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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Supreme Court Did NOT Vote 6-3 To Take Up Texas AG’s Lawsuit Over Election, NOR Did Tennessee Join
Did the U.S. Supreme Court vote 6-3 to take up the Texas Attorney General's lawsuit seeking to overturn four other states' 2020 election results? No, that's not true: There is no such vote recorded on the Supreme Court's public list of or
Snopes→ Conspiracy Theories May Seem Irrational – But They Fulfill a Basic Human Need
Many irrational beliefs are attempts to protect mental health by responding to the human need for control, understanding and belonging.
Snopes→ Trump Looks Past Supreme Court Loss to New Texas Election Lawsuit
The suit from the Texas attorney general, Republican Ken Paxton, demands that the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin be invalidated.
Snopes→ Trump Camp Loses Nevada Court Bid to Nullify Election
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has lost its legal bid to nullify President-elect Joe Biden’s 39,000-vote electoral win in Nevada.
Snopes→ AP-NORC Poll: Only Half in US Want Shots As Vaccine Nears
As states frantically prepare to begin months of vaccinations that could end the pandemic, a new poll finds only about half of Americans are ready to roll up their sleeves when their turn comes.
Snopes→ Did US Rep. Gohmert Lose a Tooth on Live TV?
We want the tooth and nothing but the tooth.
Snopes→ Did Biden Say He’d ‘Develop Some Disease’ and Resign If He and Harris Disagreed?
The president-elect’s purported joke fell flat during an interview with CNN.
Snopes→ Has No Presidential Candidate ‘Won Both Ohio and Florida and Lost’?
There's no law that requires a candidate to win both Ohio and Florida in order to become president of the United States.
Snopes→ Disneyland’s Snow White Grotto Employs an Old Trick
The Snow White figurine arrived at roughly the same height as the dwarves, so Disney found "an ingenious and elegant solution."
AllSides→ CNN ‘Journalist’ Chris Cuomo Dishonestly Trolls GOP Senator on COVID Relief
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2020/12/09/cnn-journalist-chris-cuomo-trolls-marco-rubio-fails-spectacularly-n2581226
Snopes→ Do Remains Found on Mt. Kilimanjaro Parallel a Biblical Story?
The story of Joseph tells the tale of a brother spurned by his kin who then rises to a coveted appointment by the pharaoh of Egypt.
Snopes→ Indiana Jones Once Defeated Villains by Playing a Saxophone
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" was released in 1989, but it wasn't the last the 20th century saw of Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones.
Logically→ The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine negatively affects fertility.
There is no evidence that the Pfizer vaccine impacts fertility. Catching COVID-19, however, may impact fertility.
Snopes→ Traces of Nickel, Lead Found in Blood of Indian Patients With Mysterious Illness
The Andhra Pradesh state government said that investigations by experts from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have not been able to ascertain the source of excessive nickel and lead particulate matter in the patients’ blood.
Snopes→ Man Who Found Rocky Mountains Treasure Chest Revealed
Forrest Fenn, an art and antiquities dealer, left clues to finding the treasure in a poem in a memoir entitled “The Thrill of the Chase.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Would $50,000 of Student Debt Forgiveness Be a ‘Massive Tax Increase’ for Americans?
On December 8 2020, The Blaze published an article headlined, “Schumer: Biden ‘considering’ cancelation of $50K in student loan debt for every borrower making under $125K a year,” with the subheading, “Translation: A mass
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show an Afghan woman who topped a national university entrance exam in 2020
Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared hundreds of times purport to show photos of a Pakistani coal miner’s daughter who topped the Pakistani civil service exam in 2020. The claim is false; the photos show an Afghan woman who topped her country
Snopes→ UK Probing if Allergic Reactions Linked to Pfizer Vaccine
The two adverse reactions occurred on the first day of the United Kingdom's mass vaccination drive.
Snopes→ Did Tom Brady’s Company Get a PPP Loan?
The loan to the NFL star's company was controversial due to his wealth and a multi-million dollar contract.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bogus Swing State Claim
At a rally in Georgia, President Donald Trump continued to make baseless claims about the 2020 election being “rigged,” drawing false comparisons at one point between President-elect Joe Biden’s performance in swing states and that of
Logically→ Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine contains polyethylene glycol which causes fatal allergic reactions.
