A routine review of content labeled satire.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nevada Voter Has NOT ‘Disappeared’ — She Cast Her Ballot As A U.S. Citizen Living Abroad
Did Nevada voter Christina Gupana "disappear"? Is the "Louder With Crowder" show correct in saying her vote in the 2020 general election was fraudulent? No, that's not true: Lead Stories located Gupana and spoke to her on several occasion
Snopes→ Is Biden’s Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack a Vegan?
Some postulated on social media that being vegan somehow made him a bad leader for the job.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Depict Backlash To ‘Height Privilege’ — It’s An Art Piece About Seeing Literally Eye-To-Eye
Did a feminist conference use platform shoes of various heights to negate "height privilege" and lobby to make such shoes mandatory on college campuses? No, that's not true: This post is from a satire page that mocks various social justic
Snopes→ Would HR 1 Ensure Millions of ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Are Registered to Vote?
In an op-ed for The Daily Signal, former Vice President Mike Pence criticized the Democrats' voting rights reform bill.
Snopes→ 7-Year-Old Alabama Girl Helps to Fund Her Own Brain Surgery
Liza Scott started a lemonade stand at her mom’s bakery last summer.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the CDC Issue Zombie Apocalypse Guidelines in 2021 Because of a Nostradamus Prophecy?
On March 3 2021, a number of Fox affiliates shared an article claiming that due to a purported 2021 Nostradamus prophecy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had created “just in case” guidance for a “zombie apocalypse̶
Logically→ Gardaí was responsible for the attack during protests in Dublin
The image circulating is of a senior member of gardaí who had taken possession of evidential material and his photo is being shared out of context.
Snopes→ Did Robin Williams Act in Movies with ‘Daughter’ Mara Wilson?
An online advertisement appeared to hint that Williams acted alongside his daughter in the 1993 classic, "Mrs. Doubtfire."
Snopes→ Another Trump on the Ballot? Lara Trump Eyes Senate Seat
A Trump may be on the ballot next year — but not Donald Trump.
Snopes→ Does a Video Show a Fighter Jet Breaking the Sound Barrier?
It's common to mistake a vapor cone for a sonic boom.
Snopes→ Is Franklin Graham’s ‘Urgent Prayer Alert’ About the US Equality Act Correct?
The influential evangelist published a widely shared open letter, warning followers about "a very dangerous piece of legislation."
Logically→ Donald Trump told people to drink bleach to cure COVID-19.
The former President did not instruct people to drink bleach, but he did suggest that the use of disinfectants as a treatment should be researched.
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading video on risks from charging phone spreads worldwide
A video shared hundreds of thousands of times warns against using mobile phones while they charge because “electric waves” will pass through your body. This advice is misleading, according to experts who say other appliances would also exhibit simi
Full Fact→ Details missing on levelling up funding
“We’re also looking at the levelling up fund that you’ve announced and you’ve come up with some priority areas. I noticed that your constituency of Richmondshire is in priority area one... I just wondered if you can give us som
Logically→ Police did not have prior information on plans to storm the Capitol building.
The Capitol Police force had received warnings on plans to storm the building, but there was a lack of communication with the Intelligence department.
Full Fact→ Tests can detect the Covid-19 virus
A post on Facebook falsely claims that Covid-19 tests have a 100% false positive rate, because the virus causing the disease cannot be detected with tests. This is completely untrue. The post shares a screenshot that says: “I want you to truly un
AllSides→ Pence echoes Trump’s Big Lie in dishonest op-ed on election rules
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Logically→ 5G can be used to shoot weaponized EMFs and produce deadly viruses.
5G technology cannot contribute to constructing deadly viruses. The publisher has retracted the study.
Health Feedback→ The U.S. leads the world in number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, but not in the proportion of the population vaccinated
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world since early 2020, causing more than 100 million confirmed cases and more than 2.5 million deaths worldwide to date, 500,000 of which happened in the U.S. Since the first COVID-19 vaccines were authori
Snopes→ Police Request 60-Day Extension of Guard at US Capitol
Defense officials confirmed that the request is under review at the Pentagon, and that the Guard has started checking states for availability of their troops, in an effort to be prepared if final Defense Department approval is given.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White Van Videos Do NOT Include Evidence Of Sex Trafficking, Organ Harvesting Kidnappers
Does the proliferation of "white van" warning videos show that vans in the most common truck and van color are to feared as the tools of kidnappers engaged in human trafficking or organ harvesting? No, that's not true: Governmental and pr
Snopes→ Is Pic of Froot Loops Pizza Real?
