News & Online Journalist
Charlotte joined Full Fact in November 2023 as a news & online journalist from her role as a Local Democracy Reporter at the Manchester Evening News.
She was previously a senior news reporter with the Manchester Evening News, Rossendale Free Press and Accrington Observer titles.
United States
Posts have been circulating on social media which falsely claim that the advisor has been given the position heading up the Central Intelligence Agency. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A false claim circulating on social media says that the cap on bus fares has increased to £3 as a result of the policy. Read
United States
A claim being widely shared on Facebook that the Mayor of London had said he and his family would emigrate from the UK following the US election if Mr Trump won the presidency is untrue. Read
United States
Misleading claims have been circulating online since it was announced that Donald Trump has won the US presidential election that millions of votes are “missing”. Read
Posts have been circulating widely on social media that describe the politician as ‘Nigerian born’, but this is not correct. Read
United States
The broadcaster says the picture is “completely fabricated and manipulated”. Read
United States
A picture being shared on social media with the claim is actually from a 2011 visit to Ireland by then-US President Barack Obama, not Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden. Read
An article about the Chancellor promoting an online investment scheme which has been mocked-up to appear as if it was published by BBC News is circulating on Facebook. Read
A clip being shared on social media of lightning dramatically striking the ground has been online since before Hurricane Milton made landfall. Read
A photo of two white domes is being shared with misleading captions implying it is connected to weather manipulation or geoengineering. Read
