As South Korean lawmakers debate new legislation that would stipulate how Covid-19 vaccines should be administered in the country, some South Korean social media users shared posts which claimed citizens can refuse to be vaccinated based on two
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Full Fact→ Fix information failures or risk lives: the Full Fact Report 2021
Almost a year ago to the day came reports that the first cases of coronavirus in the UK had been detected. Two months later, the nation was plunged into its first lockdown. We have all been asked to adapt to a new way of life. Many have lost loved one
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California DID Lift Stay-At-Home Order While Hospitalizations Remain High — Because Those Numbers Are Dropping
Did California lift the state's regional stay-at-home order in January 2021 even though hospitalization numbers are much higher than when the order was put in place in 2020? Yes, but that summary leaves out context: California Gov. Gavin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Nurse Did NOT Take A Viral Photo of A Pigeon ‘Visiting’ A Man Sleeping In A Hospital Bed — It’s An Old Photo Of A Chance Encounter
Did a nurse take the viral photo of a pigeon perched upon a man sleeping in a hospital bed, to show how the bird frequently "visited" the man while his family never came to see him? No, that's not true: Ioannis Protonotarios, a photograph
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the Average Rent $1,234 a Month, Necessitating a $30.77 Hourly Wage to Afford to Live?
In January 2021, a Facebook post from three years before began to pick up notice on social media platforms again; it maintained that the average cost of rent was $1,234 a month — a sum that the post argued was unaffordable with a federal minimum
Snopes→ Man Hits 2 Deer with New Car, Then He Hits $2M in Lottery
An unlucky start to a North Carolina man’s day turned upside down when he discovered he won a $2 million lottery prize hours after hitting two deer with his new car
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Merck Did NOT Say It Is ‘Better’ to Get COVID And Recover Than Take Its Vaccines
Did Merck say it is "better" to get COVID-19 and recover than to take its vaccines? No, that's not true: The pharmaceutical company said it was halting development of its vaccines because they were not as effective in providing immunity a
AFP Fact Check→ Footage of Trump speaking to US troops in 2017 circulated in false posts days before President Biden’s inauguration
Footage of former US President Donald Trump has been viewed tens of thousands of times across social media platforms alongside a claim it shows him giving a defiant televised speech on January 18, 2021, two days before President Joe Biden's inauguratio
AFP Fact Check→ Image of fabricated CNN tweet circulates online following Pakistani missile test
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter that purports to show a tweet from US media organisation CNN stating the "actual range" of Pakistani Shaheen-III missiles is 5,770 km. The posts circulated with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden’s Inauguration Was NOT Pre-Recorded
Was the Biden inauguration pre-recorded? No, that's not true: Joe Biden's inauguration was a live event that took place on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C., at the Capitol Building. Conspiracy theorist Charlie Ward provides no eviden
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Inauguration Was NOT A ‘Movie’ With ‘Bad Actors’
Were there inconsistencies in the broadcast of the inauguration of President Joe Biden, which demonstrate that the event was a staged production and not a live event? No, that's not true: The two points cited as evidence by the narrator o
FactCheck.org→ Video Misinterprets Fauci’s Comments on COVID-19 Vaccine
Quick Take A highly viewed Facebook video distorts a CNN interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci to falsely suggest that a COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S doesn’t “protect you from covid.” The vaccine does protect against COVID-19, which is the d
Snopes→ Biden Administration to Boost Vaccine Supply Amid Shortages
With existing purchases, the White House expects to be able to deliver enough of the two-dose regimens to states to vaccinate 300 million people.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the Biden Administration Ending Federal Use of Private Prisons?
United States President Joe Biden’s administration was set to fulfill one of his campaign promises on January 26 2021 — at least in part. Biden was scheduled to sign an executive order instructing the Department of Justice not to renew its
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Still the Best Picture of #BernieSanders Sitting Though’
A January 20 2021 image of Bernie Sanders sitting (with mittens) at United States President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony went instantly viral as a meme, and among responses was a since-deleted tweet — labeled “Still the best pic
Full Fact→ Viral influencer video full of false Covid-19 claims
A viral video of an influencer spreading on social media makes a number of incorrect claims about the coronavirus pandemic, including its impact on children and suicide rates and misinformation about testing and face masks. “They’ve introd
Full Fact→ Report of 8% vaccine efficacy for elderly debunked by German government
“According to information from Handelsblatt from coalition circles, the federal government only expects an effectiveness of eight percent among the over 65s.” Handelsblatt (translated), 26 January 2021. The German federal government has de
Health Feedback→ Frequency of deaths in elderly individuals after COVID-19 vaccination wasn’t higher than the frequency in those who weren’t vaccinated
REVIEW Baseball legend Hank Aaron passed away at the age of 86 on 22 January 2021. Aaron was among several civil rights icons to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on 5 January 2021. Motivated by the wish to show the African-American community tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Questions About Biden’s Inauguration Is Mix Of Myths And Falsehoods
Does a list of questions about Joe Biden's inauguration contain only accurate and factual statements? No, that's not true: The rhetorical questions, posed to imply that Biden is not really president, are a mix of myths, falsehoods and sta
Poynter→ 10,300 documented falsehoods in 12 months: the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance enters its second year
Today, the International Fact-Checking Network is honoring the one-year anniversary of the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance – the global collaborative project launched by 99 fact-checking organizations from more than 70 countries. The alliance is the larges
Truth or Fiction?→ Billboard in Inverness, Florida
On January 25 2021, screenshots of a purported billboard in Inverness, Florida began circulating on Twitter and Facebook: If u ever wondered how Matt Gaetz got elected This is his district #Deliverance pic.twitter.com/Cr6cQe2rpQ — Tough Love
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Antifa Took Responsibility For Capitol Hill Riots
Did CNN report in a caption that antifa had taken responsibility for storming the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: Lead Stories did a reverse image search for the picture that claims to show CNN's news covera
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Antifa Took Responsibility For Capitol Hill Riots
Did CNN report in a caption that antifa had taken responsibility for storming the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: Lead Stories did a reverse image search for the picture that claims to show CNN's news covera
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Joe Biden’s Rolex Really Beau Biden’s Rolex?
