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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Do NOT Wear The White Side Of A Surgical Mask Outward When You’re Not Sick And Want To Keep Virus Out
Do the white and blue sides of surgical masks serve different purposes? No, that's not true. The only correct way to wear the mask is with the blue side facing out, according to a instructional video released by the World Health
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Get Caught Trashing His Supporters On Project Veritas Video – It’s A Parody
Did President Donald Trump get caught trashing his supporters on video? No, that's not true - it is a parody. A viral video showing Trump wearing a mask and speaking crudely about his supporters, calling them "animals" and "The H
Full Fact→ Viral Facebook post incorrectly claims that a list of PPE contracts are all unfulfilled
A viral Facebook post claims that the government spent £1 billion on personal protective equipment (PPE) which never arrived. The contracts listed are real, but there is no evidence to say that none of this PPE ever arrived. For example, the firs
Full Fact→ Ian Huntley has not been found dead in his cell
A post on Facebook, claiming that convicted murderer Ian Huntley has been found dead in his cell, has been shared over 7,000 times. This is not true. There is no evidence Ian Huntley has died. He is currently serving a minimum of 40 years in pris
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Data-Reporting Changed, But Not Florida’s Case Count
Quick Take As Florida’s COVID-19 case count rose to the second-highest in the U.S. in July, a former challenger for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat falsely claimed on social media that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Full Fact→ The BBC did not say that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is planning to put microchips in Covid-19 vaccines
A Facebook post shared hundreds of times has claimed that a BBC article says that there will be microchips in Covid-19 vaccines funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation so people who are vaccinated can be tracked. It also claims the BBC articl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Herman Cain Died Of COVID-19 Complications, NOT Cancer
Did Stage 4 colon cancer cause Herman Cain's death on July 30, 2020, and not COVID-19? No, that's not true: The 2012 Republican presidential candidate and business executive did have cancer years earlier, but he beat it. He died
Health Feedback→ Still no evidence that hydroxychloroquine can cure or prevent COVID-19
REVIEW This claim first appeared in a 27 July 2020 live stream video (transcript archived here) published by Breitbart News. The video features a group of physicians, self-identified as members of America’s Frontline Doctors, who advocate against
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Adrenochrome Is NOT Obtained From Adrenal Glands Of Living Children Or Used In Satanic Rituals By The Elite
Is adrenochrome harvested from the adrenal glands of living children so its LSD-like qualities can be used in satanic rituals by royalty, politicians, celebrities, the rich and elite? No, that's not true: There is no scientific e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ronald Reagan Did NOT Say Democrats ‘Will Restrict Your Freedoms, Your History And Your Safety’
Did President Ronald Reagan say "Keep voting Democrat ... one day they will restrict your freedoms, restrict your history and restrict your safety"? No, that's not true. There is no record of the 40th president of the United Stat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: George Floyd Who Appeared On ‘Judge Judy’ in 2010 Was NOT The Same George Floyd Who Died In Police Custody This Year
Did George Floyd appear on the court TV Show "Judge Judy" as a teen? Not George Perry Floyd Jr., who died in police custody in Minneapolis and whose name is now known worldwide, that was a different person. It was George Floyd IV
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Capture ‘Alien Cube Ship’ On Photo Shared By UFO Hunter
Did NASA sight a huge "alien cube ship" in pictures taken by its SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) satellite? No, that's not true: According to NASA the black squares in pictures returned by SOHO are nothing more than mis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aldi DOES Require Masks To Enter Stores
Are shoppers free to enter Aldi stores without a mask? No, that's not true: According to the grocery company, face coverings are required to enter its stores. The claim appeared as a meme in a post (archived here) shared on Faceb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof 5G Causes Cancer, Infertility Or Targets Children For ‘Genocide’
Are 5G cell towers targeting children at playgrounds with radiation that causes cancer and infertility as part of a "genocide"? No, that is not true. There is no proof that 5G causes cancer or infertility, and zero evidence that
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Pennsylvania Lawmaker Release a Statement Mocking the State Health Secretary?
