Are children 50 times more likely to be killed by the COVID-19 vaccines than by the virus itself? No, that's not true: The person who made the claim offered no proof for the claimed numbers of deaths from the COVID vaccine. As of November
Snopes→ Bannon 1st Person Charged with Contempt of Congress Since 1983
Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was indicted by a grand jury in November 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctor Does NOT Show Marburg, Ebola In Vaccines To Induce AIDS
Does an 11-minute video featuring a Finnish naturopathic doctor talking about Johnson & Johnson vaccines show people are being intentionally infected with the Ebola and Marburg viruses to induce AIDS? No, that's not true: The video in
Snopes→ The ‘World’s Loneliest House’: Elliðaey’s Myths Debunked
Here are the facts and myths behind the viral photograph.
Snopes→ Man Who Went to Space with Shatner Dies in Plane Crash
A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of northern New Jersey.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Searches For How To Send A Resignation Email Rose 3,450% on Google in the Past 3 Months’
In a November 10 2021 tweet, data reporter Rani Molla claimed that Google searches for “how to send a resignation email” had spiked dramatically in the preceding 90 days: Searches for “how to send a resignation email” rose 3,450% on G
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccinations Are NOT Mandatory For German Children Or Adults
Did the death of a German 12-year-old shortly after receiving a vaccine cause German officials to reconsider a policy of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for children? No, that's not true: COVID vaccinations are not mandatory in Germany fo
Snopes→ Homer Plessy, Key to ‘Separate but Equal,’ on Road to Pardon
A Louisiana board voted to pardon Homer Plessy, whose decision to sit in a “whites-only" railroad car led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws.
Snopes→ ‘Crocodile Tears’ Comes From Belief That Crocs Cry With Sadness When Killing Prey
An incorrect medieval belief inspired the modern-day phrase.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence toxic masks are being sent in the mail, but watch out for ‘brushing’ scam
Scam artists are using Amazon to send people face masks laced with “something toxic.”
PolitiFact→ Cindy Axne – Iowa is 45th for internet connectivity, Axne says
“Iowa ranks 45th in the U.S. for internet connectivity."
Snopes→ Moody Blues Drummer, Co-Founder Graeme Edge Dies at 80
The band’s frontman Justin Hayward confirmed Edge’s death on the group’s website.
Truth or Fiction?→ Betty White ‘Donald Trump’ Veterans Day Tweet
On November 11 2021, a screenshot of a tweet attributed to Betty White spread virally, in which she purportedly stated her opinions on former United States President Donald Trump and the late senator John McCain: Betty White's Veteran's Day p
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – CDC study on COVID-19 vaccination and spontaneous abortions did not contain major error
"Report finds increased risk of spontaneous abortion following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy” after correcting “major error” in CDC study.
AllSides→ Joe Biden ‘Got a Handle on COVID’
https://freebeacon.com/politics/biden-covid-fact-check/ CLAIM: "Biden got a handle on COVID." — David
Snopes→ Julian Assange Given Permission to Marry Partner in Prison
Assange has been held in London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison since 2019 as he fights a U.S. attempt to extradite him on espionage charges.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The COVID-19 Pandemic Is NOT Over
Is the COVID-19 pandemic over? No, that's not true: The World Health Organization (WHO), which declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, said in late October 2021 that the global pandemic is still "far from finished." An opinion article
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wife of Pfizer CEO Is NOT Dead
Did Myriam Bourla, the wife of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, die November 10, 2021 after complications from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: She was photographed with her husband at an awards ceremony on November 11, 2021. Cons
PolitiFact→ In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige
In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to the late Black baseball player Satchel Paige
Full Fact→ No evidence Zoflora cleaner harms fertility
A Facebook post with over 5,000 shares claims: “Zoflora is one of the worst chemicals you can use to clean the home. Causes infertility in young boys & men.” However, there’s no evidence that Zoflora can affect fertility in humans
Snopes→ Man Earns Ph.D., Fulfills Dream of Being Physicist — at 89
Manfred Steiner recently defended his dissertation successfully at Brown University in Providence.
Health Feedback→ Tromethamine in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children acts to improve the stability of the vaccine; it isn’t in the vaccine as a heart medication
REVIEW On 29 October 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11. This vaccine for children has a slightly different formulation from the one approve
PolitiFact→ Bryan Steil – Steil’s claim that Biden admin will pay out $450,000 to illegal immigrants is lacking information
Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
Full Fact→ Facebook is not suddenly sharing private posts
Facebook users are sharing a false rumour that all posts and photos on the platform are about to be made public. The posts include a formal statement saying that the author does not authorise this. This is a version of common rumour that has spread onl
AllSides→ Electric Vehicle Tax Credits in Democratic Plan
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/electric-vehicle-tax-credits-in-democratic-plan/ The House’s curren
Full Fact→ No evidence GPS ‘smart dust’ is being implanted in humans
A picture shared on Facebook claims to show a tiny chip, invented by Hitachi which has GPS capabilities and can be absorbed through human skin after being sprayed onto people, ingested through food or drink, or injected. A Google reverse image se
PolitiFact→ Image mocks a Tesla recharging with a generator. Here’s what it doesn’t show.
An image pokes fun at a Tesla recharging with gasoline. There’s more to EVs than that.
Snopes→ Teddy Bear Lost in Glacier Park Returned to 6-Year-Old Girl
A little girl who lost a special teddy bear she'd had since being adopted from an Ethiopian orphanage thought it was gone forever when she forgot it along a trail in Glacier National Park last year.
Snopes→ Beloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ Star Winter Dies at Florida Aquarium
A prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies died at a Florida aquarium despite life-saving efforts to treat a gastrointestinal abnormality.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No scientific basis for claims of ivermectin’s success in Uttar Pradesh, India
No new COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, India, due to use of ivermectin
AllSides→ Can Colorado Hospitals Turn Away Unvaccinated Patients?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/can-colorado-hospitals-turn-away An article from Red Voice Media
Snopes→ Johnson & Johnson to Split into Two Companies
Johnson & Johnson is separating the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine from its medical device and prescription drug business.
Logically→ Pfizer added tromethamine to its COVID-19 vaccine for children to stabilize a heart attack.
Tromethamine is a stabilizing agent used to increase the storage time for pharmaceutical products, but not to stabilize a heart attack.
Logically→ Most adults and children are immune from COVID-19 since it is similar to other viruses.
Common cold can only briefly help fight COVID-19. With the onset of the Delta variant, higher number of kids reported infections and hospitalizations.
Poynter→ Schools aren’t giving kids the COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent
Now that the U.S. has authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11, children across the country are getting vaccinated. But some people are claiming that schools can vaccinate kids without their parents’ consent. In a video by Infowar
Washington Post→ The claim that crime falls when states relax gun-control laws
The research on this is all over the place, but a conservative lawyer argued before the Supreme Court that it goes down. The answer is much more complex.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden botches claim about Virginia elections
“No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.”
Snopes→ Videos of Ahmaud Arbery Roaming Vacant Home Shown to Jury
Jurors in the trial of three white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing watched security camera videos that show other people entering a home under construction in the months before the 25-year-old Black man was chased and gunned down after running
Snopes→ Court Temporarily Delays Release of Trump’s Jan. 6 Records
A federal appeals court on temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, granting — for now — a request from former President Donald Trump.
Snopes→ Did USA Today Post Article Mocking Kyle Rittenhouse for So-Called ‘Crocodile Tears’?
Rittenhouse appeared to break down while taking the stand during his murder trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in November 2021.