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Full Fact→ This Morning guest makes misleading claims on vaccine efficacy
A heated exchange between presenter Dermot O’Leary and guest Beverley Turner on This Morning, about whether the Covid-19 vaccines stop you from catching and passing on the disease has gone viral on social media. Ms Turner claimed: “[T
Full Fact→ The BBC did not claim 350 people attended anti-lockdown protests
Several posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter claim that the BBC lied about the size of the anti-lockdown march in London on 29 May 2021. Altogether these posts were shared thousands of times. In fact, the posts themselves contain a fabrication, bec
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 PCR tests are highly sensitive and specific for the virus SARS-CoV-2; the majority of positive results are true positives; there is no evidence that budesonide or HCQ are useful as COVID-19 treatments
On 16 and 17 April 2021, the Health and Freedom Conference was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, an event organized by entrepreneur Clay Clark that was attended by over 4,000 people. The aim of the conference was to criticize the measures taken in response to t
Snopes→ Family Shares Story Behind Fudge Recipe on Utah Headstone
Utah’s Logan Cemetery is home to a headstone which is gaining notoriety around the world thanks to photos posted online.
Snopes→ Study Blames Climate Change for 37% of Global Heat Deaths
More than one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Story About Trans Species Man Self-Identifying As Deer Being Shot By Hunters Is NOT Real
Was a South Carolina man named William Tenenbaum and who self-identified as a deer shot by hunters because they mistook him for the real thing? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian entertainment website that makes a li
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages
REVIEW The U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a surveillance system that helps ensure the safety of vaccines used in the U.S. However, VAERS reports have been commonly misused to spread misinformation about vaccine safety, partic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Lift Mask Guidelines ‘Out Of The Blue With No Solid Explanation’
Did the CDC lift mask guidelines "out of the blue with no solid explanation"? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised the rules to allow fully vaccinated individuals to stop wearing masks outdoors and i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Quietly Release Data Showing 7 Out Of 10 Americans Are Declining The COVID-19 Vaccine
Did the CDC quietly release data showing that 7 out of 10 Americans are declining the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 50.1% of the total population, or 166,388,129 people
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccine Data Was Peer-Reviewed, Contrary to Meme’s Claim
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines have been the subject of peer-reviewed studies that found they were effective and safe, but a meme has been circulating on social media falsely claiming that no such studies have been conducted.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 1967 Medallion Is NOT An Israeli Shekel And Did NOT Predict 9/11 Attack On USA
Did Israel mint a shekel coin 33 years before the 9/11 attacks that included images of a plane crashing into New York's World Trade Center twin towers? No, that's not true: The image included in a meme implying prior knowledge of the 9/11
FactCheck.org→ Story Twists Facts on Diagnosing Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases
SciCheck Digest A viral headline shared on social media falsely asserts that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed testing thresholds to “virtually eliminate” COVID-19 cases among vaccinated individuals. That’s wrong.
Full Fact→ The media must stop using misleading headlines
Often the article doesn’t actually say what the headline promised. We call this an ‘edline’. It isn’t easy for journalists to reduce an article to a headline of just a few words. Often something important goes missing, or they e
Full Fact→ The UK does not have the worst death toll in Europe, when you account for population
We have the worst death toll in Europe. Keir Starmer, 27 May 2021. Boris Johnson was too slow to introduce not one but three lockdowns, which left us with the worst death toll in Europe. Angela Rayner, 25 May 2021. Labour’s leader, Sir Keir Sta
Full Fact→ The Covid-19 vaccines have not only been tested on healthy people as claimed
A widely shared video on Facebook makes a number of claims about vaccines which are wrong or need more context. This article does not discuss all of them, but here are a few of the biggest claims made in the video. “Up until now
Health Feedback→ CDC mask recommendations changed as more people in the U.S. are fully vaccinated; masks are effective at reducing virus transmission and are especially important when the majority of the population is unvaccinated
REVIEW On 13 May 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their interim public health recommendations for fully vaccinated individuals. Among the changes was the recommendation that “fully vaccinated people no longer
Full Fact→ How we suggest people on Facebook and Instagram correct posts marked as ‘false’ or ‘partly false’
We’ve been working with Facebook on their Third Party Fact Checking work since 2019, and a big part of that is giving social media posts a rating. If you’re a Facebook group admin, page owner or you posted something from your personal accou
FactCheck.org→ Viral Quote About Elections Misattributed to Trey Gowdy
Quick Take A viral Facebook post falsely attributes claims of widespread voter fraud and “treasonous acts” during the 2020 election to former Rep. Trey Gowdy. But he told us the statement “wasn’t from me.” We tracked the c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier Did NOT Say All Vaccinated People Will Die Within Two Years
Did Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier say that all vaccinated people will die within two years? No, that's not true: Montagnier, a prominent virologist, is a Nobel Prize winner who in recent years has said some controversial things, but he di
Health Feedback→ PCR tests on vaccinated and unvaccinated people are evaluated using the same criteria; the CDC didn’t change criteria for detecting infection in vaccinated people, as alleged in Off-Guardian article
REVIEW An article published on 18 May 2021 claimed that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed COVID-19 test criteria to reduce vaccine breakthrough cases and make it seem as if COVID-19 vaccines work, while inflating case
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 10,000 Canadian Doctors Did NOT Say The Pandemic Is A Fraud
Did 10,000 Canadian doctors say the COVID-19 pandemic was a "fraud"? No, that's not true: The petition listed as proof does not declare the pandemic a fraud. It is a protest against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Jeffrey Westerfield’ Facebook Post
A virally popular May 2021 Facebook post purportedly told the story of Jeffrey Westerfield, identifying him as a police officer who was killed on his 47th birthday and co-opting the “Say Her Name” movement by adding “Say MY Name”
Truth or Fiction?→ International Disinfo Machines Turning After State-Sponsored Kidnapping of Belarusian Journalist
On May 24 2021, in the hours and days after Belarusian dissident journalist Roman Protasevich was taken from a Ryanair flight that had been rediverted to Minsk and arrested along with his girlfriend, graduate student Sofia Sapega, in a dramatic state-
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘AOC Announces She’s in Therapy’ and ‘Implies Lawmakers Effectively Served in War’ Interview Excerpt
A May 25 2021 WesternJournal.com editorial headlined, “AOC Announces She’s in Therapy After Jan. 6, Implies Lawmakers Effectively ‘Served in War,” began — as one might expect — with a lot of inaccuracies and general
FactCheck.org→ China Closes Gap with U.S. on R&D Investments, But Hasn’t Caught Up
China has been rapidly closing the gap with the United States when it comes to research and development investments, experts tell us. But President Joe Biden left the impression in a Michigan speech that the U.S. has already fallen far behind China.
