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COVID|19 Fact Checking


A Guide to Our Coronavirus Coverage - FactCheck.org

In our work fact-checking political claims and debunking viral deceptions, we have found a tremendous amount of misinformation on the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 Fact-Checking Sites - Misinformation and Disinformation ...

A compilation of questions from FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Young reporters fact-checking COVID-19 information | UNICEF

UNICEF's young reporters have decided to check the accuracy of information published on social media and in the media that has attracted public attention.

COVID-19 Misconceptions - FactCheck.org

On this page, you'll find answers to commonly asked questions, as well as links to our articles debunking misinformation.

Coronavirus - PolitiFact

Coronavirus. Since its outbreak in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, the virus officially known as SARS-CoV-2 and the disease COVID ...

LibGuides: News Literacy: Fact-Checking COVID-19

These sites give you a starting point when fact-checking Coronavirus news. Due to the high volume of misinformation circulating about Coronavirus, many fact- ...

COVID-19 Fact Check

CDC recommends cloth masks to help prevent one from spreading the virus by containing respiratory droplets while sneezing, coughing, or talking.

CoronaVirusFacts Alliance – Poynter

Led by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, the #CoronaVirusFacts / #DatosCoronaVirus Alliance unites more than 100 ...

How COVID drove the evolution of fact-checking

The 15 organizations were selected for variation by geography and popularity in our data tracking COVID misinformation narratives since March 2020 (Shapiro et ...

Fact Check Your Facts | Cabarrus Health Alliance, NC

Help prevent the spread of COVID-19 misinformation! Part of the overall response to the COVID-19 pandemic includes fighting misinformation around the virus.

Coronavirus - Get the facts on Covid-19

Fact checks about the coronavirus pandemic, including causes, Covid-19 symptoms, vaccines and side effects.

IFCN Covid-19 Misinformation - Poynter

This database gathers all of the falsehoods detected by the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus alliance. It unites more than 100 fact-checkers in 45 ...

IVI Fact-Checks: COVID-19 - International Vaccine Institute

Below, we address several “COVID-19 myths” that have circulated in discussion circles, and seek to clearly and urgently correct them.

The ephemeral effects of fact-checks on COVID-19 misperceptions ...

Widespread misperceptions about COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus threaten to exacerbate the severity of the pandemic.

How COVID drove the evolution of fact-checking

With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic came a flood of novel misinformation. Ranging from harmless false cures to dangerous rhetoric ...

COVID-19 Fact Checking: What Journalists Need to Know

This database, one of the largest in the world, is led by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and the Poynter Institute, and fact- ...

Fact Checking - COVID Vaccines - LibGuides at Central Washington ...

Fact checking information is something anyone can do. It does take time, but fact-checking before you share may save you and others a lot of ...

Fact checks effectively counter COVID misinformation

Journalistic fact checks are a more effective counter to COVID-19 misinformation than the false news tags commonly used by social media outlets.

COVID-19 Vaccine Fact-Checking Posts on Facebook - NCBI

Effective interventions aimed at correcting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, known as fact-checking messages, are needed to combat the mounting antivaccine ...

COVID-19, Infodemics, and the Platformization of Truth

In this study, we explore how three major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) responded to this “infodemic” during early stages of the ...