Did Republican turnout for the Pennsylvania primary on May 17, 2022, increase by some 500,000 votes over 2018? Yes, that's true: Election returns on the Pennsylvania Department of State's website through May 19, 2022, show an even bigger
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The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Does Pfizer Say Its COVID-19 Vaccine Is Unsafe for Pregnant Women?
(Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)A viral Facebook post claims that according to recent “Pfizer documents,” the company's COVID-19 vaccine is unsafe during pregnancy or breastfeeding. The social media post claims to share Pfizer
FactCheck.org→ Navarro Falsely Links Fauci to Pandemic Origin
SciCheck Digest The U.S. indirectly funded some bat coronavirus research at a lab in Wuhan, China. But those experiments could not have led to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, because the viruses used were very different. Yet former White House tr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Students In North Carolina NOT Identifying As ‘Furries,’ Asking For Litter Boxes In School Restrooms
Are students in Wilkes County, North Carolina, identifying themselves as cat or "furries" and asking for litter boxes in school classrooms? No, that's not true: The public information officer for Wilkes County Schools in North Carolina to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fibers In Eye Do NOT Indicate Immune System Strength
Do fibers in the eye indicate immune system strength? No, that's not true: The chief of ophthalmology at Yale Health told us, "It is not possible to determine overall immune health or strength by looking at the iris." A Mayo Clinic Colleg
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Republicans Block a Gas Price Gouging Bill?
On May 18 2022, a screenshot of a headline, “Republicans block bill to stop price gouging at the pump as gas hits new record high,” dated the day before, was popular on Imgur: We found a link to the article on Reddit’s r/democrats on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Titanic Was Intentionally Sunk To Create Federal Reserve
Was the Titanic sunk intentionally in order to kill specific people who opposed a central banking system, thus clearing the way to establish the Federal Reserve? No, that's not true: This antisemitic conspiracy theory was already floating
Full Fact→ Shadow cabinet member uses misleading £2,600 cost of living figure on BBC, ITV and Sky
The Chancellor’s Spring Statement [...] left the average household £2,600 a year worse off. Steve Reed MP, 11 May 2022. The Labour MP and shadow justice secretary Steve Reed claimed on BBC Breakfast, ITV’s Good Morning Britain and Sk
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Russian Orthodox Priests Bless a Missile Named ‘Satan’?
Viral social media post claims to show Russian Orthodox priests blessing a missile named “Satan.”Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English) @mbk_centerI don't think you'll ever see a bigger weirdness: Russian Orthodox Church☦️ leaders ble
Logically→ A video shows Finland moving military equipment toward the Finnish–Russian border.
Military tanks were moved to southwestern Finland for a scheduled army exercise in early May 2022. This is unrelated to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Logically→ Poland has issued a new postage stamp featuring Zelenskyy’s face.
The Polish postal service has not issued such stamps officially. A councilor from Kraków has created them to finance humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tricare Will NOT Now Pay To Ship Baby Formula To All Beneficiaries — Only By Doctor’s Order
Due to recent baby formula shortages, is the U.S. military health care program Tricare shipping free baby formula to Tricare beneficiaries, based on how much the baby consumes each month? No, the information in the viral post is misleadin
Full Fact→ Post claiming the Pfizer vaccine has only a 12% efficacy rate is inaccurate
A Facebook post has claimed that new documents released by Pfizer show that its Covid-19 vaccine has only a 12% efficacy rate, caused an “alarming amount of still births and deaths in pregnant women”, and is not recommended by the manufactu
Full Fact→ The UN doesn’t have a plan to abolish private land ownership
A Facebook video, which has been viewed more than 100,000 times, falsely claims that the United Nations’ Agenda 21 programme aims to achieve “total collectivism”, meaning that people “can't have private property”. This isn
Full Fact→ Green levy costs do not make up 25% of energy bills
"We need to get rid of the green levies, that are 25% of our energy bills." Robert Halfon MP, 12 May 2022. During an appearance on Radio 4’s Today programme on 12 May, Conservative MP Robert Halfon wrongly claimed that green levies account for 2
Full Fact→ Government minister made misleading claim about employment figures
"We're seeing more people in work, even than we saw before Covid." Brandon Lewis MP, 17 May 2022. During appearances on Sky News and BBC Breakfast this morning Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis claimed that more people are currently in work in
Full Fact→ BlackRock doesn’t own 75% of Ancestry
A Facebook post has claimed that the investment management firm BlackRock owns 75% of the genealogy company Ancestry. This isn’t true. Ancestry is actually owned by another investment management firm called Blackstone. Ancestry was acquired back
Snopes→ Does Photo Show Russian Priests Blessing ‘Satan’ Missile?
