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Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Who Has Been Charged in the Deadly Capitol Riot?
Dozens of people have already been arrested and prosecutors across the U.S. have vowed to bring to justice those who stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Breaking Down the Uncertainty After Capitol Siege
What happens in Washington after the seat of American lawmaking is overrun by supporters of a president who insists he won an election he actually lost.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: How Does the 25th Amendment Work?
The 25th Amendment, ratified by the states in 1967, declares that upon the removal, resignation or death of the president, the vice president assumes the presidency.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Why Georgia Won’t Affect Electoral College Count
Two high-stakes runoff elections in Georgia are poised to determine which party controls the Senate over the next two years but won't affect the certification of Electoral College results by Congress
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Stakes High for U.S. Senate Runoffs in Georgia
Here's a look at how two key Georgia elections pushed into 2021, who's running and more.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: How Congress Will Count Electoral College Votes
The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is generally a routine, ceremonious affair.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Why Did Mount Everest’s Height Change?
China and Nepal agreed on a new standard height for Mount Everest, the rugged Himalayan peak that straddles their border.
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Trump’s Failing, Monthlong Fight Against Election
President Donald Trump's frantic effort in the courts to delegitimize an election he lost has come no closer in a month to reversing any results.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Hunter Biden’s alleged laptop: An explainer
The New York Post claims it discovered a "smoking-gun" email about Hunter Biden and his father. Here's a rundown of the facts.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Are you writing about ‘the Russian COVID-19 vaccine?’ Avoid clickbait headlines and publish explainers
Humankind is obviously looking forward to a COVID-19 vaccine. However, the announcement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday got journalists and fact-checkers questioning the best way to cover it without amplifying what could be false ho
TruthOrFiction→ Lyndon LaRouche: An Explainer
An attempt to troll U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) in early October 2019 led to newfound attention for the devotees of failed political candidate, convicted felon, and one-time Marxist-turned-Democratic-presidential-candidate-turned-f
Full Fact - All content→ How to check claims about tariffs and trade
Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, there’s been much more attention than usual on the UK and EU’s trade rules. One thing of particular interest has been the tariffs charged on imports from other countries. At Full Fact we’ve s
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of ‘Seized’ Voting Machines in Georgia
Quick Take Viral posts falsely claim that Dominion voting machines were “seized” in Ware County, Georgia, and that votes were found to have been “switched” for Joe Biden. No such seizure occurred and there was no such finding, a
TruthOrFiction→ ‘If You Buy a Discounted Advent Calendar the Day After Christmas, It Will Count Down to Inauguration Day’
On December 3 2020, a Facebook post proposed a novel use for obsolete Advent calendars — namely, repurposing them for a new countdown to President-Elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day: That post was a screenshot of a December 1 2020 tweet
Full Fact - All content→ Better communication needed to tackle gaps in understanding of economic statistics
Economic measures affect our lives in many ways. They can impact how much tax you pay, how much it costs to take out a loan, and how much financial support job seekers receive—to name just a few. But research published today—to which Full F
FactCheck.org→ Biden Did Not Invent the ‘Office of President-Elect’
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that former Vice President Joe Biden “invented the Office of President-elect.” Donald Trump and Barack Obama also used the term during their transitions to the presidency. Full Story On Nov. 7, f
FactCheck.org→ Falsehood Tells of Withdrawn Pennsylvania Projection
Quick Take Viral social media posts claim that the website RealClearPolitics rescinded a projection that Joe Biden had won Pennsylvania. But the website never called the state in the first place; many other media outlets have made that call. Full Stor
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Wild, Baseless Claims of Illegal Voting
In remarks resembling an attack on democratic elections, rather than a presidential speech, President Donald Trump doubled down on his campaign pledge: “The only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.” In his Nov. 5 comments, he offe
Full Fact - All content→ Soy sauce imports from Japan will not be cheaper next year
“The bakers used a lot of soya sauce in the first challenge on #GBBO so it's a good thing it will be made cheaper thanks to our trade deal with Japan.” Department for International Trade, 27 October 2020. Last night, after the conclusion o
Lead Stories→ Student’s Chart Explaining Wild Conspiracies Trolled To Spread More Conspiracies
Abbie Richards, a climate science student in the Netherlands, was looking with bewilderment at the state of her home country of the United States. So many conspiracy theories echoing, particularly ahead of the election. Struggling to wran
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The group Doctors for Truth spreads misinformation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus, and the reliability of diagnostic tests
REVIEW A video showing a press conference from a group calling itself Doctors for Truth circulated on social media in mid-October 2020, receiving hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. In this conference, several individuals made claims about th
Full Fact - All content→ What does an “Australia style” Brexit deal really mean?”
“We hope that the EU will change their position [...] But I think it’s only fair also that we communicate one other thing, which is that we are ready, if required, to leave on what have been called Australian terms.” Michael Go
FactCheck.org→ Trump Revives False Narrative on Biden and Ukraine
At a campaign rally in Iowa, President Donald Trump cited an unsubstantiated news report to revive a widely debunked false narrative about Joe Biden’s work in Ukraine on behalf of the Obama administration. As we have reported more than once las
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Do Biden and Harris Support Abortion ‘Up to the Moment of Birth’?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Death Count For Muslims In Chinese Concentration Camps Has NOT Surpassed Number Of Jews Killed In The Holocaust
Have the Chinese executed more Muslims in concentration camps than the number of Jewish victims who died in the Holocaust? No, that's not true. The U.S. State Department estimates China has rounded up at least 1 million Muslims and some h
Full Fact - All content→ Photos of ministers together weren’t taken at a ‘Cobra’ meeting
A Facebook post shared hundreds of times claims that photos taken at a recent government meeting show government ministers failing to comply with their own rules around mask-wearing, social distancing and gathering size at a “COBRA meeting”
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ No vaccine contains strains of both the flu and the virus that causes COVID-19; COVID-19 is not the flu
REVIEW A claim circulated in September 2020 alleging that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is encouraging patients to take an “untested [COVID-19] flu shot”. This claim also suggests that COVID-19 is caused by a strain o
FactCheck.org→ Trump Bucks Climate Science in Wildfire Briefing
In a briefing on the barrage of wildfires burning in the West, President Donald Trump baselessly claimed “it’ll start getting cooler,” adding that he didn’t think “science knows” whether or not temperatures would increase in the future. Sci
Full Fact - All content→ The word “robot” comes from Czech, not Greek like GPT-3 claims
“Robots in Greek means “slave”.” GPT-3, The Guardian, 8 September 2020 In an opinion piece written for The Guardian, an instance of the machine learning language model GPT-3 claims that the word “robots” is Greek f
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ A person’s response to vaccination is not associated with birthmarks or the presence of mutations in a gene involved with vitamin B9 production
REVIEW A Facebook post from mid-November 2018 went viral in late August 2020, receiving tens of thousands of interactions on Facebook. The post incorrectly claims that birthmarks are “indicators” of the presence of the methylenetetrahydrofolate
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Ban Over 700 Pages Dedicated To Exposing Pedophilia
Did Facebook ban over 700 pages dedicated to exposing pedophilia? No, that's not true: The groups, pages and ads that were removed were tied to QAnon, a conspiracy theory that uses the issue of child trafficking as a recruitment tool. The
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ People infected with SARS-CoV-2 can transmit the virus to others, even if they do not show symptoms of the disease and are not considered sick
REVIEW Hundreds of posts like this one were published on Facebook on and around 23 Aug. 2020 claiming that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has “[convinced] the world that you can be sick without having symptoms.” These
Full Fact - All content→ Viral Facebook post on cost of “binned” test and trace app is wrong
A post on Facebook claiming that the government’s “£300m track and trace app has quietly been binned” has been shared over 6,000 times. The cost of the app has been around £10.8 million so far, and although the app has not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Adrenochrome Is NOT Obtained From Adrenal Glands Of Living Children Or Used In Satanic Rituals By The Elite
Is adrenochrome harvested from the adrenal glands of living children so its LSD-like qualities can be used in satanic rituals by royalty, politicians, celebrities, the rich and elite? No, that's not true: There is no scientific e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 22-Point Meme Of Conspiracy Memes Is Mix Of Falsehoods, Predictions, And Some Truth
Is a meme listing 22 points, including conspiracy claims about 5G hazards, adrenochrome, Jeffrey Epstein, Pizzagate, and Britain's Royal Family factual? Mostly no, although some points are true and others are just predictions that cannot be f
Full Fact - All content→ Claim that extending the Brexit transition period could cost £380 billion is not credible
“Get Brexit done! Majority AGAINST Brexit transition extension in close poll” Daily Express, 17 May 2020 Britain’s ‘faces £380billion bill’ if Brexit is delayed beyond December Sun, 17 May 2020 “Extension to B
Full Fact - All content→ Claim that extending the Brexit transition period could cost £380 billion is not credible
“Get Brexit done! Majority AGAINST Brexit transition extension in close poll” Daily Express, 17 May 2020 Britain’s ‘faces £380billion bill’ if Brexit is delayed beyond December Sun, 17 May 2020 “Extension to B
TruthOrFiction→ In May 2020, Did Scientists Find Evidence of a Parallel Universe Where Time Runs Backwards?
If you spent any time on social media in the later days of May 2020, chances are you saw a New York Post article from May 19 2020 about scientists “discovering a parallel universe” circulating on social media, which is apparently a place
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Thousands Upon Thousands’ Of Children Purportedly Kidnapped By A Satanic Pedophile Ring Have NOT Been ‘Pulled From Underground Bunkers’
Have thousands of children been pulled from secret pedophile bunkers and underground cities in a massive rescue operation led by President Trump and Russian President Putin? No, that's not true: It is a false conspiracy theory unsupported by r