Does a CDC rule concerning chimeric viruses confirm that COVID-19 is man-made? No, that's not true: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the rule cited by the Hal Turner Radio Show has nothing to do with the origin of SARS-
Snopes→ Was ‘This Little Light of Mine’ a Slave Spiritual?
We looked to old books and newspaper archives to find the truth.
PolitiFact→ Sonia Sotomayor – Fact-checking Sotomayor on kids with severe COVID-19
“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.
PolitiFact→ Erica Smith – Smith says corporate profits hit record high, blames 'overcharging'
“Corporate profit margins are at their highest point in 70 years. … They’re overcharging us for gas, medicine, and groceries, and pocketing the difference.”
PolitiFact→ Rand Paul – Sen. Rand Paul’s ad was wrong claiming there are no omicron hospitalizations; he took the ad down
“No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, Georgia’s secretary of state didn’t say he’s going to investigate himself over voter fraud
Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “to investigate himself over voter fraud.”
Snopes→ Who Is Ray Epps?
The conspiratorial claim that the attack on the U.S. Capitol was a false flag conducted by federal agents hinges largely on the identity of one man.
PolitiFact→ NyQuil isn’t a cure-all for omicron variant
How NyQuil does and doesn’t help with the omicron variant of COVID-19: It might help with some symptoms, but it is not a cure
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Gummies’ Not Approved By FDA As Clinical Treatment For Quitting Smoking
Are "gummies" approved by the FDA as clinical treatment for quitting smoking? No, that's not true: The Food and Drug Administration does not include gummies on their list of approved smoking cessation products. It has approved nicotine gu
Snopes→ Is There an Ancient Alien Satellite Known as the ‘Black Knight’?
The explanation is, like many things in real life, much more boring than the conspiracy theory.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, omicron does not favor the vaccinated
“Data from around the world suggests that omicron favors the fully vaccinated.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, getting the COVID-19 vaccine after you’ve been infected with the virus isn’t more likely to harm
If you have “natural immunity,” getting vaccinated against COVID-19 “is more likely to harm you severely.”
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Sonia Sotomayor Claimed 100,000 Children Are In ‘Serious Condition’ With COVID
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Evidence Of Federally Sponsored $725 Driver Reimbursement Program
Is the U.S. government offering a reimbursement program for drivers if they enter their ZIP code on a website? No, that's not true: A self-described advertising marketplace website called Citizen Safe Trust released videos promoting such
PolitiFact→ The Gateway Pundit – A report about omicron cases in Germany was based on an incorrect number
"Germany: 96% of Latest Omicron Patients were FULLY Vaccinated – Only 4% Unvaccinated”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Swabs Labeled ‘Positive’ And ‘Negative’ Are NOT Manipulated To Predetermine Results — They’re Control Swabs
Are COVID-19 tests that are labeled "positive control swab" and "negative control swab" manipulated to deliver predetermined results? No, that's not true: The SARS-CoV-2 test packaging shown in a photograph on social media are included in
PolitiFact→ WATCH: Betty White did not get a COVID-19 booster right before her death
Did Betty White say she got the COVID-19 vaccine booster days before she died? No.
Snopes→ Arbery Killers Get Life in Prison; No Parole for Father, Son
Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Did NOT Forcibly Vaccinate Autistic Children In NY School — School, FEMA Denies It
Did the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) vaccinate autistic children at the Rockland Institute for Special Education (RISE), a special education school in New York, without their parents' consent? No, that's not true: Both RISE
Health Feedback→ Contrary to claim in Washington Times op-ed, COVID-19 shots meet the definition of a vaccine
REVIEW In an op-ed from 5 January 2022, Michael McKenna, a columnist for The Washington Times, a daily newspaper published in Washington D.C., claimed that the “COVID-19 shots are not vaccines,” but a “preventative therapeutic” that had no i
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘In The [One] Year Since the [1/6/2021] Insurrection, [the GOP] Has Introduced 550+ Bills To Restrict The Vote …’
On January 6 2021, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which appears to describe the legislative aftermath of the January 6 2021 insurrection: In the 1 year since the Jan 6 insurrection, GOP has introduced 550+ bills to restrict
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Rash Is NOT HIV, It’s Eczema
Does HIV cause a skin condition? Yes, that's sometimes true, but HIV-negative people also have this skin condition. A reverse image search on Google showed Lead Stories that the skin condition seen in the Facebook post below is called ato
Snopes→ Did Kamala Harris Say Jan. 6 Attack Was ‘Worse Than’ 9/11, Pearl Harbor?
