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The Dispatch→ Did Kamala Harris Take the Oath With Her Hand on a Purse?
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Snopes→ Dominion Voting Systems Sues Giuliani over Election Claims
The voting machine company faced such a mountain of threats and criticism that one of its top executives went into hiding.
Health Feedback→ Most positive COVID-19 PCR test results are true positives; WHO information notice didn’t change threshold or criteria for a positive COVID-19 test
REVIEW Claims aimed at discrediting the COVID-19 PCR test and by extension, public health responses to the pandemic including the wearing of face masks, have repeatedly made their appearance over the course of the pandemic. An Information Notice reg
Logically→ Joe Biden has reversed President Trump’s executive order to reduce the price of epinephrine and insulin.
The Biden administration has implemented a regulatory rule freeze affecting on all rules that had not gone into effect. They will now be reviewed.
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a Filipina flight attendant on board a Cebu Pacific plane in 2020
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok alongside a claim that it shows a flight attendant crying on board Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ 182 shortly before the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea in Ja
Snopes→ Source: Sarah Sanders Running for Arkansas Governor
Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump’s former chief spokeswoman and one of his closest aides, is running for Arkansas governor, a source told The Associated Press.
AllSides→ Paul Distorts CBO’s Estimate on Impact of $15 Minimum Wage
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/paul-distorts-cbos-estimate-on-impact-of-15-minimum-wage/ Raising the
Snopes→ Is There a Petition to Change a Scottish Airport’s Name to ‘Joe Biden International Airport’?
It is fairly easy for someone to start a petition online.
AllSides→ Biden falsely claims journalists had all said his vaccination goal was impossible to meet
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/fact-check-biden-100-million-doses-vaccine-goal-media/index.html
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President-Elect Biden Did NOT Forget To ‘Salute The Marines’
Did then-President-Elect Biden make a protocol blunder as he entered the Capitol building on inauguration day by failing to salute the Marines who were standing by the doors? Had someone tried to coach him through the use of an earpiece a
Snopes→ Did a First Lady Wear a $46K Dress to an Inaugural Ball?
An online advertisement featured a lineup first ladies and hinted that one of them once wore a $46,000 dress on Inauguration Day.
Truth or Fiction?→ Kalief Browder, Riley Williams
On January 22 2021, a tweet from @DerenicByrd contrasting the justice system’s treatment of a 22-year-old white woman named Riley Williams versus a Black teenager named Kalief Browder spread virally on Twitter and Imgur: Kalief Browder alle
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Doctor Erase $650,000 in Medical Debt for 200 People?
A retiring doctor’s act of generosity earned him national media attention and created an online buzz — while also inadvertently underlining gaps in reporting from some of the news organizations telling his story. Dr. Omar Atiq’s deci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Swear His Oath On The Masonic Illuminati Bible – Personal Bible Has Been In His Family For Hundreds Of Years
Did Joe Biden swear his presidential oath on the "Masonic Illuminati Bible"? No, that's not true: Biden's hand was on a family Bible that had been in his family for 128 years when he took the presidential oath of office at the U.S. Capito
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Guard Troops Do NOT Need Hotel Rooms Despite Reports President Trump Has Given Permission For National Guard Troops To Stay In His Hotel In DC
Do National Guard troops need the hotel rooms President Trump reportedly offered them in DC? No, that's a claim that's missing context and an assertion without evidence: Photos of troops reportedly forced into the garage of the Capitol Bu
The Dispatch→ Do Reports That Militia Members Planned to Storm the Capitol ‘Undermine’ the Case for Impeachment?
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FactCheck.org→ Paul Distorts CBO’s Estimate on Impact of $15 Minimum Wage
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would cause 1.3 million workers to become jobless in an average week in 2025, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s median estimate. Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s claim that the governm
The Dispatch→ Does a Video Show National Guard Troops Turning Their Back on Joe Biden?
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Truth or Fiction?→ Who Ordered the National Guard to Sleep in a DC Parking Garage?
