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Snopes→ Pandemic Makes Prostitution Taboo in Nevada’s Legal Brothels

2021-02-20 These days, even in the state known for sin, the business of paying for sex is taboo. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Instagram Post Makes Invalid Comparison Between COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines

2021-02-19 Quick Take A tweet shared on Instagram baselessly claims that a person is 300 to 900 times more likely to die “after getting the #Covid vaccine than the flu vaccine.”  But the comparison is faulty — and there is no proof that people are dyin Go to site post…»

AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Biden makes at least four false statistical claims at CNN town hall

2021-02-18 https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/fact-check-biden-cnn-town-hall-anderson-cooper-milwaukee/index.html Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Video Makes Bogus Claims About ‘War Crimes’ and COVID-19 Vaccine Safety

2021-02-12 Quick Take A video falsely claims that people receiving authorized COVID-19 vaccines are taking part in a deadly clinical trial and that those administering the doses are war criminals under the Nuremberg Code. That’s bogus. People getting the Go to site post…»

Climate Feedback→ Breitbart article makes numerous false claims about the impacts of climate change, based on Global Warming Policy Foundation post

2021-02-12 SUMMARY The article was published by Breitbart as well as dozens of other blogs, such as Climate Change Dispatch, Principia Scientific, Climate Depot, and Technocracy News. It is repeating a series of claims made in a blog post from the Global Warmi Go to site post…»

AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ ‘Deep state’ theory makes false claims about martial law, arrests, pandemic

2021-02-10 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/02/09/fact-check-false-claims-military-takeover-mass-arrests-covid-19/4419059001/ Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Viral Video Makes False and Unsupported Claims About Vaccines

2021-01-22 Quick Take A viral video makes a series of inaccurate and unfounded arguments for why people should not receive any vaccines, including those for COVID-19. Full Story As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, anti-vaccination activists try t Go to site post…»

Liste→ Discredited US naturopath makes false claims about Gates

2021-01-19 A 2019 video has resurfaced in South Africa with claims by a discredited US naturopath that billionaire Bill Gates said the world should be depopulated of billions of people, starting in Africa. However, there is no public record of Gates making the Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Impeachment Dress’ Makes Second Appearance

2021-01-14 A January 13 2021 post to Reddit’s r/pics was one of several observing that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s dress appeared to be identical to the one she wore for outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s first impeachment on December 19 2 Go to site post…»

Liste→ This video makes no mention of Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency summoning the president’s son

2021-01-08 A video has been viewed millions of times on Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim that it shows Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, has been summoned by the anti-corruption agency over a food aid graft case. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Warnock Makes History with Georgia Senate Win

2021-01-06 Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the Democrats’ reach. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Trump makes unfounded claims of Georgia election fraud

2021-01-04 Donald Trump made a series of unsubstantiated claims about US presidential election results from Georgia during an hour-long call with its secretary of state and other officials, rejecting the legitimacy of the vote a little more than two weeks before Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Salt Doesn’t Melt Ice – Here’s How It Actually Makes Winter Streets Safe

2020-12-21 Salt is a cheap and effective way to protect roads from ice due to a simple scientific principle: freezing point depression of solutions. Go to site post…»

Liste→ Video makes misleading claims about Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine trial

2020-12-15 A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on YouTube and Facebook alongside a claim that two people died during trials for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to US government records. The claim is misleading; the US Go to site post…»

Snopes→ TikTok Video ‘Exposes’ How Taco Bell Makes Its Refried Beans?

2020-12-08 Fast food is nothing if not quick to prepare. Go to site post…»

AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact check: In bid to win Michigan, Trump makes false claims about the state’s auto industry

2020-11-03 https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/02/politics/fact-check-michigan-auto-jobs-trump-obama/index.html Trying to Go to site post…»

Full Fact - All content→ This video makes a number of inaccurate claims about the Covid-19 pandemic

2020-10-22 We’ve been asked about a video of a public speech on Facebook, in which the speaker makes several claims about the outsourcing company Serco and the Covid-19 pandemic.  There are too many claims in the video for us to check it all, so we are Go to site post…»

Full Fact - All content→ Boris Johnson makes an error about quarantine payments

2020-10-05 “£500 if you do [self-isolate], per week, and a £10,000 fine if you don’t.” Boris Johnson, 5 October 2020 The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, got details of the government’s Test and Trace Support payment scheme wro Go to site post…»

Liste→ Poster shared in South Africa makes false claims about face masks

2020-09-25 A poster that makes multiple claims about the use and legality of face masks during the novel coronavirus pandemic has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook in South Africa. It comes after a high court ruled in June that the country’s lockdown la Go to site post…»

Liste→ New Zealand doctor makes misleading claims about the country’s PCR testing regime in widely shared YouTube video

2020-09-18 A video showing a New Zealand-based doctor claiming the PCR testing method for the novel coronavirus does not “actually test for the virus” and is being used inappropriately has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook. The claims are mi Go to site post…»

Liste→ New Zealand doctor makes misleading claims about the country’s PCR testing regime in widely shared YouTube video

