Sen. Tom Cotton tweeted that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man responsible for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, would also receive a check as part of a relief bill.
Snopes→ Did Piers Morgan Say He Was ‘Ghosted’ by Meghan Markle?
Social media users suggested that some personal history might explain Morgan's criticism of Markle's Oprah Winfrey interview in March 2021.
FactCheck.org→ Mailbag: Minimum Wage Increase
A reader sent us comments on our article on President Joe Biden’s statements about increasing the federal minimum wage. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the email we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Please DO NOT Offer Yarn, String or Human Hair for Birds to Build Nests!
In March 2021, a Facebook post circulated, warning readers not to leave certain materials for birds to use in their nests: Please DO NOT offer yarn, string or human hair for birds to build nests! Every year we see both young and adult birds… Pos
Truth or Fiction?→ Far-Right U.S. Legislators Using Disinformation to Gain, Strengthen Positions
Even as acolytes of former United States president Donald Trump consider running to replace retiring Republicans, his allies already in the U.S. government are trying to throw up barriers to passing broadly popular legislation — but all are leani
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Instagram And Facebook Did NOT Change The News Feed Ranking So That No More Than 7% Of Friends See Posts
Did Instagram and Facebook recently change the feed ranking so that no more than 7% of friends and followers can see a users' posts, and does commenting "Yes" on a post trick the algorithm to show more of the page's posts to more people?
Snopes→ Arrested Journalist Pleaded with Officer: ‘This is My Job’
An Iowa journalist covering a protest for racial justice was blinded when a police officer shot pepper spray in her face and jailed for hours despite telling him repeatedly that she was just doing her job.
Logically→ Healthcare in West Bengal’s government hospitals is free.
Though the state government's Swasthya Sathi scheme provides medical benefits to the people of West Bengal, many people are exempted.
Snopes→ Are There Cockroaches in Ground Coffee?
Cream, sugar, and… insects?
Snopes→ Did Tech Company Announce First ‘Space Hotel’ To Start Construction in 2026?
There's one giant, floating caveat to consider here.
Snopes→ Does O’Reilly Auto Parts Advertise Flux Capacitors?
A flux capacitor was the key component of Dr. Emmett Brown's DeLorean time machine in "Back to the Future."
Logically→ More than 15,000 Rohingya Muslims have been sent to detention centers in Kashmir.
Authorities in India-controlled Kashmir have sent 168 Rohingya refugees to a holding center as part of an exercise that began on March 6, 2021.
Snopes→ Did Biden Forget Defense Secretary Austin’s Name?
Biden said: "I want to thank Sec ... the former general ... I keep calling him 'General.' My ... the guy who runs that outfit over there."
Snopes→ Were Armed Kangaroos Added to a Military Combat Simulation Program?
Mutant Marsupials Take Up Arms Against Australian Air Force
Full Fact→ There are no mouse brains in Covid-19 vaccines
A post on Facebook makes a number of claims about the ingredients in vaccines and the reactions to those ingredients. It’s not clear whether the post is talking about vaccines in general or one of the Covid-19 vaccines, so where we have informati
Snopes→ UK Palace Ends Silence on Harry, Meghan Racism Allegations
Buckingham Palace issued a statement saying the family was saddened to learn of the challenges Harry and Meghan had faced in the past few years — and that they would address the issues privately.
Snopes→ University of Texas Says ‘No Racist Intent’ Behind Song ‘Eyes of Texas’
The long-awaited report from the University of Texas was commissioned after a group of Texas athletes demanded the school drop the song.
Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines haven’t caused 460 deaths
Facebook users have shared links to several websites which misreport government data on Covid-19 vaccines. These websites claim the data shows that 460 people have died in the UK because of the Covid-19 vaccine, and 243,612 have suffered “injurie
AFP Fact Check→ US presidential candidates cannot receive foreign campaign contributions
Social media posts in Nigeria are claiming that US President Joe Biden, the purported recipient of a $700 million campaign contribution from the west African nation, had disrespected the country by allowing separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to enter the
Snopes→ Trial for Ex-Cop Charged in Floyd’S Death Forges On, for Now
Former police officer Derek Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death.
Logically→ Indian farmers use Coca-Cola and Pepsi instead of expensive pesticides.
Farmers in India reportedly used Coca-Cola and Pepsi as substitutes for pesticides to keep crops free of bugs.
