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.
Snopes→ Family: Black Man Shot by Deputy Held a Sandwich, Not a Gun
Civil rights and FBI investigators will help look into the fatal shooting by an Ohio sheriff's deputy of a Black man whose family says that he was holding not a gun, but a sandwich.
Snopes→ ‘Man Finds Weird Cave’ With Gold Mine in Your Town?
The real stories behind the misleading clickbait were actually quite interesting.
Hoax-Slayer→ Free Cadbury Hampers Giveaway Scam Hitting Facebook (Again)
According to a post that is currently circulating rapidly on Facebook, Cadbury Australia is giving everyone who shares and comments a free chocolate hamper. The post Free Cadbury Hampers Giveaway Scam Hitting Facebook (Again) appeared first on Hoax-Sla
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DIY Vote Analysis Does NOT Prove Arizona Votes Were ‘Eaten From Mr. Trump And Handed Over To Mr. Biden’
Did a Massachusetts engineer prove election software took Maricopa County, Arizona, votes from Donald Trump to give them to Joe Biden? No, that's not true. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on December 4, 2020, rejected Trump's chall
Snopes→ Beatles Fans, Yoko Ono, Bandmates Mark 40 Years Since John Lennon’s Death
Fans remembered John Lennon with flowers, candles and songs on the 40th anniversary of the former Beatle's death after being shot outside his New York City apartment building.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Woman Who Developed Sores On Her Feet Did NOT Have A Trial Dose Of The COVID-19 Vaccine
Did a COVID-19 vaccine cause terrible sores to erupt on the feet of one of the participants in the vaccine trial? No, that's not really true: While it is true that this woman is dealing with large painful sores on her feet that have been
Snopes→ Does George Clooney Cut His Hair With A Flowbee?
Flowbee has stated that the actor has no endorsement deal with the iconic, vacuum-based, self-grooming tool.
The Dispatch→ Did a Georgia County Use ‘Sequestered’ Machines to ‘Break the Dominion Algorithm’?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Steven Spielberg Did NOT Shoot A Rhino That Became Extinct
Did Steven Spielberg shoot a rhino that became extinct? No, that's not true: The photograph is a joke. The original photograph is of Spielberg from the set of "Jurassic Park" in 1993, showing him sitting in front of a fake dead triceratop
Snopes→ Did Biden Wear His Walking Boot on the Wrong Foot?
Conspiracy theorists resorted to blatant digital manipulation to attack the U.S. president-elect in December 2020.
Snopes→ Police Respond to ‘Break-In,’ Find Music Video Shoot Instead
Police in South Florida descended on what they thought was an armed break-in at a men's clothing store — but officers arrived to find a music video filming,
Snopes→ Supreme Court Rejects GOP Bid to Halt Biden’s Pennsylvania Win
The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of 23,000 ‘Fraudulent’ Ballots For Biden Identified In Georgia
Were 23,000 "fraudulent" ballots for Joe Biden identified in Georgia? No, there's no evidence that's true. An article making that claim cites as its source a video on YouTube, which relies on unofficial results reported in real time. Stat
Snopes→ Cybersecurity Official Fired by Trump Sues Over Threats
Christopher Krebs says in the suit that he has been “bombarded” with threats since attorney Joseph diGenova appeared on the pro-Trump TV network Newsmax and called for Krebs to be killed.
Snopes→ Is This Eisenhower’s Antifa Membership Card?
As commander of the Allied forces in World War II, U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower helped defeat fascism, but not like this.
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of ‘Seized’ Voting Machines in Georgia
Quick Take Viral posts falsely claim that Dominion voting machines were “seized” in Ware County, Georgia, and that votes were found to have been “switched” for Joe Biden. No such seizure occurred and there was no such finding, a
AFP Fact Check→ Online posts minimize Covid-19’s deadly impact in US
Social media posts downplay the impact of the coronavirus pandemic by comparing a partial 2020 US death toll with higher numbers from previous years. But the 2020 statistics cited in the posts are not the final figures, and Covid-19 has killed more tha
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Named Goya’s ‘Employee of the Month’?
On December 7 2020, right-wing “personality” Candace Owens (among others) asserted that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) was selected as “employee of the month” at Goya because her calls to boycott the brand purport
Snopes→ Did Florida Police ‘Raid’ the Home of Fired COVID-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones?
Jones was controversially fired from her job with the Florida Department of Health in May 2020.
Snopes→ Does Glaxo Own the ‘Wuhan Lab’?
As a vaccination for COVID-19 starts to roll out, so does the anti-vax misinformation.
Snopes→ Chris Hillman’s Musical Life from Byrds to Burritos and More
Tom Petty once described him as one of rock music's most well-kept secrets, and Chris Hillman is fine with that.
Snopes→ A Tea-Party Group Is Fundraising Off Their Call for Martial Law. Where’s That Money Going?
Snopes did a little digging into the We The People Convention and learned it has donated a significant amount of money to a PAC run by the Convention’s own president. Why is that?
Logically→ The Trinamool Congress won a seat in the Panchayat Samiti elections.
AITMC has not won any seats as of now in Rajasthan Panchayat Samiti elections 2020. The counting is still in progress.
Snopes→ TikTok Video ‘Exposes’ How Taco Bell Makes Its Refried Beans?
Fast food is nothing if not quick to prepare.
Snopes→ Did the Polio Vaccine Inspire ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’?
The popular “Mary Poppins” song had a real-life story behind it.
AllSides→ Facebook Fact-Checker Relied on China, Fails to Update COVID Numbers
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/alec-schemmel/2020/12/08/facebook-fact-checker-relied-china-fails-update-covid
Full Fact→ School funding hasn’t increased by £5k per pupil
“We've increased school funding by a minimum of £5,150 per pupil.” Conservative Party on Twitter, 7 December 2020. The Conservative Party has claimed on Twitter—in a tweet from its official account and a video featuring party c
Snopes→ Safe Harbor Law Locks Congress Into Accepting Biden’s Win
Other than Wisconsin, every state appears to have met a deadline in federal law that essentially means Congress has to accept the electoral votes that will elect Joe Biden as the country's next president.
Snopes→ Trump Thought Courts Were Key to Winning. Judges Disagreed.
President Donald Trump and his allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if only judges were allowed to hear the cases.
Snopes→ Did Giuliani Tweet That Sex With Barnyard Animals Was Spreading COVID-19?
President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, tested positive for COVID-19 in December 2020.
Logically→ A 90 year old woman was implanted with trackable microchips under the guise of a vaccine.
Margaret Keenan has become the first person to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. She was not implanted with a trackable microchip.
Snopes→ Did George Clooney Slam Trump and His Talk of a ‘Hollywood Elite’?
In late 2020, the world-famous actor and director was quoted as calling the outgoing president a "guy who takes a s--- in a gold toilet."
Full Fact→ No evidence Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine affects women’s fertility
We’ve been asked by a number of readers about claims that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, which has been approved for use in the UK, could lead to infertility in women. The reason given for this is that the vaccine works by igniting an immu
Snopes→ US Regulators Post Positive Review of Pfizer Vaccine Data
If the vaccine is ultimately given the green light, the first recipients would be health care workers and nursing home residents according to plans laid out by each state.
Snopes→ ‘Nobody Knows’: Experts Baffled by Mystery Illness in India
Symptoms ranging from nausea and anxiety to loss of consciousness have been reported in 546 patients admitted to hospitals in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.