The Full Fact Podcast

Fact checking Marcus Rashford's letter to MPs, Black Lives Matter protests and counter-protests, and the Test and Trace app. Join host Alexis Conran and our team of fact checkers as we go through the viral claims made on social media and in traditional newspapers this week.

 

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The Full Fact team discuss the limitations of what we can say about early lockdowns, establish the facts about antibody test accuracy, and debunk a popular social media myth about Italian coronavirus autopsies.

 

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Our fact checking team take a deep dive into health misinformation. Why does it spread? Who spreads it? And how susceptible are we? We also address claims about the UK's testing record, the safety of schools returning and and explain the potential danger of phishing scams exploiting the launch of the NHS Test and Trace service.

 

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Our fact checking team analyse Dominic Cummings' trip to Durham against the law and government guidance at the time, look into claims that 50 French schools have had to close because of new coronavirus cases, and answer your questions.

 

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People have been quick to make comparisons between the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and the current Covid-19 crisis. Our team of fact checkers are joined by the author of 'Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World' to shed light on the truths and mistruths about the pandemic. We also discuss nurses pay, zombie claims and misleading photography.

 

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Full Fact's fact checking team discuss the latest false claims about the coronavirus. Alexis Conran and the team try to clear up the confusion surrounding the new lockdown guidelines, and we explain what makes a good poll.

 

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In the fourth episode of the Full Fact Podcast, our fact checking team tackle claims on coronavirus testing, shielding, and supposed 'government Twitter bots'. And we take a deep-dive into the Covid-19 death statistics.

 

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In the third episode of the Full Fact Podcast, members of our fact-checking team join Alexis Conran to discuss the latest false claims, including 'old school fake news' about the coronavirus vaccine and a fake viral post attributed to Jennifer Saunders. We also take a deep-dive into The Full Fact Report: 2020 discussing the causes and consequences of bad information over the last decade.

 

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The second episode of the Full Fact Podcast focusing on the UK's coronavirus testing efforts. Host Alexis Conran is joined by members of our fact checking team to discuss the latest false claims about Covid-19, including fake nurses, a different kind of fake nurses and the effectiveness of masks.

 

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The first episode of the Full Fact Podcast. Members of our fact-checking team join Alexis Conran to discuss the latest false claims about the coronavirus, with a particular spotlight on the 5G bad information that has come to the fore in recent weeks.

 

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