An October 2 2021 Facebook post (screengrab included) contained a claim that a Swedish TV station accidentally put subtitles from children’s’ programming over a political debate: Beneath an apparent username from an unspecified platform
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The Dispatch→ Did Maricopa County ‘Delete All Records Used for Election Results’?
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Logically→ A Project Veritas video proves that Johnson & Johnson vaccine is unsafe for children.
It is not confirmed that the men interviewed in the video work for Johnson & Johnson. There is no indication that vaccines are unsafe for children
Full Fact→ Falling crime is related to pandemic lockdowns
“Crime has been falling, and not just, by the way, because we took the precaution of locking up the public for much of the last 18 months, but because you have a Conservative government that understands the broken windows theory of fighting crim
Logically→ According to scientists working at Pfizer, natural immunity is better than immunity from vaccines.
Scientists have clarified that vaccine-induced immunity is more standardized and can be longer-lasting than natural immunity.
Full Fact→ How much do firefighters, paramedics and police officers earn?
A graphic on Facebook which has been shared over 49,000 times makes a number of claims about public sector pay, including the salaries of police, paramedics, firefighters and MPs. Although this post in particular was first shared in 2017, it seem
Full Fact→ Angela Rayner wrong on wage growth
“Boris Johnson said that wages are rising. That is a lie, real wages are falling. The average worker is over £1,000 worse off today than they were in 2010 and the government’s own figures show it.” Angela Rayner, 3 October 2021
Logically→ COVID-19 is not an airborne disease.
COVID-19 is mainly spread through droplets and aerosols. Knowing this and protecting yourself against this is not hysteria.
Snopes→ Ex-Facebook Manager Criticizes Company, Urges More Oversight
A former Facebook data scientist told Congress she believes stricter government oversight could alleviate the dangers the company poses.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rupert Murdoch Did NOT Say ‘I Started Fox News To Get Rich,’ Did NOT Refer To ‘Low IQ Viewers’
Did Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch recently say, "I started Fox News to get rich," or "We created a fake story that 'Biden stole the elections' to keep our low IQ viewers returning every day"? No, that's not true: "This report is false,"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Illinois Vaccine Protesters Were NOT High School Students Who ‘Quit’ — Protesters Were Adults, At District Office
Did high school students in Crystal Lake, Illinois, protest a COVID-19 vaccine mandate by quitting and leaving their shoes outside the school? No, that's not true: The photo was taken outside the Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 School
Truth or Fiction?→ Project Veritas and ‘Nick Karl From Pfizer’
On October 4 2021, Project Veritas — an organization that releases heavily misleadingly edited far-right propaganda videos and pretends they are journalistic “stings” — claimed to “expose Pfizer” through secret vi
The Dispatch→ Do Refugees Get More Monthly Benefits Than Social Security Recipients?
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Truth or Fiction?→ Charlie Kirk ‘Cure’ Tweet
On October 3 2021, a tweet attributed to Charlie Kirk appeared on the subreddit r/HermanCainAward — purportedly proposing an alternative cure for COVID-19: Charlie Kirk discovers a cure for Covid that the mainstream medical establishme
Full Fact→ Claim that up to 135,000 children have not returned to school needs more context
A Sunday Times article, published on 3 October, claimed new figures show that between 95,000 and 135,000 children did not return to school in the autumn term. The Sunday Times said this figure does not include “normal absences” or children
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Disrupt Facebook By Seizing Its Servers On October 4, 2021 — Outage Was Caused By Technical Difficulties
Did the military disrupt Facebook's operations on October 4, 2021, by seizing the social media platform's servers at its headquarters? No, that's not true: Facebook, along with its acquired social media platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, e
Full Fact→ Nebulised hydrogen peroxide shouldn’t be used to treat all respiratory illnesses
A Facebook post claims that nebulized hydrogen peroxide “helps against ALL respiratory infections like colds/flu, sore throat, pneumonia, chest infections”. It has been viewed over 1,000 times. The post also says that you can buy hydrogen p
Logically→ More children will be seriously injured or killed by COVID-19 vaccines than by COVID-19.
There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can make children seriously ill or cause death. The statement by Vernon Coleman is false.
