Urban Meyer never fit in the NFL.
Logically→ Uttar Pradesh has the highest crimes against Scheduled Tribes.
In the latest NCRB report, Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest number of atrocities against Scheduled Tribes in 2020, followed by Rajasthan.
Logically→ Instances of serious crimes in Uttar Pradesh in 2020 were the lowest since 2013.
The rate of serious crimes across India saw a decline in 2020 and not just in Uttar Pradesh. The COVID-19 restrictions may have played a part in it.
Logically→ Former U.S. President Donald Trump is taller than Joe Biden.
President Biden's official records state that he is 5 feet 11.65 inches, making him shorter than Trump, who is approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall.
Poynter→ An anti-vaccine website is misusing VAERS data to spread fears about vaccine’s impact on fetal health
An article from an anti-vaccine website claims that thousands of fetuses died after their mothers were administered the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy. “2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID Shots […] The post An anti-vaccine websit
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson’s mum did not call him ‘an idiot with no common sense’
A Facebook post claims Boris Johnson’s mother said her son is “an idiot with no common sense”, “has very little in the way of social skills” and claims she hoped “he never goes into politics.” The post attribut
Logically→ The Omicron variant has not killed a single person worldwide.
The first known death was reported in the U.K due to the Omicron coronavirus variant on December 13, 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Air Force Colonel Joe Jackson Did NOT Die In 2020 Ignored — He Died in 2019 Remembered By Hometown, Dept. of Defense
Did Air Force Col. Joe Jackson die in 2020 with his death ignored by the public and media? No, that's not true: He died on January 12, 2019, according to multiple sources including the obituary from Jackson's hometown newspaper, The Washi
Snopes→ Pro-Trump Commentator Melissa Tate Suspended by Twitter
In an email, Twitter confirmed to us that @TheRightMelissa was permanently suspended from the platform.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Most Of 158,000 ‘Adverse Events’ In Pfizer Data Common Side Effects, Not Deadly
Do records from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) subpoenaed by an attorney show over 158,000 adverse "events" in the first 2½ months of COVID-19 shot trials? Yes, but that number is misleading. While "158,000 adverse events" were n
Snopes→ Questions Raised Over Candle Factory Decisions Before Tornado Collapse
Some workers have stated that work should have been called off that night.
Snopes→ Yes, 3 Residents of The Villages Retirement Community Have Been Accused of Voter Fraud
All three are innocent until proven guilty. But the incident was seen as ironic by many.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s ‘Rally’ Did NOT Feature ‘Only 5 People’
Did former President Donald Trump hold a rally that drew only five people? No, that's not true: The claim in the clickbait headline is not supported in the video. The information in the video was taken from a national news article that di
Snopes→ Did Coca-Cola Announce Change to ‘More Relevant’ Black Santa Claus?
Did the company's CEO James Quincey really say "The time has come for a Santa Claus that's more relevant to our times"?
Snopes→ Did Oprah Winfrey Endorse Whoopi Goldberg’s CBD Line?
We've seen unauthorized, foreign-run schemes like these before.
PolitiFact→ Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee – A Florida county GOP says a Tampa Democrat is a communist. That’s bogus.
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla. is a communist
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Story about California store owner pricing items at $951 to prosecute thieves is satire
“California store owner prices all items at $951 so thieves can be prosecuted.”
Snopes→ 2021 in Review: Highlights From Snopes.com
If this year taught us anything, it's this: A dire need remains for fact-based, explanatory journalism.
Snopes→ Sewell to Be 1st Woman, 3rd Black Person to Lead NYC Police
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams named Keechant Sewell, a Long Island police official, as the city's next police commissioner, making her the first woman to lead the nation’s largest police force.
Logically→ A book being sold on Amazon about the Omicron variant has a copyright date of 2020, a year before the variant was first reported.
