Quick Take An unfounded conspiracy theory of widespread election fraud claims that an election technology company called Smartmatic switched votes in the 2020 election. But Smartmatic provided ballot-marking machines to only one U.S. county in the elec
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Full Fact - All content→ Nadine Dorries says email from her office on vaccines does not reflect her views
A post on Facebook and Twitter showing a screenshot of an email sent from the office of MP Nadine Dorries has gone viral. The email reads: “Thank you for writing to Nadine Dorries MP. I’m Nadine’s caseworker responding on her behalf.
Full Fact - All content→ GPs and other frontline medical workers will be among the first to receive a Covid-19 vaccine
A post suggesting that GPs should be the first to get a Covid-19 vaccine when one becomes available has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. The post text reads: “If the vaccine is so safe and effective why not do our GPs first [sic]Then th
Top Fact Checks→ Queen Elizabeth and Margaret Thatcher had a rocky relationship.
The relationship was tense, and the two women had opposing views on several issues.
Top Fact Checks→ Someone broke into the Queen’s bedroom to speak with her at length.
In reality, Fagan and the Queen didn't speak for very long.
Liste→ Old photos of Aung San Suu Kyi shared in false posts about her ‘showing support for Thai pro-democracy protesters’
Two photos of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show her raising a three-fingered salute in support of Thai pro-democracy protesters. The claim is false
Liste→ Doctored weather forecast circulates in false Facebook posts about tropical cyclones hitting the Philippines
A photo has been shared repeatedly on Facebook alongside a claim it shows a series of tropical cyclones set to hit the Philippines immediately after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in November 2020. The claim is false: the photo has been digitally altered
Snopes→ Left for Dead, Twice, RadioShack Gets Another Shot Online
RadioShack, a fixture at the mall for decades, has been pulled from brink of death, again.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Does NOT Own A Stake In Dominion Voting Systems, Nor Is Any Dominion Stake Prompting Her To Leave Judiciary Committee Post
Does California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, own a stake in Dominion Voting Systems, and is that part of the reason she is relinquishing the top Democrat spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee? No, that's not true: A Dom
FactCheck.org→ No ‘Landslide’ for Biden, Either
Provided President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College margin of victory holds — and we have seen no reason so far to believe it will not — it will be the same margin won by Donald Trump in 2016. That would leave Biden (as it did Trum
Liste→ Online posts falsely portray Pope Francis and other world leaders as making “devil horns” gesture
Images showing religious leaders and US politicians, including President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, have circulated in numerous social media posts claiming they all are flashing "devil horns", which some consider to be Sat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Website DOES Show Age And Other Conditions For People Who Died From COVID-19
Is it true ages and pre-existing medical conditions for U.S. residents who died from COVID-19 are not available? No, that's not true: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website shows ages, additional medical conditi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Statistics Show COVID-19 Is NOT ‘The Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated On An Unsuspecting Public’ And Is NOT ‘Just Another Bad Flu’
Is Canadian pathologist Dr. Roger Hodkinson correct when he asserts that COVID-19 is "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public" and "just another bad flu"? No, neither of those claims is true: Data from the CDC show th
Snopes→ Officer Pops Open Woman’s Trunk, Lets Her Go After What He Sees?
Clickbaiters have turned a fairly tame, if heartwarming, incident involving a traffic stop into something much more sensational.
Snopes→ Officer Pops Open Woman’s Trunk, Lets Her Go After What He Sees?
Clickbaiters have turned a fairly tame, if heartwarming, incident involving a traffic stop for a woman named Chy-Niece Thacker into something much more sensational.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NO Evidence Of ‘Ballot-Dumping’ Found In Wisconsin And Michigan
Is there evidence of ballot dumping found to help Joe Biden in Wisconsin and Michigan? No, that's not true. An article published by OAN claimed there were instances of ballot dumps in both states from the November 3, 2020 presidential ele
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Were There ‘More Votes Than People’ in Detroit?
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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
Snopes→ Were Poll Watchers ‘Thrown Out’ of Vote Counting Rooms?
In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, the Trump campaign spread this rumor in fundraising emails but walked it back in court.
