A Facebook post shared in South Africa alleges that the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines have “killed” hundreds of people in the United States according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But this claim
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Logically→ The BBC reported on the British Army’s plans to attack Goose Green in 1982.
The BBC was accused of compromising the British Army's position in the Falklands after it reported information on the troop's invasion.
Logically→ The New York Times has reported that mail-in ballots increase the risk of voter fraud.
There is no evidence that mail-in ballots increase the risk of voter fraud.
Logically→ The CDC reported permanently disabling side effects in 2.7 percent of people who received the Pfizer vaccine.
The figures listed in the CDC report have been misinterpreted. 2.7 percent did not have permanently disabling side effects.
Snopes→ Dr. Dre Recovering Well After Reported Brain Aneurysm
TMZ reported that he suffered a brain aneurysm Monday and was recovering at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
Snopes→ Colorado Guardsman Has 1st Reported US Case of Virus Variant
The first person in the U.S. known to be infected with a new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus was identified as a Colorado National Guardsman.
Snopes→ First Reported US Case of COVID-19 Variant Found in Colorado
The coronavirus variant was found in a man in his 20s who is in isolation southeast of Denver and has no travel history.
Snopes→ China Sentences Lawyer Who Reported on Outbreak to 4 Years
Zhang Zhan traveled to Wuhan in February and posted on various social media platforms about the outbreak that is believed to have emerged in the central Chinese city late last year.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: China DID Recover With a COVID-19 Vaccine, Which Has Been Reported
Did China recover from COVID-19 without a vaccine, which no one has reported? No, that's not true: China has already administered nearly 1 million doses of experimental COVID-19 vaccines. And that has been reported widely in scientific pu
Snopes→ Darwin Notebooks Reported Stolen from Cambridge Library
The notebooks are estimated to be worth millions of pounds.
AFP Fact Check→ Hoax figures circulate in online posts about South Korea’s reported coronavirus cases
Multiple posts on Facebook and in Naver Blogs claim that South Korea has reported more than 600 domestic cases of the novel coronavirus on November 18, 2020. The claim is false; official figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Ag
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading video and claims circulate following the reported hacking of Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN’s YouTube account
A video has been viewed more than a hundred thousand times on YouTube and shared in multiple online posts that claim it shows a statement released by YouTube regarding disabled channels of Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN. The video, however, omits impo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ABC, CBS, NBC Have NOT Given ‘Zero Coverage’ To Hunter Biden Story — All Three Have Reported The Story
Did ABC, CBS and NBC ignore New York Post stories that Democrat Joe Biden helped his son get rich from a Ukrainian company, with "proof" on a laptop the younger Biden abandoned at a repair shop? No, this is not true. All three networks ha
AFP Fact Check→ Manipulated image claims CNN reported imminent end to Ugandan leader’s long rule
An image shared hundreds of times on Facebook claims to show a CNN broadcast reporting the imminent end to Uganda’s “dictatorship” under long-serving President Yoweri Museveni, in favour of a political movement led by musician-turned-politici
Snopes→ S. Dakota Attorney General Reported Hitting Deer, But Actually Killed Pedestrian
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg reported hitting a deer with his car but actually killed a pedestrian whose body was not found until the next day.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: KXL Radio in Portland NEVER Reported That Firefighters Were Shot At While Responding To Western Wildfires
Did a Portland radio station report that Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters were shooting on September 11, 2020, at firefighters trying to bring out-of-control wildfires under control? No, that's not true. It was never reported by K
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a Seoul rally in October 2019, months before Covid-19 was first reported in South Korea
A video of a large protest has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in August 2020 alongside a claim it shows a rally against coronavirus restrictions in the South Korean capital of Seoul. The claim is fa
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a Seoul rally in October 2019, months before Covid-19 was first reported in South Korea
A video of a large protest has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in August 2020 alongside a claim it shows a rally against coronavirus restrictions in the South Korean capital of Seoul. The claim is fa
Health Feedback→ False claim shared by President Trump that only 6% of CDC-reported deaths are from COVID-19 is based on flawed reasoning
REVIEW The claim that only 6% of COVID-19 deaths officially recorded in the U.S. were actually due to the disease started circulating on social media in late August 2020, and was shared on Twitter by U.S. President Donald Trump. The author of this cla
Health Feedback→ A trypsin-based oral spray reportedly deactivates SARS-CoV-2 in a liquid suspension but has not yet been tested in the mouth
REVIEW A video posted on Facebook on 20 July 2020 reports the contents of a press release issued the same day by life sciences company Enzymatica claiming that its oral spray deactivated 98.3% of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro within 20 minutes. However, the h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: People Not Wearing Masks Can NOT Be Reported to (281) 330-8004
Can people not wearing masks be reported by calling the phone number (281) 330-8004? No, that's not true: This claim is most likely a joke. The phone number that appears in the claim is the number to reach Houston, Texas, rapper Mike Jones. It
Snopes→ Trump Denies Briefing on Reported Bounties Against US Troops
President Donald Trump denied that he had been briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan.
