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  • Recent factchecks and disinformation news from TheJournal

Recent factchecks and disinformation news from TheJournal

Posted on 28/02/202210/03/2023 By EDMO Admin
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In February, TheJournal published the following factcheck investigations:  

  • FactCheck: Sign up to The Journal’s monthly newsletter about misinformation trends
  • FactCheck: Has Sinn Féin objected to the construction of 6,000 houses?
  • FactCheck: A claim that Covid -19 vaccines don’t stop transmission of the virus is misleading
  • FactCheck: Is the Protocol costing Northern Ireland’s economy £2.5 million every day?
  • FactCheck: Was a Fine Gael junior minister right to say one in four SHDs are subject to judicial review?
  • Debunked: No, this photo of a ship in the Antarctic does not prove that the Earth is flat

TheJournal also published the following news items relating to disinformation:

  • Disinformation, Ukraine and the war of words on social media

For a summary of the the latest factchecks from EDMO factchecking partners across Europe, visit EDMO’s Fact-checking Briefs: https://edmo.eu/fact-checking-briefs/

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