Were twins delivered by cesarean section because the sister was holding so tightly to her brother's hand? No, that's not true: The caption on this photo is misleading for several reasons. These identical twins born in 2014 are both girls.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Tylenol doesn’t ruin your ability to fight COVID-19
Tylenol "ruins your ability to kill” COVID-19.
Snopes→ Zach Roloff Death Hoax: False Suicide Claims Came from Obscure Website
Roloff and the rest of his family star in the long-running TLC reality TV show, "Little People, Big World."
Snopes→ Snopestionary: Defining the Congressional Meeting That Inspired Jan. 6 Capitol Siege
Every four years, laws governing presidential elections require a formal ceremony where electoral votes are read to Congress.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Betty White And Barbara Bush Are NOT Sisters
Were the late Barbara Bush and the late Betty White sisters? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the former first lady and the actress were related. White was an only child while Bush had three siblings, and the two attended hi
PolitiFact→ A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants
Abbott's figures were preliminary, subject-to-change numbers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, not Customs and Border Protection.
Snopes→ Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Baby Album Cover Lawsuit Dismissed
Former band members were being sued for alleged child exploitation and pornography.
Snopes→ ‘Pivoting To This Story Hard’: Inside Snopes’ Newsroom During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
On the first anniversary of the siege, here's a look into how Snopes staff members fielded rumors in real time.
Snopes→ ‘Little People, Big World’ Posts About ‘Sudden Loss’ Are Misleading
Strange rumors made the rounds around the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022.
Snopes→ Is ‘COVID’ an Acronym for COVID-19 Variants?
While delta and omicron have made headlines, there have been more than a dozen COVID variants since the start of the pandemic.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, John Roberts didn’t criticize Supreme Court justices’ ‘inappropriate political influence’
“Chief Justice John Roberts goes after the highest court in the land, citing their ‘inappropriate political influence.’”
Logically→ A Muslim vendor sold fruit juices adulterated with infertility pills to Hindu customers.
An old video of a fruit vendor who was caught mixing food color into fresh juice has been misattributed as a recent incident with a false narrative.
Logically→ One percent of the world’s population are asexuals.
There is limited evidence to substantiate the percentage of asexuality around the world.
Logically→ One percent of the world’s population are asexuals.
There is limited evidence to substantiate the percentage of asexuality around the world.
Logically→ One percent of the world’s population are asexuals.
There is limited evidence to substantiate the percentage of asexuality around the world.
Snopes→ ‘Jeopardy!’ Champion Amy Schneider Robbed in Oakland
Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint over New Year’s weekend.
Full Fact→ Telegraph wrong to claim removing PCR requirement will shorten self-isolation period
“Currently those without symptoms who test positive on a lateral flow are asked to order a PCR test and can only begin their isolation period when they receive the second result, effectively forcing them to isolate for longer than seven days.&rd
Full Fact→ Did Chris Whitty say you should keep testing after day 10 of isolation?
Following a 4 January Covid-19 press conference, comments made by Professor Sir Chris Whitty have been highlighted in The Guardian and posts on Twitter as a potential source of confusion over whether someone can end their 10 day period of self-isolatio
Full Fact→ The Warm Home Discount is £140 for the entire winter, not a week
[There are] 2.2 million people supported with the Warm Homes Discount, Mr Speaker, worth £140 per week. Boris Johnson, 5 January 2022. [Angela Rayner] obviously wasn't listening to the previous answer, let me remind her, the Warm Homes Discount
Full Fact→ Unvaccinated people are among those dying of Covid-19
A post on Facebook with almost 3,000 shares claims: “Biggest elephant in the room…the unjabbed aren’t dying”. People who haven’t had any immunisations against Covid-19 are certainly dying from the disease. For example, th
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson did say inflation fears had been ‘unfounded’
”In October, the Prime Minister said that fears about inflation were unfounded.” Angela Rayner, 5 January 2022. “Of course I said no such thing because inflation is always something we have to be careful about.” Boris Johnson
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Old video clip of Pfizer CEO is not referring to microchips in COVID-19 treatment
“Pfizer CEO: New Pill Will Have a Microchip That Transmits Info Once You Swallow It!”
Snopes→ That Picture of Betty White Flipping the Bird is Fake
... But the real, original photo is arguably even better.
Snopes→ 13 Dead, Including 7 Children, in Philadelphia House Fire
Officials said that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none were operating.
PolitiFact→ Save America PAC – Biden’s ‘no federal solution’ clip doesn’t save Trump PAC’s attack on Biden and COVID-19 plan
President Joe Biden “never had a” COVID-19 “plan.”
Snopes→ Did BMW Reveal a Color-Changing Car?
Digital artists have been imagining color-changing cars for years, but BMW has purportedly made it a reality.
Snopes→ Navy Captain Becomes 1st Woman to Command US Nuclear Carrier
The USS Abraham Lincoln deployed this week from San Diego under the command of Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt.
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines contain nano router technology.
Lists of ingredients used in approved mRNA vaccines are available to the public. There is no evidence of nano router technology in vaccines.
Logically→ A new COVID-19 variant named IHU found in France is more infectious than the Omicron variant.
Only twelve cases of the IHU variant have been sampled so far and none of the available data shows this variant to be more infectious.
Logically→ A new COVID-19 variant named IHU found in France is more infectious than the Omicron variant.
Only twelve cases of the IHU variant have been sampled so far and none of the available data shows this variant to be more infectious.
Snopes→ Man Free After 37 Years Due to ‘Sex for Lies’ False Witness
The trial witness was charged with perjury just days after Willie Stokes was convicted of murder in 1984.
Snopes→ FBI Still Hunting Jan. 6 Suspects, Pipe Bomber a Year Later
The suspect placed two explosives outside the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees.
Poynter→ The judge in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial did not seal ‘all evidence and proof’
Despite the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial was conducted in public and open to the media, and Maxwell was convicted on federal sex trafficking charges, false claims persist that a coverup is afoot. In one viral […] The post The judge
Logically→ Vaccinated researchers in Antarctica tested positive for COVID-19.
Two-thirds of the 25 vaccinated workers at the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Polar Station in Antarctica tested positive on December 14,2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Are NOT ‘Deadly Experimental Shot’
Are the injections against COVID-19 "deadly experimental shots" and not vaccines? No, that's not true: Medical science classifies all three injected preventatives as vaccines and former President Donald Trump, whose Operation Warp Speed s
Snopes→ CDC Posts Rationale for Shorter Isolation, Quarantine
The agency announced the changes last week, halving the isolation time for Americans who catch the coronavirus and have no symptoms or only brief illnesses.
Snopes→ Here’s Some Weird, Snopesian Trivia for National Trivia Day
Let's just say that bathroom-related topics tend to capture the internet's imagination ... and ours.
Snopes→ Copypasta Falsely Claims Anesthesia May Kill Those Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Anesthesia was said to pose “a great hazard” and may cause a fully vaccinated person to “die immediately.”
PolitiFact→ The Jan. 6 Capitol attack: A year of debunking false narratives
A year of debunking false narratives about Jan. 6
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim about omicron risk for the vaccinated is missing key context
“It feels amazing” that unvaccinated people are “4.5 times LESS LIKELY to catch omicron” than people who are fully vaccinated and boosted.