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News Facts Network→ ‘More people are going to die’: A former CDC official’s warning as new vaccine advisory panel meets
A new CDC vaccine advisory panel, entirely appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert...
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr.’s Flawed Justifications for ‘Clean Sweep’ of CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, claiming it
News Facts Network→ BREAKING – Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Hospitalized in DC, Sources Say
Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, was taken by ambulance to a Washington, DC hospital...
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Cops Handcuffing Black Undercover FBI Agent at Restaurant
Did a widely-shared video show real police officers handcuffing a Black man in a restaurant who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent? No, that's not true: The people in the video were simply acting out a scripted scenario. The page th
News Facts Network→ Hundreds of CDC Workers Reinstated After Mass Layoffs, Most Still in Limbo
The Biden-era mass layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saw partial reversal... The post Hundreds of CDC Workers Reinstated After Mass Layoffs, Most Still in Limbo appeared first on News Facts Network.
News Facts Network→ Sen. Padilla Forcibly Removed, Handcuffed at Noem Press Conference in Los Angeles
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and briefly handcuffed Wednesday after interrupting Homeland Security... The post Sen. Padilla Forcibly Removed, Handcuffed at Noem Press Conference in Los Angeles appeared first on News Facts Network.
News Facts Network→ Health Experts Alarmed as RFK Jr. Purges CDC Vaccine Advisors
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, has removed all 17 members of... The post Health Experts Alarmed as RFK Jr. Purges CDC Vaccine Advisors appeared first on News Facts Network.
News Facts Network→ CDC Warns of Deadly Amoeba Risk After Texas Woman Dies from Tap Water Exposure
A 71-year-old Texas woman died from a rare Naegleria fowleri infection after using tap water... The post CDC Warns of Deadly Amoeba Risk After Texas Woman Dies from Tap Water Exposure appeared first on News Facts Network.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rogan Podcast Guest Dr. Suzanne Humphries Misstates The Facts About Polio
Did Joe Rogan podcast guest Dr. Suzanne Humphries accurately describe problems with the polio vaccine and with organized medicine's responses to polio? No, that's not true: A Brown University Medical School professor said Humphries made s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Produce, Broadcast A Report About Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska Attempting To ‘Escape’
Did the BBC report that Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska tried to escape to Europe and was put under the guard of the national Security Service when the attempt failed? No, that's not true: In a statement to Lead Stories, a BBC spokesp
Full Fact→ Podcaster and former politician Rory Stewart digs into why #FactsMatter.
Full Fact→ BBC podcast corrects claim that tax fraud is ‘30 times larger’ than benefit fraud
The BBC has removed an inaccurate claim made on its Strong Message Here podcast after Full Fact got in touch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Media Satirist Damon Imani Has NEVER Argued With Sunny Hostin On "The View" — Fake Broadcast Clips Are His Schtick
Did Damon Imani appear on the February 24, 2025 episode of "The View" to verbally spar with co-host Sunny Hostin over the term "Woke", as a social media post seems to show? No, that's not true: Imani has never appeared on ABC's morning sh
The Dispatch→ The Once and Future Debate Over Public Broadcasting
Grousing over liberal bias in public media isn’t new, but the FCC and Congress are applying fresh scrutiny.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Jr. Did NOT Say On His Podcast That US ‘Should Have Been Sending Weapons To Russia’ — Audio Is Likely AI Generated
Did President Donald Trump's eldest son Don Jr. say on his podcast that "the U.S. should have been sending weapons to Russia" instead of Ukraine, as an X post claims? No, that's not true: The episode in question did not contain such a sta
The Dispatch→ The FCC Targets Broadcasters
Trump’s new FCC chair pursues investigations against media the president has assailed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DOGE Team Has NOT Triggered A Housing Listing Surge In Washington, DC — No ‘Mass Evacuation’
Has the DOGE team caused a "very real exodus" from the Washington, D.C., area as evidenced by a big surge in the number of homes listed for sale in the market? No, that's not true: The number of new residential real estate listings in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: USAID Did NOT Place A Real Ad Saying ‘Help Eliminate Elon’ On Washington, DC, Street
Did USAID place a real ad reading "Help Eliminate Elon" on a street in Washington, D.C., in February 2025? No, that's not true: As Capital Bikeshare, the owner of the bike stand ad box, stopped selling ads in April 2024 it would be an una
Full Fact→ Photo of Washington DC air crash victim used in UK hoax posts
The photo is being shared in Facebook posts claiming to show a police officer who has gone missing in different parts of the UK.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Floyd Statue Was NOT Removed From National Mall In DC — It’s In New Jersey
Was the George Floyd statue removed from the National Mall in Washington in February 2025? No, that's not true: The National Park Service told Lead Stories that it had never erected a statue of Floyd on the National Mall. The image used i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Indian Nationals Handcuffed And Chained During Deportation — Guatemala Deportation Flight
