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Health Feedback→ Vaccine-induced immunity is more reliable and safer than natural immunity; Fauci’s remarks in 2004 interview misinterpreted in social media posts
REVIEW In early April 2022, several social media posts shared a video clip of a 2004 Washington Journal interview of Anthony Fauci on the subject of the flu and the flu vaccine. During the interview, Fauci was asked if someone who got the flu still
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Vaccines Do NOT Overwhelm A Baby’s Immune System And There Is NO Comparison With Food Allergy Tests
Is the comparison between testing new food items one by one on babies to determine an allergic reaction versus babies being able to safely handle "8 different antigens," presumably in a vaccine, valid? No, that's not true: Dr. James Cherr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Did NOT Introduce A New Bill Allowing Mothers To Kill Their Babies Up To 7 Days After Birth
Did California introduce a new bill that would allow mothers to kill their babies up to seven days after birth? No, that's not true: Under California State Assembly Bill 2223, a person would not have a license to kill (LTK) their baby for
Snopes→ No, Tucker Carlson Didn’t Ask if Dead Bodies of Ukrainian Civilians Were ‘Staged’
Clips from the Fox News host's show have been shown on Russian state television in the past.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President Kennedy Did NOT Give Speech About Slavery Plot 7 Days Before His Assassination
Did former President John F. Kennedy give a speech seven days before he was assassinated about a plot to enslave every man, woman and child? No, that's not true: According to the communications manager at the John F. Kennedy Presidential
Snopes→ Would a Proposed Tennessee Law ‘Legalize Child Marriage’?
House Bill 0233 was a GOP attempt to give legal recognition to exclusively heterosexual, "common law" marriages.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Corpses Waving Or Moving Along Street In Ukrainian City Of Bucha
Does a video in the Ukrainian city of Bucha show "corpses" waving and moving alongside a road? No, that's not true: Bodies laying along the street can be seen in a video taken after Russian forces pulled out of the town, but none move or
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact Wisconsin 'High Five' for March 2022
Virus-related item took top 'High Five' spot for March 2022
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Deborah Birx Was NOT Executed At Naval Base Guam On July 6, 2021
Was Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator under the administration of former President Donald Trump, executed at Naval Base Guam on July 6, 2021? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence supporting
Truth or Fiction?→ DirecTV Drops One America News Network From its Lineup
On April 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a post saying, “DirecTv dropped OAN today!” — alongside an image of OAN’s logo. On Twitter, several prominent accounts made similar claims: OAN has officially been booted from DirecTV’s
Truth or Fiction?→ Tennessee Marriage Bill
On April 5 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet from Occupy Democrats, which claimed that Tennessee Republicans had introduced a bill eliminating any age requirement for marriage: BREAKING: Tennessee Republicans introduce a bill that
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Build Up the Strategic Petroleum Reserves to ‘100% Full’?
(Photograph by Sean Rayford/Getty Images.)In a statement released by Donald Trump, the former president claimed that “after 50 years of being virtually empty, [he] built up our oil reserves during my administration … to 100% full.”Liz
Snopes→ Fictional Twitter Employee’s Resignation Goes Viral
A satirical tweet about Elon Musk, Twitter and free speech was amplified on social media.
Health Feedback→ Claim that the antiviral drug remdesivir is killing people is baseless
REVIEW On 22 October 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adult and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older). The antiviral drug works by blocking the replication o
AllSides→ Fact Checking Claims About GOP Senators Being ‘Loyal’ To Putin
https://thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-claims-about-gop-senators?s=r A viral tweet claims to show a Ru
Snopes→ Jayhawks Rally, Rock North Carolina 72-69 to Win NCAA Title
What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas.
Logically→ A video shows the owner of Himalaya Product urging people to boycott Reliance and Patanjali products.
Bhanu Pratap Singh is a lawyer and not the owner of the Himalaya Company. He was addressing anti-CAA protesters at Delhi's Mustafabad in 2020.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UN Did NOT Release Carbon Emissions Regulations Saying That Ships Will Have To Travel 30% Slower
Will all ships have to travel 30% slower in accordance with carbon emissions regulations set by the United Nations starting on January 1, 2023? No, that's not true: Although the United Nations' International Maritime Organization (IMO) an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden’s Plan To Draw From Strategic Oil Reserve Does NOT Suck It Dry
Did President Joe Biden suck the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dry -- and all for only a $.014 decrease in the price at the pump? No, that's not true: This meme is based on two false suggestions: that Biden's plan has exhaus
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About GOP Senators Being ‘Loyal’ To Putin
A viral tweet claims to show a Russian TV show noting eight American politicians as being particularly “loyal” to Vladimir Putin.Humberto @Humbert76773864Most watched Russian TV show discussing which American politicians are most loyal to P
PolitiFact→ Mike Gibbons – In Ohio, GOP candidate falsely says more votes than registered voters in 2020 election
According to the Census Bureau, “5 million more people voted than were registered to vote” in the 2020 election.
