Throughout its push to prohibit transition-related services for transgender patients, Florida misrepresented research and suggested that for most teenagers, the desire to identify with sex not assigned at birth will fade away.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Tax Refund Shock’
On December 1 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a news article reporting that 2023 U.S. tax refunds (that is, filed in 2023 for the year 2022) might “shock” filers: That claim alone was provocative, as many Americans rely on annu
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Firearm background check system had brief glitch, not intentional shutdown, as claim implies
“They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the Georgia runoff election for Senate between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker
Final fact-checks of Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker, the Senate candidates in Georgia, before their runoff election Dec. 6.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Global Warming Is NOT Caused By Solar System Having Two Suns
Is global warming caused by the solar system having two suns? No, that's not true: An astronomy expert and the National Weather Service told Lead Stories this claim is "completely false." The claim appeared in a video on Instagram on Nove
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: USA Today Did NOT Publish This Article On Neuralink Study Monkey Deaths — Screenshot Is Made Up
Did USA Today publish an article on November 30, 2022, titled, "Elon Musk's Neuralink implants have killed nearly 3000 monkeys since last December, 98% fatality rate"? No, that's not true: This is not a real USA Today headline and the num
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Photos Do NOT Show A ‘Ukrainian Soldier’ With A Swastika Tattoo Captured In November 2022
Do photos circulating on social media show a recently captured Ukrainian POW with a swastika tattoo on his back? No, that's not true: These are seven-year-old images, taken during fighting in 2015 with armed, Russia-backed separatists in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Terra-Infinita’ Map Does NOT Show Real Place — It’s Illustration Of Lands In Science Fiction Series
Does a map showing "Terra-Infinita" show a real place composed of 178 worlds that exist beyond the domed territory of the "Known Lands" of Earth, ringed by a giant wall of ice and guarded by "custodians"? No, that's not true: This detaile
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ancient virus discovery will not spark a new pandemic
“There may be a new pandemic on the way after the release of a 50,000-year-old zombie virus.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nixon Did NOT Need Cell Towers To Call Astronauts On The Moon In 1969
Does former President Richard Nixon's call without a string of cellphone towers prove that NASA never put astronauts on the moon? No, that's not true: A NASA spokesman explained to Lead Stories that the agency used massive radio antennas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tourist In Northern Ireland Did NOT Record Giant’s Door Opening In Mountainside At Giant’s Causeway
Did a tourist in Northern Ireland record a giant's "door" opening in the mountainside at Giant's Causeway? No, that's not true: This was part of a promotional video made by An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland, a nongovernmental cha
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The testing labs used to certify Arizona’s voting equipment were accredited, officials say
Arizona midterm election was unlawful because the lab used to certify voting machines was not accredited.
Full Fact→ European countries’ Test and Trace programmes cost much more than €100,000
The Covid-19 tracking apps of countries like Germany and the Netherlands alone cost millions of euros.
PolitiFact→ Cliff Hayes – Gun homicides 22 times more frequent in U.S. than European Union
“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
AllSides→ U.S. Aid to Ukraine, Explained
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/u-s-aid-to-ukraine-explained/ When asked whether Republicans would
PolitiFact→ Tony Evers – Evers right that majorities of Wisconsin voters support restoring Roe v. Wade, legalizing marijuana
“An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.”
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Aid to Ukraine, Explained
When asked whether Republicans would “make it more difficult” for Congress to approve Ukrainian aid, Rep. Mike Turner criticized the $40 billion package enacted in May, saying: “We don’t need to pass $40 billion large Democrat bill
Logically→ Indian PM Narendra Modi is always accompanied by a photographer who works for him.
A digitally altered image showing a photographer lying on the ground to click PM Modi's photo is shared with an incorrect narrative.
The Dispatch→ Masterpiece Cakeshop 2.0?
The Supreme Court will weigh whether Colorado’s anti-discrimination protections conflicts with creative professionals’ free speech.The post Masterpiece Cakeshop 2.0? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Around 250 boats were lit to celebrate Karthika Deepotsava at Mahankaleshwara temple in Kerala.
A video of illuminated bamboo rafts sailing on the Yulong river in China has been falsely shared as footage from a celebration in Kerala.
