The settlement involved more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a former sports doctor.
PolitiFact→ America First Political Committee – Attack that calls GOP House member a socialist is wrong that a bill would create a tracking database
Carlos Gimenez “wants a national database to track you and discriminate against you.”
FactCheck.org→ Fake Article Falsely Links Dr. Sanjay Gupta to CBD Products
Quick Take CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has reported extensively on the growing popularity of cannabis-based products. But a social media post, which links to a web page masquerading as a CNN article, falsely claims Gupta is selling
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Home Kits Are NOT Designed To Test Food Or Beverages
Did an orange and a lemon test positive for COVID-19? Does using a test improperly, with fruit juice rather than a nasal swab, show that home tests are unreliable and will return false positives for anything? No, that's not true: The Food
Health Feedback→ No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain bacteria and HIV; the vaccines enhance the body’s ability to respond to pathogens, not reduce it
REVIEW A video published on Facebook, showing a woman wearing a mask who claimed to be a “natural doctor”, alleged that the COVID-19 vaccines decreases our ability to produce white blood cells, and that the vaccine contains “81 strands of fore
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Bogus claims about Gavin Newsom being executed, cloned get picked up at Trump rally
“Gavin Newsom Gets Death Penalty.”
Logically→ A document provided under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that the Pfizer vaccine causes miscarriage and stillbirths.
There are no links between miscarriages or stillbirths and COVID-19 vaccines. The alleged document is not authentic.
Full Fact→ PM misleads on employment figures, again
"We now have 420,000 more people in employment than there were before the pandemic began." Boris Johnson, 18 January 2022. In an interview with Sky News, Boris Johnson claimed, again, that there are more people in employment now than there were befor
Snopes→ Biden to Give Away 400 Million N95 Masks Starting Next Week
The White House announced Wednesday that the masks will come from the government's Strategic National Stockpile.
Logically→ The creator of PCR tests said it gives false positives.
The biologist Kary Mullis referred to HIV while talking about false results by PCR tests, not COVID-19.
Poynter→ The Poynter Institute’s MediaWise, Noticias Telemundo and Google News Initiative join forces to help Spanish speakers separate fact from fiction online
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Jan. 19, 2022) – Ninety-five percent of Americans believe misinformation is a problem, according to a poll conducted by The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center […] The post The Poynter Institute’s
Poynter→ New Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol dealt a fact-based blow to efforts to rebrand the insurrection as a false flag orchestrated by the FBI. The […] The post New Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others u
Logically→ The International Court convicts 75 defendants for crimes against humanity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The international court mentioned in the video does not exist. 75 parties have not been convicted for crimes against humanity by a court.
Logically→ Sita Road in Pakistan was renamed Rehmani Nagar after the partition of India in 1947.
Sita Road is more than just a road; it is a locality in Dadu district, and the local railway station is widely known as Rehmani Nagar railway station.
Logically→ Conjunctivitis is a symptom of the Omicron variant.
There is no evidence linking conjunctivitis to Omicron. Recorded symptoms include nasal congestion, dry cough and other respiratory issues.
Washington Post→ How Trump supporter Ray Epps became entangled in a Trump-touted conspiracy theory
Former President Trump and Republican lawmakers are attacking a former Marine based on innuendo and baseless suspicion
Snopes→ New York AG Says Trump Organization Misled Banks, Tax Officials
The New York attorney general’s office told a court its investigators had uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” asset valuations to get loans and tax benefits.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Make-A-Wish Did NOT Deny A Wish For Unvaccinated 4-Year-Old Cancer Patient — Charity Asked Him To Make Another
Did the Make-A-Wish Foundation refuse to grant a 4-year-old cancer patient a wish because he is not vaccinated? That's not true: The charity's medical team had ruled out air travel and large group settings for unvaccinated and critically
Snopes→ No, the COVID-19 Vaccine Didn’t Kill ‘Lachlan Leary’ of Australia
Australians have been subjected to a flood of COVID-related disinformation since the pandemic began.
