An error-riddled rumor was copied and pasted across social media in an exceedingly desperate attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Snopes→ Why Some Americans Don’t Believe the Election Results
When an unfavorable decision is very important to someone, they tend to look for flaws demonstrating that the process used to make the decision was unfair.
AFP Fact Check→ Map does not show ‘actual results’ of 2020 US election
A map claiming to show “actual results” of the 2020 US election with Donald Trump as the winner has been shared thousands of times on social media. This is false; Democrat Joe Biden has secured more than the 270 electoral votes needed to win the pr
Full Fact→ Cambridge Covid-19 test results don’t mean PCR tests are inaccurate
In the past few days, claims about Covid-19 testing at the University of Cambridge have been spreading on Twitter and Facebook, specifically relating to the number of “false positive” results. These claims need some context. It is not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eight States Have NOT All Joined Texas AG’s Suit Asking Supreme Court To Overturn Other States’ Election Results
Have Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and South Dakota all joined Texas's lawsuit filed with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn election results in four battleground states? No, that's n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Actual Results Of The Election’ Do NOT Show Donald Trump With More Electoral College Votes Than Joe Biden
Do "actual results of the election" show Donald Trump winning the Electoral College with 410 electoral votes to Joe Biden's 128 votes? No, that's not true: December 8, 2020, was the deadline for states to certify their 2020, election resu
Snopes→ Georgia Again Certifies Election Results Showing Biden Won
Georgia's top elections official recertified the state's election results after a recount requested by President Donald Trump confirmed once again that Democrat Joe Biden won the state.
Snopes→ Trump Files Lawsuit Challenging Wisconsin Election Results
President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in the state's two most Democratic counties.
Snopes→ AstraZeneca Manufacturing Error Clouds Vaccine Study Results
A statement describing the error came days after the company described the shots as “highly effective.”
Snopes→ States Certifying Results Ahead of Electoral College Meeting
States have begun certifying their results from the Nov. 3 presidential election in the run-up to the Electoral College meeting in mid-December.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: One-Hour ‘Analysis’ Of Election Results Does NOT Reveal Rigged Election Software In Michigan
Does a YouTube analysis of the votes in four Michigan counties prove election software transferred 69,000 votes from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, that's not true: Based on an analytical method created by a non-statistician, th
Health Feedback→ Danish face mask study did not show that masks were ineffective at reducing spread of COVID-19; study was underpowered and results were inconclusive
REVIEW Several reports on the findings of a face mask study conducted in Denmark[1], which was published in the scientific journal Annals of Internal Medicine, went viral on Facebook within a day of publication, receiving a total of more than 18,000
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wayne County, Michigan, Board Of Canvassers Did NOT ‘Refuse’ To Certify The Results Of The Presidential Election — First They Deadlocked, Then They Certified The Votes
Did the Wayne County, Michigan, Board of Canvassers "refuse" to certify the presidential election results? No, that's not true: First, the board of four deadlocked in a 2-2 tie over certifying the votes. Then a couple hours later, the boa
Snopes→ FDA Allows 1st Rapid Virus Test That Gives Results at Home
Health experts have called for options to allow people to test themselves at home, reducing turnaround times and the potential spread of the virus to others, including health care workers.
Logically→ Georgia announces a hand recount of the state’s 2020 Presidential Election results.
To protect the integrity of the election and to build confidence in the state, Brad Raffensperger declared recounting of ballots manually in Georgia.
Snopes→ GOP Backs Trump as He Fights Election Results, Transition
Some Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have rallied behind Trump's efforts to fight the election results.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT Unusual For House, Senate And Presidential Results To Arrive Out Of Sync
Is there something suspicious about House, Senate and Presidential winners not being identified all at the same time even though voters use just one ballot to vote in all those contests? No, that is not true. While voters use just one bal
FactCheck.org→ Clerical Error Prompts Unfounded Claims About Michigan Results
Quick Take A data input error that briefly showed an unusually large uptick in votes for Joe Biden in Michigan prompted suspicions online and an unfounded claim of voter fraud. The error came down to a typo by a county’s reporting that was quickl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stacks Of Bricks Found in Cities Nationwide Are NOT Connected To Election Results
Did groups hoping to incite violence stage stacks of bricks in cities around the country to be used in post-election rioting? No, that's not true: All of the photos of bricks presented in this article were associated with local constructi
Snopes→ Are US Election Results Required To Be Certified on Election Night?
