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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aaron Mostofsky, The ‘Caveman Capitol Protester,’ Is NOT A ‘Violent Leftist’ And Antifa Member
Is this man clad in fur pelts and a police vest a "violent leftist" and Antifa member, videotaped participating when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: In a video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claims Biden Inauguration Was Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC to Lose Licenses Have NO Merit
Was the inauguration cancelled; will Donald Trump remain in office; and will ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC all lose their licenses? No, none of that is true: A made-up story containing those claims and predictions was written by a discre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Tweet A Call For A ‘Purge’ To Round Up ‘Conservative Traitors’ And Making ‘Auschwitz Look Like A Picnic’
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez post a congratulatory tweet to President-elect Joe Biden, calling on him to begin a "Purge," rounding up "all conservative traitors" and making "Auschwitz look like a picnic"? No, that's not true: It's a
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘BLM Activist’ John Sullivan/JaydenX, Explained
On January 15 2021 Breitbart published an item titled “Leftist Activist Among Those Arrested in Capitol Riot,” asserting “Utah-based left-wing activist” John Sullivan (also known as JaydenX) had been arrested in connection with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michigan Officials Were NOT ‘Caught On Video’ Forcing Audit Volunteers To Count ‘Multiple Ballots With Same Signature’
Were Michigan election officials caught on video forcing audit volunteers to count multiple ballots with the same signature and to count dubious ballots without asking questions? No, that's not true: In U.S. elections, ballots are not sig
Full Fact→ We don’t know whether teachers are more likely to catch Covid
“Coronavirus rates among teachers are 333% above the average.” Claudia Webbe MP, 10 January 2020. Claims that Covid-19 infections among teachers are up to 333% above the average have been going viral on Twitter. The claim comes from an art
Snopes→ Lottery Players Have Chance at 2 Giant Jackpots
It could be a profitable weekend for lucky lottery players as two of the largest jackpots in U.S. history will be on the line.
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a Florida Teacher Fired for Blaming the Capitol Riot on ‘Antifa’?
A Florida woman was dismissed from working as a substitute teacher for a Florida charter school system after she was caught on video attempting to justify the seditious January 6 2021 attack on the United States Capitol building. The unidentified woma
Truth or Fiction?→ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Impeachment Dress’ Makes Second Appearance
A January 13 2021 post to Reddit’s r/pics was one of several observing that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s dress appeared to be identical to the one she wore for outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s first impeachment on December 19 2
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Our President HAS Been Officially Impeached. Twice. — Video Misstates Constitutional Process
Has President Donald Trump officially never been impeached because the United States Senate hasn't convicted him? No, that's not true: The U. S. Constitution gives the House of Representatives sole power of impeachment and the Senate sole
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Investigators Believe Riot At U.S. Capitol Wasn’t Trump-Inspired
Did CNN report that investigators believe the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was not inspired by Donald Trump, and did Democrats impeach Trump "before they had any information from investigators?" No, that's not true: CNN re
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts share misleading claim about influenza vaccination drive in Singapore
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts in January 2021 that claim Singapore stopped “the vaccination”, referring to the rollout of two influenza vaccines, after 48 people reportedly died. The claim is misleading: Sin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Big Tech’ CANNOT Prevent Child Porn From Circulating On The Internet
Is "Big Tech" letting child porn distributors freely operate while restricting people who post content that companies like Amazon and Facebook consider to be dangerous falsehoods? No, that's not how it works: No one owns the internet, whi
FactCheck.org→ Timeline of National Guard Deployment to Capitol
On the day of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, the first National Guard members arrived to assist at about 5:40 p.m. By then, most of the violence had subsided. In the critical minutes before rioters had breached the Capitol building around 2 p.m., the chie
Truth or Fiction?→ Does This Photograph Show a Tour Group the Day Before the Capitol Insurrection?
As the United States continued to grapple with a destructive and deadly right-wing riot at the Capitol building on January 6 2021, disturbing stories from Democratic Party lawmakers began to trickle out indicating that some participants may have plann
AFP Fact Check→ This photo shows a popular YouTube user visiting a temple in Dubai
A photo of a man in traditional Arab clothing standing next to two Buddhist monks has been shared in multiple Facebook posts that claim that it shows “the king” of the United Arab Emirates in a temple he constructed. The claim is false: the image
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: House Speaker Pelosi NOT Raided or Handcuffed by Feds
Was an "irrational" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi handcuffed by federal agents as they raided her office? No, that's not true. The story was published over a year ago by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Rep
AFP Fact Check→ South African newspaper clarifies it used photo of British woman receiving Covid-19 vaccine in satirical article
Screenshots of two news reports have been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts that claim they show a woman receiving a Covid-19 vaccine in the UK and South Africa. The posts suggest the image has been staged by the media to mislead the pu
Poynter→ Expelling, censuring, and reprimanding members of Congress: What you need to know
With mounting footage showing violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, lawmakers have increased their calls for punishing members of Congress who they say encouraged the group of supporters of President Donald Trump that eventually breached the Capitol.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Video Of Military Vehicles Shows ‘Fully Armed Military Units … Moving In Texas USA’
Does this video show "fully armed military units ... moving in Texas USA"? This video is presented without any evidence about where it was recorded or when. Because of the lack of information, it is impossible to draw conclusions about th
FactCheck.org→ Road to a Second Impeachment
In the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol, the House Democrats on Jan. 11 introduced legislation to impeach President Donald Trump, charging him with “inciting violence against the Government of the United States.” The impeachment resolution,
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: An Arizona State Rep Claims Antifa Members Were ‘Confirmed’ to be at the Capitol
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Truth or Fiction?→ Does Barbie Have a Girlfriend?
