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Snopes→ Is Netflix Removing Phone Numbers That Appear in ‘Squid Game’?
An unidentified person reportedly received thousands of calls after a number was displayed on the hit show.
Truth or Fiction?→ Stand Up for What You Believe In, Even If Facebook Marks it ‘Sensitive Content’
On October 6 2021, the Facebook page “Blessed Little Homestead” shared a circulating meme which read, “stand up for what you believe in, even if you stand alone”; Facebook appeared to be automatically marking that specific image
Snopes→ Default Crisis Dodged — for Now — with Dem-GOP Debt Accord
Senate leaders announced an agreement to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented federal default that experts say would have devastated the economy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Shaking Is NOT Necessary For Red Ants And Black Ants To Fight, Kill Each Other — They’ll Fight Regardless
Are red ants and black ants peaceful if placed in the same enclosure, but start fighting when an outside force shakes them? No, that's not true: There are thousands of species of red ants and black ants, not just one per color. There is n
FactCheck.org→ White House and HHS Employees Aren’t ‘Exempt’ from Vaccine Mandate
SciCheck Digest While some specifics of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates haven’t been determined, misleading claims about who will be “exempt” have circulated online. Employees at the White House and in agencies w
Snopes→ Have More Americans Died from COVID-19 Than from All Foreign Conflicts?
Another way to put 700,000 deaths into perspective: This is more than the population of Washington D.C.
Logically→ The government is lying about the risks of COVID-19 in unvaccinated people.
Those who are not vaccinated are far more likely to become seriously unwell or die from COVID-19.
Snopes→ Are NY Hospitals Not Letting Unvaccinated Parents Take Their Newborn Babies Home?
Current research says that the risk of a newborn getting COVID-19 from a parent is low.
Snopes→ 18 Ex-NBA Players Charged in $4M Health Care Fraud Scheme
Eighteen former NBA players have been charged with defrauding the league’s health and welfare benefit plan out of about $4 million.
Snopes→ Why More Places Are Abandoning Columbus Day in Favor of Indigenous Peoples Day
Critics of the change see it as just another example of political correctness run amok.
Snopes→ Taylor Hits Walk-Off HR, Dodgers Deck Cards 3-1 in WC Game
One big swing by Chris Taylor sent the Los Angeles Dodgers soaring and the St. Louis Cardinals crashing.
Snopes→ Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah Awarded Nobel Literature Prize
The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of Gurnah's “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.”
Logically→ Iceland Foods has announced it will not have a Christmas TV ad in 2021.
Iceland Foods has not released any statement saying it has decided not to release its Christmas TV ad in 2021.
Snopes→ Pfizer Asks US to Allow COVID Shots for Kids Ages 5 to 11
Many parents and pediatricians are clamoring for protection for children younger than 12.
Snopes→ Judge Orders Texas to Suspend New Law Banning Most Abortions
The order is the first legal blow to the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8, which until now had withstood a wave of early challenges.
Poynter→ Sen. Ron Johnson incorrectly claimed there are no approved COVID-19 vaccines in the US
With COVID-19 still surging in parts of the country and booster shots being rolled out to strengthen immunity against the virus, many are still hesitant to get their first vaccine doses. A recent report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that a m
Logically→ Cannabis oil can cure cancer.
There is no evidence that CBD can cure cancer. Though some have reported it can help with side effects, research is still ongoing.
Washington Post→ Why a debt ceiling breach would not be the first U.S. default
The government has reneged on promises to investors four times in U.S. history.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: C-SPAN Video Does NOT Prove Fauci, HHS Officials Plotted ‘Avian Flu Virus’ Release To Enforce Universal Flu Vaccine
Does video of a 2019 conference prove that Dr. Anthony Fauci and Health and Human Services (HHS) officials plotted to release an avian flu virus in order to enforce a universal flu vaccination? No, that's not true: The stories spreading t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 48,000 Did NOT Die Within 14 days Of COVID-19 Vaccination, And There Is NO ‘Medicare Tracking System’
Did more than 48,000 people die within 14 days of receiving COVID-19 vaccines, according to data revealed in the "Medicare Tracking System"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that there have been that many deaths caused by COVID v
Snopes→ City in Michigan Urged to Use Bottled Water Due to Lead Risk
Michigan urged residents of Benton Harbor to use only bottled water for cooking and drinking, a major shift in response to the city's elevated levels of lead.
