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AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates online in Thailand about coronavirus vaccine eligibility
As Thailand launched its coronavirus vaccination drive, a claim circulated on Facebook and messaging app Line in late March 2021 that all adults aged over 19 could receive the jab in the Thai capital Bangkok. The claim is false: as of March 30, 2021
The Dispatch→ Can an Anti-Trump Republican Win a Special Election in Texas?
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Snopes→ Arkansas Senate OKs Ban on Treatments for Transgender Youth
The measure is among several targeting transgender people that have advanced in Arkansas and other states this year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nostradamus Did NOT Predict ‘A Feeble Man Shall Rule The Western World With A Jezebel’
Did the 16th century French astrologer Nostradamus write a quatrain that made a prediction there would be a plague and that afterward, "a feeble man would rule the Western World with a jezebel"? No, that's not true: There is no record of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence LAPD Pilots Are The Voices Caught Saying To Dump Gas On Protesters And Light It On Fire
Were Los Angeles Police Department pilots caught talking about dumping gas and lighting it on fire on protesters and homeless people? No, there's no evidence the people speaking in a recording posted on social media were staff of the Los
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York And Delaware Do NOT Prohibit Giving Food And Water To Voters In Line
Do New York and Delaware prohibit giving food and water to voters in line? No, that's not true: In New York it is not illegal to provide refreshment to voters, as long as the value of the refreshment is less than $1, and the person or ent
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Physical Books Continue to Massively Outsell E-Books Every Year’
On March 27 2021, the Facebook page “Little Free Library” shared a screenshot of a tweet by Twitter account @UberFacts: Physical books continue to massively outsell e-books every year — UberFacts (@UberFacts) March 17, 2021 It said
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gas Station Did NOT Have A Sign Recommending Customers Have ‘Your Gun In Your Hand’
Did a gas station display a message on its roadside price sign telling customers, "For your safety have your gun in your hand while visiting this gas station"? No, that's not true: This image was generated by a prank website that allows p
Full Fact→ Claims house prices have quadrupled since 1990 are about right
A graph shared on Facebook and Twitter shows average UK house prices quadrupling since 1990, while the average household income rose by about half. This is about right. The graph gives its source as the Land Registry—a government department regis
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking President Biden’s Claims on Immigration
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The Dispatch→ Fact Checking President Biden’s Claims on Immigration
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The Dispatch→ How the GOP Can Reverse the Progressive Advance
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The Dispatch→ The Passing of A Diplomatic Legend and a Master of Grand Strategy
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The Dispatch→ The First Amendment: Rarely Popular, Always Necessary
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AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts mislead on meaning of ‘AstraZeneca’
Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim AstraZeneca, the name of a British-Swedish drugmaker, means "weapon that kills" in a combination of three languages. The posts circulated online after millions of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines wer
Snopes→ Suicide Bomb Hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 20 Wounded
Two attackers blew themselves up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, wounding at least 20 people, police said.
The Dispatch→ ‘They Aren’t Who You Think They Are’
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The Dispatch→ American Psycho at 30
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AFP Fact Check→ Facebook posts share misleading graphic claiming that Sri Lankan opposition leader blamed Sinhala community for suicide bombings
A graphic image showing a screenshot of Sri Lankan opposition leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaking on a political talk show has been shared in multiple Facebook posts. The graphic includes a purported quote in which Dissanayake blames Sri Lanka’s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Richard A Rothschild Did NOT Patent A COVID-19 Test Kit In 2015
Did Richard A Rothschild patent a COVID-19 test kit in 2015? No, that's not true: Richard A Rothschild's patent application for a system and method to test for Covid-19 was submitted on May 17, 2020, not in 2015. The 2020 patent applicati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New ‘X22 Report’ Video Does NOT Offer Evidence That Proves Claims About Mass Shootings, Election Fraud, Suez Ship
Does a new "X22 Report" video contain only factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: The video recycles familiar conspiracy theories, including disproven claims about a mass shooting and voter fraud in the 2020 election. It repe
The Dispatch→ Elizabeth Warren: Senator From Massachusetts—or the Roman Empire?
