A Russian actor and a film director rocketed to space on a mission to make the world’s first movie in orbit.
Snopes→ 2,700-Year-Old Toilet Found in Jerusalem Was a Rare Luxury
The smooth, carved limestone toilet was found in a rectangular cabin that was part of a sprawling mansion overlooking what is now the Old City.
Truth or Fiction?→ Charlie Kirk ‘Cure’ Tweet
On October 3 2021, a tweet attributed to Charlie Kirk appeared on the subreddit r/HermanCainAward — purportedly proposing an alternative cure for COVID-19: Charlie Kirk discovers a cure for Covid that the mainstream medical establishme
Full Fact→ Claim that up to 135,000 children have not returned to school needs more context
A Sunday Times article, published on 3 October, claimed new figures show that between 95,000 and 135,000 children did not return to school in the autumn term. The Sunday Times said this figure does not include “normal absences” or children
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Disrupt Facebook By Seizing Its Servers On October 4, 2021 — Outage Was Caused By Technical Difficulties
Did the military disrupt Facebook's operations on October 4, 2021, by seizing the social media platform's servers at its headquarters? No, that's not true: Facebook, along with its acquired social media platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, e
Snopes→ What Caused the October 2021 Facebook Outage?
The technology giant suffered a major shutdown that lasted about six hours.
Full Fact→ Nebulised hydrogen peroxide shouldn’t be used to treat all respiratory illnesses
A Facebook post claims that nebulized hydrogen peroxide “helps against ALL respiratory infections like colds/flu, sore throat, pneumonia, chest infections”. It has been viewed over 1,000 times. The post also says that you can buy hydrogen p
Snopes→ Alan Kalter, Announcer for David Letterman, Dies at 78
Alan Kalter, the quirky, red-headed announcer for David Letterman for two decades who frequently appeared in the show's comedy bits, has died.
Snopes→ Is Buzz Aldrin’s Mother’s Maiden Name ‘Moon’?
Aldrin's 1969 trip to the Moon was, in some respects, a family visit.
Snopes→ Jury Awards $6.3M to Shannen Doherty in State Farm Fire Suit
The jury found that the insurance giant's failure to pay policy benefits for Doherty's Malibu home were “unreasonable and without proper cause.”
AllSides→ Video: Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/video-instagram-posts-spread-texas-lawmakers-false-claims-on-vaccine-testing/
Snopes→ Physics Nobel Rewards Work on Complex Systems, Like Climate
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for physics for work that found order in seeming disorder, helping to explain and predict complex forces of nature, including expanding our understanding of climate change.
Snopes→ Hollywood’s Behind-The-Scenes Crews Vote to Authorize Strike
Film and television production in North America is in jeopardy of coming to a standstill after its behind-the-scenes workers overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike for the first time in its 128-year history.
Logically→ More children will be seriously injured or killed by COVID-19 vaccines than by COVID-19.
There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can make children seriously ill or cause death. The statement by Vernon Coleman is false.
Full Fact→ Towards a common definition of claim matching
After Full Fact publishes each fact check, we keep monitoring the media to see if anyone repeats misleading claims. Where appropriate, we can then contact journalists or politicians who have repeated a claim we’ve already checked, without having
Logically→ You are at greater risk from COVID-19 vaccines than from COVID-19 itself.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. COVID-19 can cause severe disease and even death.
Poynter→ Claims that millions of people have died from the COVID-19 vaccine are unfounded
A 52-page report from a pair of anti-vaccine advocates claims to present the truth about COVID-19 vaccines. However, it does just the opposite. The website Stop World Control published the so-called Vaccine Death Report in September 2021, and it was
Washington Post→ McAuliffe ad falsely claims Youngkin ‘took over’ predatory dental clinics
A campaign ad for Democrat Terry McAuliffe says “Wall Street executive” Youngkin was responsible for harming children. But his private equity firm did not acquire the troubled company.
Snopes→ Ozy Media CEO: ‘Premature’ to Shut Down After Week of Scandal
The CEO of Ozy Media said it had been “premature” to shut down the company and that he wants to keep operating, despite a scandal-ridden week that exposed Ozy as an outlet without much of an audience.
Snopes→ COVID Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect for NYC Teachers, Staff
A COVID-19 vaccination requirement for teachers and other staff members took effect in New York City’s sprawling public school system in a key test of the employee vaccination mandates now being rolled out across the country.
