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AllSides→ NPR Challenges Readers to Disregard Their Eyes and Common Sense on Trans Sports
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/npr-challenges-readers-to-disregard-their-eyes-and-common-sense-on-trans-sports/
PolitiFact→ Tommy Tuberville – Most US high school grads read below standard. That doesn’t mean half can’t read their diplomas
"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Bannon Ally Charged with Fraud Also Helped Him Spread Disinformation
The 54-year-old billionaire popularly known as “Guo Wengui” not only used other names — he was also involved in several efforts alongside former White House advisor Steve Bannon. Federal prosecutors’ announcement on March 15 202
Logically→ There were already ’15-minute cities’ in Poland during the Nazi occupation; they were called ‘ghettos.’
AllSides→ Posts Spread Unfounded Claims About Russia’s Use of COVID-19 Vaccines
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/scicheck-posts-spread-unfounded-claims-about-russias-use-of-covid-19-vaccines/
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Unfounded Claims About Russia’s Use of COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Russia developed a COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, in 2020. President Vladimir Putin has said he received three doses of the vaccine, and the government continues to urge Russians to get vaccinated against the disease. But social media
Poynter→ Misinformation ‘superspreader’ engagement increased 44% on Twitter since Musk purchase, study says
Since his acquisition of Twitter, tech mogul Elon Musk has received pushback on numerous occasions for promoting false information and conspiracy theories (some of which he has since walked back). […] The post Misinformation ‘superspreader’ e
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No man buns were harmed as fake news about a vigilante cutting them off spread on social media
“Criminal caught after cutting off 37 man buns.”
Health Feedback→ Multiple studies show that face masks reduce the spread of COVID-19; a Cochrane review doesn’t demonstrate otherwise
REVIEW A review published by the Cochrane Library on 30 January 2023 triggered renewed claims that face masks are ineffective at reducing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections. This review, which analyzed mask effectiveness data
FactCheck.org→ Internet Hoax Spreads False ID on Michigan State University Shooter
Quick Take Police identified the suspect in the Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University as Anthony Dwayne McRae, who shot and killed himself. But a viral internet hoax used the photo of another man and falsely claimed that th
Logically→ This photo shows a senior citizen holding bread and crying in front of a damaged building after the February 6, Turkey earthquake.
An image from the aftermath of the 1999 Turkey earthquake has been falsely linked to the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Health Feedback→ Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, didn’t say that Moderna was already producing COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in 2019
REVIEW Since its beginning in early 2020, some people developed the narrative that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned. Related claims usually revolve around the alleged existence of COVID-19-related patents or products ahead of the pandemic onset. He
Logically→ Pfizer CEO was found guilty of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine for children.
An initial verdict that found Pfizer had breached code of conduct was later overturned after the CEO’s full interview was made available.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Houston, we have a problem: Misinformation about the Space Station is spreading on Earth
“There are no humans” on the International Space Station.
Washington Post→ Laptop email suggests Hunter Biden read newspapers, not classified documents
Republicans claim the president's son wrote a 2014 email with inside information. But the facts he cited could be found in news reports at the time.
FactCheck.org→ Democrats Misleadingly Suggest Widespread GOP Support for FairTax Bill Unlikely to Become Law
Few Republican lawmakers have publicly supported a bill to replace most federal taxes with a national sales tax, a plan that has almost no chance of becoming law, or even passing in the GOP-led House of Representatives — certainly not in the 118
Washington Post→ Peter was already robbed. He can’t pay Paul.
Spending cuts to balance the budget will require difficult choices that Congress has avoided.
The Dispatch→ Reading, Writing, and … Black Queer Studies?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/ Getty Images.)The debate over AP African American Studies ignores that schools are struggling to make students proficient in math, science, and reading.The post Reading, Writin
Logically→ Rahul Gandhi was reading a Kannada newspaper.
Gandhi was reading the English pages of the National Herald newspaper in 2017. Only the first and last pages were in Kannada.
The Dispatch→ The Most Important Thing You Read Today
(Stock photo via Getty Images.)It’s about diversity training, and it’s not by me.The post The Most Important Thing You Read Today appeared first on The Dispatch.