The picture has been online for years preceding Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
FactCheck.org→ Misleading Late Attack on Kathy Barnette in Pennsylvania Senate Race
A late attack ad from a super PAC supporting one of Kathy Barnette’s opponents in the Pennsylvania Senate Republican primary makes several misleading claims about Barnette, who has surged in the polls. The ad highlights a Barnette tweet with the
Snopes→ Once Neutral Sweden Seeks NATO Membership in Historic Shift
Sweden has decided to join neighboring Finland in seeking NATO membership, ending more than two centuries of military nonalignment in a historic shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove No Planes Were Involved In 9/11 Attacks — There Are Other Angles, Images, Videos
Does a video showing an explosion at the World Trade Center's South Tower on September 11, 2001, but no aircraft, prove no planes were involved in the 9/11 attacks? No, that's not true: Video and images from other angles show the planes h
Full Fact→ £37 billion was the two-year budget for NHS Test and Trace, not how much was spent
Posts on Facebook which have been shared hundreds of times have questioned where the £37 billion allocated for the running of the NHS Test and Trace scheme was spent. One post, which is a screenshot of a tweet, states: “Tories explain
Full Fact→ There’s no evidence Jean-Claude Van Damme is Muslim
An image shared widely on Facebook claims the actor and martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme said the following: “After I converted to Islam, I did not get any job offer from directors…But this is not important. I believe that I got the ri
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disinformation ‘Czar’ Did NOT Say She Wants ‘Trustworthy Verified People’ Like Herself To Be Able To ‘Add Context’ To Other People’s Tweets
Did White House disinformation "czar" Nina Jankowicz say she wants "trustworthy verified people" like her to be able to "add context" to other people's tweets? No, that's not true: Her clipped comments from January 2021 were taken out of
Full Fact→ Amber Heard did not quote The Talented Mr Ripley during trial
A post circulating on Facebook claims that the actor Amber Heard used a quote from a movie in the opening lines of her testimony during the trial of a defamation case brought against her by her former husband, the actor Johnny Depp. A number of people
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth II Did NOT Congratulate Marcos Jr. On May 11, 2022, For His Presidential Election Win — It’s Satire Post
Did Queen Elizabeth II congratulate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the presumptive president-elect of the Philippines, on May 11, 2022, for his presidential election win? No, that's not true: A social media post claiming that the queen called Marc
Full Fact→ Facebook image promoting vaccine damage payments scheme is not an official government poster
A post on Facebook shows what looks like a government poster, which says “Have you noticed your health declining since receiving the Covid-19 injection? If you weren’t made fully aware of the risks from the Covid-19 vaccines, you are entitl
Full Fact→ Covid vaccines haven’t been mandated in the EU ‘under the radar’ under ‘Resolution 2361’
A post on Facebook claims: “Mandatory Vaccination for the EU Just Went Through Under the Radar”. The post adds that the “European Council has amended resolution 2361 and no longer objects to compulsory vaccination.”
Full Fact→ No evidence John Lennon quote about happiness is real
A quote attributed to John Lennon, recounting a childhood story about an interaction with his teacher, has been shared on Facebook. The full quote says: “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. W
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ruble’s Designation As ‘World’s Best-Performing Currency’ Does NOT Tell Full Story
Was the Russian ruble named the "world's best-performing currency" in May 2022? Yes, but that claim requires significant context: Bloomberg did publish an article on May 11, 2022, stating that the ruble was the "year's best performing cur
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Official Study’ Is NOT Official, Does NOT Conclude That Masks Caused More COVID
Did an official study conclude that masks caused more COVID-19? No, that's not true: This is not an official study by a government or medical organization. It is a study written by an individual, Beny Spira, an associate professor of micr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden, Soros, Obama Are NOT Planning A New World Order Conspiracy — Quotes Are Being Taken Out Of Context
Did President Joe Biden, George Soros and former President Barack Obama talk about fulfilling the conspiracy theory of tyrannically taking over the world, otherwise known as the New World Order? No, that's not true: The quotes are legitim
Truth or Fiction?→ A ‘Homemade Baby Formula’ Recipe from 1960 is Viral — and Dangerous
An April 26 2022 Facebook post featuring an emergency “homemade baby formula” recipe spread virally on platforms as a baby formula shortage worsened — and as experts pleaded with parents not to experiment with diluted or homemade form
Full Fact→ Reports that ‘most teachers’ are suffering from depression are based on a self-selecting survey
Most teachers suffering from depression The Independent, 10 May 2022. A Press Association article published by the Independent, the Evening Standard, the National and many local newspapers has reported details of a survey on depression in teachers tha
Full Fact→ No hard evidence behind claim holidaymakers have 50% chance of ‘timely’ passport renewal
ITV has reported that it’s estimated holidaymakers have only a 50% chance of getting their passport renewed in a “successful and timely manner”. This figure was also reported by a number of other outlets including LBC, The Mirror and
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Economic Spin
In a speech on inflation and the economy, President Joe Biden made some misleading claims and used political spin to criticize Republicans and promote his policies. Biden said higher inflation was due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Russian President Vla
Full Fact→ No evidence hepatitis in children is caused by vaccinated breastfeeding mothers
A screenshot of an article posted to Facebook claims the “sudden rise of unvaccinated children with liver damage, were breastfed (by fully vaccinated mothers)”. The apparent implication of this is that recently-reported cases of hepatitis i
Full Fact→ A man who arrived in Japan with a fake passport did not mysteriously vanish
A Facebook post claims that experts believe a man who travelled to Japan using a fake passport was from a parallel universe. This is not true. While there are records of a man attempting to enter Japan using a passport from a non-existent country, he d
Full Fact→ Article 61 of the Magna Carta doesn’t mean you don’t have to pay council tax
A post on Facebook says: “What's everyone's opinions on council tax? The Crown has NO lawful authority to make demands whilst Article 61 Magna Carta 1215 is in effect.” This is accompanied by a link to a post on Patreon which features an im
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Racist Backstory Of Timberland Boots Is NOT ‘Black History Fact’ — It’s Totally False Satirical Post
Was the founder of the Timberland boot company an 18th-century slave owner in Mississippi named Timberland Hawkins who hung slaves he couldn't auction from a tree in his field that's still standing and is now featured as the Timberland co