A list of bogus election fraud claims, cobbled together from dubious websites and failed lawsuits aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, has spread widely online. It appeared in a recent story posted in a p
Snopes→ Does Pouring Dish Soap Down Drains Remove Clogs?
Pouring dish soap in household plumbing, whether it be a toilet, bath tub, or kitchen sink, has prompted a lot of online tips and warnings.
Snopes→ Did a Photo Show iPads Used for Virtual End-of-Life Visits Due to COVID-19?
A viral picture of a roomful of tablets alluded to the widespread emotional devastation caused by COVID-19.
Snopes→ Does a Photograph Show Rep. Eric Swalwell With Alleged Chinese Spy?
The woman, who left the country abruptly in 2015, has been photographed with several high-profile U.S. politicians.
Snopes→ White House Threatens FDA Chief’s Job over Vaccine Approval
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorization for Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day or face possible firing.
AFP Fact Check→ Claims of Nevada voter fraud rejected by state’s top court
Social media posts claim about 100,000 votes cast in Nevada were fraudulent, surpassing US president-elect Joe Biden’s margin of victory in the state. This is false; the Supreme Court of Nevada examined the claims and denied the request to overturn e
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Joe Biden’s Brother James Now Being Investigated by ‘the Feds’?
On December 11 2020, a dubious right wing blog called ThePoliticalInsider.com published an item (“Joe Biden’s Brother Is Being Investigated By The Feds, New Report Says”) which claimed that new information had come to light about the pur
Snopes→ Senate Sends Trump Defense Bill He Has Vowed to Veto
The Senate has approved a wide-ranging defense policy bill, sending it to President Donald Trump, despite his threat to veto the bill because it does not clamp down on big tech companies he claims were biased during the election.
Snopes→ Did a Former Disney World Princess ‘Reveal the Truth’?
Disney theme parks have been the subject of countless rumors since Disneyland first opened in Anaheim in 1955.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Homemade Chemical Mixtures And FDA-Approved Vaccines Are NOT Comparable
Are chemical mixtures made at home comparable to vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? No, that's not true: Vaccines, which mostly consist of weakened or killed viruses or bacteria to boost the body's immune re
Snopes→ Does Lil’ Rabbit in ‘Goodnight Moon’ Take 70 Minutes to Say Good Night?
The great green room of the children's book features not one but two illustrated clocks.
AFP Fact Check→ Georgia vote-counting machines were not rigged to give Biden lead
Social media posts claim an examination of Dominion vote-counting equipment revealed it automatically gave president-elect Joe Biden a 26 percent lead in Georgia’s Ware County. This is false; officials said there is no truth to the allegations, and w
Snopes→ Does Costco Lose Millions Annually for Keeping Rotisserie Chicken Cheap?
The $4.99 price tag has held firm for one of the company’s most popular items.
Snopes→ Does Meme Accurately Compare US COVID Relief Funds to Other Countries’?
Comparing apples to oranges is ironically a fruitless method of argument.
AllSides→ Ingraham wrongly claims ‘no science’ suggests restaurants spread COVID-19
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/10/laura-ingraham/ingraham-wrongly-claims-no-science-suggests-restau/
Logically→ Corey’s Digs is spreading misinformation about COVID-19.
The website Corey's Digs is being used by COVID-19 deniers to spread misinformation among the public.
Full Fact→ Cambridge Covid-19 test results don’t mean PCR tests are inaccurate
In the past few days, claims about Covid-19 testing at the University of Cambridge have been spreading on Twitter and Facebook, specifically relating to the number of “false positive” results. These claims need some context. It is not
Health Feedback→ Cases of Bell’s palsy and death observed during Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine clinical trials were within expected background range of general population
REVIEW Following the publication of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of the COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech, social media posts and articles went viral on Facebook, claiming that the vaccine was responsible for causing adve
Logically→ Under the TMC, over 150 BJP workers have been murdered, and 11 innocent Gorkhas were shot dead by the TMC police.
West Bengal has witnessed deadly clashes between TMC and BJP workers over the years, but an accurate death toll cannot be verified
Logically→ Six people died during Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine trials.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration clarified that the death of the six candidates was not related to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine trials.
Logically→ The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana has not been implemented in West Bengal.
