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Poynter→ Fauci and HHS officials are not ‘plotting’ for a new flu virus to force vaccinations
Social media users are sharing a claim that — in a C-SPAN video of a public presentation — Dr. Anthony Fauci and other federal Health and Human Services Department officials plotted for a new flu virus. The conservative Gateway Pundit website made
Snopes→ Jan. 6 Panel Moves Against Steve Bannon, Sets Contempt Vote
A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection moved aggressively against close Trump adviser Steve Bannon, swiftly scheduling a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against the former White House aide after he defied a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: South Africa’s Highest Court Has NOT Yet Taken Up The ‘Show Us The Virus’ Case — And May Never
Is South Africa's highest court "set to free the continent from the new world order and the central bank" when they issue a decision on a case filed by Ricardo Maarman on September 27, 2021? No, that's not true: This headline prematurely
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ben Shapiro Did NOT Tweet About His ‘Wife’s Bedroom’ In Columbus Day Message — It’s A Fake Tweet
Did conservative commentator Ben Shapiro tweet that his wife sleeps in her own bedroom in a Columbus Day message? No, that's not true: A tweet allegedly by Shapiro that claimed his daughter "went into my wife's bedroom," is a fake satiric
FactCheck.org→ Partisan Claims About Flight Cancellations Lack Evidence
SciCheck Digest Southwest Airlines’ flight cancellations fueled partisan claims over the weekend that transportation workers were protesting COVID-19 vaccine requirements and causing the cancellations. But there’s no evidence that workers s
Truth or Fiction?→ NRCC Fundraising Text
On October 13 2021, a bizarre fundraising text that was apparently from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was shared to Twitter by journalist Andrew Solender: These NRCC fundraising texts are getting intense pic.twitter.com/2Sm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congress’ Infrastructure Act Does NOT Include 61% Death Tax On Wealth, Estates For Every American
Does Congress' infrastructure bill include a 61% death tax on an individual's entire accumulated wealth and estate? No, that's not true: The American Families Plan designed by the Biden administration proposed two tax increases that sugge
FactCheck.org→ GOP Group’s Ad Spins Biden Tax Plan on Family Farms
A Republican group’s TV ad falsely claims that President Joe Biden’s tax plans would force the sale of family farms passed on to children due to burdensome taxes. The policy proposed by Biden would tax heirs on the gain in value for assets such as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Shaking A Mobile Phone Does NOT Inadvertently Send Friends To ‘Facebook Jail’
Did Facebook add a new feature that allows users to "shake phone to report a problem" and is this resulting in people accidentally and unknowingly reporting their friend's posts -- which is then causing their friend to be sent to "Faceboo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Post Claiming ‘Joe Biden Declares Mandatory Vaccination for ALL Americans by October 30’ Leads To Porn Page
Is an article headlined 'Joe Biden Declares Mandatory Vaccination for ALL Americans by October 30' a real story? No, that's not true: Clicking on the link takes you to an obscene photo of senior citizen sex. It was created by a fake news
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘If the United States Had Managed to Keep Its Covid Death Rate on Par with Canada, the U.S. Would Have About 467,000 Fewer Covid Deaths Today’
On October 14 2021, the following screenshot of a tweet by New York Times correspondent Mike Baker appeared on Imgur, in which he purportedly contrasted the COVID-19 mortality rate in Canada with that of the United States: Primarily, Baker indicated t
Full Fact→ World leaders will not get Tesla cars at COP26
Posts have been shared on social media which claim that 20 Tesla cars have been bought to transport conference delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, also known as COP26. The posts state that as the hotel that the delegat
Full Fact→ Social media post appears to overstate risk of vaccine blood clots
A post on Facebook appears to compare reported Covid-19 vaccine side effects with mild symptoms of the virus itself. Although it doesn’t explicitly mention Covid-19 vaccination, the post seems to weigh up the pros and cons, claiming that “s
Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines still don’t contain graphene oxide
A post on Instagram claims graphene oxide is in vaccines and can cause clotting and myocardial issues among other ailments. The suggestion is that this refers to the Covid-19 vaccines. As we have written before, the Covid-19 vaccines currently in
Full Fact→ A ‘Guardian’ headline about the Insulate Britain protests is fake
A fake screenshot about the Insulate Britain protests has been widely shared on Facebook, and on Twitter. The image seems to show a Guardian article with the headline: “Ambulance carrying Insulate Britain protestor - who was beaten up by angry mo
Health Feedback→ Several laboratories in Spain have cultured and isolated the virus SARS-CoV-2; the claim that the virus doesn’t exist is false
REVIEW On 8 October 2021 a video published by The Charlie Ward Show claimed that Spain’s health minister had admitted in court that COVID-19 does not exist. The video received more than 3,000 interactions on Facebook, including 2,000 shares, a
Poynter→ An image of a map doesn’t show hundreds of ‘sitting’ ships waiting to dock at US ports
Amid a real-world supply chain backlog at the Port of Los Angeles, social media users are sharing images of maps that appear to show hordes of vessels idling in ocean waters, waiting to dock. “All sitting ships… I don’t care what y’al
Washington Post→ Youngkin, McAuliffe target each other with false attack ads
Both campaigns are targeting voters with ads that use partisan reports to make bogus claims.
