{"id":227,"date":"2022-01-31T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/?p=227"},"modified":"2023-03-10T19:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T19:24:26","slug":"recent-factchecks-and-disinformation-news-from-thejournal-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/recent-factchecks-and-disinformation-news-from-thejournal-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent factchecks and disinformation news from TheJournal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In January, TheJournal published the following factcheck investigations:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/factcheck-debunked-cdc-selling-vaccines-5667071-Jan2022\/\"><strong>Debunked: No, the CDC is not selling $4.6 billion worth of vaccines each year<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/mask-mandates-war-crime-nuremberg-code-5659977-Jan2022\/\"><strong>Debunked: No, mask mandates are not a &#8216;war crime&#8217; that break the Nuremberg Code<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/does-a-cold-protect-you-from-covid-making-vaccines-unrequired-5660563-Jan2022\/\"><strong>FactCheck: Did a study say anyone who&#8217;s had a cold is sufficiently protected against Covid-19?<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/politician-fake-vaccine-5658534-Jan2022\/\"><strong>Debunked: No, this politician didn&#8217;t fake his Covid vaccine booster<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/do-people-do-drugs-when-the-price-of-alcohol-is-raised-5648013-Jan2022\/\"><strong>FactCheck: Will Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol lead to an increase in drug use?<\/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\/open-letter-youtube-5651196-Jan2022\/\"><strong>An open letter to YouTube\u2019s CEO from the world\u2019s fact-checkers<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/open-letter-to-youtube-5651116-Jan2022\/\"><strong>Factcheckers send open letter to YouTube over &#8216;destructive&#8217; misinformation on the platform<\/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 January, TheJournal published the following factcheck investigations:&nbsp;&nbsp; \u200b\u200bDebunked: No, the CDC is not selling $4.6 billion worth of vaccines each year Debunked: No, mask mandates are not a &#8216;war crime&#8217; that break the Nuremberg Code FactCheck: Did a study say anyone who&#8217;s had a cold is sufficiently protected against Covid-19? 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