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Liste→ Filipino pool champion Efren Reyes confirms he is alive after death hoax report
Multiple Facebook posts shared repeatedly in early January 2021 claim Filipino pool champion Efren Reyes had died at the age of 65. The claim is false: in response to the hoax reports, Reyes told AFP on January 19, 2021 that he was "still alive". The
NYT > U.S. > Politics→ In Farewell Video, Trump Repeats Familiar Falsehoods
The remarks contained some of the staples of his four years of inaccurate claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CBS News Did NOT Report A Florida Man Kidnapped 27 People To Force Them To Play Yahtzee
Did CBS News report on Twitter that a Florida man had been arrested for kidnapping 27 people and forcing them to play Yahtzee for 36 hours straight? No, that's not true: the widely viral screenshot of a tweet supposedly sent by @CBSNews i
Liste→ Imposter blogs spread hoax report claiming mother of dead flight attendant was gunned down
Multiple blogs have shared a video report that claims the mother of flight attendant Christine Dacera, whose death triggered a high-profile crime investigation in the Philippines, was gunned down in January 2021. The claim is false; the video in fact
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ VAERS reports alone don’t demonstrate that the COVID-19 vaccines caused adverse events; evidence does not indicate vaccines caused Bell’s palsy and deaths
REVIEW An article published in mid-January 2021 by Children’s Health Defense, an organization which opposes vaccines, claimed that thousands of adverse events related to the COVID-19 vaccine, including deaths, were reported in December 2020. The o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Raw Data Analytics’ Posted By The American Report Does NOT Prove China, Russia Hacked 2020 Election
Does an article posted by The American Report prove China and Russia hacked the 2020 Election and does it show IP addresses from China, Russia, Hong Kong, Germany, Canada and the Czech Republic hacking "PA, NV, MI, GA Battleground States"
Snopes→ Republican Boebert Sued After Blocking Critic on Twitter
A former state representative in Colorado has sued Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert after being blocked from the first-term federal lawmaker’s Twitter account.
Snopes→ No, FBI Did Not Uncover 256 Emails Between Rep. Schiff, Jeffrey Epstein
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Snopes→ Did The New York Times Report in 1924 That Hitler Was ‘Tamed by Prison’?
Critics of Donald Trump warned of historical parallels between the U.S. Capitol attack of 2021, and the Munich Putsch of 1923.
Snopes→ Journalists Prepare for Protests Where They Could Be Targets
No one wants to see repeats of the siege at the U.S. Capitol, and no one wants to be caught flat-footed.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ An Arizona State Rep Claims Antifa Members Were ‘Confirmed’ to be at the Capitol
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-check-an-arizona-state-rep-claims Arizona state Rep. Mark Finc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Did Not Tweet That Her Shoes Were Stolen During ‘The Terrorist Insurrection’
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY tweet that her shoes were stolen when the U.S. Capitol was invaded by rioters on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on her verified account that the Facebook post, was fake.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Investigators Believe Riot At U.S. Capitol Wasn’t Trump-Inspired
Did CNN report that investigators believe the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was not inspired by Donald Trump, and did Democrats impeach Trump "before they had any information from investigators?" No, that's not true: CNN re
Snopes→ Does Rep. Clyburn Want To Make ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ a National Hymn?
The song — long considered the Black national anthem — could gain official prominence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Rep. Lauren Boebert On A Group Tour In Washington, D.C., In January 2021
Does a photo show U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert on a group tour in Washington, D.C., in January 2021? No, that's not true: The photo was taken more than a year earlier, at a 2019 rally in Colorado. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archiv
Snopes→ Report: Illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher Dies in Las Vegas
Fischbacher and his longtime show business partner, Roy Horn, astonished millions with their extraordinary magic tricks until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act’s famed white tigers.
Liste→ This video has circulated online in reports about pro-Punjabi language demonstrations since 2019
A video of a Sikh man blackening Hindi text on a sign has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in January 2021 alongside a claim it shows the Indian farmers’ protests, which began in November 2020. The post
Liste→ This video has circulated in reports since 2016 in reports about a woman assaulted in China
A video has been viewed more than one million times on Facebook alongside a claim it shows CCTV footage of a violent attack on a flight attendant in the Philippines on December 31, 2020, shortly before she died. The claim is false; the video has circu
Snopes→ Does a Photo Show Rep. Boebert With Insurrectionists on US Capitol Steps?
