https://freebeacon.com/politics/biden-covid-fact-check/ CLAIM: "Biden got a handle on COVID." — David
Snopes→ Julian Assange Given Permission to Marry Partner in Prison
Assange has been held in London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison since 2019 as he fights a U.S. attempt to extradite him on espionage charges.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The COVID-19 Pandemic Is NOT Over
Is the COVID-19 pandemic over? No, that's not true: The World Health Organization (WHO), which declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, said in late October 2021 that the global pandemic is still "far from finished." An opinion article
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wife of Pfizer CEO Is NOT Dead
Did Myriam Bourla, the wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, die November 10, 2021 after complications from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: She was photographed with her husband at an awards ceremony on November 11, 2021. Cons
PolitiFact→ In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige
In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to the late Black baseball player Satchel Paige
Full Fact→ No evidence Zoflora cleaner harms fertility
A Facebook post with over 5,000 shares claims: “Zoflora is one of the worst chemicals you can use to clean the home. Causes infertility in young boys & men.” However, there’s no evidence that Zoflora can affect fertility in humans
Snopes→ Man Earns Ph.D., Fulfills Dream of Being Physicist — at 89
Manfred Steiner recently defended his dissertation successfully at Brown University in Providence.
Health Feedback→ Tromethamine in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children acts to improve the stability of the vaccine; it isn’t in the vaccine as a heart medication
REVIEW On 29 October 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11. This vaccine for children has a slightly different formulation from the one approve
PolitiFact→ Bryan Steil – Steil’s claim that Biden admin will pay out $450,000 to illegal immigrants is lacking information
Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
Full Fact→ Facebook is not suddenly sharing private posts
Facebook users are sharing a false rumour that all posts and photos on the platform are about to be made public. The posts include a formal statement saying that the author does not authorise this. This is a version of common rumour that has spread onl
AllSides→ Electric Vehicle Tax Credits in Democratic Plan
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/electric-vehicle-tax-credits-in-democratic-plan/ The House’s curren
Full Fact→ No evidence GPS ‘smart dust’ is being implanted in humans
A picture shared on Facebook claims to show a tiny chip, invented by Hitachi which has GPS capabilities and can be absorbed through human skin after being sprayed onto people, ingested through food or drink, or injected. A Google reverse image se
PolitiFact→ Image mocks a Tesla recharging with a generator. Here’s what it doesn’t show.
An image pokes fun at a Tesla recharging with gasoline. There’s more to EVs than that.
Snopes→ Teddy Bear Lost in Glacier Park Returned to 6-Year-Old Girl
A little girl who lost a special teddy bear she'd had since being adopted from an Ethiopian orphanage thought it was gone forever when she forgot it along a trail in Glacier National Park last year.
Snopes→ Beloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ Star Winter Dies at Florida Aquarium
A prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies died at a Florida aquarium despite life-saving efforts to treat a gastrointestinal abnormality.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No scientific basis for claims of ivermectin’s success in Uttar Pradesh, India
No new COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, India, due to use of ivermectin
AllSides→ Can Colorado Hospitals Turn Away Unvaccinated Patients?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/can-colorado-hospitals-turn-away An article from Red Voice Media
Snopes→ Johnson & Johnson to Split into Two Companies
Johnson & Johnson is separating the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine from its medical device and prescription drug business.
Logically→ Pfizer added tromethamine to its COVID-19 vaccine for children to stabilize a heart attack.
Tromethamine is a stabilizing agent used to increase the storage time for pharmaceutical products, but not to stabilize a heart attack.
Logically→ Most adults and children are immune from COVID-19 since it is similar to other viruses.
Common cold can only briefly help fight COVID-19. With the onset of the Delta variant, higher number of kids reported infections and hospitalizations.
Poynter→ Schools aren’t giving kids the COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent
Now that the U.S. has authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11, children across the country are getting vaccinated. But some people are claiming that schools can vaccinate kids without their parents’ consent. In a video by Infowar
Washington Post→ The claim that crime falls when states relax gun-control laws
The research on this is all over the place, but a conservative lawyer argued before the Supreme Court that it goes down. The answer is much more complex.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden botches claim about Virginia elections
“No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.”