On January 21 2021 — just one day after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, news broke that National Guard soldiers deployed to Washington, D.C. for the event had been relegated to a parking garage with insufficient restroom facilitie
FactCheck.org→ Missing Context on Claim About ‘Antifa.com’
Quick Take Social media posts point out that the web address antifa.com now redirects to the White House website. That’s true, but in need of some important context: Whoever owns a domain name can instruct it to reroute to whichever website they&
FactCheck.org→ Viral Video Makes False and Unsupported Claims About Vaccines
Quick Take A viral video makes a series of inaccurate and unfounded arguments for why people should not receive any vaccines, including those for COVID-19. Full Story As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, anti-vaccination activists try t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Act Of 1871’ Did NOT Establish The United States As A Corporation That Owns Its Residents
Did the "Act of 1871" establish the United States as a corporation? No, that's not true: The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 established a new, unified government for Washington, D.C. It "incorporated" that city, a common legal t
Full Fact→ Several coronavirus claims made by MP in newspaper are inaccurate
In a piece in the Somerset County Gazette, Somerset and Frome MP David Warburton set out his reasons for voting against the latest lockdown. However, many of the claims made in this piece are incorrect. "And testing also creates some revealing a
FactCheck.org→ Phony Trump Letter to Biden Circulating Online
Quick Take A fake letter purported to be the one left by former President Donald Trump for President Joe Biden has been circulating online. The phony letterhead template — which has been used to satirize Trump before — gives it away. Full
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Put Her Hand On Her Purse When She Was Sworn In As Vice President — It Was A Bible
Did Kamala Harris put her hand on her purse when she was sworn in as vice president? No, that's not true: Her hand was on a Bible. In fact, she used two Bibles in the ceremony -- one atop the other -- as can clearly be seen in photographs
AllSides→ Did President Biden Remove Military Flags From the Oval Office?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-biden-flags-removed-oval/ Whenever a new U.S. president tak
AllSides→ FactChecking Biden’s Inaugural Address
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/factchecking-bidens-inaugural-address/ Returning to a time when inaug
Full Fact→ There isn’t pork in Covid-19 vaccines
We've been asked by readers on WhatsApp to clear up whether there is pork in the new Covid-19 vaccines, whether they cause infertility in younger men and whether they pose a risk of death to the elderly. There are no animal products in vaccines Pork ge
Snopes→ Amid Cancellation Talk, Tokyo Olympics ‘Focused on Hosting’
Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 months ago at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and now the event appears threatened again.
Full Fact→ Death rate back to early 2000s levels
A post on Facebook claims that 2020 saw the UK’s sixth highest death rate going back to 1999. This is broadly true, but the statistics shown could use some context. The table pictured in the post claims to show the number of deaths each yea
Full Fact→ Death rate back to early 2000s levels
A post on Facebook claims that 2020 saw the UK’s sixth highest death rate going back to 1999. This is broadly true, but the statistics shown could use some context. The table pictured in the post claims to show the number of deaths each yea
AFP Fact Check→ US government document shared alongside false claim that Obama ‘funded Al-Qaeda’
A screenshot of a US Senate memorandum has circulated in social media posts that claim the US government declared former US President Barack Obama a “funder of Al-Qaeda”. The claim is false: the memorandum states a US Senate investigation determi
Health Feedback→ Too early for conclusions on long-term COVID-19 immunity, but some findings suggest that immune memory against the virus lasts for up to eight months and possibly longer
SUMMARY This article, published on 6 Jan. 2021 by MIT Technology Review, titled “COVID-19 immunity likely lasts for years”, reports the findings of a study led by researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology. The article received more th
AFP Fact Check→ Video shows sinking of disused airplane for diving tourism in Turkey in 2019, not lifting of Sriwijaya Air plane wreckage
A video has been viewed millions of times on TikTok and YouTube in posts which claim it shows the wreckage of a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea in January 2021. The claim is false: the video actually shows a decommissioned plane that w
AllSides→ Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration, fact-checked
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/joe-bidens-presidential-inauguration-fact-checked/ It was an
Snopes→ Biden Halts Border Wall Building After Trump’s Final Surge
Biden ordered a “pause” on all wall construction within a week, one of 17 executive orders issued on his first day in office.
AFP Fact Check→ Thai YouTube influencer denies false claim about ‘cash giveaway’
A photo has been shared repeatedly on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows a Thai YouTube influencer Pimrypie giving out cash to those who comment in the post and claim the money via Line messenger app. The claim is false; the photo is an old, unre
AFP Fact Check→ Thai YouTube influencer denies false claim about ‘cash giveaway’
A photo has been shared repeatedly on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows a Thai YouTube influencer Pimrypie giving out cash to those who comment in the post and claim the money via Line messenger app. The claim is false; the photo is an old, unre
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Mr. Clean is Literally Just Branded Melamine Sponges and You Can Buy 100 of Them for Only $13’
A January 19 2021 Facebook screenshot of a January 13 2021 tweet about Mr. Clean Magic Erasers proved hugely popular, advising social media users fond of the product that generic versions were much less expensive and just as effective: Things that I