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Snopes→ Michigan Mega Millions Ticket Wins $1 Billion Jackpot
It's the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Health Feedback→ Strong evidence lacking to support claim that ivermectin is a cure for COVID-19 ; there are only limited clinical results at this stage
REVIEW The COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the world since early 2020 sparked an intense research effort to uncover cures for it. To date, scientific and general public media outlets presented several molecules as possible cures for COVID-19, such
Health Feedback→ The virus that causes COVID-19 exists and was identified and isolated multiple times by independent research groups
REVIEW Numerous posts claiming that the virus causing COVID-19 does not exist and has never been isolated in laboratories went viral on social media platforms like Facebook in December 2020. One example can be seen in this Facebook post, which appea
Snopes→ NYT’S ‘Caliphate’ Podcast Withdrawn as Pulitzer Finalist
A high-profile podcast on terrorism from The New York Times that had been a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize was withdrawn as a contest entry in the wake of the newspaper saying the claims of a man central to “Caliphate" could not be verified.
AllSides→ New York Times admits ‘Caliphate’ podcast based on botched reporting
https://nypost.com/2020/12/18/ny-times-admits-caliphate-podcast-based-on-botched-reporting/ The New Yor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sharing This Photo Of A Baby Does NOT Raise Money For Medical Care
Will sharing this picture on social media of a baby who was born blind help raise the $200,000 needed for treatment that could help the child see? No, that's not true: This post is a classic example of "share-baiting," and it has been cir
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Percy Long Prong’ Calling Card: Racy Relic, or Out of Context Hoax?
An October 15 2020 post to Reddit’s r/myfavoritemurder, titled “Found under floorboards[,] Percy Long Prong’s business card,” introduced a battered but risque calling card for a male sex worker purportedly catering to widows, s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scientific American Did NOT Warn That 5G Is Unsafe, An Op-Ed Guest Writer Did
Did Scientific American warn that 5G technology is not safe? No, that's not true: That's the opinion of one guest columnist of many. The magazine has not taken a stand on the safety of 5G. The claim appeared in an article published by Nat
Full Fact→ The inventor of PCR never said it wasn’t designed to detect infectious diseases
A number of posts on Facebook have made claims about the man who invented PCR tests, Dr Kary B. Mullis, and what that means about Covid-19 testing. One such post claims: “[Dr Mullis] said that this PCR test was not made to detect any type
FactCheck.org→ Trump on the Stump
We reviewed all of President Donald Trump’s speeches at campaign rallies over five days, from Oct. 12 to Oct. 16. There were six speeches and combined, Trump spoke for more than eight hours, averaging about one hour and 20 minutes per speech. Bel
New York Times→ Trump’s False Claims as He Resumes His Rallies After Hospitalization
In Florida, the president made a series of inaccurate claims about his election opponent, the coronavirus pandemic, the Nobel Peace Prize and Cuba, among other topics.
New York Times→ Trump’s False Claims as He Resumes His Rallies After Hospitalization
In Florida, the president made a series of inaccurate claims about his election opponent, the coronavirus pandemic, the Nobel Peace Prize and Cuba, among other topics.
Hoax-Slayer→ Scammers Using Name of PowerBall Lottery Jackpot Winner to Lure Victims
According to this email, lottery winner Mr Charles W Jackson Jr has selected you as the recipient of a portion of his prize money. The post Scammers Using Name of PowerBall Lottery Jackpot Winner to Lure Victims appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Netflix Indicted by a Texas Grand Jury over ‘Cuties’ Controversy?
On October 7 2020, posts claiming that a Texas grand jury had “indicted Netflix” over its distribution of the film Cuties began circulating on social media: Netflix’s Indictment in the News Readers searching to validate the stor
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Give Your Pumpkins a Bleach Bath’
As Halloween loomed, a September 26 2020 Facebook post advising users to give pumpkins a “bleach bath” proved extremely popular, racking up a six-figure share count in just a few days: Alongside an image of a carved pumpkin in a bucket,
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Weekend Claims
On Sept. 26 and 27, President Donald Trump spoke for about two hours and 15 minutes in five appearances — including one campaign rally in Middletown, Pennsylvania. We’ve compiled many of the president’s false and misleading claims fro
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Nobel Nonsense
In recent rallies, President Donald Trump has repeatedly conflated winning a Nobel Peace Prize with being nominated for one, and has wrongly faulted the media for ignoring his nomination after making former President Barack Obama’s nomination in 2009
Lead Stories→ Goodbye "Hoax Alert", Hello "Fact Check"
Time for a change Perceptive readers (do we have any other ones?) probably noticed the little red flashes above our fact checking articles have changed this morning. They now read "Fact Check" instead of "Hoax Alert". This change was long
Lead Stories→ Press Release: Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network launches the first-ever coalition of major U.S. fact-checkers to debunk misinformation in English and Spanish
The project, FactChat, will lead to the creation of a WhatsApp chatbot and two Spanish-language fact-checking units. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sept. 18, 2020) -- Led by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute,
Health Feedback→ Human DNA alone does not produce a positive result on the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2
REVIEW A blog post claiming that the SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test would give positive results for every test because it also identifies human DNA was published in April 2020 and has received more than 13,000 interactions on Facebook and other social
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kenosha Protesters Attacking Armed Man NOT Playing ‘A Stupid Game’ As Shootings Occurred
Were Kenosha protesters playing "a stupid game" with an armed man seconds before the man shot two of the protesters? No, that does not appear to be true: As more video and still pictures emerge, it seems most likely the people who chased
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Is NOT One Of National Geographic’s Photos Of The Year
Did an image of a massive shark springing from the water win a "National Geographic" photo of the year prize? No, that's not true: This image was created by a 3D graphic artist who goes by the name "Alexyz3D" and the image was not given t
FactCheck.org→ New ‘Plandemic’ Video Peddles Misinformation, Conspiracies
The second part of “Plandemic” — a documentary-style video that presents a sweeping conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, patents and vaccines — landed on Aug. 18, spinning together many of the falsehoods about t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Was NOT Born In Pakistan
Was President Donald Trump actually born in Pakistan as Dawood Ibrahim Khan and then adopted by the Trump family nine years later? No, that's not true: Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York, and an image of his birth certific
Truth or Fiction?→ Does a Facebook Live Reveal a Shocking Secret about ‘LOL Dolls’ Amid #SaveTheChildren Panic?
