Was the fifth Mike Lindell election fraud video correct in claiming a major American voting machine company is controlled by Chinese Communist Party investors and that voting machines used in the 2020 election were hacked via the internet
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell Cyber Symposium Final Wrap-Up, August 12, 2021 — No PCAP Evidence, Questions Remain
Did the materials released by Mike Lindell at his Cyber Symposium meet evidentiary standards of relevance, proof of origin, chain-of-secure-custody and reproducibility that online security experts say would be needed to take seriously his
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Publish ‘Green Zone Concentration Camp Protocol’ Preparing For Mass Imprisonment
Did the CDC publish "Green Zone concentration camp protocol," preparing for mass imprisonment? No, that's not true: online radio host Stew Peters made the false claim about a set of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alberta Man Did NOT Prove COVID-19 Is Hoax, Restrictions NOT Dropped Because Of Him
Did Alberta, Canada resident Patrick King prove that COVID-19 is a hoax, causing an end to COVID restrictions in Alberta? No, that's not true: King's attempt to subpoena the province's chief medical officer for his COVID-19 ticket was den
Truth or Fiction?→ Ashli Babbitt Cremation Request
On August 3 2021, longtime disinformation purveyor Judicial Watch issued a “press release” provocatively titled, “New Documents reveal the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Submitted a Request to Cremate Ashli Babbitt Two Days
Full Fact→ There is no graphene oxide in the Covid-19 vaccines
A widely shared Facebook post claims that vaccines contain “Graphene Oxide Nano Particles” and that these can reassemble on command and travel to any part of the body. Nanoparticles are a generic term for very small particles which ar
Full Fact→ Comparisons between deaths reported after swine flu and Covid-19 vaccines are misleading
Several posts on Instagram have compared the rollout of a swine flu vaccine in the US in the 1970s with the Covid-19 vaccination programme. The posts claim that the rollout of the swine flu vaccine in 1976 was halted after it caused 32 deat
Full Fact→ 5G tower with ‘Delta’ power system is not related to Covid-19
A photo shared on Facebook shows what appears to be a 5G tower, including a power box labelled “DELTA POWER SYSTEM”, alongside the caption “What a fascinating name for a 5G power system..” The post appears to infer that the name
FactCheck.org→ Flawed Variant Information Fuels Baseless COVID-19 Theory
SciCheck Digest A conspiracy theory online baselessly suggests that the World Health Organization and other groups preplanned the variants of the novel coronavirus — citing a dubious timeline. But the timeline doesn’t square with the realit
Snopes→ Did Bannon Say ‘All Hell Is Going To Break Loose’ Before Capitol Attack?
A number of false and fear-mongering theories about the 2020 election were pushed on Bannon's podcast in the days before the Capitol attack.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Baselessly Link COVID-19 Tests to Vaccine Conspiracy Theory
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines currently in use must be administered via injection. But Instagram posts baselessly suggest that Bill Gates and George Soros will use COVID-19 tests to secretly vaccinate people who haven’t yet received the s
FactCheck.org→ Fauci and Paul, Round 2
At a July 20 Senate hearing, Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, once again had a testy exchange over whether the U.S. funded gain-of-function research in China, with e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Were NOT ‘Over 74,000’ More Mail-In Ballots Received, Counted In Maricopa County, Arizona, Than Were Mailed Out
Were over 74,000 more mail-in ballots received and counted than were mailed out for the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona? No, that's not true: County officials say the true tally shows there were 446,000 fewer mail-in votes than
Truth or Fiction?→ National Kool Aid Day 2021 and Mike Lindell’s ‘Trump Return’ Claim
On July 14 2021, a graphic appeared on Imgur claiming that MyPillow chief executive officer Mike Lindell says that former United States President Donald Trump will be “reinstated” as president despite resoundingly losing to Democratic Par
Truth or Fiction?→ Anti-Vaccine Disinformation Campaign Echoes ‘Doctor’s Plot’ Rhetoric
An ongoing medical disinformation campaign took a sharp turn in July 2021, when right-wing commentators and politicians pivoted to direct attacks against continued efforts by the Biden administration to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. T
FactCheck.org→ Capitol Police Expected to Testify During House Committee’s Probe of Jan. 6 Riot
Quick Take Members of the Capitol Police will be among the first to testify during the House select committee investigation into the Jan. 6 riot, according to Rep. Bennie Thompson, who will lead the panel. But social media posts have made the unfounded
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain 99% Graphene Oxide To Conduct ‘Mass Poisoning’
Is the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine composed of 99.99% graphene oxide, does it have the effect of making vaccinated people magnetic and was this ingredient added to the vaccine to murder people? No, none of these claims are true: Host Stew Pet
FactCheck.org→ Spoof Video Furthers Microchip Conspiracy Theory
SciCheck Digest A list of the ingredients used in COVID-19 vaccines is publicly available, and the ingredients don’t include microchips. Yet claims advancing conspiracy theories that they do continue to flourish. A recent video purports to show a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Birth Certificate Does NOT Create A Fictitious Legal Entity ‘Straw Man’ Owned By The State
Does a person's birth certificate, with their name spelled out in capital letters, create a second entity, a "straw man," that is owned by the state and is separate from the flesh and blood person given that name at birth? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Announcement By Reiner Fuellmich Does NOT Prove COVID-19 PCR Tests Do Not Detect The Virus
Does Reiner Fuellmich prove in a new video that COVID-19 PCR tests do not detect the virus? No, that's not true: This is one of several debunked conspiracy theories he recycles in a new video that have been refuted by published peer-revie
Poynter→ She was an intelligence analyst at the CIA. Now she writes about the dangers of ‘fake news.’
