Lawmakers have made an array of misleading claims about “Pelosi’s subway,” unauthorized immigrants receiving checks, school funding and the minimum wage as they debate the $1.9 trillion relief bill.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics→ Assessing Claims in the Coronavirus Stimulus Debate
Lawmakers have made an array of misleading claims about “Pelosi’s subway,” unauthorized immigrants receiving checks, school funding and the minimum wage as they debate the $1.9 trillion relief bill.
NYT > U.S. > Politics→ Assessing Claims in the Coronavirus Stimulus Debate
Lawmakers have made an array of misleading claims about “Pelosi’s subway,” unauthorized immigrants receiving checks, school funding and the minimum wage as they debate the $1.9 trillion relief bill.
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A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in Twitter, Facebook and Weibo posts alongside a claim it shows visual footage and sound captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover during the US space agency's latest Mars mission in February 2021. The c
Snopes→ Conservative Gathering to Feature Trump’s False Fraud Claims
A gathering of conservatives in Florida will serve as a forum to fan Trump's false claim that he lost the November election only because of widespread voter fraud.
Top Fact Checks→ DMK claims to have conducted Gram Sabha Meets in 25,000 villages while Tamil Nadu has only 15,979 villages.
The latest list by the TN Govt. shows that the state has more than 30,000 villages and DMK has conducted Gram Sabha Meets in about 25,000 villages.
Snopes→ Trump Repeats Election Claims in Interviews, Is Unchallenged
In the first television interviews of his post-presidency, Donald Trump repeated his false claims that the election was stolen from him 10 times — each instance unprompted and unchallenged.
Liste→ Fabricated report falsely claims Italian police ‘arrested scores of paedophile cardinals’ in Vatican
Social media posts circulating online in February 2021 have shared a purported report stating Italian law enforcement "arrested scores of paedophile cardinals" in Vatican City. The claim is false: the purported report is not a genuine news article.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Vaccines, Schools And Racist Insurance: ‘Fact-Checking’ Biden’s Town Hall Claims
https://www.dailywire.com/news/vaccines-schools-and-racist-insurance-fact-checking-bidens-town-hall-claims
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Biden makes at least four false statistical claims at CNN town hall
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/fact-check-biden-cnn-town-hall-anderson-cooper-milwaukee/index.html
Liste→ Old photo of former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni circulates online with false claims
An image showing former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni standing on a tractor has circulated online in social media posts that claim that he is supports a tractor rally organised by protesting Indian farmers in January 2021. The claim is false:
FactCheck.org→ Video Airs False, Misleading Claims About Face Masks
Quick Take Evidence of the efficacy of face masks to help control the spread of the novel coronavirus has grown since the start of the pandemic. But a Facebook video, viewed tens of thousands of times, uses false and misleading claims to tell viewers t
Liste→ Fabricated news report falsely claims South Korea PM threatened to arrest people who refuse Covid-19 vaccination
A fabricated news report shared repeatedly on Facebook states South Korea's Prime Minister threatened to arrest citizens who refuse to receive a Covid-19 vaccination. The report, however, is not a genuine article from a South Korean media outlet. A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Claims About Diseases And More Relies On Common Conspiracy Theories
Does a list of claims about diseases and more rely only on factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: Most of the claims are common conspiracy theories repeatedly disproven. Medical experts, for example, agree that the Spanish fl
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Assessing the Various Claims in Mike Lindell’s ‘Absolute Proof’
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Liste→ Video falsely claims an airport in the Philippines was renamed in February 2021 to remove reference to former senator
A video has been viewed more than one hundred thousand times on social media in February 2021 which claims the Philippines changed the name of its biggest international airport in Manila to remove a reference to a former senator. The claim is false
NYT > U.S. > Politics→ Trump’s Lawyers Repeated Inaccurate Claims in Impeachment Trial
The three members of the former president’s legal team made a number of misleading or false claims about the events of Jan. 6, antifa, the impeachment process and voter fraud.
FactCheck.org→ Video Makes Bogus Claims About ‘War Crimes’ and COVID-19 Vaccine Safety
Quick Take A video falsely claims that people receiving authorized COVID-19 vaccines are taking part in a deadly clinical trial and that those administering the doses are war criminals under the Nuremberg Code. That’s bogus. People getting the
Climate Feedback→ Breitbart article makes numerous false claims about the impacts of climate change, based on Global Warming Policy Foundation post
SUMMARY The article was published by Breitbart as well as dozens of other blogs, such as Climate Change Dispatch, Principia Scientific, Climate Depot, and Technocracy News. It is repeating a series of claims made in a blog post from the Global Warmi
Liste→ Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones falsely claims Australia and France ditched coronavirus vaccination drives
A video of far-right broadcaster Alex Jones claiming that Australia and France have suspended Covid-19 vaccination campaigns because the jab “does not work” has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook in February 2021. The claim is misleading: a
Liste→ US rapper Pitbull falsely claims Covid-19 pandemic was planned
In a video clip viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media, US rapper Pitbull repeats the false assertion that the Covid-19 pandemic was planned.