A January 22 2021 New York Times piece headlined, “Joe Biden, Watch Geek in Chief” observed that newly inaugurated United States President Joe Biden wore a Rolex during his inauguration, leading to at least two viral tweets asserting th
The Dispatch→ Did Kamala Harris Take the Oath With Her Hand on a Purse?
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Full Fact→ Some pensioners still receive a free TV licence
A post on Facebook that’s been shared over 27,000 times claims that a BBC Radio 2 DJ gets paid over £1.3 million a year but pensioners have to pay for the TV licence. It’s correct that Radio 2 DJ Zoe Ball was paid between £1,360
Snopes→ Larry King, Broadcasting Giant for Half-Century, Dies at 87
A longtime nationally syndicated radio host, from 1985 through 2010 he was a nightly fixture on CNN, where he won many honors, including two Peabody awards.
Truth or Fiction?→ Kalief Browder, Riley Williams
On January 22 2021, a tweet from @DerenicByrd contrasting the justice system’s treatment of a 22-year-old white woman named Riley Williams versus a Black teenager named Kalief Browder spread virally on Twitter and Imgur: Kalief Browder alle
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Doctor Erase $650,000 in Medical Debt for 200 People?
A retiring doctor’s act of generosity earned him national media attention and created an online buzz — while also inadvertently underlining gaps in reporting from some of the news organizations telling his story. Dr. Omar Atiq’s deci
FactCheck.org→ Paul Distorts CBO’s Estimate on Impact of $15 Minimum Wage
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would cause 1.3 million workers to become jobless in an average week in 2025, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s median estimate. Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s claim that the governm
Truth or Fiction?→ Who Ordered the National Guard to Sleep in a DC Parking Garage?
On January 21 2021 — just one day after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, news broke that National Guard soldiers deployed to Washington, D.C. for the event had been relegated to a parking garage with insufficient restroom facilitie
FactCheck.org→ Viral Video Makes False and Unsupported Claims About Vaccines
Quick Take A viral video makes a series of inaccurate and unfounded arguments for why people should not receive any vaccines, including those for COVID-19. Full Story As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, anti-vaccination activists try t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Act Of 1871’ Did NOT Establish The United States As A Corporation That Owns Its Residents
Did the "Act of 1871" establish the United States as a corporation? No, that's not true: The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 established a new, unified government for Washington, D.C. It "incorporated" that city, a common legal t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Put Her Hand On Her Purse When She Was Sworn In As Vice President — It Was A Bible
Did Kamala Harris put her hand on her purse when she was sworn in as vice president? No, that's not true: Her hand was on a Bible. In fact, she used two Bibles in the ceremony -- one atop the other -- as can clearly be seen in photographs
Full Fact→ There isn’t pork in Covid-19 vaccines
We've been asked by readers on WhatsApp to clear up whether there is pork in the new Covid-19 vaccines, whether they cause infertility in younger men and whether they pose a risk of death to the elderly. There are no animal products in vaccines Pork ge
Logically→ A Norwegian politician has nominated IFCN for the Nobel Peace Prize 2021.
Former Liberal Party leader Trine Skei Grande has nominated International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) for the Nobel Peace Prize 2021.
Full Fact→ Death rate back to early 2000s levels
A post on Facebook claims that 2020 saw the UK’s sixth highest death rate going back to 1999. This is broadly true, but the statistics shown could use some context. The table pictured in the post claims to show the number of deaths each yea
Full Fact→ Death rate back to early 2000s levels
A post on Facebook claims that 2020 saw the UK’s sixth highest death rate going back to 1999. This is broadly true, but the statistics shown could use some context. The table pictured in the post claims to show the number of deaths each yea
Health Feedback→ Too early for conclusions on long-term COVID-19 immunity, but some findings suggest that immune memory against the virus lasts for up to eight months and possibly longer
SUMMARY This article, published on 6 Jan. 2021 by MIT Technology Review, titled “COVID-19 immunity likely lasts for years”, reports the findings of a study led by researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology. The article received more th
Truth or Fiction?→ Conspiracy-Slinging Lawmaker Caught Encouraging Parkland Shooting ‘False Flag’ Lie
Journalists looking into the history of a newly sworn-in, QAnon-friendly Republican legislator have discovered that she has a history of conspiracy theories and disinformation around mass shootings. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene encouraged the c