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AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates online that Australian TV network predicted coronavirus cases in state of Victoria
An image has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Instagram posts that claim it shows Australian television network 7 News accurately predicted coronavirus case numbers for the state of Victoria on Sunday, September 13. The claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Time Magazine Cover Does NOT Call Trump ‘Worst. President. Ever.’
Did Time Magazine publish a cover calling Donald Trump the worst president ever and saying he has "disgraced the highest office in the nation"? No, that's not true: A meme making the claim features a fake cover image. The claim appeared i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Showing Whoopi Goldberg Wearing T-Shirt Showing Trump Shooting Himself Is NOT Real
Did The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg wear a t-shirt sporting the slogan "Make America Great Again" below an image of Presiden Trump shooting himself through the head? No, that's not true: the image was digitally manipulated, in reality th
Full Fact→ Lots of people are getting confused over testing figures
“We’re now doing about 240,000 antigen tests a day, at the moment… 240,000 is the latest figures… This is the capacity in the system.” Nadhim Zahawi MP, 17 September 2020 “The government’s own figures, the
Full Fact→ Lots of people are getting confused over testing figures
“We’re now doing about 240,000 antigen tests a day, at the moment… 240,000 is the latest figures… This is the capacity in the system.” Nadhim Zahawi MP, 17 September 2020 “The government’s own figures, the
Full Fact→ Angela Rayner’s testing numbers are not quite right
"The government's latest figures show that there were an average of 62,000 people tested per day, not 500,000. The Prime Minister has said that testing capacity is at 300,000, but the average is 62,000 a day. How does he explain this?" Angela Rayner M
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Life Insurance Company’s Attempt to Curb Suicide on a South Korea Bridge Precede an Increase in Deaths?
On September 17 2020, the following post was shared to r/therewasanattempt, which described a purported initiative to curb suicides on South Korea’s Mapo Bridge: to stop suicide from therewasanattempt An image showed two
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Kim Martin Morrow’ Is NOT The CEO Of Netflix And Was NOT Charged With 15 Counts Of Child Pornography
Was "Kim Martin Morrow the CEO of Netflix" charged with 15 charges for child pornography? No, that's not true. Kim Martin Morrow is not the CEO of Netflix -- that is Reed Hastings -- and neither has been charged on 15 counts for child por
FactCheck.org→ Trump Bucks Climate Science in Wildfire Briefing
In a briefing on the barrage of wildfires burning in the West, President Donald Trump baselessly claimed “it’ll start getting cooler,” adding that he didn’t think “science knows” whether or not temperatures would increase in the future. Sci
Truth or Fiction?→ Did More Than 12,000 Christians Defy Governor, Worship at California Capitol in September 2020?
On September 7 2020, a Facebook user shared the following post claiming that thousands of Christians had flocked to the California State Capitol the previous day — but the media did not report the large turnout. The post claimed: 12,000 plus Chr
Full Fact→ How many children are missing or trafficked in the UK?
We’ve seen multiple posts online make general claims about the number of missing children in the UK, and around the world. We also know that there is a general interest right now in missing children due to incorrect claims made by online groups.&
AFP Fact Check→ The image of a Sri Lankan newspaper has been doctored to include a manipulated headline
An image has been shared hundreds of times on multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows a newspaper article about an interview with Sri Lanka’s State Minister Sarath Weerasekera. The purported newspaper page features a headline that says the
FactCheck.org→ Mnuchin Spins Pre-COVID Path to Debt Reduction
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in January forecast rising debt for the rest of President Donald Trump’s presidency and beyond. Yet, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claimed that before COVID-19 hit, the U.S. was experiencing “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Bombshell Allegation Puts George Clooney ‘Smack Dab In The Middle’ Of Epstein’s ‘Unlawful Sex Cabal’
Does a "bombshell" allegation put actor George Clooney in the middle of the Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking "sex cabal"? No, that's not true: This claim is a clickbait headline unsupported by the article below it. Epstein's former gir
Truth or Fiction?→ Was the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally a Super-Spreader Event?
September 8 2020 marked approximately one month from the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, and it heralded purported news that the widely-attended gathering served as a “super-spreader event” during an ongoing COVID-19 pand
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The World Bank Did NOT Document Existence Of COVID-19 Test Kits Since 2017
Does a World Bank website prove COVID-19 test kits were sold worldwide as early as 2017? No, that's not true: On a web page, the World Bank put the "COVID-19" label on existing virus test kit components to help disease fighters find equip
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 test kits were not purchased in 2017 and 2018; claim is based on mislabeled data
REVIEW Claims that the coronavirus pandemic was planned has been fanned by online posts showing data tables from the World Integrated Trade Solutions (WITS) website, developed by the World Bank and other organizations, which “allows users to acces
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci, Gates, Soros And Epstein Are NOT All Connected Through The Company Moderna
Are Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffery Epstein all connected through an association with the company Moderna? No, that's not true: Dr. Fauci was not the first CEO of Moderna, he and Bill Gates did not attend the same
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Kyle Rittenhouse’s Mother In Militia Gear And Armed At Kenosha Protest
Does a photo show Kyle Rittenhouse's mother dressed in militia gear and carrying an AR-15 rifle at the Kenosha protest the same night her son allegedly killed two men and wounded a third? No, that's not true: The image used in a meme clai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Portland Mayor Did NOT Say He Is Moving Out Of The City Due To Rioters
Did Portland's mayor say he was moving out of the city because rioters have made it unsafe to live there? No, that's not true: Mayor Ted Wheeler said he would seek a new home in the city to relieve his neighbors of the burden of protester
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mark Zuckerberg Did NOT Declare Richard Jewell To Be A ‘Mass Murderer’ Or Ban His Defense Raising Money On Facebook
Did Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook declare that Richard Jewell was a "mass murderer" and were efforts to raise money for Jewell's defense and family banned from social media? No, that's not true: The claim was oddly made by the lawyer who h
Full Fact→ What do we know about a ‘back to work’ campaign?
