Quick Take A fake letter purported to be the one left by former President Donald Trump for President Joe Biden has been circulating online. The phony letterhead template — which has been used to satirize Trump before — gives it away. Full
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Full Fact→ There isn’t pork in Covid-19 vaccines
We've been asked by readers on WhatsApp to clear up whether there is pork in the new Covid-19 vaccines, whether they cause infertility in younger men and whether they pose a risk of death to the elderly. There are no animal products in vaccines Pork ge
AFP Fact Check→ Indian ruling party members amplify false claim that ‘Indian Muslim cleric warned of vaccine microchip conspiracy’
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook and YouTube posts that claim it shows an Indian Muslim cleric talking about a mind-controlling microchip injected through Covid-19 vaccinations. The video was promoted online by official
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Mr. Clean is Literally Just Branded Melamine Sponges and You Can Buy 100 of Them for Only $13’
A January 19 2021 Facebook screenshot of a January 13 2021 tweet about Mr. Clean Magic Erasers proved hugely popular, advising social media users fond of the product that generic versions were much less expensive and just as effective: Things that I
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Senate President Did NOT Release Evidence Of Voter Fraud One Hour After Biden Was Sworn In
Did the Arizona Senate President release evidence of voter fraud one hour after Joe Biden was sworn in as president? No, that's not true: Arizona Senate President Karen Fann released a statement about an ongoing legal battle with the Mari
Truth or Fiction?→ Conspiracy-Slinging Lawmaker Caught Encouraging Parkland Shooting ‘False Flag’ Lie
Journalists looking into the history of a newly sworn-in, QAnon-friendly Republican legislator have discovered that she has a history of conspiracy theories and disinformation around mass shootings. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene encouraged the c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Inauguration Day Video Does NOT Show National Guard Members Turning Their Backs To Show Disrespect To President Biden — They Are Busy Guarding Him
Did National Guard Members 'turn their backs' on President Elect Joe Biden's Motorcade as it drove past them on the way to the inauguration? No, that's not true: This video is real and does show National Guard Members along the route the
FactCheck.org→ Viral Meme Strips Context from Lawmakers’ Quotes on Protests
Quick Take A viral meme presents quotes from some Democratic lawmakers to misleadingly suggest they were advocating violence. They were supporting protests over various issues. Full Story Days after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters s
FactCheck.org→ Trump Left Biden a ‘Generous’ Note
Quick Take Former President Donald Trump left a note for President Joe Biden, contrary to a popular claim online suggesting that he did not. Biden confirmed he received a letter, which he called “generous,” but did not disclose its contents
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Biden’s Bible Have ‘Upside Down Crosses’?
On January 20 2021, the next phase in American disinformation kicked off when an image set of President Joe Biden’s swearing-in circulated — purportedly showing Biden taking an oath on an odd Bible with “upside down crosses”:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Band Was NOT Playing ‘Hit The Road Jack’ Outside White House Gates
Was a military marching band practicing the song "Hit The Road Jack" in preparation of President Trump's imminent departure? No, that's not true: video footage posted to Twitter by CNN journalist Jim Acosta showing the band practicing a d
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Trump the Only United States President to Have Never Once Hit a 50 Percent Approval Rating?
On January 19 2021, the following screenshot of a tweet appeared on Imgur, featuring claims that outgoing United States President Donald Trump never once went over 50 percent approval during his time in office, and was in fact the “least popular
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Guard Commanders Have NOT Confiscated All Ammo And Magazines From Troops Guarding The Capitol
Did National Guard commanders confiscate all ammunition and magazines from troops guarding the U.S. Capitol? No, that's not true: A claim has gone viral that the Biden transition team feared guard members loyal to President Trump "might k
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT A Photo Of Nancy Pelosi Being Arrested By ‘U.S. Marshalls’ — She’s Walking To Her Office
Is this a photo of Nancy Pelosi being arrested by "U.S. Marshalls"? No, that's not true: This is a photo of Speaker Pelosi being escorted by what appear to be U.S. Capitol police as she returns to her office on January 13, 2021, the day o
Full Fact→ Clearing up some of the confusion over free school meals
Last week, social media was full of images of food parcels sent to parents to feed their children. Ordinarily, state schools in England provide meals to eligible children free of charge, including children whose families receive certain benefits, and a
Full Fact→ A kiwi fruit did not test “positive” for Covid
We’ve seen many people sharing a video on social media that seems to show a kiwi fruit testing positive for Covid-19. It follows a similar video, in which a glass of Coca-Cola also appeared to test positive. The people in the videos, and many of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CBS News Did NOT Report A Florida Man Kidnapped 27 People To Force Them To Play Yahtzee
Did CBS News report on Twitter that a Florida man had been arrested for kidnapping 27 people and forcing them to play Yahtzee for 36 hours straight? No, that's not true: the widely viral screenshot of a tweet supposedly sent by @CBSNews i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctored Video Does NOT Show That Joe Biden ‘Has No Idea Where Or Who He Is’
Does this video show Joe Biden confused and not knowing where he was at the end of an event? No, that's not true: The edited excerpt from a video of the president-elect announcing members of his Science Team shows him pausing and looking
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell Interview On Alleged Election Fraud Relies On Debunked ‘Data’
Does Mike Lindell's interview on alleged election fraud contain only factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: The interview with the MyPillow CEO is based almost entirely on a discredited report. As Lead Stories has already deb
Truth or Fiction?→ How to Fight Disinformation: Part II — Gaslighting
This is part of an ongoing series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. You can read Part I here. On January 6 2021, a mob of Donald Trump supporters, enraged by corrosive rhetoric and lies fr
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Before Capitol Rioters Beat an Officer to Death, BLM Protesters Formed a Human Barricade Around a Cop Separated From Other Police’
After a Capitol police officer was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher during the January 6 2021 insurrection, a photograph from 2020 Black Lives Matter protests circulated, which contrasted the death of one officer at the hands of insurrection
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Amazon Banned Parler, But Allowed People to Buy This Shirt from Their Website.’
