On Monday 21 September, the Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance, and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, gave a public briefing on Covid-19 in the UK. During the briefing, Sir Patrick presented a chart showing the number of ne
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Full Fact→ 10 years of your support
2020 has been a year like no other. The ongoing pandemic has affected us all, while bringing with it a new wave of dangerous claims and conspiracies. It also marks a decade since Full Fact began. In that time, Full Fact’s supporters have donated
FactCheck.org→ Biden Was Looking a TV Screen, Not a Teleprompter
Quick Take A clip from a television interview with former Vice President Joe Biden is circulating online with the false claim that he is reading from a teleprompter. Actually, Biden was looking at a screen showing a viewer’s question before he lo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Truth About Breonna Taylor’ Meme Has Claims That Are False, Misleading Or In Dispute
Does a meme promising the "truth about Breonna Taylor" include only proven facts? No, that's not true: The meme contains several claims that are false, misleading or in dispute. For example, she was not terminated from her job as an EMT i
The Dispatch→ Does Amy Coney Barrett Want to ‘End the Separation of Church and State’?
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FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Auto Industry Claims
Continuing a yearslong trend, President Donald Trump made false and misleading comments about new auto plants in Michigan, and the industry at large — boasting in recent campaign rallies about accomplishments that aren’t true. Trump claimed h
Truth or Fiction?→ Does This ‘Petri Dish Full of Bacteria Swabbed from a Child’s Mask’ Reveal the Risks of Wearing Masks?
In late September 2020, the following image began circulating on social media, purporting to show what sort of bacteria can be cultured in a petri dish after a face mask was worn by a child for twenty minutes, then swabbed: View this p
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim About Mail Ballot Signatures in Nevada
At a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Nevada voters are not required to sign their mail ballots and, if they do sign them, the signatures don’t have to be verified. The law requires mail ballots to include vali
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Trump Tweet That the Supreme Court ‘Should Decide the Presidency at Every Election’ and ‘Bad Votes’ Shouldn’t Count?
On September 24 2020, a Facebook user shared a purported screenshot of a tweet by United States President Donald Trump in which he purportedly said that the Supreme Court “should decide the presidency at every election”: A date and timest
Full Fact→ This post comparing deaths in August is a guess
A screenshot on Facebook comparing deaths from Covid-19 and from suicide has been shared nearly 40,000 times. The image comes from a post on Twitter from 9 September, which has also been very widely shared. The post claims that “more people died
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fisher-Price Did NOT Release ‘My First Peaceful Protest’ Playset
Did Fisher-Price release 'My First Peaceful Protest' playset with a house that children can set ablaze? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim published by a well-known satire website. This satire piece stems from the recent prote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was NOT ‘Nominated And Confirmed’ To The Supreme Court 43 Days Before A Presidential Election
Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg "nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election"? No, that's not true: Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed in 42 days (not 43) in 1993 -- which was not an election year. The previous year, 1992, was an electio
FactCheck.org→ Contrary to Viral Claim, Trump OK’d Aid for California Fires
Quick Take Facebook posts claim that President Donald Trump has withheld aid from California to fight wildfires, while offering help to Russia. That’s a rehash of a controversy in 2019, when Trump threatened to withhold aid from California, while off
FactCheck.org→ False Attack on Ginsburg Is Reprised After Her Death
Quick Take After Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, social media users reprised a false claim about the late Supreme Court justice — arguing she wanted to “lower the age of consent for sex to 12.” The old falsehood is a distortion of
FactCheck.org→ Trump Campaign Takes Biden’s ‘Pledge of Allegiance’ Remarks Out of Context
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign claims a video it posted on social media shows Joe Biden botching the Pledge of Allegiance. But Biden’s words were taken out of context. He wasn’t trying to recite the full pledge, as the post
Truth or Fiction?→ Does a Potential U.S. Supreme Court Candidate Belong to a Group That Inspired ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’?
News of United States Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death was barely a day old before national figures started to discuss her replacement, despite the opposition of those very same figures to doing so in 2016, after Antonin Scalia
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Recognize Bill Barr for ‘Christlike Behavior’?
On September 23 2020, “Christlike” appeared on Twitter’s list of trending topics due to a viral tweet objecting to a Catholic organization’s decision to honor Attorney General Bill Barr: The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Donald Trump Tweet in 2016 That President Obama Should Wait to Pick a New Supreme Court Justice or ‘Be Fired’?
After the September 2020 death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, amidst the chatter of a possible replacement and what that might mean for the future of the United States, a screenshot of a tweet began circulating which attributed commenta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lakers Players Did NOT Wear Special Lace Collars To Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Did LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers' leading scorers this season, wear lace collars to honor the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after her death? No, that's not true: This is a satirical claim publ
FactCheck.org→ Ginsburg Was Confirmed Years Before the 1996 Election
Quick Take Facebook posts falsely claim that the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.” She was nominated and confirmed more than three years before the next presidential electio
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Joe Biden Completely Botches the Pledge of Allegiance’ Video
On September 21 2020, GOP “rapid response director” Steve Guest tweeted a video which he claimed showed that former U.S. Vice President (and Democratic Party presidential candidate) Joe Biden had “completely” botched the Pledge
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Statement About Counting Ballots in Pennsylvania
At a rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that a Pennsylvania court had permitted election officials “to take as long as they want” to count mail-in ballots. In fact, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court h
Truth or Fiction?→ Bar Owner Dies by Suicide After Indictment for Allegedly Shooting, Killing Protester?
