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
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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
Health Feedback→ Infectious diseases like chickenpox and measles are much more likely to cause serious health problems than vaccination
REVIEW In late October 2024, a Facebook post claimed chickenpox and measles aren’t diseases but infections. It argued that while a disease “stays, and frequently can’t be cured”, infections go away, leaving behind “a lifetime of immunity
Health Feedback→ Sunscreen doesn’t cause melanoma; most melanoma cases are due to excess UV radiation from the sun
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The Dispatch→ Because of, or in Spite of, Trump?
Making sense of the former president’s election win.
PolitiFact→ Does fluoride cause cancer, IQ loss and more? Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim
Decades of research finds drinking fluoridated water is safe. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants the incoming Trump administration to recommend removing fluoride from water. Here’s what science says.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Ballot scanning errors caused voting delays in one Pennsylvania county, but no evidence of a 'steal'
A Nov. 5 ballot scanning error in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, shows "the election steal is happening."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Posts Claim That Foreign Nationals Are Voting In The US Election Because No Voter ID Is Required
Do photos of ballots marked with a vote for Donald Trump prove that citizens of other countries are voting in the 2024 U.S. election because American law does not require them to show a voter ID? No, that's not true: Several copycat posts
Full Fact→ McDonald’s did not close in Iceland because of a boycott
Posts shared on Facebook suggest the closure of McDonald’s in Iceland was due to a boycott, but the branches closed in 2009 because of the country’s financial crisis.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Inflation ‘Since Biden And Kamala Took Over’ Did NOT Cause New York Barber’s High Electric Bill — Utility Confirms Billing Error
Did inflation "since Biden and Kamala took over" cause a New York City barbershop owner to experience unusually high electric bills, as a post on social media says? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Con Edison, the utility company t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: TikToker Kyle Marisa Roth Did NOT Die Because She Posted Details About Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Parties — She Died Of Natural Causes
Was the death of TikTok content creator Kyle Marisa Roth connected to her social media content that "covered Diddy parties in detail"? No, that's not true: The Maryland chief medical examiner told Lead Stories that Roth died of "natural"
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, Megyn Kelly didn’t call for a Taylor Swift boycott because the singer attended an event in Gaza
“Breaking news: Megyn Kelly calls for boycott of Taylor Swift after singer attends charity event in Gaza.”
Full Fact→ Unusual clouds are not evidence Hurricane Milton was caused by HAARP
A number of posts on social media have falsely claimed that the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program caused Hurricane Milton in the US.
The Dispatch→ Hurricane Helene Flooding Was Caused By Rainfall, Not Dams
Posts falsely claim that dam water was used purposely to cause floods in western North Carolina
Full Fact→ No, the Northern Lights aren’t caused by HAARP
The Northern Lights appeared in the UK again after a severe geomagnetic storm produced by the sun.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Taylor Swift manager didn’t say ticket sales are ‘dead’ because of Kamala Harris endorsement
“Taylor Swift’s manager confirms: ‘Ticket sales are dead after Harris endorsement backlash.”
Health Feedback→ Peter McCullough’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines might have caused rise in sudden deaths relies on flawed analysis
REVIEW In a September 2024 Facebook reel, cardiologist Peter McCullough linked myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccination to sudden death. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle that can reduce the heart’s ability to pump blood. Some cases
Health Feedback→ Tattoos do carry some health risks, but there is currently insufficient evidence for the claim that tattoo ink causes cancer
REVIEW Tattoos are a popular form of self-expression. The Pew Research Center estimated in 2023 that nearly one third of Americans have at least one tattoo, and more than 20% of Americans have more than one tattoo. Tattoos are created by injecting i
Health Feedback→ Decline in autism among high-income white households not caused by a decrease in childhood vaccination, vaccines don’t cause autism
REVIEW Despite overwhelming evidence that childhood vaccination doesn’t cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD), this belief still persists among some groups. A 2020 study, for instance, found that more than one in three parents of children with ASD
Full Fact→ Bill Gates-funded company did not cause malaria ‘outbreak’ in the US
Mosquitoes released by a company which has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Florida cannot transmit malaria.
