Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Have NOT ‘Killed 20 Million People’
Have COVID-19 vaccines "killed 20 million people" since their rollout? No, that's not true: The article making this claim cited a 2022 study that estimated COVID vaccines had saved -- not killed -- nearly 20 million lives in the first yea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Ukraine’s Former Defense Minister ‘After His Resignation … On A Yacht’ — Photo Is Old
Does a photo on social media prove that Ukraine's former minister of defense Oleksii Reznikov went to Europe to enjoy "successful earnings" right after leaving his job in September 2023? No, that's not true: Reznikov posted that image on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Garlic Is NOT A ‘Fake Food’
Is garlic a "fake food"? No, that's not true: A nutrition expert confirmed to Lead Stories that "Garlic is a real food." The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also recognizes garlic as a food that is safe for human consumption. The claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Does NOT Have Prison Camp Just Outside Fairbanks, Alaska, That Can Hold Up To 2 Million People
Does FEMA have a prison camp just outside Fairbanks, Alaska, that can hold up to 2 million people at a time? No, that's not true: "That is absolutely false," an official of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told Lead Stories. The ag
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ An 18-year-old MMA fighter’s death was unrelated to the COVID vaccine
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No one has been sentenced to 20 years for filming the Jan. 6 riots, contrary to congressman’s claim
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ Cutting Bait on DeSantis
Is it time?
PolitiFact→ Unleash Prosperity Now – Attack ad exaggerates effects of school choice bill, Cooper's opposition
“Gov. Roy Cooper is blocking a pioneering school choice bill that would give thousands of low-income parents the funds to allow their kids to get a high-quality education.”
PolitiFact→ ‘Special interest alien’ designation is based largely on a person's country of origin, experts say
What is a “special interest alien”? Experts said the classification is primarily about a person’s country of origin, and is not based on an individualized assessment of a person’s history or network of friends and family, for example.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Poland hasn’t declared war on Russia
"Poland declares war on Russia.”
FactCheck.org→ Missouri State Senators in Video Were Burning Boxes, Not Books
Quick Take Two Missouri state senators participated in a fundraising event that included a demonstration of flamethrowers that were up for auction. Videos shared on Instagram falsely claimed to show the senators engaged in a “book burning.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Immigrants pay taxes and housing costs, regardless of status
CLAIM: There are more than 18 million immigrants in the country without authorization but, unlike U.S. citizens, they are not required to pay taxes, rent, or receive vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nikki Haley Did NOT Shed Her Birth Name — ‘Nikki’ And ‘Haley’ Have Both Been Her Legal Names
Did former South Carolina governor and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley shed her birth name? No, that's not true: Haley, whose birth name is Nimrata (also spelled "Nimarata") Nikki Randhawa, has explained that the middle name
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘An F-35B Fighter Jet Crashing Near Charleston, South Carolina’
Does a video on TikTok capture the moment of the F-35B crash in South Carolina on September 17, 2023? No, that's not true: the clip does not accurately portray the location. It was originally published by an account specializing in sharin
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video shows tiny homes for homeless residents, not FEMA concentration camps
Video shows a Federal Emergency Management Agency “concentration camp” in Hawaii.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Altered video puts words in the mouths of Elon Musk and a Canadian journalist
Video shows Elon Musk promising $45,000 in Canadian currency for participating Canadian citizens.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media post recasts celebrity deaths as part of conspiracy
Princess Diana, actor Heath Ledger and musician John Lennon were “killed for exposing the truth.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – FEMA’s emergency alert test won’t activate graphene oxide in people
An emergency broadcast system test will “send a specific high-frequency signal … with the intention of activating graphene oxide” in people.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Tornado Daniel’ In Libya — It’s Florida Storm Scene With Special Effects Added
Does this video show "Tornado Daniel" hitting Benghazi, Libya? No, that's not true: This video is a combination of a Floridian storm setting with visual effects added. The buildings and fallen tree are from a tornado tracker's YouTube cha
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wasn’t executed, but these zombie claims won’t die
Photo shows Hillary Clinton on a “lethal injection medical table.”
The Dispatch→ The Farm Bill Is a Case Study in What’s Wrong With Washington
Just because legislation is bipartisan doesn’t make it good.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Estudio de garrapatas financiado por Bill Gates no tiene que ver con reportes de alergia a la carne
“Bill Gates financió la investigación sobre garrapatas de ganado modificadas genéticamente" y ahora 450,000 estadounidenses "tienen alergias a la carne por el síndrome alfa-gal, causado por picaduras de garrapatas”.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Viral NYC arrest video connected to theft, not sleeping in public, police say
Video shows New York City police “arrest two young people for sleeping on concrete blocks.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wasn’t arrested
“Janet Yellen arrested for treason.”
Logically→ Video game clip shared as U.S. military F35 destroyed in aerial combat with Cuba
PolitiFact→ Bernie Sanders – Do CEOs today earn 400 times more than their typical workers, as Bernie Sanders said?
“CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
Full Fact→ What’s behind the ‘Net Zero proposals’ the Prime Minister has said he’ll scrap?
We’ve looked into some of the “worrying proposals” that the Prime Minister mentioned in his Net Zero speech.
Logically→ No, former FBI agent Ted Gunderson was not assassinated for exposing chemtrails
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of Missouri lawmakers using flamethrowers ignites false book burning claims
Video shows Republican Missouri state senators using flamethrowers to burn books.
Full Fact→ Video shows mudslide in Japan not Libya floods
The video, which claims to show fatal flooding in Derna, has been viewed by tens of thousands of people.
Full Fact→ Viral video shows floods in Saudi Arabia, not Libya
The video has been circulating online since at least 2015.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Push Unproven ‘Spike Protein Detoxification’ Regimen
SciCheck Digest Serious side effects after COVID-19 vaccination are rare, and there isn’t evidence people need to undergo a “spike protein detoxification” regimen after getting vaccinated, contrary to claims made online. Nor
Full Fact→ Staring at the sun is bad for your eyes
A social media video features claims about sungazing, including that staring at the sun won’t harm the eyes or cause blindness. This is false.
Logically→ Tennis player Clara Tauson’s collapse falsely tied to vaccines
AllSides→ FactChecking Trump on ‘Meet the Press’
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/09/factchecking-trump-on-meet-the-press/ Kristen Welker’s first week a
Logically→ Det finns inga bevis på att Shilajit botar cancer
Logically→ মেইটেইৰ ওপৰত কুকি উগ্ৰপন্থীৰ গুলীচালনা বুলি ইথিওপিয়াৰ ভিডিঅ’ শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
Logically→ Nej, första och andra världskriget startades inte av judiska nationalister som försökte skapa Israel
Logically→ Video of man vandalizing murals at Gujarat temple shared with false communal spin