Did the Wisconsin Assembly vote to withdraw Joe Biden's 10 electoral votes? No, that's not true: A Republican representative introduced a resolution that called for "reclaiming" the president's votes. The resolution was referred to an ass
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alberta, Canada DID NOT Inadvertently Publish, Quickly Delete Embarassing COVID Death Data
Did Alberta, Canada inadvertently publish, then quickly delete health data exposing that more than half of vaccinated deaths had been counted as unvaccinated? No, that's not true: A spokeswoman for the government of Canada said the claim
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Kevin Costner didn’t recently debut a line of CBD gummies
Says Kevin Costner recently debuted a new line of CBD gummies.
Snopes→ ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic Resentenced to 21 Years in Prison
A federal judge resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison, reducing his punishment by just a year after an appeals court ordered a new sentence.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No evidence Dennis Miller said this about the Ghislaine Maxwell trial
Says Dennis Miller said that if he didn’t see women protesting the Ghislaine Maxwell trial verdict “you're all frauds. This isn't justice for those women, this is a joke."
Logically→ 1 in 3 infected people will die from NeoCov, the new Coronavirus variant, according to Wuhan scientists.
The study neither suggests that 1 in 3 people will die from NeoCov nor that NeoCov is a new variant of COVID-19.
Snopes→ ‘Freedom Convoy’ Size Exaggerated by Miscaptioned Videos
If the "freedom convoy" is as big as people say it is, why are so many videos being miscaptioned to exaggerate its size?
PolitiFact→ Beto O'Rourke – O’Rourke’s claim about Texas fourth-graders’ reading proficiency supported by sample federal data
"Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level."
Snopes→ Fake Poop Helps Evicted Owls Settle into New Neighborhood
Settling into a new home can be tough for anyone.
Logically→ An elementary school in Denver teaches its students to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
Inaccurate news headlines state the elementary school teaches its students to support the BLM movement. The school only educates them about it.
Full Fact→ Highway Code changes infographic needs context
An infographic, spreading on social media, claims to show five new changes to the Highway Code in Great Britain which will apply from 29 January 2022. The image is sourced from an article published by The Sun newspaper. The claims are all based in fact
Snopes→ Human Chain Formed to Help After Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse
A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet (46 meters) while others formed a human chain to help rescue occupants of a dangling bus.
Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines don’t make you a ‘ticking time bomb’
A post on Instagram has shared a video clip of a woman in the US falsely claiming that the Covid-19 vaccines are dangerous and ineffective. As we have said many times, this isn’t true. The Covid vaccines being used in both the UK and the US are s
Logically→ Tens of thousands of people in Europe have died due to side effects from the COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and there is no evidence of high numbers of deaths.
Full Fact→ Spanish Flu pandemic wasn’t caused by a meningitis vaccine
A video posted on Facebook makes a number of false claims about the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, this pandemic is estimated to have infected over a third of the world’s population, a
Logically→ COVID-19 vaccines have caused a large number of miscarriages and stillbirths.
The claim that the vaccines are causing miscarriages is based on a misrepresentation of data given in a report by Pfizer.
Logically→ Children are dying from COVID-19 vaccines in order to protect older generations from the disease.
There is no evidence to suggest that children are dying from COVID-19 vaccines.
Health Feedback→ The COVID-19 vaccines protect people from severe COVID-19 and don’t weaken the immune system
REVIEW An article published by the website The Exposé on 22 January 2022 made a number of claims, one of which was that the COVID-19 vaccines lead to a weakened immune system. However, as we will explain below, this is based on misleading and misin
Snopes→ Here, Kitty: Bidens Welcome Cat Named Willow to White House
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have finally added the long-promised cat to their pet family.
Logically→ If you are in an emergency and your phone is on low battery or has no signal, change your voicemail with details of your location so people can find you.
Emergency services have warned against this method as it is unreliable and said people should call them immediately instead.
Logically→ The volcanic eruption that resulted in Tsunami in Tonga was a hypersonic missile strike.
The volcanic explosion in Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai caused tsunami waves in the area. Reports of a missile strike causing the events are baseless.
Snopes→ COVID Hits One of the Last Uninfected Places on the Planet
When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn't reach its shores for nearly two full years.
