Did Anthony Hopkins fake receiving a COVID-19 shot from a staffer at a California hospital in the video the actor posted on Instagram? No, that's not true: In a March 10, 2021, email to Lead Stories, a spokeswoman for CHA Hollywood Presby
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Truth or Fiction?→ Did Dove Remove ‘Normal’ from Packaging So People Don’t Feel ‘Excluded’?
On March 10 2021, Sean Hannity continued his barrage of disinformation about so-called “cancel culture” (which has replaced the phrase “political correctness”) by sharing a claim that Dove had removed the word “normalR
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 92% Of The $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Is NOT Going To ‘Foreign Entities’
Is 92% of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill going to "foreign entities"? No, that's not true: The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 consists almost entirely of domestic spending, a fact that's confirmed by experts and the legislation itself.
Snopes→ Were Biden’s Dogs Kicked Out of White House Due to Aggressive Behavior?
The two German shepherds, Major and Champ, moved into the presidential mansion in late January.
Truth or Fiction?→ Has Disney Canceled ‘Dumbo,’ ‘Peter Pan,’ and ‘The Aristocats?’
On March 9 2021, disinformation purveyor Sean Hannity tweeted at least twice to complain Disney had “canceled” the childrens’ films Dumbo, Peter Pan, and The Aristocats: THE PURGE! Disney Pulls Dumbo, Peter Pan, The Aristocats, Swi
Snopes→ Four Oaks, One Sacred Destiny: Recreating Notre Dame’s Spire
The 93-metre-high spire, made of wood and clad in lead, became the most potent symbol of the April 2019 blaze when it was seen engulfed in flames, collapsing dramatically into the inferno.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Instagram And Facebook Did NOT Change The News Feed Ranking So That No More Than 7% Of Friends See Posts
Did Instagram and Facebook recently change the feed ranking so that no more than 7% of friends and followers can see a users' posts, and does commenting "Yes" on a post trick the algorithm to show more of the page's posts to more people?
Full Fact→ There are no mouse brains in Covid-19 vaccines
A post on Facebook makes a number of claims about the ingredients in vaccines and the reactions to those ingredients. It’s not clear whether the post is talking about vaccines in general or one of the Covid-19 vaccines, so where we have informati
Health Feedback→ Data from Israel showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reduces the likelihood of dying from COVID-19; analysis in a forum post claiming the opposite is flawed
REVIEW A forum post made by Haim Yativ on a Hebrew-language discussion board claimed that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine “killed […] about 40 times more [elderly people] than the disease itself would have killed, and about 260 times mo
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook account impersonates South African police to promote fake jobs
A Facebook account falsely purporting to belong to the South African Police Service (SAPS) has been misleading social media users into believing that it’s promoting an opportunity for hundreds of unemployed people. AFP Fact Check found that the adver
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Nancy Pelosi Was Drunk When She Told A Story About A ‘Magic Word — Open Biden’
Was Nancy Pelosi drunk on vodka or "losing it" when she declared, "In order to open these doors, we do not say, 'Open Sesame.' We say 'Open Biden'"? No, that's not true: Pelosi staff and family members have publicly declared the House Spe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ballots From The 2020 Election Were NOT Found Shredded And Trashed In Maricopa County, Arizona
Were ballots from the 2020 election found shredded and trashed in Maricopa County, Arizona? No, that's not true: The ballots cast in that election are safely sealed and stored in a vault, according to a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Princess Diana Lose Her ‘Royal Protection’?
On March 7 2021, a highly-anticipated interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by Oprah Winfrey aired, and among discourse about that interview was a claim that Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, lost her royal protection — which was in tu
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Bodies Float in Lake Superior?
In early March 2021, as the first signs of spring began to touch the Northern Hemisphere and melt the ice rimes from its lakes, a popular Facebook post claiming that bodies in Lake Superior don’t float was very popular: Well… Here’s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Perseverance’ Landing Craft And ‘Ingenuity’ Helicopter Are NOT Rendered Flightless ‘Fairy Tale’ By Mars’ Atmosphere
Is the atmosphere on Mars too thin for the Ingenuity helicopter to fly and does it lack enough oxygen for combustion to brake any ship on landing? No, that's not true: Mars' atmospheric volume is less than 1% of that on Earth and the Red
Health Feedback→ Six residents in a German nursing home died from COVID-19, not from vaccines
REVIEW On 1 March 2021, Children’s Health Defense published an article claiming that 25 percent of the residents in a nursing home in Berlin, Germany died after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. In a few days, the article receive
Logically→ Investors from outside the U.S contributed to Donald Trump’s campaigns.
