SciCheck Digest In a 2012 documentary, Magic Johnson discussed his HIV diagnosis and how it has affected his career. Social media posts are sharing an… Read More »Social Media Posts Falsely Claim Magic Johnson Donated Blood for People with COVID-19 – FactCheck.org
[Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some. Reader discretion is advised.] A viral video of a person, seemingly a protester, throwing an object into the… Read More »No, this is not a video of a stone-pelter getting shot down by soldiers in J&K – Alt News
Recently in Jalore, Rajasthan, a minor Dalit student Inder Kumar Meghwal was allegedly https://hindi.thequint.com/news/states/jalore-dalit-student-death-indra-kumar-meghwal-dies-due-to-teacher-beats-cm-ashok-gehlot-bjp” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>beaten up by a teacher. The child was suffering from… Read More »Old video of a funeral procession viral as that of Dalit student Inder Meghwal in Rajasthan – Alt News
Political debates have heated up across the country after a https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/world/asia/india-delhi-schools.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>report was published in the international edition of The New York Times about… Read More »Fact-check: Pictures presented as Delhi government-run school are of a private school? – Alt News
Quick Take The IRS Criminal Investigation division’s “Adrian Project” educates the public about the IRS through community outreach sessions with high school and college students.… Read More »Images Show IRS Educational Program, Not Training of Agents – FactCheck.org
Quick Take The Inflation Reduction Act includes $79 billion for the IRS. Social media posts misleadingly claim the IRS will now hire “87,000 new agents”… Read More »IRS Will Target ‘High-Income’ Tax Evaders with New Funding, Contrary to Social Media Posts – FactCheck.org
A video of a group of children performing a play onstage has been circulating widely on social media. In the 30-second clip, a boy removes… Read More »Clipped video of a children’s play performed during Independence Day viral with communal spin – Alt News
“The procedure is far more formal,” said Immerman, who is now a historian at Temple University. “Documents must be declassified page by page; in fact,… Read More »Trump’s Dubious ‘Standing Order’ to Declassify Documents – FactCheck.org
A video of a child dancing to a Rajasthani folk song is being circulated on social media with the claim it is of https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dalit-boy-dies-after-being-assaulted-by-teacher-in-rajasthan-school/article65766467.ece” target=”_blank”… Read More »Video of a child dancing is not of the Dalit student allegedly assaulted by teacher in Rajasthan – Alt News
Aamir Khan’s film Laal Singh Chaddha has been released in the midst of a wave of controversy. Outraged by an old statement made by Khan,… Read More »Fact-check: Sikh group in Jalandhar protested against the film Laal Singh Chaddha? – Alt News