Full Fact→ UK public as concerned by the spread of misinformation as immigration and Brexit and the EU
Our research found that the UK public is as concerned by the spread of misinformation as it is by issues such as immigration and Brexit. Our data shows levels of public concern were comparable to fair wages and low pay, crime, law and order, Brexit, th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Recorded Phone Call Does NOT Negate FDA Approval Of Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 Vaccine
Did Pfizer "admit" there is no vaccine approved by the Food & Drug Administration for use in the United States in a recorded phone call? No, that is a misrepresentation. The FDA granted approval on August 23, 2021, of the vaccine know
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Cargo Ship Backlog Is NOT Inconsequential And The U.S. DOES Make Products
If products were made in the United States, would the U.S. cargo ship backlog -- spurred in part by the COVID-19 pandemic -- be inconsequential? No, that's not true: Not only does the U.S. produce its fair share of products, but trade is
Snopes→ Aim to Ease Supply Chain Bottlenecks with LA Port Going 24/7
The White House said it has helped broker an agreement for the Port of Los Angeles to become a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation.
The Dispatch→ Does the Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine Contained Aborted Fetal Cells?
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Truth or Fiction?→ Tetris and Trauma
On October 11 2021, screenshots of a Twitter thread about the classic video puzzle game Tetris purportedly reducing trauma after distressing events spread all over platforms like Facebook and Imgur: Tetris may help with trauma Originally, Twitter ac
Health Feedback→ Vaccination enhances immunity in people who previously had COVID-19; little evidence for claim that the Amish community in Lancaster County, PA, have herd immunity
REVIEW A transcript of a report on the show “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson”, published on 10 October 2021, contained several claims about how the Amish community of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have coped with COVID-19. The Amish are an Am
The Dispatch→ Did Kamala Harris’ YouTube Show Feature Child Actors?
Following the premiere of the YouTube Originals series Get Curious with Vice President Harris—a show in which Vice President Kamala Harris teaches children about science—the claim that the video used child actors went viral on social media.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Robin Test Footage’
On October 12 and 13 2021, a video titled “Robin Test Footage” spread across social media, often described as a scene from an in-the-works biopic: ROBIN Test Footage Scene from videos A top comment thread on the pos
Full Fact→ An Australian professor didn’t say Covid-19 vaccines aren’t vaccines
It’s been claimed on Instagram that a professor in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has said under oath that the Covid-19 vaccines are not vaccines, but actually drugs. There is no evidence for this and her research organisation has denied she s
FactCheck.org→ Infrastructure Bill Proposes Voluntary Pilot Program for Per-Mile Vehicle Fee, Not ‘Driving Tax’
Quick Take A Senate-approved $1 trillion infrastructure bill would create a voluntary pilot program aimed at studying per-mile user fees for motor vehicles to fund the Highway Trust Fund. The bill does not include a “driving tax,” as some s
Full Fact→ Daily Mail report on GPs seeing fewer patients on Fridays needs more context
“GPs conducted an average of 1.29 million consultations each Monday in July but just 1.09 million on Fridays—a fall of 16 per cent.” Daily Mail, 22 September 2021. An article in the Daily Mail, published as part of the newspaper&rsqu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘COVIDLAND’ Episode 1 Does NOT Provide Proof Of Global Cabal’s Machinations, Does Recycle Debunked Claims
Does the first episode of "COVIDLAND" prove its claims that hospitals were not taxed by COVID-19 caseloads, death statistics were inflated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and that the PCR test is unable to detect the SA
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A ‘VAXXED’ Delta Pilot Did NOT Die In-Flight Requiring An Emergency Landing
Did a Delta pilot, who had recently received the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, die suddenly during a flight? Did this cause the plane to make an emergency landing at another unspecified airport sometime in the first 10 days of Octobe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President Jimmy Carter Did NOT Say ‘STOP Saying That You Want A Country Based On Christian Values’
Did former President Jimmy Carter chastise American Christians with a rebuke that starts: "STOP saying that you want a country based on Christian values"? No, that's not true: According to comedian and creator of the quote, John Fugelsang
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Cut HBCU Funding By $30 Billion — But Congress DID Make Cuts To Biden’s HBCU Funding Proposals
Did President Joe Biden cut funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) by $30 billion? No, that's not true: The Biden administration originally proposed more than $90 billion in funding for HBCUs, tribal colleges and
Truth or Fiction?→ Ben Shapiro ‘Wife’s Bedroom’ Columbus Day Tweet
An October 11 2021 tweet featured a purported Twitter screenshot, which was attributed to Ben Shapiro and mentioned his “wife’s bedroom” and “Columbus Day”: pic.twitter.com/YUqBJgI3NB — Michael Kofi A.||♤ (@MikeK
Snopes→ Alexander Hamilton Letter at Center of Legal Fight Returned
A letter written by founding father Alexander Hamilton during the Revolutionary War and believed stolen decades ago from the Massachusetts state archives has been returned following a federal appeals court decision.
Truth or Fiction?→ Email to Cancel a Wedding Contract
An October 11 2021 Facebook screenshot from a photographer named Tony Bendele — purportedly showing an email from a disgruntled bride and groom — spread virally when it was shared a day later to r/insanepeoplefacebook: Photograph
Health Feedback→ Vaccines are highly effective at reducing the risk of death from COVID-19; The Exposé misleadingly claims the UK vaccination campaign has failed
REVIEW An article on The Exposé (formerly The Daily Exposé) a website marked as promoting conspiracy theories by Media Bias Fact Check, made a series of claims about the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines being used in the U.K. Logica
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S. Military Did NOT Convict Hunter Biden And He Did NOT Receive The Death Penalty
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps convict Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of sexual assault against six women and then sentence to him to death for said crimes? No, that's not true: An on-duty public information o