Snopes→ Trump Can’t Hang on to Lawyers After False Election Claims
Established firms backed away from the former president's baseless claims of election fraud.
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Numerous posts on social media claim that an Indian company has sold South Africa “a less effective” Covid-19 vaccine nearing expiry and which the Swiss have since banned. The claims are misleading; the vaccines developed by AstraZeneca had already
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ ‘Deep state’ theory makes false claims about martial law, arrests, pandemic
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/02/09/fact-check-false-claims-military-takeover-mass-arrests-covid-19/4419059001/
FactCheck.org→ MyPillow CEO’s Video Rehashes Debunked Election Fraud Claims
Quick Take A two-hour video, claiming to prove that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from former President Donald Trump, has been viewed tens of thousands of times online and aired on the cable channel One America News Networ
Liste→ Doctor with expired license falsely claims masks don’t work
A YouTube video and social media posts claim a man blowing vape smoke through various face masks shows that they do not help prevent the spread of coronavirus. This is false; experts agree that while the virus itself is small enough to fit through mask
TruthOrFiction→ ‘GME Frenzy Claims First Life’
On February 4 2021, a screenshot of a purported news article (“GME frenzy claims first life as 28yo retail trader shoots himself in Florida”) spread on Facebook and Reddit, appearing to report the death of a man named Jake McGuirrey of Peb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell’s ‘Absolute Proof’ Video, Promising To Expose Election Fraud, Relies On False And Unsubstantiated Claims
By Dana Ford and Alexis Tereszcuk Does Mike Lindell's "Absolute Proof" video, which promises to expose election fraud, contain only factual and proven statements about the 2020 election? No, that's not true: The nearly two-hour video recy
Liste→ Viral video falsely claims US President Biden signed blank executive orders
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, TikTok and other platforms alongside a claim it shows US President Biden signing blank executive orders. The claim is false; while the overexposed lighting of the footage appears to show
FactCheck.org→ Video Uses Bogus Claims to Stoke Race-Based Fears of COVID-19 Vaccine
Quick Take A viral video clip makes bogus claims about COVID-19 vaccines and falsely accuses the government of “pure racism” for “push[ing] this heavily on Blacks and browns.” Public health experts have recommended prioritizing
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking 7 statistical claims from Biden’s (quite factual) economic speech
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/fact-check-biden-economic-stats-pandemic-rescue-plan/index.html
Liste→ False claims circulate online following unrest in Nigeria’s southeast
Various images have been shared online in Nigeria alongside false claims that they show clashes between national troops and a local militia in the country’s southeastern region last week. AFP Fact Check rounds up some of the viral posts spreading dis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Hold The Line’ Video Contains Several False Claims About Biden, Trump, COVID-19
Does a video titled "Hold The Line" present the truth about President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and a range of other subjects from COVID-19 to birth certificates? No, that's not true. The video pushes debunked QAnon conspir
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Viral Facebook claims about President Biden’s first actions are largely false
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/viral-facebook-claims-about-president-bidens-first-actions-are-largely-false/
Full Fact - All content→ Viral influencer video full of false Covid-19 claims
A viral video of an influencer spreading on social media makes a number of incorrect claims about the coronavirus pandemic, including its impact on children and suicide rates and misinformation about testing and face masks. “They’ve introd
Snopes→ Vatican Clears Retired US Bishop of Multiple Abuse Claims
Retired Wyoming Bishop Joseph Hart was accused of sexually abusing minors and teenagers.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Viral Facebook claims about President Biden’s first actions are largely false
Joe Biden has only been president for a couple of days, but already his critics on social media are saying the country has fallen apart during his tenure. A reader pointed us to a Facebook post dated Jan. 24 that promised to “take a look at the
Snopes→ Dominion Voting Systems Sues Giuliani over Election Claims
The voting machine company faced such a mountain of threats and criticism that one of its top executives went into hiding.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years
A four-year Fact Checker project comes to an end.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Biden falsely claims journalists had all said his vaccination goal was impossible to meet
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/fact-check-biden-100-million-doses-vaccine-goal-media/index.html