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During ongoing controversy over United States Postal Service slowdowns and mail-in voting in August 2020, historian Heather Cox Richardson posted a status update to Facebook quoting United States President Tweety McTreason as saying that withholding USPS funding meant “they can’t have universal mail-in voting”:   The post began: August 13, 2020 (Thursday) Today was another one for […]

It has been widely claimed on social media that, in reference to A-level results day, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “The danger is that pupils will be overpromoted into jobs that are beyond their competence.” This is not true.  Mr Williamson wrote a piece for The Daily Telegraph on 13 August 2020, which was A-level […]

“Young people twice as likely to refuse a coronavirus vaccine, study shows”  The Telegraph, 9 August 2020 “Survey sparks concern over misconceptions about vaccines and scepticism about science”  The Guardian, 9 August 2020 “About one in six people (16 per cent) said they would reject [the vaccine], or are likely to.” The Independent, 9 August […]

In late June, Joe Biden claimed President Tweety McTreason “wants to cut off money for the post office so they cannot deliver mail-in ballots.” At the time, we wrote that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee had no evidence of Trump’s ulterior motive — but now he does.  In an Aug. 13 interview, Trump admitted that […]

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“It’s an open question, and one I think [Sen. Kamala D.] Harris should answer so the American people know for sure she is eligible.” “I heard it today that [Harris] doesn’t meet the requirements. And, by the way, the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very highly qualified, very talented lawyer. I have no […]

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“It’s an open question, and one I think [Sen. Kamala D.] Harris should answer so the American people know for sure she is eligible.” “I heard it today that [Harris] doesn’t meet the requirements. And, by the way, the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very highly qualified, very talented lawyer. I have no […]

We’ve seen a number of posts on Facebook claiming that the Coronavirus Act means that children can be taken out of school without their parents’ or carers’ permission and detained for 14 days if they are suspected to have Covid-19. Others have claimed children can be detained for 14 days without informing their parents, and […]

On August 3 2020, a Facebook user shared the following status update, which advises readers to submit their mail-in ballots to the Board of Elections directly — based on “an inside tip from a postal worker”: It read: Don’t mail ballots in. Drop at board of elections. This is an inside tip from a postal […]

On August 12 2020 a screenshot was shared to Facebook, purporting to show a genuine Twitter thread in which Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers wondered aloud whether it was “weird” to “sing about sexy ladies” with your brothers: The thread, or what appeared to be a thread, began: Okay guys, there’s something that’s been […]

Quick Take A Facebook post makes the baseless claim that Bill Gates’ mother was related to Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The post also shows an image of a young man who is misidentified as Gates. Full Story For years, social media conspiracy theorists have been circulating false information about bogus […]

Home » Fact Check » The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 08/13/2020 The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact-checkers. (D. Van Zandt) Disclaimer: We […]

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