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Truth or Fiction?→ Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Reportedly Refuses to Wear a Mask
As the global COVID-19 pandemic dragged into its third year, “Gorsuch” trended on Twitter on January 18 2022, primarily due to tweets claiming that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch refused to wear a mask to work — which forces fello
Logically→ A Brazilian reporter collapsed on live TV following his COVID-19 booster shot.
Rafael Silva was diagnosed with a congenital illness and there is no connection between his condition and the COVID-19 booster jab.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No One Clear Cause For Recent Reported Cardiac Events Among Soccer Players
Are "all the soccer players getting heart attacks"? And can the recent cluster of cardiac events suffered by athletes be attributed to any one cause? No, that's not true: Several of the recent incidents are clearly unrelated to the COVID-
Truth or Fiction?→ Diane Sawyer’s Special Report, ‘Made in China’
In January 2022, Facebook posts describing a Diane Sawyer “special report” about items “made in China” circulated on social media, either in copied and pasted posts or screenshots: A variation shared to a Facebook group (̶
Logically→ Nearly 96 percent of Omicron cases were among the fully vaccinated, German government reports.
The German institute's report summarized numbers of cases of those vaccinated and unvaccinated. It did not provide any classifications.
Logically→ Nearly 96 percent of Omicron cases were among the fully vaccinated, German government reports.
The German institute's report summarized numbers of cases of those vaccinated and unvaccinated. It did not provide any classifications.
PolitiFact→ The Gateway Pundit – A report about omicron cases in Germany was based on an incorrect number
"Germany: 96% of Latest Omicron Patients were FULLY Vaccinated – Only 4% Unvaccinated”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Pfizer did not report $37 billion in profit for its latest quarter
Pfizer made $37 billion in profit in its last quarter.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Report From German Government Agency Does NOT Show Majority Of Omicron Cases Are In Vaccinated People
Does a report from the German public health agency Robert Koch Institute (RKI) show that 95% of those infected with the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are vaccinated? No, that's not true: This calculation is based on incomplete d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: IRS DOES Explain That People Who Steal Property Must Report It In Their Taxes
Has the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published material explaining that people who steal property must report that stolen property in their taxes? Yes, it has: The summary, located in Publication 17, an informational guide for federal i
FactCheck.org→ Increase in COVID-19 VAERS Reports Due To Reporting Requirements, Intense Scrutiny of Widely Given Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Expanded reporting requirements and intense scrutiny of the hundreds of millions administered COVID-19 vaccine doses have driven record reporting of potential side effects to one of the government’s vaccine safety monitoring systems.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sailors Aboard USS Constitution Did NOT Consume Volumes of Alcohol Reported In Old Story
Do the ship's logs of the USS Constitution reveal that the sailors on board had consumed a tremendous amount of alcohol in about seven months' time from July 27, 1798, to February 20, 1799? No, that's not true: Although this story sounds
Poynter→ A BBC reporting error is not proof the network was part of an ‘inside job’ on 9/11
A longstanding conspiracy theory about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has resurfaced on social media. A widely shared Instagram post claims that a video from British public broadcaster BBC shows that the network […] The post A BBC repo
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – BBC reporting error is not proof the network was part of an ‘inside job’ on 9/11
A video from British public broadcaster BBC shows the network was part of a 9/11 conspiracy.
Logically→ A book being sold on Amazon about the Omicron variant has a copyright date of 2020, a year before the variant was first reported.
The Amazon listing for the book has now been removed. The content of the text is not legitimate.
Full Fact→ Reports Emma Tustin was hospitalised after inmates force fed her salt are not true
A Facebook post from 7 December claims that Emma Tustin, who murdered six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, has been sent to hospital after inmates forced her to eat “79 packets of salt”. Ms Tustin, who was found guilty of murder and ch
Full Fact→ Full Fact welcomes Joint Committee’s Online Safety Bill report—but questions on freedom of expression unanswered
Today the Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill published their report on the government’s proposed legislation, due next year. We thank the MPs, Peers, and staff who produced this important and thoughtful report in such a short t
FactCheck.org→ Pope Francis Continues to be Active, Despite Unsupported Report of Declining Health
Q: Is Pope Francis dying? A: There is no credible evidence that he is terminally ill. The viral claim is based on a single news story published Dec. 7 by Newsmax, a conservative news outlet, which attributed the information to an unidentified Vatican s
Poynter→ Many reporters are covering the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, despite claims otherwise
Since Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial started on Nov. 29, misinformation has spread about how the sex trafficking case is playing out in the courtroom. We’ve already debunked claims that a late […] The post Many reporters are covering the Ghislaine
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Many reporters are covering the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, despite claims otherwise
“There’s only one reporter on site” at the Ghislaine Maxwell trial.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Did NOT Under-Report Deaths In Clinical Trial Of COVID-19 Vaccine — Numbers Change As New Data Accumulate
Did Pfizer under-report the number of deaths in the 40,000-person clinical trial of the company's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: The claim ignores the fact that, over the course of an ongoing clinical trial for a new vaccine, numb
Snopes→ UK Police Contacted over Report of Cocaine Use in Parliament
House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he was contacting police after the Sunday Times reported that illegal drugs were being used inside Parliament buildings.
