A molecule found in a Himalayan fungus "kills cancer cells with 40 times potency."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Image is from Woodstock festival in 1969, not from Australia freedom rally
Image shows "This is happening right now...in Australia!! 1.5 Million showed up for a Freedom March/Rally."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moderna CEO Did NOT Sell $400 Million Worth Of Company Stock, But His Twitter Account WAS Deleted
Did Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel suddenly sell $400 million worth of stock in the company and delete his Twitter account, indicating something suspicious going on with the biopharmaceutical company? Not really: Bancel has steadily sold sh
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Footage is from video game, does not show actual Air Force One aircraft
“President Biden's Air Force One pilot got fired after this vertical take off.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT True That 44% of Black People In US Have HIV
Do 44% of the Black population in the United States have HIV? No, that's not true: If 44% of the African American population in the U.S. had HIV, that would mean around 21 million Black people would test positive for HIV. According to HIV
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this 9-year-old was not arrested at a NYC museum over vaccine proof
The New York City Police Department arrested a 9-year-old "because she didn’t have a vaccine card in the museum."
PolitiFact→ Did the NFL ask Eminem not to kneel? What we know about Super Bowl halftime show claims
The 2022 Super Bowl halftime show included Eminem taking a knee and Dr. Dre rapping about the police. Did they defy NFL wishes? Here’s what we know, and don’t.
Snopes→ Prince Andrew to Settle Sex Abuse Case, Donate to Charity
The deal avoids a trial that would have brought further embarrassment to the monarchy.
Snopes→ Instagram User @miss_anna.fx Exposed as Crypto Scammer
The account has nearly 20,000 followers. Here's how the hijacking scam works.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show ‘Masonic Grips’ By Bush, Obama, Who Are NOT Freemasons
Do these photos document masonic handshakes -- called "grips" -- being made by Freemasons? No, that's not true: Scholars and the grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of New York say these are not masonic grips and neither former President G
Truth or Fiction?→ Stephen King ‘Hard to Believe There Was Ever a World Leader as Dumb as Donald Trump’ Quote Meme
On February 15 2022, an Imgur user shared the following quote meme, reportedly showcasing commentary by author Stephen King on former United States President Donald Trump’s fitness for office: A different quote attributed to Stephen King spread
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the CDC wasn’t ‘normalizing’ blood clots with its Super Bowl tweet
The CDC was “normalizing blood clots” by tweeting about the health condition before the Super Bowl.
Snopes→ Sandy Hook Families Settle for $73M with Gun Maker Remington
The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.
PolitiFact→ Tony Evers – Has Gov. Evers granted more pardons than any Wisconsin governor in recent history?
Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Shots Have NOT Increased ‘Serious Injury’ From Vaccines By Over 2000% In Germany
Have COVID-19 shots increased "serious injury" from vaccines by over 2,000% in Germany? No, that's not true: A press and public relations officer for DKG, the German Hospital Federation, says information was improperly analyzed by a consp
Health Feedback→ Study on SARS-CoV-2 antibodies levels following infection don’t prove that recovered patients are protected from reinfection
REVIEW As of February 2022, more than 77 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection, with more than 4 million requiring hospitalization, and more than 910,000 deaths. But many of these outcomes are preventable with vacc
Snopes→ US Accuses Financial Website of Spreading Russian Propaganda
Zero Hedge, which has 1.2 million Twitter followers, published articles created by Moscow-controlled media that were then shared by outlets and people unaware of their nexus to Russian intelligence.
PolitiFact→ Gary Chambers Jr. – Fact-checking Louisiana Democrat’s claim about Black Americans and the right to vote
"One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote."
FactCheck.org→ Biden Stretches Evidence for Universal Pre-K
President Joe Biden has made sweeping claims about evidence that he says supports his universal pre-kindergarten plan. There is plenty of research on specific targeted programs, but there isn’t much on universal programs. And the research that do
PolitiFact→ Chip Roy – Pfizer’s data on COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 is based in science
Pfizer is "literally using the force of government and the culture of fear to jab children under 5 — with zero basis in science — to make billions of dollars."
