Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez are so similar in so many ways.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anthony Hopkins Did NOT Say ‘Let Go The People Who Are Not Prepared To Love You’
Did Welsh actor Sir Anthony Hopkins make a statement that opens with "Let go the people who are not prepared to love you. This is the hardest thing you will have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing"? No, that's
Snopes→ 20 Years Later, Fallout from Toxic WTC Dust Cloud Grows
Two decades after the twin towers’ collapse, people are still coming forward to report illnesses that might be related to the attacks.
Snopes→ Did National Archives Put ‘Harmful Language’ Alert on US Constitution?
Other historical documents reportedly included the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.
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
The Dispatch→ Did All Americans Who Wanted to Evacuate Afghanistan Get Out?
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Snopes→ White House Competition Council Seeks Lower Consumer Prices
The council, an outgrowth of a July executive order by President Joe Biden, is aimed at refocusing the U.S. economy around the interests of consumers, workers and entrepreneurs.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Image Does NOT Show Mbabane In Eswatini — It’s Khartoum In Sudan
Does a widely shared image show a nighttime photo of Mbabane, the capital city of Eswatini? No, that's not true: the city shown is Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on September 6, 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi, Schumer And Many Others Did Not Make Confessions In Military Tribunals
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and many others make confessions in military tribunals? No, that's not true: A video does not show a military tribunal with Pelosi and Schumer on trial. Instead, it's a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Martin Scorsese Is NOT Holding Zack Snyder’s Justice League In Instagram Post
Did American film director Martin Scorsese endorse the Zack Snyder version of the movie "Justice League"? No, that's not true: The photo of Scorsese holding "Zack Snyder's Justice League" is nowhere to be found on Scorsese's verified Inst
Snopes→ Did Ben Franklin Leave $2,000 Each to Boston and Philadelphia?
The inventor clearly had a lot of faith in the future of the U.S.
Snopes→ Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Returning With Crowds?
It was unknown if, or to what extent, viewing locations would have capacity limits.
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
Snopes→ Queen’s London Representative Says Royals Back BLM Movement
Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family back the Black Lives Matter movement, one of her senior representatives said in a television interview.
Snopes→ Judge Loosens Apple’s Grip on App Store in Epic Decision
A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run app store, threatening one of the iPhone maker’s biggest moneymakers.
Full Fact→ New healthcare workers suicide figures should be treated with caution
“More than 60 frontline UK healthcare workers took their own life at the beginning of the pandemic.” The i, 9 September 2021. The i newspaper has reported new data claiming to show that 64 frontline healthcare workers died by suicide at th
Full Fact→ No, health won’t account for 40% of all public spending
“Health and social care will devour 40pc of all public spending by next year.” Daily Telegraph, 8 September 2021. “As a result of the latest changes, health is likely to account for 44 per cent of all public spending by 2025, up fro
Logically→ India has charged WHO scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan with mass murder.
The Indian Bar Association, a private voluntary organization of lawyers, has no jurisdiction to charge the scientist with murder.
Full Fact→ An influencer muddled his maths on vaccines for children
The online influencer Nohun (real name Raurie Williams) has wrongly described the risks and benefits of the Covid-19 vaccine for children in an Instagram video that has been viewed more than 330,000 times. The video was posted on 7 September 2021, and
Snopes→ DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats Sue NYC over Price Caps
Three of the nation's largest food delivery companies are suing New York City over a limit on fees it put in place during the pandemic to protect restaurants devastated by the forced closure of their dining rooms.
Full Fact→ What do we know about the long-term effects of Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy?
We’ve been asked on WhatsApp for information regarding the Covid-19 vaccines in use in the UK and whether there are any long-term effects on babies born to women who were vaccinated in pregnancy. What do we know about any long-term effects? Given
Snopes→ Federal Mandate Takes Vaccine Decision off Employers’ Hands
Larger U.S. businesses now won't have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so is now federal policy.
