A video on Facebook, performed in the style of a rap battle and viewed more than 36,000 times, makes a number of misleading claims about Covid-19 and the vaccines. In it, the self-proclaimed “truther” tells their “vaxxer”
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Logically→ A WHO database has listed over two million adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines.
Unverified data uploaded on the VigiAccess portal of WHO is misrepresented to show that COVID-19 vaccines cause severe adverse effects.
Logically→ Pfizer has admitted that the FDA has not approved its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.
The COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine received full FDA approval on August 23, 2021.
Snopes→ Queen Accepts Medical Advice to Rest, Cancels N Ireland Trip
The palace didn't offer specifics on the decision, but says the 95-year-old monarch is “in good spirits."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does Not Prove Its Claim That ‘Molnupiravir’ COVID Pill Causes Human Mutations and Cancer
Did this video prove its claim that the proposed oral COVID drug called molnupiravir is poisonous and causes cancer and mutations? No, that's not true: There's no credible and peer-reviewed lab or clinical data supplied, and the publicly-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccine Makers Are NOT Funding Facebook Fact Checkers
Are Facebook's independent fact-checking partners funded by vaccine makers? No, that's not true. While one of the 10 U.S. Facebook fact checkers discloses that one of its 2021 grants comes from a foundation whose stock-holdings include va
Truth or Fiction?→ Was William Shatner the First ‘Star Trek’ Actor to Reach Outer Space?
While William Shatner did explore the “final frontier” when he briefly reached outer space in October 2021, it is inaccurate to say that he journeyed to where no Star Trek actor had gone before. As fans quickly noted online, Dr. Mae Jemison
Snopes→ Navy Probe Finds Major Failures in Fire That Destroyed Ship
A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and others that fueled the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, calling the massive five-day blaze in San Diego preventable and unacceptable.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Pete Buttigieg Breastfeeding Is NOT Real — It’s Photoshopped
Did U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg pose for a photo wearing a breastfeeding device? No, that's not true: This image seen in the top portion of this meme has been digitally altered using photo-editing tools. The actual per
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘It’s Been Illegal for Employers to Forbid Workers From Discussing Their Pay For the Last 86 Years, Since the National Labor Relations Act of 1935’
An October 16 2021, a Facebook post by performance artist and perennial political candidate Vermin Supreme highlighted an October 11 tweet claiming that it became illegal for employers to forbid workers from discussing their pay rate 86 years earlier:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Commands 50,000 Secret Troops And Deputized Them As U.S. Marshals
Were "50,000 secret USA troops" just deputized by Donald Trump? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that any service members have been deputized by former President Donald Trump and made "Federal Marshals." A parody Twitter account
Health Feedback→ Vaccines are highly effective against COVID-19, but unvaccinated people can still endanger vaccinated people, contrary to Tucker Carlson’s claim on Fox News
REVIEW More than half the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of 12 October 2021. However, the pace of vaccination significantly slowed down compared to the first months of the campaign. In a press conference on 24 Septembe
The Dispatch→ Did Donald Trump Issue a Statement Calling the Late Colin Powell a ‘RINO’?
With a (shall we say) unique approach to grammar and style, former President Donald Trump’s personal messages have been an easy target for parodists. One doesn’t have to look far for fake Trump emails or tweets from before he was banned fro
Truth or Fiction?→ JesusWeen
On October 19 2021, the Facebook page “Vagina Devil Magic” shared a screenshot of a headline, “Conservative Christians Want To Replace Halloween With ‘JesusWeen’—And Twitter Can’t Stop Chuckling”: That scre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Colin Powell Did NOT Commit Suicide
Did Colin Powell, the first Black secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commit suicide? No, that's not true: That claim is not supported by any news coverage of his death, by any statements from his family or offic
Truth or Fiction?→ 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics: Minimum Wage and Immigrant Labor
On October 18 2021, a screenshot of a tweet about the 2021 Nobel prize in economics was shared at least twice to Facebook, on the pages Coffee Party USA and Labor 411. The depicted tweet was first published on October 11 2021: The 2021 Nobel Prize in
The Dispatch→ Did a Delta Pilot Collapse and Die Midflight?
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Snopes→ 7-Foot Statue of Harambe Placed in Front of Wall Street’s Charging Bull
The gorilla installation supposedly depicts how Wall Street has gone "bananas."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All Unvaccinated Navy SEALs Do NOT Have To Pay Back Training Costs — Only Those Who Are In Applicable Graduate Programs And Specialized Training
Will the U.S. Navy force members of its elite Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) teams who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 to pay back millions for training? Not exactly: It is possible that they would have to dish out recoupment of training cost
Full Fact→ Bill Gates’ £400m claim about green investment was wrong
Boris Johnson: So together we’re putting in £200 million, I think Bill [Gates]’s putting in £200 million if I’ve got the numbers right, just checking. Bill Gates: £400 [million] each. Global Investment Summit broadc
Logically→ Keir Starmer refused to charge Jimmy Savile, an English DJ who sexually abused children.
