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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Nancy Pelosi ‘cries like kid’? No. Viral video’s caption is clickbait
Video shows “Pelosi CRIES LIKE KID after McCarthy kicked her out as speaker.”
PolitiFact→ Why are banks like First Republic and Silicon Valley failing? And how unusual is this?
With the failure of First Republic Bank, the U.S. banking sector has experienced three massive failures within just a few weeks. What does this mean? And is there more to come?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: RESTRICT Act COULD Impose $1M Fine, 20-Year Prison Term For TikTok Access If App Is Banned — But Attorneys Say Prosecution Unlikely
Under the RESTRICT Act, would a person be fined up to $1 million and imprisoned for a minimum of 20 years for accessing content on TikTok if it's banned in the United States in the future? Yes, that's partially true: However, none of the
AllSides→ Joe Biden Said Republicans Are ‘Banning Books’ Like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-joe-biden-said-republicans-are-banning-books-like-to-kill-a-mockingbird/
Poynter→ How to spot deepfake videos like a fact-checker
With the growing popularity and constant improvement of artificial intelligence, it’s tough to decipher what’s real or fake online. We’ve seen it — and fact-checked it — for ourselves. One […] The post How to spot deepfake videos like a
PolitiFact→ How to detect deepfake videos like a fact-checker
Debunking deepfakes is a regular practice for PolitiFact reporters. But you’ve got some of the same tools that we do at your fingertips. Here’s how to use them.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Boy Dressed Like A Girl’ On Biden Plane
Was a "little boy" in female clothes videotaped while traveling on the same plane as President Joe Biden? No, that's not true: A video making that claim on social media shows Biden's granddaughter Natalie Biden going down steps from the a
The Dispatch→ Everything I Don’t Like Is ‘Woke’
Workers prepare the stage for CPAC 2022. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)What ‘wokeness’ is, and isn’t.Continue reading Everything I Don’t Like Is ‘Woke’ »
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden says domestic violence calls prompt most police deaths; data lists likelier causes
“More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – That White House Visitors Center photo looks like Joe Biden, because it is of Joe Biden
The White House Visitor Center is displaying a photo of a fake President Joe Biden.
Full Fact→ Ed Sheeran lookalike isn’t on the run in Liverpool
A post claiming a man is wanted for posing as the singer has been shared more than 11,000 times online.
The Dispatch→ Another Biden Immigration Plan That Looks a Lot Like Trump’s
President Joe Biden speaks with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers as he visits the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on January 8, 2023. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)President Joe Biden’s plan for asylum likely faces the sa
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Ron DeSantis Say ‘You’d Never See Kurt Cobain or David Bowie Dressing Like Women’?
On February 22 2023, an Imgur account shared a screenshot of a tweet which purportedly quoted Florida’s far-right governor Ron DeSantis (R) on music stars Kurt Cobain and David Bowie “never … dressing like women”: Top comments
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Audio Sounding Like Biden Advising ‘Own A Musket For Home Defense’ Is NOT Real
Is a recording sounding like President Joe Biden telling people to "own a musket for home defense" real? No, that's not true: Although the voice sounds like Biden, video clearly shows he's speaking different words than those heard in the
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Joe Biden has offered support for transgender Americans, unlike what deepfake video shows
Joe Biden said to transgender women, “you will never be a real woman.”
FactCheck.org→ Democrats Misleadingly Suggest Widespread GOP Support for FairTax Bill Unlikely to Become Law
Few Republican lawmakers have publicly supported a bill to replace most federal taxes with a national sales tax, a plan that has almost no chance of becoming law, or even passing in the GOP-led House of Representatives — certainly not in the 118
Full Fact→ Haringey Council says cost of Black Boy Lane name change ‘highly unlikely to exceed £100,000’
Claims it has cost £186,000 appear to stem from a 2021 estimate made by the council.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Is RNA making chickens lay fewer eggs? No, improper nutrition, disease are likelier to blame
“Chickens aren’t laying eggs because RNA is being added to commercial chicken feed.”
Poynter→ Does Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster increase stroke risk? ‘Very unlikely,’ agencies say
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation into whether Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 booster caused strokes in certain age groups, […] The post Does Pfizer’s COVID-19
PolitiFact→ Does Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster increase stroke risk? ‘Very unlikely,’ agencies say
Does Pfizer’s omicron booster for COVID-19 increase stroke risk? That claim is missing a lot of context. The CDC and FDA explain.
Health Feedback→ The Pfizer bivalent vaccines are very unlikely to increase the risk of ischemic stroke, contrary to claims on social media
REVIEW Vaccines are always subjected to monitoring, even after authorization or approval. This is to ensure that rare side effects that didn’t appear during clinical trials can be detected. This will allow public health authorities to take appropr
Logically→ A protestor dressed like the QAnon Shaman was spotted at the January 8 protest in Brasilia.
