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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
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
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→ 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?
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sidney Powell Election Fraud Witness Navid Keshavarz-Nia Cites Debunked Election Hoaxes
Is a cybersecurity expert's testimony about election fraud based on verified incidents? No, the major examples Navid Keshavarz-Nia cites in a written legal declaration lack proof or direct evidence and are based on his speculation. The al
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Video Expose Democrats ‘Planning to Cheat’ in Georgia?
A right-wing radio talk show host’s website appropriated and misrepresented an actual reporter’s work involving a Republican-supporting attorney in Florida, offering an excellent object lesson into the way disinformation can be perpetuated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Voting Machine Algorithm Was NOT ‘Broken’ By Test Run On ‘Sequestered’ Machines In Georgia
Did a test run using Dominion voting machines "sequestered" in Ware County, Georgia, reveal that an algorithm secretly gave Biden 26% extra votes? No, that's not true: The chief election officer in Ware County told Lead Stories the claim
Snopes→ Sheriff: Defiant NYC Bar Owner Struck Deputy with His Car
The co-owner of a New York City bar that authorities said has been defying coronavirus restrictions was taken into custody after running over a deputy with a car.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Team Does NOT Have Dominion Machine From A Small Georgia County That Shows Votes Flipped from Trump to Biden
Did Donald Trump's campaign gain control of voting machines in a small Georgia county and run tests that showed votes were flipped from Trump to Biden? No, that's not true: Articles and social media posts making the claim say the voting m
Health Feedback→ Polio vaccine plays a critical role in eradicating polio; polio is caused by a virus, not by DDT
REVIEW An Instagram post containing a video, published on 2 December 2020, received more than 35,000 views. The post claims that vaccines did not get rid of polio and, “between 1955–1963 [the] CDC admits 98 million Americans received the polio v
AllSides→ Video Doesn’t Show ‘Suitcases’ of Illegal Ballots in Georgia
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/video-doesnt-show-suitcases-of-illegal-ballots-in-georgia/ The Trump
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP Observers Did NOT Swear In Affidavits They Were Told To Leave Fulton County, Georgia, Vote Count Center On Election Night
Did Republican campaign staffers assigned to observe at the Fulton County, Georgia, vote counting center on election night swear under oath in affidavits that they were told to leave before the ballot counting ended on election night? No,
FactCheck.org→ Primer on Trump’s Visit to Georgia
For the first time since Election Day, President Donald Trump will stage a political rally — traveling to Valdosta, Georgia, to campaign on Dec. 5 for the state’s two Republican senators. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler were unable to
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Show ‘Suitcases’ of Illegal Ballots in Georgia
The Trump campaign is falsely claiming that surveillance camera footage captured election workers in Georgia adding thousands of illegal ballots that were brought into an Atlanta facility in suspicious “suitcases” on election night. The campaign p
FactCheck.org→ NRSC’s Dual Attack on Warnock and Ossoff
A TV ad from a Republican group accuses the Democratic candidates in Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections of having “radically dangerous” ideas on the criminal justice system and the environment. But there’s more to their positions than wh
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘If You Buy a Discounted Advent Calendar the Day After Christmas, It Will Count Down to Inauguration Day’
On December 3 2020, a Facebook post proposed a novel use for obsolete Advent calendars — namely, repurposing them for a new countdown to President-Elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day: That post was a screenshot of a December 1 2020 tweet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands of Ballots Were NOT Found Floating In Lake Erie
Were thousands of ballots found floating in Lake Erie off the shore of Pennsylvania, a key battleground state? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim that originated from a known satire website. The claim originated from an articl
Truth or Fiction?→ How to Fight Disinformation — Part I: Firehosing
This is part of an ongoing series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. Any anthropologist can tell you that human lives are created, bounded, and defined by stories: the stories we tell ourselv
Full Fact→ Vaccine approval isn’t quicker because of Brexit
“Because of Brexit we’ve been able to make a decision [to approve the Pfizer vaccine] based on the UK regulator, a world class regulator, and not go at the pace of the Europeans who are moving a little bit more slowly. We do all the same s
The Dispatch→ Did a Dominion Technician Manipulate Voting Data in Gwinnett County?
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AllSides→ Trump’s ‘Most Important’ Speech Was Mostly False
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/trumps-most-important-speech-was-mostly-false/ In what he billed as p
Logically→ Trump Administation ordered the Department of Housing and Urban Development to increase the rent for poor people.
