Encounters on the southern border of those trying to enter the U.S. without authorization have gone up significantly under President Joe Biden. Government statistics show that in the initial processing of millions of encounters, 2.5 million people hav
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Full Fact→ Post comparing pensions in the UK, France and Germany uses some inaccurate figures
Figures circulating on social media aren’t all correct, and ignore the significant differences in the way pension schemes work in each country.
Full Fact→ Social media posts use outdated figures for comparisons between governments
The posts claim to compare what ‘the Tories inherited from Labour’ to ‘now’.
Full Fact→ List comparing energy costs in Europe features out-of-date figures
The list features data showing wholesale electricity costs for suppliers which were only correct for a specific hour on one day over a year ago.
Logically→ Unsubstantiated sea ice figures misused to deny 2023 was hottest year on record
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Iran’s foreign reserves plummeted on Trump’s watch, but his figures are off
“When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”
Full Fact→ House building figures not at lowest level since the Second World War
House building levels are higher than a decade ago according to both main metrics.
Full Fact→ What do the figures on persistent absence from school show?
We’ve looked into the data after a series of claims regarding pupil absence rates in England were made on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Government Does NOT Have Study Figures Showing Pfizer COVID Vaccine Safer Than Placebo — But Shot Still Safe, Effective
Does the German government have study figures that show people given the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) "have overall suffered from fewer medically undesirable events as subjects who received the placebo"? No, that's not true: As of
Full Fact→ What do the latest wage growth figures actually show?
Contrasting claims about wage growth have been made on social media following the release of new data.
Full Fact→ Sky News article wrongly claims falling inflation figures mean decline in checkout costs
It’s not necessarily the case that lower inflation means things cost less than before. Kantar’s data shows prices are still rising, but less steeply than previously.
Full Fact→ Government figures don’t show 140,000 children were ‘completely missing’ from formal schooling last year
Labour MP Ian Mearns told us his claim was based on a Sky News report which said around 140,000 were “never in class”. But that’s not what the data shows, and both have corrected their claims.
Full Fact→ Labour MP’s child poverty claim uses figures which aren’t comparable
Kim Johnson MP tweeted that the number of children in poverty has increased from 2.6 million to 4.2 million since 2010.
Full Fact→ Viral figures on benefit fraud and tax evasion are wrong
Posts on social media make a series of specific claims about losses from benefit fraud and tax evasion, and the number of people investigating both.
AllSides→ Conservative Figures Spread Baseless Claims About Attack on Paul Pelosi
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/conservative-figures-spread-baseless-claims-about-attack-on-paul-pelosi/
FactCheck.org→ Conservative Figures Spread Baseless Claims About Attack on Paul Pelosi
Quick Take A man armed with a hammer broke into the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and fractured the skull of her husband, Paul. Some conservative figures — including Donald Trump Jr. — have shared social media posts claiming with no ev
FactCheck.org→ Herschel Walker Cites Outdated Crime Figures in False Attack on Raphael Warnock
Since Democrat Raphael Warnock of Georgia has been in the U.S. Senate, homicides and rapes in Atlanta have not increased by nearly as much as Republican Herschel Walker said in a Fox News interview. Atlanta Police Department crime data show that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: England Did NOT Publish ‘Horrific Figures On COVID Vaccine Deaths’ — Data Does NOT Link Deaths To Shots
Did England publish "horrific figures on COVID Vaccine Deaths" that show 1 in 482 people died within a month of receiving their shot, 1 in 246 died within 60 days and 1 in 73 died by May 2022? No, that's not true: While the figures are co
Full Fact→ June’s pay figures: explained
Figures published by the ONS showing a 2.2% fall in earnings do not account for bonuses, although there are a number of different figures available.
Full Fact→ Figures on benefit and tax fraud investigators misrepresented
Data uncovered by an MP about the number of fraud investigators employed by HMRC and the DWP has been reshared on social media. But the figures are out of date and misleadingly presented.
Full Fact→ Government minister made misleading claim about employment figures
"We're seeing more people in work, even than we saw before Covid." Brandon Lewis MP, 17 May 2022. During appearances on Sky News and BBC Breakfast this morning Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis claimed that more people are currently in work in
Full Fact→ Facebook post’s figures for the state pension and House of Lords allowance are broadly right
A widely shared post on Facebook includes a screenshot of a tweet from 3 April 2022 that compared the value of the full state pension with the attendance allowance for members of the House of Lords. We frequently check claims about both these figures o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vatican DID Invite Public Figures To A Conference — But It Happened In 2021
Did the Vatican invite Chelsea Clinton, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the CEOs of Moderna and Pfizer to speak at a conference focusing on "health" and the "soul" in 2022? That's only partly true: This event did happen, but it was in 2021, not 202
PolitiFact→ Ben Shapiro – Ben Shapiro claimed Biden’s job figures from 2021 didn’t beat nonpartisan projections. That’s wrong
"There is no evidence Biden’s spending produced one job. Nonpartisan projections for job growth in 2021, not including that American Rescue Plan, showed higher job growth than Biden produced.”
