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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A ‘Rude’ Flight Attendant Did NOT ‘Get Karma’ After Threatening To Kick A Passenger Off Flight In Video
Did a video show a rude flight attendant getting served by karma after threatening to kick a passenger off a flight? No, that's not true: The misleading title of this video fails to deliver what is promised. The flight attendant is never
Full Fact - All content→ Bringing together the UK government, Facebook, and others to combat misinformation crises
In September we announced that Full Fact was convening a range of experts to develop a new collaborative model for tackling misinformation crises, with funding support from Facebook. While information producers have responded to the coronavirus p
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance will get specialized support from the Paris Peace Forum
This is an addition to a story that ran earlier, updated after the project won an international award. You can read the original version here. The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance was one of 10 projects selected to be supported for one year by the Scale-Up Co
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance gets a global showcase at the Paris Peace Forum
The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance, a collection of 99 fact-checking organizations from over 70 countries that produced over 9,000 COVID-19 fact-checks in 43 different languages, received global recognition from the virtually assembled audience at the thi
Snopes→ Do Veterans Get Free Access to National Parks?
Starting Veterans Day 2020, veterans and Gold Star families have a new benefit.
Snopes→ GOP Tries Again to Get High Court to Ax Obamacare
One week after the 2020 election, the Supreme Court will once again hear arguments to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as 'Obamacare.'
Snopes→ Was Trump First US President To Lose Popular Vote, Get Impeached, Then Lose Reelection?
The 45th president made history, both good and bad, in the 2020 election.
Snopes→ Trump Faces Tough Road in Getting Supreme Court to Intervene
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there’s one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the U.S. Supreme Court.
FactCheck.org→ Biden Did, Indeed, Get More Votes Than Obama
Quick Take The votes are still being counted and the results are unofficial, but former Vice President Joe Biden already has surpassed former President Barack Obama’s record of 69.4 million votes in 2008. But conservative personalities on social
Snopes→ Facebook Removes Iranian Accounts Targeting Israel Protests
Facebook said the individuals behind the accounts had sought to shield their identities but that it was able to trace them to a Tehran-based IT company.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Admit He Put Together A ‘Voter Fraud Organization’ — He Was Talking About Preventing Voter Fraud
Did Joe Biden admit that he put together a "voter fraud organization"? No, that comment is taken out of context. A video clip of the former vice president shows him saying, "We have put together the most extensive and inclusive voter frau
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Get More Votes In 2008 Than Biden Has In 2020
Did former President Barack Obama receive more votes in 2008 than Joe Biden has gotten this election cycle? No, that's not true: Ballots are still being counted in this election cycle, but Biden has already surpassed Obama's 2008 vote tot
Top Fact Checks→ Trump said, that the deep state, or whoever, over at the FDA is making it very difficult for drug companies to get people in order to test the vaccines and therapeutics.
Trumps' accusation that the FDA was stalling enrollment in clinical trials was based on no evidence. The agency does not oversee trial enrollment.
Snopes→ Did Kanye West Get 40K Votes in Kentucky for US President?
Ye might be celebrating a little prematurely.
Top Fact Checks→ Ivanka Trump Declares She Is ‘Unapologetically’ ‘Pro-Life’ for the First Time.
A week before the U.S. elections, Ivanka Trump has taken an anti-abortion stance publicly for the first time.
Snopes→ Harris Target of More Misinformation Than Pence, Data Shows
Long before Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced her as his running mate, Kamala Harris was the target of widespread online misinformation.
Liste→ Famous Pakistani TikTok user Hyderabadi targeted by death hoax
A video claiming that a Pakistani social media star died in a car accident in August 2020 has been viewed millions of times in multiple posts on TikTok, Facebook and YouTube. The claim, however, is false: as of October 2020, TikTok star Ali Khan Hyder
Snopes→ NXIVM Sex-Cult Head Keith Raniere Gets 120 Years in Prison
U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis called Raniere “ruthless and unyielding” in crimes that were “particularly egregious” because he targeted young girls and young women.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trash Can Plastered With ‘Ballot Box’ Sign In Philadelphia Was NOT Intended To Get People To Toss Their Ballots In The Trash
Did a worker in Philadelphia disguise trash cans so that people would throw away their ballots? No, that's not true: The posters proclaiming "Ballot Box" on sidewalk solar-powered trash compactors were created to advertise "Ballot Box" an
Full Fact - All content→ Teflon in masks does not pose a health risk, unless you get it extremely hot
A post on Facebook has claimed that disposable masks are sprayed with Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) - also known as Teflon - and that exposure to this can lead to symptoms including fever, chest tightness, shortness of breath, headache, cough, c
FactCheck.org→ Posts Target Trump With False Claim on MAGA Hats
Quick Take Social media posts erroneously suggest that President Donald Trump’s campaign hats are made in China, while those for former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign are made in the U.S. The official hats sold by both campaigns are ma
Snopes→ US: Russian Hackers Targeting State, Local Networks
U.S. officials said that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data from at least two servers.
