facebook posts appeared claiming that a study published in January 2025 showed “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage” and that COVID-19 vaccines “should never have been allowed to be injected into humans”. Examples of suc
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims Whoopi Goldberg lost a Los Angeles mansion because of wildfire started as satire
“Whoopi Goldberg’s mansion in Los Angeles was destroyed in a wildfire, with damages estimated at millions of dollars.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Usha Vance Would NOT Lose Her US Citizenship Because of Trump Birthright Policy
Could second lady Usha Vance have her U.S. citizenship revoked because of the executive order President Donald Trump issued that seeks to ban automatic citizenship for some babies born to a parent with no permanent legal status in the Uni
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this video doesn’t show the Los Angeles fires started at the same time (because they didn’t)
“All three California wild fires seem to start at the same time!”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, talk show host Jimmy Kimmel isn’t ending his show and emigrating because of Trump’s election
“Jimmy Kimmel just announced that his show will end on January 20th … he’s leaving for Canada and says he’s ‘never coming back.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tesla Batteries Did NOT Cause Monterey Power Plant Fire
Did Tesla batteries cause the fire at the Monterey, California, power plant on January 16, 2025 or was their presence related to it? No, that's not true: Fire officials said the fire at the Moss Landing facility started inside a building
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Cloud seeding can cause rain, but not somewhere as dry as Los Angeles right now
“If they wanted to stop the fires they would make it rain.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Mark Cuban didn’t move his operations to California because he ‘can’t operate in red states’
“Mark Cuban shifts company from Texas to California: ‘Can’t operate in red states.’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Taxi Driver NOT Sentenced To 7 Years Because Of ‘Social Media Posts’ — From Other Offenses
Was a man in England sentenced to 7½ years in jail just because of his social media posts? No, that's not true: He was sentenced based on charges involving violence, according to the police organization handling his arrest. The man, a ta
Health Feedback→ Ingredients in bird flu vaccine Audenz are safe in the amounts present; no evidence that they’re toxic or cause cancer
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The Dispatch→ There’s Cause for Optimism on Campus Free Speech
Universities have started to adopt institutional neutrality—and recognize they aren’t invincible.
The Dispatch→ There Are No Lost Causes
Syria has nowhere to go but up.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, 600 bodies weren’t discovered in North Carolina because of Hurricane Helene
Six hundred body bags were “filled the first day” of Hurricane Helene recovery in North Carolina.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Clooney Did NOT Leave US Permanently For UK Because He ‘Can’t Take The Red Wave Anymore’
Did George Clooney leave the United States permanently for England after Donald Trump was elected president in 2024, with Clooney saying he "can't take the red wave anymore"? No, that's not true: This originated from SpaceX Fanclub, a Fac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden CANNOT Pardon Alleged Gunman Luigi Mangione Because Pending Charges Are State Crimes
Does President Joe Biden have the power to pardon Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson? No, that's not true: As of this writing, Mangione was jailed on state charges in Pennsylvania and was cha
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this video doesn’t show New Yorkers dancing because UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson died
Video shows “NYC coming together to dance in the streets over the universal American love” of dead CEOs.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim Fox News commentator Kelly Powers died from cancer caused by COVID-19 vaccines is unfounded
Fox News commentator Dr. Kelly Powers died from “turbo cancer” caused by COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Did NOT Cause Death Of ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Fox Contributor Kelly Powers — Cancer Diagnosis In Mid-2020
Was Fox News contributor Dr. Kelly Powers' death from cancer due to the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: An article calling her "fully vaccinated" implies that she passed away from the COVID vaccine. Powers was diagnosed with gliobl
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, abortion clinics haven’t warned of bankruptcy because of a Democratic ‘sex strike’
“Abortion clinics warn they’ll go bankrupt if Democrat ‘sex strike’ continues.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Cause Liver Flukes; Parasites Come From Contaminated Food, Water, Not Vaccination
Do vaccinations cause liver flukes in the human stomach? No, that's not true: Vaccine experts contacted by Lead Stories called the notion "science fiction" and "nonsense." Liver flukes are parasites you can get from eating contaminated fo
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – AOC didn’t say a conservative news outlet asked her to resign because she’s a woman
AOC posted that Trump’s election victory emboldened a conservative news outlet to call for her resignation because she’s a woman.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Michael Jordan didn’t turn down a $100 million Disney deal because the company is too ‘woke’
“Michael Jordan turns down $100 million Disney deal, declares he won’t work for wokeness.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cleveland Clinic Did NOT Say mRNA COVID Vaccine Will Cause ‘Mass Deaths’ Within 5 Years
Did the Cleveland Clinic say widespread use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine will cause a wave of "mass deaths" within the next five years? No, that's not true: The medical center issued no such warning. A spokesperson for the Cleveland Clinic to
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Trump isn’t axing a ‘trans-species child tax credit.’ Because it doesn’t exist
“Parents of trans-species kids no longer getting money every month” because of President-elect Donald Trump.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC Did NOT Issue ‘Official Statement’ That Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg Contracts ‘Will Not Be Renewed Because They Are Too Toxic’
Did ABC issue an "official statement" that it would not renew the contracts of "The View" hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg because they are "too toxic"? No, that's not true: ABC told Lead Stories that this is false. There have been no
Health Feedback→ ACE inhibitors aren’t snake venom, no evidence they cause cancer
REVIEW A Facebook reel that received more than 82,000 views claimed that snake venom has been “published to cause rapid turbo cancers to form in any tissue in the human body”, that ACE inhibitors (a type of medication used to treat high blood pr