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Recent factchecks and disinformation news from TheJournal

Posted on 31/12/202110/03/2023 By EDMO Admin
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In December, TheJournal published the following factcheck investigations:  

  • FactCheck: This Irish video about masks is incorrect to claim they do not work against Covid-19
  • Factcheck: Did Bill Gates create an ‘Omicron’ video game in 1999?
  • FactCheck: Does this Dublin video prove masks increase carbon dioxide to dangerous levels?
  • FactCheck: No, the Australian Army didn’t forcibly vaccinate Indigenous Australians
  • Debunk: How did Omicron get to Australia if no one is allowed in or out?
  • Debunked: No, 80% of Covid deaths during October were not in fully vaccinated people
  • FactCheck: No, Conor McGregor wasn’t correct to say vaccines ‘have not worked’ to stop Covid-19
  • Debunked: No, this US scientist has never been nominated for a Time Person of the Year
  • FactCheck: Did Twitter, Walmart and CNBC’s CEOs resign on same day as Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial?

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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