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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Robinhood Insider Information’ Reddit Post
During the viral frenzy of rumors surrounding Robinhood’s controversial decision to halt buying on popular tickers (including $GME and $AMC), a post from a brand-new Reddit account (u/Odin19199) became a major part of the day’s discourse:
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Why GameStop’s Stock Surge Is Shaking Wall Street
It's not just you. What's going on with GameStop's stock doesn't make sense to a lot of people.
Snopes→ Checked by Reality, Some QAnon Supporters Seek a Way out
After Donald Trump departed the White House, some QAnon adherents have concocted ever more elaborate stories to keep their faith alive.
FactCheck.org→ Hank Aaron’s Death Attributed to Natural Causes
Quick Take Baseball legend and civil rights activist Henry “Hank” Aaron died from natural causes, according to the medical examiner’s office in Fulton County, Georgia. There’s no evidence that his death was a result of being vaccina
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Hold The Line’ Video Contains Several False Claims About Biden, Trump, COVID-19
Does a video titled "Hold The Line" present the truth about President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and a range of other subjects from COVID-19 to birth certificates? No, that's not true. The video pushes debunked QAnon conspir
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S. Military Was NOT At The White House Arresting Congress ‘Today’ on January 25, 26, 27, Nor 28, 2021
Was the U.S. military at the White House arresting Congress on January 25, 2021? No, that's not true: There's zero proof substantiating such a statement. A video offered as evidence does not show arrests; it's unclear when it was even sho
The Dispatch→ Did Legislation Passed in 1871 Make Washington, D.C., a Foreign Entity?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Are NO Corroborating Reports Of Indiana Woman’s Claim That Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Caused Her Convulsions
Does the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine cause full-body convulsions? No, there is no evidence proving that convulsions are a potential side effect of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to a spokesperson from the U.S. Food and Drug Administ
The Dispatch→ Did Trump Offer to Let National Guard Troops Stay at His Hotel?
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Logically→ Oxford reversed its decision to open-license the Covid-19 vaccine.
Oxford University had initially planned to provide non exclusive contracts for the vaccine before signing a deal with AstraZenica.
Snopes→ COVID-19 Variant from South Africa Detected in US for 1st Time
The two cases don't appear to be connected, nor do the people have a history of recent travel, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said.
The Dispatch→ Was Hank Aaron’s Death Tied to the COVID Vaccine?
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Logically→ Joe Biden will not forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade deal unless it rejoins the EU.
Joe Biden did not say or has ever said that he will not strike a trade deal with the UK if it does not rejoin the EU.
Snopes→ Biden Seen Likely to Keep Space Force, a Trump Favorite
While far smaller than any other branch of the military, Space Force is acquiring the standard trappings of a service, including an official flag, logo, seal and doctrine.
Logically→ Alex Jones wanted to kill his neighbors.
Alex Jones did not make a definitive statement about killing his neighbors. He has clarified that his comments were sarcastic.
Logically→ mRNA vaccines can reprogram a stem cell.
The current medical and scientific literature does not support the claim that mRNA vaccines reprogram stem cells.
Logically→ Supreme Court stays Bombay High Court’s order on groping a minor without “skin to skin” contact is not sexual assault.
A bench of the Bombay High Court headed by Justice Pushpa Ganediwala ruled that touching a minor without skin contact is not sexual assault.
Poynter→ Can Congress actually impeach Trump after he left office? Here’s what history tells us.
As the Senate approaches the start of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial on Feb. 9, one name keeps popping up — a once-obscure secretary of war from the 1870s, William W. Belknap. Belknap’s impeachment and trial offer the c
Logically→ Joe Biden wants the U.S. to have open borders.
Joe Biden is reversing some Trump-era immigration policies and wants to improve the border immigration process, but does not want open borders.
