Do face masks worn to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus cause staphylococcus, or staph infections? No, that's not true. While they can reportedly cause pressure ulcers and skin irritation, a skin doctor and infectious disease ex
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Have A Plan To Raise Taxes On Families Earning $75,000 To 25% Rate
Does Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have a plan to raise the tax rate on families earning $75,000 from 12% to 25%, more than doubling what families now pay with that income? No, that's not true. Biden's tax plan actually calls
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Have A Plan To Raise Taxes On Families Earning $75,000 To 25% Rate
Does Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have a plan to raise the tax rate on families earning $75,000 from 12% to 25%, more than doubling what families now pay with that income? No, that's not true. Biden's tax plan actually calls
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Tina Turner Is Dying From Stomach Cancer And Rejection Of A Kidney
Is singer Tina Turner dying from stomach cancer and rejection of a kidney? No, there are no reliable reports that she is deathly ill. Turner did struggle with intestinal cancer and she underwent a kidney transplant in the past decade, but
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Tina Turner Is Dying From Stomach Cancer And Rejection Of A Kidney
Is singer Tina Turner dying from stomach cancer and rejection of a kidney? No, there are no reliable reports that she is deathly ill. Turner did struggle with intestinal cancer and she underwent a kidney transplant in the past decade, but
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Speakers For The 2020 GOP Convention — Including ‘MyPillow Guy’ and ‘Demon Sperm Doctor’ — Is NOT Official
Are the "MAGA hat kid from Covington Catholic," the "MyPillow guy," the "demon sperm doctor," musician Kid Rock, actor Scott Baio and the "racist gun couple" all featured speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Speakers For The 2020 GOP Convention — Including ‘MyPillow Guy’ and ‘Demon Sperm Doctor’ — Is NOT Official
Are the "MAGA hat kid from Covington Catholic," the "MyPillow guy," the "demon sperm doctor," musician Kid Rock, actor Scott Baio and the "racist gun couple" all featured speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pittsburgh Steelers Will NOT Fine Players $1 Million If They Kneel During The National Anthem
Did Pittsburgh Steelers management say they would fine players $1 million if they kneel during the national anthem? No, that's not true: This is a fictional piece written by a known satire website. These stories are often re-published by
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pittsburgh Steelers Will NOT Fine Players $1 Million If They Kneel During The National Anthem
Did Pittsburgh Steelers management say they would fine players $1 million if they kneel during the national anthem? No, that's not true: This is a fictional piece written by a known satire website. These stories are often re-published by
Truth or Fiction?→ Was There a Potential COVID-19 Outbreak at a Las Vegas Strip Club?
A typically-false post from the “satirical” blog World News Daily Report (WNDR) got a bigger boost than usual online after being shared by an entrepreneur. The post delivered a characteristically lurid “story” about a COVID-19
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Dems Strike ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2020 DNC?
On August 19 2020, a screenshot of a Fox News chyron asserting that Democrats had removed “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance began circulating on social media: We encountered the Fox News chyron in image-only form; it read: DEMS ST
Snopes→ Did the Obama Administration Remove USPS Mailboxes?
The removal of U.S. Postal Service mailboxes under the previous administration did not indicate a political agenda.
Climate Feedback→ Article by CNN exaggerates study’s implications for future Greenland ice loss with “point of no return” claim
SUMMARY The article in CNN discusses findings from a study published August, 2020 that analyzes trends of ice discharge from the Greenland Ice Sheet over the past three decades[1]. Reports on this study were also published by Reuters and Phys.org, r
Snopes→ Is USPS Locking Mailboxes To Undermine 2020 Election?
Mailbox rumors swirled in 2020, as did real concern about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to meet demand before the general election.
Snopes→ Do Ballot Envelopes Reveal the Party of the Voter?
A widely seen video posted to Facebook raised fears about election tampering.