On August 11 2020, social media users shared a Facebook Live video (archived here), which purportedly unveiled a shocking surprise harbored by the popular LOL Surprise! dolls — that their bodies change color when immersed in water, often in the
AFP Fact Check→ This is a photo of Malala Yousafzai with Pakistani cricket player Faisal Iqbal
A photo of Nobel Prize-winning activist Malala Yousafzai standing beside a man has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim he is the son of the Israeli defence minister. The claim is false; th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Were NOT Known To Be Staying Down The Road From Madeleine McCann At The Time She Was Abducted
Were Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Epstein's house down the road when three-year-old Madeleine McCann was abducted from her family's vacation hotel in Praia da Luz, Portugal? No, the claim was made with no facts backing it up and th
Health Feedback→ People have died from the coronavirus, contrary to article claiming to report pathologist’s “revelations” on COVID-19
Originally published by OffGuardian, this article makes numerous claims about the COVID-19 pandemic that have been republished in other outlets such as GlobalResearch.ca and Australian National Review, both of which have been described as conspiracy we
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Rashid Buttar Video Does NOT Prove ‘Everyone Could Test Positive’ for Coronavirus And ‘Hardly Anybody’ Has Died From COVID-19
Is it true that "everyone could test positive" for the novel coronavirus that has ravaged the United States and world? And is it true that hardly anyone has died of the disease COVID-19 caused by the virus? No, neither is true. If you just loo
AllSides→ Trump’s Baseless Attacks on Times, Post Reporting on Russia Probe
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/trumps-baseless-attacks-on-times-post-reporting-on-russia-probe/ Pres
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Baseless Attacks on Times, Post Reporting on Russia Probe
President Donald Trump has attacked reporting on the Russia investigation by the New York Times and the Washington Post as “fake news,” asserting — along with his press secretary — that the news organizations should return
FactCheck.org→ Viral Post Falsely Attributes ‘Shadow Government’ Claim to Krauthammer
Quick Take A Christian blogger writing for The Daily Jot accused former President Barack Obama in 2017 of running a “shadow government.” The blog post has been recirculating lately on social media, but it is falsely attributed to the late P
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Copied From an OSHA Certified Friend’
A new form of copypasta circulating on Facebook attempted to push conspiracy theories concerning face coverings and the COVID-19 pandemic by invoking the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (generally referred to as OSHA) as its “sourc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cracker Jack Did NOT Change Name To More Politically Correct Caucasian Jack
Did "Cracker Jack" change their name to "Caucasian Jack" because that would be more politically correct? No, that's not true: the story was published by Christian-themed satire website The Babylon Bee to mock the recent real announcement about
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘$500 million Pandemic Giveaway’ Advance Fee Scam Email
This email purports to be a final notice regarding a large sum of money that you have supposedly won in the "Exxon Mobil Grand Prize Sweepstakes". The post ‘$500 million Pandemic Giveaway’ Advance Fee Scam Email appeared first on Hoax-Sla
FactCheck.org→ Obama’s Criticism Didn’t Set a Presidential Precedent
Quick Take A meme circulating on Facebook — and retweeted by President Donald Trump — falsely claims former President Barack Obama is the “first ex-president to speak against [his] successor.” Actually, many U.S. leaders critici
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cadbury Has NOT Announced Everyone Who Shares A Link Will Receive Chocolate Hamper
Did Cadbury announce that everyone who shared a link will get a hamper full of chocolate? No, that's not true: a scam website is luring visitors by promising free chocolate in exchange for completing surveys but the whole thing is a scam desig
FactCheck.org→ The Falsehoods of the ‘Plandemic’ Video
The first installment of a documentary called “Plandemic” stormed through social media this week, promising viewers on its website that the film will “expose the scientific and political elite who run the scam that is our global healt
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JC Penney Has NOT Announced Everyone Who Shares A Link Will Receive $180 Coupon
Did JC Penney announce that everyone who shares a link would get a $180 coupon? No, that's not true: a scam website is luring visitors by promising free merchandise in exchange for completing surveys, but the whole thing is a scam designed to