Gregg Wallace did not post promising to ‘uncover the truth’ about cow food additive Bovaer
An image apparently showing a post on X from the TV presenter has been edited. Read
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Evie Townend
News & Online Journalist
Evie joined Full Fact as a news and online journalist in February 2023. Before this, she worked as a freelance journalist, a money reporter for The Mirror and in the regional CornwallLive newsroom.
New York Times headline calling glorification of Luigi Mangione ‘anti-Israeli’ is fake
Social media posts are sharing an apparent screenshot of an opinion piece published by the newspaper, but this is not genuine. Read
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MPs don’t get £56 a day breakfast allowance
People in the clip incorrectly claim MPs receive a daily breakfast allowance of £56 and that the taxpayer subsidises a House of Commons cafeteria by £4 million each year. Read
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Clip from Kentucky shooting range misleadingly shared as scenes in Syria
The clip has been shared on social media with claims it shows Syrian government forces firing at the rebel group HTS in the city of Hama. Read
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Clip shows US Navy testing, not pirates being shot at
The clip has more than 2,000 shares on social media with claims it shows pirates being shot at. Read
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Image of prisoner found ‘deep underground’ in Syria is AI
The image has been shared online with the suggestion it shows real scenes following the overthrow of Syria’s government. Read
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Air pollution sensors in Newport do not have sirens telling people to ‘go inside’
Thousands of people have shared social media posts suggesting the air sensors are a “new form of control”. Read
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The Economist has not published ‘apocalypse’ cover featuring Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
The image circulating on social media features an illustration of the two politicians with missiles in the background. Read
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Arma 3 clips and old footage shared as attacks from Yemen in the Arabian Sea
Posts on social media have been sharing a video game clip and unrelated footage with claims they show attacks from Yemen on the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea. Read
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Viral list of ‘patents on viruses’ fact checked
An image shared on social media with claims it shows a list of patent numbers for viruses such as H1N1 flu, Zika virus and SARS is not quite what it seems. Read
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