Full Fact→ False US military health data misrepresented as NHS figures
A post on Instagram claims that incidences of health conditions such as female infertility, neurological abnormalities and cancers have dramatically increased, citing figures claimed to have come from the NHS. It’s not clear what time perio
PolitiFact→ Cavalier Johnson – Milwaukee mayor in ballpark on stolen vehicle figures, but overstates reckless driving fatalities
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
Poynter→ Claims that COVID death figures are inflated by counting those who died ‘with, not from’ the virus are premised on false assertions
An Instagram post imploring readers to use “simple math” asserts that U.S. deaths from COVID-19 are vastly overcounted. The viral post says the number of estimated annual COVID-19 deaths in the United […] The post Claims that COVID
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson’s PPE figures don’t tell the whole story
Thanks to the efforts of people across Whitehall, this country is now capable of producing 80% of our own PPE. Boris Johnson, 19 January 2022 . During Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday 19 January, Boris Johnson claimed the UK is now
Full Fact→ PM misleads on employment figures, again
"We now have 420,000 more people in employment than there were before the pandemic began." Boris Johnson, 18 January 2022. In an interview with Sky News, Boris Johnson claimed, again, that there are more people in employment now than there were befor
PolitiFact→ Look who’s not talking: Key figures who aren’t cooperating with Jan. 6 investigators
Three members of Trump’s inner circle have refused to sit down with Jan. 6 investigators. Here's the current list of the people not cooperating with the committee's probe of who instigated the attack on the Capitol.
Poynter→ Fact-checking Sonia Sotomayor’s figures on kids with severe COVID-19
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor incorrectly cited statistics about serious cases of COVID-19 among children during oral arguments over the Biden administration’s efforts to mandate vaccines for certain Americans. “We […] The post Fa
Full Fact→ Are lateral flow test results included in headline Covid-19 case figures?
The government has announced that asymptomatic people who test positive for Covid-19 on a lateral flow device (LFD) test will no longer need to have a confirmatory PCR test. It said that this is a “temporary measure” while rates of Co
Full Fact→ Iain Duncan Smith’s figures on school absence are out of date
The Centre for Social Justice, which I chair, produced figures the other day which were shocking, which is about the nature of the effect on pupils—particularly pupils from poorer backgrounds, where literally absence has grown by 55% during the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Several Company Leaders, Public Figures Did NOT Resign On First Day Of Ghislaine Maxwell Trial — Only Twitter CEO
Did various leaders of major companies and public figures resign or get fired on the first day of the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was multimillionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend and alleged co-conspirator? Not for the most
Full Fact→ Figures in viral mask graphic aren’t substantiated
A graphic claiming to show the varying transmission risk of Covid-19 between people wearing and not wearing masks has gone viral on Twitter again. This really isn't much to ask of us to keep one another safe. pic.twitter.com/v6JlqHyvET — Giles P
Full Fact→ Resettlement figures don’t give us the full picture on refugee numbers
Since 2015 I think… the UK through the refugee programmes, [has] resettled over 25,000 people—more than any other country in Europe. Sajid Javid MP , 28 November 2021. A clip of health secretary Sajid Javid telling Sky News that the UK ha
Snopes→ Facebook Expands Harassment Policy to Protect Public Figures
Facebook will bar content that degrades or sexualizes public figures, including celebrities, elected officials and others in the public eye.
Full Fact→ MailOnline muddles professorship ethnicity figures
“Senior black scientists claim research in the UK is 'institutionally racist' after study found they hold only 3.5% of professor posts” MailOnline, 12 October 2021. An article on MailOnline claimed that research from the Royal Society foun
Full Fact→ Figures about Pfizer side effects for children need more context
A post on Instagram claims that 86% of children suffered an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in clinical trials. Specifically, it says that 86% suffered an adverse reaction after the first dose, with 78.9% suffering an adv
Full Fact→ New healthcare workers suicide figures should be treated with caution
“More than 60 frontline UK healthcare workers took their own life at the beginning of the pandemic.” The i, 9 September 2021. The i newspaper has reported new data claiming to show that 64 frontline healthcare workers died by suicide at th