Is President Biden cutting 90% of red meat from your diet, limiting you to four pounds a year and one burger per month? No, that's not true. A U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesperson told Lead Stories there's no such proposal. The Bid
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The Dispatch→ Is Joe Biden Trying to Limit Americans to Four Pounds of Red Meat Per Year?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence The Audit In Maricopa County, Arizona, Is Confirming The Rumor That A ‘Special Watermark Is On The Real Ballots’
Is the audit in Maricopa County, Arizona, confirming the rumor that a "special watermark is on the real ballots"? No, there's no evidence that's true: Maricopa County ballots do not have watermarks, according to a spokeswoman for the Mari
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Facebook Community Standards Team
Does a photo of a dozen people dining at a restaurant show Facebook's community standards team? No, that's not true: The photo was first published in 2018 on a Facebook page of "Flat Earthers," a group that challenges the idea that the ea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chicago Police Did NOT Tweet In Support Of Derek Chauvin
Did the Chicago Police Department's Twitter account tweet a statement in support of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in the death of George Floyd? No, that's not true: the Chicago police account does not hav
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause herpes infections; a possible association with the reactivation of herpes zoster in patients with rheumatic diseases remains unconfirmed
REVIEW On 20 April 2021, the New York Post published this article claiming that “herpes infections may be a side effect of a COVID-19 vaccine”. News outlets like Fox News echoed the New York Post article, which received more than 25,000 interact
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Arrest James Comey
Did the military arrest former FBI Director James Comey? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the office of the secretary of defense said no such arrest happened. An article making the claim relies on a purported unnamed source and app
Full Fact→ Photo of 2018 anti-Brexit march mislabelled as showing 2021 anti-lockdown march
An aerial image of a mass of people near Hyde Park Corner in London has been shared widely on social media, with people claiming it shows the anti-lockdown protest on 24 April 2021. This is false. While other images being shared of crowds are from prot
Full Fact→ Covid-19 child vaccine trial paused over clot concerns, not cot death
A post on Facebook has claimed that: “In Oxford, researchers have started testing the AstraZeneca vaccine in children…Those experiments with children have now stopped. There have been severe side effects...such as SIDS...Some children have
AFP Fact Check→ Social media posts falsely claim Indonesian submarine’s crew were found alive
Social media posts claim that all crew members of an Indonesian navy submarine that went missing on April 21, 2021 were found alive one day later. This claim is false: Indonesia’s military confirmed all the submarine’s crew members died after the r
Health Feedback→ Current data from clinical trials offer no reliable evidence that ivermectin is effective against COVID-19; better-quality clinical trials are needed to resolve this question
REVIEW A Sky News segment hosted by Alan Jones and featuring Craig Kelly, a Member of the Australian Parliament, claimed that scientific studies supported the use of ivermectin for treating COVID-19. Published on 19 April 2021, the segment was share
AFP Fact Check→ Photos of Greta Thunberg’s ‘weight gain’ are fake
Social media posts shared around the world in April 2021 purport to show two images of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg after gaining weight. The images, however, have been doctored: one has been manipulated from a 2019 news photo, while the o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Deep State Drone Did NOT Destroy A Building Near Roger Stone’s Headquarters
Did a military drone launched by the "Deep State" target a building near Trump adviser Roger Stone's office in Florida? No, that's not true: The explosion and subsequent fire began with a leaking liquid petroleum tank inside a Styrofoam m
Snopes→ With OK from Experts, Some States Resume Use of J&J Vaccine
U.S. health officials said on April 23, 2021, that they were lifting an 11-day pause on vaccinations using the J&J vaccine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Historic Photos Of Sydney’s Palm Beach Do NOT Prove Climate Change Is ‘Hoax’
Do two photos of Palm Beach, in New South Wales, Australia, purportedly taken almost a century apart, prove there has been no change in the sea level and that climate change is a hoax? No, that's not true: An overall change in sea level o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pope Francis Did NOT Die And Lin Wood’s Quip Was A Question, Not A Claim
Did Pope Francis die in mid-April 2021 and did a leading American conspiracy theorist break the "news"? No, that's not true: The pope made several public appearances that offer proof of life and Lin Wood's off-the-cuff comment was a quest
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Unvaccinated People Do NOT Need To Stay Away From Vaccinated People — mRNA Vaccines Don’t Deliver Virus
Should unvaccinated people stay away from vaccinated people because the COVID-19 vaccine sheds and causes problems including miscarriages in pregnant unvaccinated people? No, that's not true. "This claim is false," Dr. George Rutherford,
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead on Words of Alternate Juror in Chauvin Trial
Quick Take An alternate juror in the trial of Derek Chauvin said she initially had “mixed feelings” about jury duty, because of concerns about “disappointing” either side and the possibility of “rioting.” She said sh
FactCheck.org→ Vaccines Benefit Those Who Have Had COVID-19, Contrary to Viral Posts
SciCheck Digest There is no evidence that vaccines could cause harm to people who already have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 or have become ill with the disease COVID-19. On the contrary, recent studies show the vaccine gives an important immunity boos
Snopes→ Was Josh Hawley the Only Senator To Vote Against COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill?
The U.S. Senate passed the bill nearly unanimously on April 22, 2021.
Snopes→ Did Ma’Khia Bryant Make 911 Call to Police Because She Was Being Threatened?
