Thérèse Coffey, secretary of state for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), told BBC Breakfast on 13 September that the upcoming cut to the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit could be offset by a claimant working an extra
Search Results (6506) for: claims
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Male sterility isn’t a proven side effect of ivermectin, contrary to claims by social media users
REVIEW Ivermectin, a drug approved for treating parasites in animals and humans, has been touted as a supposed cure for COVID-19. However, ivermectin hasn’t been approved for treating COVID-19 outside clinical trials in the U.S., the European Unio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claims That Ivermectin Sterilizes 85% Of Men Who Take It Are NOT Supported With Clear Evidence
Does a Nigerian study done in 2011 show that men who took ivermectin as a treatment for onchocerciasis, or river blindness, were made sterile by the anti-parasitic drug? No, that's not true: The study, which only included 37 patients and
Full Fact - All content→ Fact checked: six key claims about the new health and social care plan
One story has dominated headlines this week—the government’s new plan for health and social care and how it plans to fund it by raising National Insurance. So we’ve taken a look at some of the key claims we’ve seen in Parliament
Full Fact - All content→ Viral video makes incorrect claims about teenagers and vaccine consent
A video with over 2,000 views on Facebook and which was also sent to us by readers on WhatsApp shows a protester outside an NHS building claiming that it is illegal to vaccinate children without parental consent or a specific court order because of a c
WaPo Fact Checker→ Larry Elder’s false and misleading claims in California recall race
Elder has a Trumpian knack for delivering false and misleading claims on the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and the economy.
FactCheck.org→ Schumer Falsely Claims ‘All’ Americans Got Out of Afghanistan
A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has conceded that the New York Democrat falsely claimed that “all” Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan “have come out.” Government officials say that fewer than 100 U
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Claims that people were being killed by zidovudine (AZT) instead of AIDS are unsubstantiated
REVIEW Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor on COVID-19, has been the target of attacks pr
Full Fact - All content→ Video falsely claims that you cannot refuse the Covid-19 vaccines
A widely shared post on social media includes a video featuring the former Pfizer scientist Mike Yeadon. The video includes lots of misleading or incorrect information about the Covid-19 vaccines. We haven’t fact checked every single claim,
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Germany hasn’t stopped COVID-19 vaccination, contrary to claims made about a simulation game event called “BasisCamp”
REVIEW BasisCamp was a multi-day simulation game event, which took place in August 2021 in Germany. On its YouTube channel, BasisCamp is described as “A Global Pandemic Exit Exercise” organized by members of the Corona Investigation Committee (Sti
FactCheck.org→ What We Know About the Claims of Military Dogs Left in Kabul
Q: Did the U.S. abandon its military dogs during its withdrawal from Afghanistan? A: The Department of Defense maintains that none of its military service dogs were left behind. But animal welfare groups say some contract working dogs — which did no
FactCheck.org→ Video: Idaho Doctor Makes Baseless Claims About Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines
In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk false claims made by a doctor in Idaho about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and treatments. COVID-19 mRNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna have been found to be safe and effecti
FactCheck.org→ Chiropractor Again Peddles False, Misleading COVID-19 Claims
SciCheck Digest The delta variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is more transmissible than previous forms of the virus, and has helped spur an increase in cases, including in children. But a chiropractor in a Facebook video wrongly claims th
WaPo Fact Checker→ Youngkin’s claims about Virginia crime rates under McAuliffe
The Republican nominee says crime went up when Terry McAuliffe was governor, but that's not the whole story.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Pulse’ Column Does NOT Accurately Describe COVID Risk And Misleads With VAERS Data And Claims The Unvaccinated Are No Threat
Does an opinion column in The Pulse accurately characterize the fatality risk COVID poses and does it correctly describe what is shown by data in the VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System)? No, that's not true: Without noting that
Full Fact - All content→ Facebook post makes incorrect claims about TV licence fee non-payment
A Facebook post claims the BBC has lost £50 million “this year” from non-payment of the TV licence fee. It also states that 260,000 over-75s have “refused to pay” for the TV licence. Neither of these points are right.
Full Fact - All content→ Video makes misleading claims about birth certificates and the law
A video on Facebook, seen thousands of times, claims that signing a birth certificate and registering a birth means a child has been signed over to the state and creates a “fictitious legal entity”. The video goes on to claim that the
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ COVID deaths of Broward County teachers did happen, despite claims otherwise
A CNN report on Aug. 13 stated that in a 24-hour span, four Broward County, Florida, schoolteachers had died from COVID-19 and at least three of them were unvaccinated. The Broward Teachers Union later corrected the announcement that served as the b
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Janci Chunn Lindsay’s claims that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe are inaccurate and unsupported by scientific evidence
REVIEW In early August 2021, several posts (see examples here, here, and here) claiming that COVID-19 vaccination will cause fertility problems, blood clotting, and increase the chances that the virus bypasses previous immunity to it (immune escape)
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Video shared by Sebastian Gorka Facebook page shows nurse making false and unsubstantiated claims about ivermectin, COVID-19 PCR tests, and COVID-19 vaccine safety
REVIEW On 13 August 2021, the Facebook page “America First With Dr. Sebastian Gorka” published a video of nurse Nicole Whitley, who made several claims about ivermectin, COVID-19 vaccine safety, and the COVID-19 PCR tests. Sebastian Gork
WaPo Fact Checker→ Four dubious claims from Biden’s ABC interview on Afghanistan
The president inflated troop numbers in Afghanistan — and deflated troop numbers in Syria.
