Does drinking urine improve eyesight? No, that's not true: A medical doctor told Lead Stories there are no clinical studies concluding that drinking urine would improve one's eyesight. In addition, drinking urine can give the body bacteri
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Full Fact→ Labour MP wrong to say ‘there are no safe routes’ to enter UK
Khalid Mahmood wrongly claimed in Parliament that routes for people from Hong Kong and Afghanistan have been closed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence Rubbing Ears Improves Kidney Health
Will rubbing your ears increase the amount of energy that goes toward the kidneys? No, that's not true: A nephrologist told Lead Stories there is no scientific evidence that the ear exercises shown in an online video will increase kidney
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Trump Arrest Are NOT Real Photos But AI-Generated Images — There Had Been No Arrest When Photos Appeared
Do these photos show former President Donald Trump being arrested by a group of New York City law enforcement officers? No, that's not true: At the time these images appeared online, on March 20, 2023, and March 21, 2023, Trump had not be
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Sorry, there’s no allowance card; that Dr. Phil ad is bogus
TV host “Dr. Phil” endorsed a “2023 seniors benefits program.”
Logically→ SARS-CoV-2 virus has never been isolated, and there is no evidence that it even exists.
Logically→ There were already ’15-minute cities’ in Poland during the Nazi occupation; they were called ‘ghettos.’
Poynter→ There is no lawsuit settlement between ‘The View’ and Kyle Rittenhouse. A post that says so is satire.
If you want a “smart, speedy take on the news around the world,” perhaps don’t rely on “News Portal,” the name of a WordPress blog that describes itself as such. […] The post There is no lawsuit settlement between ‘The
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Post about ‘The View’ and Kyle Rittenhouse is satire; there is no lawsuit settlement
“‘The View’ settles with the Rittenhouses for $22 million and a formal apology.”
Logically→ There was only one bridge over the Brahmaputra river in Assam till 2014.
Full Fact→ There is no free ‘mystery bus’ in Brussels
A viral Twitter joke about a bus supposedly called ‘not the 48’ is being taken seriously by some.
PolitiFact→ Matt Walsh – Gender affirmation is linked to improved mental health. There’s no evidence it drives youth suicide.
“The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.”
Logically→ There was a human trafficking operation run through the Ukrainian embassy in Washington, DC.
AllSides→ Pence falsely claims opponents admitted there weren’t Chinese spy balloons over the US while he was VP
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/politics/fact-check-pence-admitted-chinese-balloon/index.html Former Vic
Logically→ Adani Group is being targeted since there are no calls for a Joint Parliamentary Committee into Wipro despite its share price falling by 45 percent.
Adani Group's share price fell abruptly due to fraud allegations, which prompted demands for a JPC investigation. Wipro's share price fell gradually.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Our Bodies Do NOT Need ‘Electric’ And ‘Magnetic Foods’ — There Are No Such Things
Are there "electric" and "magnetic" foods that people should be eating in balance with each other to give their bodies what they need? No, that's not true: Neither term is used to describe food in the disciplines of food science, nutritio
Logically→ Photo shows a huge crowd gathered outside Lahore airport to welcome PML-N leader Maryam Sharif back to Pakistan.
Poynter→ There’s too much State of the Union fact-checking
When President Joe Biden steps to the House rostrum on Tuesday night to deliver the State of the Union address, every word he utters will be scrutinized by an army […] The post There’s too much State of the Union fact-checking appeared first on
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Resurfaced claim remains false: There’s no evidence Ilhan Omar faces criminal charges and prison
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Feeling weighed down? It’s not because there are 5-15 pounds of stool ‘stuck’ in your gut
“The average American has anywhere from 5 to 15 pounds” of stool stuck in their gut.
