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Full Fact→ Telegraph headline linking depression and social media isn’t backed up by article
“Doubling of teenage depression rates linked to social media use” Daily Telegraph print edition, 28 April 2021 A headline in the Daily Telegraph has claimed that teenage depression rates doubling is linked to social media use. The article a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Details Of Inaugural Wreath Ceremony Do NOT Mean Biden Isn’t Official President
Is Joe Biden not the official president because soldiers at a wreath ceremony did not wear their decorations on their coats and the 21-gun salute was moved to Arlington Cemetery on January 20, 2021? No, that's not true: Biden is the offic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Details Of Inaugural Wreath Ceremony Do NOT Mean Biden Isn’t Official President
Is Joe Biden not the official president because soldiers at a wreath ceremony did not wear their decorations on their coats and the 21-gun salute was moved to Arlington Cemetery on January 20, 2021? No, that's not true: Biden is the offic
Logically→ Joe Biden isn’t President-Elect until Trump concedes the election.
The winner of a presidential election is conventionally known as President-Elect. A concession is not required for the title to be used.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Ban This ‘President Trump Campaign Ad’ — Which Isn’t Really A Trump Ad
Did Facebook ban this "President Trump campaign ad"? No, that's not true. It goes without saying that videos playing on a platform proclaiming they are banned by that platform have not been banned. Those behind such posts use them as a wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Amy Barrett Did NOT Say During Her Confirmation Hearing She Isn’t Using Notes Because ‘I’ve Got Seven Kids … I’m Used To Stupid Questions’
Did Amy Coney Barrett say during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing she s wanot using notes because she has seven kids and is "used to stupid questions"? No, that's not true: The quote was incorrectly attributed to her. In a video of
Full Fact→ It’s not true that data on causes of death isn’t published
“We know that every single death has to be recorded and logged. So what, apart from simple old age (the vast majority and undisputed) are the principal death causes in our society? “Well, there are 20 to 40 diseases and illnesses that have
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Muslamian Council Named ICE Did NOT Say ‘If Pork Isn’t Banned, We’ll Have To Leave America’
Did an organization named "Islamia Coexistence Embassy" (ICE) claim they would leave America if pork wasn't banned? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans in
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Julia Roberts Did NOT Say ‘Michelle Obama Isn’t Fit To Clean Melania’s Toilet’
Did Julia Roberts say Michelle Obama isn't fit to clean Melania Trump's toilet'? No, that's not true: the story was put out by a site once notorious for taking existing news reports and spicing them up with some invented facts to get a more sp
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Mexico Isn’t Paying For The Border Wall, Military Unlikely To Build It
With a proposed government funding bill not putting money into President Trump's border wall, he's now talking about different ways to complete his long-promised project.(Image credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR→ FACT CHECK: Mexico Isn’t Paying For The Border Wall, Military Unlikely To Build It
With a proposed government funding bill not putting money into President Trump's border wall, he's now talking about different ways to complete his long-promised project.(Image credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images)
ABC News→ NOT REAL NEWS: Recreational marijuana isn’t legal in Florida
NOT REAL NEWS: Florida lawmakers haven't legalized recreational marijuana use, although some people have access to medical marijuana
ABC News→ AP FACT CHECK: Trump says ‘Obamacare’ is repealed. It isn’t.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's report on the death of 'Obamacare' is premature
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aboriginal Interpreter Is NOT Translating Mark McGowan’s English To English In Video — She Is Speaking Kriol
In a video made to encourage COVID-19 vaccines in aboriginal communities, did Mark McGowan, the premier of Western Australia, make a patronizing and insensitive blunder by having an Indigenous interpreter stand beside him and simply repea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Have An Active Voter Turnout Of 93.7% In 2020 — It Was 72.6%
Did Wisconsin have an active voter turnout of 93.7% in 2020? No, that's not true. Wisconsin allows same-day registration and therefore calculates the voter turnout with the number of actual voters as a percentage of the voting-age populat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 3 Carrots Do NOT Give Everybody ‘Enough Energy To Walk 3 Miles’
Does consuming three carrots give everyone enough energy to walk three miles? No, that's not true: The National Media Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics tells Lead Stories, "3 carrots cannot provide you (or anyone) wi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Interim Final Rule Re: Chimeric Viruses Does NOT Confirm COVID-19 Is Man-Made Virus
Does a CDC rule concerning chimeric viruses confirm that COVID-19 is man-made? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the rule cited by the Hal Turner Radio Show has nothing to do with the origin of SARS-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Omicron Variant Is NOT Spreading Faster Than Any Other Virus In History – But It Is Close
Is the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreading faster than any virus in history? No, that's not true: The omicron variant is extremely contagious but does not spread as quickly as measles, which is the most infectious virus. Dr. Claudia Hoy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cherry-Picked Snippet Of CNN’s Dr. Leana Wen Does NOT Accurately Convey Her Advice About Masks As COVID-19 Protection
Did CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen say, "Don't wear a cloth mask. Cloth masks are little more than facial decorations"? Yes, she did say that when speaking about the possibility of New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio canceling the New Y
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That ‘A Christmas Carol’ Character Made More Than Today’s U.S. Minimum Wage Worker
Does Bob Cratchit, a character from the Charles Dickens classic novella "A Christmas Carol" make the equivalent of $530.27 a week, which is more than the current weekly federal minimum wage in the United States? Probably not: The novella,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Does NOT Admit Vaccinated Parents Are Killing Unvaccinated Kids
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention admit that parents vaccinated for COVID-19 are killing their unvaccinated children? No, that's not true: The claim is made by a non-scientist citing a paper that mixes vaccination informa
Snopes→ Did Bill Gates Make an ‘Omicron’ Video Game?
