Is it true that Pfizer's vaccine candidate to battle COVID-19 is made and stored in such a way that scores of people could be severely sickened or even killed by its use? No, that is a conspiracy theory not supported by scientific studies
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FactCheck.org→ Danish Study Doesn’t Prove Masks Don’t Work Against the Coronavirus
Q: Did a recent study in Denmark show that face masks are useless for COVID-19? A: No. The study found that face masks did not have a large protective effect for wearers — not that masks provide no protection at all or don’t offer benefits to
Full Fact - All content→ Nadine Dorries says email from her office on vaccines does not reflect her views
A post on Facebook and Twitter showing a screenshot of an email sent from the office of MP Nadine Dorries has gone viral. The email reads: “Thank you for writing to Nadine Dorries MP. I’m Nadine’s caseworker responding on her behalf.
Snopes→ Does GSA’s Approval of Transition Process Mean Trump Conceded Defeat to Biden?
Losing candidates are not required to acknowledge defeat in order for a U.S. presidential transition to begin.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Does NOT Own A Stake In Dominion Voting Systems, Nor Is Any Dominion Stake Prompting Her To Leave Judiciary Committee Post
Does California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, own a stake in Dominion Voting Systems, and is that part of the reason she is relinquishing the top Democrat spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee? No, that's not true: A Dom
Liste→ This image of the Burj Khalifa has been doctored – the original does not show a projection of Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma
An image that appears to show a photo of Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma being projected on the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook and Instagram posts. The image, however, has been digitally manipulat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Website DOES Show Age And Other Conditions For People Who Died From COVID-19
Is it true ages and pre-existing medical conditions for U.S. residents who died from COVID-19 are not available? No, that's not true: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website shows ages, additional medical conditi
Full Fact - All content→ The Daily Mail’s chart of Covid-19 death figures doesn’t use the real numbers
“Fatalities are barely any higher” Daily Mail, 20 November 2020. In an article titled “What they DON’T tell you about Covid”, the Daily Mail published a chart that claimed the number of weekly deaths is currently “b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Photo Does NOT A Show A Truly Gigantic Spider On A House
Is this a photo of a real gigantic spider? No, that's not true: While this is a photo of a real wolf spider, the house in the background was added and this changed the appearance of the spider's relative size, transforming it from a garde
Full Fact - All content→ The government plans to monitor potential adverse reactions to a Covid-19 vaccine, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be safe
We’ve been asked by our readers to check claims on whether the government has awarded a contract to create an AI software tool to “process the expected high volume of Covid-19 vaccine Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRs)”. This is correct&mda
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Shredders Destroying Ballots In Cobb County, Georgia
Does a video show the shredding of paper ballots in Cobb County, Georgia, a day after a recount confirmed that Joe Biden won a 14-percent margin over Donald Trump? No, that's not true: A video posted on social media by a woman on November
Snopes→ Does a Video Show a Maskless Biden Birthday Celebration in 2020?
A viral tweet with a video read: "They’re telling us to social distance & wear mask! But as you can see... they’re not! It’s all lies to control us!"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Mask Study Did NOT Prove ‘Mask Wearing Basically Doesn’t Do A Damn Thing’
Did a Danish study show mask-wearing has a statistically insignificant impact on COVID-19 infection and "basically doesn't do a damn thing"? No, that's not true: Both the study authors and an editorial in the journal where it was publishe
Snopes→ Does Trump Have a 12th Amendment ‘Path to Victory’?
"Let's just wait for the 12th Amendment to take place! Trump wins!" a Trump supporter tweeted.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: One-Hour ‘Analysis’ Of Election Results Does NOT Reveal Rigged Election Software In Michigan
Does a YouTube analysis of the votes in four Michigan counties prove election software transferred 69,000 votes from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, that's not true: Based on an analytical method created by a non-statistician, th
Full Fact - All content→ This post does not show photo of a giant eagle in Scotland
A Facebook post claims to show a giant eagle landing on grass in Scotland. The post has been shared thousands of times. However, this photo was not taken in Scotland. A local US news article from the beginning of 2020 claims that the photos of the siza
Liste→ This altered photo does not show the arrest of Ethiopia’s former head of intelligence
A photograph has been shared over a hundred times on Facebook with claims that it shows the arrest of Getachew Assefa, Ethiopia’s fugitive ex-intelligence chief and a leading member of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). This is false; t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Analysis Of Data Used By The Gateway Pundit Does NOT Reveal Massive Vote Theft From Trump to Biden
Does an analysis of election data from Michigan and Georgia show suspicious vote shifts after the polls closed that took the leads away from President Trump and suspiciously awarded a disproportionate number of votes to Democratic candida
Snopes→ Does This Alaska Town Go 60 Days Without Seeing the Sun?
The Alaska town Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, has an interesting relationship to the sun.
Snopes→ Does a Photograph Show Michigan Gov. Whitmer Without a Mask?
