Does this video show Marines who "refuse" to salute Joe Biden on Inauguration Day? No, that's not true: While the Marines who were standing on either side of the entrance to the Capitol building, holding the doors open, did not render a s
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Logically→ 33 missing children were found in Southern California as part of “Operation Lost Angels.”
The FBI has recovered 33 children in a joint agency operation to recover missing children.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Joe Biden’s Rolex Really Beau Biden’s Rolex?
A January 22 2021 New York Times piece headlined, “Joe Biden, Watch Geek in Chief” observed that newly inaugurated United States President Joe Biden wore a Rolex during his inauguration, leading to at least two viral tweets asserting th
Logically→ The United States was declared a corporation in 1871.
No act has passed to make the USA a corporation, though a corporation for Columbia was created at this time.
AllSides→ Oops: Media Darling Tony Fauci Debunks Massive CNN Story on COVID Vaccines
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2021/01/21/oops-media-darling-tony-fauci-debunks-massive-cnn-story-covid
Logically→ Hydrogels can gather information on your menstrual cycle, emotions, and nutrient levels.
Hydrogels do not have such qualities. They are simply highly-absorbent polymers with many everyday applications.
Snopes→ Mexican President Tests Positive for COVID-19, Symptoms Mild
“The symptoms are mild but I am already under medical treatment," Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tweeted.
Logically→ 2021 will be the shortest year in a century.
The negative leap second could end up shortening the year, but the IERS shows no new leap seconds scheduled to be added or subtracted.
Health Feedback→ Most positive COVID-19 PCR test results are true positives; WHO information notice didn’t change threshold or criteria for a positive COVID-19 test
REVIEW Claims aimed at discrediting the COVID-19 PCR test and by extension, public health responses to the pandemic including the wearing of face masks, have repeatedly made their appearance over the course of the pandemic. An Information Notice reg
Snopes→ House Sending Trump Impeachment to Senate, GOP Opposes Trial
Donald Trump is the first former president to face an impeachment trial.
Full Fact→ Some pensioners still receive a free TV licence
A post on Facebook that’s been shared over 27,000 times claims that a BBC Radio 2 DJ gets paid over £1.3 million a year but pensioners have to pay for the TV licence. It’s correct that Radio 2 DJ Zoe Ball was paid between £1,360
Logically→ Joe Biden has reversed President Trump’s executive order to reduce the price of epinephrine and insulin.
The Biden administration has implemented a regulatory rule freeze affecting on all rules that had not gone into effect. They will now be reviewed.
Logically→ Biden removed military flags from the Oval Office on the first day as president.
The Oval Office is redecorated by every new president and military flags are not traditionally displayed in the Oval Office.
AFP Fact Check→ ‘Jason Derulo’ meme recirculates online in satirical social media posts about Biden’s inauguration
A photo has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter that claim it shows singer-songwriter Jason Derulo falling down the stairs at US President Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021. The photo, however, has been circulatin
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows a Filipina flight attendant on board a Cebu Pacific plane in 2020
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok alongside a claim that it shows a flight attendant crying on board Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ 182 shortly before the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea in Ja
Snopes→ AP Source: Lawmakers Threatened Ahead of Impeachment Trial
Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears, including ominous chatter about killing legislators.
Snopes→ Trump Shuns ‘Ex-Presidents Club’ — And the Feeling Is Mutual
It's a club Donald Trump was never really interested in joining and certainly not so soon: the cadre of former commanders in chief who revere the presidency enough to put aside often bitter political differences.
Snopes→ Source: Sarah Sanders Running for Arkansas Governor
Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump’s former chief spokeswoman and one of his closest aides, is running for Arkansas governor, a source told The Associated Press.
AllSides→ Paul Distorts CBO’s Estimate on Impact of $15 Minimum Wage
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/paul-distorts-cbos-estimate-on-impact-of-15-minimum-wage/ Raising the
AllSides→ Biden falsely claims journalists had all said his vaccination goal was impossible to meet
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/politics/fact-check-biden-100-million-doses-vaccine-goal-media/index.html
Snopes→ Did CNN Report That Antifa Took Responsibility for US Capitol Riot?
