Claims about ‘Dhimmitude’ in the Affordable Care Act and Muslim Exemptions
According to baseless rumors, the word “dhimmitude” is included in the ACA and refers to a Muslim system of controlling non-Muslim populations.
Fact Checks
Did the CDC Say Mothers Shouldn’t Breastfeed to Make Vaccines More Effective?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised young mothers to delay breastfeeding because studies show that it could make vaccines less effective for their babies.
Did Bill and Melinda Gates’ Vaccination Campaign Lead to 47,500 Cases of Polio in India?
A polio vaccination campaign headed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in India led to 47,500 cases of paralysis.
‘WHO IS BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES’
A right-wing news organization’s attempt to link Occupy Wall Street to corruption was taken still further online.
2012 Election Prediction From Conservative Author Dr. Walter Williams-Fiction!
This is an article, allegedly written by syndicated columnist Dr. Walter Williams, that says that there is no way that Barack Obama will be defeated in the 2012 election.
Did a West Point Professor’s Report Identify a Rise in Right-Wing Violence?
A 2013 report on the threat of stochastic and organized terrorism from the American far right (“Challengers from the Sidelines: Understanding America’s Violent Far Right”) received a lot of criticism — at the time.
Were the Gardasil and Cervarix Vaccines for HPV Causing Girls to Die?
Girls are dying after receiving Gardasil and Cervarix vaccines for human papillomavirus (HPV), and the vaccines were not tested by the FDA.
Candidate Arrested in U.K. for Quoting Winston Churchill-Truth!
This is a forwarded email with a story alleging that Paul Weston, a candidate in the 22 May European Parliament Elections, was questioned and arrested by the police in England after he quoted a passage from a book by Winston Churchill.
Was U.S. Aid for Ukraine in 2014 Really Sent to Russia?
Disinformation about American efforts to help Ukraine recirculated through two different crises.
Members of Obama Administration are Related to People in the Mainstream Media-Truth!
This is a forwarded email that alleges that some members of the Obama Administration are related to high ranking members of the mainstream media. Some versions of this eRumor are two graphics showing the relationships of Tom Nides, Ben Rhodes, Elizabeth Sherwood and Jay Carney.