For a media class that is so utterly consumed and terrified of the spread of so-called “misinformation,” Irish journalists are remarkably relaxed when a TD like Paul Murphy makes demonstrably false statements about covid-19 variants. Speaking on Newstalk’s Lunchtime Live this week, the People Before Profit TD expressed his belief that because of the rise […]
Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly has denied that her party supported mandatory hotel quarantine – even though they were the most vocal supporters of the policy. Speaking on Virgin Media’s Tonight Show this week, the comments were made following the loss of over 100 aviation jobs in Shannon airport. Up to 130 Aer Lingus jobs […]
The Journal.ie, a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network’s [IFCN] code of principles and the only Irish media organisation recognised as a fact-checker by Facebook, appears to be having trouble sorting fact from allegation in some of their latest articles. The Week in Quotes, a regular fixture where the Journal.ie, as you probably guessed, go […]
Yesterday (Wednesday) evening, Facebook and Twitter forced the Trump campaign to remove an interview with the President in which he said, of coronavirus: “If you look at children, children are almost – and I would almost say definitely – almost immune from this disease.” Facebook claimed that the interview contained “harmful Covid misinformation.” Did it? […]
I have written elsewhere about how the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in dangerous and unethical responses like ventilator rationing, unilateral DNRs, and some states ordering nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to accept coronavirus patients discharged from hospitals. But the Covid-19 crisis has also spawned new ideas such as the American Clinicians Academy On Medical Aid in Dying’s policy […]
Here are a collection of clips that you will not see, under any circumstances, on RTE, or in the Irish Times, or in the Independent, or on the Journal, where the only story of the American protests is that it’s a peaceful demonstration by black Americans against police brutality. It’s not. Rioters smashed up cars […]
On the face of it, the idea that an abortion might be “reversible” is a hard thing for people to get their heads around, and that’s probably because it’s not really a very accurate phrase. It is, of course, impossible to reverse an abortion once one has happened. You cannot recreate a life that has […]
Regina Doherty claimed that under Simon Harris we had got 1000 more GPs in the last 5 years. But what do the figures show?
Claim – Minister Regina Doherty personally ensured that tips in our hospitality sector are paid to employees and not withheld. Verdict – Untrue. Background to the Claim Minister Regina Doherty has been distributing leaflets which say that the Minister has personally “ensured that tips in our hospitality sector are paid to employees and not […]
FACT-CHECK: Did Ógra Fianna Fáil get it wrong about Mike Pence and gay conversion therapy? CLAIM: Ógra Fianna Faíl tweeted that the U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence, was in favour of gay conversion therapy. FINDING: False On August 5th Ógra Fianna Fáíl, the youth wing of one of the largest political parties in […]