A crudely doctored screenshot, complete with glaring spelling errors, was part of a broader effort to falsely link left-wing activists with the pro-Trump attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Snopes→ 2,100 Arrested at Protests Demanding Navalny’s Release
Protesters demonstrated in dozens of cities across Russia to demand the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President-Elect Biden Did NOT Forget To ‘Salute The Marines’
Did then-President-Elect Biden make a protocol blunder as he entered the Capitol building on inauguration day by failing to salute the Marines who were standing by the doors? Had someone tried to coach him through the use of an earpiece a
Snopes→ MyPillow Guy Among the Trump Acolytes Picking Up the Torch
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has told him before that he would back his bid for governor of Minnesota, Mike Lindell said.
AFP Fact Check→ Biden’s first-day executive orders were not blank
Social media posts claim videos and images of Joe Biden signing executive orders on the first day of his presidency show him endorsing blank pages. This is false; although the text on the documents is barely visible in a recording of the event, enhance
Truth or Fiction?→ Kalief Browder, Riley Williams
On January 22 2021, a tweet from @DerenicByrd contrasting the justice system’s treatment of a 22-year-old white woman named Riley Williams versus a Black teenager named Kalief Browder spread virally on Twitter and Imgur: Kalief Browder alle
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Swear His Oath On The Masonic Illuminati Bible – Personal Bible Has Been In His Family For Hundreds Of Years
Did Joe Biden swear his presidential oath on the "Masonic Illuminati Bible"? No, that's not true: Biden's hand was on a family Bible that had been in his family for 128 years when he took the presidential oath of office at the U.S. Capito
Logically→ Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed articles of impeachment against Biden.
The republican congresswoman's attempt to file articles of impeachment are likely to fail.
FactCheck.org→ Paul Distorts CBO’s Estimate on Impact of $15 Minimum Wage
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would cause 1.3 million workers to become jobless in an average week in 2025, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s median estimate. Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s claim that the governm
Truth or Fiction?→ Who Ordered the National Guard to Sleep in a DC Parking Garage?
On January 21 2021 — just one day after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, news broke that National Guard soldiers deployed to Washington, D.C. for the event had been relegated to a parking garage with insufficient restroom facilitie
FactCheck.org→ Missing Context on Claim About ‘Antifa.com’
Quick Take Social media posts point out that the web address antifa.com now redirects to the White House website. That’s true, but in need of some important context: Whoever owns a domain name can instruct it to reroute to whichever website they&
FactCheck.org→ Viral Video Makes False and Unsupported Claims About Vaccines
Quick Take A viral video makes a series of inaccurate and unfounded arguments for why people should not receive any vaccines, including those for COVID-19. Full Story As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, anti-vaccination activists try t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Act Of 1871’ Did NOT Establish The United States As A Corporation That Owns Its Residents
Did the "Act of 1871" establish the United States as a corporation? No, that's not true: The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 established a new, unified government for Washington, D.C. It "incorporated" that city, a common legal t
Full Fact→ Several coronavirus claims made by MP in newspaper are inaccurate
In a piece in the Somerset County Gazette, Somerset and Frome MP David Warburton set out his reasons for voting against the latest lockdown. However, many of the claims made in this piece are incorrect. "And testing also creates some revealing a
FactCheck.org→ Phony Trump Letter to Biden Circulating Online
Quick Take A fake letter purported to be the one left by former President Donald Trump for President Joe Biden has been circulating online. The phony letterhead template — which has been used to satirize Trump before — gives it away. Full
AllSides→ Did President Biden Remove Military Flags From the Oval Office?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-biden-flags-removed-oval/ Whenever a new U.S. president tak
AllSides→ FactChecking Biden’s Inaugural Address
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/factchecking-bidens-inaugural-address/ Returning to a time when inaug
Full Fact→ There isn’t pork in Covid-19 vaccines
We've been asked by readers on WhatsApp to clear up whether there is pork in the new Covid-19 vaccines, whether they cause infertility in younger men and whether they pose a risk of death to the elderly. There are no animal products in vaccines Pork ge
AFP Fact Check→ NASA refutes it confirmed the possibility of the sun rising from the west
A photo was shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook and public forums alongside a claim that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), a US space agency, announced the possibility of the sun rising from the west, which is caused by
Logically→ A Norwegian politician has nominated IFCN for the Nobel Peace Prize 2021.
Former Liberal Party leader Trine Skei Grande has nominated International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) for the Nobel Peace Prize 2021.