News & Online Journalist
Charlotte joined Full Fact in November 2023 as a news & online journalist from her role as a Local Democracy Reporter at the Manchester Evening News.
She was previously a senior news reporter with the Manchester Evening News, Rossendale Free Press and Accrington Observer titles.
The footage being shared on social media is from Egypt in 2013 when bulldozers were used to disperse protesters supporting the ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Read
The footage actually shows a suspected drug smuggling vessel being stopped by the US Coast Guard in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2019. Read
The man who died on 12 December has been named as Leonard Farruku, an Albanian national. Read
A long line in the sky behind an aeroplane is a normal type of contrail—the water vapour that sometimes trails aircraft. Read
The clip circulating on social media likely shows the dismantling of a tile chimney liner, not a tunnel in Gaza. Read
Footage shared on social media of a vehicle driving through a crowd of protesters is unrelated to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Read
Immigration
A Facebook post comparing what’s given to immigrants and British pensioners is missing important context. Read
Contrary to a screenshot circulating on social media, an Israeli newspaper did not publish a headline claiming Israelis made millions shorting shares ahead of the 7 October attacks. Read
Spectators at an annual college football game between US Army and Navy military academies were not filmed chanting “F*** Joe Biden”. Read
Posts on Facebook desperately appealing for help finding a missing father with dementia are fake. Read