On September 22 2020, hyperpartisan site BlueLivesMatter.blue/The Police Tribune published an article headlined, “Bar Owner Commits Suicide After Being Indicted For Shooting Rioter Who Attacked Him”: It began: The Nebraska store
FactCheck.org→ Ginsburg Didn’t Tweet About Hillary Clinton
Quick Take An image of a bogus tweet supposedly from the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about Hillary Clinton began circulating after Ginsburg’s death. Ginsburg did not have a personal Twitter account, and did not author the tweet claimin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Man Was NOT Arrested For Filling Out 1,700 Ballots As Attorney General Barr Said In Interview — DOJ Says Barr Was Misinformed
Was a Texas man arrested for filling out 1,700 ballots as Attorney General William Barr claimed in a Sept. 2, 2020, CNN interview? No, that's not true: Barr was misinformed when he made the statement, according to the Department of Justic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Women And Children Are Not Being Targeted By Sex Traffickers With A $100 Bill Left On Their Car At A Mall
Are women and children being targeted by sex traffickers who leave a $100 bill on their car at a shopping mall? No, that's not true. This is an urban legend that was debunked earlier this year and has been in circulation for years. The ma
Health Feedback→ The virus causing COVID-19 most likely evolved in natural wildlife populations before spreading to humans
REVIEW On 14 September 2020, the Chinese virologist Li-Meng Yan published a a pre-print (an unpublished draft of a science paper) on the website Zenodo claiming to provide evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was created in a la
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s False and Exaggerated Supreme Court Claims
In remarks following the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made several false and exaggerated claims while arguing that the Senate should wait until after the Nov. 3 election to let the next presi
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Early Statements About the Coronavirus
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have made competing claims about Biden’s early statements on the coronavirus. Following the disclosure of comments he made to journalist Bob Woodward in March about downplaying
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Crying Baby’ Ethics Question Causes Viral Controversy
In September 2020, screenshots of a virtual lesson about the ethics of smothering a crying baby (which was purportedly posed to students in Stevenson, Washington) spread virally on Facebook and Twitter. A September 17 2020 post from user Chellie Anne
FactCheck.org→ Trump Said ‘I Like Taking The Guns Early,’ Not Harris
Quick Take Facebook posts claim that Sen. Kamala Harris said, “I like taking the guns early.” She didn’t say that, but President Donald Trump did. Full Story Dozens of conservative Facebook pages have been sharing a picture of Sen. Ka
Lead Stories→ Goodbye "Hoax Alert", Hello "Fact Check"
Time for a change Perceptive readers (do we have any other ones?) probably noticed the little red flashes above our fact checking articles have changed this morning. They now read "Fact Check" instead of "Hoax Alert". This change was long
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Town Hall
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden answered questions from the public in a CNN town hall, but he got some facts wrong and misled on others: Biden made the far-fetched claim that data show President Donald Trump could have prevented “all&
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Spread Of Novel Coronavirus IS A Pandemic
Is it true that COVID-19 is not a pandemic? No, That's not true: The rapid global spread of COVID-19 fits both the dictionary definition of pandemic and has also ticked enough of the boxes necessary for global and national public health o
Truth or Fiction?→ Tucker Carlson: ‘Well, If That’s What Democratic Socialism is, Then I’m Basically on Board.’
On September 18 2020, Twitter user Alexandra Halaby shared what became a viral tweet — it claimed that Dr. Cornel West appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show and got Carlson to admit that he was “basically on board” with de
Full Fact→ Lots of people are getting confused over testing figures
“We’re now doing about 240,000 antigen tests a day, at the moment… 240,000 is the latest figures… This is the capacity in the system.” Nadhim Zahawi MP, 17 September 2020 “The government’s own figures, the
Full Fact→ Lots of people are getting confused over testing figures
“We’re now doing about 240,000 antigen tests a day, at the moment… 240,000 is the latest figures… This is the capacity in the system.” Nadhim Zahawi MP, 17 September 2020 “The government’s own figures, the
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead on Biden’s Role in Social Security Taxes
Quick Take Posts on Facebook and Twitter suggest that former Vice President Joe Biden is responsible for taxes on Social Security, but those posts ignore the political history and mislead on the details. The posts also twist Biden’s proposals on
Lead Stories→ Press Release: Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network launches the first-ever coalition of major U.S. fact-checkers to debunk misinformation in English and Spanish
The project, FactChat, will lead to the creation of a WhatsApp chatbot and two Spanish-language fact-checking units. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sept. 18, 2020) -- Led by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute,
Full Fact→ Angela Rayner’s testing numbers are not quite right
"The government's latest figures show that there were an average of 62,000 people tested per day, not 500,000. The Prime Minister has said that testing capacity is at 300,000, but the average is 62,000 a day. How does he explain this?" Angela Rayner M