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Logically→ Kangana Ranaut called farmers as terrorists.

2020-09-25 Kangana Ranaut has clarified that she only called protesters who are against the farm bill as terrorists and not the farmers. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim About Mail Ballot Signatures in Nevada

2020-09-24 At a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Nevada voters are not required to sign their mail ballots and, if they do sign them, the signatures don’t have to be verified. The law requires mail ballots to include vali Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ There’s no evidence for how many people took part in ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ or later died from Covid-19

2020-09-24 A widely shared post on Facebook claims that 64 million people took part in the government’s ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme and, despite sitting in restaurants without facemasks, none of these people died. This is incorrect. The post re Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ This is what the guidelines are for social distancing in parliament.

2020-09-24 Several posts online have claimed that MPs in parliament are not adhering to Covid rules, such as mask-wearing and social distancing. The image in question comes from a debate on the Internal Markets Bill on 14 September. There are a number of measures Go to site post…»

Logically→ The UK is preparing legislation that will ‘break international law in a very specific and limited way.’

2020-09-24 The Internal Market Bill does break the law. The minor breach would give ministers the right to overrule or ignore parts of EU customs law. Go to site post…»

Logically→ The UK is preparing legislation that will ‘break international law in a very specific and limited way.’

2020-09-24 The Internal Market Bill does break the law. The minor breach would give ministers the right to overrule or ignore parts of EU customs law. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Has NOT Signed Nine Executive Orders To Combat Child Trafficking — He’s Signed Two And Both Received News Coverage

2020-09-23 Has President Trump signed nine executive orders to combat child trafficking, with those orders not getting public coverage? No, that's not true: Trump has signed two executive orders that specifically mention human trafficking. Both were Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was NOT ‘Nominated And Confirmed’ To The Supreme Court 43 Days Before A Presidential Election

2020-09-23 Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg "nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election"? No, that's not true: Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed in 42 days (not 43) in 1993 -- which was not an election year. The previous year, 1992, was an electio Go to site post…»

AFP Fact Check→ Texas ballot fraud story misrepresented by attorney general before spreading online

2020-09-23 US Attorney General Bill Barr said a Texas man committed voter fraud with 1,700 mail-in ballots, a claim repeated more than 30,000 times on Facebook. This is false; Barr’s office said the nation’s top law enforcement officer was inaccurately briefe Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ False Attack on Ginsburg Is Reprised After Her Death

2020-09-23 Quick Take After Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, social media users reprised a false claim about the late Supreme Court justice — arguing she wanted to “lower the age of consent for sex to 12.” The old falsehood is a distortion of Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Does a Potential U.S. Supreme Court Candidate Belong to a Group That Inspired ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’?

2020-09-23 News of United States Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death was barely a day old before national figures started to discuss her replacement, despite the opposition of those very same figures to doing so in 2016, after Antonin Scalia Go to site post…»

Logically→ Trump signed the largest investment in national defense since the days of Ronald Reagan.

2020-09-23 In 2018 Trump administration allotted $670.6 billion for the defense budget, the highest since Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) was the incumbent. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Trump signed the largest investment in national defense since the days of Ronald Reagan.

2020-09-23 In 2018 Trump administration allotted $670.6 billion for the defense budget, the highest since Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) was the incumbent. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Ginsburg Was Confirmed Years Before the 1996 Election

2020-09-23 Quick Take Facebook posts falsely claim that the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.” She was nominated and confirmed more than three years before the next presidential electio Go to site post…»

Logically→ Joe Biden voted for NAFTA

2020-09-23 In a roll call vote on the passage of the bill to implement the NAFTA during a session of 103rd Congress on Nov 20,1993, Joe Biden voted for the bill. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Soros Does NOT Own Two Sigma Investments

2020-09-23 Does George Soros own Two Sigma Investments? No, that's not true: The company's federal filings with the Security and Exchange Commission state that Soros has never been part of any ownership of the investment firm. The claim appeared in Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Man Was NOT Arrested For Filling Out 1,700 Ballots As Attorney General Barr Said In Interview — DOJ Says Barr Was Misinformed

2020-09-22 Was a Texas man arrested for filling out 1,700 ballots as Attorney General William Barr claimed in a Sept. 2, 2020, CNN interview? No, that's not true: Barr was misinformed when he made the statement, according to the Department of Justic Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ The virus causing COVID-19 most likely evolved in natural wildlife populations before spreading to humans

2020-09-22 REVIEW On 14 September 2020, the Chinese virologist Li-Meng Yan published a a pre-print (an unpublished draft of a science paper) on the website Zenodo claiming to provide evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was created in a la Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Biden’s False and Exaggerated Supreme Court Claims

2020-09-21 In remarks following the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made several false and exaggerated claims while arguing that the Senate should wait until after the Nov. 3 election to let the next presi Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump Said ‘I Like Taking The Guns Early,’ Not Harris

2020-09-21 Quick Take Facebook posts claim that Sen. Kamala Harris said, “I like taking the guns early.” She didn’t say that, but President Donald Trump did. Full Story Dozens of conservative Facebook pages have been sharing a picture of Sen. Ka Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake State Driver Licenses Seized By Feds In Chicago Are NOT Implicated In A Voting Fraud Scheme