An image from a protest held in Brazil's São Paulo in September 2021 has been shared in the context of the January 2023 protest in Brasília.
Truth or Fiction?→ Robin Williams: ‘Politicians Should Wear Sponsor Jackets’ Like NASCAR Drivers …
In January 2023, a viral tweet from late December 2022 continued to circulate, with a purported quip from late comedian and actor Robin Williams that politicians ought to wear “sponsor jackets” like NASCAR drivers: Robin Williams was righ
Logically→ Several studies show smokers are less likely to catch COVID-19.
Several of these studies were pre-prints or non-peer-reviewed. Latest evidence has established that smoking increases the risk of getting coronavirus.
Health Feedback→ No, a German “autopsy report” didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines as “likely” cause of sudden deaths
REVIEW Social media posts claiming that there has been a spike in people who “died suddenly” due to COVID-19 vaccination made the rounds in late November 2022, thanks to a popular film that rehashed debunked claims about COVID-19 vaccines and co
Full Fact→ Aldi is not giving away free boxes of food to users who like Facebook posts
A Facebook account claiming to belong to the supermarket chain Aldi has shared posts promising free food packages for users who share or comment on the post.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Data Does NOT Prove COVID Vaccination Causes ‘Significant Numbers Of Deaths’ In British Children — But Raw Numbers Do Show Vaccinated Children Up To 137 Times More Likely To Die
Does British government data prove COVID-19 vaccination is causing "significant numbers of deaths" in British children? In addition, does the same dataset also show children are up to 137 times more likely to die following COVID vaccinati
Truth or Fiction?→ New Movie Revives the Unlikely Legend of Kentucky’s ‘Cocaine Bear’
The weird-but-true story of a doomed (but possibly briefly very excited) black bear looks to become an even weirder movie in 2023. The trailer for the movie Cocaine Bear appeared on November 30 2022, accompanied on some platforms by the titular star s
Logically→ Cold weather events like the recent New York snowstorm prove that climate change is not real.
Global warming and extremely cold conditions coexist. Research shows changes in the Arctic region is bringing frigid temperatures to lower latitudes.
Logically→ A tsunami-like wave triggered by an earthquake struck a ship near Cianjur, Indonesia.
An old video of a ship being struck be a wave in Antarctica has been falsely linked to the recent earthquake in Indonesia.
AllSides→ RSV Surge in Children Likely Caused by ‘Immunity Gap,’ Not COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/scicheck-rsv-surge-in-children-likely-caused-by-immunity-gap-not-covid-19-vaccine/
FactCheck.org→ RSV Surge in Children Likely Caused by ‘Immunity Gap,’ Not COVID-19 Vaccine
SciCheck Digest Hospitals across the country are seeing a spike of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children. Experts say the spike is most likely caused by an immunity gap created by the lack of exposure to the virus over the past couple o
Health Feedback→ Scientific evidence shows that unvaccinated people are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and die, contrary to claim in viral social media posts about Germany data
REVIEW Despite scientific evidence demonstrating that COVID-19 vaccination effectively reduces the risk of severe disease[1-5], claims that COVID-19 vaccines don’t work or even make things worse persist in online spaces and social media. Such clai
Logically→ Media discussion of likely ‘red mirages’ reveals which states democrats plan to steal in the midterms.
This phenomenon is not indicative of fraud. Election night tallies are frequently not reflected in results when all votes have been counted.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Proposition 1 unlikely to remove limits for when abortions are allowed, legal experts say
California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”
The Dispatch→ What Would the Middle East Look Like Without the Meddlesome Ayatollahs?
Iran’s leaders have upended governments and enmeshed themselves in regional governance, economics, and culture.The post What Would the Middle East Look Like Without the Meddlesome Ayatollahs? appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Do Booster Shots Increase a Person’s Likelihood of Getting COVID?
An article from The Defender claims that getting more COVID boosters increases a person’s likelihood of getting COVID. The article is written by Dr. Joseph Mercola, a frequent purveyor of vaccine misinformation. According to the articl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-Vaccinated Young Adults Are NOT 92% More Likely To Die Than Unvaccinated Young Adults In England
Were COVID-vaccinated young adults 92 percent more likely to die than their unvaccinated counterparts in England during the first full year that the vaccines were available? No, that's not true: While U.K. health agencies report that the
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Meta sounds like the Hebrew word for “dead,” but the company lives
Facebook changed its name because it is a “dead entity” whose assets were seized.