Almost all of the original self-help books for couples were written by proponents of the eugenics movement.
Snopes→ Voting By Mail? Double-Check Your State’s Deadlines Right Now
The U.S. Postal Service warned that, if you’re voting by mail, waiting until the deadline to apply for or return a ballot may cut it too close.
Snopes→ Was Jacob Blake Charged With Raping a Child?
Online commentators and social media users sought to undermine protests sparked by the police shooting of Blake in Wisconsin in August 2020.
Snopes→ Did Kenosha Leaders Require Police Body Cams, Then Fail To Buy Them?
None of the responding officers wore body cameras at the scene where Jacob Blake was shot multiple times by police in August 2020.
Full Fact→ Claims of pandemic fall in child anxiety may not apply across the whole country
This week many media outlets covered a new study which suggests that anxiety levels among young people fell during the pandemic. The study was based on a survey of around 1,000 year 9 students in the south west of England. It found that students
The Dispatch→ Will COVID Vaccine Holdouts in Australia Be Banned From Travel, Restaurants, or School?
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Full Fact→ Children in Need is not donating £10 million to Black Lives Matter
A post on Facebook with over 4,000 shares has claimed that the BBC charity Children in Need has donated £10 million to Black Lives Matter. This is not the case. In July 2020, the charity announced it was pledging £10 million over ten
AFP Fact Check→ All grades in South Africa are scheduled to complete the school year, not repeat it
Facebook posts shared in South Africa claim that some grades will be repeating the current school year in 2021. However, this is false; no such announcement has been made, and the school year calendar has in fact been amended by the education departmen
Logically→ The impeachment of the president was illegal and baseless.
President Trump's impeachment was conducted in accordance with the legal framework laid down by the Constitution.
AFP Fact Check→ This composite image is based on a model of a biblical palace in Israel
An image that appears to show several buildings carved into a mountain has been shared dozens of times on Facebook with a message asking who built the structure, which the author claims can be found in Africa. However, the monument isn’t real; it i
Full Fact→ What do we know about Covid-19 transmission in schools?
Next week children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to go back to school, many of them for the first time since March. Some children in Northern Ireland returned this week and children in Scotland returned to school earlier this month. A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White Privilege Is NOT Why Tanya McDowell Got 5 Years and Felicity Huffman Got 14 Days
Does white privilege explain why Tanya McDowell, a black mother, got five years in prison for fraudulently sending her son to a better school while white actress Felicity Huffman only got 14 days in jail for her role in a college-admissio
AFP Fact Check→ Covid-19 poses risks to children, and health authorities recommend they wear masks
A flyer shared on Facebook claims children have little chance of dying of Covid-19, they have essentially no chance of spreading the disease asymptomatically, and that they face a series of risks from wearing face masks. This is misleading; doctors say
Snopes→ Hurricane Laura Blasts Gulf Coast with Wind, Rain and Wall of Seawater
The National Hurricane Center said Laura slammed the coast with winds of 150 mph.
Logically→ James Madison was just 25 years old when he signed the Declaration of Independence.
None of the Founding Fathers – George Washington, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison – signed the Declaration of Independence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Ban Over 700 Pages Dedicated To Exposing Pedophilia
Did Facebook ban over 700 pages dedicated to exposing pedophilia? No, that's not true: The groups, pages and ads that were removed were tied to QAnon, a conspiracy theory that uses the issue of child trafficking as a recruitment tool. The
Logically→ James Madison was just 25 years old when he signed the Declaration of Independence.
None of the Founding Fathers – George Washington, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison – signed the Declaration of Independence.
Snopes→ TikTok CEO Resigns Amid US Pressure to Sell Video App
His resignation follows President Donald Trump's order to ban TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance, sells its U.S. operations to an American company within 90 days.
Logically→ Trump supports a commission of a national standard of deescalation training and communication training.
President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities which promotes de-escalation and communication training
AFP Fact Check→ This video does not show a Covid-19 patient who was nearly buried alive
A video viewed thousands of times claims to show a Covid-19 patient in a Kenyan village who was “nearly buried alive” during his own funeral. The claim is false; county officials confirmed to AFP Fact Check that while the video was indeed taken du
Snopes→ More Than 1 Million Americans Applied for Jobless Benefits
Employers added nearly 9.3 million jobs in May, June and July — but that hiring surge replaced just 42% of the jobs lost in March and April.