Poynter→ Many news outlets, not just Reuters, reported on the mild symptoms of omicron infections in South Africa
Amid fears about the new omicron coronavirus variant, a claim is being shared on social media that news outlets are failing to report that, in fact, a doctor who discovered […] The post Many news outlets, not just Reuters, reported on the mild sy
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Many news outlets have reported on the mild symptoms of omicron infections in South Africa
“Only Reuters” reported that the doctor who detected the omicron variant said its symptoms are “very mild.”
Snopes→ World on Alert As UK Reports Cases of Omicron COVID Variant
Britain became the latest country Saturday to report cases of the new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Vernon Coleman Gives NO Medical Proof The COVID-19 Jab Is Murder, Relies On Discredited Research Report
Does Dr. Vernon Coleman share medical proof that the COVID-19 jab is murder? No, that's not true: A headline makes the claim he has medical proof the COVID vaccine is "murder," but Coleman never uses the word murder in his video about the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Deaths Reported To VAERS Associated With COVID-19 Vaccinations Do NOT All Come From Five Percent Of Vaccine Batches
Do deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) associated with COVID-19 vaccinations all stem from 5% of vaccine batches? No, that's not true: There is no evidence of widespread issues with specific vaccine lots.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The British Medical Journal Did NOT Reveal Disqualifying And Ignored Reports Of Flaws In Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
Did the British Medical Association's news blog reveal flaws that disqualify the results of a contractor's field testing of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, and were the problems ignored by the Food & Drug Administration and by Pfizer? No,
Snopes→ Twitter Bans Newsmax Reporter Who Promoted Debunked ‘Satanic’ COVID-19 Theories
Emerald Robinson misrepresented the facts about COVID-19 vaccines.
Full Fact→ Why are media outlets reporting the Covid epidemic is escalating?
“Case numbers are spiking” Christiane Amanpour of CNN, 2 November 2021. “With the UK's coronavirus epidemic escalating by the day, it's no longer a case of if Plan B will be triggered but when, say experts.” Sky News, 3 Novemb
Health Feedback→ Article by The Exposé failed to account for caveats listed in U.K. vaccine surveillance reports; falsely claims fully vaccinated people have weakened immunity
REVIEW An article published by the website The Exposé on 30 October 2021 claimed that the Vaccine Surveillance Reports published by the U.K. Health Security Agency showed that fully vaccinated people are developing acquired immunodeficiency syndrom
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines ARE Responsible For Half Of All Adverse Vaccine Reaction Reports In 30 Years — But That’s Not Full Story
Does the number of reported adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines in the United States equal half of all such reports for all vaccines over the last 30 years? Yes, that's true: Those numbers are found in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporti
Full Fact→ What do we know so far about reports of ‘spiking’ with needles?
Police across the UK are investigating dozens of reports of people being spiked with needles in clubs and bars, with fears of a worrying new trend emerging. The reports, alongside a significant number of drink spiking cases, have led to a nationw
FactCheck.org→ Video: Tucker Carlson Misrepresents Vaccine Safety Reporting Data
Social media posts repeatedly misuse unverified reports to a federal database designed to detect safety issues in vaccines to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous. In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk mi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Have 89% Reported Turnout In 2020 Election
Did Wisconsin have 89% reported turnout in the 2020 election? No, that's not true: Wisconsin allows same-day voter registration. The claim used incorrect math to calculate the percentage based on the number of registered voters at the beg
Snopes→ Before Takeover, Taliban Reportedly Offered to Let US Secure Kabul and Airport
Panic, uncertainty, and surprise marked the last days of U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan.
Snopes→ Climate Report: Africa’s Rare Glaciers Soon to Disappear
The continent that contributes least to global warming will suffer from it most.
Logically→ Public Health England: Vaccinated people in their forties are reporting double the infection rate compared to those unvaccinated.
Vaccinate does not raise the risk of catching COVID-19. The study quoted by Daily Sceptic has been misrepresented.
Full Fact→ Daily Mail report on GPs seeing fewer patients on Fridays needs more context
“GPs conducted an average of 1.29 million consultations each Monday in July but just 1.09 million on Fridays—a fall of 16 per cent.” Daily Mail, 22 September 2021. An article in the Daily Mail, published as part of the newspaper&rsqu