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Full Fact→ Abortion rate lower than claimed as miscarriages not factored in

2021-08-06 “One in four pregnancies ends in abortion in England and Wales” The Times, 6 August 2021. “A record QUARTER of pregnancies in England and Wales now end in abortion, official data shows” MailOnline, 6 August 2021. The Times and Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Study did not show 82% of pregnancies end in miscarriage after Covid vaccination

2021-08-03 An article by the website Daily Expose, shared on Facebook and Instagram, claims the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grossly underreported miscarriage figures found in a study on Covid-19 vaccine safety during pregnancy.  Howeve Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Nancy Pelosi Walking With Her Dad — It’s Hitler With Goebbels’ Child, Years Before Pelosi’s Birth

2021-07-30 Does an old photo show a young Nancy Pelosi walking with her dad, who appears to be Adolph Hitler? No, that's not true: The black-and-white image shows Helga Goebbels, the daughter of the chief Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, walking w Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Richard Tice makes misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines and fertility

2021-07-21 Forcing young girls, who just want to dance, to have vaccines almost certain to mean increased still births, miscarriages, disabled children, infertility. Remember the vaccines still on emergency approval only. Revolting, disgusting. Richard Tice, 19 Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This Wenche Thikke’

2021-07-20 On July 11 2021, a Facebook account shared Tumblr screenshots to a public group which purportedly excerpted a ribald verse that included phrases familiar to the modern ear, including “this wenche thikke” and “I wol nat lye” fro Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blue Java Bananas ARE Real — But They Do NOT Stay Blue Or Have Blue Flesh Like The Banana In This Photo

2021-07-19 Do "Blue Java" bananas, a variety of bananas that have bluish peels, exist? Yes, that's true: the bananas' peels take on a bluish-green appearance when unripe and have a distinctive texture and flavor, often compared to ice cream. However Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Actress and Neuroscience Expert Mayim Bialik Is NOT Opposed To Vaccination

2021-07-16 Is Mayim Bialik, an actress with a doctorate in neuroscience, opposed to vaccination? No, that's not true: Bialik debunked the claim after a misinterpretation of an excerpt from her book was used to portray her as someone who did not beli Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ CDC Data Thus Far Show COVID-19 Vaccination Safe During Pregnancy

2021-07-15 SciCheck Digest Federal vaccine monitoring systems have identified no safety concerns with the COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant people. Preliminary Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show that miscarriage is not more frequent than expected Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Golden oldies: Are one in five pensioners millionaires?

2021-07-14 Readers have asked us to check a surprising figure in the Sunday Times Style supplement, that one in five over-65s in the UK is classified as a millionaire according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This claim has been going around since th Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Preliminary data indicate that COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the risk of pregnancy-related adverse outcomes

2021-07-12 REVIEW The authorization for emergency use of the first vaccines against COVID-19 sparked one of the largest mass vaccination campaigns in history. In the U.S., 182,896,080 persons received at least one dose of vaccine as of 7 July 2021 and 157,908, Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ OGX DMDM Hydantoin Facebook Post

2021-07-09 On July 5 2021, a Facebook account shared a post warning people about OGX brand shampoo and DMDM hydantoin, writing: **UPDATED** If you are not aware, these are some of the OGX shampoos that Johnson & Johnson is being sued over. They have a chemica Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccine-Generated Spike Protein is Safe, Contrary to Viral Claims

2021-07-01 SciDigest Hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered safely in the United States in the last six months. There is no evidence to indicate that the spike proteins generated by human cells following vaccination are a toxin or t Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Golliwog Facebook Post

2021-06-30 In June 2021, an indifferently punctuated January 2020 Facebook “golliwog” post was widely shared — along with a demonstrably false claim that the offensive content was at risk of being censored: The engagement-baiting text, which wa Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Website makes false claims about vaccines and miscarriages

2021-06-28 An article on a website called Daily Expose has claimed that between 9 December 2020 and 2 June 2021 there was a 3016% increase in the number of women who had miscarried “as a result of” having the Covid-19 vaccine.  The claim is based Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Blog Post Does NOT Prove 25,800 Deaths Were Caused By The mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19

2021-06-25 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 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Female Weightlifter Did NOT Suffer ‘Tragic Testicle Injury’ Just Weeks Before Tokyo Olympics

2021-06-24 Did New Zealand female weightlifter Laurel Hubbard suffer from a testicular injury just weeks before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics? No, that's not true: the claim is lifted from from The Babylon Bee, a satirical website that writes about "Chris Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NOT Guidance That Women Cannot Bear Children Within Six Months Of COVID-19 Vaccine

2021-06-23 Did a director of China's largest baby formula company, Feihe, reveal information about the COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy, saying many women cannot bear children within six months of receiving a coronavirus vaccination and that he expect Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Chuck Grassley is 8 Years Older than Emmett Till’

2021-06-21 On June 21 2021, journalist Michael Harriot retweeted a Politico tweet about Iowa’s “longest serving senator” of Republican Chuck Grassley. Harriot added that Grassley was eight years older than Emmett Till: Chuck Grassley is 8 year Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Gas & Oil Company HR Execs Say Firms Are Planning To Have Their Vaccinated Staff Replaced Within Next 3 Years

2021-06-17 Are gas and oil company HR executives saying their firms are planning to have their vaccinated staff replaced within the next three years? No, that's not true. There is no evidence that the large oil and gas companies are going through th Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Record-Breaking Birth Of 10 Babies To A South African Woman Has NOT Been Verified