Full Fact→ Fake Sky News tweet claims PM drank with foxhound pack
A tweet which had around 300 retweets before the account was suspended, and appearing to be from a Sky News account, says: “BREAKING NEWS: New photos show Boris Johnson drinking with the Berkeley Hunt at get together during first lockdown. More t
Snopes→ Toyota Heading to Moon with Cruiser, Robotic Arms, Dreams
Toyota is working with Japan's space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar surface, with ambitions to help people live on the moon by 2040 and then go live on Mars.
Logically→ Antibodies in recovered COVID-19 patients proved to be more effective than vaccines during the Delta variant surge.
Reports citing an early release of a CDC study are used to misrepresent information on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
Logically→ Antibodies in recovered COVID-19 patients proved to be more effective than vaccines during the Delta variant surge.
Reports citing an early release of a CDC study are used to misrepresent information on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
Logically→ Antibodies in recovered COVID-19 patients proved to be more effective than vaccines during the Delta variant surge.
Reports citing an early release of a CDC study are used to misrepresent information on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
Poynter→ No, Joe Biden and Joseph Stalin didn’t say the same thing about counting votes
Though divided by countries, decades and ideologies, former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and President Joe Biden are being compared in a recent Facebook post that looks at the purported words of both […] The post No, Joe Biden and Joseph Stalin
Logically→ The volcanic eruption that resulted in Tsunami in Tonga was a hypersonic missile strike.
The volcanic explosion in Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai caused tsunami waves in the area. Reports of a missile strike causing the events are baseless.
Lead Stories→ Context Matters: Why Lead Stories Fact Checked The BMJ
On November 10, 2021, Lead Stories published a fact check about an article published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on November 2, 2021. In response, the BMJ published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on December 17, 2021, calling
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence COVID Vaccines Damage Children’s Brains, Jeopardize Reproduction, Generate Toxins
Do COVID-19 vaccines for children fail risk/benefit analysis, permanently damaging children's brains and reproductive systems to prevent a harmless infection? No, that's not true: The claim is made without scientific evidence to support i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former Biden Adviser Anita Dunn Was NOT Sentenced To Death
Was former presidential adviser Anita Dunn sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's not true: A duty officer at the Pentagon told Lead Stories that this information is "false." A spokesperson for Anita Dunn tells Lead Stories, "no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tears From Different Emotions Do NOT Look Different Due To The Emotion — It’s For Other Reasons
Do tears from different emotions look different under a microscope due to the specific emotion? Not exactly: The appearance of all tears vary under a microscope for reasons that include the tears' biological make-up and how the tears dry.
PolitiFact→ Boebert lacks proof for claim on Hunter Biden’s Burisma pay
Rep. Boebert said Hunter Biden made $183,000 a month from Ukrainian energy firm Burisma. Biden was paid, but Boebert’s figure relies on unverified sources.
Truth or Fiction?→ Mississippi Woman Allegedly Forged Fax to Free Incarcerated Boyfriend
On January 26 2022, an Imgur account shared screenshots of a purported news article with the headline, “Mississippi Woman Charged After Jail Receives Forged Fax Ordering Release Of Her Incarcerated Boyfriend”: That’s amoré We couldn
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This story about National Guard doctors finding hospitals with no COVID patients is fake
“National Guard doctors find hospitals empty of COVID patients.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taiwan’s COVID-19 Vaccine Deaths NOT Higher Than All Virus Fatalities
Did the number of COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths in Taiwan eclipse the cumulative death toll from the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself? No, that's not true: There is no data to support the contention that the vaccines are more deadly than COVID.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – No, New York has not delayed COVID-19 treatment for white people
“In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical help.”
Snopes→ Book About Holocaust Banned in Tennessee School District
The McMinn County School Board decided Jan. 10 to remove “Maus” from its curriculum.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Claim That Fox News Says Its Programming Is ‘Entertainment,’ Not News
Popular Facebook page Occupy Democrats went viral with a post claiming that Fox News avoids lawsuits by claiming that “it's NOT real news, but rather ‘entertainment.’” a.image2.image-link.image2-676-683 { d