Quick Take On June 8, a bipartisan group of senators released a report on the security and intelligence failures related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The report did not “single out” former President Donald Trump “for inci
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Health Feedback→ Fauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
REVIEW On 1 June 2021, Washington Post and Buzzfeed News published reports on several thousands of emails sent by Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The emails, sent during the first half o
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson was broadly right about aid spending
Under this government, we’ve spent more [on overseas aid], and we continue to spend more than Labour ever did. Boris Johnson, 9 June 2021. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister said that this government has spent more on aid than Labour governments d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Draft Research About Hydroxychloroquine As COVID-19 Drug Does NOT Yet Warrant Calling It A Cure
Does a draft research paper refute the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban on using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, and does it prove the anti-malarial is a life-saving drug for COVID-19 patients? No, that's not yet true: The web
Snopes→ Biden to Lay out COVID-19 Vax Donations, Urge World Leaders to Join
President Joe Biden will outline plans for the U.S. to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses around the globe over the next year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marjorie Taylor Greene Did NOT Say ‘People Are Dying Who Have Never Died Before’
Did Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene make the statement: "People are dying who have never died before"? No, that's not true: It first appeared in a 1930 Ernest Hemingway letter. A search of press coverage and social media reveals no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Major GOP Members Trump, Pence, Manafort, McConnell Were NOT Born 9 Months After Purported UFO Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico
Were Republican Party leaders Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Paul Manafort and Mitch McConnell born nine months after a purported UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947? No, that's not true: Although some of the four Republican Party memb
Snopes→ Federal Probe: Protest Was Not Broken Up Due to Trump Photo Op
An internal government investigation has determined that the decision to forcibly clear racial justice protesters from an area in front of the White House last summer was not influenced by then-President Donald Trump's plan to stage a Bible-toting phot
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Studies Put The Rate Of Officer-Perpetrated Domestic Violence Between 5% and 40%
Are 40% of cops "domestic abusers"? Yes, according to one old study, that's true, but other studies found the percentage was much lower. Estimates ranged between 5% and 40%, and challenges around collecting accurate data abound. The claim
Snopes→ Man Stuck for Days Inside Giant Fan at California Vineyard
The man was discovered by a deputy responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle parked near the winery.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The International Space Station Does NOT Have A ‘Floppy Door’ On It
Does the International Space Station (ISS) have a "floppy door" going from the inside of the station to outer space? No, that's not true: according to a spokesperson from NASA, the "door" this video focuses on is the thermal cover for the
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Average Jeans Colors Per State’ Map
On June 8 2021, an Imgur account shared a map chart meme titled “Average Jeans Color per State,” captioned “beware of internet facts,” a message we strongly endorse: Underneath the map (apparently shared to Tumblr), comments f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John D. Rockefeller Did NOT Write A ‘Masonic Creed’ Explaining How To Control The Masses
Did industrial tycoon and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller pen a Masonic creed that gave instructions to the world's elite on how to control the masses? No, that's not true: No evidence of such a creed attributed to Rockefeller exists,
Full Fact→ There’s no evidence Covid-19 vaccines make the disease worse
An article on the website Conservative Woman has set out concerns that the Covid-19 vaccines may worsen Covid-19 in some vaccinated people, through a process known as “antibody dependant enhancement”. Antibody dependant enhancement (A
Snopes→ Cicadas Foil Timely Takeoff of Press Plane for Biden UK Trip
Reporters traveling to the United Kingdom for President Joe Biden's first overseas trip were delayed seven hours after their chartered plane was overrun by cicadas.
Snopes→ The US Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins
Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation.
Logically→ Washington state provides free marijuana to encourage residents to get vaccinated.
To boost the vaccination drive in the U.S, LCB stated that anyone over the age of 21 who gets vaccinated by July 12 would receive a pre-rolled joint.
Snopes→ About That Rumor The Queen Abducted Indigenous Children in Kamloops, Canada
A discovery of the unmarked graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School brought up a years-old rumor.
FactCheck.org→ SciCheck on the Radio
FactCheck.org Managing Editor Lori Robertson discussed several of our recent SciCheck articles on the public radio show “Conversations on Health Care.” See the audio clips below and links to our full articles for more information. Vaccinati
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Before You Diagnose Yourself With Depression or Low Self-Esteem …’ Quote
On June 8 2021, an Imgur user shared a quote-based image, attributing “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes” to Sigmund Freud: Although the
Snopes→ Man Uses His Booming Voice to Combat Phone Scammers
After covering spam and scams for more than 25 years, we were delighted to see how Roy Baker Jr. shut down an incoming call from potential phone scammers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 174 Batches Of Ballots Were NOT Missing In Fulton County, Georgia, Vote Count
Were 174 batches of ballots missing in the Fulton County, Georgia, vote count? No, that's not true: A spokeswoman for the county said no ballots were missing. A clip making the claim did not provide any sourcing to support it. The claim a
Snopes→ Vinyl Records Surge During Pandemic, Keeping Sales Spinning
Vinyl record sales surged during the pandemic as music lovers fattened their collections, and audio cassettes began a comeback as well, keeping business spinning at record stores.