As an intelligence analyst at the CIA, Cindy Otis was trained to assess how our country’s foreign adversaries deploy divisive rumors, destructive conspiracy theories and other kinds of disinformation against us. Several months after the 2016 presiden
The Dispatch→ Did the Maricopa County Audit Show That Donald Trump Won Arizona?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Great Reset’ Is NOT A Secret Plan Masterminded By Global Elites To Limit Freedoms And Push Radical Policies
Is "The Great Reset" a secret plan masterminded by global elites to limit freedoms and push radical policies? No, that's not true: It's the name of a public policy initiative the World Economic Forum (WEF) launched in response to the COVI
Truth or Fiction?→ YouTube Reverses Course, Reinstates Watchdog Site Monitoring Conspiracists
The media watchdog site Right Wing Watch (RWW) was reinstated onto YouTube after the platform initially removed its channel on June 28 2021 for unspecified reasons. “We are glad that by reinstating our account, YouTube recognizes our position tha
FactCheck.org→ The Facts – and Gaps – on the Origin of the Coronavirus
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic — and with a death toll approaching 4 million lives — how the coronavirus came to spark a global scourge remains unknown. Was it the result of a spillover from an animal to a human, as has happen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Blog Post Does NOT Prove 25,800 Deaths Were Caused By The mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19
Does this blog post prove 25,800 people have died of reactions to COVID vaccines? No, that's not true: The claim recycles an oft-rebuked misuse of the U.S. government's unverified list of vaccine reaction reports called VAERS (Vaccine Adv
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines don’t affect ovaries or fertility in general; the vaccines are highly effective at preventing illness and death
REVIEW An article published by Steve Kirsch on TrialSite News in late May 2021 claimed that RNA vaccines would affect fertility. Kirsch is the CEO of a digital money platform. According to social media analytics tool CrowdTangle, the article receive
Truth or Fiction?→ Conspiracists Seize on Study to Attack COVID-19 Mask Mandates
Far-right conspiracy theorists began circling in May 2021 around a study “pre-print” they claimed vindicated their refusal to wear face masks to blunt the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, posted in the journal BioRxiv (pronounced
FactCheck.org→ Post Misrepresents Details of Postmortem Study of Vaccinated Patient
SciCheck Digest A controversial radio show host and blogger misrepresented findings of a published case report to conclude that an 86-year-old man died as a result of being vaccinated against COVID-19. The case report’s lead author said the man d
Health Feedback→ PCR tests are reliable to detect and monitor COVID-19 infections, which are real and had caused millions of deaths worldwide
REVIEW On 10 June 2021, the podcast War Room: Pandemic, hosted by Steve Bannon, published this video interview with lawyer Reiner Fuellmich. First published on Facebook, the video was later removed, but it continued to circulate on other platforms l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Reveal Proof COVID-19 Pandemic Is A Fake Planned By Global Elites Seeking World Dominion
Does this video prove there is no COVID-19 pandemic and that public health measures and vaccination campaigns are all part of a well-planned conspiracy that "globalists" planned 10 years ago to seize power and profit? No, that's not true:
Truth or Fiction?→ 2020 Arizona Ballots Sent to a Lab in Montana
On June 16 2021, news appeared that an ongoing, disinformation-riddled “audit” of 2020 ballots from Arizona had been moved to a remote cabin in Montana for purported further “analysis”: The "secured" Arizona ballots
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Container Ship Pictured On Fire Is NOT Evergreen’s Ever Given — It’s The X-Press Pearl
Did the container ship run by Evergreen Marine, Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March 2021, catch fire? No, that's not true: The container ship in the video that did suffer a fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the X-
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘Critical Race Theory’ Coordinated Disinformation Campaign
An inauthentically organized, corrosive disinformation campaign taking direct aim at social resilience and anti-racism pushes has taken over school boards throughout the United States in what appears to be a highly coordinated national push — whi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2018 Video Does NOT Show Wuhan Lab Partner Scheming On How To Make Money From A Pandemic
Does a video of a 2018 lecture by an American professor show him scheming on how to make money from a pandemic? No, that's not true: An 89-second clip included in an article making the claim is edited to exclude the context of statements
Health Feedback→ No increased risk of miscarriage from COVID-19 vaccines or other safety concerns for pregnant women or their babies
REVIEW On Monday, 7 June 2021, the state of São Paulo in Brazil began vaccinating all pregnant women who are 18 years and older against COVID-19. Pregnant women have been added to vaccination priority lists in a number of other countries, including
Health Feedback→ Fauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
REVIEW On 1 June 2021, Washington Post and Buzzfeed News published reports on several thousands of emails sent by Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The emails, sent during the first half o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The International Space Station Does NOT Have A ‘Floppy Door’ On It
Does the International Space Station (ISS) have a "floppy door" going from the inside of the station to outer space? No, that's not true: according to a spokesperson from NASA, the "door" this video focuses on is the thermal cover for the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List of Indictments, Arrests and Executions Is False — Michelle And Barack Obama, Other Celebs Were Not Killed
Does a list of indictments, arrests and executions reveal a number of politicians, celebrities and royals who have been executed including Barack and Michelle Obama? No, that's not true. This list is completely false. It is part of the ba
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts, Pundits Distort Fauci Emails
SciCheck Digest Thousands of pages of redacted emails to and from Dr. Anthony Fauci are now publicly available, thanks to journalists’ Freedom of Information Act requests. Some of those messages have been distorted in viral posts, particularly ab