Snopes→ Videos of Ahmaud Arbery Roaming Vacant Home Shown to Jury
Jurors in the trial of three white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing watched security camera videos that show other people entering a home under construction in the months before the 25-year-old Black man was chased and gunned down after running
Snopes→ Court Temporarily Delays Release of Trump’s Jan. 6 Records
A federal appeals court on temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, granting — for now — a request from former President Donald Trump.
Snopes→ Did USA Today Post Article Mocking Kyle Rittenhouse for So-Called ‘Crocodile Tears’?
Rittenhouse appeared to break down while taking the stand during his murder trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in November 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mayo Clinic-Trained Pathologist Does NOT Explain How COVID Vax ‘Spike Proteins’ Are ‘Killing You’
Does a Mayo Clinic-trained pathologist explain how COVID-19 vaccine "spike proteins" are "killing you"? No, that's not true: mRNA COVID vaccines teach the body to make the distinctive spike proteins, which the immune system quickly identi
Snopes→ Defense Rests Its Case at Murder Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse
The defense rested its case at the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, setting the stage for closing arguments in the shootings that left Americans divided over whether he was a patriot taking a stand against lawlessness or a vigilante.
Snopes→ Did Workers Spot a Giant Snake with a Massive Bulge?
The story told of a veterinarian who supposedly cut into a giant anaconda at a construction site and found something inside its body.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands Of 2020 Ballot Images Required By Law CANNOT Be Produced By Georgia Election Officials — But They Still Have All 5 Million Originals
Did Georgia election officials fall short of producing all the 2020 election ballot images required by law? Yes, that's true: A top Georgia election official says not all the scans of original ballots were transferred into the election ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say ‘Virtually Every Person Who Has Recently Died From COVID-19 Was Vaccinated’ — It’s An Altered Video
Did Vice President Kamala Harris say "virtually every person who has recently died from COVID-19 was vaccinated"? No, that's not true: An edited excerpt from a video of a Harris speech replaces the word "unvaccinated" with the word "vacci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cow’s Milk Is NOT Pus, Blood And Whitening — Acidified Milk Curdles
Is cow's milk composed of 60% pus, blood and added whitening to mask the color of the blood? Are the separated white chunks sometimes seen in spoiled milk evidence that milk is full of pus? No, that's not true: When milk spoils, acids pro
Snopes→ Did CNN Compare Journalists to Soldiers on Veterans Day?
While this article was reshared on Veterans Day 2021, it was originally published in August 2018 and was unrelated to Veterans Day..
FactCheck.org→ Electric Vehicle Tax Credits in Democratic Plan
The House’s current Build Back Better plan calls for extending a $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of electric vehicles, and it includes an additional $4,500 credit for electric vehicles built in the U.S. by union labor. In a press conference bl
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Make Unfounded Claims After Newsom Gets COVID-19 Booster
SciCheck Digest After getting the COVID-19 booster on Oct. 27, California Gov. Gavin Newsom canceled a trip and did not participate in any official public events for 12 days. Social media posts claimed, without evidence, that Newsom was suffering serio
Snopes→ Here’s What Biden Said About Satchel Paige
We give you the latest entry in the Biden Gaffes Hall of Fame.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Merriam-Webster Did NOT Change Definition of ‘Vaccine’ To Exclude Portion About Immunity — It Was Rephrased
Did Merriam-Webster change its definition of "vaccine" and remove a previous portion that mentioned "immunity" due to the controversy over COVID-19 vaccines? No, that's not true: Although Merriam-Webster did update its long-held definitio
Snopes→ Did Vermont’s COVID-19 Cases Rise 16,700% in 4 Months?
We took a closer look at the numbers in this viral tweet.
The Dispatch→ Can Colorado Hospitals Turn Away Unvaccinated Patients?
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FactCheck.org→ SciCheck Featured on Podcast About COVID-19 Misinformation Directed at Latinos
FactCheck.org staffer Catalina Jaramillo was featured on the latest episode of “A Better Life?,” a podcast that explores how COVID-19 has made immigrants’ lives harder. Jaramillo, a bilingual journalist and native of Chile, joined Fac