Snopes→ Bad Dream Stopped Everest Guide from Climbing Peak 26th Time
Kami Rita already reached the summit of the world's highest mountain for a record 25th time earlier this month but stopped his most recent climb more than halfway to the top.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Will NOT Be Sworn In 19th President, Military Is NOT In Charge And Biden Is The Legitimate President
Will Donald Trump be sworn in as the 19th president of the United States and is the military in charge because Joe Biden is not the legitimate president? No, that's not true. Attorney L. Lin Wood made those false claims -- all of which Le
Snopes→ Stephen Colbert Says He’s Going Back Before Live Audiences
In one more step toward a reopened entertainment world, CBS said Monday that Stephen Colbert's late-night show will return on June 14 to episodes with a full studio audience.
Truth or Fiction?→ Asparagus for Hangovers
On May 24 2021, an Imgur image showed a bunch of asparagus promoting itself as a hangover cure if eaten before drinking alcohol, in a post titled “Time to party”: ‘Want to Avoid a Hangover? Eat Asparagus!’ Imgur Post A close-up
Health Feedback→ No data available to suggest a link between India’s reduction of COVID-19 cases and the use of ivermectin
REVIEW Starting mid-March 2021, India experienced a massive second wave of COVID-19 cases. As of 20 May 2021, there have been more than 25 million confirmed cases and almost 300,000 registered deaths in India since the beginning of the COVID-19 pand
Poynter→ There’s no proof that hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin caused a drop in cases in India
On May 17, The New York Times reported that the coronavirus crisis was so severe in India, with about 23 million infections confirmed, that the country was accounting for more than half of the world’s daily COVID-19 cases. The same day, The Gateway
Snopes→ Iran Official Says Nuke Inspector Deal Expired; Talks Go on
Iran's hard-line parliament speaker said Sunday a temporary deal between Tehran and international inspectors to preserve surveillance images taken at nuclear sites had ended, escalating tensions amid diplomatic efforts to save the Islamic Republic's at
Snopes→ Kentaro Miura, Creator of ‘Berserk’ Manga Series, Dead at 54
The news was confirmed by the world famous artist's publishers.
Snopes→ Turning Photos Into Folklore: An Interview With Eduardo Valdés-Hevia
"It's about giving people a story ... something that they can imagine the world this image takes place in."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Video Does NOT Let Viewers Hear ‘Undercover’ W.H.O. Video Offered As Proof Of Vaccine Dangers
Does an anti-vaccine advocate prove his claims of vaccine dangers with "undercover" video of private World Health Organization meetings and does he provide credible citations of scientific research to prove his claims? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Man Can NOT Just Donate A Testicle For $35,000 Cash
Can a man receive $35,000 for donating one of his testicles? No, that's not true: It is not legal to sell your own body parts for organ donations. The testicle purportedly worth $35,000, according to the original story, was not intended t
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Prove Capitol Police Allowed Jan. 6 Protesters to Enter Capitol
Quick Take More than 400 people have been charged in relation to the Jan. 6 events at the U.S. Capitol, and there is ample evidence that many protesters defied and assaulted Capitol Police officers that day. Yet viral social media posts are falsely cla
Health Feedback→ U.S. CDC director didn’t state that COVID-19 deaths were over-counted; her statements about deaths among vaccine breakthrough cases were misinterpreted
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 600,000 deaths in the U.S. and 3.4 million deaths worldwide as of 19 May 2021. Although the excess mortality in the U.S. since March 2020 clearly demonstrates that the pandemic has caused many more deaths than
Snopes→ Handwritten Example of Famous Einstein Equation Gets $1.2M
There are only three other known examples of Einstein writing the world-changing equation in his own hand.