Liste→ The video shows a 26-year-old Chinese ballet dancer with her dance partner
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter, Facebook and Weibo which claim it shows a 74-year-old woman dancing with her grandson. The claim is false; the video is a clip from a Chinese dance television programme th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Voting Machines Do NOT Use Smartmatic Software — There Is No Connection Between The Two Companies
Do Dominion voting machines use Smartmatic vote counting software? No, that's not true. There is no connection between Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic. The companies are rivals and have been involved in legal battles against each o
Full Fact - All content→ The number of people dying right now is not the same as in any other year
“I’ll give you the absolute numbers today and people can then take that away and make their own decisions about how scared to be. So in terms of people actually infected today, it’s probably around 1% of the population. But the vast
Full Fact - All content→ The infection fatality rate for Covid-19 is higher than 0.1%
In a now-deleted tweet, writer and commentator Toby Young claimed that a study reported in the Daily Mail shows that Covid-19’s infection fatality rate (IFR) is 0.1%, a figure comparable to seasonal flu. This tweet incorrectly cited the stu
Liste→ This photo shows Macron and Erdogan at the UN General Assembly in 2018 — other photos from the event show them shaking hands
A photo has been shared repeatedly in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in November 2020 that claim it shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refusing to shake hands with French President Emmanuel Macron. The posts circulated online as t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congress Did NOT Make An Official Statement Saying There Is Currently No President-Elect
Did Congress make an official statement saying there is currently no president-elect? No, that's not true: One of the 535 members of Congress -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. -- sent a letter to the administrator of the General Services Administr
Snopes→ Why Poll Watcher Complaints Don’t Amount to Fraud
Republican lawyers acknowledged in court that they had observers watching polls and mail-in ballots being processed.
Snopes→ Here’s How Every Senator and Congress Member Has Responded to Biden’s Victory
Of 253 Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate, only 13 had acknowledged Joe Biden as president-elect a week after he was declared the winner.
Snopes→ Did Melania Trump Say 2020 Would Be Her Last Christmas in the White House?
As of this writing, the world is still waiting for U.S. President Donald Trump and the first lady to concede the election.
Liste→ This photo shows a mother who tested positive for Covid-19 in Myanmar, according to photographer
A photo that shows a health worker carrying a baby while a tearful woman looks on has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that suggest it shows the separation of a mother from her baby in Sri Lanka. The claim, however, is mislead
Snopes→ Did Xbox and PlayStation Congratulate Each Other on Launch Days?
"End the toxic fanboys," a redditor posted, as the title of a thread on r/PlayStation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Comparative Maps Do NOT Prove Dominion Software Was Used In States Where Trump Lawsuits Challenge Vote-Counting
Does a map that highlights states using Dominion Voting Systems software correspond to a second map showing where President Donald Trump is contesting election results in court? No, that is misleading. The Trump campaign has not filed law
Full Fact - All content→ There’s no evidence that mercury-based chemicals in a Covid-19 vaccine would cause harm
Our readers have asked us to check claims that new Covid-19 vaccines contain enough mercury to cause brain damage.It is likely this question refers to thiomersal, a mercury-based chemical, but this is no longer used in most standard vaccines in the UK,
Top Fact Checks→ There is evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania.
No major findings of fraud or irregularities have been found in the 2020 presidential elections in Pennsylvania.
Top Fact Checks→ Every United States presidential election has been won either by the Republican or the Democratic party since 1852.
Millard Fillmore, a member of the Whig party was the last President (1850-1853) to not be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties.
Snopes→ Kenosha Shooter’s Mother Tries to Deflect Blame from Her Son
The mother of an Illinois 17-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of two men during a protest in Wisconsin said neither her son nor the protesters should have been on the street that night and put much of the blame for what happened on police and the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Heroic Firefighter Is NOT ‘Sebastian Gates’ And He Did NOT Die After Saving This Child
Did "firefighter Sebastian Gates" die of carbon monoxide poisoning after rescuing a young girl from a fire? No, that's not true: This meme has been circulating since 2013 and contains a mixture of several different stories. The story is s
Snopes→ Is There a ‘Hammer and Scorecard’ Operation to Manipulate Vote Counts?
The director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) called the rumors "nonsense."
Snopes→ Stocks Burst Higher, S&P 500 at Record on Vaccine Hopes
Financial markets around the world were already climbing before the vaccine data's release, and Wall Street seemed set to follow on relief that the limbo created by the long, market-bruising battle for the White House was finally clearing.
TFCN Feature – Poynter→ TFCN Roundup: Did Trump call to stop counts where he leads, but not where Biden does?
This week, MediaWise's Teen Fact-Checking Network took on seven claims, focusing hard on the 2020 presidential election. The post TFCN Roundup: Did Trump call to stop counts where he leads, but not where Biden does? appeared first on Poynter.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ There is no evidence supporting the claim that preexisting T cell immunity reduces COVID-19 mortality and infection rate; such cross-reactive T cells predate the pandemic
REVIEW Claims questioning the mortality or death toll from COVID-19 have recurrently appeared since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. A video published in October 2020 by chiropractor Eric Berg, who is not a medical doctor and has no backgrou