“If I go to collect a parcel at the Post Office now, I need to take my driving licence or my passport.” Gillian Keegan MP, 11 May 2021. Speaking on the BBC, Conservative MP Gillian Keegan said you need to show photo identification in order
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WaPo Fact Checker→ Democrats and Republicans need a translator when speaking infrastructure
Too often, the dueling infrastructure plans are treated as roughly similar by reporters but there are vast differences.
Full Fact - All content→ Police cars don’t need MOT registration
A widely-shared Facebook post questions why a police car does not appear to have an up-to-date MOT registration. It is true that the pictured police car’s MOT has expired (you can check this here), but as we have reported before police vehi
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Current data from clinical trials offer no reliable evidence that ivermectin is effective against COVID-19; better-quality clinical trials are needed to resolve this question
REVIEW A Sky News segment hosted by Alan Jones and featuring Craig Kelly, a Member of the Australian Parliament, claimed that scientific studies supported the use of ivermectin for treating COVID-19. Published on 19 April 2021, the segment was share
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Unvaccinated People Do NOT Need To Stay Away From Vaccinated People — mRNA Vaccines Don’t Deliver Virus
Should unvaccinated people stay away from vaccinated people because the COVID-19 vaccine sheds and causes problems including miscarriages in pregnant unvaccinated people? No, that's not true. "This claim is false," Dr. George Rutherford,
Snopes→ Is LA Sheriff’s Dept. ‘Forcibly Vaccinating’ People With Special Needs?
The same faux-medical group that includes a doctor who believes in demon semen is now pushing context-free videos to cast a community service initiative as totalitarianism.
Snopes→ Wisconsin Sen. Johnson Questions Need for Vaccinations
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, questioned the need for widespread COVID-19 vaccinations, saying in a radio interview “what do you care if your neighbor has one or not?
Snopes→ Does This Photo Show Skin Punctured by a Needle?
Maybe there are some things we aren't supposed to see.
Full Fact - All content→ The weekend Covid-19 death figures need more context
Several major UK media outlets have reported that seven UK Covid-19 deaths had been announced as of Sunday, 11 April 2021. This figure was featured by the Daily Mail newspaper on Monday, 12 April, alongside “calls to lift all curbs&rd
Snopes→ Do Hotel Guests Always Need To Put a Towel Under the Door?
A handful of Twitter users certainly had a specific reason as to why a wet towel should be placed under a hotel door.
Snopes→ Biden Tightens Some Gun Controls, Says Much More Needed
President Joe Biden announced a half-dozen executive actions aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across the nation that he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Belgian Health Minister Getting Vaccinated Without a Needle
Does a viral video show Bart Somers, the "Health Minister of Belgium," getting vaccinated with a syringe that is missing the needle? No, that's not true: Somers was never the health minister in Belgium, and the video was taken from a news
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/do-americans-need-a-vaccine-passport A widely shared Instagram post
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
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The Dispatch Fact Check→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
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The Dispatch→ ‘This Race Needs To Be About Ohio’
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Full Fact - All content→ Everything you need to know about the Home Office’s ‘eyebrow’ spending
A number of posts on Facebook have made claims about Home Office payments to a company called “Beautiful Brows Limited”, in light of an article from Byline Times. The article looked at expenses paid for on the Home Office’s procuremen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Proof 2,000 People Died From The COVID-19 Vaccine And People Over 60 Do NOT Need To Have Someone With Them For 20 Days After The Shot For Health Precautions
Did 2,000 people die from the COVID-19 vaccine and do people over 60 need someone to stay with them for up to 20 days after getting the vaccine, as a health precaution? No, that is misleading. There is no proof that the deaths of people w
Snopes→ No Need to Lose Sleep over Shift to Daylight Saving Time
The annual shift comes at 2 a.m. local time Sunday in most of the United States.
Snopes→ Did Pfizer’s Former ‘Chief Scientist’ Say There Was ‘No Need for Vaccines’?
Michael Yeadon last worked at Pfizer a decade ago, and was never the company's "chief scientist." His anti-vaccine argument relies on predictions that never panned out.
Snopes→ Did Arizona GOP Rep. Ask ‘If Masks Work, Why Weren’t They Needed in AIDS Crisis?’
