An image of a purported news report by a Pakistani broadcaster has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter in November 2020 alongside a claim that Afghanistan announced a $30 million aid package for Pakistan to support the country during
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Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Majority of Americans in a Poll Say Trump Should Concede?
On November 23 2020, social media posts indicated that a then-new poll revealed a majority of Americans believed that U.S. President Donald Trump should concede the election to President-Elect Joe Biden — that majority being 58 percent of all vo
The Dispatch→ Was George Soros Arrested for Election Interference?
Claims that George Soros was arrested for election interference have gone viral on social media. The conspiracy states that Soros was indicted for a host of crimes, including wire fraud and identity theft, and that the judge ordered a publication ban t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Statistics Show COVID-19 Is NOT ‘The Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated On An Unsuspecting Public’ And Is NOT ‘Just Another Bad Flu’
Is Canadian pathologist Dr. Roger Hodkinson correct when he asserts that COVID-19 is "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public" and "just another bad flu"? No, neither of those claims is true: Data from the CDC show th
Full Fact→ The Daily Mail’s chart of Covid-19 death figures doesn’t use the real numbers
“Fatalities are barely any higher” Daily Mail, 20 November 2020. In an article titled “What they DON’T tell you about Covid”, the Daily Mail published a chart that claimed the number of weekly deaths is currently “b
AFP Fact Check→ Nigeria did not give US President Donald Trump a deadline to concede the election or face sanctions
Multiple posts making the rounds on Facebook claim the Nigerian government gave US President Donald Trump 72 hours to concede the 2020 presidential election to former vice-president Joe Biden. This is false; Nigeria rejected the statement attributed to
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on Trump’s Post-Election Legal Challenges
On Nov. 19, President Donald Trump’s legal team spouted a gusher of false and unfounded allegations of voter fraud at a 90-minute press conference. We could fact check it, but we’re not going to. We’re not going to fact check Rudy Giu
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Report Claims Philly Mob Boss Stuffed Ballot Boxes
Quick Take A dubious website claims without evidence that Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino stuffed ballot boxes for Joe Biden and the Democrats — and would testify about the scheme in exchange for a presidential pard
Full Fact→ It’s too early to say how many suicides have happened during the pandemic
A widely shared post on Facebook claims that deaths from suicide have been higher than deaths from coronavirus in the past two months. This claim is unsubstantiated as no official evidence is available for the number of suicides in the past few months.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: One-Hour ‘Analysis’ Of Election Results Does NOT Reveal Rigged Election Software In Michigan
Does a YouTube analysis of the votes in four Michigan counties prove election software transferred 69,000 votes from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, that's not true: Based on an analytical method created by a non-statistician, th
Full Fact→ It’s misleading to compare the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines and the death rate
A Facebook post has claimed that as the Moderna vaccine for Covid-19 is reporting 94.5% effectiveness, then it is less effective than the survival rate from the disease without a vaccine. The comparison with the reported effectiveness of the Moderna va
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: A Close Look at Team Trump’s Dominion Conspiracies
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Voting Systems CANNOT Change Votes In Real Time
Can Dominion Voting Systems change votes in real time? No, that's not true. A report on One America News questioned whether the company was "manipulating the outcome of the 2020 election." The segment noted Trump attorney Sidney Powell sa
FactCheck.org→ Twisting the Facts on ‘Dirty Money’ in the Georgia Race
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff’s production company received payments from a Hong Kong media company and Al Jazeera for the rights to air investigative pieces, but a Republican TV ad misleadingly claims Ossoff got cash from “
Health Feedback→ Non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as lockdowns and wearing face masks, are effective measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission, contrary to claims in viral video
REVIEW This video, published on 13 November 2020 by the student activism organization Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), features the historian Tom Woods in a 7 November symposium in Texas. In it, Woods presents the COVID-19 pandemic and the public
Snopes→ Did White House Press Secretary Call COVID-19 Guidelines ‘Orwellian’?
The term has been used to describe overbearing government regimes.
FactCheck.org→ Biden Adviser Didn’t Propose Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine for Food Stamps
Quick Take A report from two dozen experts — including a doctor named to President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board — recommended using existing social service programs to connect people with COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Th
The Dispatch→ Was a Biden Staffer Arrested for Voter Fraud?