The proposed MAHWA bill aimed at increasing rent by three times; but was not put into action after additional funding was added to the HUD budget.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video From Georgia Does NOT Show Suitcases Filled With Ballots Suspiciously Pulled From Under A Table; Poll Watchers Were NOT Told To Leave
Does security camera video show a Fulton County, Georgia, election supervisor suspiciously pulling suitcases filled with ballots from under a table after telling poll workers to leave the room? And did that election official continue to i
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Never Forget: Nancy Pelosi Rejected Trump’s Offer for Direct Stimulus Checks Two Months Ago’
On December 3 2020, a tweet by @thebradfordfile was shared to TheDonald.win, accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of having “rejected Trump’s offer for direct stimulus checks two months ago,” which placed the purported action in Septe
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s ‘Most Important’ Speech Was Mostly False
In what he billed as perhaps “the most important speech I’ve ever made,” President Donald Trump continued his attempt to deceive the American public into believing the election was “rigged.” Trump has presented no evidence for
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Squirrels Land Like Superheroes When They Jump?
The “science of cute” collided with animal behavioral science on social media in a major way after a post about squirrels went viral. “The best thing I’ve learned this week is that when squirrels fall/jump — they land like su
Truth or Fiction?→ Mellissa Carone, Dominion Subcontractor, Goes Viral After Bizarre Michigan ‘Hearing’ Appearance
On December 2 2020, video of “a drunk woman” acting as a witness for purported and nonexistent election fraud went viral, due in part to the following tweet: a drunk woman is trump team’s star witness in michigan pic.twitter.com/qGxEI3
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sharing This Photo Of A Baby Does NOT Raise Money For Medical Care
Will sharing this picture on social media of a baby who was born blind help raise the $200,000 needed for treatment that could help the child see? No, that's not true: This post is a classic example of "share-baiting," and it has been cir
Full Fact→ Telegraph wrong on Whitty and Vallance statements
“Last week, Sir Patrick Vallance and Prof Chris Whitty presented another of their Graphs of Doom; this one cherry-picked several hospitals on course to run out of beds. “”Actually[...] the national picture looks promising. Covid occup
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Is Wearing A Walking Boot For A Fractured Foot, NOT A Criminal Defendant Ankle Monitor
Does the walking boot President-elect Joe Biden started wearing the week after Thanksgiving 2020 mean that he is wearing an ankle monitor? No, that's not true: According to a statement from Biden's doctor, he started to wear the boot due
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Is Wearing A Walking Boot For A Fractured Foot, NOT A Criminal Defendant Ankle Monitor
Does the walking boot President-elect Joe Biden started wearing the week after Thanksgiving 2020 mean that he is wearing an ankle monitor? No, that's not true: According to a statement from Biden's doctor, he started to wear the boot due
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Show Election Fraud in Georgia
Quick Take Conspiracy theorists falsely claimed that a video of an election worker during the Georgia machine recount revealed fraud in the 2020 election. All it showed was an election worker performing a routine part of the process, according to elect
Truth or Fiction?→ Neera Tanden Didn’t Tweet ‘Hitler Was Certainly Controversial But No One Gives Him Proper Credit for Fighting to the Death Against Communism’
On December 1 2020, a fabricated tweet attributed to Neera Tanden began circulating, which read, “Hitler was certainly controversial but nobody gives him proper credit for fighting to the death against Communism”: .@neeratanden, WHAT pic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nine-Point List Of Election ‘Peculiarities’ Relies On Falsehoods And Unproven Theories
Does a nine-point list of election "peculiarities" contain only true statements? No, it doesn't: The list relies on falsehoods and unproven theories. Chief among them are claims that swing states stopped counting ballots on election night
Truth or Fiction?→ Special Forces Did Not Raid a ‘CIA Server Farm’ in Frankfurt to Seize Dominion Servers
In November and December 2020, following Donald Trump’s resounding loss by millions of votes in the presidential election to Joe Biden, rumors spread by those trying to cope with their loss centered around persistent and increasingly ludicrous c
Snopes→ Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hears Bill Cosby’s Sex Assault Case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court questioned whether Bill Cosby's alleged history of intoxicating and sexually assaulting young women amounted to a signature crime pattern, given studies that show as many as half of all sexual assaults involve drugs or al
Full Fact→ Covid-19 is an infectious disease, and a video claiming it isn’t is wrong
A video on Facebook shows a woman making several false claims about the coronavirus pandemic. The woman describes herself as an “energy medicine practitioner” and claims to be a former radiographer. She claims that the illness associated wi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Searches For Vaccines For HIV, Cancer, The Cold And COVID-19 Each Present Distinct Challenges
Did researchers develop a vaccine for COVID-19 in a year, while vaccines for HIV, cancer and the common cold remain elusive? Yes, but it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. The diseases are different from one another, which means that t