Health Feedback→ Sweetgum balls don’t contain Tamiflu’s active ingredient and there’s no evidence of an antiviral effect against COVID-19
REVIEW A TikTok video, which was also shared on Facebook over 17,000 times, wrongly claimed that pods from sweetgum trees can be used as an antiviral treatment as it contains the same ingredient as Tamiflu and suggested that it could treat COVID-19.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Worms Do NOT Cause Autism — There Is No Known Cause
Do worms cause autism? No, that's not true: An expert told Lead Stories that there is "no scientific evidence" that supports the claim, made in a video on TikTok, that worms cause autism. There is no definitively known cause of Autism Spe
The Dispatch→ There Is No Painless Way to Balance the Budget
A protester calls for a tax increase on the wealthy outside Ted Cruz’s Houston office. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images.)‘Taxing the rich’ and cutting ‘woke’ programs won’t come close to getting the job done.The post There Is No Painless Wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nielsen Ratings Is NOT Offering $2,000 In Financial Assistance To New Households; It’s Not Nielsen, There’s No Cash
Is the television ratings and marketing company Nielsen offering $2,000 in financial assistance to consumers who sign up for downloads and survey participation? No, that's not true: The claim uses a domain address different from Nielsen's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Are NOT ‘Massive Structures’ Or ‘Lost City’ Located Below Antarctica
Are there massive hidden structures located below Antarctica, hiding a "lost city unlike any other"? No, that's not true: There is no written record, geological or archeological evidence to prove that there are hidden structures or a lost
Logically→ Video shows thousands gathered at TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu’s padayatra in Kuppam constituency, Andhra Pradesh.
The viral video is from Siddeshwara Swami's funeral procession in Vijaypura, and is not related to Naidu's padayatra in Kuppam.
PolitiFact→ Newsmax – Pope Benedict wanted a simple funeral. There’s no evidence he asked that Biden not attend
"Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican requested that President Biden not attend Benedict’s funeral."
Poynter→ There is no scientific evidence that garlic can be used to treat respiratory illnesses
As the United States is in the midst of a winter “tripledemic” with rising cases of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, also called RSV, an Instagram post claims a […] The post There is no scientific evidence that g
AllSides→ Were There 600,000 Southern U.S. Border ‘Got-Aways’ in 2022?
http://newsweek.com/southern-us-border-migrants-gotaways-2022-1770201 The number of undocumented migran
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO ‘Huge Army Of 2500000 Chechens’ Preparing ‘The End Of Russia’ Or Helping Putin In Ukraine
Is there a "huge army of 2500000 Chechens preparing the end of Russia" or helping "get Putin out of the bottleneck" in Ukraine? No, that's not true: The self-contradictory claim that fails to mention a source cites an unrealistic number e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Earth Is NOT Proven Flat By ‘Massive Underwater Wall’ From Pole To Pole — There Is No Such ‘Wall,’ It’s A Mapping Seam
Does a video of satellite imagery showing what a post describes as a "massive underwater wall" stretching from "pole to pole" prove that the Earth is flat? No, that's not true: A video of Google Earth seafloor mapping data depicted in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Elon Musk Flew To ‘Epstein Island’; Map Is Fake And There’s No Place To Land
Does an image of a flight log shared on social media show that a private jet owned by Elon Musk traveled to Little St. James Island -- also known as "Epstein Island" -- a dozen times since 2010? No, that's not true: The map has been ackno
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO ‘New Program’ That Pairs 4th Round Of ‘Stimulus’ Payments With Free Health Care, $500 Monthly ‘Credits’
Was a "new stimulus program" providing "millions of Americans" with "free health care" and $500 monthly "credits ... just announced"? No, that's not true: U.S. government resources don't mention a new round of stimulus payments for health
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – There’s no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccine to these athletes’ strokes, blood clots
Recent blood clots or strokes in four major athletes are an unwanted effect of COVID-19 vaccines.
Logically→ Antarctica is an ice wall and there are continents beyond it.
Antarctica is not an ice wall that surrounds the Earth and there are no hidden continents.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Six Million’ Population Figure In Pre-WWII American News Stories About Jews Does NOT Confirm There Was No Holocaust
Does the repeated use of the figure 6 million in pre-World War II American newspaper reports about the world's Jewish communities prove there was no Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews are estimated to have died? No, that's not true: The r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Low Serial Number ‘Holocaust Tatt(…)’ Does NOT Prove There Were Fewer Victims
Does a low serial number of the Nazi concentration camp tattoo disprove the scale of the Holocaust? No, that's not true: Those serial numbers are irrelevant to estimating the death toll among the Jewish population because most of the vict
Full Fact→ Liz Kendall’s claim that there were no NHS strikes under Labour ignores local walkouts
Staff at NHS hospitals did take part in local strikes when Labour was last in power.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Serial Killer Of Girls In Eureka, California, As Of Late November 2022
Did a serial killer murder a half dozen girls in Eureka, California, in the first two weeks of November 2022? No, that's not true: Lead Stories searched Eureka area news sites and found no crime reports or news alerts about this. "This is
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Biden’s ‘there’s no climate problem’ comment was a joke, not proof climate change isn’t real
President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change.