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Full Fact→ Installing defibrillators in schools is not proof that Covid-19 vaccines are unsafe
Defibrillators were being installed in schools prior to the pandemic and there is no evidence linking vaccines to cardiac arrest.
Full Fact→ Police Scotland says it hasn’t renamed paedophiles as ‘minor attracted people’
It clarified its use of the phrase after it appeared in a report produced by the force.
Full Fact→ Tilted perspective weather maps are no longer used by the BBC
A Facebook post which claims TV has “shrunk Scotland and grown England” by changing its weather maps shows an image of graphics which were replaced in 2018.
Logically→ Tapwater is poisonous because chlorine is added to the water.
The levels of chlorine in tapwater are considered safe but scientific research has suggested chemical by-products might cause bladder cancer.
Logically→ The World Economic Forum plans to block the sun physically using ‘space bubbles’ to stop climate change.
The WEF has not proposed space bubbles to combat climate change. The forum has only republished a research article that has been misinterpreted.
Full Fact→ Aspen card does not give asylum seekers £175 a week
Not every asylum seeker is eligible for support payments, and those that are receive much less than has been claimed on Facebook.
Full Fact→ BBC didn’t ‘censor’ footage of Brexit march
Thousands of people have shared claims that the BBC censored footage of a People’s Vote march.
AllSides→ It’s Too Soon to Attribute the California Storms to Climate Change, Experts Say
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/its-too-soon-to-attribute-the-california-storms-to-climate-change-experts-say/
Logically→ Klaus Schwab is a blood relative of the Rothschild family.
Klaus Schwab is not a Rothschild, nor is his mother, as some social media posts claim.
Logically→ President Biden signed an executive order making health insurance free for qualifying Americans.
The Affordable Care Act doesn't make health insurance free.
Logically→ United Kingdom is set to ban COVID-19 boosters for people under 50.
U.K. is not banning COVID boosters for those under 50. Boosters will continue to be available for those at a higher risk in this group.
Full Fact→ Vaping harms overstated in viral video
A widely shared video on TikTok and Instagram exaggerates and misrepresents the risks of vaping.
The Dispatch→ Tyre Nichols’ Death Renews Calls for Police Reform
People attend a candlelight vigil in memory of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)As new details of the violent arrest emerge, lawmakers weigh what can be done at the federal level.The post Tyre Nichols’ Death Rene
The Dispatch→ ‘Gun Safety’ Isn’t the Issue
Nicholas Kristof in New York, 2015. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images)What Nicholas Kristof doesn’t understand about our national firearms debate.The post ‘Gun Safety’ Isn’t the Issue appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ How Taxpayer Receipts Could Improve the Debate Over Spending
(Photo illustration from Getty Images.)Americans struggle to understand how their tax dollars are spent.The post How Taxpayer Receipts Could Improve the Debate Over Spending appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Footage shows an American Abrams tank failing to climb a snowy hill in Ukraine.
Abrams tanks are not yet present in Ukraine, and this footage predates the Russian invasion in 2022.
Logically→ London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan will launch a scheme to ban dog walking in Tower Hamlets.
Sadiq Khan has not proposed a scheme to ban dog walking; the claim in the shared tweet is false.
Logically→ Uttar Pradesh government demolished a mosque in Prayagraj after a Pakistani flag was hoisted over it.
The Shahi Masjid had hoisted the Islamic flag and not the Pakistani flag. Authorities said the mosque was razed under a road-widening project.
Washington Post→ What’s more common: A ‘good guy’ without a gun — or with one?
FBI active-shooter reports are missing cases and have errors, making it difficult to come to a conclusion.
The Dispatch→ Is That A Mein Kempf In Your Pocket?
