Is the message some citizens received at one Los Angeles County voting center -- that a county computer indicated they had already voted -- evidence that Republican votes were stolen in California's gubernatorial recall election? No, that
Search Results (7329) for: does
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Kabala’ Harris Did NOT Admit COVID Vaccine Doesn’t Work
Did Vice President Kamala Harris "admit" that COVID-19 vaccines don't work? No, that's not true: Her tweet that is the basis for the claim is a summary of public health recommendations that reflect reality: No vaccine is 100% effective an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe And Jill Biden Do NOT Own 10% Of A Leading Chinese Lithium-Ion Battery Company, Which Could Have Influenced Afghanistan Policy — But Hunter Biden DOES Have Ties To It
Do President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden own 10% of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd (CATL), a leading lithium-ion battery development and manufacturing company based in China, a country with financial interests in Afghani
Snopes→ Does a Poignant Photo of Gay Men’s Choir Show Devastating Impact of HIV/AIDS?
Since 1981, more than 300 members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus have died of HIV/AIDS.
Full Fact - All content→ Quote about love does not appear to come from Frida Kahlo
A Facebook post shared over 18,000 times shows a photo of Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist and activist, and includes a caption which says: “Frida Kahlo told her husband, “I’m not asking you to kiss me, nor apologize to me when I think
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Study Does NOT Find Vaccinated Patients Are 27 Times More Likely To Develop COVID Symptoms Than Unvaccinated
Does a study find vaccinated patients are 27 times more likely to develop COVID symptoms than unvaccinated? No, that's not true: The study, based on medical records of the Maccabi Health Service HMO in Israel, found that vaccinated patien
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2019 CDC Memo On Ivermectin Does NOT ‘Blow A Hole’ In News Reports Discouraging Self-Medication With Horse Dewormer
Does a 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guideline for treatment of refugees "blow a hole" in the widely reported warnings against use of veterinary ivermectin to treat COVID-19? No, that's not true: The human formulat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Mixing False Swine Flu Prophecy With Inaccuracies About 2017 Oklahoma Law Does NOT Document COVID-19 Mandates
Does a 2017 Oklahoma state law pave the way for vaccination mandates and are there plans to sort people at roadblocks, fit them with tracking chip bracelets and send the unvaccinated to FEMA camps? No, that's not true: This video is made
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Rice Being Made Out Of Plastic Sheets In A Factory — They’re Plastic Pellets
Does this viral video show "rice" being made out of plastic sheets in a factory? No, that's not true: The sheets are not being used to make rice but to make plastic pellets. The claim, which is accompanied by a video, has made the rounds
Full Fact - All content→ Evidence so far does not show the Mu variant is ‘immune to vaccines’
A COVID variant that is immune to vaccines has reached Britain Daily Express print edition, 8 September 2021. The Daily Express print edition reported on 8 September that there have been 53 cases of the Mu variant of Covid-19, and described it as a &l
Full Fact - All content→ Error in BBC reporting doesn’t mean 9/11 was scripted
A post on Facebook claims that the BBC reported the collapse of World Trade Center 7 on 11 September 2001, almost half an hour before it happened. The post author uses this apparent error to describe the 9/11 terror attacks as a “scripted,
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The FDA does not list male sterility as one of the side effects of ivermectin
Ivermectin is the latest drug being floated as a treatment against the coronavirus despite warnings from public health authorities and a lack of evidence that it works. But a claim circulating on Facebook says the anti-parasitic drug has the side effec
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Image Does NOT Show Mbabane In Eswatini — It’s Khartoum In Sudan
Does a widely shared image show a nighttime photo of Mbabane, the capital city of Eswatini? No, that's not true: the city shown is Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on September 6, 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Does NOT Show Two Bullets That ‘Collided’ During Battle Of Gallipoli
Does a viral image show two bullets that "collided" during the Battle of Gallipoli? No, that's not true: In addition to the lack of the expected rifling marks on one of the bullets, ballistics experts who reviewed the image were not convi
Full Fact - All content→ 9/11 video doesn’t prove plane didn’t hit South Tower
This fact check includes links to pictures and video footage some people may find disturbing. A post on Facebook wrongly claims that video footage of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City shows that no planes were inv
Snopes→ Does Ivermectin Cause Sterility in Men?
One study purportedly found that 85% of men who were given the anti-parasitic were sterile following the research period.
Snopes→ Does Pic Show Italian Police Ticketing Woman for Wearing Bikini in 1950s?
The swimsuit caused a stir when it first emerged in 1946 and was banned from beaches in Italy during the 1950s.
