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Health Feedback→ No evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused rise in U.S. infant mortality for 2022 reported by the CDC, contrary to implication in Facebook meme
REVIEW Introduction The safety of COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women and their unborn children has been a recurring subject of misinformation, as Health Feedback documented. In a recent illustration of this, a post circulated on social media in No
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Did NOT Find Human Meat In Hot Dogs — Startup Reported Unsourced Findings Of Human DNA
Did a study detect human DNA in many hot dog samples tested with a new type of technology, finding that many hot dogs, even vegetarian hot dogs, are made with human meat? No, that's not true: A startup named Clear Food, which was seeking
Washington Post→ Biden’s dismissal of the reported Palestinian death toll
The president said he had “no confidence” in the figures issued by the Hamas-run health ministry, but it has a good track record on reporting death tolls.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake DW and FAZ Articles Reported On Non-Existent "Scandalous" Anti-Ukrainian Graffiti In Berlin — Screenshot Propaganda
Did at least two German news outlets, Deutsche Welle and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, publish reports about a graffiti mural in Berlin that showed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy labeled a "Cannibal," eating the dismembered
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence CNN And BBC Reported That An Image Called ‘Mexico Did It’ Spreads Virus On Phones
Does an image called "Mexico did it," referring to a supposed COVID-19 cure in Mexico, actually spread a virus within five seconds when opened on a phone and did CNN and the BBC report about this? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could f
Health Feedback→ Yale University researchers reported a technology to deliver mRNA vaccines in the nose, not a way to remotely vaccinate people
REVIEW Researchers from Yale University, Suberi et al., published a study in August 2023 on a new technology for mRNA vaccine delivery[1]. In early September 2023, a video from the Epoch Times claimed that this technology could be used to “dissemi
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Social media users spread false claim that CNN reported that Cash App is bankrupt
CLAIM: CNN has reported that online payment service Cash App has gone bankrupt. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
AllSides→ How fact-checkers first reported on Biden’s family business
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-fact-checkers-first-reported-on-bidens-family-business N
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence NBC Reported That NASA Admitted It Never Went To Space
Did NBC News report that NASA admitted to never going to space? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that NBC reported on this. And there is no evidence that NASA ever made such a statement. The audio heard in this TikTok originates
Truth or Fiction?→ Rashid Buttar of the ‘Disinformation Dozen’ Reportedly Dies
On May 20 2023 social media rumors began circulating, claiming that health disinformation purveyor Rashid Buttar had died: Rashid Buttar, one of the Disinformation Dozen, Dies Suddenly – Nuts Blame the Covid Jab Even Though he was Unva
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Typical Tesla Supercharger Station Line — Queue Reportedly Happened Over Thanksgiving 2019
Does a video that shows a long queue for charging Tesla vehicles indicate some sort of government failure? No, that's misleading: The earliest version of this video was reportedly shot over Thanksgiving in 2019. Charging station locations
Full Fact→ Research on long term effects of childhood infections misreported
Research showing increased risk of premature death from respiratory conditions in people who had chest infections as children has been reported on by the Sun–but with several errors.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘ExxonMobil Reported a Record-Smashing Profit of $55.7 BILLION in 2022 …’
On January 31 2023, Imgur user Mech0T1 shared a screenshot of a tweet, which contained a claim that ExxonMobil had reported $55.7 billion in profit for 2022: BREAKING: ExxonMobil reported a record-smashing profit of $55.7 BILLION in 2022.While taxpay
Full Fact→ Lines reportedly seen in the sky around Heathrow are contrails, not chemtrails
A social media post has shared a number of images showing vapour lines from aeroplanes in the sky, and claims that these are in fact “chemtrails”. They aren’t—they’re contrails.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Japan Is NOT Investigating ‘Millions Of COVID Vaccine Deaths’ — No Such Death Tolls Reported, No Investigation Launched
Did Japan launch an official investigation into "millions of COVID vaccine deaths" in December 2022 or early January 2023? No, that's not true: As of January 4, 2023, there is no available evidence to suggest that "millions" of people in
Logically→ Strep A is not lethal, and the recently reported deaths are actually due to COVID-19 vaccines.
Strep A can be deadly depending on which disease it causes, but there is no evidence that it is being used to cover up deaths from COVID-19 vaccine
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pictures Of Thrown-Out Ballots Are NOT From 2022 — They Were Reported In 2020
Did garbage collectors "from L.A. County California, to Chavez County New Mexico," find "thousands of midterm ballots" in the trash before the 2022 midterm elections? No, that's not true: The photos used in this claim are from news articl
Logically→ Euronews reported that an auction house in Germany is raising funds for Ukraine’s armed forces by destroying art.
