German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was “stunned” by the devastation caused by the flooding and pledged support to the families of those killed and to cities and towns facing significant damage.
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Snopes→ Eiffel Tower Reopens; COVID Passes Required As of Next Week
Its reopening comes four days after President Emmanuel Macron announced new measures aimed at warding off a fourth surge.
Full Fact→ No evidence Rife machines can cure all cancers
A post on social media claims that Raymond Rife created a device that could “cure over 5000 diseases including all cancers, infections and more” and asks “why aren’t we using it”? This claim is not proven. Cancer Research
Full Fact→ Figure of 100,000 children missing from school is out of date
“Almost 100,000 ‘ghost children’ have not returned to school since the start of the Covid pandemic”. Evening Standard , 13 July 2021. An Evening Standard article claims that “almost 100,000 ‘ghost children&rsq
Washington Post→ Four Pinocchios for Ron Johnson’s campaign of vaccine misinformation
The Republican senator is a one-man misinformation campaign on the coronavirus, undeterred by fact checks, federal health agencies, medical experts or scientific studies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dialing 112 Does NOT Get ‘A Direct Link To State Trooper Info’ And Does NOT Apply To All 50 States
Does dialing 112 provide a direct link to "state trooper info," and does it apply to all 50 states in North America? No, that's not true: 911 is the official local and nationwide emergency number in the United States, while 112 is a globa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hallmark Cards Are NOT All Made In China, And American Greetings Cards Are NOT All Made In Ohio
Are all Hallmark cards made in China and all American Greetings cards made in Ohio? No, that's partly false: About 70% of Hallmark's cards are made in the United States, with about 30% made in China, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. American Greeti
Snopes→ Los Angeles County to Require Masks Indoors, Virus Cases Rising
A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation’s largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County’s public health officer said.
Snopes→ Over 60 Dead, Dozens Missing As Severe Floods Strike Europe
More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Giant Kittens Napping Is NOT A Mural — It’s Digital Art
Does this picture show a man walking past a super-realistic mural painted on a building featuring two kittens napping? No, that's not true: This is not a mural on a building. This image is part of a digital art series by Andrey Shcherbak.
Truth or Fiction?→ Facebook’s Reshuffling of Data Tool Worries Researchers and Collaborators
A New York Times column on Facebook’s actions against the data analysis tool CrowdTangle prompted concern from both independent researchers and at least one group collaborating with the platform. According to Kevin Roose, a tech columnist for the
FactCheck.org→ CDC Data Thus Far Show COVID-19 Vaccination Safe During Pregnancy
SciCheck Digest Federal vaccine monitoring systems have identified no safety concerns with the COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant people. Preliminary Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show that miscarriage is not more frequent than expected
Truth or Fiction?→ Were Cooks the Largest Occupational Group to Die in the Pandemic?
On July 14 2021, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming, in part, that “cooks were the largest occupational group to die in a pandemic”: I wish Anthony Bourdain were alive today to articulate the insanity of living in a cou
FactCheck.org→ Meme Spreads Falsehood About Vaccine Transfer Through Eating Meat
SciCheck Digest Livestock and poultry are not being vaccinated against COVID-19. But a meme is spreading the falsehood that those who eat meat from vaccinated animals will get “VAXXED” by consuming the meat. That simply isn’t possible
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Incoming Solar Storm — It Has Already Passed
Is a solar storm coming to Earth, so dangerous that it could impact GPS, the internet and satellites? No, that's not true: a solar storm has already come -- on July 3, 2021, -- and gone, according to NASA. It did briefly impact radio comm
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘This Picture Was Taken in 1925, Of a Girl Visiting Her Twin Sisters Grave’
On July 14 2021, a Facebook account shared the following image and explanation to a Facebook group; it purportedly showed an image taken in 1925 of a girl at a cemetery visiting the grave of her deceased twin sister: This picture was taken in 1925. It
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taxing Churches Would NOT Mean Everyone Would Only Pay 3% Of Their Taxes
Would taxing churches in the U.S. result in taxpayers paying only around 3% of what they pay now? No, that's not true: Although religious institutions may receive an estimated $71 billion in tax exemptions, the 3% statistic does not appea
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective but don’t prevent the disease completely; unvaccinated people place themselves and others at risk as a reservoir for virus spread
REVIEW In early July 2021, this meme claiming that “a vaccinated person might get sick from the virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated” went viral on social media platforms. The meme received more than 65,000 interacti
Full Fact→ No evidence three presidents died because they refused vaccines for their nations
A meme shared on Facebook features actor John Krasinski in The Office with a whiteboard with edited text, which says: “3 countries refused the covid vaccine”, followed by: “Now all 3 of their presidents have died unexpectedly”.
