Does a photo purportedly comparing pinewood from the early 1970s to pinewood from the early 2020s accurately describe genetically modified structural lumber used in 2021 versus wood from the 1970s? No, that's not true: These claims were m
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TruthOrFiction→ New Book Claims Zuckerberg Let Trump Lie to Avoid Federal Oversight
A new biography of right-wing tech mogul Peter Thiel claims that, according to him, Facebook chief exeutive officer Mark Zuckerberg struck a deal allowing Donald Trump and his allies to spread disinformation in exchange for a lack of federal oversight.
Full Fact - All content→ Pfizer’s new trial drug is not ivermectin in disguise
A Facebook post falsely suggests that a potential new Covid-19 treatment from Pfizer is essentially the same as ivermectin. In fact the two drugs are structurally very different. The post shows a screenshot of a Pfizer press release announcing th
Snopes→ Yes, Samuel Adams’ New Beer Is Illegal in 15 States
Its alcohol content by volume is almost six times that of a regular beer.
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Almost Half of America Thinks Biden is Mentally Unstable According to New Poll’
On September 20 2021, a TrendingPolitics.com post headlined, “Almost Half of America Thinks Biden is Mentally Unstable According to New Poll” appeared on Trendolizer as extremely popular, claiming: According to a new poll conducted by Fox
Top Fact Checks→ Dr. Anthony Fauci knew about the Gain-of-Function research in Wuhan.
It is unknown whether Fauci knew of the direct research in Wuhan. There is an ongoing debate whether the research qualifies as gain-of-function.
Snopes→ Yes, That New Insect Named for RuPaul Is Fabulous as Expected
Condragulations. Shantay, you stay.
Top Fact Checks→ Rajasthan government passed a new law to safeguard mosques and madrasas.
The Rajasthan government has not made such a decision. Rajasthan Police and OSD Lokesh Sharma clarified that the viral post was fake.
Snopes→ Facebook Knew for 1 1/2 years Instagram Is Bad for Teens, Despite Claiming Otherwise
Here are the harms researchers have been documenting for years.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 351,709 Votes Cast To Recall California Governor Newsom Did NOT Vanish — A Data Entry Error Was Corrected
Did 351,709 votes that had been cast to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom mysteriously vanish during a live CNN broadcast of the California election night results when about half of the votes had been counted? No, that's not true: There
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 7NewsAustralia Did NOT Report Australians Will Be Put Into ‘Isolation Camps’ By The End Of 2021 — It’s A Counterfeit Post
Will all Australians who are not vaccinated by the end of the year be put into "isolation camps"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson at 7News Australia told Lead Stories that the account in which this claim was made is fake. Also, a repr
Snopes→ California Gov. Newsom Crushes Republican-Led Recall Effort
Despite warnings the race would be close, California Gov. Gavin Newsom decisively defeated efforts to kick him out of office, a win the Democrat cast as an endorsement of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his party's liberal values.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2019 CDC Memo On Ivermectin Does NOT ‘Blow A Hole’ In News Reports Discouraging Self-Medication With Horse Dewormer
Does a 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guideline for treatment of refugees "blow a hole" in the widely reported warnings against use of veterinary ivermectin to treat COVID-19? No, that's not true: The human formulat
TruthOrFiction→ Todd Starnes: ‘Biden Says Even Fox News Has A Mandatory Vaccine Policy’
On September 14 2021, a popular Imgur post showed a screenshot of a Todd Starnes tweet, in which Starnes questioned whether Fox News had a “mandatory vaccine policy”: Biden says even @FoxNews has a mandatory vaccine policy. Is that tru
Snopes→ Yes, Portland Really Did Name a New Bridge After Ned Flanders
"The Simpsons" and Portland, Oregon, have a long-standing symbiotic relationship via creator Matt Groening, who grew up there.
Full Fact - All content→ Newspapers report Covid hospitalisations over seven months as over seven days
“Data released by Public Health England showed 9,472 people were admitted to hospital with the highly transmissible coronavirus variant in the seven days up to 29 August.” Sky News, 3 September 2021. Sky, the Evening Standard and the Indep
Snopes→ School Starts for 1 Million NYC Kids Amid New Vaccine Rules
School started for about a million New York City public school students in the nation's largest experiment of in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic.
Snopes→ FBI Releases Newly Declassified Record on Sept. 11 Attacks
The document is the first investigative record to be disclosed since President Joe Biden ordered a declassification review of materials that for years have remained out of public view.
