Twitter’s permanent removal of outgoing United States President Donald Trump on January 8 2021 created extensive discourse and discussions about the limit of speech in the country; among sub-threads was a claim that his favorite social media pl
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FactCheck.org→ Viral Tweet Distorts Facts on Consequences of Impeachment
Quick Take A viral tweet that migrated to Facebook distorts the facts on the consequences of a potential, second impeachment of President Donald Trump. Impeachment alone would not strip Trump of his pension or bar him from pursuing office in the future
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These 57 Counties Are NOT ‘Needed’ To Win The Electoral College
Are these 57 counties of thousands in the United States "needed" to win the Electoral College? No, that's misleading: A map showing 14 states that include 57 populous counties as a potential path to 270 Electoral College votes is not corr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 3,150 People Were NOT ‘Paralyzed’ After Receiving A COVID-19 Vaccine
Were 3,150 people "paralyzed" after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: That figure represents the number of people who reported a health impact event. Such an event is defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Would NOT Lose Lifetime Benefits If Impeached — He’d Also Have To Be Convicted And Removed
Would President Donald Trump lose lifetime benefits if impeached? No, that's not true: To lose such benefits, he'd also have to be convicted and removed from office. Impeachment is a process. The House of Representatives first votes on ar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Pardons Office Is NOT Offering Pardons To ‘Patriots’ Involved In Capitol Insurrection
Is the White House pardons office soliciting Trump supporters involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection to apply for presidential pardons? No, that's not true: Parler posts posing as being from White House pardons attorneys we
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tear Gas WAS Used Against Mob At The U.S. Capitol
Did police withhold tear gas when insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: There has been criticism of the police response to the rioters and the chief of Capitol police resigned in the a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Stefan Serafini,’ An Alleged Foreign Service Officer, Did NOT Work With Barack Obama, Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi And Others To Rig The 2020 Election
Did "Stefan Serafini," a purported foreign service officer in Rome, work with Barack Obama, former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and others to rig the 2020 election? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support the internatio
Full Fact→ A satirical caption in a South African newspaper under a picture of a British woman getting the vaccine has caused confusion
A post on Facebook claims that the same picture of an elderly woman being vaccinated has been captioned as being both a woman in Manchester called Joan and a woman called Susan in South Africa. The original image was taken on 17 December 2020. It shows
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eight Years Were NOT Lost When the Gregorian Calendar Was Unveiled in the 1500s, Mayan Calendar Apocalypse NOT Foretold
Were eight years lost when the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582, meaning that the global apocalypse supposedly foretold in the Mayan calendar for 2012 actually was supposed to happen in 2020? No, that's not true: Only 10 days wer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eight Years Were NOT Lost When the Gregorian Calendar Was Unveiled in the 1500s, Mayan Calendar Apocalypse NOT Foretold
Were eight years lost when the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582, meaning that the global apocalypse supposedly foretold in the Mayan calendar for 2012 actually was supposed to happen in 2020? No, that's not true: Only 10 days wer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Is NOT Flying 1776 Flag, NOT Calling For Revolution
Is the White House flying a 1776 flag as a signal from President Trump for a revolution? No, that's not true: This is a photo from 2019 and not a signal to revolt. This post comes as many Trump supporters are descending on Washington, D.C
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Hospital Surges Are NOT Just Like Flu Season Hospital Surges
Are COVID-19 hospital surges just like flu season hospital surges? No, that's not true: The COVID-19 burden is significantly higher. At least 758,261 hospitalizations for COVID-19 have occurred so far in the United States, and that figure
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All Washington, D.C. Residents Can NOT Now Register to Receive The COVID-19 Vaccine
Can all Washington, D.C. residents now register to receive the COVID-19 Vaccine? No, that's not true: Washington, D.C. is in Phase 1A of its vaccination program, where priority is given to health care workers, including those in acute ca
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT A 2020 National Geographic Photo Of The Star of Bethlehem
Did National Geographic send a photographer to northern Alaska to capture this photo of the Star of Bethlehem in December of 2020? No, that's not true: This image has been circulating online since at least 2014 and is not credited to Nati
The Dispatch→ Will Those Who Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Be Injected With a Microchip?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT A NASA Photo Of A Solar Eclipse
Was this photo of a total solar eclipse taken by NASA on December 14, 2020? No, that's not true: While there was a total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020, which cast a shadow on a narrow band of the southern end of South America, visibl
Full Fact→ 2020, the year QAnon aligned with the UK’s fears
In late Summer of 2020, amidst an ease of lockdown, protesters marched through central London apparently in aid of abused children. The congregation travelled through the city, eventually settling at Buckingham Palace, where, in a now-viral moment, gr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘New Stimulus Bill’ Does NOT Include Funding For The Smithsonian, Kennedy Center And More — That Funding Is Part Of $1.4 Trillion Government Spending Deal
Does the "new stimulus bill" include funding for the Smithsonian, Kennedy Center and more? No, that's not true: Funds for the Smithsonian and other cultural institutions were not part of the $900 billion COVID stimulus and relief package.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Instagram Government Surveillance Fears Based on Misunderstood Meaning of ‘Masks’
Did Instagram institute a new set of policies on December 20, 2020, that remarkably changed the way the platform operates and that opens users up to a type of surveillance never seen before? No, that's not true: Instagram's new terms of s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The CDC Did NOT Post A Tweet Encouraging Shoplifting
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) post a tweet encouraging people to shoplift to slow the spread of COVID-19? No, that's not true: This is a fabricated image of a tweet. tweet "does not come from our Twitter account
Truth or Fiction?→ Far Right News Organizations Issue Statements, Admit ‘No Evidence’ Exists to Support Wall-to-Wall Coverage of Election Fraud
Far right propaganda purveyors like Newsmax, One America News Network, and certain Fox personalities became hot topics after the November 3 2020 election, when they captured a significant number of former Fox News viewers thanks to their regular ̶
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chiropractor NOT Correct In Saying COVID Vaccine Is Supposed To Lessen Symptoms, But Not Stop Spread
Is the COVID-19 vaccine only supposed to lessen symptoms, but not stop the spread of infection? No, that's not true: The claim is made without evidence nor reference to scientific research and is being spread by a chiropractor. Chiropract
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 Surge Is NOT A ‘No-Show’: Numbers Increased In Most U.S. States
Did the post-Thanksgiving surge in COVID-19 cases after people traveled and gathered in groups -- which was predicted by Dr. Anthony Fauci and other health officials had warned would happen -- end up being a 'no-show'? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Six People Died During Pfizer’s COVID-19 Trial But NOT From The Vaccine; FDA Is Monitoring Developments Closely
Did six people die during Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine trial and is the FDA "not concerned"? Yes and no: Six participants died during the trial, but not from the vaccine. Of the six, just two were given the vaccine. The other four participan
Snopes→ Did Scientists Recover ‘Extraterrestrial Material’ from Asteroid 190 Million Miles from Earth?