Full Fact→ This isn’t a real image of the Northern Lights from space
An image claiming to show the Northern Lights from space has been going viral on Facebook. The post says the image comes “courtesy of NASA” which is true. But the image is not a real photo from space but a computer generation. As Snop
Poynter→ Here are Twitter’s most prolific citizen fact-checkers
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. Watchers on your wall Ryan, a college student without a journalism backgroun
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Meme Does NOT Correctly Describe Reasons For Vaccination Against COVID
Do people need to "remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from the virus they got vaccinated against because you're not vaccinated"? No, that's not true. Mocking public health advice, this meme leaves out the pri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eagles Do NOT Live To 70, Break Own Beaks, Pluck Selves Naked
Do middle-aged Bald Eagles go into isolation for 150 days, break their own beaks and pluck out all their feathers to regenerate themselves to live to the age of 70? No, that's not true: The oldest documented Bald Eagle was 38. Raptor expe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Peanut Butter Packaged ‘Loose’ Is NOT From Canada
Does this photo of bulk peanut butter packaged on plastic foam trays and covered with plastic wrap show how peanut butter is packaged and sold in Canada? No, that's not true: This photo shows bulk peanut butter for sale in an unnamed shop
FactCheck.org→ Barr Disputes U.S. Attorney’s Vote Fraud Claim
Former President Donald Trump says a former U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was forbidden by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate voter fraud in the presidential election. Barr says that’s false. A day after making the claim, Trump releas
FactCheck.org→ Baseless Conspiracy Theory Follows Deaths of Haitian President, Other National Leaders
SciCheck Digest Following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, social media posts baselessly suggest that he and other world leaders were killed or died because they opposed COVID-19 vaccination in their countries. All the leaders nam
Truth or Fiction?→ National Kool Aid Day 2021 and Mike Lindell’s ‘Trump Return’ Claim
On July 14 2021, a graphic appeared on Imgur claiming that MyPillow chief executive officer Mike Lindell says that former United States President Donald Trump will be “reinstated” as president despite resoundingly losing to Democratic Par
The Dispatch→ Did the White House Suggest Cuban Protests Were Only About Vaccines and U.S. Sanctions?
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Friendly Roast in 2015,’ ‘HRC Being Roasted’
In July 2021, a TikTok video was shared to Facebook, bearing the labels “Friendly Roast in 2015” and “HRC Being Roasted” — purportedly showing former U.S. President Donald Trump “roasting” former Democratic pre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Will NOT Lose Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) When ‘Everything Opens Back Up’
Will COVID-19 vaccines lose emergency use authorization (EUA) when "there is no longer an emergency and everything opens back up"? No, that's not true: That's not how the process works. Whether or not a drug has an EUA is not dependent on
Full Fact→ What has the Prime Minister said about the booing of England players?
“Does he now regret failing to condemn those who booed England players for standing up to racism?” Keir Starmer, 14 July 2021. We made it absolutely clear that no one should boo the England team Boris Johnson, 14 July 2021. People have di
Full Fact→ The Pfizer vaccine isn’t 99% graphene oxide
There have been multiple claims made online which say that the Pfizer vaccine contains 99% graphene oxide, a substance which is derived from graphite. The claims originate from a Spanish study and have been circulating in English (across the UK and the
Full Fact→ Nine in 10 girls did not say they’d been sent explicit images
Nine in 10 school-age girls are being subjected to indecent exposure on their phones, their iPads and computers. Maria Miller, 7 July 2021. During Prime Minister’s Questions last week, and on Twitter, the Conservative MP Maria Miller misinterpre
Logically→ The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduces your life expectancy by five to ten years.
There is no scientific evidence to prove that mRNA vaccines impact life expectancy.Randomized controlled trials, including thousands of people, found the mRNA vaccine to be safe and effective. In addition, there is no evidence to suggest tha
Full Fact→ New study estimates mask wearing could cut R number by 25%, not 0.25
“There’s a recent study from the University of Bristol that says wearing a face covering by large numbers of people can reduce the R rate by around 0.25.” Andy Burnham, 13 July 2021. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham was asked
Truth or Fiction?→ Anti-Vaccine Disinformation Campaign Echoes ‘Doctor’s Plot’ Rhetoric
An ongoing medical disinformation campaign took a sharp turn in July 2021, when right-wing commentators and politicians pivoted to direct attacks against continued efforts by the Biden administration to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Joe Biden’s Green Shirt Vaccine Pushing Shock Troops’ Confronted
Does a video show "Joe Biden's green shirt vaccine pushing shock troops" being confronted on camera? No, that's not true. The video has nothing to do with the COVID-19 vaccine. The video shows workers from a construction company and is la
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Victoria’s Secret Meltdown’ Video
“Get away from me” trended on Twitter on July 13 2021, after a woman named Ijeoma Ukenta filmed a bizarre encounter with a woman named Abigail Elphick in a New Jersey Victoria’s Secret store. Ukenta first shared a multi-part video of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wolf Pack Order Is NOT As Described In Viral Photo — The Picture Is From A 2011 Documentary On Wolves Hunting Bison
Does this caption accurately describe the social structure of a wolf pack that happened to be photographed moving single file through the snow? No, that's not true: This is an allegorical caption that uses the image of a wolf pack to deli
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Lauren Boebert Did NOT Receive A PPP Loan For Her Restaurant
Did U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, who has made disparaging remarks about government assistance, receive a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for her restaurant Shooters Grill? No, that's not true: a restaurant with a similar name as the C