REVIEW In a 30 January 2024 episode of the Big Honker Podcast, Texas physician Richard Bartlett claimed that he had developed a “silver bullet” treatment for COVID-19 comprising budesonide, clarithromycin, and aspirin. The podcast’s co-host, A
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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Reba McEntire isn’t facing any ‘charges,’ despite claims in social media posts
“Reba McEntire faces serious charges.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hunter Biden was indicted twice. A claim that he and others have escaped criminal charges is wrong.
Hunter Biden, “BLM rioters” and “COVID criminals” have “0 indictments”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Trump attended his eldest children’s graduations, contrary to online claims
Former President Donald Trump “didn’t attend the graduations” of his other children.
PolitiFact→ Biden in Tampa: Fact-checks of his claims on abortion, Trump
In a campaign stop in Tampa, Florida, President Joe Biden focused on former President Donald Trump’s stance on abortion. But some of Biden’s assertions missed the mark.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Kelly Clarkson isn’t promoting weight loss gummies or other diet products. Such claims are scams
Kelly Clarkson is promoting weight loss gummies or other diet products.
The Dispatch→ Claims That Vaccines Include Dangerous Levels of Aluminum Are False
None of the vaccines mentioned in a Facebook post contain more aluminum than regulations allow.
The Dispatch→ Claims About China Buying U.S. Farmland Ignore Important Context
It’s true that Chinese investors own about 380,000 acres in the U.S., but other foreign investors own much more land.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This claim isn’t worth its salt; table condiment has neither sand nor glass
Morton Salt and other plain and iodized table salts contain 25% sand and 25% glass that cut up “your arterial and venous network and that’s how you get high blood pressure.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about HIV/AIDS
NFL player Aaron Rodgers recently claimed that a drug used to treat HIV was “killing people” in the 1980s. He cited independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his source. Here’s why that’s wrong.
Full Fact→ No Evidence WEF chairman Klaus Schwab ‘severely ill’ in hospital as claimed
The chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, is not dead or in hospital, despite some claims online.
Full Fact→ Sydney student misidentified as Bondi attacker in viral online claims
Benjamin Cohen was falsely identified as the killer in viral social media posts and by a national TV network in Australia.
PolitiFact→ Stephen King – Does 1864 Arizona law banning abortions also set the age of consent at 10, as Stephen King claims?
“The 1864 Arizona law forbidding abortions, upheld by the State Supreme Court, also sets the age of consent for females at 10 years.”
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About the Federal Debt and Billionaires’ Taxes
Seizing the wealth of all U.S. billionaires would decrease the debt by only 16 percent.
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About the Federal Debt and Billionaires’ Taxes
Seizing the wealth of all U.S. billionaires would decrease the debt by only 16 percent.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – World Economic Forum leader Klaus Schwab in good health on April 15, despite social media claims
World Economic Forum founder and chairman Klaus Schwab hospitalized in critical condition on April 15.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Buy Jeffrey Epstein’s Island — Joke Website Originated Claim
Did the Walt Disney Company buy Jeffrey Epstein's island? No, that's not true: The social media post showed the website that made the claim, which is a site that clearly states they are "the world's best satire and parody site." They expl
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump repeats false claims that he won Wisconsin in 2020
In 2020, Trump “did much better” in the Wisconsin election than 2016, and “after the wrongdoing was found, people said, ‘Well, he actually did win.’”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post falsely claims Mark Zuckerberg has banned posting the Lord’s Prayer on Meta
Mark Zuckerberg said ‘posting the Lord's Prayer violated’ Meta’s policies.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The WEF’s chairman is still alive and well, despite claims online
Social media users are spreading baseless rumors about Schwab’s health.
Full Fact→ Footage claimed to be of Iran attack on Israel is CGI video of WW2
A clip being widely shared which supposedly shows Iran attacking Israel with missiles and drones is an artificially created video which dates from 2021.
Full Fact→ Viral screenshots claiming to show OJ Simpson’s final posts are not real
Screenshots suggesting the star confessed to the notorious double murder appear to have been faked as a joke.
AllSides→ Viral Claim Inflates Number of New Voters in Three States
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/viral-claim-inflates-number-of-new-voters-in-three-states/ A claim on
PolitiFact→ X posts – Fact-checking the false claim that O.J. Simpson posted an online confession before his death
An X post that said, “I did it” was “the last thing O.J. Simpson tweeted before he passed.”
Health Feedback→ Mamavation report doesn’t provide sufficient evidence for the claim that Band-Aids contain “cancer-causing forever chemicals”
REVIEW Claims that Band-Aids cause cancer or that Band-Aids contain cancer-causing chemicals began spreading on social media in early April 2024. Examples can be seen in these TikTok videos, one of which received more than 448,000 views to date. An
FactCheck.org→ Viral Claim Inflates Number of New Voters in Three States
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A claim on social media misrepresents the number of people who have registered to vote in three states in 2024 and suggests the new voters are immigrants
Full Fact→ Image claiming to show US troops ‘going to Philippines’ actually shows British troops
An image claiming to show US troops being deployed in the Philippines is actually an old image of British soldiers.
Full Fact→ Incorrect claim about how much MPs can claim for breakfast recirculates online
MPs can claim up to £25 for food, but only if they spend a night away from their constituency or London on parliamentary business.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In-N-Out Burger Is NOT ‘Leaving California Over Wage Hikes And Woke Policies’ — Claim Is From Satire Site
Is In-N-Out Burger leaving California "over wage hikes and woke policies"? No, that's not true: This article originated from a website that labels itself satire. The site has a disclaimer that describes it as part of a network of "parody,
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Jobs Numbers During the Trump and Biden Presidencies
The U.S. economy did lose jobs under Trump, but the pandemic was largely to blame.
FactCheck.org→ Familiar Claims in a Familiar Presidential Race
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. We’ve fact-checked a lot of claims from the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees — after all, they’re the same two men who faced off in 2020.
AllSides→ Trump’s False Claim About Roe
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/trumps-false-claim-about-roe/ In a video statement outlining his posi
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – False claim resurfaces about WHO pandemic treaty and US sovereignty
World Health Organization pandemic accord “would take away American sovereignty and give the WHO power to put in legally binding policies in America in the case of another pandemic."
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim About Roe
In a video statement outlining his position on abortion, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that “all legal scholars, both sides, wanted and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade “be ended.” Legal scholars told us that
Full Fact→ Claim about civil servant responsible for increasing pension age missing some context
The former permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions oversaw the implementation of the policy, but was not responsible for the decision itself.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media influencer claims a law lets people invade abandoned houses. Is that true?
A U.S. law says that “if a house is not inhabited, we can expropriate it.”
Health Feedback→ Claim that the HPV vaccine increases risk of cervical cancer misleads by cherry-picking data from FDA document
REVIEW The World Health Organization reports that cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. In 2022, there were approximately 660,000 new cases of cervical cancer and around 350,000 deaths from cervical cancer. The main ca
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Mail-In Voting and Electoral Fraud
Some countries have banned mail-in voting, but not necessarily because of fraud.
PolitiFact→ Derrick Van Orden – Wisconsin congressman falsely claims Joe Biden chose Easter as Transgender Day of Visibility
Says President Joe Biden purposely chose Easter Sunday to mark Transgender Day of Visibility.
PolitiFact→ Nancy Mace – No, crime has not 'skyrocketed' under Joe Biden, as Rep. Nancy Mace claimed
“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”