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Health Feedback→ Not all coronaviruses are seasonal, contrary to pathologist Ryan Cole’s claim; COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing illness
REVIEW On 4 March 2021, pathologist Ryan Cole gave a speech to lawmakers at the Idaho State Capitol Building. Cole made several claims about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines, several of which were previously debunked by fact-checkers. His speech w
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week Georgia Was on Our Minds. Again.
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AFP Fact Check→ Easter not derived from name of ancient Mesopotamian goddess
Social media posts say the word Easter is derived from Ishtar, the name of the Assyrian goddess of sex and fertility -- a claim that resurfaces yearly around the Christian holiday. But historians say it is in fact thought to come from the old German wo
The Dispatch→ The Morning Dispatch: Understanding Georgia’s New Elections Law
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The Dispatch→ Why State Election Reform Bills Don’t Signal a New Jim Crow Era
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FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Claims About Asylum Grants and Immigration Court Attendance
While discussing ways to quickly determine if people who cross into the U.S. through Mexico are eligible for asylum, Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio claimed that “only about half of them even show up for their court cases” and “only 15% of th
FactCheck.org→ Unfounded Claims About Colorado Gunman
Quick Take A social media post is spreading baseless claims that the shooter accused of killing 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, came to the U.S. “Illegally from [M]exico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns.” Law enfo
Logically→ The Easter Bunny is mentioned in the Bible.
There is no mention of the Easter Bunny in the Bible. The tradition is most likely imported to America by German immigrants in the 1700s.
Logically→ The word ‘Easter’ gets its name from Eastre, an Anglo-Saxon goddess.
The word ‘Easter’ is most likely derived from an old high german word for 'east', which comes from an old latin word for 'dawn'.
The Dispatch→ Eric Greitens Tries Again
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The Dispatch→ After Failing on the Pandemic, the WHO Seeks More Power
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Lead Stories→ Today Only: Try Our Free Online Test to Check How Vulnerable You Are To Online Falsehoods
UPDATE: Yes, this was an April Fools Day joke... Check the publication date. The "test" is just some progress bars moving and a message being displayed at the end. Of course a random website doesn't get to access to your browser history
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Misuse VAERS Data to Make False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Social media posts repeatedly misuse unverified data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous, and even lethal. But the government database is not designed to determine if vac
Truth or Fiction?→ Harvard’s ‘Anti-Asian Racism Resources’: ‘You May Wish That You Weren’t Asian’
Just before midnight on March 30 2021, Harvard student and journalist Matteo Wong published a tweet thread about a Harvard University “anti-Asian racism resources” page — primarily, a purported section offering that readers “m
Snopes→ How Lockdown Changed the Sex Lives of Young Adults
COVID restrictions disproportionately affected young adults, who are more likely than older adults to be exploring their sexuality and developing romantic relationships.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Minimum Wage Would Be $44 [in 2021] If It Grew at the Same Pace as Wall Street Bonuses’
On March 29 and 30 2021, social media posts claiming the minimum wage would be $44 in 2021 if it had risen at the same rate as “Wall Street bonuses” were enormously, virally popular on Twitter and Imgur: Had the minimum wage increased at
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Someone Did NOT Win An RV Or Car, But Failed To Respond, So You CANNOT Claim It By Sharing A Facebook Post
Did someone win a luxury RV or car, but fail to respond within the 48-hour limit, so now the vehicle will be given to someone who shares a Facebook post about it? No, that's not true:
The Dispatch→ The Sweep: The Eyes of Texas Are Upon the 6th District
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Health Feedback→ Heart attack victims shouldn’t use “cough CPR” on themselves, contrary to chain email dating back to 1999
REVIEW A Facebook post published in 2013 that went viral on Facebook in March 2021, titled “How to survive a heart attack alone”, claimed that heart attack victims “can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath
Truth or Fiction?→ Ben Shapiro ‘My #Redpill Moment’ Tweet
A March 27 2021 Facebook post purportedly featured a tweet from commentator Ben Shapiro, in which he described experiencing what he called his “#redpill moment” at age seven during a birthday at school: The tweet, which was dated March 26 2