FactCheck.org→ No Surge in Athlete Deaths, Contrary to Widespread Anti-Vaccine Claims
SciCheck Digest Sports medicine experts say there has been no increase in sudden death or cardiac injury among U.S. athletes since the COVID-19 vaccines became available. Yet anti-vaccine campaigners, comparing unreliable numbers to an unrelated st
Logically→ Masks are ineffective in checking the spread of COVID-19.
There is enough scientific evidence to prove that wearing face masks reduces the transmission of COVID-19.
AllSides→ Did Mark Twain Say This About Reading the Newspaper and Being Misinformed?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-twain-read-newspaper-misinformed/ A quote has been floating arou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clint Eastwood NOT On Life Support After ‘Deadly Ligma Virus’ Spreads Through Body
Is Academy Award-winning actor/director Clint Eastwood on life support in a California hospital after the "deadly ligma virus" spread through his body? No, that's not true: Ligma is not a real disease, and the purported hospital source in
PolitiFact→ Debunking, rebuttals didn’t stop claim about litter boxes in schools from spreading before midterms
Ahead of the midterm election, conservative candidates and pundits continued to repeat the false claim that schools are providing litter boxes for students who identify as cats or furries — despite a lack of evidence and repeated debunkings.
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
Logically→ Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia is ready to provide Poland with the best air defense systems against Ukraine.
There is no evidence of Medvedev stating Russia's support of Poland against Ukraine. The viral screenshot of the tweet has been digitally manipulated.
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories Uncovers Network of Cambodian Websites Pushing Death Hoaxes On Facebook To Spread Malware
The celebrity death hoax has long been a clickbait staple, but recently one network has taken it to extremes, using scores of websites to host its content and an automated army of bots to push the links into Facebook groups. Many Facebook
Truth or Fiction?→ Charlie Kirk Reads Messages From Georgians Bragging About Not Voting?
On December 8 2022, two Imgur accounts shared screenshots of a popular tweet which claimed that right-wing pundit and disinformation purveyor Charlie Kirk spent the first hour of his online show “reading emails from his listeners who said they d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 5G Wuhan Rollout Did NOT Cause Coronavirus Pandemic Or Facilitate Global Spread
Was Wuhan, China the first city to be "covered" with 5G technology and did this wireless communications network facilitate the origination and spread of COVID-19? No, that's not true: A telecommunications expert told Lead Stories that cre
Health Feedback→ Mask-wearing helps to reduce the spread of COVID-19; social media posts misinterpreted Annals of Internal Medicine study on N95 respirators
REVIEW A study in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Internal Medicine, published at the end of November 2022, generated renewed discussion over the effectiveness of mask-wearing against COVID-19[1]. According to the social media analytics tool Buz
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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Government Is NOT Giving Away $1,700 Per Week To Stay Home, Stop Monkeypox Spread
Beginning on November 19, 2022, were all U.S. citizens entitled to $1,700 per week if they mitigated the spread of monkeypox by staying home? No, that's not true: No such compensation program is in place and the claim is a set-up for a jo
PolitiFact→ Mailbag: Readers’ appreciation and feedback
As Thanksgiving approaches, we are grateful for our readers’ support and feedback. Read our latest mailbag with readers' comments.
The Dispatch→ Are Republicans Ready for Change Yet?
The party is badly out of step with the electorate.The post Are Republicans Ready for Change Yet? appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Arizona’s widespread use of mail-in voting and close margins created longer wait for results
As election officials in Maricopa and other Arizona counties continued to count ballots, misinformation spread that falsely suggested the pace of the count was a sign of fraud. The pace is a result of vote by mail laws and close margins.
Logically→ Video shows Swedish judge claiming widespread voter fraud in the Brazilian elections.
The video is of singer Agneta Fältskog talking about the joy of being home with her kids. The Brazilian army has ruled out voter fraud in the polls.
Poynter→ Detroit voters were not told at polls that they had already voted
On the afternoon of Election Day, former President Donald Trump suggested that problems at polling places in Michigan’s largest city, a Democratic stronghold, were preventing voters from casting their ballots […] The post Detroit voters were no
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Detroit voters were not told at polls that they had already voted
In Detroit, “people are showing up to vote only to be told, ‘sorry, you have already voted.’”