Is an online video advertisement realistic in implying that people can rapidly lose weight by applying herbal oil that contains ginger and glycerin on their skin? No, that's not true: This is a misleading ad. The Lancet Commission on Obes
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Maps Do NOT Show Strong Connection Between Fluoride In Drinking Water And Alzheimer’s, Dementia
Do maps of the world show a strong connection between where fluoride is added to drinking water and dementia? No, that's not true: While there is some correlation between countries that fluoridate their drinking water and countries that h
FactCheck.org→ It’s Not News, Nor ‘Scandalous,’ That Pfizer Trial Didn’t Test Transmission
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials were designed to study the vaccine’s safety and efficacy in preventing symptomatic disease, not transmission. But online publications now misleadingly present the fact that the Pfizer/BioNTech vacc
Health Feedback→ Scientific studies show that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reduces transmission; claim by Rob Roos is misleading
REVIEW Many social media posts and articles began circulating in October 2022, claiming that Pfizer admitted to not testing whether its COVID-19 vaccine prevented transmission before the vaccine hit the market. The claim originated from Rob Roos, a
Logically→ Donald Trump and Jim Marchant lost the 2020 election because it was rigged.
There is no evidence that the 2020 elections were rigged. The U.S. Supreme Court and even many Republicans have rejected the baseless claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Collapse On Golf Course
Did former President Donald Trump collapse on the golf course? No, that's not true: There is no evidence of his collapse and the assertion is a ruse used to entice readers into clicking on a video about a different Trump-related topic. Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aluminum-Based Antiperspirants Do NOT Cause Or Exacerbate Breast Cancers
Do aluminum-based antiperspirants cause or exacerbate breast cancers? No, that's not true: No connection has been established between these types of antiperspirants and breast cancer. According to the Cleveland Clinic, "No scientific evid
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Claims Misrepresent Election Software CEO’s Arrest
Quick Take The CEO of a company that maintained poll worker data for Los Angeles County has been arrested as “part of an investigation into the possible theft of personal identifying information” of those poll workers, according to Los Ange
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Recent Ukrainian Refugee Did NOT Paint Swastika In London Mall — Video Dates From 2018
Was a refugee from Ukraine recently caught defacing a tile floor with a swastika in a UK shopping center and then made to clean it off? No, that's not true: A bystander video of the incident first surfaced online in 2018, and no evidence
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines were designed to sterilize the population in a manner foretold by the plot of the TV series Utopia.
There is no evidence to support the claim that COVID-19 vaccines negatively affect fertility.
Truth or Fiction?→ What Did Alex Jones Do?
On October 12 2022, news that far-right broadcaster Alex Jones was ordered to pay “nearly $1 billion” ($965 million) to eight Sandy Hook families prompted significant discussions about disinformation — alongside a concerted effort to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show A ‘Kiev Orphanage’ Destroyed By A Russian Drone
Did a video circulating on social media depict the collapse of an orphanage in Kyiv after a Russian drone attack on October 10, 2022? No, that's not true. The video in a claim does not show an orphanage collapsing in Kyiv. The footage sho
FactCheck.org→ Florida’s COVID-19 Vaccination Analysis Is Flawed, Experts Say
The state of Florida recently announced that it was no longer recommending that younger males receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, based on an unpublished analysis that purportedly found an increased risk of cardiac-related death following vaccination. But
FactCheck.org→ Unraveling Wisconsin GOP Candidate’s Abortion Position
Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels — who opposes abortion rights —made headlines when he said in a radio interview last month that as governor, he would sign an abortion ban that included exceptions for rape and incest. A Face
Health Feedback→ Analysis by Florida Department of Health about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contains multiple methodological problems
REVIEW On 7 October 2022, the state of Florida issued new COVID-19 vaccine guidance recommending against men aged 18 to 39 years old getting the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. According to the guidance, this decision was based on a new unpublished study by
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There’s NO New Stimulus Giving $440 A Month To Low-Income Americans Who Don’t Have Medicaid Or Medicare
Is there a new stimulus package that is giving $440 a month to low-income Americans who don't have Medicaid or Medicare? No, that's not true: The claim offers no proof that the money is being distributed to people who do not have Medicaid
Truth or Fiction?→ Harvard ‘Black Hole’ Is a ‘Discovery of a Lifetime’
On October 12 2022, astronomer and Redditor u/Andromeda321 shared post to r/science, about novel behavior by a black hole: ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This Before:’ Black Hole Spews Out Material Years After Shredding Star from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Consumers Will NOT Get $500 In Walmart Credit For Answering 3 Questions
Will answering three questions for Walmart earn consumers a $500 shopping credit to spend on groceries? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the big box retailer has such a program. The claim appeared in a September 30, 2022 pos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ad NOT Realistic In Claiming Jewelry, Including Copper Bracelet, Relieves Gout
Is an online video advertisement realistic in showing people having inflammation reduced due to wearing a piece of jewelry? No, that's not true: Clinical studies that included multiple forms of arthritis, done by credible clinics and medi
Snopes→ Biden Did Not Wear His Pants Backwards in Puerto Rico
TikTok users pushed a rumor about U.S. President Joe Biden supposedly putting his pants on backwards, but the photographic evidence proves otherwise.
Logically→ NATO combatants and 500 Polish soldiers died in the Russian missile strike at a building in Zaporizhzhya on October 8.