Snopes→ No, Pepsi Didn’t Start as a Rat Poison Company
Nor was the founder of the company named "Gustav Pepsi."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minister’s Order Does NOT Indicate Martial Law To Be Implemented Between October 8-16 In Canada
Did the government of Saskatchewan in Canada adopt an emergency order with the intention of instituting martial law -- shutting down travel with checkpoints, entering homes and seizing private property and disrupting the food supply by ta
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook’s Master Code Was NOT Deleted, Facebook And Instagram Are NOT ‘Gone Forever’
Was the "Master Code" of Facebook deleted, putting Facebook and Instagram in jeopardy of being "gone forever"? No, that's not true. After an outage lasting most of Monday, October 4, 2021, the two social media platforms were up and runnin
Snopes→ Did Biden Remove ‘God Bless the USA’ Singer From Arts Council?
Lee Greenwood was one of eight members of the National Council on the Arts set to be replaced in 2021 pending Senate confirmation — six of them were Obama nominees.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: In World War II, Socialism Was NOT ‘Beat’ — USSR Among Allies Who Beat Nazism, Imperial Japan and Italian Fascism
Did World War II result in socialism being "beat?" No, that's not true: socialism, one of the many adopted ideologies of the era that continued into the later 20th century, is not the same as "national socialism," more popularly known as
Snopes→ YouTube Removes Verified, Unofficial ‘Fox News’ Channels That Pushed Disinformation
The removals followed a Snopes investigation. The channels had a combined total of millions of subscribers.
Snopes→ Here’s How Many Millions in Ad Revenue Facebook Could Be Losing Every Second During Outage
We used Facebook Inc.'s latest financial report to estimate its revenue loss per second during the global shut down.
Snopes→ Yes, ‘Captain Kirk’ Is Going to Space
The "Star Trek" actor William Shatner will break the current record and become the oldest person to travel to space.
Snopes→ Henrietta Lacks Estate Sues Company Using Her ‘Stolen’ Cells
Tissue taken from the woman's tumor before she died of cervical cancer became the first human cells to be successfully cloned.
Snopes→ 2 Win Medicine Nobel for Showing How We React to Heat, Touch
Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian separately identified receptors in the skin that respond to heat and pressure, and researchers are working on drugs to target them.
Snopes→ Does a Photo Show Led Zeppelin Bassist’s ‘Triple-Neck’ Guitar?
Internet users gushed over the weird and wonderful hybrid creation said to be owned by John Paul Jones.
FactCheck.org→ Video: Instagram Posts Spread Texas Lawmaker’s False Claims on Vaccine Testing
In this video, FactCheck.org and Univision Noticias teamed up to debunk false claims, spreading on social media, that were made by a state senator in Texas about vaccine safety. All three of the COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. went throu
Health Feedback→ Article by OffGuardian, ZeroHedge claiming to list 30 facts about COVID-19 contains multiple inaccurate and misleading statements
REVIEW On 22 September 2021, OffGuardian published an article, which was reprinted by ZeroHedge and shared by other websites like InfoWars, listing 30 claims related to COVID-19. These articles, which went viral, received altogether more than 19,000
Snopes→ Givenchy Criticized for Controversial ‘Noose’ Necklace
The necklace made an appearance in the company's collection during Paris Fashion Week.
Snopes→ Is This Old Marilyn Manson Photo Real?
At 52, Manson definitely looks older than he did in the '90s, but this?
Snopes→ Tom Brady Beats Patriots in New England Return, 19-17
Brady rallied the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 19-17 victory over the Patriots on a rainy Sunday night, with Ryan Succop hitting the winning 48-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter.
Snopes→ Facebook Is Down, as Are Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp
The websites and apps for all four Facebook products were not available on the morning of Oct. 4.
Full Fact→ Marr wrong to claim PM wasn’t telling the truth on wages
“What you’re also seeing is finally growth in wages after more than 10 years of flatlining, what you’re seeing is people on low incomes being paid more... Wages have been totally flatlining, totally flatlining for more than a decade&
Full Fact→ No evidence Charles Bronson attacked Wayne Couzens in jail
A number of posts on Facebook all repeat the same false claim: that the armed robber Charles Bronson has barricaded himself in murderer Wayne Couzens’ cell in prison and has been beating him up “since 9.30am this morning”. The posts e
Snopes→ Is the ‘Blue River Dragon’ Photo Real?
Oddly enough, the word "dragon" in this claim is not the misleading one.