Right-leaning critics found fault in the vice president's remarks on the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol attack.
Snopes→ ‘Boy Pets Creature’ Ad Misleads. Here’s the Original Video
We tracked down the video that was originally shot in the Canary Islands in 2013.
Snopes→ Djokovic’s Father Says Son Is ‘Not in Detention, He’s in Prison’
The vaccine sceptic tennis star was turned away from the Australian border after failing to meet country’s entry requirements.
Snopes→ Tallest Galapagos Volcano Erupts, Spewing Lava, Ash
A cloud of gas and ash from Wolf Volcano rose to 3793 meters (12,444 feet) above sea level following the eruption.
Health Feedback→ Testing in general reveals infections, it doesn’t create them; COVID-19 isn’t the same as the common cold
REVIEW A meme featuring Glinda the Good Witch from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, captioned with the words “If you stop testing it all goes away and people just have colds like before”, began circulating in late December 2021 on Facebook, Insta
Full Fact→ A Guido Fawkes ‘fact check’ incorrectly claims the SNP is wrong
[The SNP’s] Covid prevalence stats are just not true Guido Fawkes blog, 7 January 2022. The Guido Fawkes blog has published an article claiming that the Scottish National Party (SNP) used data on the prevalence of Covid-19 that isn’t true.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The COVID-19 vaccines won’t lead to the deaths of a half million sharks
"Half a million sharks could be killed to make the COVID-19 vaccine."
AllSides→ Washington Post Corrects ‘Fact-Check’ After Revelation Boston Bomber Received Stimulus Check
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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – There’s no evidence electric vehicles fare worse than gas-powered cars in long traffic jams
Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam.
PolitiFact→ Joe Volk – Advocate misses mark on claim half the population pays at least half their income for housing
“In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘If You Look at the Ice Ages, None of the People Back in the Ices Ages Paid a Bunch of Taxes to Melt the Ice’
On January 6 2022, a Twitter thread addressed comments about climate change and “ice ages” taxes purportedly made by Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) the previous night during an appearance on Tim Pool’s podcast: &
Full Fact→ TikTok joke about masks in Zoom meetings is taken seriously on Facebook
A joke from TikTok about wearing masks in Zoom meetings is being shared on Facebook, where some users seem to believe that it is real. The Facebook post includes a screenshot of an email, which says: “Team, I am writing you all today to inform yo
Snopes→ Is a Company Requiring Masks for Zoom Meetings?
A fear of masks often manifests in one's inability to recognize satire.
PolitiFact→ Tom Suozzi – Suozzi is calling Hochul an ‘interim governor.’ That’s misleading.
Hochul is an “interim governor.”
Snopes→ Oscar Winner and Groundbreaking Star Sidney Poitier Dies
Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, has died.
Full Fact→ Are lateral flow test results included in headline Covid-19 case figures?
The government has announced that asymptomatic people who test positive for Covid-19 on a lateral flow device (LFD) test will no longer need to have a confirmatory PCR test. It said that this is a “temporary measure” while rates of Co
Full Fact→ A giant asteroid isn’t about to ‘crash into the Earth’s atmosphere’
It was recently reported by a number of online news outlets, including the Daily Star, Mirror, Irish Mirror, Bristol Live and Edinburgh Live that an asteroid bigger than Big Ben is set to “crash into the Earth’s atmosphere” on 11 Janu
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Pfizer did not report $37 billion in profit for its latest quarter
Pfizer made $37 billion in profit in its last quarter.