Full Fact - All content→ Trafalgar Square “Freedom Rally” speech littered with false claims
During an anti-lockdown event on 24 July, dubbed the “The Worldwide Rally For Freedom”, Vernon Coleman (who we have fact checked before, under his online pseudonym “Old Man In A Chair”) made a speech in Trafalgar Square where he
Snopes→ US Jobless Claims Hit a Pandemic Low As Hiring Strengthens
America's job market is rebounding from the pandemic recession as employers boost hiring to meet a surge in consumer demand.
Full Fact - All content→ Conservative Woman article falsely claims vaccines don’t work
An article from TCW Defending Freedom (formerly, The Conservative Woman) reports what it claims are “five key Covid truths that could have saved us from self-destruction.” It sources these to Dr Peter McCullough, a Texas-based cardiologist,
Full Fact - All content→ French ambassador hasn’t left Kabul as Robert Peston claims
As the Taliban advanced towards Kabul on Sunday, 15 August, the French ambassador in Afghanistan David Martinon tweeted a video of him in what appears to be a helicopter saying he was leaving the Afghan capital’s former “green zone”.
Full Fact - All content→ Post makes misleading claims about Covid vaccines and animal trials
A post on Facebook incorrectly claims that vaccines are unapproved and experimental, and that all the animals used in trials died. The author does not specify that they are discussing the Covid-19 vaccines, but the claims are very similar to ones
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Your Wake Up Call’ Film Does NOT Back Extraordinary Claims Of Election Hack, Chinese Control, With Commensurately Solid Evidence
Was the fifth Mike Lindell election fraud video correct in claiming a major American voting machine company is controlled by Chinese Communist Party investors and that voting machines used in the 2020 election were hacked via the internet
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Examining the false claims that got Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended on YouTube, Twitter
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/aug/11/examining-false-claims-got-rand-paul-marjorie-tayl/ Two
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Indiana Doctor Piles On Bogus COVID-19 Claims in Viral Video
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/scicheck-indiana-doctor-piles-on-bogus-covid-19-claims-in-viral-video/
FactCheck.org→ Indiana Doctor Piles On Bogus COVID-19 Claims in Viral Video
SciCheck Digest In a viral video, an Indiana physician baselessly claimed that the COVID-19 vaccines, which have been shown to be safe and effective, “fight the virus wrong and let the virus become worse than it would with native infection.”
FactCheck.org→ Video: Irish Professor Makes Unfounded Claims About Long-Term Effects of mRNA Vaccines
Our latest video with Univision Noticias addresses baseless claims made by an Irish professor about the long-term effects of the mRNA vaccines. The mRNA vaccines authorized for use in the U.S. against COVID-19 represent a new vaccine platform, but the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence For Article’s Claims Vaccine Is Causing Heart Damage, May Kill Some Within 3 Years
Is InfoWars providing evidence-based information when it reports a doctor's claim that COVID-19 vaccines likely cause permanent heart damage in most patients that may kill some within three years? No, that's not true: The report is based
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Surges Among Unvaccinated in Florida, Contrary to Baseless Claims
SciCheck Digest Florida health officials have reported a 60% rise in COVID-19 cases, and hospitals are reporting that 95% of COVID-19 patients are not fully vaccinated. But a Facebook post makes the baseless claims that Florida’s numbers are not
FactCheck.org→ Vaccines Remain Largely Effective Against Delta Variant, Counter to Claims From Fox News Guest
SciCheck Digest Multiple studies show the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus, even if the potency of the vaccines is somewhat reduced. But a guest on Fox News falsely claimed the delta
WaPo Fact Checker→ San Francisco DA claims ‘vast majority’ of Americans have had family behind bars
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ PolitiFact declares claims Biden, Harris distrusted COVID vaccine under Trump ‘false’ despite past rhetoric
https://www.foxnews.com/media/politifact-biden-harris-covid-vaccine PolitiFact appears to be shielding
Snopes→ Prosecutors Air More Claims in R. Kelly Case; 1 Involves Boy
Prosecutors aired a wide-ranging raft of additional allegations — but not new charges — against the R&B star.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Denzel Washington And Ben Carson Do NOT Endorse Brain Pill That Claims To Boost IQ, Focus Level
Do Denzel Washington and Dr. Ben Carson endorse a brain pill that boosts a person's IQ and focus level? No, that's not true: Carson's representative told Lead Stories "he does not take this," and Washington's representative told Lead Stor
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Checking a Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweet About COVID Vaccine Claims
a.image2.image-link.image2-970-1456 { padding-bottom: 66.62087912087912%; padding-bottom: min(66.62087912087912%, 970px); width: 100%; height: 0; } a.image2.image-link.image
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Debunking Trump’s Latest Arizona Election Claims
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/07/debunking-trumps-latest-arizona-election-claims/ After a contractor h