Health Feedback→ LED lights aren’t a cause of cataracts and don’t cause migraines for most people, contrary to social media claims
REVIEW Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are a compact, low-energy technology for producing light. Because of these properties, they are widely used in display screens and increasingly in room lighting. In September 2024, a widely-shared Facebook reel ma
Health Feedback→ Gout is an inflammatory disease caused by uric acid crystals, not liver dysfunction
REVIEW Gout is the most common chronic inflammatory joint disease, affecting more than 50 million people worldwide by counts measured in 2020. Current trends suggest that its prevalence will increase by more than 70% by 2050[1]. Gout is caused by th
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Fact-checking Donald Trump on the scale and causes of inflation under Biden, Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris “cast the tiebreaking votes that caused the worst inflation in American history, costing a typical American family $28,000.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, refugees did not cause a deadly Boar’s Head listeria outbreak
Nine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these buildings didn’t crumble because of an earthquake in Taiwan
Video shows buildings crumbling because of an “earthquake in Taiwan.”
PolitiFact→ Bob Casey – Sen. Bob Casey said ‘prices are up’ because of ‘scheming’ corporations, but many economists disagree
“Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Jason Aldean didn’t refuse $500 million collaboration with Taylor Swift because her “music is woke”
Jason Aldean rejected a $500 million music collaboration with Taylor Swift.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Maxine Waters didn’t tell people to unfollow her opponent because he is a “Hispanic Republican”
Maxine Waters told her followers on X not to follow Omar Navarro because he is a “Hispanic Republican.”
AllSides→ I Fact Checked Joe Biden’s DNC Speech Because CNN Refused
https://townhall.com/videos/2024/08/21/i-fact-checked-joe-bidens-dnc-speech-because-cnn-refused-n2643700
Health Feedback→ Oral birth control doesn’t cause PCOS or uterine fibroids; wild yam and castor oil are unproven treatments
REVIEW In July 2024, a claim that oral contraceptive pills are the “number one” cause of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) circulated via an interview with naturopath Barbara O’Neill on social media platforms including Instagram and YouTube. O
Health Feedback→ Removing wisdom teeth reduces risk of oral infections, doesn’t cause heart issues
REVIEW An Instagram reel shared on 5 August 2024 claimed that removing one’s wisdom teeth can cause people to “develop heart issues”. It also claimed that all teeth are meridian lines, “so if you mess with those meridian lines, you mess with
Health Feedback→ A cancerous tumor is a mass of cancer cells, not “toxins”; biopsies and mammograms don’t cause cancer
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted toward the end of July 2024 claimed that tumors accumulate toxins in the body and that biopsies and mammograms cause cancer by releasing those toxins. It drew more than 440,000 views at the time of writing. The reel is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Olympic Athlete Vomiting Because He Swam In Seine — He Cited Heat
Does a video show an Olympic Games athlete vomit as a direct result of swimming in Paris' Seine? No, that's not true: The athlete shown throwing up after his triathlon faulted the Parisian heat rather than the Seine. Although the river's
Health Feedback→ Studies show vaccines don’t cause sudden infant death syndrome
REVIEW An Instagram post from July 2024 claimed that childhood vaccines cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), drawing more than 7,000 likes. It also claimed that vaccines contain toxic levels of aluminum, suggesting that this is the cause of SI
Full Fact→ Study does not show that the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine causes cancer
An online post claims that a study has shown that the Pfizer vaccine causes cancer. That’s not the case.
Health Feedback→ Peanut oil isn’t an ingredient in vaccines; doesn’t cause peanut allergies
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted on 22 July 2024 claimed that peanut oil is an ingredient used in vaccines and thus responsible for an increase in peanut allergies over the last half century. It also claimed that peanuts help with illnesses related to
PolitiFact→ Republican National Committee – 'Border czar'? Kamala Harris assigned to tackle immigration's causes, not border security
President Joe Biden appointed "Kamala Harris to be his border czar to deal with illegal immigration … Harris was put in charge of stopping illegal immigration."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Described Herself And Her Blue Suit To An Audience Because Many In The Group Were Visually Impaired
Did Kamala Harris tell a group she was "a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit" for no reason during the normal course of starting a meeting? No, that's not true: Harris was describing herself and what she was wearing, which is
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, Bill Gates didn’t cause July 19 worldwide IT outage
Bill Gates is responsible for July 19 global tech outage.
Health Feedback→ Unprotected sun overexposure, not sunscreen or sunglasses, causes sunburn and skin cancer
REVIEW In mid-July 2024, a Facebook reel with almost half a million views claimed there is “a direct correlation” between the introduction of sunscreen use and skin cancer. It added that wearing sunglasses reduces natural protection against sunb