Snopes→ Did Seattle Woman Die from Rare Blood Clotting Condition After COVID Vax?
An obituary for Jessica Berg Wilson, who died after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, went viral online.
Snopes→ Is the ‘Wolf Mountain’ in Norway Real?
You can find Mount Segla in Norway, but not this howling mountain peak.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Baseless Claims About Cause of Cargo Ship Backups
Quick Take U.S. ports slowed by pandemic-induced labor and equipment shortages cannot keep up with Americans’ demand for imported goods, resulting in cargo ship backups on both coasts. But social media posts, without citing evidence, falsely claim
Snopes→ Workers at All of Kellogg’s U.S. Cereal Plants Go on Strike
It wasn't immediately clear how much the supply of Frosted Flakes or any of the company's other iconic brands would be disrupted.
Snopes→ Is This ‘Karen’ Halloween Costume Real?
T-shirts supposedly read, "CAN I SPEAK TO THE MANAGER?"
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Outage On October 4, 2021, Was NOT Met With Virtually ‘No Media Coverage’
Was Facebook's outage on October 4, 2021, met with "virtual no media coverage?" No, that's not true: not only was there major media coverage of the outage as it occurred but there was plenty of coverage about it after it was resolved. The
Health Feedback→ Study by UCSF researchers found that vaccinated people made up the minority of infections and that vaccination protects against hospitalization and death
REVIEW An article published by The Conservative Treehouse claimed that a “California study finds that vaccinated individuals are more susceptible to COVID variant infections than unvaccinated”. This claim was based on a preprint (a study not yet
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Microbiologist’ Testimony To Dawson Creek City Council Is NOT Factual, Recycles Debunked Claims
Did a self-described microbiologist tell the Dawson Creek, British Columbia, City Council the facts about the Nuremberg Code, adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines and the degree to which the vaccines revise patients' genetic code? No, t
Snopes→ Token of All Tokens: Could a $1T Coin Fix the Debt Limit?
Even its serious proponents — who are not that many — call it a gimmick.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Swedish TV Accidentally Puts Subtitles from a Kids’ Show over a Political Debate’
An October 2 2021 Facebook post (screengrab included) contained a claim that a Swedish TV station accidentally put subtitles from children’s’ programming over a political debate: Beneath an apparent username from an unspecified platform
The Dispatch→ Did Maricopa County ‘Delete All Records Used for Election Results’?
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Snopes→ Have More Military Personnel Died from COVID Vaccines than Disease Itself?
In the first six weeks it was available online, a video claiming as much garnered nearly 900,000 views.
Logically→ A Project Veritas video proves that Johnson & Johnson vaccine is unsafe for children.
It is not confirmed that the men interviewed in the video work for Johnson & Johnson. There is no indication that vaccines are unsafe for children
Snopes→ Police: Student Opens Fire at Texas High School; 4 Hurt
Two people were shot and two others had unspecified injuries.
Full Fact→ Falling crime is related to pandemic lockdowns
“Crime has been falling, and not just, by the way, because we took the precaution of locking up the public for much of the last 18 months, but because you have a Conservative government that understands the broken windows theory of fighting crim
Snopes→ Texas High School on Lockdown Amid Reports of Shooting
Timberview High School was on lockdown Wednesday morning.
Snopes→ A Three-Child Limit? Bill Parodies Texas’ Strict Abortion Law
A bill proposing "forced vasectomies" and a "three-child limit" was created to parody abortion laws that restrict women's reproductive rights.
Snopes→ New HUD Rule Aimed at Preventing Public Housing Evictions
The Biden administration is trying to prevent evictions from public housing for nonpayment of rent, seeking to shore up protections following the end of the nationwide eviction moratorium.