Snopes→ Did Madonna Meet Elvis?
Does this photograph document a meeting between the King of Rock and Roll and the Queen of Pop?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Aerial Image Does NOT Show ‘Freedom Convoy’ In Canberra, Australia
Does an aerial image of several vehicles and hundreds of encampments on a farm show an offshoot of the "Freedom Convoy" in Canberra, Australia? No, that's not true: The image is actually of a festival site in England and was taken in 2019
Full Fact→ Bill Gates didn’t say all Covid-19 vaccines should be withdrawn
A Facebook post incorrectly claims that Microsoft founder Bill Gates called for all Covid-19 vaccines to be withdrawn. The post includes a screenshot of a headline saying “Bill Gates Regrets Promoting Covid-19 Vaccine, Calls For Its Withdra
Snopes→ US Asks Honduras to Arrest, Extradite Ex-President Hernández
Honduran security forces surrounded Hernández’s neighborhood and the Supreme Court of Justice scheduled an urgent meeting to select a judge to handle the extradition request.
AllSides→ Did Moderna CEO Suddenly Dump $400M in Stock?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/moderna-ceo-dump-400-million-stock/ In February 2022, a rumor started
AllSides→ Ukraine crisis: Is Russia waging an information war?
https://www.bbc.com/news/60292915 As Russia continues its military build-up on Ukraine's border, it's a
Logically→ A video of men attacking a Muslim woman in Morocco was falsely attributed as an incident in India.
A group of young men attacked a Muslim woman with egg, flour, and water in Casablanca, Morocco not in India. The incident occurred in 2015.
Full Fact→ Wales and Scotland are getting money to fund a council tax rebate
Members of the Scottish and Welsh governments have claimed that they will not receive any new funding to match the UK government’s £150 council tax rebate in England for homes in bands A-D. Last week @HMTreasury said Wales would rece
Logically→ Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked martial law.
Prime Minister Trudeau invoked a public order emergency in the Federal Emergencies Act to control the anti-vaccine mandate protests in the country.
AllSides→ U.S. COVID-19 Vaccines Follow Conventional Health Standards and Protocols
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/scicheck-u-s-covid-19-vaccines-follow-conventional-health-standards-and-protocols/
Snopes→ Current Event: Boat Launched by US Students Lands in Norway
A small boat launched in October 2020 by some New Hampshire middle school students has been found 462 days later — by a sixth grader in Norway.
Snopes→ Report: Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes to Host Oscars
After three years without a host, the Oscars are reportedly making up for lost time with three hosts for this year’s awards.
Snopes→ Unvaccinated Djokovic Could Skip French Open, Wimbledon
The No. 1-ranked tennis player is still smarting about being deported last month from Australia in a drama about his vaccination status.
Full Fact→ How thousands of helpers are training up our fact checking AI
Last autumn, we asked you to help us in a new way: by taking part in our “Claim Challenge”. We were bowled over by the response, with over four thousand of you helping us match 250,000 claims. But how exactly did all this claim matching mak
Logically→ Organic foods flush out the COVID-19 vaccine from the body.
It is impossible to remove a vaccine's contents from the body after it is injected. The immune response from the vaccine is irreversible.
Poynter→ COVID-19 vaccines do not contain HIV
COVID-19 vaccines do not contain harmful substances or introduce disease, though those debunked theories continue to circulate on social media. “The second booster has eight strains of HIV,” says one Feb. 2 post on Facebook. […]
Washington Post→ Here’s why Trump once again is claiming ‘spying’ by Democrats
Special counsel John Durham made a court filing that excited Trump and his supporters, but the allegations are murky and disputed. Here's an explainer to bring you up to date.
Snopes→ Accounting Firm: Trump Financial Statements Aren’t Reliable
The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump's image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after New York'
Snopes→ Texas AG Sues Facebook Parent Meta over Facial Recognition
The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent.
Snopes→ Canada’s Trudeau Invokes Emergency Powers to Quell Trucker Protests
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to quell the paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions, outlining plans not only to tow away their rigs but to strike at their bank accounts and their l