Among the many flaws in this conspiracy theory, the COVID-19 variant "omicron" isn't spelled with a "K."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 DID Kill Only 68 Children In 2020, But Chart Omits Context: Infected Children Host And Spread The Virus
Did 67 children ages 5-14 die from COVID-19 in 2020? Yes (68, to be precise), but this chart comparing that to the much higher death tolls from traffic accidents, fires and other causes obscures the risk posed by children's infections, wh
Snopes→ Is This Trump in High-Waisted Pants?
This isn't the first time an altered image of Trump has been circulated on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eating Cashews Does NOT Kill Bacteria
Does eating cashews kill bacteria? No, that's not true: Scientific research suggests that there isn't enough anacardic acid in the cashew itself to kill bacteria or provide any therapeutic value. But, discarded cashew shells could possibl
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Are NOT The Reason Vaccinated English Under 60 Are ‘Dying At Twice The Rate of Unvaccinated People The Same Age’
Are COVID-19 vaccines the reason vaccinated people ages 10 to 59 in England are dying at twice the rate of the unvaccinated? No, that's not true: Age 10-59 is, statistically, a huge age group, so the claim uses a misleading "same age" com
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘List Of Privileges’ Was NOT Sent Home With First-Grade Students In Delaware
Were first-grade students attending Nellie Stokes Elementary in the Caesar Rodney School District in Delaware sent home with a "List of Privileges"? No, that's not true: The handout in a photo was not given to all the students, and it is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: OSHA Suspension Of Vaccine Mandate Was NOT Ignored By ‘The Media’
Did "the media" ignore the announcement by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that it was suspending the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for some businesses? No, that's not true: National news organizations inc
Snopes→ No, This Is Not Kyle Rittenhouse Wearing KKK Garb as a Child
This isn't the first time that this photo has been used to smear someone.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell Did NOT Tell Donald Trump The Truth About His 2020 Vote Total, Courtroom Election Challenges And Michigan Vote Counters
Did Mike Lindell tell former President Donald Trump the truth when he said Trump won 80 million votes in the 2020 election, that no judge ever ruled on the meat of Trump's challenges to the election outcome and that hundreds of thousands
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Does NOT Admit ‘Vaccines Did Not Work As Advertised And That Vaccinated Are In Great Danger Today’
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci admit that COVID vaccines did not work as advertised and that the vaccinated are in great danger? No, that's not true. The director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Biden admi
Snopes→ Is This Steve Martin With a Puppy?
There are plenty of reasons to love Steve Martin. This isn't one of them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mayo Clinic-Trained Pathologist Does NOT Explain How COVID Vax ‘Spike Proteins’ Are ‘Killing You’
Does a Mayo Clinic-trained pathologist explain how COVID-19 vaccine "spike proteins" are "killing you"? No, that's not true: mRNA COVID vaccines teach the body to make the distinctive spike proteins, which the immune system quickly identi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Three States Did NOT Pull CNN’S Broadcasting License — As A Cable Network, CNN Is ‘Non-Broadcasting’
Did Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi "pull" CNN's "broadcasting license"? No, that's not true: The article making that claim is a carbon copy of a troll page's counterfeit story, with fake names for government officials purportedly quot
Full Fact→ Joe Rogan podcast uses Covid-19 death data out of context
A video clip from the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in which journalist Alex Berenson claims that over 70% of deaths from Covid-19 in the UK are now in fully vaccinated people has been widely shared on Facebook. This claim originates from UK Healt
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These 19 Studies On COVID Vaccine Efficacy Do NOT Prove Vaccines Are Ineffective
Do these 19 studies on COVID-19 vaccines show that vaccination isn't effectively fighting infection? No, that's not true. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention evaluated over 90 peer-reviewed studies and preprint publications to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Field In Madison, Georgia, Does NOT Store ‘Disposable Coffins’ And Is Not Owned By CDC Or FEMA
Did the CDC pay someone to store up to 500,000 "disposable coffins" in what had been a soybean field in Madison, Georgia? Does this indicate that there is a "plan" that might include "FEMA Camps" and an impending need to bury hundreds of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Student Loans Do NOT Cost Government Over $60B More Than Those Loans Bring In During The Year
Do U.S. student loans cost the government over $60 billion more to service than those loans bring in during the year? No, that's not true: According to experts, the cost of servicing student loans is a much smaller figure than $60 billion