Full Fact - All content→ This post telling healthy people to stop getting tested is full of inaccuracies
A Facebook graphic has urged “healthy” people to “stop being tested” and listed a number of reasons why, including claims that 400,000 people being are being paid to be tested every week, 90% have no symptoms, that the governmen
TruthOrFiction→ Fayette County, Pennsylvania Billboard: ‘Biden’s Dimensia is Getting Worse’
On October 17 2020, photographs of a billboard with the claim that Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden suffered from “dimensia” began appearing on Twitter: This is real. NOT Photoshop. A actual billboard outside of Pittsbur
TruthOrFiction→ Fayette County, Pennsylvania Billboard: ‘Biden’s Dimensia is Getting Worse’
On October 17 2020, photographs of a billboard with the claim that Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden suffered from “dimensia” began appearing on Twitter: This is real. NOT Photoshop. A actual billboard outside of Pittsbur
Top Fact Checks→ You need to pass NEET-PG to get an MBBS seat.
NEET (PG) is a single entrance examination for admission to various MD/MS and PG Diploma courses.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pregnant Woman Is NOT Getting HRT Injections To Switch Baby’s Sex In Utero
Is it true that a woman is going to inject special hormones during her pregnancy to change the baby's sex from male to female before the baby is even born? No, this is not true. First, it would be impossible to change the sex of a fetus i
TruthOrFiction→ Is This a Trump Supporter’s Truck Getting Repossessed in Florida in ‘a Perfect Metaphor’?
Around October 12 2020, a photograph described as a “Trump supporter’s truck being repossessed in Florida,” flags still flying, spread on several social media platforms, including Twitter: A Trumpanzee in Florida having his truck
Snopes→ Trump’s Election-Eve Drug Discounts for Seniors Get Snagged
President Donald Trump’s plan to mail millions of seniors a $200 prescription savings card has hit legal and budget roadblocks, making it unlikely the government can carry it out before Election Day.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kanye West Did NOT Get 40,000 Votes in Kentucky
Did Kanye West get 40,000 votes in Kentucky? No, that's not true: The alleged results, which the rapper-turned-presidential candidate shared on social media, are not real. They are test results and "not valid," according to the local news
Full Fact - All content→ Flu and Covid-19 statistics are being published in one report, but not added together
Many Facebook users have shared a screenshot of a Public Health England (PHE) weekly Covid-19 surveillance report, which says that from 8 October, “the information in this report will be published in a combined Weekly flu and COVID-19 Surveillanc
Full Fact - All content→ Flu and Covid-19 statistics are not being added together
“Hey, why not combine Covid *and flu* statistics together to make the Covid numbers look worse than they really are! This is not a joke. This is what Public Health England is doing.” Julia Hartley-Brewer, 11 October 2020 The journalist an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Blame "Forgetting" To Wear A Mask (At A KKK Rally) For Contracting Covid-19
Did President Trump say he caught COVID-19 by forgetting to wear a mask at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Florida? No, that's not true: The claim was made in a satire article that used a satire photo from 2016. It is a real photo, but features a
Snopes→ Justices Say Women Can Get Abortion Pill by Mail, for Now
The Supreme Court said it would for now continue to allow women to obtain an abortion pill by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Liste→ Patients are not getting coronavirus from the flu shot
Instagram posts claim that the influenza vaccine will give patients the coronavirus. This is false; the chart provided as evidence is from a study which did not find that the flu shot is spreading the deadly virus, and Immunize Canada and the British C
Liste→ Misinformation targets New Jersey flu vaccine mandate plan
Instagram posts opposing a proposed New Jersey law to mandate the influenza vaccine for students claim that the immunization raises one’s risk of coronavirus infection. Large studies in the US and Canada found no evidence that flu shots increase the
Snopes→ VP Debates Are Often Forgettable – But Dan Quayle Never Recovered
Dan Quayle’s legacy is the cautionary tale of how he let himself be defined by one debate mistake.
Full Fact - All content→ How the government performed on its autumn testing targets
On 30 July, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published a new series of “ambitions” for the NHS Test and Trace service. Two of these were ambitions to achieve specific goals “by September”. They were: “test
Snopes→ 200K in US Have Died from Virus. Now Trump Says He ‘Gets It’
That revelation, seven months into the pandemic and after almost 210,000 American deaths, is not the first time he has relied on personal experience to shape his views.