Snopes→ Los Angeles Schools Mandate Vaccines for 630,000 Students
Students age 12 and older in the Los Angeles school system must be vaccinated before they can return to classrooms next year under one of the toughest anti-COVID mandates enacted in the nation.
Poynter→ How Sept. 11 helped shape modern misinformation and conspiracy theories
Outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a New Jersey man held up his hand for a camera as he told a local TV reporter about the chaotic scene he’d just witnessed inside the building. His palm was smeared with blood — blood that belonged to Ashli Babb
Logically→ Lines across your fingernails indicate that you have had COVID-19.
Current scientific evidence indicates that Beau's lines or lines across your fingernails is not a reliable sign that you had COVID-19.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Elvis Presley’s Manager Sell ‘I Hate Elvis’ Buttons to Profit From ‘Haters’?
On August 23 2021, the Facebook page “Weird Facts” shared the following meme, which asserted that Elvis Presley’s manager did pro-Elvis and anti-Elvis marketing, selling “I Hate Elvis” buttons to individuals who were not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chinese Restaurant Sign Giving 95% Off Meal With Vaccine Card Is NOT Real
Did a Chinese restaurant advertise giving customers 95% off their lunch total if you show them a vaccination card? No, that's not true: The sign was made by a prank website where you can create your own Chinese restaurant sign. The story
Snopes→ Could Xylitol — AKA ‘Birch Sugar’ — Kill Dogs That Eat It?
The sugar substitute is found in a variety of foods, from peanut butter to ice cream.
Snopes→ Police Planning to Reinstall Capitol Fence Ahead of Rally
Though no specific measures have been announced, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hinted during her weekly press conference at extra safety precautions for the Sept. 18 rally.
FactCheck.org→ CDC: No Warning Issued for Acute Flaccid Myelitis in 2021
SciCheck Digest The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking outbreaks of acute flaccid myelitis — a serious condition mainly affecting children — since 2014. The CDC hasn’t seen a reason for concern this year, but Fac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Broadcast Meteorologist Is NOT Wearing An Ankle Monitor And Is Not In Detroit
Does this photo show a Detroit broadcast meteorologist wearing an ankle monitor device parole officers install on convicts to track their whereabouts? No, that's not true: The broadcaster shown is Jaime Travers, of Fox2 St. Louis. A meme
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Is NOT Footage of Taliban With Anti-Aircraft Weapons — It’s A Video Game
Does footage released after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan show the insurgents using anti-aircraft weaponry? No, that's not true: The footage is from the video game Arma 3. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) publis
Snopes→ Did Neil DeGrasse Tyson Tweet This About Unvaccinated Republicans?
The famous astrophysicist deleted the tweet, saying it was causing unintended "Twitter fights."
Snopes→ Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates for 100 Million Americans
The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans.
Snopes→ Justice Dept. Sues Texas over State’s New Abortion Law
The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."
Snopes→ About 200 Westerners, Including Americans, Fly Out of Kabul
An estimated 200 foreigners, including Americans, left Afghanistan on a commercial flight out of Kabul with the cooperation of the Taliban — the first such large-scale departure since U.S. forces completed their frantic withdrawal.
Snopes→ Did Christine Grady Personally Approve the Pfizer Vaccine?
The wife of Dr. Anthony Fauci is also the chief of bioethics at the National Institutes of Health.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York Giant U-Shaped Skyscraper Is Not Real — It’s Just A Proposed Design From 2017
Is there a giant U-shaped skyscraper in New York that is so big a plane can easily fly between its uprights? No, that's not true: This image of a large building in Manhattan is just an architectural design for a proposed building that had
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Does NOT Show Two Bullets That ‘Collided’ During Battle Of Gallipoli
Does a viral image show two bullets that "collided" during the Battle of Gallipoli? No, that's not true: In addition to the lack of the expected rifling marks on one of the bullets, ballistics experts who reviewed the image were not convi
Snopes→ Michael Constantine of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ Dies at 94
Constantine died Aug. 31 at his home in Reading, Pennsylvania, of natural causes.