While the media frequently "calls" election races on election night, states have several days (or even weeks) to certify their election results.
AFP Fact Check→ Fake survey results about ‘declining public trust in Myanmar’s ruling party’ circulate on Facebook ahead of election
A graphic has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts and blogs alongside a claim it shows the results of a pre-election survey showing declining public trust in Myanmar’s ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), ahead
AFP Fact Check→ This footage shows Indonesian Islamists protesting presidential election results in 2019
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and YouTube alongside a claim it shows members of the Islamic Defenders Front protesting on October 13, 2020. The claim is false; the footage has circulated online since at least
Logically→ Pfizer’s stage three results of Covid 19 vaccine trial will be out by October.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has said that they expect to submit the late-stage coronavirus vaccine results by the end of October this year.
Snopes→ Were Florida Labs Busted for Not Reporting Negative COVID-19 Results?
Percentage rates of positive results got confused at some labs, but one thing remained clear: COVID-19 cases were spiking in Florida in July 2020.
Snopes→ Trump Not Ready to Commit to Election Results If He Loses
President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Unprofessional Hairstyles for Men or Women’ Versus ‘Professional Hairstyles for Men or Women’ Google Image Results
On June 9 2020, Facebook user Xavier Dillingham shared the following Twitter screenshots, which purportedly showed Google search results for the terms “professional hairstyles men,” “unprofessional hairstyles men,” “p
Snopes→ In Search Results for ‘Racist,’ Does Trump Appear First on Twitter?
Indeed, he did. We reached out to Twitter to find out why.
FactCheck.org→ Flu Shot Doesn’t Cause False Positive Results for COVID-19
Quick Take A viral claim on Facebook erroneously tells users that “you will test positive” for COVID-19 if “you’ve gotten flu shots during the past ten years.” Vaccine and disease experts told us that’s false, and th
Snopes→ Moderna: Early Coronavirus Vaccine Results Are Encouraging
An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus has showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker says.
Climate Feedback→ Article in Business Insider accurately describes results from a study estimating up to 3 billion people could live in much warmer temperatures by 2070
SUMMARY The article in Business Insider discusses findings from a study published May, 2020 that projected one to three billion people could live in much warmer climates by 2070, assuming migration is limited and greenhouse gas emissions remain high
Snopes→ Did a TV Station Report Biden-Sanders Primary Results Before the Election?
A test graphic using dummy data was never meant to hit the airwaves.
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Misrepresent California Primary Results
Quick Take Viral posts falsely claim President Donald Trump received more votes in the California primary than the top two Democratic candidates combined. Unofficial totals show that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden recei
Snopes→ DNC Calls for a ‘Recanvass’ of Iowa Caucus Results After Delays
The technical glitches plaguing the first contest on the 2020 nominating calendar have made an already complicated candidate selection process even more complicated.
Truth or Fiction?→ Who Broke the Iowa Caucuses and Why Were Results Delayed?
One day after the February 3 2020 Iowa caucuses — the first primary voting of all fifty American states — the hashtag #IowaCaucusDisaster remained at the top of Twitter’s “trending” charts after a confusing night with no
Snopes→ What Went Wrong: Tech Troubles Behind Delay in Iowa Caucus Results
Glitches with a new mobile app used by Iowa caucus organizers caused confusion, and some were forced to call in results for the state party to record manually.
PolitiFact→ 2019 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results
Three Pants-on-Fire claims from President Donald Trump have taken first, second and third place in the readers' poll for most significant falsehood of 2019. Trump’s Pants on Fire claim, "There has never been, ever before, an adminis
Snopes→ Social Posts Blame Election Results on Unsubstantiated Fraud
Online responses to 2019 elections provide a glimpse into the type of misinformation that could cloud next year’s presidential race and might intensify if the election is close.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump wrong on Google manipulating election results
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Donald Trump wrong on Google manipulating election results In his latest effort to recast his election win as an even bigger victory than the ballot box showed, President Donald Trump tweeted out an eye-popping &mdas
Snopes→ Did Google Remove Photos of Bill Clinton with Jeffrey Epstein from Search Results?
It is quite easy to hide something that apparently didn't exist in the first place.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Touts Questionable Survey Results
A national survey promoted by President Donald Trump may not show that “50% of Americans AGREE that Robert Mueller’s investigation is a Witch Hunt,” as he tweeted. The Suffolk University/USA Today survey, taken March 13-17, asked the foll