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The Full Fact Podcast episodes

May 14, 2021 Voter ID and the Queen's Speech
A politics podcast that's actually factual.

A new series from the UK's independent charity fighting back against bad information and holding the media and politicians to account.

Host Alexis Conran and Full Fact CEO Will Moy separate the facts from the false claims around the Queen's Speech.
We debunk false information about Voter ID, electoral fraud and the Online Safety Bill.
And it's The Daily Express and The Sun under the microscope in Media Watch as we pick apart four of their articles containing misleading claims.

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19 min
May 08, 2021Full Fact's Fact Blast - May 8th
A map in the Daily Express uses all the wrong numbers
Telegraph headline linking depression and social media isn't backed up by article
Bill Gates has not bought Telegram

A week of independent, impartial fact checks in one quick blast.

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3 min
May 07, 2021 The Full Fact Podcast: Series 3
A politics podcast that's actually factual.

A new series from the UK's independent fact checking charity, fighting bad information and holding the media and politicians to account.

Episodes released weekly from Friday May 14th.

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1 min
May 01, 2021Full Fact's Fact Blast - May 1st
Boris Johnson promised to publish his Dyson communications—we’re still waiting on “all the details,"
Conservative support may have fallen—but not when the Guardian says it did
The Express muddles up the dangers of Covid-19 in pregnancy

A week of independent, impartial fact checks in one short blast.

The Full Fact Podcast returns for Series 3 next Friday.

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3 min
April 23, 2021Full Fact's Fact Blast - April 23rd
Pub landlord vs Keir Starmer: what you need to know about lockdowns
European Super League: fake stories debunked
We don’t know if the ‘Nigerian variant’ is more deadly

A week of independent, impartial fact checks in a quick three minute blast.

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3 min
April 19, 2021 Councils, communities and vaccine uptake
In January, 60 councils across England were given money by the government to help spread Covid-19 vaccine advice through trusted “Community Champions”. We talked to some of them about what they’ve been doing, what’s been working, and the challenges ahead.
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9 min
April 16, 2021 Full Fact's Fact Blast - April 16th
The weekend Covid-19 death figures need more context, poverty is not the same as food insecurity, and the Covid vaccine did not kill every animal it was tested on. A week of independent, impartial fact checks in a handy three minute blast.
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3 min
April 09, 2021 Full Fact's Fact Blast - April 9th
Zero hours workers are not excluded from self-isolation payments, Twitter poll results don’t show ‘wide support’ for Thailand’s travel policy - and what is going on with the AstraZeneca vaccine? A week of our independent, impartial fact checks condensed into a three minute blast.
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4 min
April 02, 2021 Full Fact's Fact Blast - April 2nd
Government asylum claims based on unpublished data, lateral flow tests are not unsafe, and everything you need to know about the Home Office’s ‘eyebrow’ spending. A week of independent, impartial fact checks in a three minute blast.
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3 min
March 26, 2021 Full Fact's Fact Blast - March 26th
Covid-19 vaccine exports and the UK, burnt-out police car in Bristol protests was not fake, and what’s the deal with NHS pay rises? A week of independent, impartial fact checks in a quick three minute blast.
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3 min

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We are the UK’s independent charity fighting bad information and bringing you weekly podcasts with our impartial fact checking team. We also release a three minute Fact Blast on Saturdays to keep you…