A wave of reporting on an “explosive” PowerPoint document about the events of January 6 2021 renewed interest in a memo issued two days before by former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller about deployment of the DC National Guard
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Snopes→ ‘Dinner with Trump’ Contest Promotes Dinner Without Trump
The fine print of the NRSC-promoted contest stated that the dinner would be with three members of Congress, not former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Snopes→ ‘Panther’ the Cat Rescued After Days-Long Utility Pole Perch
Panther stayed put despite efforts by his co-owner, Alexis Soberanis and others to coax him down.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Whoopi NOT Suspended From The View For 2 Weeks for Refusing to Apologize To Kyle Rittenhouse
Did The View suspend Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks, or 10 episodes, for refusing to apologize to Kyle Rittenhouse for calling him a "cowardly little Nazi"? No, that's not true: There is no record of Goldberg characterizing Rittenhouse wit
Full Fact→ No evidence asylum seekers have used pets to argue against deportation
Article Eight expresses a right to private and family life. And what we have seen is asylum seekers, quote, they have a cat or a dog at home that constitutes their family life. And as a consequence of this, their removal from this country should be ha
AllSides→ Biden’s Wage Claims: Mostly Malarkey
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/bidens-wage-claims-mostly-malarkey/ President Joe Biden has been sayi
PolitiFact→ Ron Johnson – Johnson falsely says unvaccinated people around the world are being put into 'internment camps'
Around the world, people who exercise their "health autonomy" and don't get vaccinated are being put "basically into internment camps."
Snopes→ What is the Legend of the Barghest?
"The Hound of the Baskervilles" and Harry Potter’s "Grim" may come from a common creature in the United Kingdom's folklore.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BioNTech CEO Did NOT Refuse To ‘Take The Jab’
Did the CEO of BioNTech, Dr. Ugur Sahin, refuse to "take the jab"? No, that's not true: The post where this claim was made features an outdated video and makes up a safety concern Sahin did not express in public statements nor even in the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Presents NO Evidence Ivanka Trump Is Joining The Democrats To Run Against Her Dad
Does this video prove Ivanka Trump is joining the Democrats to run against her dad? No, that's not true: The video contents do not match the title. Also, there is no evidence the former first daughter is anything but politically loyal to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Prime Minister of New Zealand Did NOT Appear On A Billboard Promoting A ‘Christmas Booster’
Did Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, appear on a billboard that includes the phrase, "No Jab, No Job, no refunds"? No, that's not true: Ardern's media staff told us that the billboard was fake. We also found the original
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Begging After ‘Accidents’ Appear Fraudulent – Many Common Pictures, Stories, Different Bank Accounts
Does a direct deposit fundraising campaign go to help a 22-year-old named Jerry Stephen or a 7-year-old named Jerry David who both developed congestive heart failure for different reasons, one after a car accident, the other after a fever
FactCheck.org→ Pope Francis Continues to be Active, Despite Unsupported Report of Declining Health
Q: Is Pope Francis dying? A: There is no credible evidence that he is terminally ill. The viral claim is based on a single news story published Dec. 7 by Newsmax, a conservative news outlet, which attributed the information to an unidentified Vatican s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President George W. Bush Was NOT Arrested On Veterans Day, Denied Tribunal Extension
Was former President George W. Bush arrested on November 11, 2021 -- which was Veterans Day -- and denied an extension after being indicted in a military tribunal? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Bush was arrested. Real Raw
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Scientists Did NOT Warn Of Weekly Vaccinations For The Omicron Variant
Did Pfizer scientists warn the public that weekly vaccinations would need to begin to provide protection against the Omicron variant? No, that's not true: This claim is in an article from a website that defines itself as a "financial sati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Police Did NOT Detain Elderly Woman For Not Showing Her Vaccine Passport — She Refused To Show Her ID While Protesting
Did police in Germany detain an elderly woman because she could not present proof of vaccination? No, that's not true: Local police confirmed that an 80-year-old woman was detained in Göppingen, Germany on December 6, 2021, but not for t
Truth or Fiction?→ Charles Schulz on Peanuts’ Franklin: ‘Print It Just the Way I Draw It or I Quit’
On December 9 2021, an Imgur account shared a meme with the claim that the creator of the popular Peanuts cartoon series, Charles Schulz, threatened to quit his work over demands that he “eliminate” Franklin, the only Black character in th
PolitiFact→ Joe Manchin – How far has the U.S. cut its reliance on coal compared to other countries?
The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Wage Claims: Mostly Malarkey
President Joe Biden has been saying “wages are up” and rising “faster than inflation.” “Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year,” t
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Glenn Beck’s claim that the U.S. government ‘co-owns’ the COVID-19 vaccine
Does the government ‘co-own’ the COVID-19 vaccine, as Glenn Beck said? No, but there is a disagreement over who invented a crucial element.
FactCheck.org→ Post Comes to Premature Conclusions About COVID-19 Omicron Variant Severity
SciCheck Digest It’s not known yet whether the omicron variant causes more or less severe COVID-19 than the delta variant, although some preliminary indications suggest omicron infections might be milder. A Facebook post nevertheless claims, without
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective as most people dying due to the virus in Scotland are vaccinated.
