“Senior black scientists claim research in the UK is 'institutionally racist' after study found they hold only 3.5% of professor posts” MailOnline, 12 October 2021. An article on MailOnline claimed that research from the Royal Society foun
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Full Fact→ Thousands of sea turtles did not hatch on Indian beach this week
A post on Facebook suggests that a clean-up at a beach in India has led to the reappearance of “hundreds of thousands” of sea turtles. The post states: “It took 96 weeks and thousands of volunteers to clean up Versova Beach in M
Snopes→ Maya Angelou, Sally Ride Among Women To Be Featured on US Coins
A new series of coins will depict female trailblazers from various eras of American history.
Health Feedback→ No evidence suggests a causal link between Ivermectin recommendation and the decline of COVID-19 cases in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
REVIEW Between March and May 2021, National Geographic reported that India was suffering the “worst COVID-19 surge in the world” that raised the country’s death toll to over 400,000. The number of daily COVID-19 cases peaked in May 2021, d
Full Fact→ No evidence New South Wales Premier resigned over bribes from Pfizer or AstraZeneca
A Facebook post says that former New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian was forced to resign over allegations she took $65 million in “bribery money” from AstraZeneca and Pfizer “to push mandatory vaccinations”. The po
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Supreme Court Has NOT Ruled That ‘The COVID-19 Pathogen Is Not A Vaccine, Is Unsafe, And Must Be Avoided’
Did the Supreme Court in the U.S. rule that the COVID-19 "pathogen is not a vaccine", is unsafe and "must be avoided at all costs," and has the court canceled "the universal vax"? No, that's not true: The United States Supreme Court has n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Trade Center Building 7 Did NOT Collapse Due To Explosives — It Was Because Of Fire Damage To Its Columns
Did World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7) collapse due to a controlled explosion right after the collapse of the first two World Trade Center buildings in New York City on September 11, 2001? No, that's not true: Investigators found no ev
Snopes→ No Evidence Southwest Pilots Called Out Due to COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
Southwest Airlines canceled a large number of flights, but not for the reason some claimed.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Are You Concerned Someone You Know is Becoming Too Prepared?’ Facebook
On October 10 2021, a screenshot of a purported Facebook warning asking members of canning and prepper groups if they knew someone who was “becoming too prepared” was shared to Reddit’s r/comedyheaven: becoming too prepared
Full Fact→ mRNA vaccines aren’t gene editing and don’t alter your DNA
A video on Instagram has claimed that if you have taken an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, that is gene editing, and your genetic make-up has been changed. The person in the video points to an interview from 2015 with Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Econ
Full Fact→ Teen deaths up since last year, but no evidence vaccines responsible
A widely shared article on the Daily Sceptic website, which was also published by TCW (formerly The Conservative Woman) says that between weeks 23 and 37 of 2021 (5 June 2021 to 17 September 2021) there were 252 deaths amongst 15 to 19-year-olds in Eng
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There IS NOT A Visible Difference Between The Blood Of Vaccinated And Unvaccinated People
Does the blood of vaccinated people look visibly darker than the blood of people who were not vaccinated and is this the result of hemoglobin depletion? No, that's not true: This video provides no evidence to back up this claim. According
Health Feedback→ The benefits of COVID-19 vaccines outweigh their risks; vaccinated children don’t die at a higher rate compared to unvaccinated children
REVIEW On 2 October 2021, writer Adrian Norman claimed on Instagram that for every 1,000 children vaccinated, one had died due to the vaccine during the clinical trials for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines against COVID-19. Norman a
Poynter→ There’s no evidence whistleblower Frances Haugen was planted by Facebook
A viral image circulating on social media baselessly claimed that former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, who turned over troves of internal company documents to the Wall Street Journal, was not a real whistleblower, but a plant set up by Facebook i
Washington Post→ Youngkin’s false claim that McAuliffe ‘opposes’ election audits
Scrambling to overcome his own mistake, the GOP candidate in the Virginia gubernatorial race invents a claim against his opponent.
Health Feedback→ Contrary to claims in a LifeSiteNews article, COVID-19 vaccination makes it less likely for someone to get COVID-19
REVIEW An article about the COVID-19 vaccines was published by LifeSiteNews on 30 September 2021. Earlier this year, LifeSiteNews was permanently banned by Facebook for repeatedly violating the company’s COVID-19 policies. The website, whose a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cherry-Picked ‘Studies’ Do NOT Prove COVID Vaccines Don’t Work
Does a collection of "new studies" on COVID-19 prove vaccines are not working as claimed? No, that's not true: The claim rests on the false premise that vaccine makers and public health officials promised 100% prevention. No responsible s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence So Far That ‘Slap A Teacher’ Challenge Is An Actual Thing On TikTok
Do "slap a teacher" challenge videos exist on TikTok? No, that's not true: Lead Stories has done an extensive search of TikTok and can find no proof that there are videos of students recording themselves slapping a teacher, then posting i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oregon Measure Would NOT Ban Animal Meat, NOT Mandate ‘Petri Dish’ Meat — But Beef Would Have To Die Of Old Age
Would a ballot initiative proposed in Oregon ban all animal meat and replace it with "'synthetic meat'" and "lab 'plant based protein'" that are "lab grown Petri dish vats of cells"? No, that's not true: Animal meat alternatives -- which
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New South Wales Health Ministry Clip In ‘The Vaccinated Are Dying In Australia’ Is NOT Whole Story
Does a short clip taken from a press conference by the New South Wales Ministry of Health to update the public on COVID-19 tell the whole story of recent deaths there? No, that's missing crucial context: Dr. Marianne Gale, the deputy chie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Are NOT ‘Over 1,000 Cargo Ships Sitting Off The California Port’
Are there "over 1,000 cargo ships' sitting off the California coast at the end of the first week of October, 2021? No, that's not true: Although there was an unusually high number of ships waiting to be unloaded, the number was less than
FactCheck.org→ Migrants Not Responsible for Latest COVID-19 Surge
Infectious disease experts say low vaccination rates, resistance to protective measures such as wearing a mask and the highly transmissible delta variant are driving the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. But with numerous Republicans criticiz
The Dispatch→ Did 23,000 Maricopa County Ballots Come From Voters Using a Previous Address?