Full Fact→ Claims that Warburtons now gets its wheat from the USA are wrong
Several posts on Facebook have claimed that the baked goods company Warburtons has decided to stop sourcing the majority of its flour from British farmers and instead has opted for a Candian/American deal with a company called Frontier. This is incorre
AFP Fact Check→ Man assaulted at Portland Black Lives Matter protest did not die
Social media posts claim that a man assaulted during a Black Lives Matter protest in the US city of Portland died from his injuries. This is false; a man was beaten and injured in the Oregon city on August 16, 2020, but police confirmed that he is aliv
Full Fact→ Lowering the state pension age for women won’t create four million jobs for young people
A Facebook post shared 22,000 times claims that four million job vacancies would be created for young people if the state pension age for women was lowered back to 60. This is not accurate. The post says: “4 million job vacancies could be c
Poynter→ Bill Clinton is mostly accurate on international unemployment comparison
PolitiFact and MediaWise are teaming up to debunk misinformation about the coronavirus crisis. To have Coronavirus Facts delivered to your inbox weekly, click here. Editor’s note: As a reader of Coronavirus Facts, you understand that 2020 has brought
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claims resurface online about hydroxychloroquine’s efficacy against COVID-19
Facebook posts claiming France and South Korea have approved the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of the novel coronavirus have surfaced online in Africa barely a month after Dr. Stella Immanuel, a Houston-based physician, claimed she had su
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim circulates on Facebook about dangers of face masks alongside photos of skin conditions
Five images have been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts which claim they show images of people suffering from skin problems that have been caused by wearing face masks. The claim is misleading; three of the images show cases of chicke
AFP Fact Check→ Photos of the Burj Khalifa have been doctored to include the Israeli flag
Two photos have been shared repeatedly in multiple posts on Facebook which purport to show Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, illuminated with the Israeli flag to celebrate a new peace treaty between Israel and the United Arab Em
FactCheck.org→ Democratic Convention Night 3
Summary It was another quiet night on the fact-checking front at the Democratic National Convention. We found former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton cited a dubious study on billionaires profiting during the pandemic, and former Labor Secretary Hi
Poynter→ Fact-checking night three of the 2020 DNC with Barack Obama and Kamala Harris
Sen. Kamala Harris of California became the first Black and Asian American woman to accept the vice presidential nomination of a major political party during the third night of the 2020 virtual Democratic National Convention. And — fact-check us —
Poynter→ Fact-checking night three of the 2020 DNC with Barack Obama and Kamala Harris
Sen. Kamala Harris of California became the first Black and Asian American woman to accept the vice presidential nomination of a major political party during the third night of the 2020 virtual Democratic National Convention. And — fact-check us —
AFP Fact Check→ This image is an illustration of a medical centre at a US university
An image of a building design has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows a design for a hospital set to be built by a Muslim body in India on land that was designated for a mosque. The claim is false;
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fields Of ‘Human Cages’ Discovered In Caruthers, California, Are Old Jail Cells That Are No Longer In Use
Were fields of "human cages" discovered in Caruthers, California? Yes, but that is missing context. The viral video of cages with toilets stacked up in the desert shows old metal jail cells that are no longer being used to hold people and
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Ignore’ Joe Biden During Her DNC Appearance?
NBC News attracted criticism for its coverage of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on August 18 2020, after the network posted a tweet that misrepresented Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance on the event. The New York congresswoman
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Images Show Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announcing Their Ticket at an Event — Without Masks?
On August 15 2020, four days after Joe Biden announced that former California attorney general Kamala Harris would be his running mate in the upcoming presidential election, the following images began circulating — purportedly showing Biden and
Truth or Fiction?→ Is This a Photo of Seattle — Brought to You By ‘The Environmental Left’?
On August 10 2020, a Facebook user shared the following picture, purportedly taken in Seattle the previous month and showing detritus left behind by the “environmental left”: Alongside a blurry image of a trash-filled street, the
AllSides→ Did Kamala Harris Frame and Prosecute a Man for Murder?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-kamala-harris-frame-and-prosecute A viral Instagram post claims
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Propose Ending Social Security Benefits After Age 75
Did AOC -- U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York -- propose ending Social Security benefits after age 75? No, that's not true: This story is satire from a website that specializes in creating outrageous headlines. Many people sha
Full Fact→ Infrared thermometers do not affect the pineal gland
A video and accompanying caption on Facebook have claimed that infrared temperature guns can damage the pineal gland. In the video, a woman films an encounter at a dentist, where she refuses to let staff take her children’s temperature using an i
The Dispatch→ Is a ‘Shadow Government’ Seeking a Coup Against President Trump?
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Poynter→ Fact-checking night two of the 2020 Democratic National Convention
The traditional roll call to formally nominate Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee sent viewers on a virtual journey from sea to shining sea. Socially-distanced presenters at night two of the Democratic National Convention included sombe
AFP Fact Check→ This photo has circulated in reports since 2018 about an incident in the north Indian state of Bihar
A photo of an armed man standing on an Indian flag while cloaked in a Pakistani flag has been shared repeatedly in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in June 2020 alongside a claim he was seen disrespecting India’s flag in the eastern state o
AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates on Facebook about Philippine retailer’s face shield price guide
An image has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts that purportedly shows an announcement from a Philippine retailer about the price of face shields in its malls. The purported price guide states face shields would be sold at SM’s mall
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows an Indian police officer beating a man who allegedly broke coronavirus lockdown restrictions
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows an Indian police officer beating a man with a stick after he waved a flag representing an anti-government party on Independence Day. The claim,
FactCheck.org→ Democratic Convention Night 2
Summary It was another unconventional night for fact-checkers at the truncated Democratic National Convention that has been forced to go virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic. But we found a few statements to write about, including a misleading c
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading claim circulates online about Philippine Health Department’s guidelines for face shields
An image has been shared repeatedly on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows guidelines issued by the Philippine Department of Health about appropriate face shields to protect from the novel coronavirus. The claim is misleading; the Philippi