The Amazon listing for the book has now been removed. The content of the text is not legitimate.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Did NOT Arrive in Tornado-Stricken Kentucky With COVID-19 Vaccinations Instead Of Blankets, Food
Did the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) arrive in Kentucky after the December 10, 2021, tornadoes, and start giving COVID-19 vaccinations to the storm victims instead of blankets or food? No, that's not true: FEMA's director of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT ‘Admit’ That COVID-19 Vaccines May Make People Worse
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci admit that COVID-19 vaccines may make people worse? No, that's not true: His comments were taken out of context. He spoke in March 2020, when the vaccines were still in development. The nation's top infectious diseas
Snopes→ Did Bill Gates Make an ‘Omicron’ Video Game?
Among the many flaws in this conspiracy theory, the COVID-19 variant "omicron" isn't spelled with a "K."
Poynter→ PolitiFact’s 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance
Shortly after 2 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Donald J. Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, turning the seat of American democracy into the scene of an unforgettable crime. […] The post PolitiFact’s 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about t
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden wrong that he was against Afghanistan war from the start
“I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Testing Definition Was NOT Changed To Find Millions Of New Omicron Cases
Was the definition of what constitutes a positive COVID-19 test changed to include the omicron variant? No, that's not true: The variant (SARS-CoV-2, B.1.1.529) was first reported to the World Health Organization from South Africa on Nove
Snopes→ Did a Sign in Alaska IHOP Blame Biden for Curtailed Hours?
"Nobody wants to work anymore," complained a typo-ridden flyer supposedly posted in an IHOP restaurant in 2021.
Snopes→ Florida District to Pay $26 Million to Shooting Victims
The Broward County, Florida, school district will pay more than $26 million to the families of 17 people killed and some of those injured in the 2018 Valentine's Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Truth or Fiction?→ Was the ‘Bad Guy’ in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Dr. Fauci?
On December 12 2021, a smear meme circulated on Facebook and Twitter, asserting that the “bad guy” in the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club was Dr. Anthony Fauci: pic.twitter.com/GlpYe3VPhK — TDD (@Tymnyc325) December 12, 2021 Atop a D
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the COVID-19 vaccines do not cause AIDS
The COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ESPN Tweet Omits Context Of Noose In Wallace’s NASCAR Stall — It Was There Before Stall Was Wallace’s
Truth or Fiction?→ Jim Finch and the Mayfield Tornado
After devastating tornadoes wrought havoc in several states in December 2021, social media posts about a man named Jim Finch helping Mayfield, Kentucky residents (among the hardest hit) spread virally. A Facebook post with a still image read: This man
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – VAERS data misused to spread fears about vaccine’s impact on fetal health
"2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID Shots as New Documents Prove Pfizer, the FDA, and the CDC Knew the Shots Were Not Safe for Pregnant Women"
Snopes→ Happy 100th, Bloody Mary: Paris Marks Cocktail’s Birthday
Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the bloody mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented at the iconic watering hole in 1921.
Logically→ AAP’s National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has support from key Khalistani leaders, organizations.
There is no proper evidence to prove that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has support from Khalistani leaders.
Full Fact→ Reports Emma Tustin was hospitalised after inmates force fed her salt are not true
A Facebook post from 7 December claims that Emma Tustin, who murdered six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, has been sent to hospital after inmates forced her to eat “79 packets of salt”. Ms Tustin, who was found guilty of murder and ch
Logically→ Uttar Pradesh performs worst in governance among big states.
This claim cannot be presently verified as there is no supporting evidence approving the PAC India study.
Snopes→ RECALL: Coca-Cola Voluntarily Recalls Some Minute Maid Products
The products potentially have foreign objects in them, like metal bolts or washers.
Health Feedback→ Clip of Anthony Fauci discussing potential vaccine safety concerns is from March 2020; current scientific evidence shows COVID-19 vaccines reduce risk of infection and serious illness
REVIEW A 19 March 2020 Facebook Live conversation between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Anthony Fauci, the director for the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, was recently used to spread misinformation about the COVID-19 v
Full Fact→ A post offering free TVs from Tesco is a scam
A scam claiming to offer free TVs from Tesco is spreading widely on Facebook. The post, from an account called “Tesco Fans” says: “We're about to chuck around 300-400 TV's that have been use for display TV's in our stores around the U