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Snopes→ Does Infrastructure Bill Require Surveillance System in New Vehicles to Track Drivers?
The bill was said to require a "kill switch" that law enforcement could use to "shut your car off."
Snopes→ The Anne Frank ‘Good News’ Quote Is Fake
A quote attributed to Frank began: "Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news."
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Bogus claims about Gavin Newsom being executed, cloned get picked up at Trump rally
“Gavin Newsom Gets Death Penalty.”
Poynter→ The Poynter Institute’s MediaWise, Noticias Telemundo and Google News Initiative join forces to help Spanish speakers separate fact from fiction online
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Jan. 19, 2022) – Ninety-five percent of Americans believe misinformation is a problem, according to a poll conducted by The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center […] The post The Poynter Institute’s
Poynter→ New Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol dealt a fact-based blow to efforts to rebrand the insurrection as a false flag orchestrated by the FBI. The […] The post New Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others u
Snopes→ New York AG Says Trump Organization Misled Banks, Tax Officials
The New York attorney general’s office told a court its investigators had uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” asset valuations to get loans and tax benefits.
PolitiFact→ How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack dealt a fact-based blow to the efforts by Fox News host Tucker Carlson and others to spin the insurrection as a false flag orchestrated by the FBI.
Full Fact→ A Covid-19 patient on BBC News is not a ‘crisis actor’
A video on Instagram claims that a Covid-19 patient shown on BBC News is really an actor pretending to be ill. This is not true. A man in the video visits the patient’s Instagram account where he finds the phrase “award winning crisis actor
Snopes→ Cold Case Team Shines New Light on Betrayal of Anne Frank
“We have investigated over 30 suspects in 20 different scenarios, leaving one scenario we like to refer to as the most likely scenario,” said film maker Thijs Bayens.
Snopes→ WHO ‘Strongly Recommends’ 2 New Drugs to Treat Severe COVID-19
One of the drug types is commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – New Zealand didn’t OK euthanasia for COVID-19 patients. Voters passed a law for the terminally ill
“New Zealand okays euthanasia for COVID patients.”
Logically→ The Lancet published an article in November 2021 about 89 percent of new COVID-19 cases occurring among fully vaccinated people in the U.K.
About 89 percent of people were vaccinated among those over 60 years infected by COVID-19, and not everyone among the fully vaccinated in the U.K.
Washington Post→ The Senate battle over whether election laws signify a new ‘Jim Crow’
We’ve combed through the lawsuits and countersuits to identify the key provisions that are under dispute in four states — and why.
Snopes→ ‘Flurona’ is Nothing New. So, What’s All The Hype About?
One expert told Snopes there is "no reason to panic."
Snopes→ Watershed Moment in NYC: New Law Allows Noncitizens to Vote
More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the ballot box.
Snopes→ Did David Bowie Predict Social Media in ‘Newsnight’ 1999 Clip?
According to this viral video, the musician predicted cat videos, phone addictions, and the phrase "social media."
Snopes→ A Season of Joy — and Caution — Kicks off in New Orleans
Vaccinated, masked and ready-to-revel New Orleans residents began ushering in Carnival season.
PolitiFact→ 'Flurona' is just a new buzzword, not new strain of COVID-19 or new phenomenon
Flurona is not a new strain of coronavirus. It’s a buzzword that describes testing positive for two distinct viruses — influenza and COVID-19 — at the same time. Having both viruses does not appear to pose additional risk for otherwise healthy pe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Flurona’ Is NOT A New Disease — It’s Slang For Overlapping Flu And COVID-19 Infections
Is "flurona" a new cross-breed virus resulting from combination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and seasonal influenza? No, that's not true: Flu and SARS-CoV-2 can't combine their DNA to create a new virus, according to a professor of microbiolog
Snopes→ ‘Pivoting To This Story Hard’: Inside Snopes’ Newsroom During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
On the first anniversary of the siege, here's a look into how Snopes staff members fielded rumors in real time.
Logically→ A new COVID-19 variant named IHU found in France is more infectious than the Omicron variant.