The video report is fabricated and was never published by Euronews. The entities mentioned in connection with the event have denied any association.
Full Fact→ How the media misreported the ‘£2,500 energy bill cap’
Our analysis using Full Fact’s AI media-monitoring software has found more than 100 potentially misleading claims about the government’s Energy Price Guarantee—which is a cap on prices, not bills.
Snopes→ Helmet Camera Footage Reportedly Shows Russian Pilot Ejecting from Downed Fighter Jet
Russian government sources report that the incident occurred in June 2022, and that the pilot was unharmed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Revisit ‘Whitehat Military Sting Operation’ Theory — Just Reported On Ginni Thomas’ Texts
Did Fox News revisit a "theory" about a "huge Trump and military white hat sting operation" in 12 states about the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Did this include a statement that the Biden family, elected officials, bureaucrats, social
Truth or Fiction?→ Georgia ‘Fake Elector’ Had More Access to Voting Equipment Than Previously Reported
On September 20 2022, discussions about a “fake elector” in Georgia appeared on several of Reddit’s subreddits: These fake electors should be in prison by now. from WhitePeopleTwitter A post shared to r/WhiteP
Snopes→ iTunes Connect Email Not a Scam, Reportedly Sent by Apple in Error
Social media users reported receiving an email from Apple about iTunes Connect that said, "Correct your banking details to receive payments."
Snopes→ Elephant Reportedly Returns to Woman’s Funeral After Trampling Her to Death
Elephants are intelligent, social animals known to grieve the loss of their kin.
Snopes→ 2 US Veterans from Alabama Reported Missing in Ukraine
Two U.S. veterans from Alabama who were in Ukraine assisting in the war against Russia haven't been heard from in days and are missing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 58% Of SIDS Cases Reported To VAERS Do NOT Happen Within 3 Days Of Vaccination, Nor 78% Within 7 Days
Did 58 percent of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) cases reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) happen within three days of vaccination and 78.3 percent within seven days? No, that's not true: Since the VAERS sy
Health Feedback→ Sperm washing to help HIV-discordant couples conceive biological children safely was reported in the 90s; not “huge medical breakthrough” in 2022
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Snopes→ Is Instagram Down? Login Issues Reported by Users.
Instagram users reported on Twitter and the Down Director website that they were unable to access the service.
Snopes→ RECALL: Some Jif Peanut Butter Recalled After Illnesses Reported
Various Jif peanut butter products were recalled due to potential salmonella contamination.
Snopes→ US Case of Monkeypox Reported in Massachusetts Man
Massachusetts reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada, and health officials are looking into whether it is connected to small outbreaks in Europe.
Full Fact→ High reported Covid-19 deaths due to Easter holiday backlog
Posts on social media claim that 482 Covid-19 deaths were reported in the UK on 19 April, 508 on 20 April and 646 on 21 April. While these figures are correct, they need significant additional context. Firstly, these figures represent the number of dea
Logically→ New York Times reported that the Aam Aadmi Party set a world record of gathering the highest number of people in a political rally.
New York Times clarified through a tweet that the screenshot in circulation is fake.
Logically→ New York Times reported that the Aam Aadmi Party set a world record for gathering the highest number of people in a political rally.
The New York Times clarified that the screenshot of the news report in circulation is fake.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Russia Reportedly Asked North Korea for Help with Its Failing Invasion,’ North Korea Said Russia Was ‘Too Insane for Us’
On March 16 2022, an Imgur screenshot of a tweet by @XSovietNews suggested that a British tabloid (specifically, The Mirror) wrote an entire news story about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine based solely on a single satirical post to social media:
Snopes→ Bad Deepfake of Zelenskyy Shared on Ukraine News Site in Reported Hack
One way to tell that this video is fake is that the size of Zelenskyy's head is disproportionate to that of his body.
Health Feedback→ Pfizer’s confidential document shows adverse events reported following vaccination; it doesn’t demonstrate that the vaccine caused the events or is unsafe
REVIEW On 23 August 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the first approval for a COVID-19 vaccine to Pfizer and BioNTech. The information contained in the Biological License Application was confidential and unavailable to the p
Snopes→ Airstrike Hits Ukraine Maternity Hospital, 17 Reported Hurt
A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn.
PolitiFact→ PPP loans do not need to be reported as taxable income on tax returns
Businesses need to report that they received a PPP loan if they are deducting related expenses, but the money isn’t considered taxable income.
Snopes→ Yacht Reportedly Built for Bezos Too Big for Dutch Bridge
A giant, $500 million yacht reportedly being built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos faces a delivery problem.