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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Spacecraft And Structures In Antarctica Are Not Real — Digitally Edited And Misrepresented Pictures
Does a collection of photos shared on social media show "another world" and remnants of a lost civilization or buried spacecraft under the ice of Antarctica? No, that's not true: These photos come from several sources. Some are presented
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Did NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccinated Have 14.5% Higher Mortality Rate Than Non-Vaccinated
Did a research paper adequately demonstrate that vaccinated COVID-19 patients die at a higher rate than their unvaccinated counterparts? No, that's not true: The study in question has limitations that affect the quality of its conclusions
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stew Peters’ Graphic Does NOT Document Trajectory Of East Palestine, Ohio ‘Deadly Plume,’ NOAA’s ‘HYSPLIT’ Website NOT Closed To Public
Did the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shut down access to a website that showed a real map of "how far the deadly plume from East Palestine, OH had traveled by Feb. 8," as podcast host Stew Peters claimed? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walmart Did NOT Sell Eggs For ‘Illegal Prices,’ Customers Can NOT Get $500 Store Credit
Did Walmart sell eggs for "illegal prices" and are $500 store credits being given to customers to "make it up"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Walmart sold eggs at illegally high prices nor is there any evidence of consume
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Nikola Tesla Say ‘When You Understand That Every Opinion Is a Vision Full of Personal History …’
On February 16 2023, a metaphysics-focused Facebook page attributed a quote (“When you understand that every opinion is a vision full of personal history … you will begin to understand that every judgment is a confession”) to invento
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence of foul play in Ohio train derailment, other incidents mentioned in a Facebook post
“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”
Health Feedback→ New CDC data don’t confirm that the Pfizer bivalent booster shot increases the risk of ischemic strokes
REVIEW On 13 January 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a joint statement explaining that one of their pharmacosurveillance systems called Vaccine Safety Database
The Dispatch→ Fox News Hates Its Viewers
Sean Hannity during a live taping of "Hannity.” (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images.)Maybe it should.The post Fox News Hates Its Viewers appeared first on The Dispatch.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Dubious Claim About ‘Hidden’ Tweets Exonerating Him for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Now that Twitter and Facebook have reinstated Donald Trump’s accounts, the former president says two Jan. 6, 2021, tweets that the “highly partisan January 6th Committee” tried to hide have now been “fully restored” and “fully exon
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump, Ohio, Train Breaks, and Deregulation
On February 17 2023, the following image, which referenced former United States President Donald Trump, the February 3 2023 Ohio train derailment, and environmental regulations, appeared on Imgur and quickly made its way across platforms: A viral ima
FactCheck.org→ McCarthy Is Supportive of Raskin’s Head Covering, Contrary to Online Posts
Quick Take Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland wears head coverings on the House floor to cover his hair loss while undergoing treatment for cancer. Social media posts falsely claim that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican, refuse
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soros Did NOT Endorse Florida Gov. DeSantis For GOP Nomination For President — Soros Predicted He’ll Run
Did liberal billionaire philanthropist George Soros endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential race? No, that's not true: In remarks to the Munich Security Conference in February 2023, Soros s
The Dispatch→ Stirewaltisms: The Problem of Policy in Politics
Sen. Rick Scott listens during a news conference at the Capitol on January 25, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)What happens when politicians decide that getting power to do the right things makes it necessary to say the
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, KFC didn’t tweet a chicken drumstick for Black History Month
KFC tweeted an image of a chicken drumstick for Black History Month.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – These birds didn’t die because of the Ohio train derailment. Image is from 2018
A photo shows birds that “dropped dead” in Kentucky after the train derailment in Ohio.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No man buns were harmed as fake news about a vigilante cutting them off spread on social media
“Criminal caught after cutting off 37 man buns.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Atlanta isn’t banning the word ‘women,’ despite social media post claims
The city of Atlanta is banning the word “women.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: KFC Did NOT Tweet Image Of Chicken Drumstick And Shadow Of Raised Fist For Black History Month
Did KFC tweet for Black History Month a photo of a chicken drumstick in front of a drumstick shadow that looks like a raised fist? No, that's not true: KFC's U.S. corporate account never posted this image, which has been altered. The Inst
PolitiFact→ Occupy Democrats – Obama-era safety rule for high-hazard cargo trains was repealed under Trump
“Obama imposed stricter rules on trains carrying toxins. Trump killed them.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Moderna CEO didn’t ‘admit’ company produced 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2019
At the World Economic Forum, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel admitted that his company produced 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2019, before the pandemic started.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Dead Birds In Kentucky After Ohio Train Derailment Disaster
Does a photograph show a dozen birds that died in Kentucky from complications attributable to the February 2023 derailment of a train transporting toxic chemicals through neighboring Ohio? No, that's not true: While the photo is authentic
Full Fact→ Press Association corrects error in reporting on research for prostate cancer test
Reports on research for a new prostate cancer test contain errors and may not represent the true nature of the findings.