Truth or Fiction?→ Michael Jackson’s Instagram Pronouns
On June 7 2021, the Facebook page “Musick Puns & Memes” shared a May 2021 Twitter screenshot, suggesting that late entertainer Michael Jackson’s Instagram pronouns were changed to “he/he”: Who updated Michael Jackso
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden DID Refer To ‘Bullets’ As ‘Clips’ — But He Immediately Corrected Himself
Did Joe Biden incorrectly refer to bullets as "clips" during a 2019 campaign rally in New Hampshire? Yes -- but he immediately corrected himself. A post that cites Biden's partial remarks at a November 8, 2019, rally is missing context: a
Snopes→ Is Walmart Going Bagless on July 1?
Walmart has implemented some bagless initiatives over the years.
Snopes→ Internet Down: Dozens of Major Sites Offline After Cloud Outage
Dozens of websites, from the New York Times to Reddit to the U.K. government's homepage, are down due to an outage at cloud service Fastly.
Health Feedback→ Byram Bridle’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines are toxic fails to account for key differences between the spike protein produced during infection and vaccination, misrepresents studies
REVIEW In late May 2021, the claim that COVID-19 vaccines could cause blood vessel damage to vaccinated people went viral on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter. Many posts and articles (see examples here, and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence 920 Women Lost Their Unborn Babies After Getting Vaccinated
Did 920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated? No, there's no evidence that's true: A post making the claim says the data is from the United Kingdom but does not cite a source. It further claims that 571 women in the Uni
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Decoy Flares Shot From A Plane Are NOT A Ceremonial Salute, Aircraft Is NOT ‘Angel Flight’
Are there special airplanes called "Angel Flight" that bring fallen soldiers home, and do those aircraft shoot a flare salute designed to resemble an angel? No, that's not true: This is a photo of a plane firing decoy flares. This is inte
Truth or Fiction?→ Foreign Influence Agents Goaded Trump Forums After U.S. Elections, Researchers Say
Foreign agents — particularly those working from or on behalf of Russia — were active on Donald Trump-themed forums in the weeks and months leading up to the January 6 2021 coup attempt at the United States Capitol, a new report says. Accor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 31,000 People Have NOT Died From mRNA Vaccines
Have 31,000 people died from messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines? No, that's not true: The first mRNA vaccines approved for use in humans are two of the COVID-19 vaccines, which had not been causally linked to any deaths at the time of writing,
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Fireflies Photographed in Trees with Long Time Exposure’
A Facebook post purportedly showing “fireflies photographed in trees with long time exposure” was shared on May 28 2021 to the Facebook group “Weird, Fantastic, Beautiful and Odd,” but soon spread outside its confines: In that
Full Fact→ A magnet won’t stick to a glass vaccine vial
A video on Facebook shows a magnet sticking to a glass vial containing a clear solution and what appear to be small metallic objects. The video has been shared hundreds of times and bears a similarity to viral videos in which people who have rece
Snopes→ Justice Dept. Says It’ll No Longer Seize Reporters’ Records
The practice received renewed scrutiny over the past month as Justice Department officials alerted reporters that their phone records had been obtained during the Trump administration.
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts, Pundits Distort Fauci Emails
SciCheck Digest Thousands of pages of redacted emails to and from Dr. Anthony Fauci are now publicly available, thanks to journalists’ Freedom of Information Act requests. Some of those messages have been distorted in viral posts, particularly ab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Starbucks Location Did NOT Post Sign Announcing It Was Closed To ‘Educate White People’
Did a Starbucks in downtown Denver post a sign in their window that told customers it was closed to "educate white people about their racism"? No, that's not true: That sign is a doctored image that mocks racial bias training Starbucks ho
Snopes→ Bargain Hunters Pounce as Trump Condo Prices Hit Decade Lows
Bargain hunters are swooping in to take advantage of prices in Trump buildings that have dropped to levels not seen in over a decade.
FactCheck.org→ Understanding Pennsylvania’s Proposed Bill on Handling Fetal Remains
Q: Did Pennsylvania lawmakers vote to “fine” women who miscarry? A: No. But a bill proposes to mandate that health care providers bury or cremate fetal remains, regardless of when or how the pregnancy ends. Experts say such requirements
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Militarized Robot– It’s A World’s Fair Animatronic Caveman
Does this photo show a humanoid robot and has it already been "perfected"? Furthermore, does this photo show military technology that's "ancient" and has been "militarized against the masses"? No, that's not true: This photo appeared in t