Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg made headlines this week when she was detained while protesting against a coal mining operation in Lutzerath, Germany. But some people claim the moment was […] The post Climate activist Greta Thunberg didnâ
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Poynter→ Does Pfizerâs COVID-19 booster increase stroke risk? âVery unlikely,â agencies say
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation into whether Pfizerâs bivalent COVID-19 booster caused strokes in certain age groups, […] The post Does Pfizerâs COVID-19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Anti-Zelenskyy Graffiti Did NOT Appear In London On January 18, 2023
Did new graffiti negatively portraying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appear in London? No, that's not true: Based on analysis of open-source data, Lead Stories identified the location of the purported drawing as Lindt Home of Ch
Poynter→ Rappler has been cleared of tax evasion chargesÂ
Rappler, a leading news and fact-checking organization in the Philippines, just won a consolidated tax evasion lawsuit that has been ongoing for four years. Though there are still charges pending, […] The post Rappler has been cleared of tax evas
Poynter→ Social Security does add to federal budget deficit, despite claims to the contrary
In a “Dear Republican Party” Facebook post, the group Occupy Democrats suggested that the GOP would use federal deficits and debt as a false pretense for cutting Social Security. “Social […] The post Social Security does add to
Poynter→ The cost of eggs has increased significantly, but social media posts exaggerate the price jump
For many Americans lately, buying eggs has felt like being on an expensive Easter egg hunt. Bird flu outbreaks have strained the supply of eggs nationwide, driving up prices when demand […] The post The cost of eggs has increased significantly,
Poynter→ The White House is not banning gas stoves and ovens
Fox News viewers might think a government agency is cooking up a plan to take away their gas stoves and ovens, after comments from network host Sean Hannity. “Now, not […] The post The White House is not banning gas stoves and ovens appeare
AllSides→ Trump, Biden classified documents cases differ in key ways. Hereâs how.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/jan/11/Trump-Biden-classified-documents-cases-differ/ Soon afte
AllSides→ Can House Democrats Bring Motion to Vacate House Speaker?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-can-house-democrats-bring-motion-vacate-house-speaker-1773698 After
Poynter→ Jan 8. invasion of Brazilâs capital âbigger and more frighteningâ than the US Capitol attack, fact-checkers say
Fifteen hundred pro-Bolsonaro protesters have been detained in the Brazilian Jan. 8 capitol riot redolent of the one that happened two years ago at the United States Capitol, according to […] The post Jan 8. invasion of Brazilâs capital âbigg
AllSides→ Classified Documents Found at Former Biden Office, Drawing Comparisons to Trump
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/classified-documents-found-at-former-biden-office-drawing-comparisons-to-trump/
Poynter→ Young and healthy people get benefits from COVID-19 vaccines, despite claims to contrary
As a highly transmissible coronavirus variant begins to dominate new infections in the U.S., social media users are sharing a video clip from vaccine scientist-turned-anti-vaccine activist Dr. Robert Malone. In […] The post Young and healthy peop
Health Feedback→ Evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines donât increase the risk of death, contrary to claim by financier Edward Dowd
REVIEW In a video published on 4 January 2023, businessman and podcaster Aubrey Marcus interviewed Edward Dowd, a former investment portfolio manager at BlackRock, regarding his book âCause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022â
Poynter→ An Instagram post takes a Tom Hanks clip out of context to falsely claim he condones pedophilia
An Instagram post claims to show proof that the actor Tom Hanks supports pedophilia. The Jan. 3 post showed a snippet of Hanks clapping his hands and shouting “sexy baby” at a […] The post An Instagram post takes a Tom Hanks clip ou
Poynter→ What Biden said about migrants at the southern US border and Jews fleeing the Holocaust, in context
President Joe Biden visited the Mexico-Texas border Jan. 8 and expanded an immigration program that will give more migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela the chance to enter the […] The post What Biden said about migrants at the south
AllSides→ Did Mark Twain Say This About Reading the Newspaper and Being Misinformed?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-twain-read-newspaper-misinformed/ A quote has been floating arou
AllSides→ FactChecking the House Speaker Election
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/factchecking-the-house-speaker-election/ There were some factual miss
Poynter→ Anti-vaccine activists are using faulty data to claim cardiac arrests are increasing in athletes. Theyâre not.
