Was Tamara Lich, one of the leaders of the Ottawa trucker convoy, found dead in her jail cell? No, that's not true: Lich was alive as of February 23, 2022, according to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, where she was being detained. T
Snopes→ National Guard to Help DC Control Traffic for Truck Convoys
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the request from the District of Columbia government and the U.S. Capitol Police.
PolitiFact→ Glenn Youngkin – Contrary to Youngkin, more than a 'handful' of states tax military pensions
Virginia is "one of only a handful of states that actually taxes our veterans’ retirement.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Fact-checking more misinformation about Luc Montagnier after his death
Luc Montagnier's death is linked to his "exposing" that there's HIV in the COVID-19 vaccine.
Truth or Fiction?→ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Anti-Trans Directive
On February 23 2022, a letter attributed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) directing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services around matters concerning transgender children circulated heavily on social platforms like Twitter and Reddit: G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC and AAP Are NOT ‘Quietly’ Changing Developmental Milestones For Children
Are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) "quietly" changing the developmental milestones for children? No, that's not true: According to a senior CDC spokesperson, the organizat
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, CNN didn’t report that Queen Elizabeth II died
Says CNN reported Queen Elizabeth II died.
Snopes→ No, Queen Elizabeth Did Not Die on Feb. 22, 2022
A Hollywood gossip site is hardly the most reliable source of news about the British Royal Family.
Snopes→ Screaming Trees Singer, Seattle Icon Mark Lanegan Dies at 57
Management company SKH confirmed the death. No cause was given.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Thomas Jefferson did not say this about career politicians and corruption
Says Thomas Jefferson said, “If serving in an elected office ever becomes a career, corruption will surely follow.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hollywood Unlocked Scoop Reporting Queen’s Death Is NOT Verified Or Plausible
Did Queen Elizabeth pass away as reported by Hollywood Unlocked? No, that's not true: This is a baseless claim from one American entertainment blog that was published two days after Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II had
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Survey results about Trudeau, trucker protest mischaracterized
“Only 16% Of Canadians Would SUPPORT Trudeau After Trucker Protest!”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Hillary Clinton wasn’t taken to Guantanamo Bay
“Hillary is taken to Gitmo.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nyonoksa Incident Was NOT ‘Chernobyl 2.0,’ NOT Related To Ongoing Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Was an explosion of a nuclear-powered missile that took place near the Russian village of Nyonoksa comparable to the Chernobyl nuclear accident of 1986? No, that's not true: Although the Nyonoksa incident did involve fatalities, there is
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Store Avocados in Water’ Post
A February 17 2022 viral post advised readers to store avocados in water to extend their shelf life; the post quickly spread in shares and as screenshots on Facebook and Twitter: I don’t normally tweet FB posts but this one…IS THIS TRUE?? And If
Snopes→ Is the ‘Aphelion Phenomenon’ Causing More Sickness on Earth?
A viral Facebook post gets some basic facts about the Earth's orbit wrong.
Logically→ Khaleel Alam Rizvi, a 34-year-old man from Bihar was lynched for consuming beef.
The attack on Khaleel Alam Rizvi is over money borrowed in the name of providing a job. Samastipur police ruled out hate crime and communal angle.
Snopes→ ‘Superbly Preserved’ Pterosaur Fossil Unearthed in Scotland
The fossil of a 170 million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world’s best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been found on the Isle of Skye.
Full Fact→ Police cars are exempt from having an MOT
A widely shared Facebook post contains a screenshot showing that a police car’s MOT certificate is “overdue”. This is an accurate reflection of what you’ll see, at the time of writing, if you search for the car’s registrat
PolitiFact→ Cavalier Johnson – New Milwaukee officers maintain, not increase, police staffing
Says he led the fight to add 200 new police officers to make the City of Milwaukee safer.
Full Fact→ Viral tweet on wealth tax generating £250 billion for NHS is misleading
Trade unionist Howard Beckett has claimed that a 0.05% wealth tax on financial transactions would raise £250 billion per year, in a tweet shared thousands of times. Mr Beckett, who is Assistant General Secretary for the Unite union, says that in
PolitiFact→ Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia
Putin gave a one-sided history of ethnic and religious brotherhood to justify his latest incursion into Ukraine. In reality, the region has seen a tug-of-war over religion, language and political control that has gone on for centuries.
