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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Confusion about brand name leads to false claims about Aldi’s bacon
Social media users are circulating false claims about Aldi’s store brand bacon, confusing it with a cellular agriculture company that has a similar name.
The Dispatch→ Sen. Katie Britt Misleads With Anecdote About a Sex-Trafficking Victim
The account is real, but the Alabama Republican left out that the trafficking happened in Mexico during the early 2000s.
The Dispatch→ The SAT at the Crossroads
Standardized tests can identify bright kids from disadvantaged backgrounds—if that’s what colleges want to use them for.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Ad Misleads on Haley Opposition to Trump Border Policies
A new campaign ad from former President Donald Trump makes two misleading claims about Nikki Haley’s opposition to border policies championed by Trump. The ad claims Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, “joined Bide
FactCheck.org→ Review Article By Misinformation Spreaders Misleads About mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have a good safety record and have saved millions of lives. But viral posts claim the contrary, citing a recent peer-reviewed article authored by known COVID-19 misinformation spreaders and published in a
FactCheck.org→ Haley’s Ad Misleads About Trump’s Proposed Tariffs
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. As former President Donald Trump campaigns on the exaggerated claim to being the largest tax cutter in U.S. history, the latest ad from Nikki Haley’s campaign misleadingly cla
The Dispatch→ Faulty Translation of a Speech Leads to Criticisms of Rep. Ilhan Omar
A viral video that prompted calls for her resignation featured incorrect subtitles.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media post misleads about children’s deaths in RSV drug clinical trials
Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.
PolitiFact→ After New Hampshire primary win, Donald Trump misleads on Democrats voting, immigration, border wall
In his New Hampshire primary victory speech, Trump misled about Democrats voting in the Republican primary, how much border wall he built and the number of migrants crossing the border illegally.
FactCheck.org→ Tucker Carlson Video Spreads Falsehoods on COVID-19 Vaccines, WHO Accord
SciCheck Digest Contrary to claims amplified by podcaster Bret Weinstein during an interview with Tucker Carlson, COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives, not killed 17 million people worldwide. Weinstein also inaccurately characterized a pr
Health Feedback→ Scam ads use a fake endorsement by Ben Carson to promote unproven hypertension treatment
REVIEW Scams selling clinically unsupported natural cures for diseases such as cancer or diabetes are rife on social media, as Health Feedback already documented in earlier reviews. Some hallmarks of those scams include fabricated celebrity endorsem
Health Feedback→ Dubious Facebook ads promote unproven supplement SightCare alleged to restore “perfect” vision and cure macular degeneration
REVIEW Numerous ads purporting to reveal a “simple 7-Second Bedtime Ritual” that would restore vision went viral on Facebook in December 2023. Examples of such ads can be seen here and here. All the ads we found were published by a single Facebo
The Dispatch→ At the Crossroads
As the calendar turns to 2024, which way will you go?
FactCheck.org→ Post Spreads Misleading Information About Texas Abortion Case
SciCheck Digest Kate Cox petitioned to be allowed to have an abortion in Texas to “protect her life, health, and future fertility,” after receiving news that her baby was unlikely to survive, according to her court filing. A popular Instag
FactCheck.org→ Fake Story About Trans Athlete Spreads Online
Quick Take Lia Thomas, who received widespread attention as a transgender member of the women’s swimming team at the University of Pennsylvania, has graduated from college and is no longer on the school team. But claims about her persist onli
AllSides→ Did Zelenskyy Urge Western Countries, ‘Don’t Build Roads, Spend All of Your Money on Weapons’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-western-countries-spending-quote/ Claim:
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ US Senate candidate spreads false claims about migrant aid
CLAIM: The federal government gives people who enter the U.S. illegally a cell phone, a domestic plane ticket to a location of their choosing and a $5,000 Visa gift card.