Sarah takes the reins.The post Is That A Mein Kempf In Your Pocket? appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Louise Lucas – Lucas falsely inflates Youngkin’s special election setback
Glenn Youngkin is “the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Black Americans Are NOT Descendants Of North America’s Original Indigenous Inhabitants
Are Black Americans descended from the original indigenous inhabitants of North America and not from enslaved persons taken from Africa? No, that's not true: This notion descends from the Moorish Science Temple, a pseudoscience organizati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service Driver Did NOT Kill Former President
Did the driver for John F. Kennedy, Secret Service Agent William Greer, turn around and shoot the former president when JFK was assassinated in Dallas in November 1963? No, that's not true: A video posted on social media that makes this c
FactCheck.org→ It’s Too Soon to Attribute the California Storms to Climate Change, Experts Say
The relentless storms that hit California from Dec. 27 to Jan. 16 caused extreme flooding and extensive damage in most of the state, killing at least 22 people. A series of storms hit back to back, soaking the state in the midst of California’s drie
FactCheck.org→ Democrats Misleadingly Suggest Widespread GOP Support for FairTax Bill Unlikely to Become Law
Few Republican lawmakers have publicly supported a bill to replace most federal taxes with a national sales tax, a plan that has almost no chance of becoming law, or even passing in the GOP-led House of Representatives — certainly not in the 118
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Biden stumbled in December speech, but altered video removes context and clarity
President Joe Biden said, “To the Ukrainian people, I say to them all, you might you might they they might be able to make right and they’re not able to.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines And FBI Did NOT ‘Clash’ At Camp Pendleton, California
Did FBI agents "clash" with U.S. Marine Corps guards at Camp Pendleton in California? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that such a "clash" happened. Real Raw News, which originated the claim, has a history of writing false storie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Giant Snake Wrapped Around Iveco Van Is NOT Real — Prop Python Is Chinese Installation
Is a video showing two people trying to help a man break free from the grasp of a giant python that has swallowed his entire head real? No, that's not true: This giant snake wrapped around a white Iveco van is not real, but a novelty prop
PolitiFact→ Richard Hudson – Hudson inflates Biden's role in oil prices
“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”
The Dispatch→ The Only Way Out Is Through
Former President Donald Trump, joined by Sen. Lindsay Graham, right, and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, left, speaks at a campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28. (Photo by LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)On Trump and ‘actuari
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Drinking Coffee Causes Cancer, Experts Say
Does regularly consuming a cup of java increase the odds of developing cancer thanks to the chemical acrylamide in the brew? No, that's not true: Repeated medical studies have found no link between acrylamide and cancer, the National Canc
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Some One Dreamed the Other Night That He Was Living in the Year 2023 … Eggs Had Gone Up to $10 a Dozen’
In late January 2023, an Imgur account shared an image of a newspaper clipping which contained an apparent lament about the future cost of eggs a century from 1923: The post was titled “Nostradamus, is that you in 1923?” The text shown on
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Map That Depicts Part of Ukraine as Polish Territory
This map shows an accurate depiction of Poland and Ukrainian territory. (Photo from Getty Images.) An image circulating online purports to show a weather map that depicts Polish territory extending well into Western Ukraine. The image is fake. A hi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show People ‘Dropping Suddenly’ Because Of The COVID Vaccine
Does a collection of video clips show people "dropping suddenly" because of the COVID vaccine? No, that's not true: Almost all of the clips in a post making that implication predate the vaccine, meaning there is no way the people seen stu
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Old photo of former President Donald Trump used to hawk diet pills
This photo shows former President Donald Trump “last week.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Final frontier? No, NASA didn’t stop studying oceans, it’s exploring in ocean depths and from space
“NASA stopped exploring the ocean.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The US still exists. Biden didn’t sign away the country’s sovereignty with North American agreement
The United States of America “no longer exists” because President Joe Biden “signed away our sovereignty as a nation.”
Truth or Fiction?→ 2023 Connecticut Egg Production Plant Fire Rumors
On January 29 2023, right-wing Twitter personality and longtime disinformation purveyor Elijah Schaffer tweeted a video which tied together two popular narratives by purportedly depicting “one of the largest egg production plants” burning d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fluoride In Drinking Water Is NOT Unsafe, NOT Ineffective In Preventing Tooth Decay
Is fluoride a toxic chemical that is neither safe or effective at preventing tooth decay? No, that's not true: In the right concentrations fluoride is a safe and effective tool for preventing tooth decay, although overexposure to high lev