Bill McCarthy
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PolitiFact | No proof Tom Holland died, despite viral internet rumor
An Instagram account posted multiple times in a day to baselessly claim that "Spider-Man" star Tom Holland died, sparkin → Read More
PolitiFact - Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion?
The historic leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legaliz → Read More
PolitiFact - Fact-checking claims that NATO, US broke agreement against alliance expanding eastward
Two days before Russia invaded Ukraine with an assault that intelligence officials had warned was coming, conservative c → Read More
PolitiFact | Neo-Nazi, not Voltaire, originated quote about 'who rules over you'
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., attempted to take a swipe at Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s chief medical adviser, with → Read More
PolitiFact | Kellogg’s tweet about striking workers is fake
Days before the striking Kellogg's workers in four states approved a new contract to end a weeks-long dispute, a fake tw → Read More
PolitiFact | Video of child giving Biden vial of blood to drink is doctored
Social media users circulated a fake, doctored video that purported to show a child discreetly handing a vial of blood o → Read More
PolitiFact | The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance
Shortly after 2 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Donald J. Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, turning the seat of A → Read More
PolitiFact - Canada did not ban use of ‘Let’s go Brandon,’ as fake memo claimed
A Canadian agency banned government workers from using the phrase "Let’s go Brandon," a chant used to mock President Joe/> <meta name= → Read More
PolitiFact | High prices and depleted shelves: Here’s why the supply chain is a mess — and will be for a while
Grocery shoppers are paying more for their favorite foods. Assembly plants are waiting for parts. Trucking companies are/> <meta name= → Read More
PolitiFact - Conservative commentator uses outdated photo in botched attack on 'Build Back Better'
Conservative commentator Kimberly Klacik posted a photograph of empty supermarket shelves, with a hashtag falsely sugges/> <meta name= → Read More
PolitiFact - Canadian officials say there’s no evidence 13-year-old had heart attacks after COVID-19 vaccine
Canadian public health officials quickly debunked a viral video that claimed a COVID-19 vaccine sent a 13-year-old girl → Read More
PolitiFact - Hangings, guillotines and Gitmo: Going behind Real Raw News’ sensational (and fabricated) headlines
After the Pentagon mandated the COVID-19 vaccines for the U.S. military in late August, a viral story describing an inte → Read More
PolitiFact - How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry
Outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a New Jersey man held up his hand for a camera as he told a local TV reporter about → Read More
PolitiFact - Viral TikTok falsely claims NATO took over U.S.’s largest naval base
A TikTok video falsely claims that the "Norfolk naval base has been taken by NATO," the alliance of countries primarily → Read More
PolitiFact - COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy: Why scientists and doctors say it's safe
As the spread of new coronavirus variants adds more urgency to the push to vaccinate people against COVID-19, public hea/> <meta name= → Read More
PolitiFact | Fauci’s ‘two Americas’ comment on COVID-19 vaccination rates taken out of context
Some social media users took Dr. Anthony Fauci’s words out of context in order to tap into fears about differential trea → Read More
PolitiFact - Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies
Editor’s note: PolitiFact has reviewed court filings and other information for hundreds of defendants facing charg → Read More
PolitiFact - No, video doesn’t prove AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine contains Bluetooth chip
A debunked claim from the early days of the pandemic — that the COVID-19 vaccines contain microchips — is spreading anew → Read More
PolitiFact - Tucker Carlson’s misleading claim about deaths after COVID-19 vaccine
Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested that thousands of Americans have died since December because of the COVID-19 vacc → Read More
PolitiFact - Debunking the anti-vaccine hoax about ‘vaccine shedding’
In April, faculty and staff at a small Miami private school received a letter telling them that if they chose to get the → Read More