There is no evidence that NATO combatants and Polish soldiers died in the Zaporizhzhia missile attack on October 8.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove World Economic Forum Plotting To Force Public To Wear ‘Brain Implants’ So The Elite Can Read Their Minds
Will the World Economic Forum (WEF) soon force people to wear "brain implants" so that the global elite can read their minds? No, that's not true: This claim turns a speculative conversation about possible future technologies into a plot
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claims of a ‘massive transfer’ of fraudulent election ballots are false
There’s “evidence of a massive transfer of completed, curated ballots” that are fraudulent in the 2022 election.
Climate Feedback→ Here’s what we know about how climate change impacts hurricanes – and what we don’t
There are some aspects of climate science that are clear-cut. It is, for instance, “unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land,” according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.[1] As human activities emit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cheese Is NOT Proven To Be Addictive
Is cheese addictive because eating it produces casomorphin, a highly addictive opiate that has a similar effect on the brain as do "drugs, alcohol and sex"? No, that's not true: Though cheese can bind to neural cells in the same way that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Election Results NOT Invalidated By Dominion Voting Machines ‘QR Code Signature Mismatch’
Does the presence of "QR code signature mismatch" error codes reported in some Dominion voting machines in Tennessee invalidate Georgia election results? No, that's not true: Experts with whom Lead Stories spoke said there is no connectio
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Faulty ‘Double Standard’ Document Claim
Former President Donald Trump made a series of faulty comparisons to other past presidents to argue that he was being held to a double standard regarding the FBI’s pursuit of his presidential documents. Trump accused several of his presidential p
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Depict ‘Pyramids’ On Russia’s Kola Peninsula — They Are Natural Mountains In Faroe Islands
Were pyramids that are twice as old as the Egyptian pyramids found in Russian Lapland and does the photo with this article accurately represent what they look like? No, that's not true: Clickbait photos misrepresent what the Kola Peninsul
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Confirm That Vaccines Are ‘Mind Control Neuroweapon’ That ‘Can React To 5G Towers’
Did Karen Kingston present the new evidence confirming that vaccines against COVID-19 are a "mind control neuroweapon" that "can react to 5G towers"? No, that's not true. She only repeated the false claims previously debunked by Lead Stor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Journalist Did NOT Fake Reporting From Front Lines Of Ukraine War
Did BBC war correspondent Jeremy Bowen pretend to be dodging Russian bullets during an attack on Irpin, Ukraine, while local residents safely went about their business? No, that's not true: The claim is based on an out-of-context still im
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ted Cruz Did NOT Say Merrick Garland Will ‘Rot in Jail’
Does a video of a congressional hearing show Sen. Ted Cruz leaking incriminating information about U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, claiming that the nation's top law enforcer will "rot in jail"? No, that's not true: It's a bait-and
Health Feedback→ Charlie Kirk’s video listing reasons to oppose COVID-19 vaccines contains multiple incorrect, misleading, and unsupported statements
REVIEW On 4 October 2022, American radio host Charlie Kirk posted
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Does NOT Cause ‘Astonishing Drop In Male Fertility’ — Sperm Count Dip Is Temporary
Does the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine cause an "Astonishing Drop in Male Fertility"? No, that's not true: The shot temporarily lowers sperm count, much the same as after a "simple viral infection," according to Itai Gat, one of the authors of
PolitiFact→ In AZ Senate debate, Kelly and Masters trade barbs over immigration, abortion. We fact-checked them
The biggest news in the Arizona Senate debate was Republican Blake Masters saying he has yet to see evidence that flawed vote counts affected the 2020 election. We fact-checked 5 of Masters’ and Kelly’s claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fake ‘FDR Relief Program’ Will NOT Pay Off $25K Of Credit Card Debt
Does a federal financial relief program bearing the initials of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wipe out $25,000 or more in credit card debt for Americans? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence that the purported
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Is NOT Giving Out Walmart Credit In Inflation Relief Program
Is the U.S. government giving households $500 in Walmart credit as part of its inflation relief efforts? No, that's not true: There is no evidence of such an offer on either federal government or Walmart websites. The claim appeared in a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT ‘Statistically IMPOSSIBLE’ To Administer Billions Of COVID Vaccine Doses Since Pandemic Started
Is it "Statistically IMPOSSIBLE" to have administered the billions of COVID-19 vaccine shots that have been provided around the world? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to suggest the global health care community isn't up to the ta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Formaldehyde, Polysorbate 80 Do NOT Pose Health Risk In Flu Shots
Do flu shots "contaminated with formaldehyde and polysorbate 80" pose a potential health risk to those vaccinated against influenza? No, that's not true: Some flu shots do contain formaldehyde and polysorbate 80, but the amounts are too m
FactCheck.org→ Fetterman’s Tattoos Under Scrutiny in Pennsylvania Senate Race
Quick Take John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor who is running for the U.S. Senate, has tattoos on his arms, some of which memorialize victims of violence. But conservative pundits — including Newt Gingrich — claim, with
Health Feedback→ Article by cardiologist Aseem Malhotra made unsupported claims about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccination
REVIEW On 26 September 2022, cardiologist Aseem Malhotra published a two-part article (archived here and here) in the Journal of Insulin Resistance—of which Malhotra is an editor— calling for a global pause of mRNA vaccines. Part 1 of the articl