It was reported last week by a number of national media organisations that the government was preparing to launch a ‘back to work’ advertising campaign, to encourage people to return to the workplace. However, the government has denied that
Full Fact→ Unlicensed vaccine manufacturers are immune from some, but not all, civil liability
A Facebook post has drawn attention to an extract from a Sun article, which states that manufacturers of a potential fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccine would be protected from civil liability if the vaccine is later found to cause harm. This is mostly true.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alleged Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Did NOT Have Lengthy Criminal History
Did 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse have a long and violent criminal past before the fatal shootings of two people and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin? No, that is not true. A search of databases in Wisconsin and Illinois revea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Ban All Trump Advertising
Did Facebook ban all Trump campaign ads? No, that's not true: Facebook has banned Trump ads with a symbol used by Nazis, that contained a newspaper photo used without permission that was untruthful in what it depicted, that had misleading
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Officials Did NOT Say California Wildfires Were Coordinated Arson
Did officials say arsonists responsible for starting the fires in California on August 15, 2020? No, that's not true: There was an unusual weather event, being referred to as a "lightning siege" that brought an estimated 14,000 lightning
Truth or Fiction?→ Tinkerbell ‘Dotting the I’ Mandela Effect
In late August and early September 2020, discussion of Tinkerbell “dotting the i” in Disney’s animated logo became a hot topic on social media, with one apparently-removed Facebook post racking up a six-figure share count: On Faceboo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Larry Bird Did NOT Tell NBA Players To ‘Shut Up And Play The Damn Game’
Did Larry Bird say NBA players should "just shut up and play the damn game"? No, that's not true. The famed Boston Celtic basketball player did not give a quote calling players "radical fundamentalists who dishonor the flag and cross and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jacob Blake Was NOT Facing Accusation That He ‘Raped A 14 Year Old’ When He Was Shot By Police
Did Jacob Blake, the man shot seven times by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police, have a charge or conviction against him that he "raped a 14-year-old girl" when he was shot? No, that's not true. Blake was named in a third-degree sexual assault wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Fall Asleep During Live TV Interview — Video is Faked
Did Joe Biden fall asleep during a live television interview? No, that's not true: The video -- picked up by many social media users including the personal Twitter account of President Trump's White House Deputy Communications Director Da
Health Feedback→ Human DNA alone does not produce a positive result on the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2
REVIEW A blog post claiming that the SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test would give positive results for every test because it also identifies human DNA was published in April 2020 and has received more than 13,000 interactions on Facebook and other social
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WHO Tests For Coronavirus Do NOT Automatically Deliver False Positive Every Time
Is it true that the World Health Organization's test for COVID-19 contains a flaw that "should" deliver a false positive on every test, skewing data about the pandemic? No, that's not true. The claim, made by a conservation blogger with n
Full Fact→ Figures for people seeking asylum in hotels and veterans sleeping rough are both wrong
A Facebook post uses inaccurate information and incorrect figures to compare the lives of asylum seekers and former servicemen and women in the UK. The post says, “6,000 UK veterans sleeping on the streets 48,000 illegals housed in 4/5 star hotel
Full Fact→ A graph spreading on Facebook gets it wrong on flu vs Covid deaths
A post on Facebook has claimed that influenza (flu) caused more deaths in the UK than Covid-19 between 19 June and 31 July. This is based on a misunderstanding of figures from the Office for National Statistics, which counts deaths in England and Wales
FactCheck.org→ Final Night of the Republican Convention
Summary At the close of the Republican National Convention, the president distorted the facts on the economy, COVID-19, health care, the military, immigration, policing and foreign affairs: Trump again claimed he built the “greatest” and “strong
The Dispatch→ Will COVID Vaccine Holdouts in Australia Be Banned From Travel, Restaurants, or School?
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FactCheck.org→ Republican Convention Night 3
Summary Vice President Mike Pence and others twisted facts on the economy, some of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s positions and more: Pence claimed that President Donald Trump “created the greatest economy in the world.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Two Killed in Kenosha During Racial Violence Inflamed in Facebook Groups
As racial violence escalated and echoed throughout the United States during the summer of 2020 and “civil defense” groups formed on Facebook and appeared at demonstrations throughout the country, a gunman shot and killed two people during
FactCheck.org→ Trump, Hahn Mischaracterize Data on COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma
In a hyped press briefing the eve of the Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump falsely said that convalescent plasma had been “proven to reduce mortality by 35%,” even though the therapy has not yet been shown to be effective for C