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Truth or Fiction?→ New Astrological Dates 2021 (and Ophiuchus)
A September 30 2021 image (“New Astrological Dates”) and accompanying rumor of a thirteenth zodiac sign — Ophiuchus — began its most recent voyage around social media with the following commentary: Your thoughts america. I̵
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson claim about HGV driver visas sparks confusion
Dan Walker: Do you recognise these figures, because you’re trying to push to get some HGV drivers coming and working here, according to one of the papers today just 27 drivers have applied for...Boris Johnson: 127.Dan Walker: Well we’ve go
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Final Numbers
Summary The statistics for the entirety of Donald Trump’s time in office are nearly all compiled. As we did for his predecessor four years ago, we present a final look at the numbers. The economy lost 2.9 million jobs. The unemployment rate incr
Poynter→ Louisiana lawmakers wrongly say a name change for Pfizer’s vaccine scuttles the FDA’s approval
In August, the Food and Drug Administration gave full and final approval to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer for people 16 and older. But 10 Republican Louisiana lawmakers allege “there is no FDA approval for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine
Washington Post→ The Democratic claim that bigger child tax credits would ‘save’ $8 for every $1 spent
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) can point to a research study to back up her claim, but it doesn't tell the whole story.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pentagon Did NOT ‘Confirm Majority Dying And In Hospitals Are Vaccinated’
Did the Department of Defense "confirm" the majority of those dying and hospitalized with COVID-19 were vaccinated? No, that's not true: The claim is made without any offer of proof. There is no public record of a Pentagon statement about
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: People Are NOT Exempt From Carrying A Sex Offender Registry ID Card In Order To Protect Their Privacy
Are registered sex offenders exempt from carrying a card showing that they are listed on the sex offender registry -- because that would be an invasion of their privacy? No, that's not true: Many people who were convicted of sex offenses
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Is NOT Mandating Vaccine With Mortality Rate 174X Higher Than COVID-19
Is California mandating a vaccine with a mortality rate 174 times higher than the COVID-19 virus? No, that's not true: No children or adolescents died in the COVID vaccine trials, Pfizer told Lead Stories. The claim appeared in an Instagr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccination Is NOT Required For Section 8 Recipients
Are participants in the Housing Choice Voucher Program, which is also known as Section 8, required to be vaccinated to maintain their eligibility? No, that's not true: A spokesperson with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (H
FactCheck.org→ White House and HHS Employees Aren’t ‘Exempt’ from Vaccine Mandate
SciCheck Digest While some specifics of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates haven’t been determined, misleading claims about who will be “exempt” have circulated online. Employees at the White House and in agencies w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: C-SPAN Video Does NOT Prove Fauci, HHS Officials Plotted ‘Avian Flu Virus’ Release To Enforce Universal Flu Vaccine
Does video of a 2019 conference prove that Dr. Anthony Fauci and Health and Human Services (HHS) officials plotted to release an avian flu virus in order to enforce a universal flu vaccination? No, that's not true: The stories spreading t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 48,000 Did NOT Die Within 14 days Of COVID-19 Vaccination, And There Is NO ‘Medicare Tracking System’
Did more than 48,000 people die within 14 days of receiving COVID-19 vaccines, according to data revealed in the "Medicare Tracking System"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that there have been that many deaths caused by COVID v
Snopes→ Is the ‘Wolf Mountain’ in Norway Real?
You can find Mount Segla in Norway, but not this howling mountain peak.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Baseless Claims About Cause of Cargo Ship Backups
Quick Take U.S. ports slowed by pandemic-induced labor and equipment shortages cannot keep up with Americans’ demand for imported goods, resulting in cargo ship backups on both coasts. But social media posts, without citing evidence, falsely claim
Snopes→ Is This ‘Karen’ Halloween Costume Real?
T-shirts supposedly read, "CAN I SPEAK TO THE MANAGER?"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Outage On October 4, 2021, Was NOT Met With Virtually ‘No Media Coverage’
Was Facebook's outage on October 4, 2021, met with "virtual no media coverage?" No, that's not true: not only was there major media coverage of the outage as it occurred but there was plenty of coverage about it after it was resolved. The
Health Feedback→ Study by UCSF researchers found that vaccinated people made up the minority of infections and that vaccination protects against hospitalization and death
REVIEW An article published by The Conservative Treehouse claimed that a “California study finds that vaccinated individuals are more susceptible to COVID variant infections than unvaccinated”. This claim was based on a preprint (a study not yet