Does a viral video show Al Jazeera footage of "Nazi Ukrainians" "arrested in Qatar after they drew swastikas on football posters"? No, that's not true: The network denied that it had anything to do with the clip using its logo. More impor
Health Feedback→ Vaccination isn’t equal to parasitic infection; COVID-19 mRNA vaccines don’t hamper the production of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
REVIEW The mRNA vaccine technology used to produce the first COVID-19 vaccines drew much attention because of its novelty. While it’s understandable for people to raise questions about the safety of a new technology, many online claims related to
Health Feedback→ Laura Braden’s comments questioning the safety and usefulness of childhood vaccines are unfounded; studies show that the hepatitis B and HPV vaccines are safe
REVIEW On 18 November 2022 The Canadian History Podcast published an interview with Laura Braden on Instagram. Braden, who has conducted research related to sea lice and salmon immunology, stated in the interview that the childhood vaccination sched
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Did NOT ‘Admit We Never Went To The Moon’
Did Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin "admit we never went to the moon"? No, that's not true: The 2015 video interview from which a clip was taken to support this claim actually showed Aldrin answering a different question. The claim reappe
Full Fact→ Steve Barclay’s figure for new nurses’ pay includes extra earnings
The health secretary said that a new nurse will typically earn over £31,000 a year on current pay. This is an estimate that includes extra earnings such as overtime. Basic pay for a new nurse is aroun
Full Fact→ ‘Free’ Greggs giveaway is not genuine
The company is not offering a free sausage roll and hot drink to anyone who likes a Facebook post.
Full Fact→ Covid-19 variants including Delta are real
The post claims that the Delta variant is fake.
Full Fact→ Copycat posts about ‘missing’ boy shared widely on Facebook
Hundreds of people have shared a fake appeal for information about an apparently missing boy.
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines are causing stillbirths.
There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to increases in stillbirths.
Full Fact→ Liz Kendall’s claim that there were no NHS strikes under Labour ignores local walkouts
Staff at NHS hospitals did take part in local strikes when Labour was last in power.
Full Fact→ How much of the rise in ‘economic inactivity’ is due to long Covid?
A BBC news bulletin claimed a recent rise in the number of people who are neither working nor looking for work is “largely because of long Covid”. But there are reasons to believe much of the rise is
AllSides→ FDA Did Not Change Position on Ivermectin Use, Contrary to Online Claims
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/fda-did-not-change-position-on-ivermectin-use-contrary-to-online-claims/
Logically→ American actor Morgan Freeman converted to Islam during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Morgan Freeman did not convert to Islam at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Logically→ Google suppressed its search for “died suddenly” to hide information about the side effects of COVID-19 vaccines.
Google is not hiding any facts; the disclaimer is a way to show that the information is evolving and is a method to combat misinformation.
Logically→ Thousands of football fans sang in support of Palestine during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
This video is from the 2019 Arab Club Champions Cup in Morocco, North Africa, and is unrelated to Qatar's 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Logically→ U.S. Defense Medical Epidemiology Database shows a dramatic increase in medical diagnoses following the vaccine in 2021.
Scientific studies show that vaccines do not cause an increase in health issues. The DMED data cited to support the claim is inaccurate.
Logically→ Qatar included the “Syrian Revolution Flag” with other countries’ flags on the poster of the 2022 FIFA World Cup logo.
The image in question was created by a cartoonist and is not the official 2022 FIFA World Cup logo released by FIFA or Qatar Authorities.
Logically→ Bill Gates’s Ted talk shows that the COVID-19 vaccine was intended to kill people to combat overpopulation.
Bill Gates did not talk about killing people with Covid 19 vaccines but how to tackle overpopulation by increasing global living standards.
Logically→ The Pfizer ‘Cumulative Analysis of Post-authorization Adverse Event Reports’ proves that the COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous.
This claim mistakes adverse events following the COVID-19 vaccine for confirmed side-effects, and has been debunked several times.
Logically→ John Hopkins University’s 201 Pandemic Exercise predicted the COVID-19 outbreak.
The event was designed to test the private and public sector's response to a pandemic. It did not predict COVID-19.
Logically→ The birth rate in Hungary declined in 2022 due to COVID-19 vaccines.
