COVID-19 Archives

Factually: Fact-checkers have the answers to Joe Rogan’s vaccine hesitancy

The podcast host’s comments illustrate the questions fact-checkers have been answering throughout the pandemic.

April 29, 2021

Harrison Mantas

WhatsApp and the IFCN offer a financial shot in the arm to fact-checkers fighting vaccine misinformation

The Vaccine Grant Program will distribute a combined $500,000 to help launch or support seven separate projects

April 26, 2021

The International Fact-Checking Network

Factually: Falsehoods about COVID-19 suicides are nothing new for fact-checkers

The oft-repeated notion has been fact-checked at least 42 times by members of the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance

April 22, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: US Fact-checkers pause to explain J&J

It comes less than a month after similar efforts by their European counterparts — This is the Apr. 15, 2021 edition of Factually.

April 15, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Future funding models for newsrooms

[vc_column_inner width="1/6"][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_inner width="1/6"]In this 45-minute On Poynt session, you will learn about creative business…

April 11, 2021

Joie Chen

Journalists reporting on COVID-19 vaccines should ‘tell the story in its totality’

Most Americans will soon be eligible for the vaccine, but some are hesitant to get the shot. Here’s what journalists can do.

March 31, 2021

Angela Fu

European fact-checkers try to explain the confusing move to stop using the AstraZeneca vaccine

The lack of scientific evidence justifying the move is giving oxygen to conspiracy theories and putting fact-checkers in an awkward position

March 17, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Facebook has an apparent double standard over COVID-19 misinformation in Brazil, researchers say

They point to scrutiny from Facebook's Oversight Board as one possible solution

March 9, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Facebook’s fact-checking partners in Australia are blocked from posting on their own pages but can still assess content for the platform

Fact-checkers warn that Facebook's media ban will impact the informational ecosystem as Australia starts its COVID-19 vaccination campaign

February 18, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Factually: Twitter, your Birdwatch has problems

This is the Feb. 18, 2021 edition of Factually. More than half of the content in Birdwatch does not include a single source.

February 18, 2021

Alex Mahadevan

10,300 documented falsehoods in 12 months: the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance enters its second year

Since Jan. 2020, 99 organizations have been working together to offer you reliable information about COVID-19

January 25, 2021

The International Fact-Checking Network

U.S. fact-checkers expect new debates over policy as Joe Biden prepares to take office

Claims about conspiracy theories will persist, but will no longer be amplified by the White House, fact-checkers said.

January 20, 2021

Harrison Mantas

The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance will get specialized support from the Paris Peace Forum

The 11-member scale-up committee will help the alliance build on the successes of the largest global fact-checking collaboration in history.

November 13, 2020

Harrison Mantas

The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance gets a global showcase at the Paris Peace Forum

The alliance was one of 100 projects selected as a potential solution for peace

November 13, 2020

Harrison Mantas

The cynical campaign to turn human error into ballot ‘fraud’

This is the October 29, 2020 edition of Factually

October 29, 2020

Susan Benkelman

COVID-19

Factually: Fact-checkers have the answers to Joe Rogan’s vaccine hesitancy

WhatsApp and the IFCN offer a financial shot in the arm to fact-checkers fighting vaccine misinformation

Factually: Falsehoods about COVID-19 suicides are nothing new for fact-checkers

Factually: US Fact-checkers pause to explain J&J

Future funding models for newsrooms

Journalists reporting on COVID-19 vaccines should ‘tell the story in its totality’

European fact-checkers try to explain the confusing move to stop using the AstraZeneca vaccine

Facebook has an apparent double standard over COVID-19 misinformation in Brazil, researchers say

Facebook’s fact-checking partners in Australia are blocked from posting on their own pages but can still assess content for the platform

Factually: Twitter, your Birdwatch has problems

10,300 documented falsehoods in 12 months: the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance enters its second year

U.S. fact-checkers expect new debates over policy as Joe Biden prepares to take office

The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance will get specialized support from the Paris Peace Forum

The CoronaVirusFacts Alliance gets a global showcase at the Paris Peace Forum

The cynical campaign to turn human error into ballot ‘fraud’

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