2021-06-14 Did a woman from Pretoria, South Africa, give birth to 10 babies -- seven boys and three girls -- on June 7, 2021? If this is true, this would be a world record, but as of June 14, 2021, there has been no confirmation that 10 babies were Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Evidence Points to Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines for Pregnant People

2021-06-11 SciCheck Digest Clinical trials and medical studies have indicated that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe for pregnant people. But online posts misrepresent unverified reports submitted to vaccine monitoring systems in the U.S. and Europe to misleadingly Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List of Indictments, Arrests and Executions Is False — Michelle And Barack Obama, Other Celebs Were Not Killed

2021-06-08 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 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence COVID Vaccines Are Rewriting DNA, Sneaking In Microchips, Causing Infertility

2021-05-29 Are COVID-19 vaccines rewriting patients' DNA, sneaking microchips into people's bodies and causing infertility? No, that's not true: The claims are made without citations to research or other evidence and are directly refuted by public h Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Arrest Adam Schiff

2021-05-28 Did the military arrest Adam Schiff? No, that's not true: This is a completely made-up story, published by a website that posts false and fictionalized allegations. Lead Stories has previously debunked many of those. "This story is comple Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chicago Police Are NOT Required To Ask Consent Of Arrestees

2021-05-26 Is the Chicago Police Department now requiring its officers to ask for consent before arresting criminals? No, that's not true: The claim came from a satirical website, and a spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department said the claim i Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Millennials Hold 4.8% of All Wealth, At the Same Age, Gen X Had 9% of Wealth, Boomers Had 21%’

2021-05-13 In May 2021, Seattle business owner Dan Price tweeted about Millennials share of wealth (purportedly 4.8 percent) versus that of Generation X (Gen X, 9 percent), and Baby Boomers (21 percent) “at the same age”: Millennials hold 4.8% of al Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Assault On Female Police Officer Is From 1997, NOT 2021

2021-05-10 Is a video of an assault on a female police officer a recording of recent events? No, that's not true: The video of the attack in Carthage, Texas, is old. It's from 1997, not 2021. The officer in the video survived and the man who attacke Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Mom Who Gave Birth on Flight Didn’t Know She Was Pregnant

2021-05-06 Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga had no idea a baby was coming when she went into labor on a flight from her home in Utah to Honolulu last week. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Document 3,848 Deaths Due To COVID Injections

2021-05-05 Did a federal agency document 3,848 deaths due to COVID-19 vaccinations? No, that's not true: The claim exploits the government's rough list of unverified reports collected by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Anyone can Go to site post…»

Snopes→ TikTok Video Captures ‘Lucky’ Mom Who Gave Birth on Flight

2021-05-03 A doctor and a team of neonatal medical professionals were in the right place at the right time — helping a Utah woman deliver her baby onboard an hourslong flight to Hawaii. Go to site post…»

AFP Fact Check→ Online posts misrepresent video of routine birth procedure as Covid-19 ‘abuse’

2021-05-03 A video of a mother and her newborn baby purportedly separated by a plastic sheet has been viewed thousands of times in posts that claim it shows medical “child abuse” justified by the pandemic. The claim is misleading: the baby's mother and vario Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ What is an ‘Apology Dinner’?

2021-04-29 On April 29 2021, “Apology Dinner” became a Twitter trending topic — sufficiently popular to warrant a Twitter blurb explaining the phrase: Many people are confused about the concept of an apology dinner after a woman shared in a vir Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Unvaccinated People Do NOT Need To Stay Away From Vaccinated People — mRNA Vaccines Don’t Deliver Virus

2021-04-23 Should unvaccinated people stay away from vaccinated people because the COVID-19 vaccine sheds and causes problems including miscarriages in pregnant unvaccinated people? No, that's not true. "This claim is false," Dr. George Rutherford, Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Knife Was NOT On The Ground When Ohio Police Arrived At What Would Become A Deadly Shooting Scene

2021-04-21 Was the knife on the ground when police in Columbus, Ohio, arrived at what would become a deadly shooting scene? No, that's not true: It was being wielded by the teen who was subsequently shot and killed, according to police and body came Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Spring/Summer PSA’ on Rabbit Nests and Mowing

2021-04-06 As spring began in the Northern Hemisphere, screenshots of a post warning readers planning yardwork to be on the lookout for rabbits and their nests began to circulate: We were able to track down what appeared to be the original post (frequently share Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ How ‘Man of Steel’ Got Superman Wrong

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The Dispatch→ Eric Greitens Tries Again

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Snopes→ Infant Found Alive After Egypt Building Collapse

2021-03-28 Search and rescue workers pulled a 6-month-old baby alive from the rubble of a collapsed building as the death toll from the incident rose to 25, Egyptian officials said Sunday. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Claim Colorado Shooter Was Factually Arabic But Morally White

2021-03-25 Did CNN run a caption saying the shooter who killed 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22, 2021, was factually Arabic but morally white? No, that's not true: the screenshot with the caption originated on a satire site but took on a Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Did Marvin Hagler Die From the COVID-19 Vaccine?

2021-03-22 After former professional boxer Marvin Hagler died on March 13 at age 66, rumors began to spread online suggesting that he died from the COVID-19 vaccine. A widely shared Instagram post claims that “Marvin Hagler was allegedly in ICU fighting aft Go to site post…»

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