This is not the first controversy to surround U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert since the U.S. Capitol riot.
Snopes→ Did Rep. Pramila Jayapal Go Maskless in Congress?
Rumors swirled after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Liste→ These photos have circulated since 2017 in reports about pro-Punjabi language demonstrations
A collage of photos showing men blackening Hindi and English text on traffic signs has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in January 2021 alongside a claim it shows Sikh farmers protesting against the Hindi langua
Liste→ This video has circulated in reports about turbulence on an Etihad Airways flight in 2016
A video filmed inside a passenger plane has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, YouTube and Tencent Video alongside a claim it shows the moments before an Indonesian aircraft carrying 62 people crashed into the sea on Januar
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Expelling, censuring, and reprimanding members of Congress: What you need to know
With mounting footage showing violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, lawmakers have increased their calls for punishing members of Congress who they say encouraged the group of supporters of President Donald Trump that eventually breached the Capitol.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Fact Check: An Arizona State Rep Claims Antifa Members Were ‘Confirmed’ to be at the Capitol
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Snopes→ Does Website for Wisconsin Republicans Say ‘Prepare For War’?
The St. Croix County Republican Party supposedly kept the phrase on its website, despite requests to to take it down.
Snopes→ Does Website for Wisconsin Republicans Say ‘Prepare For War’?
The St. Croix County Republican Party supposedly kept the phrase on its website, despite requests to to take it down.
Liste→ This video circulated online in reports about an Ethiopian Airlines crash in 1996
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows footage of the Sriwijaya Air flight that crashed into the sea on January 9, 2021. The claim is false: the clip has circulated in reports about an Ethiopian
Snopes→ Did Rep. Boebert Tweet About Speaker Pelosi’s Location During Capitol Riot?
As rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol. Boebert tweeted: "The Speaker has been removed from the chambers."
Snopes→ Did Republican Rep. Mary Miller Invoke Hitler Before Capitol Riot?
Miller's invocation of Adolf Hitler came a week after she claimed that Joe Biden's 2020 election victory was "the greatest heist of the 21st century."
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact checking Republicans’ unsubstantiated claims that Antifa infiltrated Capitol riot
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/capitol-antifa-infiltration-fact-check/index.html In the wake o
Full Fact - All content→ There are excess deaths in England and these PHE reports don’t prove otherwise
“The two most recent Public Health England All-Cause Mortality Surveillance reports (31 December and 7 January) show no statistically significant excess all-cause mortality.” The Critic, 11 January 2021. “We do NOT have EXCESS DEATH
Liste→ Hoax report circulates that Filipino police officer was released after double murder charge
Multiple blog posts have shared a video they claim shows a Filipino police officer was "released" after being charged with double murder in December 2020. The claim is false: the video in fact shows a news report about an unrelated case. Police i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘A Letter from the Chairman’ From Nye County, Nevada GOP Repeats Several Unproven Conspiracy Theories
Does a letter published by the chairman of a Nevada county Republican Central Committee, disputing the outcome of the presidential election, include evidence for the conspiracy theories proposed? No, that's not true: the widely viral arti
Snopes→ ‘He’s on His Own’: Some Republicans Begin to Flee from Trump
“I want him out,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska told The Anchorage Daily News.
Snopes→ Republicans Recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley After Siege
“Supporting Josh Hawley ... was the worst decision I’ve ever made in my life,” former Missouri Sen. John Danfort said.
Snopes→ Publisher Drops Book by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley
A planned book by Sen. Josh Hawley, who objected to President-elect Joe Biden’s win and backed baseless claims that the election was stolen, has been canceled by its publisher.
Snopes→ Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers Reporter, Vietnam Author, Dies
Sheehan's account of the Vietnam War, “A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam,” took him 15 years to write.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did CNN Report That Antifa ‘Claimed Responsibility’ for Storming Capitol Hill?
A graphic has started to spread on social media, allegedly showing a CNN chyron reporting that Antifa was behind the attack on Congress on Wednesday.Alex Perez @ProgreAzoteAntifa asume la responsabilidad de lo ocurrido ayer January 7th 202158 Retweets6
Snopes→ Did Arizona Report Worldwide Highest COVID Cases Per Day in January 2021?
It’s not the first time the Grand Canyon State has been a leader in COVID-19 cases.