Only twelve cases of the IHU variant have been sampled so far and none of the available data shows this variant to be more infectious.
Logically→ A new COVID-19 variant named IHU found in France is more infectious than the Omicron variant.
Only twelve cases of the IHU variant have been sampled so far and none of the available data shows this variant to be more infectious.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gavin Newsom Was NOT Sentenced To Death At Guantanamo Bay
Did Gavin Newsom, governor of California, receive the death penalty for committing sex crimes against children and treason? No, that's not true: An on-duty press officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories that this story is false. Tweets f
Snopes→ No, Fox News Did Not Say Trump Vowed To Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell in 2024
Left-wing critics of the former president enthusiastically shared weakly-sourced claims in light of Maxwell's conviction, in December 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 89% Of New UK COVID Cases Are NOT ‘Among Fully Vaxxed’ – Just People 60 And Above
Do fully vaccinated people account for 89% of COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom? No, that's not true: The actual percentage is less than half that number and the claim misleadingly attributes the figures to The Lancet science journal.
Snopes→ NASA’s New Space Telescope ‘Hunky-Dory’ After Problems Fixed
NASA’s new space telescope is on the verge of completing the riskiest part of its mission — unfolding and tightening a huge sunshade — after ground controllers fixed a pair of problems.
Snopes→ Julius Caesar: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered the Calendar and Gave Us New Year’s Day
Yes, you can blame your New Year's hangover on Caesar ... mostly.
Snopes→ New Year’s Eve Muted by Omicron; Many Hoping for Better 2022
Good riddance to 2021. Let 2022 bring fresh hope.
Snopes→ New COVID-19 Cases in US Soar to Highest Levels on Record
More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record.
Snopes→ Yes, More Cars Are Stolen on New Year’s than Other Holidays
Of all the holidays, your car is probably safest on Christmas.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New ‘Study’ Does NOT Warn That COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Dramatically Increase’ Risk Of Heart Disease
Does a new "study" from the American Heart Association (AHA) warn that COVID-19 vaccines "dramatically increase" the risk of heart disease? No, that's not true: The claim is based on an abstract, not a study, and it does not represent the
PolitiFact→ No evidence government-funded AIDS clinical trials caused foster children deaths in New York
An investigative report that evaluated government-funded clinical trials for HIV and AIDS treatments found no evidence that the medications caused foster children to die.
Climate Feedback→ Demonetization of climate change misinformation on Youtube: a quick check on the implementation of Google Ads’ new policy
On Oct. 7th 2021, Google announced a change in its policy on climate change misinformation. Starting in November, any content, including YouTube videos, that ‘contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climat
Snopes→ Top 8 Most Read Snopes News Stories in 2021
Our newsroom does fact-based, explanatory journalism via two methods: fact checks with truth ratings or analytical news stories.
PolitiFact→ How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack
Three Fox News hosts who later downplayed the day’s events texted his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, calling on Trump to put a stop to the violence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Testing Definition Was NOT Changed To Find Millions Of New Omicron Cases
Was the definition of what constitutes a positive COVID-19 test changed to include the omicron variant? No, that's not true: The variant (SARS-CoV-2, B.1.1.529) was first reported to the World Health Organization from South Africa on Nove
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The New Mural on the Side of the Harriet Tubman Museum in Cambridge, MD’
On December 9 2021, a Facebook user shared the following image of a mural depicting Harriet Tubman: Text at the top of the image read: The new mural on the side of the Harriet Tubman Museum in Cambridge, MD. At the bottom, a signature appeared. It rea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Prime Minister of New Zealand Did NOT Appear On A Billboard Promoting A ‘Christmas Booster’
Did Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, appear on a billboard that includes the phrase, "No Jab, No Job, no refunds"? No, that's not true: Ardern's media staff told us that the billboard was fake. We also found the original
PolitiFact→ Rick Scott – Scott’s claim about hospital funding cuts ignores new subsidies in Build Back Better Act
The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.