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Full Fact→ GB News interview features misleading claims about Covid-19 and vaccines
An interview broadcast by GB News, and watched more than 250,000 times across Facebook and YouTube, makes a number of inaccurate claims about Covid-19 and vaccines. The segment on 23 March, presented by the author and television presenter Mark St
PolitiFact→ One America News – Scientific evidence does not support ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19
Suggests ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19
Snopes→ Britney Spears Confuses Some with Instagram Pregnancy News
Britney Spears, less than five months after her conservatorship ended, confused some fans when she posted on Instagram that she's pregnant, and apparently married.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Prime Minister of New Zealand Did NOT Say Fox News Was Barred There
Did the prime minister of New Zealand say that she never allowed Rupert Murdoch, the creator of Fox News, to set up a media outlet there? No, that's not true: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did not say she would not allow Murdoch to set up
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Is The Babylon Bee a ‘Fake News’ Site?
A Miami Herald headline accused Ron DeSantis of using a “fake news site to raise cash.” (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.)A headline for an article from the Miami Herald claims that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “used [a] fake news site
Snopes→ No, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Didn’t Say This About Fox News
The quote appears to have come from someone else.
Truth or Fiction?→ DirecTV Drops One America News Network From its Lineup
On April 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a post saying, “DirecTv dropped OAN today!” — alongside an image of OAN’s logo. On Twitter, several prominent accounts made similar claims: OAN has officially been booted from DirecTV’s
Poynter→ Being essential in Colombia means fact-checking for many diverse audiences, TikTok, mural newspapers and memes
For citizens to make informed decisions in a democracy, freedom of the press, freedom of expression and freedom of information are essential. But now that, in the words of Moisés […] The post Being essential in Colombia means fact-checking for m
AllSides→ Meta admits Facebook bug led to a ‘surge of misinformation’ and other harmful content appearing in News Feeds between October and March
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10675719/Meta-admits-Facebook-bug-led-surge-misinformation.html
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC News Did NOT Broadcast Stock Footage Of Military Scenes As If Live War Coverage
Did this video showing live gun and tank battles originate as a BBC News broadcast about the conflict between Ukraine and Russia? No, that's not true: This footage did not come from a live news report of a real battle. The footage was fil
Poynter→ How news coverage of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings compare to Brett Kavanaugh’s
On March 23, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sat before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of her confirmation hearing for a spot on the U.S. Supreme […] The post How news coverage of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmatio
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Comparing news coverage of confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh
News networks covered Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing live but not Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing.
Health Feedback→ Fox News article listing alleged mistakes in COVID-19 public health response mixes accurate information with unsubstantiated claims
REVIEW On 16 March 2022, Fox News published this opinion article by Marty Makary, a surgical oncologist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In the article, Makary listed what he considered the “10 biggest COVID mistakes” that health authorities
PolitiFact→ Pearson Sharp – One America News runs conspiratorial segment claiming strike on Mariupol hospital was US false flag
The Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, had “the makings of yet another false flag operation” led by the U.S.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – News and other programs are broadcast live on Russian television, despite claims otherwise
A recent on-air protest can’t be real because "there are no live on air television broadcasts in Russia. None. Ever.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – News video of shot up car was filmed in Ukraine, not West Virginia
“A West Virginia inspection sticker on an Uber” proves the car was not in Ukraine.
Snopes→ Bad Deepfake of Zelenskyy Shared on Ukraine News Site in Reported Hack
One way to tell that this video is fake is that the size of Zelenskyy's head is disproportionate to that of his body.
Snopes→ Two Journalists Working for Fox News Killed in Ukraine
Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova were killed in Horenka.
Snopes→ William Hurt, Star of ‘Broadcast News,’ ‘Body Heat,’ Dies
William Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” has died. He was 71.
Full Fact→ No evidence news channel used shot from Deep Impact to show people fleeing Kyiv
Posts on Facebook claiming that an Italian news channel used a shot from the 1998 film Deep Impact to falsely illustrate people fleeing the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have been shared hundreds of times. The same claim is also circulating on Twitter. The po
Snopes→ Did a Fox News Guest Say ‘Russia Is Now Being Canceled’?