Does a photo show handcuffed and chained Indians being deported from the U.S.? No, that's not true: The photo shows people from Guatemala sitting on a military aircraft at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas awaiting deportation to Guatemala. Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post FALSELY Identifies Woman In Photo As Pilot Of Black Hawk Helicopter in DC Crash
Does an image in a social media post show one of the Black Hawk helicopter pilots killed in the January 2025 Washington, D.C., aircraft collision as she worked on the White House staff for two years "instead of flying"? No, that's not tru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report January 29, 2025, DC Plane Crash Hours Before It Happened
Did CNN report the January 29, 2025, plane crash in the Washington, D.C., area hours before it occurred? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the news outlet refuted the claim. A Google spokesperson said sometimes the timestamps in sea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Helicopter In DC Crash Was NOT Unmanned Or Remotely Controlled
Was the military helicopter involved in the plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025, unmanned or remotely controlled? No, that's not true: An Army spokesperson told Lead Stories, "The Army UH-60 Black
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Hawk Helicopter DID Respond To Air Traffic Control Warnings Before DC Collision With Passenger Plane
Did a Black Hawk helicopter fail to respond to warnings seconds before colliding with a civilian airliner that was preparing to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025? No, that's not true: Air traffic contro
PolitiFact→ Did Donald Trump’s firing of aviation officials make the DC crash likelier? Doubtful, experts say
Days before a helicopter collided with a jet over the Potomac River, President Donald Trump fired aviation officials and changed aviation hiring policies. But experts find it unlikely that those actions would have contributed to the collision.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Barack Obama was not on military helicopter that collided with American Airlines jet near DC
“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Helicopter That Collided With Flight AA5342 In DC Area Was NOT Operated By Local Police — It Was Military Helicopter
Was the helicopter involved in the midair collision near Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2025, a police helicopter? No, that's not true: Local police refuted the claim shortly after the crash. According to the U.S. Department of Defense,
Lead Stories→ American Eagle Flight 5342 Crash in Washington DC — What We Know So Far
American Airlines reported a Bombardier CRJ700 plane flying under their regional airline brand American Eagle was involved in an accident over the Potomac river while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time
Health Feedback→ Mel Gibson makes baseless claim on Joe Rogan’s podcast that dewormers ivermectin and fenbendazole are effective cancer cures
REVIEW On 9 January 2025, comedian Joe Rogan interviewed actor Mel Gibson for his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. During the interview, Gibson claimed that three of his friends were cured of late-stage cancer after taking “what you’ve heard th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Weather Channel Did NOT Show Human Remains On Live Broadcast About January 2025 California Wildfires
Did the Weather Channel show human remains on live TV reporting on California wildfires in January 2025? No, that's not true: The channel denied this, saying it was debris. In response to Lead Stories, its representative shared an image f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All 50 States, DC, DID Submit Electoral College Certificates For 2024 Election
Did 22 states fail to upload their Electoral College certifications, which were needed to certify election results on January 6, 2025? No, that's not true: The National Archives confirmed that all 50 states and the District of Columbia su
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Increases Infection Risk In Young Children
Did a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study find that children who received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are more likely to get infected than those who are unvaccinated? No, that's not true: The study of children aged six months
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Discuss ‘Blue Roof Theory’ Conspiracy In 2020 Joe Rogan Podcast
Did Elon Musk discuss communities "putting up blue tarps all over the roofs" in an effort to defend against lasers setting fires in a podcast interview with Joe Rogan, as suggested by a video on Instagram? No, that's not true: The clip ad
The Dispatch→ The Bro Podcast Strategy
Why young men felt heard by the Trumpian manosphere.
Health Feedback→ Claim that 79.4% of SIDS deaths occurred on same day as vaccination misinterprets CDC study
REVIEW A slew of social media posts published early in December 2024 implied that sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was caused by vaccines. A similar claim was made by Jodie Meschuk, who describes herself as a “Autism-turnaround expert” and
The Dispatch→ This Is the Flagship Podcast, Experts Say
Sorry, Sarah.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the CDC doesn’t recommend seven COVID-19 vaccine doses for 6-month-olds
“The CDC says that little 6 month old babies must get SEVEN doses of the Covid vaccine in order to be considered fully ‘up to date’ on their vaccinations.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Announce $6,400 ‘Relief’ Check On Joe Rogan October 2024 Podcast Episode
Did President-elect Donald Trump announce during a podcast interview with Joe Rogan that Americans could "claim their $6,400 relief checks" as of November 25, 2024? No, that's not true: The post saying this used altered audio with a real