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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Doctors dispute claim that COVID-19 pneumonia is actually an allergic reaction
COVID-19-induced pneumonia is "is actually mast cell degranulation of the lungs," a type of allergic reaction.
Snopes→ Is This Orangutan Actually Driving a Golf Cart?
This video is an example of the intelligence of one great ape and the opulence of another.
Snopes→ What Dr. Angelique Coetzee Actually Said About Omicron Variant
Dr. Coetzee was the first to detect the COVID-19 variant in South Africa in November 2021.
Full Fact→ ‘Vienna protest picture’ actually old photo of Moscow
A photo on Facebook purporting to show a protest in Vienna is going viral. The caption says: “Go Vienna! Vaccinated and unvaccinated standing together for what is right!” Although there have been protests in Vienna against new Covid-1
Snopes→ No, Mike Tyson Did Not Actually Die
But he felt like he did.
Health Feedback→ Social media post claiming that fully vaccinated people are “filling up” morgues and hospitals is based on flawed reasoning; unvaccinated people are actually over ten times more likely to die
REVIEW The number of COVID-19 deaths rose again in the U.S. from July 2021 to mid-September 2021, amid concerns of the Delta variant spreading and vaccine-induced immunity waning over time. While data show that vaccines are safe and effective agains
Full Fact→ A photo of a tiny bird actually shows a tiny sculpture
A photograph of a tiny bird is being shared on Facebook with the caption: “The Humming bird [sic]... Smallest in the world.” In fact, this photograph does not show a real bird. It is a sculpture by the artist Ina Malinik, who specialises in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Researcher Did NOT Document Claim That 80% Of German COVID-19 Deaths Are Actually From Other Causes
Did a leading German medical doctor prove that 80% of those in the official tally of COVID-19 victims died of something else? No, that's not true: The claim relies on a newspaper interview in which Dr. Bertram Haussler was speculating abo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Posters Advertising Jobs For Teenagers Are Actually Sex Trafficking Schemes
Is there evidence that posters advertising jobs for teenagers are actually sex trafficking schemes? No, that's not true: According to representatives for anti-sex trafficking organizations, such posters are not known to be tied to sex tra
Snopes→ Did Trump Say ‘Some of the Stars I Produced Are Actually Made of Garbage’?
The former president faced a wave of unflattering press coverage in the summer of 2021, amid a raft of "tell-all" books about his presidency.
Poynter→ Can President Joe Biden actually cancel student loan debt with an executive order?
Can President Joe Biden cancel student loan debt with an executive order? Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said in multiple press conferences that Biden can wipe away such debt with a “flick of a pen.” Canceling student deb
Poynter→ Factually: News was a potent cure for the infodemic, report says
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. News you can use Last week, a report from the Reuters Institute for the Stud
Poynter→ Factually: Repeat misinformation offenders get their wings clipped on Facebook
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. Take care before you share Facebook announced Wednesday it would begin limit
Poynter→ Factually: Teen fact-checkers highlight the 5 biggest misinformation trends
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. Teens’ Top 5 The MediaWise Teen Fact-Checking Network, a team of teenagers
Poynter→ Factually: “Don’t negate. Displace” falsehoods about public health
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. Flood the zone FactCheck.org co-founder Kathleen Hall Jamieson sat down with
AFP Fact Check→ This clip actually shows a Kazakh newscaster performing tongue twisters
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in Facebook and Twitter posts claiming it shows a news report announcing that Indonesia has lifted a travel ban for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr this year. However, the posts are intended as sa
Poynter→ Factually: Fact-checkers advocate for an end to Facebook’s ban of fact-checking political figures
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. A check on power The Facebook Oversight Board’s decision to uphold former
Poynter→ Factually: Fact-checkers have the answers to Joe Rogan’s vaccine hesitancy
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. I’m just answering questions Podcast host Joe Rogan made headlines in the
AFP Fact Check→ This clip actually shows computer-generated imagery from a video game
A video has been viewed millions of times in Facebook posts purporting to show a US military plane being shot down by Taliban militants in Afghanistan. The claim is false; the clip actually shows computer-generated imagery from a war video game called
AFP Fact Check→ This photo actually shows a bank employee in India
An image of a woman working at a computer while a young child sleeps on the floor behind her has circulated in Facebook posts claiming it shows a Sri Lankan government official. Social media users have praised the woman for flying in the face of stereo
Poynter→ Factually: Falsehoods about COVID-19 suicides are nothing new for 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. It feels true, but… The Atlantic’s Tom Bartlett put a spotlight on a
Poynter→ Factually: US Fact-checkers pause to explain J&J
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. Explaining a pause This week, fact-checkers in the United States faced a sim
AFP Fact Check→ These photographs actually show Buddhist archeological sites in Afghanistan and Mongolia
A series of images of archeological ruins have been circulating in Facebook posts that claim they show ancient Buddhist sites in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The claims are false: the photographs actually show Buddhist sites in Afghanistan and Mongolia.