AFP Fact Check→ Facebook users in South Korea share misleading advice outlining ‘how to refuse’ Covid-19 vaccinations
As South Korean lawmakers debate new legislation that would stipulate how Covid-19 vaccines should be administered in the country, some South Korean social media users shared posts which claimed citizens can refuse to be vaccinated based on two
AllSides→ Trump vaccine plan left logistics to states, but it did exist
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/27/ron-klain/trump-vaccine-plan-left-logistics-states-it-did-ex/
AllSides→ Viral Facebook claims about President Biden’s first actions are largely false
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/viral-facebook-claims-about-president-bidens-first-actions-are-largely-false/
Full Fact→ Fix information failures or risk lives: the Full Fact Report 2021
Almost a year ago to the day came reports that the first cases of coronavirus in the UK had been detected. Two months later, the nation was plunged into its first lockdown. We have all been asked to adapt to a new way of life. Many have lost loved one
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California DID Lift Stay-At-Home Order While Hospitalizations Remain High — Because Those Numbers Are Dropping
Did California lift the state's regional stay-at-home order in January 2021 even though hospitalization numbers are much higher than when the order was put in place in 2020? Yes, but that summary leaves out context: California Gov. Gavin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Nurse Did NOT Take A Viral Photo of A Pigeon ‘Visiting’ A Man Sleeping In A Hospital Bed — It’s An Old Photo Of A Chance Encounter
Did a nurse take the viral photo of a pigeon perched upon a man sleeping in a hospital bed, to show how the bird frequently "visited" the man while his family never came to see him? No, that's not true: Ioannis Protonotarios, a photograph
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Elon Musk Tweet ‘If $GME Reach $1000 I Will Put the GameStop Logo on My Next Rocket’?
As retail traders drove GameStop ($GME) to stratospheric heights on January 26 and 27 2021, chatter on ticker-centric sites spiked in volume; several social stock platforms displayed a purported tweet attributed to entrepreneur Elon Musk referencing $
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the Average Rent $1,234 a Month, Necessitating a $30.77 Hourly Wage to Afford to Live?
In January 2021, a Facebook post from three years before began to pick up notice on social media platforms again; it maintained that the average cost of rent was $1,234 a month — a sum that the post argued was unaffordable with a federal minimum
Logically→ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene harassed Parkland survivor David Hogg on his way to meet with lawmakers over gun legislation.
A video showing Marjorie Taylor Greene following David Hogg has been widely shared. Greene has made a number of false and derogatory remarks on Hogg.
Snopes→ GOP to Stay Neutral Should Trump Run Again
The head of the RNC declined to encourage former President Donald Trump to run for the White House in 2024, saying the GOP would stay “neutral” in its next presidential primary.
AFP Fact Check→ New ‘Patriot Party’ is not backed by Trump
Facebook posts claim that former president Donald Trump has formed a new political organization called the “Patriot Party,” providing a Federal Election Commission (FEC) document as evidence. This is false; a fundraising committee by that name has
Snopes→ Man Hits 2 Deer with New Car, Then He Hits $2M in Lottery
An unlucky start to a North Carolina man’s day turned upside down when he discovered he won a $2 million lottery prize hours after hitting two deer with his new car
Full Fact→ Flu deaths aren’t being miscategorised as Covid-19 deaths
A post shared on Facebook shows the number of positive influenza tests for each week from 2015 to 2020, using legitimate graphs from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The graph for 2020 shows the number of positive influenza tests falling to n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Merck Did NOT Say It Is ‘Better’ to Get COVID And Recover Than Take Its Vaccines
Did Merck say it is "better" to get COVID-19 and recover than to take its vaccines? No, that's not true: The pharmaceutical company said it was halting development of its vaccines because they were not as effective in providing immunity a
Logically→ Norwegian health officials have revised their vaccine advice protocol after suspicions over the vaccine’s efficacy surfaced.
Norwegian officials have adjusted their advice on who gets the COVID-19 vaccine leaving the decision up to doctors.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is Statistically Inevitable Some People Will Get Sick And Die Of Unrelated Causes After Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine
If someone becomes sick or dies after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, is the shot necessarily to blame? No, that's not true: It is statistically inevitable that some people will get sick and die after getting the shot, for reasons that are un
Logically→ Ray Kurzweil and Elon Musk are self-proclaimed “transhumanists.”
Both Ray Kurzweil and Elon Musk are advocates of transhumanism and believe that humans should eventually become cyborgs.
Logically→ Deep Sidhu instigated a section of the protesters to hoist religious flags atop the Red Fort.
Deep Sidhu handed over the Nishan Sahib flag to one of the protesters to hoist it atop the red fort and later termed the act a 'symbolic protest.'
Logically→ The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has an efficacy rate of less than 10 percent for those over 65.
The AstraZeneca vaccine's clinical trial results in leading peer-reviewed journals revealed comparable immune responses in older and younger people.
Logically→ Deep Sidhu is a close aide of BJP MP Sunny Deol.
Sunny Deol disassociated himself from Deep Sidhu in December 2020 and again on January 26, 2021.