Joseph Chaplik was met with bemusement after remarks he made while advocating for a bill to exempt Arizona businesses from mask mandates.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ What you need to know about Section 230, the ‘most important law protecting internet speech’
A law credited with birthing the internet — and with spurring misinformation — has drawn bipartisan ire from lawmakers who are vowing to change it. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields internet platforms from liability for much of
Full Fact - All content→ Guardian report on public opinion about job losses needs context
“How can it be that nearly half the population thinks the reason people lost their jobs in the pandemic was due to their own underperformance?” The Guardian, 25 February 2021. Last week, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee claimed that nearly
Liste→ President Cyril Ramaphosa did not receive his Covid-19 vaccine with a capped needle
Social media posts have claimed that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa received a Covid-19 shot with a syringe that still had the needle covered by a cap. This is false; various images and videos taken from different angles show Ramaphosa was v
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ More evidence needed for the claim that vitamin D supplements reduce risk of COVID-19 infection
REVIEW An Instagram post claimed that a study had shown that vitamin D supplements reduced the risk of COVID-19 infections by 34 percent. The study[1], published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, used data from the U.K. Biobank, a large
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘I Need a Quick Favour’ Gift Card Scam Emails
Have you received an email that looks like it was sent by a friend or colleague that asks if you have an account at Amazon or another shopping website or store? The post ‘I Need a Quick Favour’ Gift Card Scam Emails appeared first on Hoax-S
Snopes→ Did ‘Total Collapse’ in Wind and Solar Energy Leave Germans in Need of Coal-Fired Power?
The European nation is heralded as a leader in wind and solar energy production.
Snopes→ Did Dave Ramsey Say He Doesn’t Believe in Stimulus Checks Because if You Need Them ‘You Were Pretty Much Screwed Already’?
The radio host made a comment on Fox News that was received unfavorably by many.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did the World Health Organization Say We Don’t Need to Wear Masks?
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TruthOrFiction→ Does This Photo Show Train Riders Ignoring a Woman Needing a Seat?
A story that first spread online without context in February 2019 did so once again in January 2021 — prompting the same disgusted reaction. The photograph shows an elderly woman holding on to a safety pole inside a metro train in Sydney, Austra
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ As embedded fact-checking grows, reporters need to show their sources
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/as-embedded-fact-checking-grows-reporters-need-to-show-their-sources/
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ As embedded fact-checking grows, reporters need to show their sources
Five years ago, the trend began as a trickle. A few reporters started adding a bit of extra information to their stories, declaring when a politician said something false. At the time, this was a bold move. Political stories were traditionally for news
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Calculations of Tanker Truck Fuel Needed To Replace Keystone XL Pipeline Capacity Does NOT Compute
Will tanker trucks needed to take the place of the now-canceled Keystone XL pipeline have to burn the volume of fuel stated in various pro-pipeline memes? No, that's not true: There are several variables beyond the issue of arithmetic tha
Snopes→ Do We Really Need to Walk 10,000 Steps a Day?
The 10,000 step target has more to do with marketing than scientific fact.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Opinion: To control online misinformation, we need real-world solutions
The big lie was planned well in advance. Before he became president in 2016, Donald Trump was saying that U.S. elections were rigged. In 2020, months before voting began, Trump said the only way he’d lose would be because of voter fraud. After Electi
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The WHO did not say you don’t need to wear a mask
As some experts have advised Americans to wear higher-quality or multiple face masks to protect against the coronavirus, a recent blog post that’s spreading widely on social media claims the World Health Organization says no masks are necessary.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The World Health Organization (WHO) Did NOT Say You Do Not Need To Wear A Mask
Did the World Health Organization (WHO) say you do not need to wear a mask? No, that's not true: A WHO Global COVID-19 Press Conference on January 22, 2021 emphasized that the public needs to wear masks in order to protect themselves from
Full Fact - All content→ Post comparing the living wage and pensions needs context
A post on Facebook that has been shared over 22,000 times makes comparisons between the national living wage and the level of state pension. Whether these figures should or can be compared is a matter of opinion, but the claims in the post need some co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Guard Troops Do NOT Need Hotel Rooms Despite Reports President Trump Has Given Permission For National Guard Troops To Stay In His Hotel In DC
Do National Guard troops need the hotel rooms President Trump reportedly offered them in DC? No, that's a claim that's missing context and an assertion without evidence: Photos of troops reportedly forced into the garage of the Capitol Bu
Full Fact - All content→ What you need to know about the claims 23 people died after getting the Covid-19 vaccine in Norway
We’ve been asked by our readers to investigate claims that 23 people died in Norway after getting the Covid-19 vaccination. According to the Norwegian Medicines Agency, as of 14 January there had been 23 deaths “associated with” getti