A viral social media post claims to show a photo of a Biden staffer under arrest for voter fraud: a.image2.image-link.image2-745-718 { padding-bottom: 103.76044568245126%; padding-bottom: min(103.76044568245126%,
Truth or Fiction?→ Zuckerberg Doubles Down on Not Banning Steve Bannon in Senate Hearing
Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has claimed in testimony to federal lawmakers that far-right broadcaster and Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s recent call for the decapitation of federal officials did not warrant being banned
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Biden Campaign Political Director Was NOT Arrested For Electoral Fraud
Did Dallas Jones, a political director in Texas for the presidential campaign of president-elect Joe Biden, get arrested for electoral fraud? No, that's not true: No arrest record was offered in support of the claim. A public affairs offi
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump’s Disinformation Spree After Losing Election Propelled by Social Media
In the days after a resounding popular vote loss to former United States Vice President Joe Biden, sitting president Donald Trump advanced numerous conspiracy theories before beginning to deny the results of the election outright. The first set of con
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump’s Disinformation Spree After Losing Election Propelled by Social Media
In the days after a resounding popular vote loss to former United States Vice President Joe Biden, sitting president Donald Trump advanced numerous conspiracy theories before beginning to deny the results of the election outright. The first set of con
FactCheck.org→ Fabricated Claim of Biden Campaign Official’s Arrest
Quick Take A viral tale on social media falsely claims that a campaign official for President-elect Joe Biden was arrested in an illegal ballot-harvesting scheme in Texas. He has not been charged or arrested. The false claim stems from unverified alle
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Theft At Philadelphia Warehouse Does NOT Mean Election Is ‘Illegitimate’
Does a theft at a Philadelphia warehouse mean the 2020 election should be considered "illegitimate"? No, that's not true: The theft of a laptop and USB drives had "no impact whatsoever on the election," according to a spokesman for the Ph
Truth or Fiction?→ This Is Not the ‘Million MAGA March’ on Washington in November 2020
On November 14 and 15 2020, purported aerial photographs of the misleadingly named “Million MAGA March” appeared on Twitter: به زودي هم چنين صØنه هايي را در كشورم پرشيا Ùˆ در مقابل “كورش اÙ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whistleblower And Dominion ‘Staffer’ Did NOT See Detroit Voter Fraud, Judge Rules
Did whistleblower and Dominion staffer Melissa Carone see Detroit voter fraud? No, this claim is missing context. Carone was not a "staffer" for Dominion Voting Systems, she was contracted as a freelance worker to work for the company on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congress Did NOT Make An Official Statement Saying There Is Currently No President-Elect
Did Congress make an official statement saying there is currently no president-elect? No, that's not true: One of the 535 members of Congress -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. -- sent a letter to the administrator of the General Services Administr
Washington Post→ Giuliani’s fantasy parade of false voter-fraud claims
Over and over, the former New York City mayor makes claims that have been debunked by judges and the federal government
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Voting Systems Subsidiary Board Chairman Is NOT On Joe Biden’s Transition Team
Is the chairman of a Dominion Voting Systems subsidiary on Joe's Biden's transition team? No, that's not true: Retired U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger is the chairman of Smartmatic and a volunteer on Joe's Biden's presidential
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Software Is NOT Developed by Engineers from Venezuela And Votes Are NOT Sent to Servers in Spain
Is Dominion Voting Systems software developed by engineers from Venezuela and were votes sent to servers in Spain? No, that's not true. Government and independent election technology experts confirm what Dominion's spokesperson says: Domi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Provided To Show Six People In Pennsylvania Died, Then Registered, Then Voted
Did six people in Pennsylvania die and then register and vote in the 2020 election? No evidence has been provided to back up that claim: Neither the Western Journal, which published the claim, nor Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was quot
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Remove The Title ‘President’ From Donald Trump’s Personal Page
Did Facebook remove the title "President" from the @DonaldTrump Facebook page? No, that's not true: a database of screenshots of the @DonaldTrump Facebook page, going back several months, shows that the page never contained the title "Pre
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Theory Claims Supercomputer Switched Votes in Election
Quick Take A baseless conspiracy theory claims that a secret supercomputer was used to switch votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Experts — and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — have said the theory is a hoax
FactCheck.org→ Biden Did Not Invent the ‘Office of President-Elect’
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that former Vice President Joe Biden “invented the Office of President-elect.” Donald Trump and Barack Obama also used the term during their transitions to the presidency. Full Story On Nov. 7, f
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Facebook Remove the Title of ‘President’ from Donald Trump and Designate Him as a ‘Political Candidate’?
On November 13 2020, pundit Dinesh D’Souza asserted on Twitter that Facebook had “removed” the designation of “President” from Donald Trump’s verified Facebook page, downgrading him instead to a mere “politica
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Look Behind The Epoch Times’ Map That Shows 232 Electoral Votes For Trump, 227 For Biden
Does The Epoch Times' map that shows 232 electoral votes for Donald Trump and 227 for Joe Biden tell the whole story about the state of the 2020 presidential election? It's missing context. The conservative news outlet claims that the ele
Full Fact→ No, contact tracing doesn’t cost £10,000 per contact
“Independent SAGE showed that 1 217 214 contacts have been reached by England’s NHS Test and Trace service since May at an approximate cost of £10 000 (€11 000; $13 000) per head so far, based
FactCheck.org→ Trump Tweets Conspiracy Theory About Deleted Votes
In a tweet, President Donald Trump on Nov. 12 pushed the baseless theory that voting systems deleted millions of votes for him and switched thousands of votes cast for him to his Democratic rival, President-elect Joe Biden. No evidence has been produc
Poynter→ The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance gets a global showcase at the Paris Peace Forum
The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance, a collection of 99 fact-checking organizations from over 70 countries that produced over 9,000 COVID-19 fact-checks in 43 different languages, received global recognition from the virtually assembled audience at the thi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Website Posting ‘Final Holiday Season For The Trump White House’ Is NOT The Official White House Site
Did the official White House website post that it's the "final holiday season for the Trump White House," implying that Donald Trump has accepted defeat in the presidential election? No, that's not true: This is not an authentic governmen