Full Fact’s clinical fact checker Dr Fergus Brown looks back at his year of fact checking health misinformation and reflects on what he’ll take back to his work in medicine.
Logically→ ತೆಲಂಗಾಣದ ಬಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು ಜಗಳವಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಹಳೆಯ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
The Dispatch→ Biden Targets the Pharmaceutical Industry
A proposed rule could allow major government interference in drug patents.
Logically→ No, Canada is not expanding medical assistance in dying for infants
Logically→ ২০১৮ চনৰ ভিডিঅ’ মাউণ্ট মেৰাপিত সংঘটিত শেহতীয়া আগ্নেয়গিৰি উদগীৰণৰ দৃশ্য বুলি শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
Logically→ शिवराज सिंह चौहान के रोने का पुराना वीडियो एमपी के नए सीएम की घोषणा के बाद का बताकर वायरल
Logically→ Clip from 2023 Army-Navy game edited to include anti-Biden chants
Logically→ Old video from Karnataka shared as women fighting in a bus in Telangana
Logically→ Old video from Karnataka shared as women fighting in a bus in Telangana
Logically→ Haaretz headline about Israel short-selling shares before Hamas attack is fabricated
The Dispatch→ Clients Don’t Always Listen
Plus: dealing with defamation.
The Dispatch→ Iowa Shrugs at 2024
No Democratic caucus and not much suspense for Republicans means Iowa’s clout risks being diminished.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Candace Owens Did NOT Turn Down Spot On ‘The View’ — Did NOT Say ‘I’m Not Saving Their Dying Show’
Did conservative TV personality Candace Owens turn down an offer to be a host on "The View" television show while being quoted saying, "I'm not saving their dying show"? No, that's not true: This claim originated from an article on a sati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Devil Worship’ In Austria
Does a video show "devil worship" in Austria? No, that's not true: The event is a Krampus parade, which is based on the folk tale of Krampus, a mythological beast who punishes poorly behaved children at Christmas time. His partner is St.
The Dispatch→ Release of January 6 Footage Prompts New Misleading Claims of Police Complicity
Right-wing outlets are selectively promoting footage of ‘peaceful protesters’ and ignoring footage of actual violence.
The Dispatch→ Character Is Destiny, Personnel Is Policy
More on Trump’s second term.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of students who drank laxative-laced lemonade is fiction, not real life
Video shows the aftermath of a school prank in which students drank lemonade containing “horse laxatives.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Say All Cancer Treatments Cause Cancer — Agency Studying <.5 Percent Of Cases Related To Last-Option Treatments Of Advanced Blood Cancers
Did the Food and Drug Administration say all cancer treatments "actually cause cancer"? No, that's not true: The agency issued a press release announcing that it is investigating only cases related to one specific type of drugs -- CAR-T t
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misrepresents photo to falsely connect beaten woman to George Floyd
Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.”
PolitiFact→ Out-of-state residents can ‘participate’ in the Iowa caucuses, but they can't vote in them
Casey DeSantis called on out-of-state residents to “participate” in Iowa caucuses; she later said she did not mean they can vote. It’s not unusual for residents from other states to represent candidates at the Iowa caucus or on the ground in the
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – DeSantis’s claim that trans kids can flee to CA and get care without their parents gets it wrong
“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moderna Did NOT ‘Confirm’ That Its mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Cancer
Did Moderna admit that its COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer? No, that's not true: Moderna made no such admission that its COVID mRNA vaccines are contaminated, nor that that they cause cancer or birth defects. There is no publicly avai
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Army-Navy football crowd didn’t chant anti-Joe Biden vulgarity. This video is altered.
"Massive f— Joe Biden chant breaks out at Army/Navy game.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Obama Family By The Ocean NOT Taken At ‘Epstein Island’ — The Striped Building Was Added
Did Barack and Michelle Obama visit "Epstein Island" and pose for a photo with their daughters with the iconic and blue and white striped building of Epstein Island in the background? No, that's not true: This photo has been altered to ad
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video footage from the 2023 Army-Navy game was altered to add anti-Biden chant
CLAIM: A video shows the crowd at this year’s Army-Navy football game chanting “F--- Joe Biden.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Crowd At Army/Navy Football Game Did NOT Shout ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ — New Audio Was Dubbed In
Did the crowd at the December 9, 2023, Army/Navy football game chant "Fuck Joe Biden"? No, that's not true: The cadets and midshipmen shouted no such thing. The original audio was removed and new audio was dubbed in. The claim appeared in
The Dispatch→ Joe Biden’s Hunter Problem
Plus: Trump has a ‘commanding’ lead in the latest Iowa Poll.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, a woman mourning her deceased infant son is not holding a 'doll’
Video shows woman embracing and kissing “a doll,” evidence of “Hamas street theater propaganda exposed.”
Full Fact→ Photo of ‘missing dad with dementia’ is actually US taxi driver who died in 2022
Posts on Facebook desperately appealing for help finding a missing father with dementia are fake.
Logically→ Viral images of children in Gaza holding cats are AI-generated
The Dispatch→ Let Me Be CLEAR
Private security screening isn’t the problem with our airports, it’s merely a response to those problems.
Logically→ ತೆಲಂಗಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಗೆದ್ದ ನಂತರ ತ್ರಿವರ್ಣ ಧ್ವಜದ ಮೇಲೆ ಇಸ್ಲಾಮಿಕ್ ಪಠ್ಯವನ್ನು ಬರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲು ೨೦೨೨ರ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ 2022 నాటి వీడియో షేర్ చేసి తెలంగాణ కాంగ్రెస్ విజయం తరువాత ఇస్లాం మత వ్యాఖ్యలతో కూడిన త్రివర్ణ పతాకాన్ని ఎగరవేశారని క్లైమ్ చేశారు
The Dispatch→ Antisemitism Beleaguers the Ivies
Harvard, Penn, and MIT face the fallout of their presidents’ disastrous congressional testimonies.
Logically→ তেলেংগানাত কংগ্ৰেছৰ বিজয়ৰ পিছত ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় পতাকাত আৰবীত কালিমা লিখা বুলি পুৰণি ভিডিঅ’ প্ৰচাৰিত
Logically→ 2018 video of Mount Sinabung shared as recent volcanic eruption at Mount Merapi
Logically→ एडिटेड वीडियो को नारायण मूर्ति द्वारा निवेश मंच ‘क्वांटम एआई’ का समर्थन करने के रूप में शेयर किया गया
Washington Post→ A timeline of the tangled life, career and legal woes of Hunter Biden
Here are key moments in the life and career of the president’s son, who has drawn the attention of lawmakers and prosecutors.
Logically→ Deepfakes of Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Bachchan used to promote Telegram scam
Logically→ Manipulerad bild påstås visa Greta Thunberg posera med antisemitisk bok