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Snopes→ Did Navy SEALs Arrest Hillary Clinton?
A post claimed Navy SEALs broke into the former secretary of state's home and tranquilized her.
Snopes→ Another Trump on the Ballot? Lara Trump Eyes Senate Seat
A Trump may be on the ballot next year — but not Donald Trump.
Top Fact Checks→ Seasonal flu was renamed COVID.
COVID-19 is not the same as the seasonal flu. COVID-19 is caused by the 2019 coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Fact-checkers want a seat at the table in discussions about regulation
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. While the approval of a new regulation in Australia led Facebook to ban loca
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Bananas may be healthy, but consuming them won’t treat gastrointestinal diseases nor limit the replication of HIV
REVIEW A Facebook post by Anthony William, who also goes by the moniker Medical Medium, made a series of claims about the healing benefits of bananas. Among them were that bananas are a powerful antiviral that can prevent or reduce the growth of hum
Snopes→ Mets to Honor Seaver with 41 Patch on Jerseys This Season
The Mets announced they’ll pay tribute to the Hall of Fame pitcher by putting his number on the right sleeves of their uniforms.
Snopes→ Mets to Honor Seaver with 41 Patch on Jerseys This Season
The Mets announced they’ll pay tribute to the Hall of Fame pitcher by putting his number on the right sleeves of their uniforms.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ How does COVID-19’s toll compare with heart disease, cancer and other causes of death?
Now that the coronavirus has been in the United States for roughly a year, new numbers are revealing the scale of COVID-19’s impact on American health: COVID-19 has become the country’s third leading cause of death, and could be on its way to outpa
Liste→ Pelosi does not fly home weekly on 200-seat jet
A years-old claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi travels routinely to her home district on a Boeing 757 that costs millions of dollars annually in fuel has resurfaced on Facebook. This is false; Pelosi’s office denied the claim, analyst estimates of
Snopes→ Did a Seattle Woman Find Cocaine in a Crochet Kit?
News reports claimed that the woman got more than she bargained for at a Seattle thrift store in February 2021.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Today: snippets of code for Google News; tomorrow: academic research and maybe a Grandpa Alert
There’s a hidden bit of code that’s been quietly helping counter misinformation around the world. Few people know about it — but fact-checkers in 56 countries have now used this tagging system, known as ClaimReview, more than 100,000 times to hel
Snopes→ If Big Tech Has the Will, Here Are Ways Research Shows Self-Regulation Can Work
Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work.
Snopes→ Was The ‘Deepest Hole on Earth’ Sealed After Finding ‘2 Billion Year Old Fossil’?
There are two ways to get the answer to this question: Scrolling through an unreasonable number of photos in a clickbait article, or reading our quick answer here.
Snopes→ Thousands of Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles Being Rescued in Texas
Texas residents, some of whom lack heat or basic amenities in their own homes due to the unusually chilly weather, have been rescuing cold-stunned sea turtles and taking them to a convention center.
Snopes→ Is It ‘Sea Shanty’ or ‘Sea Chanty’?
The word for a sailor's work song is pronounced SHAN-tee, but how you choose to spell it is up to you.
Liste→ The Pakistani mountaineer remains missing and the search is still ongoing
Multiple posts on Facebook and videos on YouTube claim that famous Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara has been found alive after he was reported missing on February 5, 2021. The claim is false: Sadpara and his group of mountaineers went missing scaling
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Claims About Diseases And More Relies On Common Conspiracy Theories
Does a list of claims about diseases and more rely only on factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: Most of the claims are common conspiracy theories repeatedly disproven. Medical experts, for example, agree that the Spanish fl
Snopes→ Does Video Show a Chunk of the White Cliffs of Dover Falling Into the Sea?
Coastal erosion had its moment in the spotlight in early February 2021.
Snopes→ Is Sean Penn Vincent D’Onofrio’s Son-In-Law?
The "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" actor married Leila George D'Onofrio in July 2020.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines protect individuals from developing the disease and are necessary tools to end the pandemic along with physical distancing measures
REVIEW To date, more than two million people have died from COVID-19 worldwide. Several vaccines against COVID-19 received emergency use authorization and countries have started their vaccination campaigns. Around the same time, claims that COVID-19
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use prevent the disease and are generally safe based on rigorous clinical trials and ongoing monitoring
REVIEW A video claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous and that healthcare workers who administer them are “war criminals” was published on 2 February 2021. The author of the video, titled “old man in a chair”, is Vernon Coleman, a for
Liste→ Facebook posts falsely report ‘arrest’ of discredited US researcher who featured in ‘Plandemic’ video
Multiple Facebook posts shared in February 2021 claim police have detained discredited US researcher Judy Mikovits for "discovering evidence that deadly retroviruses are transmitted through vaccines". This is false: Mikovits has not been arrested in
TruthOrFiction→ Does This Photo Show Train Riders Ignoring a Woman Needing a Seat?
