A January 21 2021 Facebook post about two athletes — Kenyan runner Abel Mutai and Spanish runner Ivan Fernandez — was shared more than 100,000 times in a little over a month: Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was only a few meters from the finish l
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The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Xavier Becerra’s Claim That He ‘Never Sued Any Nuns’
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FactCheck.org→ Post Revives Fabricated Image of View from Mars
Quick Take A computer-rendered image has been mischaracterized on social media posts as a photo taken from Mars, purportedly showing Earth, Venus and Jupiter in vertical alignment. Although the same image was previously debunked in 2012, the claim resu
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Mayonnaise Takes Crayon Off Walls’ Cleaning Hack
Almost certainly due to the “On This Day” function, a February 2020 Facebook post about using mayo to remove crayon from walls recirculated in February 2021: Alongside an illustrative short video of blue crayon being effortlessly wiped from
Snopes→ US Implicates Saudi Crown Prince in Journalist’s Killing
Saudi Arabia's crown prince likely approved an operation to kill or capture a U.S.-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report.
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence Vaccines Impact Fertility
Q: Do the COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility? A: There’s no evidence that approved vaccines cause fertility loss. Although clinical trials did not study the issue, loss of fertility has not been reported among thousands of trial participants nor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Does Not Have The Medal Of Honor, 4 Nobel Peace Prizes, And Did NOT Cure AIDS, Cancer, Autism
Was Joe Biden awarded the medal of honor and four Nobel Peace Prizes and did he cure AIDS, cancer and autism? No, that's not true: The 46th U.S. president has achieved none of those accomplishments. The false claims appeared in a meme tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Is NOT Withholding Information About Post-Vaccination Deaths, NOT Lacking A Data Category For Them
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention withhold data that showed a federal vaccine reaction-reporting database -- VAERS -- was under-reporting the number of people who have died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine? Does the CDC
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Fake Biden Tweet About Coca-Cola, Diversity Training
Quick Take A popular image is made to appear as if President Joe Biden posted a racist tweet discussing Coca-Cola and “cultural reappropriation.” There is no record of Biden ever posting that tweet. Full Story An image circulating on socia
AllSides→ Did Neera Tanden Criticize Joe Manchin’s Daughter for Raising the Price of EpiPens?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-neera-tanden-criticize-joe-manchins On Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin
The Dispatch→ Did Neera Tanden Criticize Joe Manchin’s Daughter for Raising the Price of EpiPens?
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Truth or Fiction?→ No, Mr. Potato Head Is Not Gender Neutral Now
On February 25 2021, social media erupted into outrage over a widely-aggregated Associated Press item claiming that the children’s toy previously known as Mr. Potato Head was being changed to be “gender neutral”: Mr. Potato Head is
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘If $15/Hr is Too Much For Minimum Wage Then $85/Hr is Too Much to Pay Our Senators to Literally Do Nothing’ Tweet
A February 23 2021 tweet asserting that “If $15/hr is too much for minimum wage then $85/hr is too much to pay our senators to literally do nothing” immediately spread in viral form, quickly migrating as a screengrab to a popular post on R
Full Fact→ Some farmers dye their sheep, but a photo of a neon flock has been edited
A picture purporting to show sheep dyed a selection of neon colours by their farmer has been shared on Facebook. The photo has been edited to make normal sheep look like they have been dyed, and the edited picture has been doing the rounds online for q
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Shakira Did NOT Give Computer Lessons To Bill Gates When He Was A Kid
Did Shakira give computer lessons to Bill Gates in 1995 and encourage him to never give up? No, that's not true: This is a silly satire; Shakira was born in 1977 and Bill Gates was born in 1955. In 1995 Gates was 39 years old, not only wa
Full Fact→ There are no human cells in the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it won’t give you a chimpanzee virus
It has been claimed on Facebook that the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine contains viruses from chimpanzees and human foetal cells. The post suggests this means the vaccine contains animal products. Does the vaccine contain human foetal cells? We have fact c
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Robinhood Announce it Is ‘Upgrading its Systems’?
On February 24 2021, not long after buyers using financial app Robinhood rattled money pundits everywhere, a tweet appeared to signify that something new was afoot: Tomorrow we’ll be doing an upgrade to our systems. Buying in some stocks might be l
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article Titled ‘To Fight White Supremacy, Coca-Cola Discontinues Vanilla Coke’ Is Satire
Did the Coca-Cola company discontinue "Vanilla Coke" in an effort to fight white supremacy? No, that's not true: This story, a satirical spin-off of a real controversy regarding online diversity training and Coca-Cola, was published origi
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Alex Jones Loses Thousands to Mistress Amber’
On February 21 2021, a screenshot of a purported news article attributed to “Andrea Tonks” and reporting that disinformation purveyor Alex Jones had lost thousands of dollars to a Communist “findom” (financial dominatrix) appea
Truth or Fiction?→ TikTok’s ‘Antifa Hoedown’ (#NeverGonnaStopUs), Explained
In late February 2021, a catchy TikTok song (“Antifa Hoedown”) began migrating to Facebook, often in the form of the version seen below: That version was uploaded by @eerie.bxby on January 28 2021, and it showed a dark-haired woman danc
Snopes→ Did Biden Tweet About Coca-Cola’s Diversity Training?