PolitiFact→ Chris Murphy – Chris Murphy said most counties refuse to enforce gun laws. What’s on paper isn’t always reality
“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
FactCheck.org→ ‘Died Suddenly’ Pushes Bogus Depopulation Theory
SciCheck Digest What appear to be ordinary postmortem blood clots are held up in a viral online video as supposed evidence that there’s a depopulation plot underway using COVID-19 vaccination to kill people. There’s no evidence for this theory.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Media NOT ‘Put To Death For Lying’ At Nuremberg Trials — Those Executed Were Convicted Of War Crimes Against Humanity
Was "even the media" prosecuted during the 1945-46 Nuremberg trials of Nazi Germany's leadership and "put to death for lying to the public"? No, that's not true: This claim misrepresents the purpose of these historical legal proceedings,
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Rod Rosenstein and John Podesta are not the sons of high-profile Nazis
Rod Rosenstein and John Podesta are the sons of Nazi leaders.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hitler Did NOT Invent Highways And Microphones As Ye (Formerly Kanye West) Said
Did Hitler invent highways and microphones, as Ye said in a radio interview? No, that's not true: The Nazis appropriated highway plans and construction already occurring. Several people are credited with inventing the microphone in the la
PolitiFact→ Ad Watch: The context of Herschel Walker’s comments about vampires, a bull, China’s air
A Raphael Warnock ad highlights Herschel Walker campaign comments about vampires, a bull and China’s air. Here’s the context.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla isn’t a reptile
Video confirms Pfizer’s CEO is “reptilian.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ’88 Words’
On November 30 2022, tweets about a Republican fundraising email containing the phrase “88 words” appeared: I hate playing “gotcha” — regardless of the side. But I’m striving to understand why — during week of Trump/Kanye/Fuente
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Fraud As Wisconsin’s Active Military Votes Tumble From 2020 To 2022
Does a large drop in Wisconsin's active military votes between 2020 and 2022 suggest fraud? No, that's not true: There's no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Turnout can vary greatly from election to el
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Carrageenan In Tom’s Of Maine Toothpaste Causes Cancer
Does carrageenan, a food stabilizer made from red seaweed, cause cancer? No, that's not true: A registered dietitian told Lead Stories that there is no substantial evidence that carrageenan causes cancer. Neither the Food and Drug Adminis
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead on Number of Election Day Votes in Maricopa County
Quick Take About 540,000 voters went to polling places in Arizona’s Maricopa County on Election Day, including roughly 250,000 who voted in person and over 290,000 who dropped off mail-in and provisional ballots, according to election officials
PolitiFact→ With Georgia’s race still undecided, a look at whether Democrats’ midterm Senate wins are historic
Georgia’s Senate race won’t be decided until a Dec. 6 runoff election. Democrats’ Senate wins in the Nov. 8 midterms are already historic for a Democratic president’s first midterms, though some recent GOP presidents did better.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Baal Enci Aga’ Is NOT Latin For ‘Baal Is The King’ — But Google Translate Can Be Tricked Into Saying It Is
Does the misspelled, separated name of fashion house Balenciaga as "Baal enci aga" translate to "Baal is the king" in Latin? No, that's not true: The claim arises from bugs in Google Translate. In Latin, "Baal is the king" would be "Baal
PolitiFact→ League of Conservation Voters – Oil and gas industry supports Herschel Walker, but has not ‘heavily funded’ his campaign
Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests."
Poynter→ Twitter’s policy on misleading COVID-19 information is ‘no longer in effect’
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. The latest issue of the saga we’re all tired […] The post
PolitiFact→ Robin Vos – Vos mostly wrong on claim that pandemic unemployment payments are keeping Wisconsinites from working
“A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.”
Full Fact→ Disney Christmas show accused of pushing ‘satanic agenda’
Thousands of people have shared claims that a moment from a new Disney+ miniseries reveals a ‘satanic agenda’.
Full Fact→ No evidence radiation from AirPods is causing brain tumours
Some scientists have expressed concern over the potential health effects of low-level radiation from mobile devices, but there’s no evidence wireless headphones like AirPods are causing brain tumours.
Full Fact→ No evidence midazolam used to kill thousands of patients in April 2020
It is not surprising that prescriptions of a palliative care drug used to make dying people more comfortable increased during one of the worst months of the pandemic.
AllSides→ McCarthy Mischaracterizes Trump’s Response to Fuentes Meeting
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/mccarthy-mischaracterizes-trumps-response-to-fuentes-meeting/ Asked a