Snopes→ 4 Tips To Help You Avoid Fake COVID-19 Tests
Whether getting your personal info or money, scammers nationwide are attempting to profit from the omicron era.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Covid Boosters Are NOT Weakening Immune System — European Agency Says Remarks Were ‘Misunderstood’
Are COVID-19 boosters weakening the immune system? No, that's not true: Articles and social media reports saying that Marco Cavaleri, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) vaccine strategy chief, fears repeated booster shots would weaken th
Snopes→ US Faces Wave of Omicron Deaths in Coming Weeks, Models Say
The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Meme Is NOT Correct: COVID-19 Is Deadlier Than The Seasonal Flu
Is this meme correct in saying COVID-19 is less deadly than what was known as Spanish flu a century ago, or current variants of seasonal flu? No, that is misleading: COVID-19 is killing more people annually than the seasonal flu did in th
PolitiFact→ Hospitalization data is being used to claim that the pandemic is overblown. Here's why that's wrong
So-called 'incidental' COVID-19 hospitalizations do not indicate the pandemic is overblown. All patients with COVID-19 require more resources, like personal protective equipment and isolated rooms, in a time when hospitals are operating with severe sta
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No, this video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wasn’t filmed ‘days before’ her positive COVID-19 test
Video shows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pouring shots for a group of people “days before testing positive” for COVID-19.
Snopes→ Rudy Giuliani Among Trump Allies Subpoenaed by Jan. 6 Panel
The U. S. House committee is continuing to widen its scope into Trump’s orbit.
Snopes→ Will an Implanted Microchip Replace Cards as Vaccine Passports?
A Swedish company has created scannable digital implants that act as vaccine passports.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – NASA did not hire or employ theologians for research project
“NASA hired 24 theologians to study human reaction to aliens.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Glyphosate Is Responsible For Celiac Disease And Gluten Intolerance
Is glyphosate, the active ingredient found in the ubiquitous weed-killer Roundup, responsible for the symptoms of celiac disease, which causes damage to the small intestine if gluten is consumed? No, that's not true: Although a 2013 paper
Health Feedback→ There is no evidence that dietary supplements containing zinc and a zinc ionophore, such as the one promoted by Vladimir Zelenko, are effective against COVID-19
REVIEW On 6 January 2021, Gateway Pundit, a website that has consistently promoted conspiracies and published misinformation on numerous occasions (see here), published a piece promoting a dietary supplement sold by Vladimir Zelenko called Z-Stack.
Snopes→ Did Carhartt Email Associates About COVID-19 Vaccination Policy?
While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies can't be forced to implement national vaccination policies, companies can still do so if they choose.
Truth or Fiction?→ Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Reportedly Refuses to Wear a Mask
As the global COVID-19 pandemic dragged into its third year, “Gorsuch” trended on Twitter on January 18 2022, primarily due to tweets claiming that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch refused to wear a mask to work — which forces fello
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hackers Did NOT ‘Crack’ Pfizer, Moderna Servers And Reveal Vaccine Death Data
Did hackers "crack" the servers of COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna and reveal vaccine death data from those companies? No, that's not true: The data used to make that claim is from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VA
Snopes→ Does a ‘Hidden Tax Credit’ Pay Half of Journalists’ Salaries?
Spoiler alert: The news media do not write, regulate, or pass legislation.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘One of the Reasons I Drive Right Past Home Depot and Straight to Lowe’s …’
In January 2022, a June 2020 Facebook post purportedly comparing Lowe’s and Home Depot’s chief executive officers continued spreading: One of the reasons I drive right past Home Depot and straight to Lowe’s is because while the co-founder
PolitiFact→ Roger Williams – Roger Williams is accurate that there were more COVID-19 deaths in 2021 than in 2020
"The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020."
Snopes→ White House Soft-Launches COVID-19 Test Request Website
The website will officially launch mid-morning Wednesday.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines aren’t associated with a higher risk of pregnancy complication, contrary to claim by Daniel Horowitz
REVIEW The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as medical associations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend the vaccination of “pregnant and lactating individuals” against CO
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: That Was NO UFO On A U.S. Navy Ship — It Was Photoshop
Did someone record the finding of a triangular-shaped UFO aboard a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Gerald Ford? No, that's not true: A spokesperson from the U.S. Navy told Lead Stories that this claim is false, and sent us the original footage wi
Full Fact→ The Nuremberg Code doesn’t state that mask mandates are a war crime
A number of posts on Facebook have highlighted part of what they claim to be the Nuremberg Code, stating that mask mandates preventing people from accessing food, healthcare or education would be considered a war crime. The highlighted part of th