SciCheck Digest An unclear tweet from New York City health officials was meant to caution residents that the latest omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, might be more likely than previous variants to infect vaccinated or previously infected people. Social
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Respiratory Ailments NOT Cured By Combining Hydrogen Peroxide, Iodine In Nebulizer
Does the combination of hydrogen peroxide and iodine cure respiratory ailments when used as a makeshift medication in a nebulizer? No, that's not true: An emergency medicine toxicologist at the non-profit National Capital Poison Center to
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bill Gates didn’t tweet about adding vaccines to food to solve vaccine hesitancy
Bill Gates tweeted that “vaccines in our food supply solves the problem of vaccine hesitancy.”
Truth or Fiction?→ NBC Sports Presenter Takes Up Right-Wing ‘Litter Boxes’ Smear
NBC Sports presenter Tony Dungy promoted — and quickly deleted — the right-wing hoax about students “identifying as cats,” a further sign of how disinformation can be laundered from fringe online circles into legitimate media. D
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – FAA: Medical guidelines changed on advice from cardiologists, not because of the COVID-19 vaccine
The Federal Aviation Administration widened its electrocardiogram parameters for pilots because “a substantial number of airline pilots have had serious heart damage” from COVID-19 vaccines.
The Dispatch→ A Pox Upon Portland
A local business posts a sign in response to comments by then-Attorney General Bill Barr that Portland is part of the "Anarchist Jurisdiction,” September 28, 2020. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)Progressivism is killing th
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Twist Meaning of CDC, FDA Disclosure on Bivalent Booster
SciCheck Digest Government health agencies disclosed a potential safety concern for strokes in those 65 and older with one of the COVID-19 vaccines, but the agencies haven’t found any causal relationship and the concern was flagged by just one
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – This hidden theater in Italy hosts children’s shows, not child sacrifices
Video shows hidden theater “where elites sacrifice kids.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mucus Is NOT Cause Of All Disease — Herbalist’s Claim Is ‘Pseudoscience’
Is the sticky, gooey mucus produced by the body "the underlying cause" of all human disease? No, that's not true: Mucus plays an important and protective role in the body's immune system, filtering out harmful irritants, allergens and pat
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Gov. Ron DeSantis falsely claims bivalent booster vaccine increases chances of COVID-19 infection
"Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you're more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster."
Health Feedback→ Inhaling hydrogen peroxide to counter pathogens is dangerous
REVIEW Among alternative health trends, hydrogen peroxide is one of the most persistent. Social media users have recommended people pour the disinfectant and stain remover into their ears to get rid of earwax (not recommended by doctors) and drink i
The Dispatch→ Never Haley?
Nikki Haley speaks to guests at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting on November 19, 2022 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images.)I won’t vote for her. Will I?The post Never Haley? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video On Facebook Does NOT Show ‘Big Loss’ From Real 2023 Plane Crash — It’s From Movie
Does a recent Facebook Reel accurately depict devastating damage from a 2023 plane crash? No, that's not true: This footage is from the set of director Steven Spielberg's 2005 movie "War of the Worlds." A twin-engine ATR 72 airplane crash
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Harvard medical students aren’t being taught that infants can identify as LGBTQ
Harvard Medical School students “learn how to care for LGBTQIA+ infants.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Document Does NOT Prove Hunter Biden Paid His Father $50K Per Month In Rent To Live At His Delaware Home
Does a background screening document prove that Hunter Biden paid his father, President Joe Biden, nearly $50,000 per month in rent to live in his father's Delaware home? No, that's not true: The amount listed on the form as "Monthly Rent
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Look, up in the sky! It’s an angel, it’s a horse, it’s an altered video!
A video shows a real angel in the sky in Palestine.
The Dispatch→ Stirewaltisms: In Favor of Quitting Loud
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is stepping down.The post Stirewaltisms: In Favor of Quitting Loud appeared first on The Dispatch.
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Food Stamps (SNAP) Getting Cut?
On January 19 2023, Iowa state representative Sami Scheetz tweeted with a claim that the Republican party had “just proposed new restrictions on the types of food eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits”: The GOP just proposed new restr
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Online video shows Russian plane crash from 2021, not the deadly 2023 crash in Nepal
A video shows the deadly Jan. 15 plane crash in Nepal.
FactCheck.org→ Magic Johnson Did Not Contract HIV from a Vaccine, Contrary to Online Claim
SciCheck Digest Since his diagnosis in 1991, NBA player Magic Johnson has repeatedly said he contracted HIV through sexual transmission. But a viral social media post by a spreader of vaccine misinformation falsely claims that Johnson was exposed t
Full Fact→ Flu is not responsible for all ‘flu and pneumonia’ deaths
The Mirror suggested that flu was responsible for about one in 10 deaths at the beginning of this year. But these are deaths from flu or pneumonia—not necessarily both.
