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Full Fact→ BBC Breakfast gets the increase in people waiting for NHS treatment wrong
Figures quoted by presenter Naga Munchetty last week refer to the number of cases, not people.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mika Brzezinski Did NOT Say Elon Musk Can ‘Control Exactly What People Think’
Did MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski state that tycoon Elon Musk can "control exactly what people think," as social media posts claimed in April 2024? No, that's not true: In the clip in these posts, Brzezinski talked about the
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social Security Administration data doesn’t show number of people registering to vote without IDs
A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Is NOT Killing Autistic People Without Their Consent
Is Canada killing autistic people without their consent? No, that's not true: The implication in a social media post, with a screenshot of a news article, that a man's perfectly healthy daughter who is on the autism spectrum could be kill
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media influencer claims a law lets people invade abandoned houses. Is that true?
A U.S. law says that “if a house is not inhabited, we can expropriate it.”
The Dispatch→ Nations Aren’t People
So why do we treat them as such?
PolitiFact→ Libs of TikTok – Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott did not ‘threaten’ white people
“Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Say ‘144,000 Black People With Superpower Godlike Abilities’ Are ‘Chosen Ones’ — Audio Was AI-Generated
Did Donald Trump say "144,000 Black people with superpower godlike abilities" are the "chosen ones", as a TikTok video claims? No, that's not true: In a viral clip on social media, the original sound from an NBC interview was replaced by
Full Fact→ How many people were ‘deported’ from the UK in 2023?
We take a look at the figures after the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed the government had “deported 24,000 illegal migrants”.
Health Feedback→ Fluoride level in U.S. drinking water is safe; people of all ages, including infants, can consume fluoridated water
REVIEW Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that helps prevent tooth decay. It does so by strengthening tooth enamel and making teeth more resistant to acid attacks from plaque bacteria and sugars in the mouth, which can lead to dental caries (
The Dispatch→ All the Best People
On the possibility of a Trump-Rubio ticket.
FactCheck.org→ Post Misrepresents Which Administration Sent Stimulus Checks to Dead People
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some stimulus checks were sent to people who had died. The issue was explained in government reports and the media when it happened in 20
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Being Cooked On A Spit By Cannibals In Haiti — It Was 2018 Halloween Prop In China
Does a video showing two bound human figures turning on spits over pits of hot coals provide evidence of cannibalism in Haiti? No, that's not true: This video shows a spooky prop that was part of a Halloween event at Chimelong Ocean Kingd
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Did NOT Raise Taxes On Most People Earning Under $75,000
Did the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act raise taxes on most people earning under $75,000? No, that's not true: The 2017 law aimed to lower taxes for individuals through measures such as reducing income tax rates and raising the standard deduction.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: The American People Deserve Better
Join us for our weekly livestreamed conversation.
AllSides→ 10 Times People Accused Fox News of Lying
https://www.snopes.com/list/fox-news-accused-of-lying/ Since its debut in 1996, Fox News has been a fla
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hillary Clinton Specifically Said She ‘Would Like To See People Like Donald Trump Run For Office’
Did Hillary Clinton say in 2013 that she "would like to see people like Donald Trump run for office"? No, that's not true: In the extensive publicly accessible record of Clinton statements, Lead Stories found only that she said in 2013 th
PolitiFact→ Alejandro Mayorkas – Has Biden deported more people in nine months than in past years? Fact-checking Alejandro Mayorkas
“Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”
The Dispatch→ The American People Should Demand Better
How The Dispatch is thinking about a Trump-Biden rematch.
PolitiFact→ Franklin Graham – No, 10 million people have not entered the U.S. under Biden as pastor Franklin Graham claims
“Over 10 million people have come across the border with no vetting, no plan, and no path” during Biden’s presidency.
