“Today is a day ending in ‘y,’ which means that @TheGuardian published a false claim that could have been checked in about 5 seconds and that multiple outlets have already corrected,” Greenwald tweeted on Thursday in response to a Guardian article titled, ‘Substack: the future of news – or a …
Read More »False alarm or malicious rumor? Twitter account claiming to be Ecuadorian FM falsely announces death of Julian Assange
A recently created Twitter account supposedly belonging to Ecuadorian FM Manuel Mejía Dalmau posted an “URGENT” message on Wednesday declaring “diplomatic sources in London” had reported “the news of the death of Julian Assange,” the Wikileaks founder’s partner Stella Moris revealed on Wednesday, posting a screenshot of the tweet that …
Read More »False dawn’s truth? Scientists say they’ve finally cracked centuries-old mystery, thanks to the Juno probe
Also known as ‘zodiac light’, the false dawn phenomenon is a band of light that appears just after sunset and is at its brightest for people living in the northern hemisphere in March and April. In the southern hemisphere, the effect is most notable after sunset in the late summer …
Read More »Beijing says UK should punish British media for false reports on China and Hong Kong, after London fines CGTN
Speaking on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Beijing was concerned at Ofcom’s recent decision to fine CGTN, adding that China firmly opposed the “man-made obstacles” preventing “normal news reporting by Chinese media in the UK.” The spokesman claimed the state broadcaster has “adhered to the principle of …
Read More »Covid vaccine-induced swelling can lead to false cancer diagnosis, doctors warn
Prior to major offensives against infections and unwanted intruders, some of the body’s defense forces, the white blood cells, gather in lymph nodes. However, lymph nodes, especially in the armpit, can swell up following Covid-19 vaccinations. As cancer screenings continue parallel to vaccination drives across the world, a scan conducted …
Read More »‘MOSTLY false’? Snopes fact-checks ‘cyberbullies’ claiming that AOC ‘exaggerated danger’ she faced during Capitol Hill riot
After releasing a lengthy Instragam video recounting her version of events at the Capitol earlier this week, Ocasio-Cortez was accused of embellishing the danger posed to her, as she was not inside the main structure breached by rioters but rather in an office building some distance away. Snopes has issued …
Read More »AOC says committee being discussed to ‘REIN IN MEDIA environment’ and prevent ‘false information’ spreading
During an Instagram livestream on Tuesday night, Ocasio-Cortez at one point answered a question from a viewer asking if there were discussions in Congress for “truth and reconciliation or media literacy initiatives,” and she confirmed there are. “I do think that several members of Congress, in some of my discussions, …
Read More »Israel rejects ‘nonsense’ claim by Tehran that it’s plotting false flag attack to drag US & Iran into war
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s claim that Israel was plotting attacks on US forces in Iraq in order to spark a military conflict in the region was “total nonsense,” Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said on Sunday. According to Steinitz, it was Israel that needed to be on guard …
Read More »Trump plotting false flag to ‘fabricate pretext’ for attack on Iran, Foreign Minister Zarif says
Accusing US President Donald Trump and his cabinet of “wast[ing] billions” to surround Iran with air and naval military assets while Americans are suffering with Covid-19, Zarif revealed in a tweet on Thursday that Iraqi intelligence had tipped off Tehran to a US “plot to FABRICATE pretext for war.” “Iran …
Read More »‘False information’? Instagram censors claim that Biden’s 1994 Crime Bill led to ‘mass incarceration’ of black Americans
The political meme, uploaded by Brad Troemel on Wednesday, shows an old photo of Biden and then-President Bill Clinton, along with a caption that reads: “Find someone that looks at you the way Biden looked at Clinton after Clinton signed Biden’s crime bill into law. Bringing mass incarceration to black …
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