Full Fact→ Viral ‘average energy cost’ Europe price list is not what it seems
The list, which has been retweeted by a Labour MP, shows wholesale prices of electricity for a single hour in December 2022.
Full Fact→ Amazon parcel giveaway is fake
Posts promoting a pallet of uncollected Amazon parcels for £2 are fake
The Dispatch→ Inside the GOP Fight Over Ukraine Aid
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Capitol on February 6, 2023. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Will Republicans continue to support the embattled nation?The post Inside the GOP Fight Over Ukraine Aid appeared first on The Dispatch.
Health Feedback→ Multiple studies show that face masks reduce the spread of COVID-19; a Cochrane review doesn’t demonstrate otherwise
REVIEW A review published by the Cochrane Library on 30 January 2023 triggered renewed claims that face masks are ineffective at reducing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections. This review, which analyzed mask effectiveness data
PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Tucker Carlson is wrong: Diversity makes the Biden administration more representative, not less
“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”
Logically→ Police Scotland has renamed pedophiles ‘Minor-Attracted People.’
Police Scotland clarified that MAP will not be used to describe child abusers and that its inclusion in a report was misconstrued.
Logically→ ಈ ವೀಡಿಯೋ ಏರೋ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ೨೦೨೩ ರಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಫೈಟರ್ ಜೆಟ್ನ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನವನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
ವೀಡಿಯೋ ಏರೋ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ೨೦೨೩ ರ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಮೊದಲೇ ಚಿತ್ರೀಕರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಕಾರ
AllSides→ Biden’s Tax Rate Comparison for Billionaires and Schoolteachers
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/bidens-tax-rate-comparison-for-billionaires-and-schoolteachers/ Presi
Logically→ This is the first close-up image of the Chinese spy balloon flying over Montana.
The image shows the "Death Star", a fictional space station from the Star Wars film franchise.
Logically→ 6,000-year-old carvings of Lord Rama and Hanuman have been spotted in Silemania, Iraq.
A rock relief depicting Iraqi tribal king Tardunni has been falsely claimed to be sculptures of Hindu deities.
The Dispatch→ The Non-Trump GOP Presidential Primary Gets Going
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event in New Hampshire on February 16. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Ron DeSantis—oh my!The post The Non-Trump GOP Presidential Primary Ge
Logically→ Fewer people in the U.K. accepted the fifth or sixth COVID vaccine dose than the first, proving that the masses no longer trust the vaccine.
Most people in the U.K. were not eligible for the autumn booster; therefore, it is incorrect to say they refused to get the dose.
Logically→ BBC journalist Clive Myrie suffered a racist attack by Ukrainians while reporting from Ukraine.
No such incident occurred, and BBC has termed the story "completely false." Myrie, too, has implied the same through his tweets.
Logically→ Joe Biden said the flying objects spotted in North America are “visitors of an extraterrestrial nature.”
The video of President Joe Biden has been digitally edited to make it look like he made this claim, but he never said any such thing.
Logically→ ಜನವರಿ ೩೦, ೨೦೨೩ ರಂದು ಕೇರಳದ ಕುರವಿಲಂಗಾಡುನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಪಟಾಕಿ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನವನ್ನು ವೀಡಿಯೋವೊಂದು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಆಗಿ ರಚಿಸಲಾದ ವರ್ಚುವಲ್ ಪಟಾಕಿ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನದ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಿ, ಇದು ಜನವರಿ ೨೦೨೩
Poynter→ What we know about health, environmental concerns following the Ohio train derailment
A disastrous train derailment in a small Ohio town has left many of the area’s residents concerned about public safety and the environment. On Feb. 3, a Norfolk Southern freight […] The post What we know about health, environmental concerns fol
Logically→ The train derailment in Ohio was planned.
All evidence points to this accident being the result of a mechanical failure.