Starmer was not directly responsible as he was not the reviewing lawyer on the Jimmy Savile case.
Full Fact→ Viral tweet overstates UK’s lead in Covid-19 cases
A tweet with over 5,000 retweets claimed on 18 October: “There were 229,000 new cases of coronavirus in the world yesterday. The UK provided 20% of them. 1 in 5 of the new cases in the whole world was on our little island.” That’s not
Logically→ Haribo gummy bears are made from boiled skin, skeletons, and the connective tissues of animals.
Although most ingredients in Haribo gummy candies are plant-based, gelatin is made by boiling animal skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones with water.
Logically→ Public Health England: Vaccinated people in their forties are reporting double the infection rate compared to those unvaccinated.
Vaccinate does not raise the risk of catching COVID-19. The study quoted by Daily Sceptic has been misrepresented.
Full Fact→ NHSX website doesn’t reveal vaccine passport roll out
Posts on social media, YouTube and an article on the website The Exposé, have used a passage of text from the NHSX website as evidence to claim that the government will “definitely” be introducing vaccine passports “in the UK&r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Spanish High Court Did NOT ‘Confirm’ That COVID-19 Does Not Exist
Did Spain's high court confirm that COVID-19 does not exist? No, that's not true: The Spanish Ministry of Health was not taken to court, there was no hearing and the "proof" offered is an informational reply letter the government issued t
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Spiked by Injection’ Warnings on Social Media
In October 2021, rumors warning that people — mostly women – were being “spiked by injection” spread virally across social media, with several high-engagement versions on Twitter: you’ve been outsmarted by us, we cover our d
FactCheck.org→ The COVID-19 Recession Officially Ended Before Biden Took Office
The recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic officially lasted just two months and ended in April 2020. But Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrongly credited President Joe Biden for guiding “this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hunter Biden Was NOT Hanged At Gitmo
Was Hunter Biden hanged at Guantanamo Bay on October 15, 2021? No, that's not true: A duty officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories, "this is false." Also, this claim was made on a self-described satirical website whose disclaimer says i
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Rent to Own is For the Financially Illiterate’
On October 13 2021, a Facebook user published the following warning about rent-to-own appliances and large purchases, describing the manner in which such transactions functionally served as a tax on low-income people: STAY AWAY FROM RENT to Own Places
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Public Health England Data Does NOT Suggest That COVID-19 Vaccines Cause AIDS
Does Public Health England (PHE) data suggest that COVID-19 vaccines cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)? No, that's not true: The data is misinterpreted, and a spokesperson from the United Kingdom Health Security Agency -- wh
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims that the Pfizer Vaccine Is Not Yet Approved
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Brian Laundrie Was Found Alive in Mexico — Claim Is From A Fake Article
Did U.S. authorities find Brian Laundrie, fiance of the late Gabby Petito, alive in Mexico? No, there's no evidence of that: The site where the claim was made, Conservative Beaver, is known for creating false stories that are bound to get
Full Fact→ NASA didn’t paste a picture of the Earth into photos from the moon
A video on Instagram suggests that a number of images of the Earth from space have been altered or “faked” by NASA. The video, taken from a much longer interview with conspiracy theorist Dave Murphy, presents four images produced by N
Full Fact→ Nigel Farage understates renewable energy generation
“On a good day wind energy can bring us 24%, 25% of our electricity needs… back in September there was a three week period when renewables produced between 2% and 3%.” Nigel Farage, 14 October 2021. During his show on GB News, forme
Full Fact→ The Joe Rogan podcast misused English Covid-19 data
On 12 October 2021, Alex Berenson, an American journalist appearing as a podcast guest on the Joe Rogan Experience, used data from the now replaced Public Health England (PHE) to claim that people over 40 are more likely to catch Covid-19 if they are v
Snopes→ Removing the %&*@ from Maine’s Vanity Plates Will Take Time
Removing the flipping obscenities from license plates on Maine's roads and highways isn't going to happen overnight.
Logically→ Pfizer experimented on orphan babies to test its COVID-19 vaccine.
Pfizer started its clinical trials on children aged six to 11 months. There is no evidence that these children were orphans.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: mRNA Vaccines Do NOT Change DNA Or Cause Birth Defects
Can an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine given to a woman cause changes in the DNA of a baby she is carrying and result in a "mutant baby" born with extra limbs or other deformities? No, that's not true: The mRNA in COVID vaccines does not enter the
Snopes→ DOJ Will Ask Supreme Court to Halt Texas Abortion Law
The move comes as the Texas clinics are running out of avenues to stop the GOP-engineered law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks.