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☆ Fact Check-Fabricated Donald Trump statement on paying legal fees for protesters during his arrest
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A statement attributed to former U.S. President Donald Trump claiming he would pay the legal fees of protesters during his arrest is fabricated as satire. The statement says, “I WILL PAY THE LEGAL FEES FOR EVERYONE WHO PROTESTS FOR ME ON TUESDAY IN NEW YORK WHEN I AM ARRESTED. Reuters has previously addressed statements falsely attributed to Trump amid rumors of an imminent indictment or arrest (here) (here). The earliest iteration Reuters could find of the statement that Trump would pay protesters’ legal fees was shared via a satirical Twitter account on Mar. This statement was not published by former U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
☆ Fact Check-Paris videos of people lying and fighting in streets are from 2016
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
The clip has been merged with another video showing clashes in Paris in 2016. The videos do not depict the current garbage-workers strike and protests in the French capital. The first video, however, appears to show scenes in October 2016 following an immigration raid on a camp in the French capital (here). The second clip appears to show clashes outside Paris Stalingrad Metro station in April 2016 (here). The videos do not show Paris in 2023 but depict scenes from the French capital in 2016.
☆ Watch live: Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel testifies before Senate on Covid vaccine price hike
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Moderna's CEO, Stephane Bancel, is testifying Wednesday before the Senate health committee on pricing of the company's Covid-19 vaccine. The Boston biotech company plans to charge $130 per dose once the vaccination program moves to the private market as early as this fall. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chair of the health committee, slammed Moderna in a letter to Bancel in January, calling the price hike "outrageous." Learn more and register today: http://bit.ly/3DUNbRoAfter Sanders sent the letter, Moderna said it will create an assistance program to keep the vaccine free for people who are uninsured or underinsured. People who have Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance should still receive the shot at no cost, but Sanders said the price increase "will cost taxpayers billions of dollars."
☆ After growing a TikTok following, House Democrat leads push against a ban
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
On Wednesday, Bowman will host a news conference with more than 30 TikTok creators whose platforms are threatened by the U.S. government's push toward greater restrictions on the app. TikTok last week said the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. threatened a broader ban of the app if ByteDance wouldn't sell its stake. The interagency group is reviewing potential national security risks stemming from ByteDance's 2017 acquisition of TikTok precursor Musical.ly. That lack of familiarity with the app may be part of what's driven lawmakers toward a ban, Bowman said. Simon's pitch to her boss was to show him just how many young users are on TikTok, especially over other platforms.
☆ Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel defends fivefold price hike of Covid vaccine during Senate grilling
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Moderna plans to raise the list price of its vaccine 400% to $130 when the shots are sold on the private market as early as this fall. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel on Wednesday defended the company's plans to hike the price of its Covid shots fivefold, deflecting pressure at a Senate hearing to abandon the increase while taking barbs over his compensation. Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., questions Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing titled Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine? He told the committee that the Covid vaccine market is changing substantially as the U.S. government stops buying and distributing the shots for the entire country. The Covid vaccine remains Moderna's only product on the market at the moment.
☆ Fact Check-‘I freed a thousand slaves’ quote falsely attributed to Harriet Tubman
  + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
A quotation attributed to Harriet Tubman about having “freed a thousand slaves” resurfaced on social media around the anniversary of the abolitionist icon’s death, but experts told Reuters there is no record of Tubman ever saying it. The quotation, “I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves,” has been shared on Twitter (here) and Facebook (bit.ly/3yCgfdh), (bit.ly/3Fpgyfh) following the 110th anniversary of Tubman’s death on March 10, 1913. “She wouldn’t have to convince anyone.”According to Kate Clifford Larson, who has written two books about Tubman (www.katecliffordlarson.com/), the fabricated quote started circulating in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Clifford Larson also noted that Tubman did not free a thousand slaves. There is no evidence that Harriet Tubman ever said she freed a thousand slaves and would have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
☆ Fact Check-Images appearing to show Donald Trump arrest created by AI
  + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Images appearing to show former U.S. President Donald Trump being arrested were created by an AI-powered image generator. Examples of the images shared online can be viewed (here), (here) and (here). The images were first shared by the founder of Bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com/), Eliot Higgins via Twitter (here), archived (archive.is/9LJHg). Higgings confirmed to Reuters that he created the images via an AI-powered image generator, Midjourney v5 (bit.ly/3JseUuw). The images were created by an AI-powered image generator, Midjourney v5.
☆ Potentially deadly fungus Candida auris is spreading at an 'alarming rate,' CDC says
  + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
A fungus that is often resistant to drugs has spread at an "alarming rate" through health-care facilities in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Candida auris is an emerging fungus that is serious and potentially fatal for hospitalized patients, particularly those with multiple medical problems. California, the mid-Atlantic region, the Midwest, Texas and Florida had growing transmission during that time, according to the CDC. The fungus has spread most in long-term care hospitals for people who have serious medical conditions and need ongoing treatment, according to the CDC. A 2021 CDC report found that mortality in two outbreaks of the fungus that was resistant to echinocandins was 30% over 30 days.
☆ Abortion pill mifepristone ruling in Texas case could hinge on 1873 Comstock Act
  + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
A federal judge in Texas may try to invoke an obscure 19th-century law called the Comstock Act to roll back mail delivery of the abortion pill mifepristone. His rationale could hinge in part on the Comstock Act. The anti-abortion group's attorneys argued that the Comstock Act and other laws ban mail delivery of mifepristone. The Comstock Act has not been enforced in decades, said Rachel Rebouche, an expert on reproductive health law at Temple University. Congress passed the Comstock Act in 1873 after an anti-vice crusader named Anthony Comstock successfully lobbied lawmakers to declare "obscene" materials as not mailable.
☆ Fact Check-A video clip does not show John McCain confronting Rand Paul for opposing Ukraine joining NATO
  + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A video from 2017 shows U.S. senator John McCain characterizing fellow senator Rand Paul as “working for” Russian President Vladimir Putin, after Paul said he objected to Montenegro joining NATO. The clip was shared on social media (here), (here), (here) with captions such as: “The late Sen. John McCain called out Rand Paul for objecting to the proposal for Ukraine join NATO. So, I repeat again, the senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin.”But McCain and Paul were referring to the possibility of Montenegro, not Ukraine, joining NATO. A second video (here) from March 27 shows Paul saying that he opposed the U.S. committing to defend “yet another country” (at timecode 02:08:17). A clip shows John McCain confronting Rand Paul about his objection to Montenegro, not Ukraine, joining NATO.
☆ Fact Check-Cropped photo shows Palestinian children lined up at a soup kitchen
  + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A 2010 photograph depicting Palestinian children waiting in line at a soup kitchen in the West Bank city of Hebron has been cropped to falsely claim it shows imprisoned kids in Israel. The original image dated Aug. 18, 2010 is viewable on the website of the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) (bit.ly/3JmBK6U). In the unaltered photograph, a girl dressed in purple is viewable outside the structure while waiting in line. According to EPA’s description, the photograph was captured by Abed Al Hashlamoun and shows Palestinian children during Ramadan waiting to receive donated food “by the Islamic endowment authority Islamic waqf.”Reuters has photographed the same soup kitchen during the holy month of Ramadan in 2010 (here) and other years (here) (here). The photograph shows Palestinian children waiting in line at a soup kitchen in the West Bank City of Hebron in 2010.
☆ Fact Check-Clip of Musk on reinstating Andrew Tate’s Twitter account is altered
  + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A clip purporting to show Twitter CEO Elon Musk talking about social media personality Andrew Tate’s reinstatement on Twitter has been altered from 2022 footage of Musk discussing a different topic. The clip circulating online seemingly shows Musk saying: “People ask me why I unblocked Andrew Tate from Twitter. Reuters also did not find any credible media reporting that Musk discussed Andrew Tate at the 2022 TED Talk (archive.is/wip/8I6Iw). A close comparison between frames of the altered clip online and this segment of the TED Talk can be seen (04s on altered clip compared to 13.08s on TED Talk ibb.co/3MrH71t) and (14s on altered clip compared to 13.15s: ibb.co/B3n7VKZ). The original video shows Musk discussing his intention to open-source the Twitter algorithm, not reinstating Andrew Tate’s Twitter account.
☆ Biden signs legislation to declassify certain intelligence on Covid pandemic origins
  + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation requiring the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information on any possible links between a lab in China and the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines now has 90 days to declassify all information on possible links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of Covid. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has also concluded that the pandemic likely began with a lab incident in Wuhan, China, the agency's director Christopher Wray told Fox News. The pandemic began three years ago in Wuhan, China, though it's still unknown how Covid spread to people. The intelligence community was divided in a 2021 report ordered by Biden that reviewed information on the pandemic's origins.
☆ TikTok's potential U.S. ban presents host of questions for app stores, internet companies and the government
  + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +7 min
The TikTok logo is displayed outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California, on March 16, 2023. related investing news What a potential TikTok ban could mean for Club holding Meta Platforms It's not an issue yet, as there are still some ways a TikTok ban could be avoided or accessed legally in the U.S. Should the U.S. ban TikTok, the mechanics on what happens from there get murky. And the app stores controlled by Apple and Google are the primary places for consumers to download the TikTok app. Under Chinese law, companies can be required to hand over internal information to the government for supposed national security purposes.
☆ U.S. judge in Texas will soon rule on the abortion pill mifepristone. Here's what could happen
  + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +7 min
The Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine wants Judge Kacsmaryk to nullify the FDA's medical approval of mifepristone, which would effectively ban the abortion pill across the US. Senate Judiciary Committee | YouTubeA Texas judge will soon issue a pivotal ruling in a closely watched case challenging the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. It's also possible that Kacsmaryk could order the agency to impose tighter restrictions on access to mifepristone but stop short of completely halting sales. Abortion rights groups and legal experts expect the judge will rule against the FDA in some form. Possible injunctionIf Kacsmaryk issues an order to withdraw mifepristone from the market, there are several ways such a ruling could be drafted.
☆ Fact Check-Chinese TV did not show map of how Russia will be divided ‘after its collapse’
  + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Central China Television (CCTV) did not show a map setting out how Russia will be divided “after its collapse” following the war in Ukraine, but that claim is circulating widely alongside a miscaptioned composite fabricated from two images unrelated to the war. The map image, which dates to at least 2020, actually shows which countries are geographically closest to Russian regions, and it was digitally added as background into a still taken from a Chinese YouTube video about finance that dates to June 2021. The image shared on social media does not include the CCTV logo, which can be seen (bit.ly/3YRqGV0). An archived version of the video (bit.ly/427jhnD) published by Dogruluk Payi shows the map of Russia was not part of the original broadcast. Central China Television did not air a map showing how Russia will be divided “after its collapse” and a composite image purporting to show such a broadcast is fabricated.
☆ Fact Check-Fabricated TIME cover calling Donald Trump the ‘worst president ever’ resurfaces
  + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A TIME magazine cover with a photo of former U.S. President Donald Trump and the headline “Worst. “ is fabricated, a spokesperson for the publication told Reuters. A TIME spokesperson told Reuters via email the image of the cover is not authentic. It is not in the magazine’s online archive (time.com/vault/year/2016/), and a Google search for keywords provided no credible results (bit.ly/3ZHeLKI). TIME magazine did not publish a cover calling Trump the worst president ever.
☆ Fact Check-‘The Simpsons’ did not predict collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
  + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A clip from a 1995 episode of “The Simpsons” animated series that shows the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) running out of money has been altered to claim that the show predicted the start-up focused bank’s collapse decades ahead of its time. In the video, panic ensues as character Burt Simpson announces to customers waiting at a bank “What do you mean the bank is out of money? The bank in the original episode is the First Bank of Springfield, named after the fictitious town, where the show is set. Reuters has previously fact-checked several other claims that falsely suggested “The Simpsons” predicted important world events (here), (here) and (here). A 1990s episode of The Simpsons about a bank failure was edited to substitute the name Silicon Valley Bank instead of First Bank of Springfield.
☆ Fact Check-Dinosaurs existed and were documented before the term ‘dinosauria’ was coined in the early 1840s
  + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Dinosaurs existed long before the word ‘dinosauria’ was coined by paleontologist Sir Richard Owen in the 19th century, paleontology experts and a spokesperson for Britain’s Royal Society told Reuters, rejecting a claim to the contrary spreading online. They were invented by the Royal Society in 1841,” the individual says, referring to the academic organisation which is Britain’s national academy of sciences. However, three experts and a spokesperson for the Royal Society told Reuters separately that these claims are false. They say Sir Richard Owen first used the term ‘Dinosauria’ in the early 1840s but that dinosaurs and their fossils existed and were documented long before. Dinosaurs existed and were documented long before they were given a universal name in 1841, paleontologists and Britain’s Royal Society say.
☆ Fact Check-Video does not show stillborn baby coming back to life while mother prays
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
A video clip purporting to show a stillborn baby coming back to life while its mother prays is misleading as the Brazilian hospital where the video was recorded in 2020 said then the baby was delivered alive and in good health. A closer look at the video shows the Women’s Hospital logo on the mother’s gown (bit.ly/3RnvZYH), (bit.ly/3Fbxt4R). The foundation managing the hospital (bit.ly/3Jqnj34) released a statement on Sept. 14, 2020 saying the baby was born by normal delivery and in good health. It explained that the woman was “speaking prayers of thanks for the life of her child” when the baby began to cry. The foundation managing the hospital has said the baby in the 2020 video was not stillborn and the woman was praying in thanks for the child.
☆ Fact Check-Harvard course teaches sex development in children, not gender identity or sexual orientation
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A Harvard Medical School course teaches about physical variations in sex development, such as chromosomal or anatomic variations, not about gender identity or sexual orientation in newborns and infants, a spokesperson told Reuters. Dennis Nealon, a Harvard Medical School spokesperson, told Reuters via email the claims in the Sandra Rose blog are false. “The portion of the course that is dedicated to infants does not discuss sexual orientation or gender identity,” he said. “It focuses strictly on variations in sex development - chromosomal, gonadal and anatomic. The Harvard Medical School course teaches sex development in newborns, not how to identify gender-identity or sexuality in infants.
☆ Citing 'death threats,' Texas judge asked attorneys to keep news of hearing on legality of abortion pill quiet
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
The Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine wants Judge Kacsmaryk to nullify the FDA's medical approval of mifepristone, which would effectively ban the abortion pill across the US. But Kacsmaryk asked the attorneys to not to publicize the hearing, citing security concerns. Those present at the Friday conference call included lawyers from the Justice Department, the abortion pill maker Danco Laboratories, and a group that opposes abortion called the Alliance Defending Freedom. A group of physicians who oppose abortion called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine asked Kacsmaryk in November to order the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The abortion pill has become the central flashpoint in the legal battle over access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade last June.
☆ Senate Democrats urge Walmart, Costco, Albertsons and Kroger to sell abortion pill mifepristone
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Erin Hooley | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesSenate Democrats called on Walmart , Costco , Albertsons and Kroger to sell the prescription abortion pill mifepristone and clearly let customers know how to get it at their pharmacies. The companies have not publicly stated yet whether they plan to sell mifepristone at their pharmacies. The 17 senators told Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, Costco CEO Craig Jelinek, Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran and Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen that they are frustrated the companies have not yet publicly indicated whether they will sell mifepristone. Major retailers in the U.S. have been thrust in the middle of the nation's deep divisions over abortion as they weigh whether to sell mifepristone. Walgreens has come under fire after it told the GOP attorneys general that it would not sell mifepristone in their states.
☆ Judge shares date of abortion pill hearing after media outlets criticize him for secrecy
  + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
A federal judge in Texas publicly disclosed that he scheduled a hearing in a case seeking to overturn the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, after media outlets criticized him for attempting to keep the proceedings secret until the last minute. The hearing will take place in Amarillo, Texas. Media outlets filed a letter on Monday urging Kacsmaryk to disclose the date of the hearing immediately. The outlets included NBCUniversal News Group, of which CNBC is a part, The Washington Post, ProPublica, the Texas Press Association and Gannett, among others. They argued that the way the FDA approved mifepristone violated federal law.
☆ Veterans' Health will cover Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi for some patients
  + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
The Alzheimer's drug Leqembi is seen in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on January 20, 2023. The Veterans' Health Administration will cover Eisai and Biogen 's Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi for some patients, the companies announced on Monday. In a statement, Eisai said veterans in the early stages of the disease who meet VHA criteria are eligible for coverage of Leqembi. The VHA is the largest health system in the country, providing care for veterans at nearly 1,300 facilities nationwide. Nearly 168,000 veterans had Alzheimer's disease in 2022, according to federal estimates.
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