Did a generator made out of magnets and a battery lead to an astonishing discovery that breaks the laws of physics? No, that's not true: A perpetual motion machine would violate the laws of thermodynamics. Two Australian inventors claimed
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Special Forces Did NOT Arrest World Economic Forum Chief Klaus Schwab For Ordering Genocide Via COVID-19 Vaccines
Did U.S. Special Forces arrest World Economic Forum (WEF) Chairman Klaus Schwab because he ordered the genocide of 90 percent of the world's population by forcing them to get vaccinated against COVID-19? No, that's not true: A WEF spokesm
Full Fact→ Survey didn’t find one in ten young people plan ‘never’ to work
The figure used by Rod Liddle in a Sun column only describes the percentage of those who are already not working. The true proportion is more like one in 25.
Health Feedback→ No, a German “autopsy report” didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines as “likely” cause of sudden deaths
REVIEW Social media posts claiming that there has been a spike in people who “died suddenly” due to COVID-19 vaccination made the rounds in late November 2022, thanks to a popular film that rehashed debunked claims about COVID-19 vaccines and co
Full Fact→ Online Safety Bill – Government has removed vital health misinformation protections
The Government had long promised that the Online Safety Bill would protect us from harm online. And until this recent Government announcement, that included the harms from online health misinformatio
Logically→ A photo shows Chinese soldiers killed in the clash with Indian troops in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang on December 9, 2022.
The photo shows the coffins of people killed in a grassland fire in China in December 2010 and has no connection with the December 9 clash.
Logically→ Recent videos show the face-off between India and China in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector.
Old videos have been falsely shared, claiming to show the recent skirmish between Indian and Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh.
Logically→ Angry over price rise and unemployment, locals stopped Paresh Rawal from campaigning in Gujarat.
The video is from 2017 and is unrelated to the 2022 Gujarat elections. Rawal was apologizing to the Rajput community for a remark he made in Rajkot.
Logically→ The World Economic Forum has proposed a new initiative to slaughter pets, aiming to fight climate change by reducing the “carbon pawprint.”
No, the WEF has not called for an initiative to kill pets to fight climate change.
Logically→ The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines was exaggerated to boost pharma profits.
News articles and studies on COVID-19 have been edited misleadingly, out of chronological order, to suggest that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective.
Full Fact→ Government’s £28 billion public sector pay increase figure doesn’t factor in money returned in tax
The government says it would cost £28 billion, or £1,000 per household, to increase public sector pay in line with inflation next year. But many of the current disputes are about this year’s pay.
Logically→ By projecting the text “Gaza is in our hearts” on a building, Qatar is supporting Palestine amid the World Cup.
Qatar does support Palestine, but an August 2022 video is being shared to claim the country is making a statement during the ongoing world cup.
PolitiFact→ Lie of the Year 2022: Putin’s lies to wage war and conceal horror in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin lies. This is not a revelation, we know. But in 2022, Putin’s lies about Ukraine and the war he waged there killed thousands of people, drove millions from their homes and sought to blindfold his country to these atrocities.
PolitiFact→ They were whoppers: A look back at PolitiFact’s Lies of the Year, 2009 to 2021
PolitiFact uses the word "lie" only once a year. Here's a look back at all the Lie of the Year awardees going back to 2009.
PolitiFact→ We asked, you answered: PolitiFact readers’ choice for the 2022 Lie of the Year
We asked, you answered: PolitiFact readers’ choice 2022 Lie of the Year
The Dispatch→ The Price of Putin’s War
Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images.)From activism to retrenchment in the Middle East.The post The Price of Putin’s War appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ An England fan bore a “More importantly, free Palestine” tattoo during a FIFA World Cup 2022 match.
The original image of the England fan is from a UEFA Euro match in 2016. The photo has been edited, and shared falsely with a pro-Palestine tattoo.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Druthers Article Provides NO Evidence ’80 Canadian MDs Vaxxed And Dead’ After Receiving COVID-19 Shot
Did 80 Canadian doctors die after being vaccinated for COVID-19? No, that's not true: As of December 12, 2022, there had been no COVID vaccine caused deaths - of doctors or non-doctors - in Canada, according to the national public health
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ZIP Codes For 31,000 Mail-In Ballots Were NOT Changed In Arizona
Were ZIP codes for 31,000 mail-in ballots changed before they were sent out, quietly changed back when they were returned as undeliverable and then fraudulently used to vote in Arizona? No, that's not true: The secretary of state's office
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Birth Certificate/Social Security Number’ DO NOT Turn Babies Into ‘Property/Ward’ Of ‘That State’
Does a birth certificate or a Social Security number turn a person into the property or a ward of the state? No, that's not true: The claim misrepresents the nature of a highly publicized case in New Zealand in which the judge ruled that
Truth or Fiction?→ Conspiracy-Slinging Republican Claims ‘Sarcasm’ After January 6 Remarks Were Caught on Video
Right-wing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) claimed that she was being “sarcastic” when she told a GOP group that they “would have won” if she had organized the January 6 2021 coup attempt against the United States govern
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Human bodies aren’t being processed into meat products. The Human Meat Project is ‘conceptual art’
The Human Meat Project is using donated bodies and organs to create “alternative meat consumption options.”
