{"id":224,"date":"2022-02-28T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/?p=224"},"modified":"2023-03-10T19:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T19:25:00","slug":"recent-factchecks-and-disinformation-news-from-thejournal-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/recent-factchecks-and-disinformation-news-from-thejournal-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent factchecks and disinformation news from TheJournal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In February, TheJournal published the following factcheck investigations:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/sign-up-factcheck-newsletter-5693834-Feb2022\/\"><strong>FactCheck: Sign up to The Journal&#8217;s monthly newsletter about misinformation trends<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/factcheck-sinn-fein-objection-6000-houses-5679519-Feb2022\/\"><strong>FactCheck: Has Sinn F\u00e9in objected to the construction of 6,000 houses?<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/vaccines-dont-stop-covid-19-transmission-5686911-Feb2022\/\"><strong>FactCheck: A claim that Covid -19 vaccines don\u2019t stop transmission of the virus is misleading<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/jeffrey-donaldson-claim-ni-protocol-cost-5673454-Feb2022\/\"><strong>FactCheck: Is the Protocol costing Northern Ireland&#8217;s economy \u00a32.5 million every day?<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/one-in-four-housing-developments-subject-to-judicial-review-5679622-Feb2022\/\"><strong>FactCheck: Was a Fine Gael junior minister right to say one in four SHDs are subject to judicial review?<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/debunked-this-is-not-the-antarctic-wall-and-the-earth-is-not-flat-5671546-Feb2022\/\"><strong>Debunked: No, this photo of a ship in the Antarctic does not prove that the Earth is flat<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>TheJournal also published the following news items relating to disinformation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/false-news-about-ukraine-conflict-5692894-Feb2022\/\"><strong>Disinformation, Ukraine and the war of words on social media<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For a summary of the the latest factchecks from EDMO factchecking partners across Europe, visit EDMO\u2019s Fact-checking Briefs: <a href=\"https:\/\/edmo.eu\/fact-checking-briefs\/\">https:\/\/edmo.eu\/fact-checking-briefs\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February, TheJournal published the following factcheck investigations:&nbsp;&nbsp; FactCheck: Sign up to The Journal&#8217;s monthly newsletter about misinformation trends FactCheck: Has Sinn F\u00e9in objected to the construction of 6,000 houses? 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