Logically→ United Nations troops have been flown in to help Canadian police deal with the protests in Ottawa.
There is no evidence to suggest the presence of United Nations (UN) troops in Canada, despite the presence of a UN aircraft in North Bay airport.
Full Fact→ Estimating vaccine effectiveness by comparing case rates is seriously flawed
A Facebook post claims that “raw data from a recent Vaccine Surveillance report from the UKHSA shows a sharp drop in vaccine effectiveness against infection in most age groups.” It doesn’t. There are various reasons why this data shou
Snopes→ A 10% Drop for Stocks is Scary, but It’s Not That Rare
Such drops occur regularly, and market pros tend to see them as potentially healthy setbacks that can clear out unjustified market exuberance or excessive risk-taking.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the CDC is not collecting human DNA from COVID-19 PCR tests
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has amassed the “largest collection of human data in history” through COVID-19 PCR tests.
Logically→ As a part of the Great Reset, a Canadian woman’s bank account has been frozen for making a $50 donation to the freedom convoy protests.
Authorities have denied blocking the bank accounts of individual donors. This accusation against the Canadian government has been misrepresented.
Logically→ Some pesticides banned in the European Union are allowed in the U.K.
A few banned chemicals in pesticides like Imazalil are still being used by the U.K., while Propiconazole is not.
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson repeats misleading claim on number of people in employment
“430,000 more in employment now than there were before the pandemic began” Boris Johnson, 23 February 2022. At Prime Minister’s Questions Boris Johnson today repeated misleading statements about employment by claiming there are 430,0
Poynter→ Poynter’s MediaWise expands its digital media literacy program to help France slow the spread of misinformation
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Feb. 23, 2022) – French citizens can learn how to protect themselves from false and misleading information on the internet thanks to a new app-based program from […] The post Poynter’s MediaWise expands its digital m
Logically→ The 2022 Beijing Olympics will introduce a New World Order.
An image of a fireworks display during the closing ceremony was taken out of context. The Beijing Olympics did not introduce a "new world order."
Snopes→ ‘Thugs and Bullies’: Nations Sanction Russia over Ukraine
World leaders sought to back up their tough words over Russia's aggression against Ukraine, announcing financial sanctions, trade and travel bans and other measures.
Poynter→ A Putin spokesman says ‘Russia has never attacked anyone.’ That statement ignores centuries of Russian attacks.
As Russia’s military was surrounding Ukraine and threatening to invade, Russian president Vladimir Putin’s spokesman gave an interview in which he denied that Russia had ever invaded any other country. […] The post A Putin spokesman says R
Full Fact→ Keir Starmer hasn’t voted 48 times to take the UK back into the EU
He [Keir Starmer] voted 48 times to take this country back into the European Union. Boris Johnson, 26 January 2022. He [Keir Starmer] voted 48 times to take this country back into the EU. Boris Johnson, 31 January 2022. The Leader of the Opposition
Washington Post→ Fact-checking Putin’s speech on Ukraine
The Russian president spoke at length — and made many factually dubious claims.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Public Health Scotland Did NOT Stop Publishing Weekly COVID Data Because ‘Fully Vaccinated Are Developing AIDS’
Did Public Health Scotland (PHS) stop publishing weekly COVID-19 data to hide that fully vaccinated people are developing AIDS? No, that's not true: The agency said it's because of an "increasing risk of misinterpretation." COVID skeptics
Snopes→ Was the ‘World’s Biggest Spider’ Found in the UK?
It's a big spider. Whether it's "the biggest" spider ever is another question.
Snopes→ Biden Sanctions Russian Oligarchs, Banks in Ukraine Crisis
The East-West faceoff over Ukraine escalated dramatically Tuesday.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Is NOT Collecting DNA Through COVID-19 Test Samples
Is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collecting DNA through COVID-19 test samples? No, that's not true: The CDC published a tweet on February 16, 2022, that stated that if a person took a COVID nose swab test there was "a 10%
Snopes→ What Did John Durham’s Latest Court Filing Say About Trump, Russia, and Clinton?
Former President Trump suggested Clinton and others should face execution for their supposed crimes. But what did Special Counsel Durham actually say, in February 2022?