Whitmer has a gold-colored jacket that she frequently wears, a fact that was exploited to spread misinformation.
Snopes→ Does This 1860 Painting Depict a Time Traveler Holding an iPhone?
Even our team at Snopes can’t prove if people have gone back in time.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sinclair Broadcast Promo Compilation Video Does NOT Show ‘The Media’ Colluding To Control A Narrative, It’s A Broadcast Chain’s Promo
Does this video show "the media" is colluding to control a narrative by giving anchors identical scripts? No, that's not true: The video, from 2018, shows how conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group was found to be requiring its TV
Liste→ Report falsely claims that US health protection agency ‘admits’ Covid-19 does not exist
A photo of an article reporting that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “admits there is no Covid-19” has been shared in multiple Facebook posts. The report cites an agency document which explains how a virus test works as its
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Theft At Philadelphia Warehouse Does NOT Mean Election Is ‘Illegitimate’
Does a theft at a Philadelphia warehouse mean the 2020 election should be considered "illegitimate"? No, that's not true: The theft of a laptop and USB drives had "no impact whatsoever on the election," according to a spokesman for the Ph
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Over A Million People at November 14, 2020 DC Trump Protests
Does this photo show over a million people at the protest that took place on November 14 in downtown Washington D.C. in support of Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The image is actually from a 2006 pro-immigration protest in Dallas, Tex
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Analysis of Scraped Data Use By "PedeInspector" On Thedonald.win Does NOT Show Millions of Vote Shifts
Did election data scraped from The New York Times website by a user of the messaging board thedonald.win show evidence of massive shifts in votes? No, that's not true: Lead Stories' analysis of the data message reveals that most of the sh
Full Fact - All content→ No, contact tracing doesn’t cost £10,000 per contact
“Independent SAGE showed that 1 217 214 contacts have been reached by England’s NHS Test and Trace service since May at an approximate cost of £10 000 (€11 000; $13 000) per head so far, based
Liste→ The footage has been edited and does not accurately depict the press conference in which Imran Khan criticised the French government
A clip from a news broadcast has been shared in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts that claim it shows Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan blaming Muslims for recent acts of terrorism in France. But the claim is misleading: the posts share a short, ed
Snopes→ Does Everylegalvote.com Show Impact of Voter Fraud on 2020 Elections?
A website presenting itself as an educational tool on the integrity of U.S. elections bases its extrapolations on debunked rumors and hoaxes.
Snopes→ Does Billionaire George Soros Own Parler?
The philanthropist has been falsely accused of funding a number of projects over the years.
Snopes→ Does This Ballot Collection Video Show Voter Fraud?
U.S. President Donald Trump did accurately point out the video showed "BALLOTS!" But any insinuation that it documented illegal activity was false.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Votes For Donald Trump In The Trash In Oklahoma
Does a video show votes for President Donald Trump in the trash in Oklahoma? No, that's not true: The discarded ballots were spoiled ballots, according to the Oklahoma State Election Board. When a voter accidentally marks more than one ca
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lawsuit Does NOT Claim Out-Of-State Vehicles Brought Tens Of Thousands Of Unsealed Ballots To Michigan, All For Dems
Does a lawsuit claim that out-of-state vehicles delivered tens of thousands of unsealed ballots -- all for Democrats -- into Michigan? No, that's not true: A lawsuit alleging voter fraud in Detroit does include a poll watcher's allegation
Snopes→ Does Kamala Harris Want To Legalize Prostitution?
The vice president-elect’s stance on sex work is more complicated than what’s depicted in one interview.
Full Fact - All content→ New data doesn’t definitively show zero increase in suicides across England
“Every life lost to suicide, is a tragedy, however this data showing zero increase in suicide figures since lockdown should be reassuring to those who have been concerned regarding the mental health impact of coronavirus and lockdown. I also hop
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Worker Tearing Up Ballot For Donald Trump
Does a video show a worker tearing up a ballot for President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: It was a prank. There's no evidence the man, who says in the video "we get your votes and we separate them," was a poll worker. Since it went
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Does Operation Warp Speed Deserve Credit for Pfizer’s Success in Developing a COVID Vaccine?
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Snopes→ Does Biden Want Fraudulent Ballots To Count in the 2020 Election?
The baseless claim suggests the president-elect has ordered elections workers nationwide to break laws governing vote counting.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Does NOT Show Over 14,000 Dead People Voted In Wayne County, Michigan
Does a list show over 14,000 dead people voted in the 2020 presidential election in Wayne County, Michigan? No, that's not true. A video on Facebook claims there is a list showing over 14,000 dead people that either voted or registered to
TruthOrFiction→ Does Benford’s Law Prove Election Fraud in Biden Votes?
After the 2020 election was called for former Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, “Benford’s Law” — a mathematical principle applied occasionally to the count of votes in any given election — became a hot topic on soci