A Pennsylvania state lawmaker came under criticism for attempting to compare the transgender community to people refusing to follow guidelines against spreading the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from State Rep. Russ Diamond allegedly standing up for
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘New Zealand Rugby Game Today as We Have No COVID Cases’
On July 26 2020, a post to Reddit’s r/Damnthatsinteresting purportedly showed images from a rugby game in New Zealand on the same day, in a stadium full of fans — because the country has successfully suppressed COVID-19: New Zea
FactCheck.org→ The President’s Trumped-Up Claims of Voter Fraud
In a July 30 tweet, President Donald Trump suggested for the first time that the 2020 election should be postponed, drawing — once again — false distinctions between mail-in and absentee ballots. With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee
Full Fact→ The evidence shows masks do offer protection from Covid-19
A viral video shows a UK doctor discuss the relative benefits of different face coverings with two colleagues, one of whom is claimed to be a “trainer and fit tester for qualified masks.” During the video they look at three masks. One is a
Full Fact→ Shaun Bailey’s comments on the congestion charge lack context
“By deciding to increase the Congestion Charge, @SadiqKhan put politics above London’s economic recovery after Covid. Mr Mayor, just reverse it.” Shaun Bailey, Conservative party candidate for Mayor of London, 19 July 2020 “Th
Full Fact→ Full Fact calls on the Prime Minister to correct the record on poverty
Poverty is an issue of fundamental importance to society, but it’s also complex to measure. This can make it harder for the public to get a clear picture of what is happening to poverty in the UK. One way we might expect to improve our understand
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Pelosi And Other Dems Chatting Up Close Without Masks In July 2020
Does a photo show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders in Congress talking without masks or at a safe social distance in July 2020? No, that's not true: The photograph used to support this claim was taken on De
Full Fact→ Washing your glasses with soap can help prevent fogging when wearing a mask
We’ve seen social media posts and articles about how soap can prevent people’s glasses from fogging up when wearing masks. The posts say that rubbing soap or washing up liquid on lenses forms a protective barrier that prevents the condensat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Kneel At An American Flag In His Hometown
Did former Vice President Joe Biden kneel at an American flag in his hometown while on the campaign trail? No, that's not true: The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee knelt down to talk to a child who was out of frame in
Poynter→ Doctors’ cries of censorship become part of their message
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and accountability journalism, from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here Misinformation and claims of censorship The ma
AllSides→ In Viral Video, Doctor Falsely Touts Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 ‘Cure’
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/in-viral-video-doctor-falsely-touts-hydroxychloroquine-as-covid-19-cure/
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s COVID-19 Press Briefing
President Donald Trump, at a July 28 briefing, made a few false and misleading statements about COVID-19: Trump falsely said that “large portions” of the country are “corona-free.” Only 35 counties or county equivalents, accounting for less th
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s COVID-19 Press Briefing
President Donald Trump, at a July 28 briefing, made a few false and misleading statements about COVID-19: Trump falsely said that “large portions” of the country are “corona-free.” Only 35 counties or county equivalents, accounting for less th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Regis Philbin Did Not Leave $20 Million to Trump Campaign
Did Regis Philbin leave $20 million dollar to the Trump campaign after his recent death? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Trump Tweet That the ‘Suburban Lifestyle Dream’ Won’t be ‘Hurt by Low-Income Housing’?
On July 29 2020, screenshots of two tweets attributed to United States President Donald Trump appeared on Facebook, in which he purportedly addressed “people living their Suburban Dream Lifestyle” on the matter of “low income housin
The Dispatch→ Is the NFL Donating $250 Million to Black Lives Matter?
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Truth or Fiction?→ Donald Trump: ‘Nobody Likes Me’
On July 29 2020, an apparent CNN screen capture featuring a chyron quoting United States President Donald Trump as saying “nobody likes me” circulated on sites like Reddit: Does this count? from facepalm
The Dispatch→ Has Aldi Stopped Requiring Customers to Wear Masks?
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Health Feedback→ Baseless speculations underpin a retracted editorial claiming spontaneous generation of SARS-CoV-2 in skin cells exposed to 5G waves
REVIEW An editorial article published in the Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents on 16 July 2020 and withdrawn a few days later claimed that the millimeter-length waves used in 5G technology can spontaneously generate SARS-CoV-2
Full Fact→ Surgical masks may offer some protection to the wearer from Covid-19 and may stop them from infecting others
A picture of a box of face masks, which says on the side that they “will not provide any protection against Covid-19 (coronavirus) or other viruses or contaminants” has been shared on Facebook. The image of the box seems genuine, as other m
Full Fact→ It’s not true that employees who have to quarantine cannot be ‘penalised’
“Employers, just like employees, have got to follow the law. I don’t think you could be laying people off or taking penalties against people for adhering to the law [...] If someone has followed the law in relation to quarantine and self-i
AFP Fact Check→ The man standing next to the late President Sukarno was an Arab-Indonesian journalist, not the father of an exiled Muslim cleric
A photo has been shared thousands of times on Twitter and Facebook alongside a claim that it shows the father of Rizieq Shihab, an exiled Indonesian Muslim cleric, standing next to the country’s founding father and first president, Sukarno. The claim
FactCheck.org→ In Viral Video, Doctor Falsely Touts Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 ‘Cure’
Quick Take A widely shared video, featuring a doctor falsely claiming hydroxychloroquine is a “cure” for COVID-19, ignited an online storm that resulted in the video being pulled by social media platforms. There is no known cure for COVID-19, and c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: United Nations Did NOT Order Trump To Stand Down In Portland
Did the United Nations order President Trump to "stand down" in Portland? No, that's not true. An article that has gone viral claiming the UN has told Trump to "stop Federal officers from using non-lethal force against 'peaceful
AllSides→ Does This Video Show Hurricane Hanna Blowing Down Border Fencing?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hurricane-hanna-border-fence/ On July 25, 2020, Hurricane Hanna made