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Poynter→ Social media claims distort CDC director Rochelle Walensky’s comment about COVID-19 deaths and comorbidities
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, one of the nation’s top public-health officials, shared encouraging news in a TV interview about the effectiveness of vaccines in preventing COVID-19 deaths. But social media posts […] The post Social media claims distort
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Continue to Misidentify Justice Sotomayor in Dinner Photo
Quick Take Politico misidentified Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a photo of a Jan. 7 dinner of Democrats – the same day she participated remotely in oral arguments. Politico corrected the error on Jan. 8. But social media posts continued to wrongly claim
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media claims distort CDC director’s comment about COVID-19 deaths and comorbidities
“The CDC director just said that 75% of ‘Covid deaths’ occurred in people with at least four comorbidities.”
PolitiFact→ Tim Baxter – No evidence that AOC said all young people want to be socialists
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.”
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Social media posts try to connect Saget’s death to COVID-19 vaccine booster
Says Bob Saget died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Snopes→ Did David Bowie Predict Social Media in ‘Newsnight’ 1999 Clip?
According to this viral video, the musician predicted cat videos, phone addictions, and the phrase "social media."
FactCheck.org→ Death of Betty White Leads to Swirl of Falsehoods on Social Media
SciCheck Digest TV actress Betty White passed away at age 99 on Dec. 31. Following her passing, various falsehoods appeared on social media about White, including claims that she died after getting a COVID-19 booster shot and that she was the sister of
PolitiFact→ Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC – Progressive group wrong, Trump didn’t cut Social Security benefits by $3 billion
“Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.”
Snopes→ What Will 2022 Bring in the Way of Misinformation on Social Media? Experts Weigh In
Misinformation concerning COVID-19 has cost countless lives all over the world.
Snopes→ Advocates Shine Spotlight on Spanish-Language Misinfo on Social Media
Watchdogs say safety measures that help keep English-speaking users safe aren't being equally implemented for Spanish speakers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ Is NOT A Real Conspiracy — It’s A Parody Social Movement
Is there a legitimate movement made up of people trying to raise awareness that birds are not real but are actually government spy drones that charge on power lines and drop tracking devices on cars? No. This parody movement is supported
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Misrepresent Old Biden Tweet on Travel Ban
SciCheck Digest President Joe Biden restricted travel from eight African nations on Nov. 26 to slow the spread of the omicron variant. Conservative commentators have misleadingly cited a Biden tweet from last year to claim he was critical of “the sam
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Most military veterans get a boost from Social Security, but not in the form of monthly payments
“If you were in the military before 2002 you get an additional $1,200 a year, ($100 per month) in Social Security. But you have to ask for it and almost no one knows about it.”
FactCheck.org→ Media Allowed to Attend Ghislaine Maxwell’s Trial, Contrary to Social Media Posts
Quick Take The federal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is charged with assisting accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, opened on Nov. 29 with extensive media coverage. But social media posts falsely claim the judge issued a “gag order” an
Logically→ A photograph shows Prime Minister Boris Johnson with his former lover, the socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
The image has been miscaptioned and shows Johnson with his former wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen. His involvement with Maxwell is not known.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tale Of Economics Professor Failing Entire Class To Teach Socialism Did NOT Really Happen
Did an economics professor at a local college fail an entire class to teach the students a lesson -- that socialism does not work? No, that's not true: This allegorical story has circulated on the internet for many years, with a few chang
Full Fact→ No-one was arrested for creating a labyrinth in Ikea using fake social distancing signs
Facebook posts claim that a man was arrested for putting fake social distancing arrows in an Ikea to create a “labyrinth” with no exit. While Ikea did ask customers to socially distance when it reopened after lockdowns in 2020 and 202
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Refugees NOT Paid More In Benefits Than Social Security Recipients
Does the government pay refugees more in monthly benefits than the average retired person drawing Social Security? No, that is not true. Refugees do receive some benefits during their first 90 days in the U.S.; however, those payments are
FactCheck.org→ DeSantis, Social Media Posts Mislead on COVID-19’s Toll in Florida
SciCheck Digest Florida’s total COVID-19 case rate is higher than the national average and 10th highest in the U.S. But social media posts and the state’s governor point to a recent decline in daily cases as evidence of Florida’s succ
Snopes→ House Dems Delay Huge Social Bill, Plan Infrastructure Vote
The scrambled plans cast a fresh pall over a party that's tried for weeks to find middle ground on its massive package.
