Steve Nowottny
@stevenowottny.bsky.social
Journalist. Editor of Full Fact. Paid to say ‘Well, actually…’
It’s not every day the Deputy Prime Minister corrects the parliamentary record after a fact check. So this is great to see...
Full details here: fullfact.org/live/2025/no...
Full details here: fullfact.org/live/2025/no...
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It’s not every day the Deputy Prime Minister corrects the parliamentary record after a fact check. So this is great to see...
Full details here: fullfact.org/live/2025/no...
Full details here: fullfact.org/live/2025/no...
Fact checking claims from AI tools is an increasingly important part of our work - and today @fullfact.org found Grok and Google Lens AI overviews have been claiming that fake imagery shows the Huntingdon train attack last Saturday.
A short 🧵 (1/4)
A short 🧵 (1/4)
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Fact checking claims from AI tools is an increasingly important part of our work - and today @fullfact.org found Grok and Google Lens AI overviews have been claiming that fake imagery shows the Huntingdon train attack last Saturday.
A short 🧵 (1/4)
A short 🧵 (1/4)
I'll be honest, when I heard we were fact checking a claim about a "robot dog" which was "patrolling a migrant hotel", I assumed it was the robot dog-bit we were taking issue with...
And yet: fullfact.org/immigration/...
And yet: fullfact.org/immigration/...
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I'll be honest, when I heard we were fact checking a claim about a "robot dog" which was "patrolling a migrant hotel", I assumed it was the robot dog-bit we were taking issue with...
And yet: fullfact.org/immigration/...
And yet: fullfact.org/immigration/...
Loads of low-grade fake alarmist 'news reports' being shared on TikTok and other social media currently.
Here's another example - videos claiming the government's banning the use of central heating after 9pm.
Entirely untrue, of course - but the videos are getting 10,000s of views.
Here's another example - videos claiming the government's banning the use of central heating after 9pm.
Entirely untrue, of course - but the videos are getting 10,000s of views.
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Loads of low-grade fake alarmist 'news reports' being shared on TikTok and other social media currently.
Here's another example - videos claiming the government's banning the use of central heating after 9pm.
Entirely untrue, of course - but the videos are getting 10,000s of views.
Here's another example - videos claiming the government's banning the use of central heating after 9pm.
Entirely untrue, of course - but the videos are getting 10,000s of views.
Nope, Hurricane Melissa wasn’t caused by the HAARP research facility, or “generated by the HAARP weather modification weapon”.
Our fact check: fullfact.org/environment/...
Our fact check: fullfact.org/environment/...
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Nope, Hurricane Melissa wasn’t caused by the HAARP research facility, or “generated by the HAARP weather modification weapon”.
Our fact check: fullfact.org/environment/...
Our fact check: fullfact.org/environment/...
No, this dramatic video circulating on social media with claims it shows the eye of Hurricane Melissa filmed from a plane flying above isn't legit - it's AI-generated.
Our fact check (which has a link to genuine footage filmed by storm hunters): fullfact.org/environment/...
Our fact check (which has a link to genuine footage filmed by storm hunters): fullfact.org/environment/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
No, this dramatic video circulating on social media with claims it shows the eye of Hurricane Melissa filmed from a plane flying above isn't legit - it's AI-generated.
Our fact check (which has a link to genuine footage filmed by storm hunters): fullfact.org/environment/...
Our fact check (which has a link to genuine footage filmed by storm hunters): fullfact.org/environment/...
1,000+ shares for this TikTok video claiming that from this month onwards "every single driver entering central London will face a £100 charge".
It's not true, obviously - but it's part of a recent surge in fake viral claims about personal freedoms.
fullfact.org/economy/100-...
It's not true, obviously - but it's part of a recent surge in fake viral claims about personal freedoms.
fullfact.org/economy/100-...
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
1,000+ shares for this TikTok video claiming that from this month onwards "every single driver entering central London will face a £100 charge".
