COVID-19 vaccines do not alter your DNA. They protect you from severe disease and death.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that U.S. government is spraying ‘toxic brew of chemicals’ from airplanes is a conspiracy
"Since 2000, the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy have been spraying the entire United States sky with the toxic brew of chemicals and other biologic agents."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Dick Cheney Was Hanged At GITMO — Pentagon Says Claim Is False
Was Dick Cheney hanged at Guantanamo Bay on January 29, 2022? No, that's not true: A duty officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories the claim "is false." Also, this claim was made on a self-described satirical website whose disclaimer say
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden overstates statistics on Affordable Care Act signups
Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.”
Snopes→ LinkedIn Email Scam Claims ‘People Are Looking at Your Profile’
People might be looking at your LinkedIn profile, but the company won't be notifying you of the news from a .ru (Russian) email address.
Snopes→ Did Neil Young Use Homophobic Slurs When Talking About AIDS?
An old quote resurfaced after the musician withdrew his work from Spotify over COVID-19 misinformation.
Snopes→ Did Neil Young Blame Gay People for AIDS?
An old quote resurfaced after the musician withdrew his work from Spotify over COVID-19 misinformation.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Ivermectin study showed ‘antiviral effect,’ which is not the same as being effective against omicron
Research from Japan shows “ivermectin is effective against omicron in Phase III trial.”
Snopes→ CNN President Resigns After Relationship with Co-Worker
CNN President Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned after acknowledging a consensual relationship with another network executive.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canadian Officials Did NOT Report ‘2.3 Million People … 130,000 Trucks’ At Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protest in Ottawa
Did Canada's Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report "2.3 Million People On Foot And Upwards To 150,000 Truckers" were present at a recent COVID-19 vaccine mandate protest? No, that's not true: A re
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Repeat Inaccurate Reporting on Ivermectin and Omicron
SciCheck Digest A Japanese company found that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin showed an “antiviral effect” against the omicron variant in a lab setting. Reuters has corrected a story in which it “misstated” that the drug was e
PolitiFact→ NaturalNews.com – No, food cannot be engineered to create infertility in Black people
"Food crops can be engineered right now based on existing technology to cause infertility in Black people alone.”
Health Feedback→ Claims that a phase III clinical trial showed that ivermectin is effective against Omicron are inaccurate and based on a now-corrected Reuters article
REVIEW On 31 January 2022, news agency Reuters published an article with the headline “Japan’s Kowa says that ivermectin effective against Omicron in phase III trial”. However, this turned out to be an error, and the Reuters article was later
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, 700 CIA agents weren’t arrested
Says 700 CIA agents were arrested.
Truth or Fiction?→ Jabar Gibson Hurricane Katrina Rescuer Meme
On February 1 2022, the following meme was shared to Imgur, describing the actions of a man identified as “Jabbar Gibson” in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: That image was clearly a screenshot, and it appeared to show a cropp
Snopes→ Driver Plows into Illinois Wendy’s, Flipping Car Upside Down
A picture and video were posted to Reddit that showed emergency crews looking at the wreckage at a Wendy's in East Dundee, Illinois.
Logically→ The mainstream media are not talking about the Freedom Convoy protests.
Some mainstream outlets have been covering the Freedom Convoy since the protests began, while others have only recently started to cover it.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – D’oh! ‘The Simpsons’ did not predict Canada’s trucker convoy
‘The Simpsons’ predicted Canada’s trucker convoy protest.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden garbles statistics on Affordable Care Act signups
Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Canada didn’t set a Guinness World Record
“The convoy in Canada has made the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest convoy.”
Snopes→ Did Trudeau Tell Canadians to Stop Talking to Unvaccinated Relatives?
This doctored message was widely spread by supporters of the "freedom convoy."
Snopes→ Pandemic Year 3: Infectious Disease Experts Weigh In
We contacted Johns Hopkins to get a general sense of what people can expect regarding vaccinations and variants going forward.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Photo Is NOT Ancient Egyptian Dentistry — This Dental Work Is From The 20th Century
Did the ancient Egyptians do the dental work seen on the skeleton pictured below? No, that's not true: The picture circulating that is being called dentistry from ancient Egypt is dental work done by an Italian dentist at the turn of the
Snopes→ How Old Is Punxsutawney Phil?
According to legend, the world's most famous groundhog has been predicting the weather since 1886.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photo shows a truck convoy in Canada, but not the “Freedom Convoy”
Picture shows the “Freedom Convoy” trucks in Canada.
Snopes→ A Snapshot of State Laws Governing COVID-19 Vaccines, Masks
The full impact of state-issued mask or vaccination policies on infection rates remains unknown.
Snopes→ How Two Years’ of COVID Politics Played Out on Snopes and OnTheIssues
A look back at some of the most important, egregious, and iconic episodes of COVID politics from both websites.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, most Americans don’t believe the 2020 election was fraudulent
“Over 65% of the country believes that (the) 2020 election was fraudulent. That number was around 35% a year ago.”
Full Fact→ Michael Gove incorrect to say 97% of PPE procured ‘fit-for-purpose’
“We did everything we could to get that equipment [PPE], 97% of the equipment that we secured was ready, fit-for-purpose and there on the front line” Michael Gove, 2 February 2022. On the Today programme, Michael Gove claimed that 97% of P
AllSides→ Did US Truckers Join Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/freedom-convoy-canada/ In January 2022, as hundreds of truckers drove
AllSides→ No, Voltaire Didn’t Say That
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/no-voltaire-didnt-say-that On Sunday, Kentucky GOP Rep.Thomas Massi
Full Fact→ Government websites make percentage error on National Insurance rise
The government web page which explains planned increases to National Insurance, states that contributions will increase by 1.25% from April. In fact, the rise is a 1.25 percentage point increase applied to existing National Insurance rates, not a perce
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Smart’ Engagement Rings?
On February 1 2022, as Valentine’s Day season got off to a roaring start, a story on the topic of romance and marriage appeared on social media and subsequently went viral: The rumor appears to have been sparked by a Twitter account called ̶
Full Fact→ A surgeon made several incorrect claims about Covid-19 vaccine on GB News
An orthopaedic surgeon made several false and misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines during an appearance on GB News on 22 January 2022. The video has been viewed more than 230,000 times combined, just on GB News’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTub
Snopes→ Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie Among Rock Hall Nominees
The Cleveland-based institution announced 17 artists and groups being considered for Rock Hall induction.
Logically→ The Indian government has slashed corporate tax rates to 15 percent.
The corporate tax rate has not changed. But, a concessional rate of 15 percent for one year is given to newly incorporated manufacturing companies.
Full Fact→ A needle cannot save the life of someone having a stroke
A video on Facebook with over two million views advises that you can “save a person from stroke using only a needle”. The video was originally posted in 2018, but has recently been shared again on the social media platform. The video advise
PolitiFact→ Glenn Youngkin – Are 60% of Virginia students testing below U.S. proficiency standards, as Youngkin says?
“Sixty percent of (Virginia's) children don’t meet national proficiency standards…”
Logically→ Ontario Provincial Police has reported over 100,000 trucks and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has reported over 130,000 trucks in the “Freedom Convoy 2022” in Ottawa.
The number of trucks in Ottawa is not reported to be as high as 100,000.
PolitiFact→ Republicans facing off in 2022 GOP primaries are running ads claiming the 2020 election was stolen
Republicans who are running against fellow Republicans in 2022 primary elections are running ads claiming that the 2020 election was stolen.