AFP Fact Check→ False social media posts claim Israel has reported zero deaths from COVID-19 due to baking soda remedy
Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Facebook and Twitter since March 2020 claim that Israel has reported zero deaths from the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19. The posts also claim Israeli citizens have protected themselves fro
Full Fact→ There were no stabbings reported at protests in London over the weekend
We’ve seen multiple videos and images claiming to show, or prove, that people were stabbed at the demonstrations in London on Saturday 13 June. This is incorrect. The Met Police said on Saturday evening that there were no reported stabbings
Snopes→ Another 1,700 Virus Deaths Reported in NY Nursing Homes
New York state is reporting more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces scrutiny over how it’s protected vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic.
Snopes→ N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un Reportedly Appears in Public Amid Health Rumors
North Korean state media says leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in 20 days amid rumors about his health.
Snopes→ Vietnam Has Reported No Coronavirus Deaths – How?
The reason why Vietnam has managed to keep patients from death’s door is down to a three-pronged government strategy.
Snopes→ Did Millions of Canceled Cellphones Reveal Unreported Coronavirus Deaths in China?
American intelligence agencies have concluded that the Chinese government itself does not know the true death toll from the coronavirus.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Coronavirus Victims ARE Being Reported By The News Media
Is it true that names of people who have died from the novel coronavirus have not been published by news media or posted on the internet? No, that's not true: News organizations have repeatedly reported on the victims -- often giving life stor
Snopes→ Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Reportedly Released from Hospital
Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were released from an Australian hospital, five days after they were diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
Snopes→ Reported Civil War Cannonball Was Actually a Buoy
What could have been a dangerous discovery was somewhat less thrilling.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Coronavirus Cases Reported In Rome, Georgia
Was a Redmond Urgent Care in Rome, Georgia, placed on lockdown due to a possible case of the novel coronavirus? No, that's not true: The post is false, and the medical facility has issued a statement saying there has not been a confirmed case,
Snopes→ More Vaping Illnesses Reported, Many Involving Marijuana
While the cause remains unclear, officials said that many reports involve e-cigarette products that contain THC, the mind-altering substance in marijuana.
Snopes→ MSNBC’s O’Donnell: I Shouldn’t Have Reported Trump Story
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said he made an “error in judgment” in reporting about supposed Russian ties to President Donald Trump’s finances without verifying the story.
Snopes→ 2015 North Dakota Liquid Gas Spill Much Bigger Than Reported
A pipeline spill of liquid natural gas in western North Dakota initially reported as just 10 gallons is at least hundreds of thousands of gallons larger and may take another decade to clean up.
Truth or Fiction?→ 2019 ‘Reported Cases of Flesh Eating Bacteria’ Map on Facebook
On July 17 2019, a Facebook user shared a post (archived here), claiming an image of a map plotted the locations of “reported cases of flesh eating bacteria” that summer. In the status update, the user wrote: I will no longer be going to
Lead Stories→ Fake News: NO Alert To All Law Enforcement To Check Tops Of Water Bottles, NO Poison Injections or Deaths Reported in Richmond Area
Was an alert sent out to "all law enforcement and government officials" to check the tops of purchased water bottles for poison injection marks and have people "in the Richmond area" died from it? No, that's not true: a hoax from last year is
Snopes→ Police Reportedly Asked to Leave Arizona Starbucks Because Customer Felt Unsafe
"To be looked at as feeling unsafe when you have law enforcement around you is somewhat perplexing ..."
Snopes→ Historical Marker Commemorates Reported Alien Abduction
A historical marker has been placed near the river where two men in southern Mississippi said they were abducted by aliens in 1973.
PolitiFact→ Explaining the numbers behind the rise in reported hate crimes
Many people were concerned about President Donald Trump's response to the New Zealand mosque shooting in March, when he seemed to downplay the seriousness of white nationalism. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., in an interview with CNN’s Jak