The birth rate in Hungary has declined in 2022 compared to previous years, but there is no evidence that it is due to adverse effects of vaccinations.
The Dispatch→ Are You Tired of Losing Yet?
A question for the GOP headed into 2024. The post Are You Tired of Losing Yet? appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Turkey on the Brink
Next year’s presidential election could reshape how Ankara sees its place in the world.The post Turkey on the Brink appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Russian Ex-President Medvedev Offered To Supply Poland With ‘The Best Air Defence Systems’ In November 2022
Did Russian ex-president and the deputy chair of Russia's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, tweet that Moscow "is ready to supply Poland with the best air defence systems to prevent further aggression from Ukraine"? No, that's not true:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New COVID Death Data Does NOT Prove Vaccines Are ‘Experimental Toxin’ Causing ‘A Majority Of COVID Deaths’
Does a newly released dataset show that COVID-19 is a deadly "experimental toxin"? And does Dr. Anthony Fauci's resignation have anything to do with it? No, neither are true: the claims recycle old falsehoods based on a distortion of publ
Health Feedback→ People can sue manufacturers for injury following routine childhood vaccines, contrary to a claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
REVIEW In December 2021, lawyer and founder of the anti-vaccine organization Children’s Health Defense, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was interviewed on The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast on the subject of legal immunity for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers. Cl
Full Fact→ Boy claimed ‘missing’ on Facebook was found months ago
The picture is of a boy of a different name who went missing in June but has been found.
Full Fact→ Amazon is not selling Kindle Oasis e-readers for £1.78 for Black Friday
Amazon is holding a Black Friday sale, but it has confirmed it is not offering Kindle Oasis e-readers for £1.78, as a number of Facebook posts have claimed.
Full Fact→ Fake Argos ‘deals’ on electric scooters and air fryers circulating online
Deals that appear too good to be true are circulating on social media.
Logically→ Bengali actor Aindrila Sharma “died suddenly” due to complications from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Aindrila Sharma had cancer and died in Kolkata from multiple cardiac arrests. There is no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine caused her death.
Logically→ A man was brutally assaulted by a Belagavi police in Karnataka, India.
A scene from the upcoming Kannada film "Hoysala" has been misidentified as a real incident.
Logically→ A video shows Donyi Polo Airport made of Bamboo in Arunachal Pradesh.
Interior video of the new terminal of Bengaluru's Kempegowda Airport has been misattributed to Arunachal Pradesh's Donyi Polo Airport.
Full Fact→ Can you tell a drink has been spiked by its appearance?
A poster shares ways to tell if a drink has been tampered with. But spiked drinks do not necessarily exhibit any changes in appearance, taste or smell.
Logically→ 15,000 non-Qataris died working on the Qatar 2022 World Cup stadiums.
15,000 non-Qataris died between 2010 and 2019 but reports state that only 37 of these deaths may be related to the World Cup.
Health Feedback→ Face masks don’t cause hypercapnia or blood acidity; no evidence indicates that these conditions increase cancer risk
REVIEW A video featuring molecular biologist Christina Parks circulated on video and social media platforms (examples here and here) in October and November 2022. In that video, Parks claimed that face masks cause a buildup of carbon dioxide in the
The Dispatch→ Second Nature
Thoughts on Thanksgiving.The post Second Nature appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ CCTV footage allegedly shows Mangaluru autorickshaw blast suspect Mohammad Shariq walking with a backpack.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines, PCR Tests Do NOT Make People ‘Magnetic’
Do COVID-19 vaccines or PCR tests make people "magnetic"? No, that's not true. There is no evidence that either of them can increase what is perceived as "magnetism." But theatrical glue, oily skin or body cream can do the trick of making
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Say Using Anything From Nature Is Illegal
Did the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report that "it is illegal to use anything from nature that is not tested for efficacy and safety"? No, that's not true: The FDA regards herbal supplements as foods, not drugs. Therefore, they ar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Before-And-After Photos From Ukraine Do NOT Show Evidence Of Propaganda Fakery Or ‘Magically Restored’ Destruction
Is a video montage showing before and after photos of Ukrainian buildings damaged by war -- but restored to their original appearance -- an example of propagandists manipulating photos? No, that's not true: Basic image searching independe