All of a sudden, pineapple doesn't seem too bad.
Logically→ Under the Prime Minister’s housing scheme, four million poor people in UP have got housing in the past three years.
Around 1.45 million houses have been completely constructed under the PMAY-G project in Uttar Pradesh since 2015, out of the sanctioned 2.19 million.
Snopes→ Bunny Wailer, Reggae Luminary, Dies in Jamaica at Age 73
Wailer, a baritone singer whose birth name is Neville Livingston, formed The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
AFP Fact Check→ Post falsely claims Johnson & Johnson didn’t update public after vaccine trial volunteer fell ill
A Facebook post claims that vaccine maker Johnson & Johnson has failed to update the public on why “volunteers” fell ill during the trials of its Covid-19 shot in 2020, an event that brought a temporary halt to clinical testing. This claim is misl
AFP Fact Check→ These photos show reenactments of torture methods reported by Falun Gong members
Three images published on Facebook and claiming to show Chinese Muslim women tortured in detention camps have been shared hundreds of times in Nigeria. However, the claims are misleading; the images are victim reenactments of torture methods describe
Snopes→ House Passes Sweeping Voting Rights Bill over GOP Opposition
House Resolution 1 is a powerful counterweight to voting rights restrictions advancing in Republican-controlled statehouses across the country in the wake of Donald Trump’s repeated false claims of a stolen 2020 election.
AFP Fact Check→ Inhaling steam from herbal tea does not help treat or prevent Covid-19
A post shared hundreds of times on social media in South Africa claims that inhaling steam from a tea made from guava leaves, eucalyptus and an artemisia variety known as mhlonyane will "kill" the virus that causes Covid-19. But this is false: t
Logically→ Durga Puja is prohibited in West Bengal.
There was a ban on public entry ordered for Durga Puja in October 2020, but right before the puja, celebrations were allowed with strict restrictions.
Snopes→ Square, Inc. to Buy Majority of Tidal and Put Jay-Z on Board
“It comes down to one simple idea: finding new ways for artists to support their work,” Square, Inc. CEO Jack Dorsey said in the statement announcing the deal.
Logically→ Seasonal flu was renamed COVID.
COVID-19 is not the same as the seasonal flu. COVID-19 is caused by the 2019 coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2.
Poynter→ Fact-checkers want a seat at the table in discussions about regulation
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. While the approval of a new regulation in Australia led Facebook to ban loca
AFP Fact Check→ Video shows a patient having a seizure at a hospital in Argentina, not a Covid-19 vaccine recipient
A clip of a woman convulsing on the ground has spread across social media worldwide in multiple languages alongside a claim that she is suffering from side effects after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine. But this claim is false: the video showed a patien
Health Feedback→ Yes, COVID-19 vaccines will help us safely resume normal activities like going to restaurants and meeting people, once enough people are vaccinated for herd immunity
REVIEW Facebook posts purporting to look at “facts” about the COVID-19 vaccines called into question the purpose of the vaccines (see example). Based on one version, the text may have originated from a Telegram group named “Corona Investigativ
AFP Fact Check→ This image taken on Mars shows one of the planet’s two moons and not Earth
A Facebook post claiming to show an image of Earth taken from the surface of Mars has been shared hundreds of times online. The claim is misleading: the image is of Phobos, one of the Red Planet’s two moons, and was captured by a camera onboard N
Health Feedback→ The CDC licences vaccine technology, but isn’t a vaccine company; the CDC doesn’t sell vaccines, it buys and distributes vaccines free of charge
REVIEW This claim comes from a quote that is attributed to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer who founded the anti-vaccine advocacy group Children’s Health Defense. Kennedy made a similar claim in a 2017 press conference. However, the
Washington Post→ Biden’s bungled claims about the Hispanic population
Biden said Hispanics are the fastest-growing population group, but census data shows they have taken second place to Asian Americans.
AFP Fact Check→ Social media posts falsely claim Pakistan government hiked petrol prices in March 2021
Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim the Pakistani government raised petrol and diesel prices on March 1, 2021. The claim is false. In February 2021, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to maintain current petrol and diesel rates desp
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows a doctor receiving a Covid-19 jab — not Leni Robredo
A photo has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook, Twitter and TikTok alongside a claim that it shows Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo pretending to receive a Covid-19 jab, as her sleeves appear to be rolled down. But the claim is false: the