Itâs become a familiar pattern. A notable figure experiences a tragic event â an injury or even death â and within minutes, online anti-vaccination activists and conservative personalities attribute it […] The post Anti-vaccine activists ar
Truth or Fiction?→ George Santos Hand Gesture
Amid ongoing and fruitless efforts to elect a U.S. House Speaker on January 5 2023, a photograph of embattled freshman Rep.-elect George Santos (R-New York) using the “OK sign,” a hand gesture appropriated for signaling by white supremacist
AllSides→ FactChecking the House Speaker Election
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/factchecking-the-house-speaker-election/ There were some factual miss
Poynter→ Misinformation is swirling online about COVID-19 vaccines and Damar Hamlinâs collapse
NFL player Damar Hamlin remained in critical condition Jan. 4, two days after he collapsed on the field mid-game from what his team said was cardiac arrest. While fans gathered outside a […] The post Misinformation is swirling online about COVI
Poynter→ There is no scientific evidence that garlic can be used to treat respiratory illnesses
As the United States is in the midst of a winter “tripledemic” with rising cases of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, also called RSV, an Instagram post claims a […] The post There is no scientific evidence that g
AllSides→ NFL Player Damar Hamlinâs Cardiac Arrest Triggers Unfounded Social Media Claims
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/scicheck-nfl-player-damar-hamlins-cardiac-arrest-triggers-unfounded-social-media-claims/
AllSides→ Were There 600,000 Southern U.S. Border ‘Got-Aways’ in 2022?
http://newsweek.com/southern-us-border-migrants-gotaways-2022-1770201 The number of undocumented migran
Health Feedback→ Ivermectin hasnât proven effective in COVID-19 patients so far, despite persistent online claims
REVIEW On 25 December 2022, the Epoch Times reposted an article by naturopath Colleen Huber titled âIvermectin is Safe and Effective: The Evidenceâ. At the time of this reviewâs publication, the article had received more than 4,500 interaction
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Do NOT Contain ‘HIV Protein’ Causing ‘Vaccine AIDS’
Do COVID-19 vaccines contain an "HIV protein" that is causing "vaccine AIDS," resulting in an increase in people "showing up HIV-positive"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to suggest COVID mRNA vaccines currently available in th
AllSides→ Our Most Popular Articles in 2022
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/our-most-popular-articles-in-2022/ Before we ring in 2023, we look ba
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Viral Claim About Elon Musk
Elon Musk (Photo by CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) A digitally altered social media post falsely attributes a quotation from George Orwellâs famous novella Animal Farm to Elon Musk. View this post on Instagram A post
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Was NOT Arrested For Child Porn
Was former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal arrested for possessing child pornography? No, that's not true: The article is from a satirical website and is completely made up. It was originally published without a satire label but has been update
AllSides→ How Twitter âtattlesâ squealed on users for COVID âmisinformationâ
https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/how-twitter-tattles-squealed-on-users-for-covid-misinformation/ Twitter r
AllSides→ PolitiFactâs top 10 fact-checks of 2022
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/dec/26/politifacts-top-10-fact-checks-of-2022/ Throughout 2022,
AllSides→ White House Credits Biden With 750k Manufacturing Jobs ‘Boom’
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-white-house-biden-manufacturing-jobs-boom-1769321 President Joe Bid
Truth or Fiction?→ White House COVID-19 Chief Downplays Mask Use in âConfusingâ Interview
The head of the White House’s response to COVID-19, Dr. Ashish K. Jha, downplayed the importance of local mask mandates in December 2022 — going into the third year of the global pandemic — even as he claimed it was not an “eith
FactCheck.org→ Bidenâs Story About Uncle Frank Doesnât Add Up
At a military veterans event in Delaware, President Joe Biden told a detailed story about how as vice president he presented one of his uncles, Frank Biden, with a Purple Heart, which his uncle refused to accept. But the facts of Biden’s story d
AllSides→ Leftâs Persistent Myth on âRewriting Factsâ in Kennedy v. Bremerton
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/lefts-persistent-myth-on-rewriting-facts-in-kennedy-v-bremerton/
AllSides→ Did Ex-Intel Officials Call Hunter Biden Laptop Disinformation?
https://www.newsweek.com/hunter-biden-laptop-jim-jordan-facebook-disinformation-twitter-1767369 The "Tw
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It has been a challenging time for fact-checkers. An alarming percentage of people are vulnerable to deceptions, while at the same time knowledge of civics is on the decline. In the past year, weâve tried to do our part by providing you the
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Viral Claim About Elon Musk
A popular social media account attributes an Orwell quote to Musk.The post Fact Checking a Viral Claim About Elon Musk appeared first on The Dispatch.
AllSides→ Trump Swapped Prisoners, Too
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/trump-swapped-prisoners-too/ Criticizing the Biden administrationâs
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About Arizona Voter Registration Numbers
(Photo by Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images.) A claim that the total number of registered voters in Arizona as published by Facebook exceeds the population of the state by more than 2.5 million is circulating on social media in the wake of the 2022 midterm e