It's not true, obviously - but it's part of a recent surge in fake viral claims about personal freedoms.
fullfact.org/economy/100-...
It's not true, obviously - but it's part of a recent surge in fake viral claims about personal freedoms.
fullfact.org/economy/100-...
Always nice when marketing emails have that personal touch…
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Always nice when marketing emails have that personal touch…
In the last few days viral posts have claimed Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni said of Keir Starmer that "if anything he harmed peace negotiations" in Gaza.
But the Italian embassy says she said no such thing - and there's absolutely no evidence she did.
fullfact.org/world/gaza-d...
But the Italian embassy says she said no such thing - and there's absolutely no evidence she did.
fullfact.org/world/gaza-d...
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In the last few days viral posts have claimed Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni said of Keir Starmer that "if anything he harmed peace negotiations" in Gaza.
But the Italian embassy says she said no such thing - and there's absolutely no evidence she did.
fullfact.org/world/gaza-d...
But the Italian embassy says she said no such thing - and there's absolutely no evidence she did.
fullfact.org/world/gaza-d...
Some very kind words in @pollytoynbee.bsky.social's latest column about Full Fact, "the exceptionally valuable UK factchecker whose word is a gold standard for honesty" - she highlights the financial challenges we and other fact checkers are currently facing
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Some very kind words in @pollytoynbee.bsky.social's latest column about Full Fact, "the exceptionally valuable UK factchecker whose word is a gold standard for honesty" - she highlights the financial challenges we and other fact checkers are currently facing
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An image doing the rounds on social media at the moment supposedly shows an AP news report claiming that Donald Trump has been barred from consideration for all future Nobel Prizes.
It's fake - there's been no such report and no such decision...
It's fake - there's been no such report and no such decision...
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
An image doing the rounds on social media at the moment supposedly shows an AP news report claiming that Donald Trump has been barred from consideration for all future Nobel Prizes.
It's fake - there's been no such report and no such decision...
It's fake - there's been no such report and no such decision...
Interesting argument here on the impact of expected goals/xG, and whether as a stat it's led top-flight football players to take fewer shots from outside the box...
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Interesting argument here on the impact of expected goals/xG, and whether as a stat it's led top-flight football players to take fewer shots from outside the box...
Entertaining long (really, really long) read here in the New Yorker about its “vaunted fact checking department”: newyorker.com/magazine/202...
And while it’s obviously a different type of fact checking to what @fullfact.org does, there’s a lot that sounds fairly familiar…
And while it’s obviously a different type of fact checking to what @fullfact.org does, there’s a lot that sounds fairly familiar…
September 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Entertaining long (really, really long) read here in the New Yorker about its “vaunted fact checking department”: newyorker.com/magazine/202...
And while it’s obviously a different type of fact checking to what @fullfact.org does, there’s a lot that sounds fairly familiar…
And while it’s obviously a different type of fact checking to what @fullfact.org does, there’s a lot that sounds fairly familiar…
Private Eye’s piece last week on @fullfact.org’s investigation into Google Lens’ AI overviews…
August 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Private Eye’s piece last week on @fullfact.org’s investigation into Google Lens’ AI overviews…
🚨 NEW: Data obtained by @fullfact.org via FOI request reveals the rise in NHS appointments hailed by the government is *smaller* than last year’s increase under the Conservatives.
Full investigation 👉 fullfact.org/health/labou...
On Sky News this morning 👉 news.sky.com/story/labour...
Full investigation 👉 fullfact.org/health/labou...
On Sky News this morning 👉 news.sky.com/story/labour...
May 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
🚨 NEW: Data obtained by @fullfact.org via FOI request reveals the rise in NHS appointments hailed by the government is *smaller* than last year’s increase under the Conservatives.
Full investigation 👉 fullfact.org/health/labou...
On Sky News this morning 👉 news.sky.com/story/labour...
Full investigation 👉 fullfact.org/health/labou...
On Sky News this morning 👉 news.sky.com/story/labour...
Big day for @fullfact.org with the launch of our 2025 Report.