2020-09-21 Did almost 20,000 fake IDs seized by Customs and Border Protection officers in Chicago turn out to be for fake names registered to vote Democrat? No, that is not true: While customs investigators seized 19,888 fake ID cards in the first h Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Ruth Bader Ginsburg Helped Shape the Modern Era of Women’s Rights

2020-09-19 When he nominated Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, President Bill Clinton compared her legal work on behalf of women to the epochal work of Thurgood Marshall on behalf of African-Americans. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Town Hall

2020-09-18 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden answered questions from the public in a CNN town hall, but he got some facts wrong and misled on others: Biden made the far-fetched claim that data show President Donald Trump could have prevented “all& Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Trump Again Overstates Speed of COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

2020-09-18 Contradicting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and other government officials, President Donald Trump incorrectly said in a press briefing that a coronavirus vaccine would be “immediately” available to the general public afte Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead on Biden’s Role in Social Security Taxes

2020-09-18 Quick Take Posts on Facebook and Twitter suggest that former Vice President Joe Biden is responsible for taxes on Social Security, but those posts ignore the political history and mislead on the details. The posts also twist Biden’s proposals on Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Demand Kayleigh McEnany Resign As White House Press Secretary

2020-09-18 Did CNN demand that Kayleigh McEnany resign as White House press secretary for "perpetuating the lies" of President Trump to the media over COVID-19 health risks? No, that is not true. CNN did not author a piece demanding she step down; i Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Article Accusing China Of Loosing COVID From A Lab Is NOT Tested Science

2020-09-18 Did a scientific study prove the Chinese government cooked up the novel coronavirus and loosed it on the world? No, that's not true: The claim is made in a self-published article produced by doctors who identify themselves as part of a po Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Life Insurance Company’s Attempt to Curb Suicide on a South Korea Bridge Precede an Increase in Deaths?

2020-09-17 On September 17 2020, the following post was shared to r/therewasanattempt, which described a purported initiative to curb suicides on South Korea’s Mapo Bridge: to stop suicide from therewasanattempt An image showed two Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Report Resurrects Baseless Claim that Coronavirus Was Bioengineered

2020-09-17 Quick Take A paper that has not been peer-reviewed reaches faulty conclusions to advance the unsubstantiated claim that the novel coronavirus was bioengineered in a Chinese lab, according to immunology and microbiology experts. The paper’s claims Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ There’s no connection between new biometrics legislation and Covid-19 tests

2020-09-17 Multiple posts on social media have claimed that new government legislation has enabled  DNA to be “harvested and retained” from Covid-19 test kits. This is not true. The legislation, ‘The Coronavirus (Retention of Fingerprints a Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ DSCC Falsely Attacks Daines on Social Security

2020-09-16 In a TV ad, a Democratic committee falsely claims Sen. Steve Daines of Montana is “pushing a plan” that could “end Social Security benefits by 2023.” He’s not. The ad is confusing Daines’ support for eliminating the Soci Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The NFL Is NOT Tax-Exempt

2020-09-15 Is the National Football League (NFL) tax-exempt? No, that's not true: A search of the IRS database for nonprofits shows the NFL is not included in that listing. The league was tax-exempt until 2015 when it voluntarily relinquished its 50 Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ £1.5bn GDP boost from UK-Japan trade deal is not on top of existing EU-Japan deal benefits

2020-09-15 Last week the government announced that the UK and Japan had secured a free trade agreement (FTA), the first major trade deal made by the UK since it left the EU.  The Department of International Trade (DIT) said: “Government analysis shows Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Prove Obama And Clooney Acted Inappropriately — Girl Is The President’s Niece And NOT The Girl Who Was Murdered

2020-09-12 Do photos of former President Barack Obama and George Clooney with a young girl show them acting inappropriately? No, that's not true: The girl in Obama's lap is the former president's niece and the photo was taken by the White House phot Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Biden’s False Attacks on Trump’s Social Security ‘Plan’

2020-09-11 A Biden campaign TV ad falsely claims that a government analysis of President Donald Trump’s “planned cuts to Social Security” shows that “if Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.” Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Did NFL Fans Boo During a ‘Moment of Unity’?

2020-09-11 The opening game of the National Football League’s 2020 campaign drew attention online beyond the boxscore on September 10 2020, as footage spread of fans booing during what the league had hoped would be soothe tensions between players and fans. Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Biden’s False Statement About the Trade Deficit

2020-09-10 In a campaign speech in Warren, Michigan, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden falsely claimed that the United States’ trade deficit had “hit an all-time high” under President Donald Trump. It is true that the trade deficit for g Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Are People Trying to Make the Legal Age of Consent 4 Years Old?

2020-09-10 A viral September 3 2020 Facebook post claiming that “there are people trying to make the age of consent four years old” racked up a six-figure share count (archived here) in one week:   It read: We can’t buy alcohol or ciga Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Mnuchin Spins Pre-COVID Path to Debt Reduction

2020-09-10 The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in January forecast rising debt for the rest of President Donald Trump’s presidency and beyond. Yet, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claimed that before COVID-19 hit, the U.S. was experiencing “ Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Adequate immunization and improved sanitation together protect against infection from both wild and vaccine-derived poliovirus

2020-09-10 REVIEW Articles like this one, published on 4 September 2020 on 21st Century Wire, report an outbreak of 13 cases of vaccine-derived polio that began in Sudan in March 2020 and was announced by the Sudan Federal Ministry of Health just one week afte Go to site post…»

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