REVIEW On 26 May 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted the requirement for mask-wearing and physical distancing on cruise ships where at least 95% of the crew and 95% of the passengers were vaccinated against COVID-1
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Truth or Fiction?→ 100 Year Old Rhododendron and the Woman Who Planted It
On June 10 2021, the Facebook page “Happy Garden” shared an image with text reading “100 year old rhododendron and the woman who planted it”; the same image was shared to Imgur on June 15 2021: In the format widely seen across
Snopes→ Cracker Barrel (and Its Menu) Is Here to Stay, Not Closing in 2021
Despite a misleading online ad, fans of Cracker Barrel need not worry. The pancakes, fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, biscuits, and other favorites aren't going anywhere.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking ‘Absolutely 9-0,’ the Latest Documentary From Mike Lindell
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Ashleigh Shackelford Teaching Critical Race Theory’ Video
On June 13 2021, Twitter user @ConceptualJames shared a video which purportedly shows artist and activist Hunter Ashleigh Shackelford teaching critical race theory: "All white people are racist…" "No, you're always going to
FactCheck.org→ Evidence Points to Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines for Pregnant People
SciCheck Digest Clinical trials and medical studies have indicated that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe for pregnant people. But online posts misrepresent unverified reports submitted to vaccine monitoring systems in the U.S. and Europe to misleadingly
Health Feedback→ CDC study finds five percent of teens hospitalized due to COVID-19 require ventilation, vaccinating against COVID-19 can help reduce the risk of severe disease in teens
REVIEW On 8 June 2021, radio host Wendy Bell posted photos and a video on Facebook in response to an article in the Washington Post reporting on a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[1]. The report, which analyzed r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctor On ‘Stew Peters Show’ Gives NO Proof To Back His Claim That Chlorine Dioxide Has Cured ‘Thousands’ Of COVID-19 Patients
Does a doctor prove he has cured thousands of COVID-19 patients with chlorine dioxide? No, that's not true. A doctor who made the claim offers no evidence or details about the people he says he has saved from the disease with the toxic ch
Health Feedback→ Fauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
REVIEW On 1 June 2021, Washington Post and Buzzfeed News published reports on several thousands of emails sent by Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The emails, sent during the first half o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Draft Research About Hydroxychloroquine As COVID-19 Drug Does NOT Yet Warrant Calling It A Cure
Does a draft research paper refute the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban on using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, and does it prove the anti-malarial is a life-saving drug for COVID-19 patients? No, that's not yet true: The web
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Before You Diagnose Yourself With Depression or Low Self-Esteem …’ Quote
On June 8 2021, an Imgur user shared a quote-based image, attributing “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes” to Sigmund Freud: Although the
Truth or Fiction?→ Michael Jackson’s Instagram Pronouns
On June 7 2021, the Facebook page “Musick Puns & Memes” shared a May 2021 Twitter screenshot, suggesting that late entertainer Michael Jackson’s Instagram pronouns were changed to “he/he”: Who updated Michael Jackso
Health Feedback→ Byram Bridle’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines are toxic fails to account for key differences between the spike protein produced during infection and vaccination, misrepresents studies
REVIEW In late May 2021, the claim that COVID-19 vaccines could cause blood vessel damage to vaccinated people went viral on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter. Many posts and articles (see examples here, and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence 920 Women Lost Their Unborn Babies After Getting Vaccinated
Did 920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated? No, there's no evidence that's true: A post making the claim says the data is from the United Kingdom but does not cite a source. It further claims that 571 women in the Uni
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Final Refutation of Virology’ Claims By Stefan Lanka Do NOT Prove COVID-19 Virus Doesn’t Exist
Does microbiologist Stefan Lanka prove that virology is not based on scientific methods? No, that's not true: The known conspiracy theorist and debunked anti-vaccination activist gives no evidence that an experiment "refutes the theory on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anthony Fauci’s Emails Were NOT Leaked — They Were Released Through The FOIA
Were Dr. Anthony Fauci's emails leaked to the public? No, that's not true: Several media outlets, including The Washington Post, CNN and BuzzFeed News, filed Freedom of Information Act requests to access copies of Fauci's office emails. A
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts, Pundits Distort Fauci Emails
SciCheck Digest Thousands of pages of redacted emails to and from Dr. Anthony Fauci are now publicly available, thanks to journalists’ Freedom of Information Act requests. Some of those messages have been distorted in viral posts, particularly ab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Militarized Robot– It’s A World’s Fair Animatronic Caveman
Does this photo show a humanoid robot and has it already been "perfected"? Furthermore, does this photo show military technology that's "ancient" and has been "militarized against the masses"? No, that's not true: This photo appeared in t
Health Feedback→ Vaccines are a safer alternative for acquiring immunity compared to natural infection and COVID-19 survivors benefit from getting vaccinated, contrary to claims by Peter McCullough
REVIEW An interview featuring Peter McCullough, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Texas A & M University, conducted by writer John Leake on 19 May 2021, was published as a video on Rumble by Fleccas Talks, a channel run by political co
The Dispatch→ Trump Supporters Seek an Audit in Georgia. What Are They Looking For?