No proposals have been recommended or sanctioned in West Bengal under the PMMSY scheme and the reason remains unclear.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Frontline Medical Workers Were NOT Chosen As Time Magazine’s Person of The Year
Did Time Magazine select the frontline medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic as the person of the year? No, that's not true: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were announced as Time's person of the year on December 10, 2020. The claim
Logically→ Sharad Pawar will be taking over as the chairperson of the UPA.
Media reports suggesting Sharad Pawar taking over as the president of UPA are unsubstantiated and baseless.
Snopes→ Brandon Bernard Executed, a Rarity During a Presidential Transition
The case of Brandon Bernard was a rare execution of a person who was in his teens when his crime was committed.
Logically→ A swarm of honeybees can gang up to roast invading hornets alive.
Japanese Honeybees create heat balls by swarming around the hornets and burn them to death, but European honeybees don't have these defensive tactics.
AFP Fact Check→ This is not a family photo of Covid-19 vaccine inventor Ugur Sahin
A photo has been shared tens thousands of times on multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter, alongside a claim that it shows an old family photo of Turkish-German scientist Ugur Sahin, who developed a Covid-19 vaccine. The claim is false; this photo does
Logically→ GSK owns a biological laboratory in Wuhan as well as Pfizer.
GSK does not own Pfizer or the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Washington Post→ Cotton’s claim that Mayorkas was ‘guilty of selling green cards to Chinese nationals’
Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s nominee for homeland security secretary, was the subject of a critical inspector general’s report. But Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) spins the facts beyond recognition.
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows a train timetable produced in Sri Lanka for Chinese tourists — the station has another timetable written in Sinhala language
A photo of a train timetable in Sri Lanka featuring English and Chinese text has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that Chinese has replaced local languages such as Sinhala and Tamil in Sri Lanka. The claim is m
AFP Fact Check→ Photo of an Arsenal football player is used to falsely claim foreign interference in Thai pro-democracy protests
An image has been shared multiple times on Facebook in December 2020, alongside a claim it shows a Lebanese lieutenant and his brother who are hired to work as personal bodyguards for Thai student leader Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak. However, this cl
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows Canada’s prime minister visiting a Sikh shrine during the Diwali festival in 2015
A photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sitting with members of Sikh community has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows him attending a demonstration in Canada in support of India
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claims about the UN removing cannabis from its list of narcotics circulate online
Multiple Facebook posts have shared a claim that the United Nations has voted to remove cannabis from “the list of narcotics drugs”. The claim is misleading; a UN body did vote to remove cannabis from the list of most dangerous drugs, but as of Dec
Snopes→ Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, Who Played Deebo in ‘Friday,’ Dies
“He was a gentle giant. He had a smile as broad as you could imagine. He’s going to be missed by so many. We’re all devastated.”
Snopes→ BTS Named Time Magazine’s Entertainer of the Year
BTS has had more than just a “Dynamite” year — they've become such a global phenomenon that Time magazine named the South Korean group its 2020 Entertainer of the Year.
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim spreads online that AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine contains MRC-5 foetal cells
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook which claim it shows that the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine contains MRC-5 cells originally taken from an aborted human foetus. The claim is misleading: the Ast
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Are NOT The Eight Deadliest Days In American History
Is this an accurate list of deadliest days in American history? No, that's not true: While the design of the infographic is clearly well-intentioned, this chart lacks some critical parameters for comparisons. This chart of lethal events s
Snopes→ Has No Presidential Candidate ‘Won Iowa, Florida and Ohio’ and Still Lost?
U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrated in December 2020 that one can move the goal posts and still lose the argument.
Snopes→ Did Russian Official Recommend No Booze for 42 Days After COVID Vaccination?
The "Sputnik V" vaccine at issue here differs from the vaccines nearing approval in the United States.
Snopes→ Did First COVID-19 Vaccine Recipient Suspiciously Appear in News Report Months Earlier?
A right-wing social media activist saw evidence of conspiracy where there was none in photographs of Margaret Keenan from December 2020.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tens Of Thousands Of Moms Did NOT Watch Their Child Regress Or Die Within 24-To-72 Hours Of Being Vaccinated
Did "tens of thousands of moms ... watch their child regress or die within 24-72 hours" of being vaccinated? No, that's not true: There is no confirmation that tens of thousands of moms watched their children regress or die within 24 to 7