Health Feedback→ Anti-vaccination organization spreads baseless claim that global HPV vaccination campaign will lead to “mass casualty event”
REVIEW An article published by Children’s Health Defense on 7 November 2023 claimed that a campaign for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in low- and middle-income countries will result in a “mass casualty event” due to serious side effec
The Dispatch→ Calling All Roundheads
The case for congressional superiority.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No evidence that DNA sequence used in Pfizer shot leads to cancer and other health issues
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Barack Obama’s Stepfather Did NOT Run Death Squads For The Indonesian Army
Did Barack Obama's stepfather, Lolo Soetoro, run death squads for the Indonesian army in the mid-1960s? No, that's not true: The identities of those who organized the death squads are well known and Soetoro was not one of them, a professo
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Satirical post about bank foreclosing on Mar-a-Lago spreads as real
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Health Feedback→ James Thorp spreads false claims that COVID-19 vaccines harm fertility, pregnancy, infant survival in The Sentinel Report interview
REVIEW On 1 November 2023, host Alex Newman interviewed gynecologist James Thorp for the U.S. TV show The Sentinel Report. During the interview, Thorp claimed that “Americans are dropping dead” from COVID-19 vaccines and that the spike protein f
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ 2015 image of journalist wounded in east Jerusalem spreads as new
CLAIM: Journalist Hana Mahameed is back on camera with her face covered in bandages after being wounded by an Israeli grenade in the latest Israel-Hamas war.
FactCheck.org→ Video in Spanish Misleads About Mammograms
SciCheck Digest Experts agree mammograms are the best tool to screen for breast cancer and that the benefits of the exam outweigh the risks. But a video in Spanish recommended that women over 40 skip mammograms, claiming the test is “unsafe” an
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Israel-Hamas war: Here are the facts as misinformation spreads
Misinformation about the latest Israel-Hamas war is thriving on social media platforms, which often crowd out real reporting from the conflict.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Incorrect photo of Maine shooting suspect spreads online
A mugshot shows that the suspect in the mass shooting in Maine is a registered sex offender who cannot legally possess a firearm. Assessment: False.
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy – Vivek Ramaswamy claims Russia leads the US in hypersonic missiles. That's Half True
"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video on 'American Debt Relief' program misleads
Video shows a family learning their debt was resolved by the “American Debt Relief program” for American citizens and legal residents who “have over $20,000” in credit card debt.
AllSides→ Nikki Haley ‘misleads’ town hall audience when questioned on Chinese land purchases in South Carolina: WaPo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nikki-haley-misleads-town-hall-audience-questioned-chinese-land-purchases-south-carolina-washington-post
The Dispatch→ Sidney Powell Pleads Guilty in Georgia
And the new gag order in Trump’s federal election interference case, explained.
Washington Post→ Nikki Haley misleads town hall audience on Chinese land acquisitions
When an audience member asked whether South Carolina had given land to Chinese companies, the GOP presidential hopeful denied something that was not asked.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media post misleads about flu vaccine ingredients. Here’s what’s in them.
Flu shot ingredients include aborted human cell cultures, monkey kidney cells and antifreeze.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Misinterpretation of CDC COVID-19 data leads to misinformation about vaccines
“CDC admits it faked 99% of COVID deaths to scare public into taking vaccine.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Fabricated video spreads false report that a member of Ukraine’s UN delegation got into a bar fight
CLAIM: A video published by USA Today reports that a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly got into a “drunken brawl” on Sept. 21 at The Campbell, a bar in New York City.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence CNN And BBC Reported That An Image Called ‘Mexico Did It’ Spreads Virus On Phones
Does an image called "Mexico did it," referring to a supposed COVID-19 cure in Mexico, actually spread a virus within five seconds when opened on a phone and did CNN and the BBC report about this? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could f
The Dispatch→ Congress Heads Toward a September Scramble
The gap between the House and Senate spending plans grows as the end of the fiscal year approaches.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 5G Is NOT Causing Vaccinated People’s Heads To Explode — Video Shows Iraqi Protesters Shot With Tear Gas Grenade
Are the heads of vaccinated people exploding and combusting when the 5G signal in Israel is turned up? No, that's not true: These video clips are real, but the headline is baseless as the video clips have nothing to do with Israel, COVID-
AllSides→ Is FEMA at Burning Man? Virus Outbreak Conspiracy Theory Spreads Online
https://www.newsweek.com/burning-man-fema-ebola-conspiracy-theories-1824295 After the Burning Man festi