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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Trade Center Building 7 Did NOT Collapse Due To Explosives — It Was Because Of Fire Damage To Its Columns
Did World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7) collapse due to a controlled explosion right after the collapse of the first two World Trade Center buildings in New York City on September 11, 2001? No, that's not true: Investigators found no ev
Snopes→ No Evidence Southwest Pilots Called Out Due to COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
Southwest Airlines canceled a large number of flights, but not for the reason some claimed.
Snopes→ City in Michigan Urged to Use Bottled Water Due to Lead Risk
Michigan urged residents of Benton Harbor to use only bottled water for cooking and drinking, a major shift in response to the city's elevated levels of lead.
Snopes→ Did Purdue Researchers Invent the Whitest Shade of White Paint?
And it has an ecological purpose that could fight global warming.
Top Fact Checks→ Breastfeeding babies are dying of adverse reactions due to their mothers being vaccinated against COVID-19.
Theoretical concerns regarding the safety of vaccinating lactating individuals do not outweigh the potential benefits of receiving the vaccine
Snopes→ FedEx Costs Rising Due to Tight Job Market
The package delivery company said that its costs are up $450 million in the most recent quarter, as it paid higher wages as it got harder to find new workers and demand for shipping increased.
Top Fact Checks→ The recent surge in wholesale gas prices in the U.K. is due to Brexit.
The rise in demand for global gas and the U.K.'s aging nuclear power plants both contribute heavily to increased gas prices.
Top Fact Checks→ There have been more deaths in 8 months due to the COVID-19 vaccines than there have been due to all other available vaccines in 21 years.
The claim is misleading as the Daily Expose is comparing unverified data from the Yellow Card Scheme and incomplete data from the MHRA to support it.
Top Fact Checks→ There is high risk of myocarditis in children due to the Pfizer Vaccine.
Myocarditis in children is a rare side effect of mRNA vaccines. However, the risk of myocarditis from COVID-19 is higher.
Top Fact Checks→ The risk of children developing serious illness due to COVID-19 is extremely low.
Children without pre-existing medical conditions are unlikely to develop serious illness from COVID-19. Vaccinating young people is still important.
Top Fact Checks→ Children have died and are dying due to COVID-19 vaccines.
There is no evidence that children are dying due to COVID-19 vaccines. Data presented to support this claim has not been verified.
Top Fact Checks→ Public and Private schools in Punjab are closed until September 30 due to COVID-19.
Because of the festive season, Punjab extended COVID-19 limitations till September 30; however, the restrictions did not affect school operations.
Top Fact Checks→ Indian government increased the time gap between two Covishield vaccine doses due to a shortage.
The government claims that the increased time between two doses of Covishield is based on scientific data, not due to a shortage.
Snopes→ Did Chase Cancel Michael Flynn’s Credit Cards Due to ‘Reputational Risk’?
Flynn shared the image on Telegram, and claimed that "Chase Bank has gone full blown woke!"
Top Fact Checks→ COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of death due to COVID-19 for under 50s by up to 177.5 percent.
A Daily Expose article has misinterpreted data from Public Health England to falsely claim that vaccines increase the risk of death.
Snopes→ Do Belgium’s Solar Parking Meters Not Work Due to Lack of Sunlight?
Misinformation is still misinformation even it sounds humorous.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Schools Were NOT Planning On Closing On August 10, 2021, Due To ‘Drastic Events Going On In The World’
Were schools planning on closing on August 10, 2021, due to "drastic events going on in the world"? No, that's not true: social media posts that made the claim included a link that led users to a meme indicating the post was a spoof. The
Top Fact Checks→ About 10 percent of vaccine hesitancy in the U.K. is due to extreme fear of needles.
A recent study of 15,000 UK adults suggested that 10% of vaccine hestancy could be due to needle phobia.
Snopes→ Did Obama Scale Back ‘Massive’ 60th Birthday Party Due to COVID-19 Concerns?