According to Public Health Scotland, the age-standardized mortality rates for COVID-19 deaths are lower in the fully vaccinated than unvaccinated.
Full Fact→ Video of Michael Gove dancing is from Conservative conference not Christmas party
A video of Michael Gove dancing in a crowded room to a cover of the Whitney Houston song ‘I wanna dance with somebody’, with the caption “Leaked 10 Downing Street party footage, plenty more to come” has been viewed 16,000 times
AllSides→ Researchers Studying Whether Mouthwashes Can Reduce Viral Load, COVID-19 Transmission
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/scicheck-researchers-studying-whether-mouthwashes-can-reduce-viral-load-covid-19-transmission/
Snopes→ UK Court Allows Assange’s Extradition to US for Spying Case
Assange, 50, is currently being held at London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison.
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines are causing myocarditis and pericarditis, the U.K. Health Security Agency says.
The guidance report does not say COVID-19 vaccines are causing myocarditis and pericarditis. The report has been misinterpreted.
Logically→ The Omicron variant weakens vaccines protection.
One study, yet to be peer-reviewed, does state this. However, further data is needed to understand the effectiveness of vaccines.
Poynter→ No, Beyonce and Kanye West aren’t Ghislaine Maxwell’s co-defendants in her human trafficking trial
A court document circulating on social media is being shared out of context and misleading some people to believe that Ghislaine Maxwell, the socialite accused of trafficking girls to have […] The post No, Beyonce and Kanye West aren’t Ghislain
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 91-Year-Old Woman Did NOT Give Birth, But Carried A Calcified Fetus For 60 Years
Did a 91-year-old woman find out that she had been pregnant for 60 years when she visited the doctor? Yes and no: the story of the rare health condition of an elderly woman from La Boca, Chile is true, but it is presented in a misleading
FactCheck.org→ Researchers Studying Whether Mouthwashes Can Reduce Viral Load, COVID-19 Transmission
In a Dec. 8 town hall meeting, Sen. Ron Johnson may have left a misleading impression in saying “standard gargle, mouthwash, has been proven to kill the coronavirus.” In the laboratory, some mouthwashes have been shown to block infectivity or s
Health Feedback→ Unsupported claim about COVID-19 vaccines, anti-spike antibodies, and myocarditis misrepresented conclusions from a New England Journal of Medicine article
REVIEW In December 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of three COVID-19 vaccines, deeming their benefits to largely outweigh the risks. 59.7% of the U.S. population have since been fully vaccinated and research
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eating 200 Apple Seeds May NOT Cause Fatal Reaction — There’s No Exact Number
Will eating 200 apple seeds cause a fatal reaction? Not necessarily: Apple seeds contain a chemical compound that decomposes into cyanide but the compound must be released by finely crushing or chewing the seeds. The number of apple seeds
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: You Can NOT Simply Declare Yourself Not A US Citizen To Avoid Income Taxes
Can you declare yourself not a U.S. citizen to avoid paying taxes to the IRS? No, that's not true: The U.S. Constitution and the Internal Revenue Code clearly define citizenship and how a "person" is defined for tax purposes. The tactic i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vermont COVID Rate NOT Worst In U.S.
Does Vermont, with its nation-leading vaccination rate, also have the highest rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents? No, that's not true: Vermont ranks first in vaccination rates and 49th in rate of COVID cases. The claim has circu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pilot Deaths Are NOT ‘Up 1700% After Vax Mandates’
Are pilot deaths up 1,700% after vax mandates? No, that's not true: The erroneous claim is based on an "In Memoriam" list that was published in the Air Line Pilots Association magazine that shows that more pilots died in 2021 than in 2020
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Helicopter Crash Video Was NOT One That Killed General From India — This Crash Is From Syria
Is this the video of the helicopter crash that killed former Gen. Bipin Rawat of the Indian Armed Forces on December 8, 2021? No, that's not true: This footage documented a helicopter crash in Syria almost two years earlier, in February 2
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Ben Franklin Left Money to Boston’
On December 9 2021, Imgur user rippinro shared the following meme, claiming that Benjamin Franklin left $2,000 to young people in Boston and Philadelphia in his will: Underneath a portrait of Franklin, text read: Benjamin Franklin left $2,000 to Bosto
Snopes→ Reality TV’s Josh Duggar Convicted of Child Porn Possession
Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was immediately taken into custody after a federal jury convicted him of downloading and possessing child pornography.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘If the Minimum Wage Increased at the Rate of Productivity Since 1960, It’d Be $24 Today—Not $7.25’
On December 8 2021, Imgur user Lanhdanan shared a screenshot of a tweet claiming that if the federal minimum wage rose in concert with worker productivity, it would be $24 an hour in 2021. That image showed a December 5 2021 tweet by user Qasim Rashid:
AllSides→ Analyzing Republican Attacks on Biden for Increase in Fentanyl Seized
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/analyzing-republican-attacks-on-biden-for-increase-in-fentanyl-seized/