Rachael Krishna

Fact Checker (former)

Rachael joined Full Fact in April 2019, having previously worked as a reporter for BuzzFeed News. She worked with the fact-checking team, and has experience and interest in online misinformation and social media.

30 May 2019

This FOI about vaccines is real

The UK Vaccine Damage Payment provides payments to people who are severely disabled by vaccines.

23 May 2019

This image does not show Nigel Farage wearing a gollywog badge

This picture has been edited to show Nigel Farage wearing a gollywog badge.

23 May 2019

There is no evidence to suggest Nigel Farage was a member of the National Front.

10 May 2019

There is no evidence to suggest Theresa May said this about lesbianism

There’s no evidence to suggest Theresa May said this about curbing the promotion of lesbianism in schools.

10 May 2019

This is not a video of “migrant hordes” attacking Danish police

This is not footage of migrants rioting in Denmark, it is from a protest in Algeria.

10 May 2019

This is not a picture of a mum snorting drugs in front of a child

This picture of a mum snorting drugs in front of a child is not real and was in fact a joke.

30 April 2019

This photo does not show a French police officer pepper spraying a protester

The photo was actually taken at an anti-war protest in the USA in 2007.

30 April 2019

This image does not show a woman about to be stoned to death under Sharia law

The image does not show a stoning in Iran but a protest in Colombia.

29 April 2019

This is not a picture of Jeremy Corbyn with the IRA

The photo does not show Mr Corbyn with the IRA, but an unnamed man at Bobby Sands’ funeral.

26 April 2019

This picture doesn’t show a woman making an offensive gesture at Jeremy Corbyn

The image of Jeremy Corbyn and a woman has been digitally edited.

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Rachael Krishna

Fact Checker (former)

This FOI about vaccines is real

This image does not show Nigel Farage wearing a gollywog badge

There is no evidence to suggest Nigel Farage was a member of the National Front.

There is no evidence to suggest Theresa May said this about lesbianism

This is not a video of “migrant hordes” attacking Danish police

This is not a picture of a mum snorting drugs in front of a child

This photo does not show a French police officer pepper spraying a protester

This image does not show a woman about to be stoned to death under Sharia law

This is not a picture of Jeremy Corbyn with the IRA

This picture doesn’t show a woman making an offensive gesture at Jeremy Corbyn

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