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PolitiFact→ Charlie Crist – Florida rents are high, but Crist exaggerates with New York market comparison
“It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.”
Logically→ A video shows hundreds of Muslims praying on the streets of Paris to celebrate Eid.
The video showing a mass gathering of worshippers on the streets is from Moscow, Russia, not Paris, France.
Poynter→ Misinformed electorate contributed to Marcos Jr. win, say Filipino fact-checkers
Son of disgraced Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and heir to the family dynasty, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. won the Philippine general election in a landslide victory on Tuesday. Based on […] The post Misinformed electorate contribu
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim exaggerates fuel tax rates in Australia and Canada
“If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Netherlands Does NOT Have Lowest Abortion Rate In The World, But Its Rate IS Low Compared To Other Countries
Does the Netherlands have the lowest abortion rate in the world? No, that's not true: Although the Netherlands has a low abortion rate, with data showing that it has an estimated average annual rate of seven abortions per 1,000 women, it
Snopes→ US Mortgage Rates Rise; 30-Year at 5.27%, Highest Since 2009
The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages jumped to 4.52% from 4.4% last week.
Snopes→ Stocks Slump 3% As Worries Grow over Higher Interest Rates
Traders are starting to fret more about the impact of the Fed’s moves to dampen demand and slow the economy.
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Ron DeSantis exaggerates outstanding graduate student loan debt
“The student debt that is out there, almost 60% of it is graduate school debt.”
Snopes→ Fed Raises Key Rate by a Half-Point in Bid to Tame Inflation
The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Is Elon Musk’s Tax Rate Only 3 Percent?
(Photograph by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.)Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal claimed in a recent tweet that billionaire Elon Musk paid an effective tax rate of only 3.27 percent from 2014 to 2018.Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapalJust a reminder that from
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Canadian government doesn’t separate children from parents due to gender identity disputes
“Canada’s new law allows government to take children away if parents don’t accept kids’ ‘gender identity.’”
Snopes→ Flores Lawyer: Unconscionable for Goodell to Arbitrate Suit
Attorney Douglas Wigdor said the NFL was trying to force “behind closed doors” the claims of Brian Flores and two other Black coaches.
Snopes→ Kansas Tornado Generated 165 Mph Winds As It Destroyed Homes
The tornado that damaged more than more than 1,000 buildings in south-central Kansas generated winds up to 165 mph (266 kph) and carved a path of destruction nearly 13 miles (21 kilometers) long.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Moon At The Border Of Russia And Canada At The North Pole’– It’s Computer-Generated Art
Does this video show the moon eclipsing the sun over the North Pole at "the border of Russia and Canada"? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesperson told Lead Stories that this video "isn't showing a real phenomenon." This footage is from a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Otherkin’ Are NOT Being Integrated In Kokomo High School — The Fake Email Is From A Satirical Facebook Page
Did an email about "otherkin" -- nonhuman entities in human bodies -- being integrated into Kokomo High School get leaked to the public? No, that's not true: This email is fake and did not come from the school but from a Facebook page cal
Logically→ Marine Le Pen’s ballot papers were deliberately spoiled to rig the 2022 presidential election in France.
It is expected that some ballot papers will have printing errors, tears, or rips. Voters are advised to get fresh ballot papers from polling stations.
Logically→ Fires at food processing plants in the U.S. have been deliberately planned due to food shortages.
There is no evidence that any food processing plant fires in the U.S. were planned or that these fires have resulted in a food shortage problem.
Health Feedback→ Social media posts inaccurately link hormonal contraceptives with polycystic ovarian syndrome, infertility, and depression
REVIEW Birth control (contraception) refers to any method, medicine, or device used to prevent pregnancy. Common methods include permanent male and female sterilization, barrier methods that block the sperm like condoms and diaphragms, and hormonal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Vaccines Are Killing People Of Color At Twice The Rate Of White People,’ As HHS Head Said On April 14, 2022
Are COVID-19 vaccines "killing people of color at twice the rate of white people," as Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said on April 14, 2022? No, that's not true: There's no evidence the vaccines are killing people in g
PolitiFact→ Mike Gibbons – In Senate race, JD Vance’s call for higher taxes is only for certain corporations, corporate leaders
“J.D. Vance called for higher taxes.”