Imaad Zuberi was charged with lobbying and campaign contributions crimes. Further investigations into foreign funding are ongoing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Vackseenz’ Video Is NOT Correct — mRNA Vaccine Does NOT Revise Your DNA
Does the video "The One About Vackseenz," correctly describe the genetic impacts of COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true. The video peddles multiple COVID-19 conspiracy theories, including that messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines "alter the f
FactCheck.org→ Video Targets Gates With Old Clip, Misleading Edit
Quick Take In a 2010 TED Talk focused on developing new technologies to drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, Bill Gates briefly mentioned reducing the rate of population growth. A conspiratorial video circulating on Facebook misleadingly edits
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Witches Stairs’
On March 3 2021, a Facebook user shared a post demonstrating “witches stairs” — purportedly found on occasion in very old New England homes and designed to prevent witches from accessing the next floor: Those are called Witches Stai
Truth or Fiction?→ Former Lowe’s Employee Jayjuan Young Says He Was Fired Over 37 Cents
A March 4 2021 Facebook post by Jayjuan Young addressed his termination from a job at Lowe’s Home Improvement, with an assertion that he was fired over a 37 cent register discrepancy: Tomorrow Would have been my Year at Lowe’s. In 11 months I
Full Fact→ Luminescent enzymes not in Covid-19 vaccine and other myths debunked
A video of a man shouting vaccine misinformation through a megaphone in front of a Nottingham hospital has gone viral on Facebook. Here we look at the claims and why they are (mostly) wrong. “[The Covid-19 vaccine] will change your DNA” The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates And Ghislaine Maxwell Are NOT First Cousins Through Gates’ Mom, Mary Maxwell Gates
Are Ghislaine Maxwell and Bill Gates first cousins through Gates' mom, Mary Maxwell Gates? No, that's not true. Public records show multi-billionaire Gates is not related to the woman arrested in October of 2020 for luring young women Jef
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Doctors and Experts Advise Against Taking Experimental Jab’: Fake Headline Circulating
On March 3 2021, a screenshot February 2021 headline from The Times (UK) — “Doctors and experts advise against taking experimental jab” — spread virally across anti-vaccine social media groups. It looked like this: We first spotted t
Snopes→ Man Accused of QAnon Vandalism at ‘America’s Stonehenge’
Police have made an arrest following a 15-month-long investigation into vandalism at a group of rock configurations in New Hampshire called “America's Stonehenge."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden Has NOT ‘Killed’ Dr. Seuss — Decision To Stop Six Seuss Titles Was Made Last Year By The Publisher
Has President Joe Biden "killed" Dr. Seuss, as six Seuss books will no longer be published? No, that's not true: the publisher of the books, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, says it decided last year, in conjunction with a panel of experts, to stop
Full Fact→ Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine will not change your DNA
A widely shared Facebook video suggests that modern medicine cannot cure anything without surgery, and falsely claims that the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine “is designed to change your DNA”. This is a common myth about mRNA vaccines like Moderna
Health Feedback→ Scientific evidence demonstrates that wearing face masks and implementing lockdowns reduce the spread of COVID-19
REVIEW On 23 February 2021, this Facebook post by Kimberly Klacik, a previous Republican nominee for Maryland’s 7th congressional district, claimed there is no evidence demonstrating that wearing face masks or implementing lockdowns reduce the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Evidence Does NOT Support ‘Three Big Lies’ Theory: That COVID Virus Doesn’t Exist, PCR Test Is A Failure And That 5G Towers Cause COVID
Is it true that the SARS-CoV-2 virus has not been positively identified, that the PCR test is not accurate after a certain point and that there are major ways to become ill other than through airborne transmission of the virus, such as by
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Is NOT In Control Of The Military After January 20, 2021
Is Donald Trump in control of the military? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, March 2, 2021, Joe Biden is commander in chief, a position he assumed when he was sworn in as president of the United States on January 20, 2021 on t
Snopes→ Critics: Cuomo Apology ‘Tone-Deaf,’ Ignores Power Imbalance
When Yuh-Line Niou first arrived in Albany to work as a legislative aide in 2013, lawmakers grabbed her buttocks, suggested she and her boss were “a hot duo” who should have sex, and peered into her office to check her out for a “hot or not” list.
FactCheck.org→ The Evolving Science of Face Masks and COVID-19
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began recommending that members of the public mask up last spring, additional research has backed the use of face masks to combat the coronavirus. While knowledge gaps still remain, experts agree tha