Full Fact - All content→ Fact checking works: results from a new international study
Over the last ten years, fact checking has grown around the world. As part of our work we’ve seen many examples of how good, timely information can change debate—and lives—for the better. We’ve also conducted research to help i
Snopes→ Yes, Tyra Banks and Lionel Richie Have a New Ice Cream Flavor
And, yes, we would like some please.
Full Fact - All content→ Fact checked: six key claims about the new health and social care plan
One story has dominated headlines this week—the government’s new plan for health and social care and how it plans to fund it by raising National Insurance. So we’ve taken a look at some of the key claims we’ve seen in Parliament
Full Fact - All content→ New healthcare workers suicide figures should be treated with caution
“More than 60 frontline UK healthcare workers took their own life at the beginning of the pandemic.” The i, 9 September 2021. The i newspaper has reported new data claiming to show that 64 frontline healthcare workers died by suicide at th
Snopes→ Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates for 100 Million Americans
The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans.
Snopes→ Justice Dept. Sues Texas over State’s New Abortion Law
The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Giant U-Shaped Skyscraper Is Not Real — It’s Just A Proposed Design From 2017
Is there a giant U-shaped skyscraper in New York that is so big a plane can easily fly between its uprights? No, that's not true: This image of a large building in Manhattan is just an architectural design for a proposed building that had
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Did NOT Unveil New Uniforms
Did the NFL's Dallas Cowboys unveil a new uniform for their cheerleaders as of September 7, 2021? No, that's not true: The image of women looking down, while dressed modestly in blue cloaks with white hats displaying blue stars, carrying
Snopes→ Texas Governor Signs New GOP Voting Restrictions into Law
Democrats spent months protesting what they say are efforts to weaken minority turnout and preserve the GOP's eroding dominance.
Top Fact Checks→ The COVID-19 patients talking about their illnesses featured in a public health announcement from the New South Wales government are paid actors.
This is false. These are real patients. Although they look similar to some actors or comedians, they are different people.
Snopes→ New Orleans: Seniors Left in Dark, Hot Facilities After Ida
Ida killed at least 13 people in Louisiana, many of them in the storm's aftermath.
Snopes→ Did Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Get New ‘Handmaid’ Uniforms?
Under Texas' new law, citizens can sue anyone who performs, funds, or helps a person get an abortion.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Does the New Texas Law Completely Ban Abortion?
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Snopes→ New Texas Abortion Law Pushes Women to Out-Of-State Clinics
Even before a strict abortion ban took effect in Texas, clinics in neighboring states were fielding growing numbers of calls from women desperate for options.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mel Gibson Is NOT Directing A Film About The Rothschild Family And ‘Hitting The New World Order’
Is Mel Gibson directing a film about the Rothschild family and "hitting the new world order"? No, that's not true: Gibson was slated to act in, not direct, a movie titled "Rothchild," but the movie never went into production. Gibson's rep
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The NIH Does NOT Conduct All Testing Of New Drugs And Dr. Fauci’s Wife Does NOT Control Drug Approval
Does the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) hand over all its testing of new drugs to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and does that put Dr. Anthony Fauci's wife, NIH chief of bioethics Christine Grady, in a position to somehow
Snopes→ Did a Newspaper in 1918 Warn Readers ‘Wear Your Masks, Take No Chances’?
"If there were complete public co-operation, a combined offensive of the whole community would soon stamp out the evil," the San Francisco Chronicle wrote of the 1918 flu pandemic.
Snopes→ Facebook Page with Russian Name Posted Altered Fox News Videos, Earning Tens of Millions of Views
It's not everyday that a Facebook page pushing disinformation involves three foreign countries and a Spanish-language telenovela.
Snopes→ Bulgarian Facebook Pages Post Altered Fox News Videos, Earning Tens of Millions of Views
It's not everyday that a Facebook network pushing disinformation involves a Spanish-language telenovela.
Snopes→ Ida Aims To Hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina Anniversary
Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned.
Snopes→ New NY Governor Adds 12,000 Deaths to Publicized COVID Tally
Andrew Cuomo’s critics had long charged that he was manipulating coronavirus statics to burnish his image as a pandemic leader.
Full Fact - All content→ Did Sajid Javid open a ‘new hospital’ in Carlisle?
A post on Facebook shows a screenshot of a tweet from Health Secretary Sajid Javid, saying “Looking forward to opening one of new 48 [sic] hospitals later today.” The accompanying text on Facebook says: “More lies from the Conservativ