George Clooney, Steven Spielberg, and Oprah Winfrey were reportedly among the "hundreds" of invitees.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ EUA withdrawal for CDC COVID-19 PCR test is due to the development of newer tests that help save time and resources, not because the test is faulty
REVIEW COVID-19 PCR tests have been a critical tool for identifying infections and reducing the spread of the virus by supporting contact tracing efforts and quarantine of infected individuals. But this key role has also turned it into a hotbed of m
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Vaccinated people are less likely to be hospitalized due to the Delta variant compared to unvaccinated people, contrary to chiropractor’s claim
REVIEW On 19 July 2021, a video titled “Delta variant targets vaxxers” was published on the Facebook group TLC4Superteams, run by a chiropractic organization. In the video, chiropractor Jen DePice claimed that a Harvard study showed vaccinated p
Full Fact - All content→ Adverse event reports after vaccines are not necessarily due to vaccines
A Facebook post claims that, in the USA there have been 387,087 reports of adverse events “of this evil shot in the arm”, presumably referring to the Covid-19 vaccine, up until 18 June 2021. As we have said before, the fact that an adverse
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Florida Teacher NOT Jailed After Having Sex With Student Who Reported Her Due To Her Performance
Was a Florida teacher jailed after having sex with a student who then reported her because of her poor performance? No, that's not true: While a post making the claim does not give the teacher's name, the screenshot of a purported FOX New
Top Fact Checks→ Over the past four months, 4178 people in the U.S. died due to the COVID-19 vaccine.
So far, the CDC has not established a causal link between COVID-19 vaccinations and death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Florida Condo Initially Collapsed Due To Explosives Trying To Destroy Data From John McAfee
Was the initial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, on June 24, 2021, triggered by explosives that were planted to take the building down? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that a portion of the building initi
Top Fact Checks→ Over 600,000 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the U.S.
The United States reported 600,296 COVID-19 deaths from January 3, 2020, to July 5, 2021.
Snopes→ Did Disney Stop Playing Underwater Music in a Nemo-Themed Pool Due to Drownings?
A TikTok video raised speculation about why Disney stopped piping underwater audio into a Florida resort pool.
Snopes→ Did Mike Nesmith Learn to Play Guitar Due to a Firecracker Injury?
Tall tales were common biographical elements in teen magazine articles about 1960s pop stars.
Snopes→ Did California Tell Residents Not To Charge Electric Cars Due to Power Shortage?
As record high temperatures persisted in the western U.S., so did social media rumors.
Snopes→ Official: Crash, ‘Likely’ Due to Storm, Kills 10 in Alabama
Tropical Depression Claudette claimed 12 lives in Alabama as the storm swept across the southeastern U.S., causing flash flooding and spurring tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes.
Snopes→ Did NBC’s ‘Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide’ Delay Shooting Due to ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Outbreak?
The incident was nicknamed the “ultimate s— show.”
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ CDC study finds five percent of teens hospitalized due to COVID-19 require ventilation, vaccinating against COVID-19 can help reduce the risk of severe disease in teens
REVIEW On 8 June 2021, radio host Wendy Bell posted photos and a video on Facebook in response to an article in the Washington Post reporting on a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[1]. The report, which analyzed r
Top Fact Checks→ A viral image shows a 29-year-old man from Lucknow who failed the UPSC exams due to the reservation system.
The photo used in the viral post is of Sayeed Rimon, which is part of a Bangladeshi unemployment campaign. The caption about the cut-off is baseless.
Snopes→ Federal Probe: Protest Was Not Broken Up Due to Trump Photo Op
An internal government investigation has determined that the decision to forcibly clear racial justice protesters from an area in front of the White House last summer was not influenced by then-President Donald Trump's plan to stage a Bible-toting phot
Top Fact Checks→ Milkha Singh passed away due to COVID-19.
According to the reports, Milkha Singh is stable but on oxygen support at the PGIMER, Chandigarh. His death claims were a hoax.
Snopes→ Microsoft Says ‘Tank Man’ Image Blocking Due to Human Error
Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term “tank man.”
Snopes→ Were Metformin Drugs Recalled Due to Cancer-Causing Compound?
The FDA recommends that patients prescribed Metformin continue taking the drug until consulting with their health care provider.
Top Fact Checks→ Argentina imposed a nine-day lockdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
To combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, President Alberto Fernández declared a nine-day lockdown from May 22 to May 30.
WaPo Fact Checker→ The dueling histories in the debate over ‘historic Palestine’
A New York Times illustration prompts a debate over when "Palestine' was created -- or whether it ever existed.