We looked at the available information surrounding who made the initial 911 call on April 20, 2021.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Animatronics at Disneyland Tokyo
On April 23 2021, a Reddit user shared a post (“Disneyland Tokyo is making a Beauty and the Beast ride, the animatronics look insane”) to r/gifs, including a short looping clip of the highly realistic attraction features: Disneyl
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Pockets in Dresses Were Phased Out So Women Could Prove They Were Not Witches’
On April 19 2021, a Facebook user shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming that pockets had been “phased out” of women’s dresses due to accusations of witchcraft, and so that women could prove that they were not hiding spells, herbs, o
Truth or Fiction?→ Scannable QR Code in the Sky in Shanghai
On April 23 2021, an Imgur user shared a purportedly recent photograph from Shanghai, depicting a giant scannable QR code in the night sky: Two days earlier, a Facebook user shared a clearer photograph, describing the QR code display as the “fut
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ohio Child Was NOT Shot With ‘No Questions Asked,’ And NOT All U.S. Capitol Rioters Are Still Alive
Did a child get shot, "no questions asked"? And are all the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, still alive? No, that's not true: A post compares the death of a Black teenager, who was shot by police in Columbus, Ohio,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pistachios Are NOT Proven To Be The Most Melatonin-Rich Food Ever Recorded
Did scientists find out that pistachios are the most melatonin-rich food ever recorded? No, that's not true: the study in question has only been done once and has questionable methods. Experts would say this is still an open issue and sho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Did NOT Have 70 Attorneys In Arizona Trying To Stop The Audit
Did Dominion have 70 attorneys in Arizona in April of 2021, trying to stop the audit of ballots from the 2020 election? No, that's not true: A post making the claim offered no sourcing to support it, and a spokesperson for Dominion Voting
Full Fact→ There’s more to the claim only 32 vaccinated people were hospitalised with Covid-19
Only 32 people hospitalised with Covid after having vaccination Telegraph, 21 April 2021. An article in the Telegraph has claimed that only 32 vaccinated people were hospitalised with Covid-19 in recent months. It also said that “of 74,405 Covid
Full Fact→ Error-strewn paper claims face masks are ineffective and harmful
In recent weeks, an allegedly peer-reviewed study from Stanford University exposing the dangers of facemasks has gained popularity online. The paper may not have been peer-reviewed (in the conventional sense, at least) nor is it from Stanford Uni
AFP Fact Check→ Photo of Queen Elizabeth II crying was taken in 2002, not at her husband’s funeral in 2021
An image of Queen Elizabeth II has been shared thousands of times on social media alongside claims that it shows the British monarch crying after the death of her husband Prince Philip in April 2021. This is false; the image was taken during a Remembr
AFP Fact Check→ Pre-pandemic photo of elderly woman on roadside shared in posts about India coronavirus surge
As Indian hospitals buckle under record Covid-19 infections, a photo of an elderly woman sitting by the road with an oxygen tank has been circulating on Facebook and Twitter. The claim is false; the image predates the pandemic and has circulated onl
AFP Fact Check→ False claim circulates on social media that Russia requires male citizens to have more than one wife
A claim that the Russian government has required polygamy for its male citizens has been shared in multiple posts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. This claim is false: polygamy is not allowed under Russian law. The misleading posts appear to be base
Health Feedback→ The use of face masks reduces the transmission of COVID-19 and doesn’t lead to oxygen deficiency or carbon dioxide buildup in the bloodstream
On 22 November 2020, an article titled “Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis”, authored by Baruch Vainshelboim, was published in the journal Medical Hypotheses. Outlets like American Conservative Movement, Tech Startups, and G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: LeBron James Did NOT Say ‘We’re At The Point Where A Girl Can’t Even Stab Her Friends Anymore’ — It’s Satire
Did LeBron James say, "We're at the point where a girl can't even stab her friends anymore"? No, that's not true. This is a made-up quote from satirical website The Glorious American. Social media accounts picked up the quote as real in t
FactCheck.org→ Stories Falsely Cite ‘Stanford Study’ to Misinform on Face Masks
SciCheck Digest Stanford Medicine says it “strongly supports the use of face masks to control the spread of COVID-19.” Yet viral stories falsely claim a “Stanford study” showed that face masks are unsafe and ineffective against
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Derek Chauvin’s Attorney DID Say ‘Aliens’ Caused George Floyd’s Death — But He Was Explaining Reasonable Doubt
Did Derek Chauvin's attorney say that "space aliens" flew in, inhabited Chauvin's body and caused George Floyd's death? Yes, but the meaning is lost without the full context of the statement. Defense attorney Eric Nelson mentioned space a
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on the Rare Clotting Events That Caused the J&J Pause
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet April 23 to “provide further recommendations” on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, possibly clearing the way for its r
Snopes→ RECALL: Church and Dwight Vitamin and Supplement Gummies
In April 2021, the New Jersey company announced that certain batches of vitafusion supplement gummies had been recalled as a precaution.
Truth or Fiction?→ Alleged Billboard Renews Interest in Online Campaign to ‘Bring Back Tony Stark to Life’
On April 22 2021, a fan campaign seeking to resurrect the Marvel Studios version of the character Tony Stark drew attention on social media with what appeared to be a photo of a billboard. We contacted Outfront Media, the company which owns the billboa
AFP Fact Check→ Altered image shows Obama posing with pro-cannabis sign
A Facebook post shared thousands of times appears to picture former US president Barack Obama standing next to a sign that says “420,” referring to the celebration of weed held April 20. But a reverse image search reveals the photo has been digi