A video clip from a Fox News TV show was widely shared following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russia Did NOT Send Bombers To Venezuela During Ukraine Invasion — News Report Is From 2018
Did Russia send jet bombers to Venezuela during its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022? No, that's not true: A CNN news report describing Russian bombers that landed in Venezuela to conduct exercises over the Caribbean was broadcast in 2
Logically→ The woman featured in many of the world’s newspapers as a victim of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is actually a crisis actor.
The picture of a Ukrainian woman injured during a Russian airstrike in Chuhuiv was taken on February 24, 2022, and she is not a crisis actor.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, a news report didn’t ‘reveal’ that doctors gave Queen Elizabeth a banned COVID-19 treatment
“News report accidentally reveals doctors giving ‘banned’ COVID treatment to the Queen.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: News Report Accidentally Used Wrong Clip Featuring Incorrect Medication — Queen Is NOT Being Treated With Ivermectin
Did a news report accidentally reveal that doctors are giving a "banned" COVID-19 treatment to Queen Elizabeth? No, that's not true: Due to an editing error, the Australian program "A Current Affair" featured a clip showing a bottle of St
Full Fact→ News clip doesn’t prove Queen is being treated with ivermectin
A number of posts on Facebook claim that Queen Elizabeth II is being treated for Covid-19 with ivermectin, based on an error in a news report released by an Australian news broadcaster. A video, which features a doctor describing treatment option
PolitiFact→ NewsWars – No clear evidence that COVID vaccines are responsible for strange blood clots observed by embalmers
“Embalmers finding ‘strange clots’ in jabbed people”
PolitiFact→ NaturalNews.com – No, food cannot be engineered to create infertility in Black people
"Food crops can be engineered right now based on existing technology to cause infertility in Black people alone.”
AllSides→ Left-Wing Activists Tied To ‘Disinformation’ Group Are Working To Demonetize Conservative News Sites
https://dailycaller.com/2022/02/03/check-my-ads-reid-hoffman-good-information-inc/ Activists linked to
PolitiFact→ NaturalNews.com – No, food cannot be engineered to create infertility in Black people
"Food crops can be engineered right now based on existing technology to cause infertility in Black people alone.”
Full Fact→ A surgeon made several incorrect claims about Covid-19 vaccine on GB News
An orthopaedic surgeon made several false and misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines during an appearance on GB News on 22 January 2022. The video has been viewed more than 230,000 times combined, just on GB News’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTub
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ivermectin Is NOT Proven ‘Effective’ Against Omicron Variant In Phase 3 Clinical Trials — Reuters ‘Misstated’ Drug Company News Release
Is ivermectin "effective" against the omicron variant of COVID-19 in Phase 3 clinical trials? No, that hasn't been proven: The incorrect information comes from a January 31, 2022, Reuters story that was later updated by the news organizat
AllSides→ Pope Francis Urges Catholic Media ‘Fact-Checkers’ to ‘Refute’ Fake News
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2022/01/28/pope-francis-urges-catholic-media-fact-checkers-refute-fake-news/
Full Fact→ Fake Sky News tweet claims PM drank with foxhound pack
A tweet which had around 300 retweets before the account was suspended, and appearing to be from a Sky News account, says: “BREAKING NEWS: New photos show Boris Johnson drinking with the Berkeley Hunt at get together during first lockdown. More t
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Claim That Fox News Says Its Programming Is ‘Entertainment,’ Not News
Popular Facebook page Occupy Democrats went viral with a post claiming that Fox News avoids lawsuits by claiming that “it's NOT real news, but rather ‘entertainment.’” a.image2.image-link.image2-676-683 { d
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Image of news broadcast with mannequin in hospital is doctored
Image from news broadcast shows a hospital in France trying to pass off a mannequin as a COVID-19 patient.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT Real: 1927 News Article ‘Showing America Was Sold To 5 Billionaires’
Is a 1927 news article saying that America was sold to five billionaires real? No, that's not true: This is a photo of a fake headline from a book published by The Onion, a website whose disclaimer says their content is "satirized." The c
PolitiFact→ Viral image – News headline about Supreme Court justice appears to be fabricated
“Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tests positive for COVID-19 despite triple vaccination, diligent masking and working from home.”
PolitiFact→ Michael Savage – Texas rabbi not 'anti-Zionist,' no evidence in early investigation and news reports he knew gunman
Rabbi taken hostage in Texas synagogue is “anti-Zionist” who may have known gunman.