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Snopes→ ‘Real Doctor’ Promoting Tonic Water for COVID-19 Spreads Dangerous Misinfo
A chiropractor's screed against "fake news" and his advocacy for the curative properties of Schweppes tonic water contain large amounts of dangerous misinformation.
Snopes→ Does Trump Benefit Financially By Promoting Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 Treatment?
The U.S. president is invested in several mutual funds — some of which include very minor stakes in pharmaceutical companies.
Snopes→ Billboards Promoting 4Chan Conspiracy Theory ‘QAnon’ Pop Up Across America
Billboards next to Georgia and Oklahoma highways reference a farcical and ill-defined "Deep State" conspiracy theory — but who’s paying for them?
Snopes→ Potentially Fentanyl-Tainted Flyers Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Found on Texas Police Cars
One officer reportedly became ill after coming into contact with a paper printed with information from a group alleging covert government mind-control operations.
Snopes→ Marvel Promotes Captain America ‘Event’ With Shirts Promoting Nazi-Linked Group
Critics said the company's attempt to recast 'Hydra' was 'sensationalistic garbage.'
Snopes→ IJR Staffers Suspended for Promoting Obama Conspiracy Theory
Independent Journal Review suspended three staff members, including chief content officer Benny Johnson, for suggesting that Obama may have interfered in a Hawaii judge's ruling on the Trump travel ban.
Health Feedback→ No scientific evidence supporting claims of diatomaceous earth’s “detox” benefits
REVIEW A video uploaded to Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok claimed that without silica “we can’t absorb minerals, water, and vitamins properly”, and that silica in diatomaceous earth is “antiparasitic” and a “heavy metal detox”. The cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet Promo Code To Crypto Project Or Put It On NYC Billboard
Did Elon Musk post a promo code to his crypto project on X, and was that post then used to make a Times Square billboard promotion in New York City? No, that's not true: This is a fabricated image promoting a crypto currency scam. There i
Health Feedback→ Decline in autism among high-income white households not caused by a decrease in childhood vaccination, vaccines don’t cause autism
REVIEW Despite overwhelming evidence that childhood vaccination doesn’t cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD), this belief still persists among some groups. A 2020 study, for instance, found that more than one in three parents of children with ASD
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Summary Despite a mostly civil debate between Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two disagreed repeatedly not just on policy, but also on the facts. We referee some of those competing claims, and other factual missteps by the vice presi
FactCheck.org→ Walz’s False Project 2025 Pregnancy Monitoring Claims
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz falsely claimed that Project 2025 calls for the tracking of “all pregnancies” and would require people “to regis
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Warning About Overseas Voters
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Former President Donald Trump claimed that Democrats are “getting ready to CHEAT” by encouraging overseas citizens to vote, falsely saying that ballots are being sent ov
FactCheck.org→ United Democracy Project
Political leanings: Pro-Israel 2022 Spending: $32.9 million United Democracy Project is a nonpartisan super PAC created to advocate for political organizations and candidates that support the United States’ partnership with Israel. The supe
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Harris-Trump Debate
Summary The highly anticipated debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was a combative event in which facts were repeatedly trampled and distorted. In a lengthy exchange on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 2024 Paper On mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Is NOT Valid Scientific Study; Expert Calls It ‘Amateurish Gibberish’
Is a 2024 article on mRNA COVID-19 vaccines by Dr. Young Mi Lee, an obstetrician and gynecologist in South Korea, and Daniel Broudy, an applied linguistics professor at Okinawa Christian University in Japan a valid, well-done scientific s
AllSides→ Assessing Claims That Trump Freed the Leader of Afghanistan From Prison in 2018
https://thedispatch.com/article/assessing-claims-that-trump-freed-the-leader-of-afghanistan-from-prison-in-2018/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Shows UK Police Kneeling To Muslim Men
Does a viral picture of U.K. police officers appearing to kneel to a group of men in traditional Islamic clothes portray a real-life scene? No, that's not true: Three AI detectors said the image was generated using AI. The image showed cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Irish Police Recruiting Video Was NOT Broadcast On Pakistani TV But Through Overseas Community Channels
Did the national police service of Ireland broadcast a video on TV in Pakistan to recruit people to come to Ireland to join the force? No, that's not true: The logo on the video is not a TV station in Pakistan -- "POC Global TV" is the Yo
Health Feedback→ WHO declaration of public health emergency triggered by worsening of mpox outbreak in Africa, not a ploy to push for using vaccine stocks
REVIEW On 14 August 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox, also known as monkeypox, a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) after the significant increase in mpox cases in several African countries. A PHEIC is an
FactCheck.org→ Walz Twists Some Labor Claims
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Delivering remarks at a labor union conference in California, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stretched the facts with several labor-related claims. Walz said Republican vice presidenti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Ukraine Using Chemical Weapons In Russia’s Kursk Region — It’s From Iraq In 2015