The argument "it sounds like something they would say" usually means that person said no such thing.
Full Fact→ We can’t say if Test and Trace has cost more than the Channel Tunnel—yet
A widely shared Facebook post compares the cost of the NHS Test and Trace programme with the cost of constructing the Channel Tunnel. It seems to be a screenshot of a post on Twitter from 14 February. The post says that “the failing Test and Trac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Woman Receiving ‘The Last Message From Her Dead Husband’ Is NOT Real
Did a woman receive news of her husband's death, as well as his last message to her, phrase by phrase, delivered by a detail of soldiers who tore pages off a large easel-size pad of paper? No, that's not true: These actors are role-playin
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Misleading Vaccine Boasts
In remarks at a Pfizer manufacturing site, President Joe Biden made misleading claims while boasting about his administration’s progress in getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. Biden claimed that the Trump administration had “fai
Truth or Fiction?→ Peace Sign Origin: Nuclear Disarmament?
A February 21 2021 Facebook post about the purported origins of the “peace sign” or “peace symbol” was popular almost immediately. The post stated that the hand sign was conceived on that date in 1958 by a British graphic desig
Truth or Fiction?→ Peace Sign Origin: Nuclear Disarmament?
A February 21 2021 Facebook post about the purported origins of the “peace sign” or “peace symbol” was popular almost immediately. The post stated that the hand sign was conceived on that date in 1958 by a British graphic desig
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Untethered Astronaut’ Bruce McCandless in the ‘Most Terrifying Space Photograph’
A February 18 2021 Facebook post by AstrophileDaily.com spread virally (and in copies too), purportedly showing astronaut Bruce McCandless II floating “untethered” in space: The Post A frequently repeated and screenshotted caption read:
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Life Insurance Policies Being Canceled Because of the COVID-19 Vaccine?
As an example of how disinformation can get laundered through Facebook, witness the attempt to spread a lie about the current vaccination efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic. The claim originated with a post from a user based in England reading: Che
Full Fact→ Mask wearing doesn’t cause bacterial pneumonia
A post on Facebook suggests that wearing a mask causes people to contract bacterial pneumonia and that the government manipulated Covid-19 statistics to create fear when Covid-19 is no longer classified as a high consequence infectious disease (HCID).
Snopes→ Security Officials Cast Blame for Jan. 6 Failures at Capitol
In prepared remarks before two Senate committees on Feb. 23, 2021, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund will describe a scene that was “like nothing” he had seen in his 30 years of policing.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Communist China’ Does NOT Own DreamWorks Animation
Does "Communist China" own DreamWorks Animation? No, that's not true: In 2016, DreamWorks was acquired by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast Corporation. Both NBCUniversal and Comcast are American companies. The claim appeared in a Faceb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Blocking ‘Community Standards’ Does NOT Keep A Person Out Of ‘Facebook Jail’
Do these instructions explaining how to block "community standards" give a Facebook user free rein to violate the platform's community standards without being penalized or going to "Facebook Jail"? No, that's not true: These instructions
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The United States Did NOT Spend Zero Dollars On Imported Oil In 2020
Did the United States spend zero dollars on imported oil in 2020? No, that's not true: That would mean either that the United States did not import any oil in 2020 or that the oil it imported was free. Neither is correct. The claim appear
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rapper 42 Dugg Was NOT Shot In Atlanta Incident On Music Video Set
Was rapper 42 Dugg shot in Atlanta? No, that's not true. 42 Dugg, whose real name is Dion Marquise Hayes, was not one of the victims of a shooting that took place on the set of a music video in Atlanta on Sunday, February 21, 2021. He pos
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘MLK’s Mother Was Assassinated Too’
In February 2021 — Black History Month in the United States — a history meme circulated on social media platforms containing the assertion that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s mother, like her son, was assassinated: Atop and under a bla
The Dispatch→ Did a Late Night Ballot Dump Let Biden ‘Steal the Trump Landslide’?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 360-Degree Panorama of Mars ‘With Sound’ Is NOT 2021 Footage From Perseverance Rover
Is this a video "with sound" of the Martian landscape beamed, back to Earth from the Perseverance rover? No, that assumption would be wrong. This video does show the landscape of Mars, and the scenery was captured by a rover, but the scen
Health Feedback→ More evidence needed for the claim that vitamin D supplements reduce risk of COVID-19 infection
REVIEW An Instagram post claimed that a study had shown that vitamin D supplements reduced the risk of COVID-19 infections by 34 percent. The study[1], published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, used data from the U.K. Biobank, a large
The Dispatch→ Is Pfizer Recommending a Switch to a Single-Dose Policy?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Tweet About Comment Regarding "Minorities Not Being Able To Use The Internet" Is NOT Real
Did President Joe Biden send out a racist tweet regarding his comment about minorities not being able to use the internet ? No, that's not true: the viral screenshot of the supposed tweet is an obvious forgery containing way more characte