Full Fact→ Towards a common definition of claim matching
After Full Fact publishes each fact check, we keep monitoring the media to see if anyone repeats misleading claims. Where appropriate, we can then contact journalists or politicians who have repeated a claim we’ve already checked, without having
Logically→ You are at greater risk from COVID-19 vaccines than from COVID-19 itself.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. COVID-19 can cause severe disease and even death.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minister’s Order Does NOT Indicate Martial Law To Be Implemented Between October 8-16 In Canada
Did the government of Saskatchewan in Canada adopt an emergency order with the intention of instituting martial law -- shutting down travel with checkpoints, entering homes and seizing private property and disrupting the food supply by ta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In World War II, Socialism Was NOT ‘Beat’ — USSR Among Allies Who Beat Nazism, Imperial Japan and Italian Fascism
Did World War II result in socialism being "beat?" No, that's not true: socialism, one of the many adopted ideologies of the era that continued into the later 20th century, is not the same as "national socialism," more popularly known as
FactCheck.org→ Video: Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk false claims, spreading on social media, that were made by a state senator in Texas about vaccine safety. All three of the COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. went throu
Health Feedback→ Article by OffGuardian, ZeroHedge claiming to list 30 facts about COVID-19 contains multiple inaccurate and misleading statements
REVIEW On 22 September 2021, OffGuardian published an article, which was reprinted by ZeroHedge and shared by other websites like InfoWars, listing 30 claims related to COVID-19. These articles, which went viral, received altogether more than 19,000
Snopes→ Tom Brady Beats Patriots in New England Return, 19-17
Brady rallied the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 19-17 victory over the Patriots on a rainy Sunday night, with Ryan Succop hitting the winning 48-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter.
Full Fact→ Marr wrong to claim PM wasn’t telling the truth on wages
“What you’re also seeing is finally growth in wages after more than 10 years of flatlining, what you’re seeing is people on low incomes being paid more... Wages have been totally flatlining, totally flatlining for more than a decade&
The Dispatch→ Did the Maricopa County Audit Find 17,322 Duplicate Ballots?
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Snopes→ Ex-Facebook Manager Alleges Social Network Fed Capitol Riot
A data scientist who was revealed as the Facebook whistleblower says that whenever there was a conflict between the public good and what benefited the company, the social media giant would choose its own interests.
Logically→ Brexit has led to supply shortages in a Brussels supermarket.
The image of empty shelves is being incorrectly linked to Brexit. Carrefour's supply chain has been hit amid a strike at its logistics provider.
Logically→ Bill Gates calls for the withdrawal of all COVID-19 vaccines.
Bill Gates advocates vaccination. The claim originated from a satirical article on a conspiracy site and was amplified on social media.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Humans Have Stripes’
On September 28 2021, the following post made a series of claims about humans having “stripes” that are visible but aren’t actually stripes, and that they also have stripes that do exist but which are not visible. The post’s c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence To Substantiate Report Bill Clinton Fatally Poisoned At Guantanamo
Was former President Bill Clinton found dead in a jail cell at Guantanamo Bay, and was it ruled a homicide by poison? No, that's not true: This claim was made on Real Raw News, a self-described satirical website that publishes articles li
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: White House Did NOT Set Up Fake Scene To Deceive Public About Biden’s Booster Shot
Did the White House set up a fake scene to deceive the public about President Joe Biden's COVID-19 booster shot? No, that's not true: The White House was clear about where the scene was shot, namely the South Court Auditorium of the Eisen
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenko ‘Vaccine Death Report’ Does NOT Show Credible Data — It Rehashes Disproven COVID Vaccine Claims
Does a 52-page pdf entitled, "The Vaccine Death Report" show how dangerous and deadly COVID-19 vaccines are? No, that's not true: This document contains an international cast of claims that have already been debunked. The vaccine disinfor
FactCheck.org→ Basketball Star Bradley Beal’s Misleading Comments About COVID-19
SciCheck Digest NBA star Bradley Beal made some misleading comments — shared in viral video clips — about the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. No vaccine is 100% effective, but clinical trials and studies show the COVID-19 vaccines are very effe
Snopes→ Biden’s Approval Slumps After a Slew of Crises: AP-NORC Poll
President Joe Biden’s popularity has slumped after a slew of challenges at home and abroad for the leader who pledged to bring the country together and restore competence in government, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for
Truth or Fiction?→ Carl Sagan: ‘Once You Give a Charlatan Power Over You, You Almost Never Get It Back’
On October 1 2021, an Imgur account shared a quote about bamboozlers and charlatans attributed to astrophyicist and science advocate Carl Sagan: At the bottom an “Occupy Democrats” watermark appeared; the page shared the meme on Facebook
Full Fact→ What is the advice on getting the Pfizer vaccine during pregnancy?
We have been asked on WhatsApp why there appears to be a discrepancy between information on Pfizer’s website and patient information leaflet, and the official government advice for pregnant women thinking about getting the Covid-19 vaccine.
Logically→ Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. exposes a major Hollywood pedophile ring.
Robert Downey Jr. has never made any statement regarding a pedophile ring in Hollywood. The false claim is resurfacing on the internet.
Logically→ Alan Jones misrepresented research on COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria.
The ACMA investigation report on Sky News host Alan Jones states his comments on COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria in August 2020 were inaccurate.