In interviews, congressional hearings, campaign ads and social media, Republicans falsely claim that the Justice Department will be cracking down on parents expressing disagreement at their local school board meetings.
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Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Several laboratories in Spain have cultured and isolated the virus SARS-CoV-2; the claim that the virus doesn’t exist is false
REVIEW On 8 October 2021 a video published by The Charlie Ward Show claimed that Spain’s health minister had admitted in court that COVID-19 does not exist. The video received more than 3,000 interactions on Facebook, including 2,000 shares, a
WaPo Fact Checker→ Youngkin, McAuliffe target each other with false attack ads
Both campaigns are targeting voters with ads that use partisan reports to make bogus claims.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump’s never-ending parade of election falsehoods
The president keeps telling audiences stories about the election that have been repeatedly debunked and discredited.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Youngkin’s false claim that McAuliffe ‘opposes’ election audits
Scrambling to overcome his own mistake, the GOP candidate in the Virginia gubernatorial race invents a claim against his opponent.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Video: Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/video-instagram-posts-spread-texas-lawmakers-false-claims-on-vaccine-testing/
WaPo Fact Checker→ McAuliffe ad falsely claims Youngkin ‘took over’ predatory dental clinics
A campaign ad for Democrat Terry McAuliffe says “Wall Street executive” Youngkin was responsible for harming children. But his private equity firm did not acquire the troubled company.
FactCheck.org→ Video: Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk false claims, spreading on social media, that were made by a state senator in Texas about vaccine safety. All three of the COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. went throu
Snopes→ Fighting Wave of Misinfo, YouTube Bans False Vaccine Claims
YouTube announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation that booted popular anti-vaccine influencers from its site and deleted false claims that have been made about a range of immunizations.
Snopes→ What Is a False Premise?
All it takes is one false premise to make a logical argument unsound.
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
WaPo Fact Checker→ Larry Elder’s false and misleading claims in California recall race
Elder has a Trumpian knack for delivering false and misleading claims on the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and the economy.
WaPo Fact Checker→ False meme: Nobel laureate did not say ivermectin ‘cures’ covid-19
Delete this meme from your social media accounts.
FactCheck.org→ Schumer Falsely Claims ‘All’ Americans Got Out of Afghanistan
A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has conceded that the New York Democrat falsely claimed that “all” Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan “have come out.” Government officials say that fewer than 100 U
Full Fact - All content→ Video falsely claims that you cannot refuse the Covid-19 vaccines
A widely shared post on social media includes a video featuring the former Pfizer scientist Mike Yeadon. The video includes lots of misleading or incorrect information about the Covid-19 vaccines. We haven’t fact checked every single claim,
WaPo Fact Checker→ The false claim that the fully-approved Pfizer vaccine lacks liability protection
Dr. Robert Malone and others have suggested that the Pfizer vaccine known as Comirnaty will never be used in the United States because it lacks a liability shield. Not so.
Top Fact Checks→ Afghan evacuees and asylum seekers are arriving at airports with no documentation and false papers.
The Home Office stated that anyone entering the U.K. must undergo security checks but they are not always required to carry valid documents.
FactCheck.org→ Chiropractor Again Peddles False, Misleading COVID-19 Claims
SciCheck Digest The delta variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is more transmissible than previous forms of the virus, and has helped spur an increase in cases, including in children. But a chiropractor in a Facebook video wrongly claims th
FactCheck.org→ Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick’s False Claim About Unvaccinated Black People
The majority of United States residents who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 are white, according to available state data and survey research. That contradicts Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s claim that, “in most states,” Black
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ More Americans now say government should take steps to restrict false information online than in 2018
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/18/more-americans-now-say-government-should-take-steps-to-restrict-false-information-online-than-in-2018/
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Video shared by Sebastian Gorka Facebook page shows nurse making false and unsubstantiated claims about ivermectin, COVID-19 PCR tests, and COVID-19 vaccine safety
REVIEW On 13 August 2021, the Facebook page “America First With Dr. Sebastian Gorka” published a video of nurse Nicole Whitley, who made several claims about ivermectin, COVID-19 vaccine safety, and the COVID-19 PCR tests. Sebastian Gork
Full Fact - All content→ Trafalgar Square “Freedom Rally” speech littered with false claims
During an anti-lockdown event on 24 July, dubbed the “The Worldwide Rally For Freedom”, Vernon Coleman (who we have fact checked before, under his online pseudonym “Old Man In A Chair”) made a speech in Trafalgar Square where he
Snopes→ Police Caller Must Pay BLM Protesters $4.5K for False Report
A former ice cream shop owner accused of calling police on peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters was ordered to pay them $500 each by a judge hearing a state lawsuit citing a new law targeting false, race-based police reports.
Full Fact - All content→ Conservative Woman article falsely claims vaccines don’t work
An article from TCW Defending Freedom (formerly, The Conservative Woman) reports what it claims are “five key Covid truths that could have saved us from self-destruction.” It sources these to Dr Peter McCullough, a Texas-based cardiologist,
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fake news accounts are spreading false information about journalists executed in Afghanistan
Several Twitter accounts that look like they belong to some well-known news networks recently shared that a journalist had been captured and killed by the Taliban in Kabul. But these accounts weren’t authentic and they’ve since been suspended. R
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Biden White House Falsely Accuses Donald Trump of Telling People to Inject Poison to Cure Coronavirus
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/11/biden-white-house-trump-inject-poison17474354/ CLAIM: Whi
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Examining the false claims that got Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended on YouTube, Twitter
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/aug/11/examining-false-claims-got-rand-paul-marjorie-tayl/ Two
Full Fact - All content→ Why it’s unlikely Geronimo the alpaca’s TB test gave a false positive
Environment secretary George Eustice has been criticised for an article he wrote in the Mail on Sunday about an alpaca due to be culled after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis (bTB). The alpaca named Geronimo first tested positive in 2017, but h
Snopes→ Did George Bernard Shaw Write ‘Beware False Knowledge’?
The line struck a chord with hundreds of thousands of Facebook users in August 2021.
politifact.com/→ Viral image – Safer to be unvaccinated against COVID-19? In several ways, that’s False
It’s safer to be unvaccinated than vaccinated against COVID-19.
politifact.com/→ Rick Scott – Rick Scott’s false claim that Biden, Democrats have done nothing to help families pay their bills
Says Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.”
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Let’s review some falsehoods about masks
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. Masked mania The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its
WaPo Fact Checker→ The false GOP claim that Pelosi turned down National Guard before Jan. 6 attack
For months, we've asked Republicans for proof that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi failed to act on warning signs. They have none to show us.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ PolitiFact declares claims Biden, Harris distrusted COVID vaccine under Trump ‘false’ despite past rhetoric
https://www.foxnews.com/media/politifact-biden-harris-covid-vaccine PolitiFact appears to be shielding
Full Fact - All content→ Free paper repeats falsehoods on deaths following vaccination
The front page of free newspaper ‘The Light’, shared on Facebook, claimed that there have been 1,400 deaths and a million injuries “from covid injections” in the UK. There have been just over 1,470 deaths following a Covid-19 va
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Suspended from social media, Donald Trump has found a new, old way to spread falsehoods
Donald Trump’s social media posts in the aftermath of the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol got him suspended from Facebook and Twitter amid concerns that his false claims about a stolen election would provoke more violence. His Fac
FactCheck.org→ Meme Spreads Falsehood About Vaccine Transfer Through Eating Meat
SciCheck Digest Livestock and poultry are not being vaccinated against COVID-19. But a meme is spreading the falsehood that those who eat meat from vaccinated animals will get “VAXXED” by consuming the meat. That simply isn’t possible
WaPo Fact Checker→ Rep. Clyburn’s false claim that ‘no Democrat’ has opposed voter ID laws
The House majority whip made this statement at the end of a confusing response on voter ID laws, suggesting that he actually is for laws he has decried as a new "poll tax."
Full Fact - All content→ Video shares falsehoods about face masks and asymptomatic spread of Covid-19
A video which has been shared on social media shows a woman, who claims to be an attorney, speaking at the Orange County Board of Supervisor meeting on 2 June 2020. The video includes many outdated or untrue claims about the Covid-19 pandemic. As
Snopes→ Eye-Popping 6,000 False Lashes Seized at New Orleans Airport
Three thousand pairs of false eyelashes have been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after officials determined they were illegally imported from China to New Orleans.