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This account is no longer being updated - thanks for following us
Our fact-checking journalism continues at bbc.co.uk/news/reality_check
You can also get #BBCRealityCheck updates on @BBCNews, @BBCWorld and @BBCPolitics
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13 Jan 2021
Reality Check is continuing - we’ll be doing as much fact-checking as ever, online and on TV and radio.
But we’ll be focusing on tweeting from bigger BBC accounts than this one - like @BBCNews, @BBCWorld and @BBCPolitics - so more people see our journalism.
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5 Nov 2020
False and misleading claims about voting and counting in #USElection battleground states continue to spread:
❌ Votes cast in Wisconsin outnumbered those registered to vote - FALSE
❌ Arizona ballots are invalidated if you use a Sharpie pen - FALSE
bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2…
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4 Nov 2020
On the US election, Nigel Farage said: “The evidence for voter fraud from postal voting is there for all to see, we know it ourselves on our side of the pond”
There have been isolated cases in the US in the past, but studies have shown it is very rare.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana…
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4 Nov 2020
When challenged, he admitted there was “no evidence of fraud at this stage” in this US election
In the UK, the Electoral Commission says there is no evidence of large-scale electoral fraud.
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4 Nov 2020
Trump has falsely claimed victory in the US election. “We already have won it” he says. But there are millions of votes still to be counted in battleground states and the balance could tip either way.
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3 Nov 2020
Conservative MP Laura Trott said: “We’re up to 500,000 tests a day”.
On 2 November, labs had capacity for 521,016 tests to diagnose coronavirus (the number that could - in theory - be processed)
But the number actually processed was less than half this - 207,817.
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19 Oct 2020
In our fact-check of US election claims:
❌No evidence ballot error in Ohio shows a “rigged election”
❌2020 ballots are not “being dumped” in California
❌False claims about body doubles
bbc.co.uk/news/54562611
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8 Oct 2020
BBC News - Vice-presidential debate: Pence and Harris claims fact-checked bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2…
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BBC Reality Check retweeted
6 Oct 2020
President Trump's "misleading" Covid post hidden by Twitter and deleted by Facebook bbc.in/3d2fIFS
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BBC Reality Check retweeted
6 Oct 2020
This is the second time Facebook has removed a post from Trump over coronavirus misinfo👇
And both his comments about flu and not fearing Covid have fuelled false claims in Facebook groups that the pandemic is not real or serious! As well as outrage.
My latest @BBCWorld
6 Oct 2020
#BREAK Facebook has removed President Trump's post where he falsely claimed that Covid-19 is less deadly than the flu.
x.com/donie/status/131348108…
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6 Oct 2020
President Trump has tweeted comparing influenza to coronavirus, saying sometimes over 100,000 people a year die from flu in the US. But @CDCgov estimates show there have been no years in the last decade with that many deaths. The most was 61,000 for the 2017/18 flu season.
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5 Oct 2020
BBC News - False coronavirus claims and rumours about Trump bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trendin…
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5 Oct 2020
Boris Johnson said in a TV interview that people told to self-isolate would get: "£500 if you do, per week".
That's wrong.
The Test and Trace Support Payment of £500 - for those on lower incomes in England who have to self-isolate - is a one-off lump sum not a weekly payment.
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5 Oct 2020
No, these bikers aren’t praying for President Trump bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-54… via @BBCNews
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4 Oct 2020
Boris Johnson was asked on #MarrShow what the scientific evidence was for 10pm pub closing
He said: “one of the things that has been put to us is that by curtailing the hours you can reduce the transmission"
We haven't been able to find any specific scientific advice about this.
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4 Oct 2020
The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) – which reports to the government – has highlighted the general risk of venues serving alcohol.
We asked @DHSCgovuk for the evidence behind the 10pm cut-off in England, but it hasn't provided it.
bbc.co.uk/news/54293460
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2 Oct 2020
False claims have been circulating on social media, following President Trump's positive Covid test:
❌ No, a 'doomsday plane' (which can help launch nuclear missiles) was not launched in response - it has already flown 19 times in the past month 👇
bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trendin…
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2 Oct 2020
President Trump's positive test for Covid-19 has prompted questions about the US presidential election and what might happen if he became incapacitated (at the moment, he has "mild symptoms").
We've looked into these issues:
bbc.co.uk/news/54387298
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