AllSides→ Critics say an Aldi job ad excluded white people. We took a closer look.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/mar/01/critics-say-an-aldi-job-ad-excluded-white-people-w/ An A
Full Fact→ More confusion over how many people are waiting for NHS treatment
Claims that 7.6 million people are waiting for treatment have resurfaced, but that's the number of courses of treatment people in England are waiting for, with some people waiting for more than one.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Write this down: Apple’s Journal app isn’t telling people who and where you are
Setting on Apple’s new Journal app “lets anyone near you know your FULL NAME and EXACTLY where you’re geo-located.”
AllSides→ Trump Claims 82% of People Believe in ‘Rigged Election’
https://newsweek.com/fact-check-trump-claims-82-believe-rigged-election-1875537 Donald Trump, during hi
PolitiFact→ Critics say an Aldi job ad excluded white people. We took a closer look
Conservatives criticized an job ad for Aldi written by Jobs for Humanity, which creates job boards for groups that are underrepresented in the workforce, saying it showed Aldi isn’t hiring white people. We took a closer look.
Full Fact→ No evidence people posing as ‘home affairs officers’ are robbing houses
Warnings about this have been circulating in various countries around the world since at least 2016, but these posts appear to be hoaxes.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The Red Cross did not ban people with COVID-19 vaccinations from donating blood
Social media users are misrepresenting a question the Red Cross asks potential blood donors to make false claims about donor eligibility and COVID-19 vaccine safety.
Health Feedback→ The American Red Cross doesn’t prevent people vaccinated against COVID-19 from donating blood, contrary to rehashed viral claim
REVIEW In mid-February 2024, posts started circulating on social media claiming that the American Red Cross was warning potential blood donors to check their eligibility if they’d received a COVID-19 vaccine. Some asked, “I thought the vax was
Full Fact→ No evidence Pope Francis told people to ‘eat whatever you want’ during Lent
A passage about Lent is spreading widely on social media and has been attributed to the Pope.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minors Arrested In Connection With Kansas City Parade Shooting Are NOT Charged With Shooting People
Were the minors arrested in connection with the Kansas City parade shooting charged with shooting people? No, that's not true: As of February 21, 2024, neither of the two juveniles had been charged with shooting anyone. According to the c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow Did NOT Tweet Discouraging People From Disclosing Vaccine Injuries
Did MSNBC host Rachel Maddow post on X discouraging people from disclosing vaccine injuries "on social media," as a post on Instagram suggested? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for MSNBC confirmed to Lead Stories that "the post is fak
The Dispatch→ Can People Be Persuaded to ‘Get Married’?
Brad Wilcox’s new book wagers that a marriage-skeptical culture can see the upshots of tying the knot.
PolitiFact→ Kelda Helen Roys – Yes, Minnesota incarcerates far less people than Wisconsin
Minnesota incarcerates “about a third of what Wisconsin does.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Prohibition Was NOT Intended To Stop People From Fueling Cars And Homes With Alcohol
Was the purpose of Prohibition to stop people from fueling their cars and homes with alcohol? No, that's not true: Professors in history and sociology told Lead Stories that there's no truth to the claim. Prohibition in the United States,
PolitiFact→ What Florida’s driver’s license policy change means for transgender people
Florida’s highway safety department made it impossible for transgender people to change whether they are identified as “M” or “F” on existing driver’s licenses. Here’s what we know, and don’t know, about this change.
PolitiFact→ Steve Scalise – No, the Senate immigration bill does not allow 5,000 people to illegally enter the U.S. daily
The Senate’s border bill “accepts 5,000 illegal immigrants a day.”
Full Fact→ How many people use food banks?
Labour and the TUC have claimed there are 2.98 million people now using food banks—but this figure appears to actually be the number of parcels handed out by the Trussell Trust.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Health Care Providers Using Lidocaine To Secretly Vaccinate People Without Consent
Is there evidence health care providers are using lidocaine to secretly inject people with vaccines without the person's knowledge, as is suggested in a social media post by an anti-vaccine activist? No, that's not true: The suggestion is
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – This video doesn’t show people headed to Texas. It shows a 2019 protest in Oregon.
Video shows people “heading to Texas to stop the Biden Border Invasion.”