A story that first spread online without context in February 2019 did so once again in January 2021 — prompting the same disgusted reaction. The photograph shows an elderly woman holding on to a safety pole inside a metro train in Sydney, Austra
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ IFCN Talks #1: ‘Fact-checkers shouldn’t be shields for social media platforms,’ researchers say
The first ever IFCN Talks panel looked at the recent spate of social media deplatformings, with researchers Lucas Graves, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Francisco “Chico” Brito Cruz, director of Brazil’s Internet Lab, both a
Snopes→ Do Paper Straws Contain Gluten Harmful to People with Celiac Disease?
What’s better for the environment may not always be good for your gut.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Vaccines are useful even when there is a treatment for a disease, contrary to claim by Lee Merritt in The New American video
REVIEW A video of an interview, published by The New American on 15 January 2021, featured Lee Merritt, an orthopedic surgeon and former president of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). The AAPS has previously published misin
FactCheck.org→ SciCheck Video: Don’t Confuse the Virus with the Disease
In this video, available in English and Spanish, we explain the distinction between virus and disease: The virus SARS-CoV-2 can lead to illness with the disease COVID-19. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious D
Snopes→ Singer Tony Bennett Battling Alzheimer’s Disease Since 2016
“He's not the old Tony anymore,” his wife, Susan, told the magazine. “But when he sings, he's the old Tony.”
Snopes→ WHO Team Visits Wuhan Food Market in Search of Virus Clues
A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines currently in use stimulate immunity to the same degree as natural infection without exposing the vaccinated person to the risks associated with the disease
On 25 January 2021, the U.S biopharmaceutical company Merck announced its decision to stop the development of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates. This article, published on 26 January 2021 by Summit News, reported on Merck’s announcement and claim
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines currently in use stimulate immunity to the same degree as natural infection without exposing the vaccinated person to the risks associated with the disease
On 25 January 2021, the U.S biopharmaceutical company Merck announced its decision to stop the development of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates. This article, published on 26 January 2021 by Summit News, reported on Merck’s announcement and claim
Snopes→ China Derecognizes British National Overseas Passport
Under a proposed plan, as many as 5.4 million Hong Kong residents could be eligible to live and work in the U.K. for five years then apply for citizenship.
Snopes→ Was Porn Showing Up in Facebook Video Search After Outage?
Beginning around Jan. 22, 2021, users claimed that simply typing a single letter or the word "videos" into the Facebook search bar returned a "massive amount" of porn.
Snopes→ Oklahoma Lawmaker Proposes ‘Bigfoot’ Hunting Season
A mythical, ape-like creature that has captured the imagination of adventurers for decades has now become the target of a state lawmaker in Oklahoma.
Snopes→ Google Threatens to Pull Search Engine in Australia
Google has threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government goes ahead with plans to make tech giants pay for news content.
Snopes→ Did Researchers Warn Certain COVID-19 Vaccines Could Increase HIV Risk?
Researchers have warned that a certain form of COVID-19 vaccine could potentially increase the risk of HIV acquisition in some vulnerable populations.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Lower flu activity this season likely due to COVID-19 restrictions, increased flu vaccination, and other factors, not to misdiagnosis of flu cases as COVID-19
REVIEW So far, the 2020-2021 flu season has seen fewer cases than in previous years, leading to allegations that flu cases are being misdiagnosed as COVID-19. These claims started circulating on social media in late 2020 and early 2021, including th
Snopes→ Vice President-Elect Harris to Resign Her Senate Seat Monday
California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly will appoint Alex Padilla, now California's secretary of state, to serve the final two years of Harris' term.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Vaccines protect people from diseases, but don’t always prevent disease transmission; research ongoing to determine if COVID-19 vaccines stop transmission
REVIEW A YouTube live stream recorded on 5 January 2020, featured David Martin, who claimed that the COVID-19 RNA vaccines are not vaccines because they don’t fulfill the definitions of a vaccine according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control a