The Dispatch→ One, Maybe Two, Cheers for Partisanship
Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States. From painting by Alonzo Chappel. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images.)Democracy doesn’t work at scale unless you add a competitive element.The post One, Maybe Two, Cheers for Parti
Full Fact→ The WEF hasn’t required unvaccinated pilots for Davos delegates
The false claim that delegates had to be flown to Davos by unvaccinated pilots has been circulating on social media.
The Dispatch→ The Coming Debt Ceiling Standoff
Rep. Chip Roy and Rep. Patrick McHenry walk to a closed-door GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Republicans want to rein in spending but can’t agree on exactly what to ask for. The post The Coming Debt Ceiling
Logically→ The video shows people celebrating New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s resignation.
The video of people celebrating after watching NZ PM Jacinda Ardern's resignation announcement has been digitally manipulated.
Full Fact→ A road sign showing Oxford is being divided into ‘districts’ is fake
Oxfordshire County Council has confirmed there are no plans to introduce such road signs in the city, contrary to posts on social media.
Logically→ Graffiti in London depicts Zelenskyy as a pile of excrement.
This photograph was not taken in London and may have been digitally altered.
Logically→ This video was taken by a Yeti Airlines air hostess just before the recent crash in Nepal.
The Yeti Airlines air hostess uploaded the video in September 2022. It has no connection with the January 2023 crash in Nepal.
Logically→ Oreo cookies contain pig fat and alcohol among their ingredients.
Oreo cookie manufacturer Mondelez India confirmed to Logically that the ingredients used are of vegetarian origin. These claims are unsubstantiated.
Logically→ Video shows helicopter crash outside Kyiv that killed Ukraine’s interior ministry leadership.
A video of a helicopter that crashed during an airshow in Russia in 2014 has been falsely shared as footage of the recent crash in Ukraine.
The Dispatch→ The Tank Debate Rolls On
DNIPRO, UKRAINE: A high-rise residential building lies partially destroyed after a Russian missile strike on January 16. (Photo by Yurii Stefanyak/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)Germany continues to hold up transfers of Western-made battle tank
Logically→ ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಸಿ.ಎಫ್.ಟಿ. ಆರ್.ಐ. ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಒಳಗೆ ಚಿರತೆಯೊಂದು ಓಡಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದಾಗಿ ವೀಡಿಯೋ ಕಂಡುಬಂದಿದೆ
ತೆಲಂಗಾಣದ ಹೆಟೆರೋ ಫಾರ್ಮಾಸ್ಯುಟಿಕಲ್ಸ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿರತೆಯೊಂದು ನುಗ್ಗಿದಾಗ ಚಿತ್ರೀಕರಿಸಿದ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು
Poynter→ Does Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster increase stroke risk? ‘Very unlikely,’ agencies say
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation into whether Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 booster caused strokes in certain age groups, […] The post Does Pfizer’s COVID-19
The Dispatch→ Will George Santos Face Any Consequences?
Rep. George Santos is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, January 12, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images.)It may be up to voters in 2024 to mete out punishment to the New York Republican: A Dispatch Explainer.The post Will George Santos Fa
The Dispatch→ America’s Primate Problem
Wild macaques wait for food. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)A quiet crisis is worrying the medical industry: not enough monkeys for medical testing.The post America’s Primate Problem appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Sanctions Have Hurt Iran’s Aviation Sector, But Not Enough
Members of an Iranian honor guard stand next to an Iranian Mahan Air aircraft at Tehran’s International Mehrabad Airport. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Images.)There is more the U.S. can do to keep the Islamic Republic from using planes
The Dispatch→ Who is ‘Velma’ For?
(Photo via IMDb.)HBO Max’s new Scooby-Doo-less Scooby-Doo is a big swing and a miss.The post Who is ‘Velma’ For? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Greta Thunberg’s arrest in Germany was staged.
Police officials confirmed to Logically that Thunberg was detained and the incident was not staged.
Logically→ U.K. PM Rishi Sunak hosted a Pongal lunch at his official residence for government and police officials.
The visuals are of a cultural event held in Canada by members of the Tamil community to celebrate Pongal and not of a lunch hostel by Sunak.
Logically→ ಛಾಯಾ ಚಿತ್ರವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಓದುತ್ತಿರುವುದಾಗಿ ಕಂಡುಬಂದಿದೆ.
ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿಯವರು ೨೦೧೭ ರಲ್ಲಿ ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಹೆರಾಲ್ಡ್ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಪುಟಗಳನ್ನುಓದುತ್ತಿರುವ ಚಿತ