Health Feedback→ Social media post claiming that fully vaccinated people are “filling up” morgues and hospitals is based on flawed reasoning; unvaccinated people are actually over ten times more likely to die
REVIEW The number of COVID-19 deaths rose again in the U.S. from July 2021 to mid-September 2021, amid concerns of the Delta variant spreading and vaccine-induced immunity waning over time. While data show that vaccines are safe and effective agains
Full Fact→ Canada is not implementing a social credit scheme
A Facebook post shared almost 700 times suggests that “in a few weeks” Ontario in Canada will implement a social credit scheme based around QR codes. The post claims that “a QR code social credit scheme” will give the gove
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Spiked by Injection’ Warnings on Social Media
In October 2021, rumors warning that people — mostly women – were being “spiked by injection” spread virally across social media, with several high-engagement versions on Twitter: you’ve been outsmarted by us, we cover our d
Full Fact→ Social media post appears to overstate risk of vaccine blood clots
A post on Facebook appears to compare reported Covid-19 vaccine side effects with mild symptoms of the virus itself. Although it doesn’t explicitly mention Covid-19 vaccination, the post seems to weigh up the pros and cons, claiming that “s
Snopes→ Social Security COLA Largest in Decades As Inflation Jumps
Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022.
The Dispatch→ Do Refugees Get More Monthly Benefits Than Social Security Recipients?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In World War II, Socialism Was NOT ‘Beat’ — USSR Among Allies Who Beat Nazism, Imperial Japan and Italian Fascism
Did World War II result in socialism being "beat?" No, that's not true: socialism, one of the many adopted ideologies of the era that continued into the later 20th century, is not the same as "national socialism," more popularly known as
Snopes→ Ex-Facebook Manager Alleges Social Network Fed Capitol Riot
A data scientist who was revealed as the Facebook whistleblower says that whenever there was a conflict between the public good and what benefited the company, the social media giant would choose its own interests.
Health Feedback→ Contrary to claims on social media, people who received a COVID-19 vaccine can donate blood and other blood products, including convalescent plasma
REVIEW This video, originally posted to TikTok and shared on social media platforms, claimed that people who received a COVID-19 vaccine can’t donate convalescent plasma because the vaccine “wipes out” natural antibodies. The video
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Post on Use of Ivermectin for Refugees Lacks Context
SciCheck Digest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the use of ivermectin as a treatment for arriving refugees to treat parasitic infections. But a social media post by Dr. Simone Gold, a proponent of ivermectin as a trea
Logically→ Bill Gates smiled after suggesting that unvaccinated people should be stripped of their Social Security.
Gates smiled very often through the interview. He did not suggest that unvaccinated should be stripped of their Social Security.
Health Feedback→ Male sterility isn’t a proven side effect of ivermectin, contrary to claims by social media users
REVIEW Ivermectin, a drug approved for treating parasites in animals and humans, has been touted as a supposed cure for COVID-19. However, ivermectin hasn’t been approved for treating COVID-19 outside clinical trials in the U.S., the European Unio
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Mislead on COVID-19 Vaccines, Deaths in Afghanistan
SciCheck Digest Afghanistan has implemented a COVID-19 vaccination program and, although administration of vaccines has slowed due to internal armed conflicts, the program is still under way. But some prominent conservative purveyors of misinformation
Full Fact→ Fact checked: six key claims about the new health and social care plan
One story has dominated headlines this week—the government’s new plan for health and social care and how it plans to fund it by raising National Insurance. So we’ve taken a look at some of the key claims we’ve seen in Parliament
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Draw Unsupported Conclusion on Afghan Helicopter Video
Quick Take Afghan journalists report that a video of a person suspended from a helicopter shows an operation in which the person was trying to change a flag. But critics of President Joe Biden have used the footage to claim the Taliban used U.S. equipm
Snopes→ NFL Returns Social Justice Helmet Decals, End Zone Stencils
NFL players can wear social justice messages on their helmets again this season and “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” will be stenciled in end zones for the second straight year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO ‘COVID-22’ Virus — Social Media Users Glommed Onto A Researcher’s Shorthand For COVID-19 Infections In 2022
Did a new, more-deadly virus arise in August 2021 called "COVID-22"? No, that's not true: social media users grabbed the phrase "COVID-22" from a German news site's interview with an immunologist, causing a worldwide health scare. He used
Logically→ An edited image of a man hanging on to the wing of an aircraft to escape Afghanistan is shared on social media.
A photoshopped video posted by a Viatememse graphic designer is wrongly linked to the recent Taliban crisis.
Logically→ An edited image of a man hanging on to the wing of an aircraft to escape Afghanistan is shared on social media.
A photoshopped video posted by a Viatememse graphic designer is wrongly linked to the recent Taliban crisis.