On January 16 2021, a claim about Amazon selling a “Kill All Republicans” shirt went viral as part of backlash over Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) decision to discontinue hosting controversial social media platform Parler. In a tweet, ri
AFP Fact Check→ Hoax warning about ‘WhatsApp virus’ resurfaces online in Pakistan
Multiple social media posts shared in January 2021 claim that a malicious video entitled “Argentina” is circulating on WhatsApp and will hack your phone within 10 seconds. Most of these posts attribute the warning to Pakistan’s National Informa
Snopes→ Did CNN Issue Correction That Ted Cruz’s ‘QAnon Pin’ Was Actually a Doritos Chip?
Beware tweeted screenshots traveling without links.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Issue A Correction Over A Ted Cruz Qanon Pin That Turned Out To Be A Dorito
Did CNN issue a correction over a misidentified Qanon pin supposedly being worn by Ted Cruz that turned out to be a Dorito chip? No, that's not true: CNN never reported such a story in the first place and the image with the correction is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michael Flynn Interview On Alex Jones Show Recycles False And Unproven Claims About The 2020 Election
Does Michael Flynn's interview with Alex Jones include only factual statements about the 2020 election? No, that's not true: The interview repeats disproven allegations of foreign interference, that thousands of dead people voted in Penns
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘BLM Activist’ John Sullivan/JaydenX, Explained
On January 15 2021 Breitbart published an item titled “Leftist Activist Among Those Arrested in Capitol Riot,” asserting “Utah-based left-wing activist” John Sullivan (also known as JaydenX) had been arrested in connection with
The Dispatch→ Has Donald Trump Invoked the Insurrection Act?
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Truth or Fiction?→ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Impeachment Dress’ Makes Second Appearance
A January 13 2021 post to Reddit’s r/pics was one of several observing that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s dress appeared to be identical to the one she wore for outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s first impeachment on December 19 2
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Investigators Believe Riot At U.S. Capitol Wasn’t Trump-Inspired
Did CNN report that investigators believe the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was not inspired by Donald Trump, and did Democrats impeach Trump "before they had any information from investigators?" No, that's not true: CNN re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Rep. Lauren Boebert On A Group Tour In Washington, D.C., In January 2021
Does a photo show U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert on a group tour in Washington, D.C., in January 2021? No, that's not true: The photo was taken more than a year earlier, at a 2019 rally in Colorado. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archiv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Big Tech’ CANNOT Prevent Child Porn From Circulating On The Internet
Is "Big Tech" letting child porn distributors freely operate while restricting people who post content that companies like Amazon and Facebook consider to be dangerous falsehoods? No, that's not how it works: No one owns the internet, whi
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a ‘Biden Election Official’ Arrested for Voter Fraud in Texas?
Shortly after the arrest of a Texas woman accused of election tampering, right-wing social media users began trying to spin the case into an attack on U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden’s decisive win over outgoing president Donald Trump. Embattled
FactCheck.org→ Timeline of National Guard Deployment to Capitol
On the day of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, the first National Guard members arrived to assist at about 5:40 p.m. By then, most of the violence had subsided. In the critical minutes before rioters had breached the Capitol building around 2 p.m., the chie
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Jim Jordan’s Claim That He Never Said ‘The Election Was Stolen’
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The Dispatch→ Does a Video Show a Participant in the Capitol Riot Finding Out He’s on the ‘No Fly List’?
A video has gone viral on social media, which users purport shows a participant in the storming of the Capitol finding out that he has been placed on the no-fly list.Ray [REDACTED] @RayRedactedPeople who broke into the Capitol Wednesday are now learnin
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Twitter Lose $5 Billion in Value After ‘Banning’ Donald Trump?
Twitter’s permanent removal of outgoing United States President Donald Trump on January 8 2021 created extensive discourse and discussions about the limit of speech in the country; among sub-threads was a claim that his favorite social media pl
Truth or Fiction?→ Does This Photograph Show a Tour Group the Day Before the Capitol Insurrection?
As the United States continued to grapple with a destructive and deadly right-wing riot at the Capitol building on January 6 2021, disturbing stories from Democratic Party lawmakers began to trickle out indicating that some participants may have plann
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Votes Were NOT Deleted And Were NOT Switched To Biden
Were votes for Donald Trump deleted and switched to his opponent, Joe Biden? No, that's not true: There's zero evidence to support the claim. Dominion Voting Systems, independent experts and election officials have all, repeatedly, defend
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT A Real Letter From Nancy Pelosi’s Office
Did Nancy Pelosi send an official letter urging Mayor Ted Wheeler of Portland to go by the "Democratic play book" when dealing with protests and protest-related violence in his city? No, that's not true: Secretarial correspondence code in