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Ian Russell of Molly Rose Foundation on why #FactsMatter
“We’re bombarded by information… It becomes harder to make truly objective decisions. Decisions we have considered based on verifiable facts.” Read
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Politics
“We’re bombarded by information… It becomes harder to make truly objective decisions. Decisions we have considered based on verifiable facts.” Read
As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, specialist journalist Tony Thompson explains how he came to work at Full Fact, having previously been a crime journalist and author. Read
Health
An Instagram video claims that a “cinnamon ritual” can be used instead of conventional medicine to control blood sugar. Read
Politics
“At the heart of our democracy, at the heart of our broadcasting, at the heart of the fight for things that we care about…is the idea of truth.” Read
Politics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has corrected an error on its death statistics dashboard, after Full Fact got in touch.The error concerned deaths from pneumonia or flu, which we … Read
Posts on Facebook asking people to fill out a survey to access the deal are not associated with the retailer, and are not legitimate offers. Read
Health
Familiar vaccine misinformation resurfaces in a Facebook video, which claims that mRNA vaccines change people’s genes. There is no factual basis for this claim. Read
As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, senior politics journalist Nasim Asl answers the question we’re regularly asked as fact checkers. Read
We debunked a similar claim that circulated last year. Read
The seven clips seem to show devastation following the 7.7 magnitude quake, but there are clues that it is not genuine footage. Read
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