Truth or Fiction?→ Satellite Images Disprove Kremlin’s Claims That Bucha Massacre Was ‘Staged’
On April 3 2022, photographs appearing to show a massacre by invading Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Bucha spread globally — and Russian state media claimed that the mass deaths were “staged.” On that date, Russian state medi
PolitiFact→ Ben Clark – NC Democrat falsely claims Republican Richard Hudson opposed insulin price cap
“The House voted to cap insulin prices to $35/month, just $420 each year! Richard Hudson voted NO.”
Snopes→ Is the Keanu Reeves CBD Gummies Interview a Scam or Legit?
According to an various websites, famous film actor Keanu Reeves owns a company named Smilz CBD Gummies and endorsed it in a live television interview.
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Hermit Crabs Line Up to Exchange Shells?
On April 2 2022, Twitter user @cottoncandaddy stated they just learned “hermit crabs who need new shells” will “gather … and trade shells”: I just learned that if a hermit crab finds a new shell that is too big it will w
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Both parties’ tax proposals exaggerated in Facebook post
“Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rattlesnakes Do NOT Nurse Their Young
Do mother rattlesnakes get more aggressive in the spring when their young feed from them? No, that's not true: Baby snakes don't feed from their mother because they are not mammals. Snakes are reptiles and reptiles do not nurse. Newborn r
Full Fact→ No evidence ‘vast majority’ of people crossing Channel in small boats are economic migrants
The vast majority of people coming across the Channel are economic migrants, they are not asylum seekers. The vast majority are men between the ages of 18 and 40 coming from Iraq and Iran primarily. Scott Benton MP, 28 March 2022. Conservative MP Scot
Poynter→ A federal terrorism bulletin is not an attempt to criminalize free speech, despite claims
A recent terrorism bulletin from the federal government warned that false information about election fraud and COVID-19 is contributing to a heightened threat of domestic extremist attacks. Some are using […] The post A federal terrorism bulletin
Snopes→ California Mass Shooting: 6 Dead, 10 Injured in Sacramento
Police in California’s state capital were searching for at least one suspect.
Snopes→ Will Smith Resigns from Film Academy over Chris Rock Slap
Smith in a statement released Friday afternoon said he will “fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct. My actions at the 94th Academy Awards presentation were shocking, painful, and inexcusable."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jews Are NOT Stealing Christian Children, Sacrificing Them And Feeding Them Back To Non-Jews Making Them Cannibals
Are Jews stealing Christian children, sacrificing them and then feeding them back to non-Jews to turn them into cannibals? No, that's not true: It's an antisemitic myth that's nearly a thousand years old. Recirculated audio and video on s
Truth or Fiction?→ Anti-Tiktok PR Campaign Shows More Right-Wing Ties for Facebook
The relationship between Facebook and a public relations firm that promotes right-wing lawmakers — including some who voted against the certification of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election — was brought to light amid o
Snopes→ No Joke — Snopes Has Big Plans for 2022
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FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Data Comparing Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Continue to Be Available, Contrary to Viral Posts
SciCheck Digest Weekly rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status are published monthly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its website. The death data were last posted on March 17, and the hospitalization data
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flu and COVID-19 Are NOT Identical Illnesses, So Vaccine Recommendations Vary
Are flu and COVID-19 identical illnesses, meaning that vaccine recommendations for each are the same? No, that's not true: The recommendations may vary as the illnesses are distinct. During an interview in 2004, Dr. Anthony Fauci, directo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ketanji Brown Jackson WAS Judge During Pizzagate Sentencing
Did Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee, preside over the Pizzagate sentencing hearing? Yes, that's true: In 2017, then-U.S. District Judge Jackson sentenced the Pizzagate gunman to four years in prison for
Truth or Fiction?→ Insulin Cap Vote Results
On April 1 2022, several popular Imgur posts covered an insulin cap vote in the House of Representatives, with the primary assertion that the votes to make the lifesaving medication affordable fell along party lines: Pure evil: 193 House Republicans
Snopes→ Manipulated Pic of British, French Navy Ships Spreads on April Fools’ Day
A joke about the size of a French naval ship went over the heads of some social media users.