Does an image of a post-blast orange cloud confirm that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used chemical weapons during their August 2024 incursion into Russia's Kursk region? No, that's not true: The picture shared on social media was taken in I
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Harris, Race and More at NABJ Conference
The former president falsely accused Vice President Kamala Harris of “only promoting” her Indian heritage, among other inaccurate claims. Here’s a fact check.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Turkish Olympian Yusuf Dikec Did NOT Spontaneously Get Interested In Sport Shooting During Divorce
Did a Turkish mechanic, Yusuf Dikec, discover a passion for sport shooting while going through a "particularly frustrating divorce mediation" and did he send his ex-wife a message from the Olympic podium that he wants his dog back? No, th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Project 2025 Does NOT Claim ‘Only Valid Family’ Is Working Father, Stay-At-Home Mother, Their Children
Does Project 2025 say, "The only valid family is a working father married to a stay-at-home mother and their children"? No, that's not true: Nowhere in Project 2025's book "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise" does it say tha
AllSides→ Harris Has Always Identified as Indian American and Black
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/harris-has-always-identified-as-indian-american-and-black/ Former Pre
FactCheck.org→ Harris Has Always Identified as Indian American and Black
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris has only recently begun identifying as Black, and that until a few years ago “she was only prom
Health Feedback→ Studies show vaccines don’t cause sudden infant death syndrome
REVIEW An Instagram post from July 2024 claimed that childhood vaccines cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), drawing more than 7,000 likes. It also claimed that vaccines contain toxic levels of aluminum, suggesting that this is the cause of SI
Health Feedback→ No evidence that “Dr. Sebi” could cure AIDS and other diseases using natural remedies or change in diet
REVIEW Numerous viral posts on social media have promoted herbalist “Dr. Sebi”’s claims that there are natural cures for all diseases, including AIDS, cancer, and arthritis. As this review will explain, Dr. Sebi’s approach is based on a misu
Full Fact→ Promotion for oximeter not endorsed by NHS hospital
A video promoting an oximeter that was supposedly developed by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is actually false.
Health Feedback→ No current evidence to support social media fad of “blood type diet”
REVIEW Posts shared on Instagram in June and July 2024 claimed that eating certain types of foods based on blood type can help to optimize health and nutrition (examples here, here, and here). The posts collectively received thousands of interaction
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts About 3-Year-Old Boy Found Walking Alone Are NOT Authentic — It’s Scam Aimed At Collecting Personal Information
Do posts about a "little boy approximately 3 years old" found and "saved" by "Deputy Ryan Braidley" authentically describe a real-life situation? No, that's not true: Near-identical versions appeared on social media, claiming the rescue h
Full Fact→ Bill Gates is not making ‘maggot milk’
Bill Gates isn’t promoting “maggot milk” as a solution to child malnutrition, but at least one other company has launched such a product.
Health Feedback→ No research shows that COVID-19 vaccines promote cancer in people; study cited as evidence tested the spike protein from the virus in laboratory cells
REVIEW On 1 July 2024, the group America’s Frontline Doctors posted a Facebook reel claiming “SPIKE PROTEINS FROM COVID SHOTS COULD PROMOTE CANCER GROWTH”. The reel was viewed more than 400,000 times. America’s Frontline Doctors became widel
Health Feedback→ Preclinical studies cannot provide sufficient evidence that ivermectin helps treat cancer in people
REVIEW A Facebook reel published at the end of June 2024 claimed that ivermectin “augments” the effect of cancer treatments and encouraged cancer patients to seek out ivermectin (the full video is archived and can be viewed here). The reel, whic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Did NOT Say Humanity Needs To Be ‘Forced Into A Collaboration’ With ‘Globalist Entities’
Did World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab say that "humanity needs to be 'forced into a collaboration' with globalist entities"? No, that's not true: Even the recordings of Schwab's speech shared by accounts posting this claim on the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Audio Mimics Justin Trudeau’s Voice In Investment Scheme Video
Did an authentic video document Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promoting a financial investment scheme in a video? No, that's not true: The video of Trudeau is altered to add audio of a Trudeau-like voice pitching a platform where
PolitiFact→ Alaska voters gave themselves the power to rank candidates. Why do some people want to repeal that?
Alaskans voted to change the state’s election system in 2022. Now, some Alaskans are promoting a ballot measure to repeal the new election system and revert to the old one. We examine why.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Mexico’s President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum Has Been Digitally Edited To Mimic Antisemitic Meme
Does an authentic photo of Claudia Sheinbaum, recently elected to be president of Mexico, bear an uncanny resemblance to the antisemitic "Happy Merchant" meme caricature? No, that's not true: The image was digitally manipulated to introdu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dana Perino Did NOT Announce She’s Leaving Fox News, Launching Line Of CBD Gummies
Did Fox News host Dana Perino announce that she was leaving the network to make CBD gummies? No, that's not true: Paid posts promoting the claim on social media shared an article purporting to be a Fox News report, though it was published