Full Fact - All content→ Data doesn’t show parents will ‘insist’ on children wearing masks to school
Millions of children return to classes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland today amid fears of a similar spike in Covid cases to Scotland - as 23% of parents of secondary pupils will insist their children wear masks. Mail Online, 6 September 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Astronaut Boot Sole Mismatch Does NOT Prove Lunar Landing Hoax — Apollo 11 Crew Wore Galoshes Over Pressure Boots
Does the mismatch between lunar boot prints and the smooth sole of Neil Armstrong's "space boot" confirm that U.S. astronauts never walked on the moon? No, that's not true: This recirculated hoax is missing context, as Neil Armstrong and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ivermectin Deworms Livestock AND Treats Human Parasites, But Manufacturer Does NOT Recommend It For COVID-19
Does the use of ivermectin as a dewormer for horses mean it is only a veterinary medicine? No, that's not true: There are ivermectin doses for 1,000-pound animals and different doses and forms to treat rosacea and parasites in humans. But
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Does the New Texas Law Completely Ban Abortion?
a.image2.image-link.image2-683-1024 { padding-bottom: 66.69921875%; padding-bottom: min(66.69921875%, 683px); width: 100%; height: 0; } a.image2.image-link.image2-683-1024 i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israeli Health Study Does NOT End Natural Immunity Vs. COVID Vaccination Debate
Does an Israeli study based on medical records of the Maccabi Healthcare Services HMO prove vaccines are less effective than natural immunity? No, that's not true: While the study does indicate people who survived infection with SARS-CoV-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hawaii Does NOT Say It Has 45k Deaths Because Of COVID-19 Vaccine
Does the state of Hawaii say it has had 45,000 deaths caused by COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true. Neither the state of Hawaii nor a representative of the state made this claim. The claim was made in part by an attorney who is taking
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Footage Of Helicopter Does NOT Show Suspended Corpse Of Hanged Person
Did the Taliban use a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter to hang a person and then fly over the city of Kandahar with their body suspended by a rope? No, that's not true: This blurry footage shows a helicopter flying with a living person suspended
Snopes→ Does Video Show Joe Biden Falling Asleep in Meeting with Israeli PM?
The "Sleepy Joe" nickname made a comeback thanks to a viral video.
Snopes→ Does a Bordeaux Wine Bottle Train Run in Bordeaux, France?
We wouldn't whine about it if it was real.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The NIH Does NOT Conduct All Testing Of New Drugs And Dr. Fauci’s Wife Does NOT Control Drug Approval
Does the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) hand over all its testing of new drugs to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and does that put Dr. Anthony Fauci's wife, NIH chief of bioethics Christine Grady, in a position to somehow
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Emergency Care To Indian Soldiers Does NOT Show Any Connection To COVID-19 Vaccinations
Does a video of Indian soldiers rendering aid to other soldiers who have collapsed show a strong connection to the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: This video appears to show the first aid care rendered during a mass heat stroke inc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Video Does NOT Show Footage Of August 26, 2021 Bombing Outside Of Kabul Airport
Does a video posted on Twitter show footage of a suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan that killed more than 170 people including 13 U.S. service members? No, that's not true: The footage is from an Israeli airstrike th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show FEMA Coffins Delivered To Georgia Roadside Because ‘Something Is Brewing’
Does a photo show hundreds of coffins delivered by FEMA stacked on a Georgia roadside because "something is brewing"? No, that's not true: The photo shows plastic burial vaults produced by a Covington, Georgia, manufacturer. The location
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Does a Photograph Depict the Suicide Bombing in Kabul on Thursday?
On August 26, two suicide bombers and gunmen killed 13 U.S. servicemembers and more than 90 Afghans at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. In light of these attacks, images alleging to show the scene have been circulating on social media. One
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fluoride Does NOT ‘Sterilise Humans’ — And Was NOT Used In Nazi Germany
Did Nazi Germany concentration camps sterilize prisoners with fluoridated water? No, that's not true: This is a recycled conspiracy theory, and an expert in this field told Lead Stories it didn't happen. In addition, water fluoridation ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Study Does NOT Say Fully Vaccinated Health Care Workers Carrying 251 Times Viral Load of Unvaccinated Workers Pose Threat To Unvaccinated Patients, Co-Workers
Does a study say fully vaccinated health care workers carry 251 times the viral load of unvaccinated and pose a threat to unvaccinated patients and co-workers? No, that's not true: This is a distortion of what the published paper actually
Snopes→ Does This Pic Show What Jupiter’s Southern Pole Looks Like?
The images prompted comparisons to dosa, an Indian crepe.
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→ Pfizer CEO didn’t say he doesn’t need to be vaccinated because he’s healthy
A Facebook post says the CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, doesn’t think he needs to be vaccinated because “he’s healthy”. This isn’t true. In December, Mr Bourla gave an interview on CNBC where he said he didn’t want to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Approval Of COVID-19 Vaccine Is NOT Illegal; ‘Doctor’ Does NOT Prove ‘Criminal’ FDA Regulation Violations
Is the FDA approval of the COVID-19 vaccine illegal, and does a "doctor" prove the Pfizer informational insert with its vaccine shows criminal regulation violations? No, that's not true: The claims made on the Stew Peters show by a guest
Snopes→ What Does the ‘Para’ In ‘Paralympics’ Stand For?
If your guesses are "paraplegic" or "paralysis" — try again.
Snopes→ Video Doesn’t Show America’s Afghan Allies Being Executed by Taliban
A genuine video of people being executed in 2013 was re-shared as if it were related to summer 2021 events in Afghanistan.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video With Clickbait Title Does NOT Show Biden Crying And Leaving Briefing — It Doesn’t Show Him At All
Does a Facebook video show President Joe Biden crying and leaving a press briefing, only to come back and ask former President Donald Trump to return? No, that's not true: the video is clickbait and shows footage of a Pentagon press brief