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FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Claim that Assault Weapons Ban Worked
President Joe Biden claims the 10-year assault weapons ban that he helped shepherd through the Senate as part of the 1994 crime bill “brought down these mass killings.” But the raw numbers, when adjusted for population and other factors, ar
Snopes→ Are Suit Jackets Oppression? Lawmakers Fight Own Dress Codes
With women and people of color elected in larger numbers in many states, legislatures are being forced to confront longstanding dress codes that are increasingly viewed as sexist and racist.
FactCheck.org→ Pfizer CEO Got Vaccinated, Contrary to Claim in Video
SciCheck Digest A video making the false claim that the Pfizer CEO “refuses” to get a COVID-19 vaccine has been circulating on Facebook. But the pharmaceutical company’s chief executive has said that he’s gotten his first shot.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘It’s Now Illegal to Offer Someone Water in a Voting Line in Georgia’
On March 26 2021, Imgur user ZUXUX shared a screenshot of a tweet by journalist Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller), claiming it was “now illegal to offer someone water in a voting line in Georgia”: Good morning. It’s now illegal to offer someone
The Dispatch→ Coronavirus, Variants, and Vaccines
We heard from many of you that you are having trouble persuading people close to you to take the COVID vaccine. You wished there was something you could pass along to people with the actual facts about the vaccine, not scary myths about why a
Full Fact→ New Statesman death comparison creates misleading picture
The New Statesman has published an article questioning why “excess deaths” rose every year between 2012 and 2019. The article, published on 26 March, calls this a “disquieting trend” and links deaths to policies of “auster
Health Feedback→ Going vegan may lead to fewer pandemics, but it won’t eliminate them completely
REVIEW On 23 March 2021, American musician Richard Melville Hall, known professionally as Moby, posted a claim on Facebook stating that going vegan would mean a world with no pandemics, because 100% of pandemics have a zoonotic origin. Zoonoses are
Full Fact→ Is there a precedent for mandatory vaccines for care home workers?
On Monday the Telegraph reported that care home workers would be required “by law” to have the Covid-19 vaccination in “a historic legal change” that had been requested by the Prime Minister and health secretary Matt Hancock. Mr
Health Feedback→ Clinical trials showed that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is safe; its side effects are mostly mild
REVIEW On 10 February 2021, a video was posted on the podcast channel The Joe Rogan Experience on the platform Spotify, in which commentator Joe Rogan (interviewing fellow commentator Michael Malice) made a series of statements about the side effects
FactCheck.org→ Texas Doctor Spreads False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Federal officials authorized two mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 after they were determined to be safe and effective against symptomatic illness in clinical trials. But a Texas doctor, in a widely shared video, falsely claims the vaccines do
Full Fact→ Covid-19: Behind the death toll
We see the scale of this pandemic in another way if we look at the death toll alongside how many years of life are being lost—including among people who don’t die. Readers have been asking us different versions of the same question for man
The Dispatch→ How the House’s Election Reform Bill Would Exacerbate Our Polarization
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Health Feedback→ Bill Gates quoted out of context about injecting kids with genetically modified organisms in discussion on GM crops
REVIEW A video posted on YouTube showed a clip of Bill Gates speaking about injecting children with genetically modified organisms. The video has been viewed more than 15,000 times and shared more than 3,000 times on Facebook, according to the social
The Dispatch→ Uphill: January 6 Investigations Stall
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Poynter→ Fact-checking ‘The View’ host Joy Behar on mass shootings and the assault weapons ban
After a Colorado gunman killed 10 people in what was the second mass shooting in a week, Democrats and gun control advocates renewed calls for a nationwide ban on assault weapons, like the federal law that was in effect from 1994 until 2004. Joy Behar,
The Dispatch→ Why Is the Filibuster Only ‘Racist’ When Republicans Use It?
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The Dispatch→ Biden Has a New Vaccine Goal. It’s Still Too Low.
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