Poynter→ Factually: India and Georgia look back at COVID-19’s information impact
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. Local impact on global falsehoods Fact-checkers have long known that falseho
Poynter→ Factually: International falsehoods deserve international attention
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. Disinformation on the world stage Tomorrow is International Fact-Checking Da
Snopes→ Was That ‘Meteor’ Above Seattle, Pacific Northwest Actually SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket?
A bright streak of light left many star-gazers curious.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Claim Colorado Shooter Was Factually Arabic But Morally White
Did CNN run a caption saying the shooter who killed 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22, 2021, was factually Arabic but morally white? No, that's not true: the screenshot with the caption originated on a satire site but took on a
Poynter→ Factually: Tech CEOs (again) asked to explain themselves
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. Tech CEOs are back in the hot seat As the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Goog
AFP Fact Check→ This photo actually shows a railway station in the Ukranian city of Kharkiv
A photo of a grand building has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that it shows a mosque built by Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan and his wife in his hometown. The claim is false: the photo in fact shows a railway station i
AFP Fact Check→ This is actually a 2017 AFP image which shows a clearing in the Amazon rainforest
An image of a clearing in an area of dense forest has been shared thousands of times in Facebook posts that claim it shows deforestation in the Sri Lankan rainforest Sinharaja. The claim is false; the image was actually captured in 2017 by AFP and sho
Poynter→ Factually: Covid disinformation turning up in the mail
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. In your traditional mailbox: pizza coupons and COVID-19 disinformation Germa
Poynter→ Factually: Fact-checking works and may give you ‘pleasure’
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. ‘True’ fact checks bring ‘cognitive pleasure’ Fact checks that label
AFP Fact Check→ This photo actually shows former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha with a Tamil writer
Multiple Facebook posts have shared a monochrome photograph of two women alongside a claim that it shows late regional politician Jayaram Jayalalitha sitting with India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party politician and current Finance Minister Nirmala
AFP Fact Check→ The image is actually a 3D model rendering from a stock image site
An image of “5D medical beds” has been shared in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that the technology will soon make “3D hospitals” obsolete. The claim is misleading: the image attached to these posts is a 3D model render which was or
Poynter→ Factually: Twitter, your Birdwatch has problems
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. Less than half of Birdwatch users include sources, and many reveal partisan
Poynter→ Factually: Twitter, your Birdwatch has problems
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. Less than half of Birdwatch users include sources, and many reveal partisan
AFP Fact Check→ These photos actually show bridges in Indonesia and Japan
A photo collage has been shared in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows the reconstruction of a collapsed bridge in the Philippines. The claim is false; the photos in fact show bridges in Indonesia and Japan.
Poynter→ Factually: What will fact-checkers find on Clubhouse?
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every Thursday. A fact-checker lands on Clubhouse There is a new social media platform trend
Poynter→ Factually: fact-checkers in Myanmar have internet but no Facebook or reliable sources
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Thursday. Fact-checkers in Myanmar lost their sources and Facebook, their mai