A number of posts on Facebook have highlighted part of what they claim to be the Nuremberg Code, stating that mask mandates preventing people from accessing food, healthcare or education would be considered a war crime. The highlighted part of th
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AllSides→ No, Washington State is Not Building Internment Camps for the Unvaccinated
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/washington-internment-camps/ A Washington State Board of Health (SBOH
Full Fact→ Express overstates Brexit trade deal value, again
“Since Brexit, Britain has been able to strike new free trade deals with 70 countries worth over £760billion, according to the Government.” Daily Express, 16 January 2022. The Express has repeated a misleading claim about Britain&rsq
Snopes→ No, Washington State is Not Building Internment Camps for the Unvaccinated
A state Board of Health meeting was inundated with comments after claims circulated about them.
Snopes→ Was Alabama the 1st US State To Declare Christmas an Official Holiday?
"One of the original fake news stories," said a former archivist of historical records.
Truth or Fiction?→ Capitol Attack Suspect’s Group Was Linked to Police Around the United States
The leader of a right-wing group repeatedly linked to U.S. law enforcement and military members was arrested on January 13 2022 and charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol just over a year earlier. A grand ju
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden's statement on Trump's 2020 mail voting is Half True
“In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.”
Logically→ Boris Johnson stated 90 percent of the people in the U.K. who are in ICU with COVID-19 have not been vaccinated.
91 percent have not had a booster, and 61 percent are unvaccinated. While Johnson has said these figures correctly elsewhere, it was incorrect here.
PolitiFact→ Analyzing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address
PolitiFact Iowa analyzed Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address.
Snopes→ Investigating the ‘Interesting Points’ Supposedly Stated by Harvard Doctor
The viral email came at a time when the omicron COVID-19 variant set record highs for new case reports and health leaders changed up isolation regulations.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Washington state isn’t considering involuntary COVID-19 quarantines
Washington’s State Board of Health will discuss mandatory COVID-19 quarantines and vaccine requirements for schoolchildren at a Jan. 12 meeting.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About a Statement by Rochelle Walensky
On Monday, a video went viral in which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said, “The overwhelming number of [COVID-19] death, over 75%, occurred in people who had at least four comorbidities.” RNC
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Upwards Of 30 US States’ Are NOT ‘On Alert’ — They Activated National Guard To Support COVID Missions
Are upwards of 30 states on alert with their National Guard activated or commanders told to move to a prepared footing? No, this is missing context: "The National Guard is currently supporting COVID missions in 46 states and territories,"
Health Feedback→ Robert Malone’s statements on The Dana Show about vaccine safety and virus variants are inaccurate and unsupported
REVIEW On 9 December 2021, The First TV network broadcasted this video interview between host Dana Loesch and Robert Malone. The interview went viral on Facebook, receiving more than 88,000 interactions only on Loesch’s Facebook page. In addition,
Snopes→ Robert Durst, Real Estate Heir Convicted of Murder, Dies
He was 78.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, Georgia’s secretary of state didn’t say he’s going to investigate himself over voter fraud
Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “to investigate himself over voter fraud.”
Snopes→ Did Ted Cruz Confuse Washington State With Western Australia in Anti-Democrat Tweet?
"Power-drunk authoritarian kill-joys," Cruz tweeted. But where?
Snopes→ 3rd Florida-Based Ship Has Outbreak, State Cases Hit Record
It came as the number of coronavirus cases in Florida hit its highest level since the start of the pandemic.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fentanyl deaths spike, but Facebook post overstates by how much
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
Full Fact→ Data likely overstates the number of house hunters per house
Analysis by an estate agent membership organisation claims that in November 2021 there were 29 house buyers for each property in the UK. The findings, published in a report by Propertymark, was picked up by the Press Association, the Daily Telegraph ne
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fact-checking the state of endangered animals, extinctions
"Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Police CAN Search A Car For Just The Smell Of Pot — But There Are Exceptions In Some States
Are police not allowed to search a car just because they smell pot? No, that's missing important context: As of November 2021, an Illinois judge ruled the smell of marijuana does not give probable cause for officers to search a car. Howev
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Admit COVID-19 Vax Causes More Heart Inflammation Cases Than Previously Stated
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admit that COVID-19 vaccines cause more instances of carditis, or heart inflammation, than the agency has previously stated? No, that's not true: Such a claim pulls numbers from the
Logically→ Uttar Pradesh performs worst in governance among big states.
This claim cannot be presently verified as there is no supporting evidence approving the PAC India study.
Snopes→ Kentucky Hardest Hit As Storms Leave Dozens Dead in 5 States
A monstrous tornado carved a storm track that could rival the longest on record.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Jen Psaki Statement on Whether Biden Once Said Travel Restrictions Were ‘Xenophobic’
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Full Fact→ Express vastly overstates impact of UK trade deals
“‘Brexit Britain will be a leader in free trade!’ Joy as UK tears up barriers –£766BN boost” Daily Express, 29 November 2021. The Express has reported that new trade deals struck by the UK are worth £766 billi
Snopes→ Omicron Coronavirus Variant Found in Multiple US States
The omicron variant of COVID-19, which had been undetected in the U.S. before the middle of this week, had been discovered in at least five states, showing yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate the globe with speed and ease.
Snopes→ No, the State of Hawaii is Not Releasing Saltwater Crocodiles
A routine review of content labeled satire.
PolitiFact→ Jerrold Nadler – Nadler wrong on claim Rittenhouse crossed state line with gun before shooting at Kenosha protest
Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020.
PolitiFact→ Chris Jacobs – Jacobs overstates income eligibility for electric vehicle tax credit
“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”
Logically→ British state pension is £7,488, significantly lower than Germany and France.
Since the countries pension systems vary, this claim is misleading. However, U.K. pensions do fare lower than others on various grounds.
PolitiFact→ Janet Bewley – Bewley wrong that Legislative maps could be drawn to provide a statehouse of half GOP, half Dems
“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All U.S. States Did NOT Approve $710 Savings For Drivers Without DUIs
Do all U.S. states award $710 to drivers who have had no driving under the influence (DUI) offenses in the past three years? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a program exists across all 50 states -- or any state, for th
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Contrast in Rittenhouse, Maxwell trial coverage due to state and fed court rules, not hidden agenda
The media televised the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse “because he is a ‘white supremacist shooter,’” while limiting coverage of accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial to “some cartoon drawing….What are they hiding?”
PolitiFact→ NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision – Among large states, NY has lowest imprisonment rate
New York is "leading the nation with the lowest imprisonment rate of any large state”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post overstates rapper’s role in Seattle’s police-free protest zone
Says Raz Simone “conquered” part of Seattle, handed out guns to form a paramilitary force that murdered three people, robbed the locals and walked away without being questioned.
PolitiFact→ Progress Iowa – Iowa group corrects statement on Charles Grassley’s infrastructure vote
"Only one member of Iowa’s federal delegation" voted in favor of the bipartisan infrastructure legislation.
Washington Post→ The claim that crime falls when states relax gun-control laws
The research on this is all over the place, but a conservative lawyer argued before the Supreme Court that it goes down. The answer is much more complex.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Three States Did NOT Pull CNN’S Broadcasting License — As A Cable Network, CNN Is ‘Non-Broadcasting’
Did Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi "pull" CNN's "broadcasting license"? No, that's not true: The article making that claim is a carbon copy of a troll page's counterfeit story, with fake names for government officials purportedly quot