We publish this report each year, drawing on our fact checking and other work over the past 12 months, setting out the state of misinformation in the UK.
Spoiler alert - this year, the news isn’t great…
fullfact.org/media/upload...
We publish this report each year, drawing on our fact checking and other work over the past 12 months, setting out the state of misinformation in the UK.
Spoiler alert - this year, the news isn’t great…
fullfact.org/media/upload...
May 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Big day for @fullfact.org with the launch of our 2025 Report.
We publish this report each year, drawing on our fact checking and other work over the past 12 months, setting out the state of misinformation in the UK.
Spoiler alert - this year, the news isn’t great…
fullfact.org/media/upload...
We publish this report each year, drawing on our fact checking and other work over the past 12 months, setting out the state of misinformation in the UK.
Spoiler alert - this year, the news isn’t great…
fullfact.org/media/upload...
Thoughtful future-of-journalism quote here from the International Journalism Festival recently
(Full piece here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/journa...)
(Full piece here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/journa...)
April 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Thoughtful future-of-journalism quote here from the International Journalism Festival recently
(Full piece here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/journa...)
(Full piece here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/journa...)
And lo and behold... the follow-up to this story IS the most-read article on the BBC News website this morning...
April 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
And lo and behold... the follow-up to this story IS the most-read article on the BBC News website this morning...
Transparency on politicians’ commitments, and how they should be measured, *really* matters.
Here’s Full Fact's CEO explaining why 👇 (6/8)
Here’s Full Fact's CEO explaining why 👇 (6/8)
March 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Transparency on politicians’ commitments, and how they should be measured, *really* matters.
Here’s Full Fact's CEO explaining why 👇 (6/8)
Here’s Full Fact's CEO explaining why 👇 (6/8)
It’s eight months since Labour took office, four since @fullfact.org launched a Government Tracker to monitor its progress in delivering key pledges.
Last week we took stock - so how is it getting on?
A 🧵(1/8)
(TLDR: Making progress, but some pledges *still* not clear.)
Last week we took stock - so how is it getting on?
A 🧵(1/8)
(TLDR: Making progress, but some pledges *still* not clear.)
March 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s eight months since Labour took office, four since @fullfact.org launched a Government Tracker to monitor its progress in delivering key pledges.
Last week we took stock - so how is it getting on?
A 🧵(1/8)
(TLDR: Making progress, but some pledges *still* not clear.)
Last week we took stock - so how is it getting on?
A 🧵(1/8)
(TLDR: Making progress, but some pledges *still* not clear.)
Piers Morgan's written in the Spectator about a phone call he had with Donald Trump the day after Keir Starmer's White House visit...
Full article here (£): spectator.co.uk/article/what...
Full article here (£): spectator.co.uk/article/what...
March 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Piers Morgan's written in the Spectator about a phone call he had with Donald Trump the day after Keir Starmer's White House visit...
Full article here (£): spectator.co.uk/article/what...
Full article here (£): spectator.co.uk/article/what...
Also featuring this pleasing pen portrait.
Not enough leather-bound volumes at Full Fact Towers, tbh…
Not enough leather-bound volumes at Full Fact Towers, tbh…
March 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Also featuring this pleasing pen portrait.
Not enough leather-bound volumes at Full Fact Towers, tbh…
Not enough leather-bound volumes at Full Fact Towers, tbh…
Sunrise on fire today
March 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Sunrise on fire today
(The answer, if you're interested...)
March 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
(The answer, if you're interested...)
Questions this afternoon over the government’s claim that defence spending is now set to increase by £13 billion a year - some details here on how it got to the figure 👇
Full blog here: fullfact.org/live/2025/fe...
Full blog here: fullfact.org/live/2025/fe...
February 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Questions this afternoon over the government’s claim that defence spending is now set to increase by £13 billion a year - some details here on how it got to the figure 👇
Full blog here: fullfact.org/live/2025/fe...
Full blog here: fullfact.org/live/2025/fe...