Pfizer's vaccine contains PEG in a small quantity. MHRA says anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food must not get the vaccine.
Logically→ Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine contains polyethylene glycol which causes fatal allergic reactions.
Pfizer's vaccine contains PEG in a small quantity. MHRA says anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food must not get the vaccine.
Logically→ Philadelphia priest died after participating in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial
The cause of his death has not yet been ascertained and in Nov. he said he felt no ill effects after the injections.
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows Indian Sikhs staging an anti-government protest in 2019
A photo has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in December 2020 alongside a claim that it shows Sikh farmers participating in anti-government protests in India. The posts were shared as farmers in India demonstra
AFP Fact Check→ This is a photo of South Korean soldiers during a 2015 training exercise
A photo of three soldiers in a frozen river has been shared hundreds of times in Facebook posts that claim that it shows Pakistani soldiers defending their country at the Siachen glacier in northern Kashmir, on the border with India. The claim is f
AFP Fact Check→ This video was filmed in India and has circulated online since at least 2017
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim it shows giant waves hitting a bridge in Malaysia. The claim is false; the video shows waves hitting a jetty in southern India.
AFP Fact Check→ Video shares false claim that Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine contains ‘nanotechnology’
A video viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook claims Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine contains lipid nanoparticles that could be concealing "little computers”. The claims are false; nanoparticles are microscopic partic
AFP Fact Check→ This video actually shows Sikhs at a 2018 event marking the anniversary of a historical military victory
Footage showing armed men marching and riding on horses has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that it shows Sikh men heading to Delhi in support of India’s ongoing farmers protests. H
AFP Fact Check→ This image shows a satirical article about the Pope and the Covid-19 vaccine
An image has been circulated on social media that purports to show a genuine news article about Pope Francis announcing that people must receive the Covid-19 vaccine in order to enter heaven. The posts, shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts,
AFP Fact Check→ Old hoax resurfaces online in South Korea warning of ‘fake CNN report and North Korean phishing email’
Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Facebook, Naver Blog and KakaoTalk in December 2020 claim that South Korean police issued a warning about a North Korea-linked phishing email and a fake CNN report with malicious codes. The claim is false; South Kore
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 RNA Vaccine Will NOT Change Your DNA
Does the COVID-19 RNA, also called mRNA, vaccine change a person's DNA? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines "do not affect or interact with our DNA in any way." The U.S. Foo
AFP Fact Check→ Video of a one-man protest at a 2019 cricket match in London is being misleadingly shared as the 2020 farmers’ protests in Delhi
A video showing a man in a turban shouting slogans against India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been viewed tens of thousands of times in Facebook and Twitter posts shared as major protests by farmers continue in New Delhi. The video is being sha
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a presidential campaign rally in Buenos Aires in 2019, not Maradona’s funeral
A video has been viewed hundreds of times on multiple Facebook and Instagram posts alongside a claim that it shows the funeral of football legend Diego Maradona, who died in November 2020, in Argentina. The claim is false; the clip actually shows a pre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Psychiatrist Is NOT Correct To Claim No Virus, No COVID Pandemic, No Safe Vaccine, Nor Need For Vaccine
Is the psychiatrist who leads off a video attack on epidemiology and vaccinology correct in saying there is no SARS-Cov-2 virus, no COVID-19 pandemic, no safe vaccine and no need for one? No, that's not true. Neither Dr. Andrew Kaufman, n
Snopes→ Amazon and Apple Phone Scam
Experts warn consumers to be skeptical of email and unsolicited calls.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Louie Gohmert’s Tooth Fall Out During a Press Conference?
Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert became instant online fodder (again) on December 8 2020, after a news site posted footage showing one of the Texas lawmaker’s teeth falling out as he spoke. The brief clip from The Recount showed his tooth coming lo
Snopes→ Galactic Federation? NASA Releases Statement Following Alien Rumors
The truth is out there, but this probably isn't it.
Logically→ NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant says that too much of democracy is hampering reforms in India.
While talking about tough reforms, Amitabh Kant said "Tough reforms are very difficult in the Indian context. We are too much of a democracy."
Snopes→ Did TikTok Videos ‘Expose’ Frozen Food Served at Panera Bread?
Internet commenters have historically been quite bothered by TikTok videos recorded inside restaurant kitchens.