2020-09-18 A video showing a New Zealand-based doctor claiming the PCR testing method for the novel coronavirus does not “actually test for the virus” and is being used inappropriately has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook. The claims are mi Go to site post…»

Liste→ New Zealand political party’s misleading campaign video makes false ‘forced’ coronavirus vaccination claim

2020-08-26 A video claiming New Zealand's ruling party has changed the law to "force" citizens to get a coronavirus vaccine has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The claim is false. The video, which was created by a Go to site post…»

Liste→ Trump son makes false claims on second night of Republican convention

2020-08-26 One of Donald Trump’s sons falsely claimed that Joe Biden pledged to defund police and raise taxes on most Americans if elected, and also misconstrued the incumbent US president’s record on ending military conflicts, in a full-throated appeal for Go to site post…»

TruthOrFiction→ ‘Budget Breakdown of a 25-Year-Old Who Makes $100,000 a Year and Is Excellent with Money’

2020-08-17 As COVID-19 related economic woes dragged on in August 2020, a Facebook user shared a CNBC “budget breakdown” chart — which involved a 25-year-old man earning $100,000 a year:   On August 14 2020, the user shared the above ch Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Facebook Post Makes Baseless Claim About Bill Gates’ Family Ties

2020-08-13 Quick Take A Facebook post makes the baseless claim that Bill Gates’ mother was related to Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The post also shows an image of a young man who is misidentified as Gates. Full St Go to site post…»

Liste→ Ad for UV wands plays on coronavirus fears and makes false claims

2020-07-15 A widely-viewed ad on Facebook urges people to buy ultraviolet light wands to protect themselves during the coronavirus pandemic. But experts say that although UV light can be used against the virus, it can also damage unprotected eyes and skin, while Go to site post…»

Liste→ Disgraced US researcher makes false claims about vaccine safety

2020-06-25 A short portion of an interview given by discredited researcher Judy Mikovits, in which she claims that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be deadly, warns against immunization, and advocates for a five-year moratorium to test all vaccines, has been watched t Go to site post…»

Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ German Ministry employee makes unsupported claim that COVID-19 pandemic is a global false alarm in widely circulated yet unsolicited opinion article

2020-06-10 REVIEW An article posted by News Punch on 2 June 2020 partially reproduces a document originally published by the German outlet Tichys Einblick on 10 May 2020, claiming that it was leaked from Germany’s Interior Ministry. The document, titled KM 4 Go to site post…»

AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ McEnany makes false claim about Romney’s share of black vote

2020-06-09 https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/politics/facts-first-mcenany-romney/index.html During a White House brie Go to site post…»

Snopes→ With a Gay Protagonist, Pixar Short ‘Out’ Makes History

2020-05-28 LGBTQ characters have been increasingly appearing in Disney films but often do so fleetingly. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Biden Makes 1st In-Person Appearance in More Than 2 Months

2020-05-25 Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home. Go to site post…»

Climate Feedback→ Video from PragerU makes several incorrect and misleading claims about climate change

2020-05-23 SUMMARY This video discussing climate change was first published on PragerU’s website in April 2016 and recently posted on Facebook in May 2020. The video has received more than 356,000 views on Facebook over the past week. Scientists that evaluat Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Coronavirus: Why the Math Behind ‘COVID Alert Levels’ Makes No Sense

2020-05-15 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Twitter account released a number of “infographics” which are, quite frankly, baffling. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Trump Say More COVID-19 Testing Makes the US Look Bad?

2020-05-14 The president has been accused of forgetting the people behind the coronavirus case numbers. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Disney Makes Filmed Version of ‘Hamilton’ Streamable in July

2020-05-12 The film was made in 2016 with the original, Tony Award-winning cast. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Former Vodafone Boss’ Makes FALSE Claim In Taken-Down YouTube Video That Coronavirus Caused By 5G Tech

2020-04-03 Is COVID-19 caused by 5G technology that is killing people around the world? No, that's not true. A video that went viral of a man claiming to be the former "head of the largest business unit at Vodafone," says that coronavirus is not killing Go to site post…»

Snopes→ What the Coronavirus Does to Your Body That Makes It So Deadly

2020-04-02 As with SARS, most of the damage in COVID-19 is caused by the immune system carrying out a scorched earth defense to stop the virus from spreading. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Seeking Trial Delay, Sheriff Makes False COVID-19 Claim

2020-03-10 Lawyers for a longtime Alabama sheriff seeking a delay in his theft trial wrongly claimed the officer was being tested for the illness caused by a new coronavirus. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ For-Profit Firm Seeking to Run .Org Names Makes Concessions to Calm Nonprofit Community

2020-02-21 Ethos Capital has offered to cap price hikes and create an advisory board with veto powers to ease concerns about controlling the .org suffix. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ California Governor Makes Homelessness Top Issue in 2020

2020-02-20 Tossing aside tradition, California's governor devoted his biggest platform to a single issue: solving a homelessness crisis that has overwhelmed the nation's most populous state in an era of unprecedented prosperity. Go to site post…»

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