FactCheck.org→ Manchin Wrong About How Many States Have $7.25 Minimum Wage
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia wrongly said “very few … if any” states have a minimum wage at the federally mandated $7.25 per hour. In fact, 21 states do. Raising the federal minimum wage has become an issue in recent weeks as Con
The Dispatch→ Was the CPAC Stage Designed to Look Like Nazi Insignia?
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Health Feedback→ Data from Israel showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reduces the likelihood of dying from COVID-19; analysis in a forum post claiming the opposite is flawed
REVIEW A forum post made by Haim Yativ on a Hebrew-language discussion board claimed that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine “killed […] about 40 times more [elderly people] than the disease itself would have killed, and about 260 times mo
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines start to provide protection within two weeks of the first dose, with no evidence they increase the risk of infection before then
Review A Gateway Pundit article by Niall McCrae, a mental health researcher, claimed that a report from Public Health England showed a “48% rise in infections after the first dose of Pfizer and Astra Zeneca vaccines”. The report from Public Health
AFP Fact Check→ Account impersonating Ugandan police spokesman spreads baseless claims about opposition leader
A Facebook account using the name and photo of a Ugandan police spokesman has been spreading false information, including that former presidential candidate Bobi Wine is planning violent demonstrations in Uganda. This Facebook account, however, does n
Snopes→ UK Palace Silence on Harry, Meghan Allegations Adds to Furor
“The queen has a motto: Never complain, never explain,’’ royal biographer Angela Levin told The Associated Press.
Snopes→ No, Sloan Kettering Scientists Did Not Discover That mRNA Vaccines ‘Promote Cancer’
Reporters at Natural News would apparently be shocked to learn that mRNA molecules are already present in every cell of their bodies.
Logically→ The World Bank has said that COVID-19 will continue until March 2025.
The World Bank set out an economic recovery plan lasting until March 2025. It did not provide a date for the end of the pandemic.
Poynter→ Facebook has an apparent double standard over COVID-19 misinformation in Brazil, researchers say
Researchers want Facebook’s Oversight Board to evaluate the platform’s exemption of politicians from fact-checking after new research from Brazillian fact-checking organization Agência Lupa pointed to 29 examples of President Jair Bolsonaro spread
Poynter→ Fact-checking vaccine hoaxes? Apply now to the Vaccine Grant Program
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) is joining forces with WhatsApp to launch the Vaccine Grant Program, a new global effort to stem the flow of misinformation around COVID-19 vaccines. This partnership marks the second time this year the
Logically→ TMC’s government did not implement the national card portability in Bengal.
West Bengal opted out of the the One Ration One Nation scheme citing "difference of opinions".
Poynter→ Chuck Todd was right when he said ‘the filibuster was never an idea of the Founding Fathers’
With the Democrats’ razor-thin majority in the Senate, and the intense partisan polarization embodied by the chamber’s strict party-line vote on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief bill, there’s been a lot of discussion recently about th
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook account impersonates South African police to promote fake jobs
A Facebook account falsely purporting to belong to the South African Police Service (SAPS) has been misleading social media users into believing that it’s promoting an opportunity for hundreds of unemployed people. AFP Fact Check found that the adver
Logically→ India provides vaccines for a cheaper price than the U.S and the E.U.
The cost of COVID-19 vaccines in India is much lower than in several other countries.
AFP Fact Check→ False news reports claim Elon Musk is dead after Tesla factory explosion
Reports circulating on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram claim that tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is dead following a “Tesla factory explosion”. The claim is false; the reports are not genuine news articles and there are no credible reports of Musk'
AFP Fact Check→ This poster has been doctored from a health notice promoting the coronavirus jab
Multiple South Korean Facebook users have shared an image of a public health campaign poster, purportedly from a Swiss medical organisation, which advises people not to take a Covid-19 vaccine. The poster is a fake; it has been doctored from a real Sw
AFP Fact Check→ These images show women protesters who were detained and then released in 2018
Posts with four images are circulating on social media in Nigeria claiming to show a large group of Biafran women being detained in the country’s north. This is false; the photos were all taken in 2018 and linked to a protest by women from the Indig
AFP Fact Check→ The images show soldiers digging up an old bomb
Social media posts shared thousands of times purport to show photos of Myanmar soldiers excavating the grave of Kyal Sin, a teenager who was gunned down at an anti-coup rally in early March 2021 in Myanmar's second largest city Mandalay. The claim is
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows an aviation photographer documenting a 2020 air show in Saudi Arabia
A video has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside claims that it was taken during an air show in Sri Lanka to celebrate the country’s Air Force’s 70th anniversary. The claim, however, is false; the footage in fact shows an air show in