It would be the world’s first sample of a gaseous material from deep space.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Instagram Is NOT Deleting Fan Pages On December 20, 2020
Is Instagram deleting fan pages on December 20? No, that's not true: A rumor has gone viral that the social media network would be getting rid of celebrity fan pages, with the rumors creating panic for the users who run accounts for their
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NOT Anything Fake About This Type Of ‘Needle’
Does this video show a fake or faulty leaky syringe? No, that's not true: This style of medical syringe has a retractable needle for safety. It is designed to retract the needle into the barrel of the syringe after use, and this helps pro
Full Fact→ Survey doesn’t show voters ditching Conservatives over bike lanes
“We will ditch Boris Johnson over bike lanes, say 27 percent of Tory voters.” The Mail on Sunday, 13 December 2020. The Mail on Sunday has reported the results of a survey which claimed that 27% of people who voted Conservative at the last
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Confirm Earth ‘Will Go Dark’ For Six Days In December
Did NASA confirm that the Earth "will go dark" for six days, starting on December 16, 2020? No, that's not true: A NASA spokeswoman described the claim as a common hoax. Lead Stories staff in the Pacific and Eastern time zones looked out
Full Fact→ Putting outsourced contact tracing spend in context
“Test and Trace is costing £22 billion – more than the policing and fire service combined – and yet according to the NAO, up to September only £785 million was allocated to local council public health teams. Jonathan Ashw
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These 33 ‘professionals’ Are NOT Correct About The COVID Pandemic, Death Rates, Vaccine Safety And Flu Comparison
Is it true that the novel coronavirus has not crossed borders, that 2020 death rates are not higher than an average year, that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe and ineffective and that COVID is no more lethal and infectious than the flu? No,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Comments Made In The Year 1957’ List Has A History, But Not Back To The ’50s
Does this collection of comments date back to 1955 or 1957? No, that's not true: These 20 quips do harken to an earlier time but they do not trace all the way back to the 1950s. This contrived collection of comments seems to have been a p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cyber Analyst Did NOT Prove Dominion Software Used In Antrim County, Michigan Was Designed For Fraud
Did a computer analyst prove voting software used in Antrim County, Michigan was designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud? No, that's not true: The expert making the claims has not been put under oath nor cross-examined, pro
Truth or Fiction?→ Is a ‘Firefly’ Reboot Coming To Disney+?
On December 15 2020, rumors of a purported Disney+ Firefly “reboot” that was refashioned to be “family-friendly” spread on social media, with fans of the show registering opinions about the what that might mean: We have ex
Full Fact→ Why are people not self-isolating?
“Research conducted for the Department of Health found that only 11% of people asked to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace have done so.” Annaliese Dodds MP, 17 November 2020 “It is estimated that only about 11% of people self-isol
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Supreme Court Is NOT Granting Trump 34 More Electoral College Votes
Did the Supreme Court issue a decision granting Donald Trump 34 more electoral votes than originally tabulated following the general election? No, that's not true: This is a satirical post. The Supreme Court issued no such ruling nor did
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Real UFO With Aliens Was NOT Caught On Camera In Saudi Arabia
Was a real UFO with Aliens filmed in Saudi Arabia? No, that's not true: This video was edited to add the fictional silver spacecraft and alien humanoid in a desert landscape. It's clear this video is the result of editing as the lighting
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Chief Justice John Roberts On Jeffrey Epstein’s Island
Does a photo show Chief Justice John Roberts swimming with Bill Clinton on Jeffrey Epstein's private island? No, that's not true: The image used to support the claim that Roberts visited Epstein's private island was taken at a resort in t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Homemade Chemical Mixtures And FDA-Approved Vaccines Are NOT Comparable
Are chemical mixtures made at home comparable to vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? No, that's not true: Vaccines, which mostly consist of weakened or killed viruses or bacteria to boost the body's immune re