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Climate Feedback→ Explainer: How the rise and fall of CO2 levels influenced the ice ages
By Zeke Hausfather. This article was first published on Climate Brief on 2 July 2020. The Earth’s climate has been quite stable over the past 11,000 years, playing an important role in the development of human civilisation. Prior to that, the Earth e
The Dispatch→ Do Two Democratic Senators ‘Vote More’ With Republicans?
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FactCheck.org→ Is Unemployment Bonus Keeping Workers on Sideline?
Despite a stubbornly high unemployment rate of 6.1% in April — representing 9.8 million people who say they are actively looking for work — many employers are reporting that they can’t find people to hire. Republicans say the $300 a w
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines are safer than the risk of COVID-19 infection for people of all ages
REVIEW The U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a surveillance system that helps ensure the safety of vaccines used in the U.S. However, VAERS reports have been commonly misused to spread misinformation about vaccine safety, partic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Provides NO Evidence For Claim Fauci Had PCR Test Inventor Murdered
Does a video back up its claim that Dr. Anthony Fauci had Nobel laureate Kary Mullis murdered to silence the chemist, who often criticized Fauci? No, that's not true: The claim is made without reference to physical or documentary evidence
FactCheck.org→ Vaccine Ingredient SM-102 Is Safe
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna uses an ingredient called SM-102 to deliver the mRNA that carries instructions for how to develop antibodies against the novel coronavirus. A widely shared video is now spreading the falsehood that SM-1
FactCheck.org→ Insurance Companies Provide Coverage After COVID-19 Vaccination
SciCheck Digest Insurance companies do not deny claims when someone dies after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the American Council of Life Insurers. But a viral social media post has falsely claimed that beneficiaries of a person who dies a
Truth or Fiction?→ The New Hampshire Election Audit
In late May 2021, we spotted a number of “NH election audit” posts on social media (part of a larger narrative push around outcome of the 2020 election), including a May 25 2021 Facebook post on a known disinformation page, “ForAmeri
Truth or Fiction?→ Gretchen Whitmer Bar Photo
We had to check the date on a May 24 2021 Hannity.com blog post, headlined, “AGAIN? Whitmer Apologizes After Photo Leaks Showing Governor at a Local Bar, No Mask, No Distancing,” spotted on Trendolizer’s list of most viral links. Hann
Health Feedback→ No data available to suggest a link between India’s reduction of COVID-19 cases and the use of ivermectin
REVIEW Starting mid-March 2021, India experienced a massive second wave of COVID-19 cases. As of 20 May 2021, there have been more than 25 million confirmed cases and almost 300,000 registered deaths in India since the beginning of the COVID-19 pand
Snopes→ Actor Danny Masterson Must Stand Trial on 3 Rape Charges
The forthcoming trial will represent the rare prosecution of a Hollywood figure in the #MeToo era despite dozens of investigations by police and the Los Angeles district attorney, most of which have ended without charges.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Gives NO Evidence Palestinian Girl Was Killed By Israeli Settler And Weapon Put Next To Her Body To ‘Falsify The Truth’
Does this video show a Palestinian girl was killed by an Israeli settler and that a weapon was planted next to her body to "falsify the truth"? No, there's no evidence that's true: The video posted with the allegation does not prove the c
Truth or Fiction?→ Blendoor ‘Black Lives Matter’ Study
On May 21 2021, an item on right-wing disinformation purveyor Dan Bongino’s blog (“Study: Tech Companies That Made Black Lives Matter Pledges Have 20% Fewer Black Employees”) appeared on Trendolizer.com’s list of the day’
Full Fact→ Dandelion root is not a proven cancer cure
A Facebook post claims that “dandelion root is able to kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours. Not only that, but it acts as a powerful anti-inflammatory, immune booster, antioxidant and organ detoxifier.” Whilst laboratory studies, on ce
Full Fact→ Can I go to amber list countries?
The following information is correct as of 20 May 2021. “The official Government advice is very clear that people should not travel to amber or red list countries or territories. People should not travel to amber list countries for a holiday.&rd
The Dispatch→ Has Michigan Authorized a Forensic Audit of the 2020 Election?
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Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain magnetic ingredients; dose volume is too small to contain any device able to hold a magnet through the skin
REVIEW Around mid-May 2021, multiple videos (examples here, here, and here) claimed that COVID-19 vaccines caused magnetic reactions in vaccinated people. The videos purportedly showed that magnets attached to the arm where people received a COVID-1
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Black Lives Matter Says It Stands with Hamas’ Fox News Stealth Edit
On May 19 2021, Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) tweeted that Fox News had reported a story with the headline, “Black Lives Matter says it stands with Hamas,” which the network later quietly retracted: Fox News published a false headline, attem
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci ‘Project Manager’ Did NOT Confess To Creating COVID-19
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci's "project manager" confess to creating COVID-19? No, that's not true: The claim is based on an old interview with Dr. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, a global environmental health organization. The vi
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines were tested in animals and clinical trials before receiving authorization; vaccinated people aren’t dying at a higher rate than unvaccinated people
REVIEW Video clips of a Texas Senate Committee meeting on 6 May 2021 showing an exchange on COVID-19 vaccine safety between U.S. Senator Bob Hall and pediatrician Angelina Farella, went viral on multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, I