U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “The moon is more important than the sun as the moon gives us light at night when it is dark out. The sun only gives us light during the day when it is already light out.”
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PolitiFact→ Alex Jones – Alex Jones claimed ‘Obama created ISIS.’ That’s Pants on Fire!
“It is a fact that Obama created ISIS.”
Full Fact→ Alexei Navalny was an Amnesty ‘prisoner of conscience’ when he died
Several posts on social media share a 2021 BBC headline about how he’d been stripped of this status, but these posts are missing crucial context—that it was reinstated months later.
PolitiFact→ Who is Alexander Smirnov, and what does his indictment mean for the GOP impeachment inquiry?
An FBI informant claimed Joe Biden accepted a $5 million bribe. Republicans said the informant's allegations were important to their efforts to impeach Biden. Federal prosecutors now say the allegations were “fabrications.” What now?
The Dispatch→ Do Svidaniya, Alexei Navalny
Plus: A look at the ruling in the New York fraud case against former President Donald Trump.
The Dispatch→ The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny
The late opposition leader laid the foundation for the ‘Wonderful Russia of the Future.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alexa Answers Do NOT Provide Proof Of Birth-Certificate-Bond Conspiracy Theory
Do answers by Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa provide proof of the birth-certificate-bond conspiracy theory? No, that's not true: Alexa produces answers gathered from a variety of sources, and in some instances can be gamed to provide in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video of Alexa’s Answers Does NOT Prove Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory That Government Is Spraying Aluminum In Sky
Does a video on Instagram of an Alexa digital assistant prove the accuracy of the chemtrails conspiracy theory that the U.S. government sprays aluminum in the sky for nefarious purposes? No, that's not true: There is no verified evidence
PolitiFact→ The Gateway Pundit – Did Alex Soros issue a death threat against former President Donald Trump? No, that’s Pants on Fire!
Alex Soros posted a “direct violent threat to Donald Trump!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Alexa Answer With Conspiracist Information Is NOT Proof Of "Chemtrails" Plot
Does a recording of Amazon's virtual assistant reciting a conspiratorial answer to "Alexa, What are they spraying in our skies?" prove the "chemtrails" theory of a global conspiracy to depopulate the planet with chemicals sprayed from abo
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag with Alex Demas
Our fact checker answers readers’ questions.
Logically→ Video of U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explaining meaning of ‘ceasefire’ is altered
PolitiFact→ Alex Mooney – Did Jim Justice break his pledge not to hike taxes?
Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.”
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag with Alex Demas
It’s our fact checker’s turn to answer your questions.
PolitiFact→ Alex Mooney – Fact-checking Alex Mooney on whether Jim Justice supports banning sporting rifles?
Jim Justice “supports banning sporting rifles for law-abiding citizens.”
PolitiFact→ Alex Mooney – Does Gov. Jim Justice oppose the “right-to-work” policy?
Jim Justice "opposes the Right to Work”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Does NOT Have Net Worth Of $13 Million
Does U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have a net worth of $13 million as a social media post claims? No, that's not true: The district communication manager for Ocasio-Cortez told Lead Stories, "The claim is false." The post on X cited
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pelosi, Biden discussing Jan. 6
Video shows U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi discussing Jan. 6 with President Joe Biden.
Health Feedback→ Benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines outweigh their risks, even for teenagers, contrary to Alex Berenson’s claim
REVIEW On 12 September 2023, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a meeting discussing COVID-19 vaccines. Writer Alex Berenson used data presented at this meeting to
Health Feedback→ CDC data didn’t show an increased risk of hospitalization in people vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
REVIEW Casting doubt on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines has been a recurring theme of misinformation since the vaccination rollout in December 2020. Health Feedback has covered this subject in several previous reviews, explaining why claims t
Health Feedback→ Study didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines weaken children’s immune response, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
REVIEW A study from researchers at the University of Melbourne[1] became the basis of claims on social media that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine damaged children’s immune response against other diseases. One example of such a claim can be seen in thi
Health Feedback→ Why Alex Jones’ claim on Infowars that COVID-19 vaccines cause meat allergy is baseless
REVIEW In a video from August 2023, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and InfoWars employee Rob Dew claimed that the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines contain a bovine protein called alpha-gal that “creates an autoimmune response in those
Truth or Fiction?→ Nathaniel Alexander, Folding Chair Inventor?
On August 7 2023, a meme about purported folding chair inventor Nathaniel Alexander circulated virally across social media platforms: The folding chair we commonly use today is indebted to the innovative mind of Nathaniel Alexander, an African Americ
Full Fact→ Amazon virtual assistant Alexa does not predict the start of WWIII
In a viral audio clip, Alexa supposedly predicts that WWIII will start in November 2023.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alexa Does NOT Say World War III Will Start In November 2023 With Russia Attacking Germany
Does Amazon's Alexa speaker say World War III will start in November 2023 when "Russia launches an attack against Germany"? No, that's not true: Amazon told Lead Stories that their AI system does not give that Alexa response to a question
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t facing jail for FEC violations. That recycled claim is wrong
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “faces 5 Years in Jail For FEC Crimes."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alex Soros Did NOT Vow To ‘Eradicate Conservatives From The Internet,’ Did NOT Say ‘I’m 100 Times Worse Than My Dad’
Did Alex Soros, son of billionaire businessman and philanthropist George Soros, say in an interview that he wanted to "eradicate conservatives from the Internet" and that he is "100 times worse" than his father? No, that's not true: In a
PolitiFact→ Alex Epstein – Chart on Arctic Sea Ice extent has no bearing on Al Gore quote about the North Pole melting away
A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.”
AllSides→ No, Biden and Alex Soros Weren’t Photographed in Front of Pic of Epstein’s Island
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-alexander-soros-epsteins-island/ In late April 2023, a photogra
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Recommend Shutting Down News Agencies To Oppose Fascism?
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a news conference on the “Green New Deal” in front of the U.S. Capitol on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Contrary to claims circulating online, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has not recom
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't worth $29 million. Her financial disclosure shows a much lower figure
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., “is now worth $29 million dollars.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Alex Jones’ $43 Million Bankruptcy Payment Plan Rejected: Report
Conspiracy theorist broadcaster Alex Jones must provide thorough financial records in response to a judge’s order by the end of March 2023, after the bereaved families of victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting attack rejected his attorneys’
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still tweeting, despite baseless claims that Elon Musk banned her
Elon Musk banned U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Twitter.
PolitiFact→ Alex Epstein – Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 would require major increase in mined materials
“The whole green energy agenda involves more than doubling 10 types of mining.”
Health Feedback→ Data doesn’t show that vaccines are responsible for 2022 excess mortality, contrary to Alex Berenson’s claim
REVIEW Many countries experienced some level of excess mortality throughout 2022. Excess mortality is determined by comparing how many people were expected to have died based on the previous years’ mortality with how many people actually died. For
PolitiFact→ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez overestimates Trump tax cuts’ contribution to national debt
“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t tweet this demand that Instagram delete a conservative account
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying over Ted Cruz’s remarks
Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying after “Ted Cruz gets up and humiliates her to her face.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Alexa doesn’t confirm Michelle Obama was born Michael. This is Pants on Fire!
Amazon’s Alexa confirms Michelle Obama “was born Michael LaVaughn Robinson.”
Health Feedback→ Study by German researchers didn’t find significant safety concerns with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
REVIEW The claim that German researchers found the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to cause more side effects in young children began circulating in October 2022. Journalist Alex Berenson made this claim in a Substack post and an Instagram post, while Will J