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York And Delaware Do NOT Prohibit Giving Food And Water To Voters In Line
Do New York and Delaware prohibit giving food and water to voters in line? No, that's not true: In New York it is not illegal to provide refreshment to voters, as long as the value of the refreshment is less than $1, and the person or ent
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Physical Books Continue to Massively Outsell E-Books Every Year’
On March 27 2021, the Facebook page “Little Free Library” shared a screenshot of a tweet by Twitter account @UberFacts: Physical books continue to massively outsell e-books every year — UberFacts (@UberFacts) March 17, 2021 It said
Full Fact→ Claims house prices have quadrupled since 1990 are about right
A graph shared on Facebook and Twitter shows average UK house prices quadrupling since 1990, while the average household income rose by about half. This is about right. The graph gives its source as the Land Registry—a government department regis
The Dispatch→ The First Amendment: Rarely Popular, Always Necessary
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FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Claim that Assault Weapons Ban Worked
President Joe Biden claims the 10-year assault weapons ban that he helped shepherd through the Senate as part of the 1994 crime bill “brought down these mass killings.” But the raw numbers, when adjusted for population and other factors, ar
Health Feedback→ Going vegan may lead to fewer pandemics, but it won’t eliminate them completely
REVIEW On 23 March 2021, American musician Richard Melville Hall, known professionally as Moby, posted a claim on Facebook stating that going vegan would mean a world with no pandemics, because 100% of pandemics have a zoonotic origin. Zoonoses are
FactCheck.org→ Texas Doctor Spreads False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Federal officials authorized two mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 after they were determined to be safe and effective against symptomatic illness in clinical trials. But a Texas doctor, in a widely shared video, falsely claims the vaccines do
Full Fact→ Covid-19: Behind the death toll
We see the scale of this pandemic in another way if we look at the death toll alongside how many years of life are being lost—including among people who don’t die. Readers have been asking us different versions of the same question for man
The Dispatch→ Uphill: January 6 Investigations Stall
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The Dispatch→ Biden Has a New Vaccine Goal. It’s Still Too Low.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Behind Claims Tying Hillary Clinton, Human Trafficking And Cargo Ship Stuck In Suez Canal
Is a ship that blocked traffic in the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021, used for human and sex trafficking? Is there a connection between the ship and Hillary Clinton? No, that's not true: There's no publicly available evidence the container
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pathogens And Heavy Metals Do NOT ‘Feed On’ Eggs In Your Liver
Does eating eggs feed pathogens and "feed" heavy metals in your liver, fostering disease? No, that's not true: The claim was published without citation of evidence. Nutritionists and other medical experts say this naturopathic claim ignor
Full Fact→ Inaccurate Covid vaccine ‘Q&A’: fact checked
A Covid-19 vaccine “Q&A” sheet has been circulating on social media. It presents a checklist of claims about the vaccine, alongside ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answers. Some of the claims are inaccurate and suggest the mRNA va
Full Fact→ Oranges don’t test positive for Covid-19
A post shared widely on Facebook claims that an orange has tested positive for Covid-19 using a lateral flow test. It’s unclear whether the post is implying that the tests are inaccurate or unreliable. In reality, the test cannot work properly wi
Full Fact→ Sky News video does not say ‘UK jab causes clots’
A video of a Sky News segment has been shared on social media by a group called ‘Mysteries, Truths, and Conspiracies’, with the caption: “UK jabs causing blood clots, but denied as you would expect”. This caption is false, and a
AFP Fact Check→ The story of an American plane reappearing after 37 years is a myth
A post shared more than 75,000 times on Facebook in Kenya and India claims that a plane that went missing in 1955 appeared again 37 years later. The claim is false; this story was first published in an American tabloid known for its fictitious stories
The Dispatch→ Ron Johnson Is the Same as He Ever Was
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The Dispatch→ Hong Kong Isn’t an Endgame for China. It’s a Starting Point.
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Truth or Fiction?→ Online Conspiracy Theorists Swarm ‘HRC’ Suez Canal Boat Jam
Reports of a container ship creating a traffic jam on the Suez Canal in Egypt quickly became grist for online conspiracy theorists, who spun the story into another smear against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As the BBC reported, the Ever G