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live for December 13
Join our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Dispatch Live for December 13 appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pharmacists, Doctors Do NOT Rely Solely On Blank Page In COVID-19 Vaccine Package In Deciding Whether To Inoculate
Is a blank-page insert in some mRNA COVID-19 vaccine packaging the only resource for providing doctors and pharmacists with the vaccine information they need to ensure a patient's informed consent to vaccination? No, that's not true: COVI
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, the military didn’t charge Nancy Pelosi with treason and seditious conspiracy
“JAG charges Nancy Pelosi with treason and seditious conspiracy.”
AllSides→ Remembering the Journalists and Elected Dems Who Dismissed the Twitter Shadow-Banning ‘Conspiracy Theory’
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/remembering-the-journalists-and-elected-dems-who-dismissed-the-twitter-shadow-banning-conspiracy-theory/
AllSides→ Did the Trump Admin Agree to Free 5,000 Taliban Prisoners?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-5000-taliban-prisoners/ In early December 2022, we received inq
Truth or Fiction?→ A Crowd Booed Elon Musk at a Dave Chappelle Show
On December 11 2022, newly-minted Twitter owner Elon Musk joined comedian Dave Chappelle on stage in San Francisco, leading to an immediate chorus of “boos” from the crowd. As is often the case, Musk’s appearance at Chappelle’s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Evacuation Of 800K From Crimea
Does a video show the Russian government evacuating 800,000 people from the "island" of Crimea? No, that's not true: Russian officials said in media reports and on social media sites that no evacuations have occurred in Crimea. Also, Crim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Black Mona Lisa’ Was NOT Found On Dark Side Of The Moon
Was a "Black Mona Lisa" discovered in a 3-mile-long spacecraft on the moon's dark side? No, that's not true: The origin story of this claim is based on a science fiction novel that some people have falsely suggested reflects an accurate r
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Bourla is still Pfizer’s CEO, and he didn’t call mRNA technology unsafe
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla resigned, saying mRNA vaccines are “not safe.”
The Dispatch→ Do the Vaccinated Now Make Up the Majority of COVID Deaths?
On November 23, the Washington Post published an analysis of the COVID-19 fatality numbers from August of this year, the month for which the most recent data is available. The study on which the article draws was conducted by Cynthia Cox, vice presiden
AllSides→ Fact Check: Dem Congressman Claims ‘All Evidence’ Points to Alito Leaking Own Draft in Abortion Case
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2022/12/12/fact-check-dem-congressman-claims-all-evidence-points-to-alito-leaking-own-draft-in-abortion-case-n2617000
Logically→ Geological features are the petrified remains of giant humans and animals
There is no evidence to support the existence of such beings.
Logically→ Official data from EU proves thousands of people are dying every week due to COVID-19 vaccination in Europe.
Excess mortality data from Europe was misreported as deaths due to COVID-19 vaccine. There is no official data that proves the claim.
Logically→ Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to leave the 2022 FIFA World Cup after being benched in Portugal’s match against Switzerland.
The Portuguese Football Federation has clarified that Ronaldo, the national team captain, had not threatened to quit the ongoing World Cup.
Logically→ Stiff Person Syndrome is a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines.
No research or report states that Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) is a side effect of COVID-19 vaccines. The cause of SPS is still being studied.
The Dispatch→ America’s No-Majority Future Is Going to be Delicious
It’s a story that defies the easy narratives from the era of white flight and self-segregationThe post America’s No-Majority Future Is Going to be Delicious appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ WHO’s VigiAccess states that FluMist contains active ingredients for Streptococcal infection.
VigiAccess did not list strep as one of the active ingredients in FluMist. Weakened influenza virus strains in FluMist help fight the virus.
PolitiFact→ Elise Stefanik – Federal food program proposal calls for reductions in milk
Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants