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Recent factchecks and disinformation news from TheJournal

Posted on 31/01/202210/03/2023 By EDMO Admin
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In January, TheJournal published the following factcheck investigations:  

  • ​​Debunked: No, the CDC is not selling $4.6 billion worth of vaccines each year
  • Debunked: No, mask mandates are not a ‘war crime’ that break the Nuremberg Code
  • FactCheck: Did a study say anyone who’s had a cold is sufficiently protected against Covid-19?
  • Debunked: No, this politician didn’t fake his Covid vaccine booster
  • FactCheck: Will Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol lead to an increase in drug use?

TheJournal also published the following news items relating to disinformation:

  • An open letter to YouTube’s CEO from the world’s fact-checkers
  • Factcheckers send open letter to YouTube over ‘destructive’ misinformation on the platform

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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