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Ffs explains: Alex Salmond’s committee appearance The Ferret12:19
Fact-checking the wildest claims from Trump’s CPAC speech The Independent01:51
Fact checking the fact checkers The Conservative Woman12:55
Has China lifted 100 million out of poverty? BBC01:03
A fake Metro cover shares false vaccine information Full Fact17:42
There are no human cells in the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it won’t give you a chimpanzee virus Full Fact12:14

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Is Transport for the North’s budget being reduced by 40%? Full Fact18:32 3-Mar-21
What is 'levelling up' and how is it going? BBC18:07 3-Mar-21
Lateral flow testing in England’s schools Channel 417:21 3-Mar-21
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine will not change your DNA Full Fact15:45 3-Mar-21
Covid-19 is not a rebrand of flu Full Fact09:33 3-Mar-21
In the last 7 days
HPV testing kits are not smear tests Full Fact17:25 2-Mar-21
The electoral register and the 10-year canvass FactCheckNI17:23 2-Mar-21
There is no evidence that people are dying from the Covid-19 vaccine Full Fact11:59 2-Mar-21
Are 3 in 10 people failing to isolate? Full Fact11:49 2-Mar-21
Guardian report on public opinion about job losses needs context Full Fact18:39 1-Mar-21
Agenda 2030 conspiracy just describes UN sustainability goals Full Fact17:02 1-Mar-21
The link between vitamin D and Covid-19 is complex Full Fact16:07 1-Mar-21
Fact check: Politicians’ claims about PPE shortages The Ferret11:12 1-Mar-21
How many people get self-isolation payments? BBC02:30 1-Mar-21
Fact-checking the wildest claims from Trump’s CPAC speech The Independent01:51 1-Mar-21
Fact-checking claims about India's Covid 'cure' BBC01:23 1-Mar-21
Fact checking the fact checkers The Conservative Woman12:55 28-Feb-21
Has China lifted 100 million out of poverty? BBC01:03 28-Feb-21
Brexit: Why is Ireland bypassing Britain? BBC00:42 27-Feb-21
Senator expresses outrage at media fact-checking Trump at CPAC The Independent22:07 26-Feb-21
Nicola Sturgeon has not banned the Union Flag from Scottish government buildings Full Fact18:05 26-Feb-21
Government advise special precautions for disposing of infectious PPE Full Fact18:03 26-Feb-21
A fake Metro cover shares false vaccine information Full Fact17:42 26-Feb-21
There is evidence vaccines reduce risk of Covid-19 illness Full Fact17:12 26-Feb-21
Latest evidence on the relationship between ethnicity and covid-19 Channel 413:02 26-Feb-21
FFS explains: Alex Salmond’s committee appearance The Ferret12:19 26-Feb-21
Children living in poverty in Northern Ireland FactCheckNI19:16 25-Feb-21
No evidence for drop in US sudden infant death syndrome cases Full Fact17:28 25-Feb-21
No evidence Boris Johnson said he wanted to “lop the heads off of smelly peasants” Full Fact16:14 25-Feb-21
Some farmers dye their sheep, but a photo of a neon flock has been edited Full Fact14:48 25-Feb-21
There are no human cells in the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it won’t give you a chimpanzee virus Full Fact12:14 25-Feb-21
In the last month
The NAO didn’t claim there was never a national PPE shortage Full Fact15:31 24-Feb-21
Is Northern Ireland one of the most locked-down places in the world? FactCheckNI13:05 24-Feb-21
The FFS Show: A new podcast on fact-checking and misinformation The Ferret10:28 24-Feb-21
We can’t say if Test and Trace has cost more than the Channel Tunnel—yet Full Fact09:21 24-Feb-21
Why can’t we unlock now if most vulnerable are vaccinated? Channel 418:29 23-Feb-21
Mask wearing doesn’t cause bacterial pneumonia Full Fact17:33 23-Feb-21
A surprisingly large rat is really just surprisingly close Full Fact17:27 23-Feb-21
How can we tell the vaccines are working? Channel 418:14 22-Feb-21
Many more than 3,000 people have died of Covid-19 Full Fact17:02 22-Feb-21
Claim about Covid-19 vaccine ingredients is False The Ferret15:23 22-Feb-21
How risky are the routes out of lockdown? BBC00:08 21-Feb-21
What happened after Facebook blocked news? BBC00:26 20-Feb-21
Covid-19 survival rate is less than 99.8% Full Fact17:45 19-Feb-21
Just 113 COVID-19 deaths in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic? FactCheckNI10:35 19-Feb-21
India's colonial-era law to prevent dissent BBC02:26 19-Feb-21
The Covid-19 vaccine programme isn’t a medical experiment Full Fact17:25 18-Feb-21
Santander bank card ‘scam’ probably doesn’t exist Full Fact17:10 18-Feb-21
US rapper Pitbull wrong to claim Event 201 was ‘rehearsal’ for coronavirus pandemic Full Fact17:10 18-Feb-21
Nigel Farage claim of ‘EU Human Rights Act’ is False The Ferret14:22 18-Feb-21
We don’t know how much Test and Trace affects the spread of Covid-19 Full Fact12:11 18-Feb-21
What do we know about the safety of reopening schools? Channel 409:43 18-Feb-21
Are frozen wind turbines to blame for Texas power cuts? BBC00:59 18-Feb-21
Did EU exports really drop 68% in January? Full Fact18:39 17-Feb-21
Fact-checking Biden's first month as president BBC16:24 17-Feb-21
Minister claims UK has ‘highest vaccine acceptance’ in world Channel 411:46 17-Feb-21
Are freight exports to the EU back to normal? BBC07:41 17-Feb-21
Historian fact-checks Nikki Haley over false George Washington tweet The Independent00:16 17-Feb-21
Has Brexit put a dent in UK exports to Europe? Channel 413:28 16-Feb-21
Fact checking Climate Feedback The Global Warming Policy Foundation11:28 16-Feb-21
Seasonal flu and COVID FactCheckNI11:22 16-Feb-21
Evidence doesn’t show 400,000 people have long Covid ‘right now’ Full Fact17:56 15-Feb-21
A Bangladesh study doesn’t show that depression follows Covid-19 Full Fact17:26 15-Feb-21
Claim Scottish Government ‘moved the goalposts’ on million vaccines target is Half True The Ferret13:06 15-Feb-21
Fact check US: Is the filibuster one of the major obstacles ahead for Joe Biden? The Conversation (UK)17:21 14-Feb-21
The yellow bird challenging Twitter in India BBC03:09 14-Feb-21
The unfounded claims about vaccines and fertility BBC02:08 13-Feb-21
Covid vaccine hasn't caused increase in care home deaths Full Fact17:31 12-Feb-21
Has the UK economy been hit harder than other countries? BBC17:29 12-Feb-21
Claim social distancing unnecessary in schools is Mostly False The Ferret15:43 12-Feb-21
Study doesn’t say most vapers are 17% more likely to transmit Covid Full Fact15:29 12-Feb-21
Why local broadcaster Tegna is making a big bet on its fact-checking vertical Verify Digiday05:14 12-Feb-21
Covid-19 survival rate is not 99.991% for under 60s Full Fact13:03 11-Feb-21
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell is left red-faced after wrongly fact-checking Ted Cruz on Shakespeare… Mail Online08:38 11-Feb-21
Labour’s figures on the cladding crisis are far too high Full Fact16:24 10-Feb-21
Factcheck: Did climate change contribute to India’s catastrophic ‘glacial flood’? Carbon Brief18:50 9-Feb-21
Evidence doesn’t show 20,000 people ‘sick with Covid’ fail to self-isolate every day Full Fact16:54 9-Feb-21
False death figures go viral Full Fact09:47 9-Feb-21
Fact-checking Trump's defence case BBC06:36 9-Feb-21
Fact Check: Did 'SATAN' Appear During The Weeknd Super Bowl Halftime Show? Newsweek20:28 8-Feb-21
Fact check US: Can progressive and centrist Democrats finally agree on health care reform? The Conversation (UK)18:27 8-Feb-21
Are India's farmers getting poorer? BBC12:37 8-Feb-21
BBC fact-checking probe destroys claim that teachers are 'far more likely' to be infected by… Mail Online23:12 6-Feb-21
Fact Check: Was Deontay Wilder knocked out by Wladimir Klitschko? World Boxing News12:59 6-Feb-21
Fact Check: Did Guaranteed Rate and Indeed Use Same Clip in Super Bowl Ads? Newsweek00:00 6-Feb-21
Fact Check: US vote fraud conspiracy theory shifts to Myanmar Mail Online20:32 5-Feb-21
What has the government done about the South Africa strain? BBC18:27 5-Feb-21
Some people have died after Covid-19 vaccination—not because of it Full Fact18:10 5-Feb-21
Ipsos MORI isn’t trying to kill you with Covid tests Full Fact17:06 5-Feb-21
People giving Covid-19 vaccines won’t be tried as war criminals Full Fact16:59 5-Feb-21
FFS explains: Covid-19 vaccination scams The Ferret10:41 5-Feb-21
What evidence is there of election fraud in Myanmar? BBC00:41 5-Feb-21
MobileUK launches new 5G fact-checking campaign to debunk dangerous myths Mobile News17:30 4-Feb-21
No evidence that nanoparticles in Covid-19 vaccines affect fertility Full Fact17:13 4-Feb-21
How does a RT-PCR test for COVID-19 work? FactCheckNI15:18 4-Feb-21
Hancock suggests ‘no evidence’ UK variant is more severe Channel 414:49 4-Feb-21
Was Belfast the sixth highest in murder rate for a European city in 2010? FactCheckNI14:33 4-Feb-21
ONS death figures not averaged correctly Full Fact14:12 4-Feb-21
Test and Trace chief claims variant couldn’t have been predicted Channel 414:08 4-Feb-21
Fact Check: Did Manny Pacquiao enroll in drug-testing for his last fight? World Boxing News11:52 4-Feb-21
Fact-checking President Macron's vaccine claim BBC19:12 3-Feb-21
FactCheck: Keir Starmer did want to stay in the European Medicines Agency, but it wouldn’t have affected the vaccine… Channel 418:18 3-Feb-21
Penicillin allergies don’t rule out Pfizer vaccine Full Fact17:52 3-Feb-21
Fake letter from Cabinet Office spreads on social media Full Fact16:59 3-Feb-21
Keir Starmer did want the UK to remain in the European Medicines Agency Full Fact15:59 3-Feb-21
Fact Check: Was Manny Pacquiao enrolled in drug-testing for his last fight? World Boxing News14:29 3-Feb-21
There’s no proof steam inhalation cures Covid-19 Full Fact17:17 2-Feb-21
Pfizer vaccine effective, though not as effective as newspapers suggest Full Fact17:17 2-Feb-21
Minister’s claims about symptom-free spread and testing Channel 416:15 2-Feb-21
Claim patents are stopping poorer countries from getting Covid-19 vaccines is Half True The Ferret10:08 2-Feb-21
HS2 will not cost Scotland £17 billion Full Fact18:07 1-Feb-21
Fact check US: Could Donald Trump be convicted in his second impeachment trial? The Conversation (UK)18:06 1-Feb-21
How the military disrupted Myanmar's internet BBC16:23 1-Feb-21

      
            
      
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