Logically→ Joe Biden is soft on China
Foreign policy experts have criticized Joe Biden's stance on China for being incoherent.
Logically→ Trump signed the bill for permanently authorising funds for 9/11 first responders.
A bill was signed in 2019 ensuring that a fund to compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks never runs out of money.
Health Feedback→ People infected with SARS-CoV-2 can transmit the virus to others, even if they do not show symptoms of the disease and are not considered sick
REVIEW Hundreds of posts like this one were published on Facebook on and around 23 Aug. 2020 claiming that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has “[convinced] the world that you can be sick without having symptoms.” These
Logically→ Lionel Messi is leaving Barcelona.
On August 25, 2020, Lionel Messi told FC Barcelona that he wants to leave the club after his twenty years of service.
Logically→ Donald Trump had won the Kenosha County in the 2016 presidential elections.
Donald Trump won the majority of Kenosha County votes against Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general elections.
Poynter→ What we know about Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin
If your time is short On Aug. 23, Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wis. Blake survived, but is partially paralyzed from a bullet that severed his spinal cord. On the third night of protests over the shooting, two
Poynter→ What we know about Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin
If your time is short On Aug. 23, Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wis. Blake survived, but is partially paralyzed from a bullet that severed his spinal cord. On the third night of protests over the shooting, two
Poynter→ The RNC framed COVID-19 in the rearview mirror. It’s not
PolitiFact and MediaWise are teaming up to debunk misinformation about the coronavirus crisis. To have Coronavirus Facts delivered to your inbox weekly, click here. Hey everyone, Tonight is the last night of the Republican National Convention, whic
Logically→ The United States conducted more than 800,000 COVID-19 tests a day.
Pence implied that the US is consistently conducting over 800,000 tests a day but data shows an average 733,000 tests per day in August.
Logically→ Joe Biden opposed the operation to take down Osama bin Laden.
Joe Biden's initial reluctance to the raid has been misconstrued by Pence as Biden being opposed to the operation to take down bin Laden.
Logically→ Kim Jong Un is under coma.
Kim Jong Un has reportedly participated in a meeting of the politburo of the Workers Party. He looks healthy and fine.
FactCheck.org→ Republican Convention Night 3
Summary Vice President Mike Pence and others twisted facts on the economy, some of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s positions and more: Pence claimed that President Donald Trump “created the greatest economy in the world.”
Health Feedback→ Altered image falsely suggests that restaurant staff in Maine are required to wear dog cone-style face visors to protect against COVID-19
REVIEW A false claim that restaurant staff in Maine are required to wear dog cone-like face shields to protect against COVID-19 in compliance with orders from Governor Janet Mills is circulating on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. T
AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates on social media about man pictured dining with Bollywood stars
A photo of several prominent Bollywood figures has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that one of the men pictured is Indian organised crime fugitive Dawood Ibrahim. The claim is false; the man
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows deforestation in the Amazon forest in South America
A photo has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside claims that it shows deforestation in Sinharaja, a protected forest reserve in Sri Lanka. The claim, however, is misleading; the photo in fact shows deforestation in the Amazon.
Logically→ The Obama-Biden administration secretly launched a surveillance operation on the Trump campaign in 2016.
The 'Spygate' allegations made by Donald Trump about the FBI surveilling his campaign was not authorized by the Obama Admministration.
AFP Fact Check→ This old photo shows comedian Vic Sotto carrying his daughter, not his wife Pauleen Luna
An old photo has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows Filipino comedian Vic Sotto carrying a child who would grow up to be his wife, fellow celebrity Pauleen Luna. The photo was shared side-by-side with
Logically→ Donald Trump did not start any new wars in four years.
Although Trump did not start any new wars, he continued wars in Syria and Afghanistan, almost started a war with Iran, and issued threats to N. Korea.
Logically→ People on low incomes in the UK COVID-19 hotspots to be paid if self-isolating.
The UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that COVID-19 patients would be paid £130 to £182 for self-isolating in high infection areas.