In January 2021 tweet, as the United States reeled from attacks and disinformation campaigns, another rumor gained traction: Claims that the popular Mattel doll barbie “has a girlfriend” went viral, spreading in screenshots across social p
Health Feedback→ Vaccines protect people from diseases, but don’t always prevent disease transmission; research ongoing to determine if COVID-19 vaccines stop transmission
REVIEW A YouTube live stream recorded on 5 January 2020, featured David Martin, who claimed that the COVID-19 RNA vaccines are not vaccines because they don’t fulfill the definitions of a vaccine according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control a
Poynter→ Researchers say Facebook should allow fact-checkers to fact-check politicians
Disinformation researchers are arguing that Facebook should do more than just indefinitely block President Donald Trump. They argue the company should go further by doing away with its exemption of politicians from its Third-Party Fact-Checking program
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Is STILL Speaker of the House — Viral Video Only Shows ‘Pro Tempore’ Announcement
Is Nancy Pelosi no longer Speaker of the House as the caption below a video claims? No, that's not true: Nancy Pelosi is still Speaker despite what the caption says below a viral Facebook video. The footage shows the opening of Pro Forma
Snopes→ Discovery of Pipe Bombs in DC Obscured by Capitol Riot
As thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, federal agents were working at the same time to detonate two pipe bombs found just blocks away at the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees.
Snopes→ Did NPR Publish Article Describing Capitol Riot Before It Happened?
The original headline went through at least two updates as the story developed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Would NOT Lose Lifetime Benefits If Impeached — He’d Also Have To Be Convicted And Removed
Would President Donald Trump lose lifetime benefits if impeached? No, that's not true: To lose such benefits, he'd also have to be convicted and removed from office. Impeachment is a process. The House of Representatives first votes on ar
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Donald J. Trump’s Term Ended on 2021-01-11 19:49:00’
As Democrats attempted to push for the impeachment of outgoing United States President Donald Trump on January 11 2021, the U.S. State Department’s website drew attention online for apparently listing that day as the end of both his term and tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Laptop Stolen From House Speaker’s Office Conference Room, Was ‘Only Used For Presentations’
Was a laptop stolen from Nancy Pelosi's office when the Capitol was stormed? Yes, but without context, that fact is being used to support conspiracy theories about Pelosi's motivation for seeking the removal of President Donald Trump in t
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Trump Have an OnlyFans Account?
As outgoing United States President Donald Trump and his supporters were locked out of some digital platforms, social media users asked — sometimes derisively — if Trump would open an account on the subscription-based service OnlyFans. Two
Truth or Fiction?→ TeamTrumpNews Parler Post: ‘I Have Invoked the Insurrection Act of 1807’
Around January 10 2020, a screenshot of a post purportedly published by outgoing United States President Donald Trump using @TeamTrumpNews to Parler began to make the rounds across social media platforms: Saw this on FB. It was posted 3 hou
The Dispatch→ Does the Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Cause Infertility?
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Full Fact→ There are excess deaths in England and these PHE reports don’t prove otherwise
“The two most recent Public Health England All-Cause Mortality Surveillance reports (31 December and 7 January) show no statistically significant excess all-cause mortality.” The Critic, 11 January 2021. “We do NOT have EXCESS DEATH
Logically→ Deepak Marawi died in Bhopal after participating in the Covaxin trial.
The autopsy report of Deepak Marawi shows that poisoning as the probable cause of death. Covaxin is a two-dose vaccine, and he only received one dose.
The Dispatch→ Does a Viral Photo Show Evidence of Shredded Ballots From the Georgia Runoff?
Earlier this week, in the midst of Georgia’s Senate runoff elections on January 5, a viral social media post was widely shared allegedly showing a photo of “shredded ballots” in Georgia. The original tweet, which has been retweeted mo
Snopes→ 2nd GOP Senator Now Urges Trump to Resign over Capitol Riot
Two Republican senators now say President Donald Trump should resign as support for the drive to impeach him a second time is gaining momentum in his final days in office.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope NOT Arrested On 80-Count Indictment For Child Trafficking And Fraud During Supposed ‘Vatican Blackout’
Was Pope Francis arrested in Vatican City after a supposed blackout and was he indicted for child trafficking and fraud? No, that's not true: there is no evidence for any of this and the claim went viral through a website run by an anonym