PolitiFact→ Mike Gallagher – Yes, inflation is at a 40-year high, and rates have been climbing throughout Biden’s time in office
“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
Health Feedback→ Claim by Mercola that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine causes immunosuppression is inaccurate, misrepresents study’s findings
REVIEW An article written by Joseph Mercola and republished by The Epoch Times claimed that the “FDA and Pfizer knew COVID shot caused immunosuppression” and that fully vaccinated people are more likely to die from COVID-19. It also claimed that
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this presidential seal doesn’t prove the Bidens pretended to celebrate Easter at the White House
Footage of the Bidens celebrating Easter at the White House is fake.
Poynter→ Poynter’s MediaWise debuts a new course in Madrid to help Spaniards separate fact from fiction on the internet
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 19, 2022) – MediaWise, the digital media literacy initiative of the nonprofit Poynter Institute, has launched a new microlearning course to help Spaniards sort fact from […] The post Poynter’s MediaWise debut
Snopes→ Pandas Devour Ice Cake to Celebrate 50 Years at National Zoo
The “cake” was made from frozen fruit juice, sweet potatoes, carrots and sugar cane and it lasted about 15 minutes once giant panda mama Mei Xiang and her cub Xiao Qi Ji got hold of it.
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Reduce Hospitalization and Death Rates, Contrary to Social Media Claims
SciCheck Digest Those who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are more prone to serious illness and are dying at higher rates than those who are vaccinated. But partisan social media accounts, including a post by a member of former President Donald Tru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: High Vaccination Rate Explains Why 92% Of English COVID Deaths Are Among Fully Vaccinated — Numbers Only Part Of Full Story
Do fully vaccinated people account for 92 percent of COVID-19 deaths in England? Yes, it's slightly exaggerated but true: However, simple ratio analysis based on that statistic doesn't fully tell the story. The report these figures come f
Health Feedback→ Comparing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate of vaccinated and unvaccinated populations doesn’t reflect the real COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness
REVIEW The United Kingdom was the first country to authorize COVID-19 vaccines and to initiate the vaccine roll out in December 2020. Since then, 86% of the UK population above 12 has received at least two vaccine doses, as of 7 April 2022. Although
Full Fact→ The UK’s Covid ‘survival rate’ is lower than 99.972%
A chart being shared on Instagram claims to show the “Covid survival rate” for ten different countries, giving a figure for all of them of above 99.9%. This is not correct. For the UK, where the true figure (using the chart’s definiti
PolitiFact→ Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – Democratic ad exaggerates GOP embrace and scope of Scott's proposal on Social Security, Medicare
“Senate Republicans’ plan" would "end Social Security" and "end Medicare."
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Build Up the Strategic Petroleum Reserves to ‘100% Full’?
(Photograph by Sean Rayford/Getty Images.)In a statement released by Donald Trump, the former president claimed that “after 50 years of being virtually empty, [he] built up our oil reserves during my administration … to 100% full.”Liz
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden’s Plan To Draw From Strategic Oil Reserve Does NOT Suck It Dry
Did President Joe Biden suck the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dry -- and all for only a $.014 decrease in the price at the pump? No, that's not true: This meme is based on two false suggestions: that Biden's plan has exhaus
PolitiFact→ Ron Klain – Ron Klain exaggerates turnaround in jobs on Joe Biden’s watch
The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Both parties’ tax proposals exaggerated in Facebook post
“Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media post makes inaccurate comparison between antigens in vaccines, food allergies
A baby’s immune system can’t handle antigens from vaccines, because new food must be introduced slowly to identify allergic reactions.
FactCheck.org→ Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil Stocks Declined Under Trump, Contrary to His Claim
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was set up in the 1970s as an emergency source of oil in the event of unexpected supply disruptions. When Donald Trump took office as president in January 2017, the reserve held 695.1 million barrels of crude oil. T
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump wrong that Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been ‘mostly empty’ for decades
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has “been mostly empty” for decades.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germany’s Tampon Tax Rate Is NOT 19% — It Was Dropped To 7% In 2019
Is a German company packaging tampons as books (which have only a 7% tax rate) as a means of getting around a 19% tax on tampons? No, that's not true: "The Tampon Book" was a real thing, but it was created as a novel ad campaign or protes
PolitiFact→ Ted Budd – Budd exaggerates role of McCrory appointee in NC redistricting case
“Pat McCrory appointed the ‘Republican’ judge who sided with Democrats in the partisan Democrat lawsuit/power-grab over redistricting.”