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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Did NOT Utter This Famous Quote About Americans On September 29, 1959
Did then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev say in a speech, "Your children's children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible..." on September 29, 1959? And was this speech on the same day as the day he purportedly banged h
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/do-americans-need-a-vaccine-passport A widely shared Instagram post
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Do Americans Need a Vaccine Passport for Interstate Travel?
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Full Fact - All content→ Post suggests American WW2 prisoners were British soldiers
A black and white photo of two emaciated men has been circulating in a post on Facebook that has been shared 22,000 times. The post strongly implies they were British soldiers. This is not true. The post states: “The idiots who hate everything Br
Snopes→ Was an Asian American Woman Attacked on NYC Street but No One Helped Her?
The Internet likened a March 2021 assault near Times Square to the notorious death of Kitty Genovese 57 years earlier.
Snopes→ Suspect in Attack on Asian American Woman in NYC is Arrested
The victim was walking to church in midtown Manhattan when police said a man kicked her in the stomach, knocked her to the ground, stomped on her face, shouted anti-Asian slurs before calmly walking away.
Snopes→ Video Shows Asian American Woman Assaulted on NYC Street
“I don’t know who attacks a 65-year-old woman and leaves her on the street like that," NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said.
The Dispatch→ American Psycho at 30
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Liste→ The story of an American plane reappearing after 37 years is a myth
A post shared more than 75,000 times on Facebook in Kenya and India claims that a plane that went missing in 1955 appeared again 37 years later. The claim is false; this story was first published in an American tabloid known for its fictitious stories
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Why do Americans share so much fake news? One big reason is they aren’t paying attention, new research suggests
https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/03/why-do-americans-share-so-much-fake-news-one-big-reason-is-they-arent-paying-attention-new-research-suggests/
TruthOrFiction→ Did Chuck Todd Host a Panel on Violence Against Asian-Americans Without One Asian-American Guest?
NBC News presenter Chuck Todd came under fire on March 21 2021 for addressing a mass shooting that killed eight people in the state of Georgia earlier in the week — six of whom were of Asian descent — without asking any Asian-Americans for
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Hate crimes against Asian Americans: What the numbers show, and don’t
As pandemic shutdowns and fear flooded the United States last spring, it brought with it a wave of hate crimes and incidents targeting Asian Americans. Some were prosecuted as hate crimes, such as a woman in the Bronx who was hit on the head with an
Snopes→ Asian Americans Grieve, Organize in Wake of Atlanta Attacks
Six of the seven slain women in the shootings were identified as Asian.
Liste→ This video shows an Iraqi mosque attacked by American troops
A video has been viewed millions of times in multiple posts on TikTok, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube alongside a claim it shows Israeli soldiers shooting a minaret of a Palestinian mosque while an Islamic call to prayer is being broadcast. The claim is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip From 1993 Speech Does NOT Prove ‘What Biden Really Thinks About Black Americans’ — He Doesn’t Mention Race
Does a video of then-Sen. Joe Biden saying that the upbringing and background of future criminals does not matter show "what Biden really thinks about Black Americans"? No, that's not true: Biden did not mention race when he made a Senate
Liste→ Math doesn’t add up in claim every American could get $1 million payment
Social media posts claim the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief act includes enough money to pay every American $1 million, and there would still be funds to spare. This is false; it would cost more than $300 trillion for all of the country’s citizens to
Snopes→ Is Only 9% of the American Rescue Plan Related to COVID-19?
That percent doesn't include items like the $1,400 stimulus checks aimed at providing relief to those impacted by COVID-19.
Liste→ This photo shows an American man jailed for illegally building reservoirs in Oregon, not collecting rainwater
A photo has been shared in multiple posts on Facebook and Instagram alongside a claim that it shows a man who was jailed and fined for collecting rainwater in the US as “rainwater is the state's property”. The claim is misleading; the man was jaile
Liste→ Misleading posts claim US covid relief plan costs every American $5,750
Facebook and Twitter posts shared tens of thousands of times claim that a wide-ranging $1.9 trillion package for Covid-19 pandemic relief will cost each US citizen $5,750. This is misleading; economists say the cost of the plan cannot be attributed to
Snopes→ Did Biden Say Indian Americans Are ‘Taking Over’ the U.S.?
Roughly 4 million people of Indian origin currently live in the U.S., representing about 1% of the total population.
Liste→ Images show aircraft that crashed in Honduras in 2018 after carrying Americans on business trip
Four images have been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts in February 2021 alongside a claim they show an aircraft that crashed while carrying 20 missionaries, all of whom survived. The claim is misleading: the photos show a priva
Snopes→ Native American Nominee’s Grilling Raises Questions on Bias
Many in Indian Country were incensed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The U.S.A. Is NOT A Corporation And African Americans Are NOT Still Owned By Anyone
Is the United States a corporation in the way General Motors is? Is the president the head of a corporation called the United States of America? And are African Americans emancipated but not free? No, none of that is true: this conspiracy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook And American Journal Of Medicine Did NOT Admit They Were Wrong About HCQ As COVID Drug
Did Facebook and the American Journal of Medicine "admit" they were wrong about a malaria drug's effectiveness against COVID-19? No, that's not true: The claim refers to a Facebook Oversight Board ruling that contains no endorsement of th
Snopes→ Korean American K-Pop Stars Promote Mental Health Awareness
Many recording artists struggle to cope with the trappings of fame. In South Korea, as in many cultures, talking about mental health issues is seen as taboo, causing K-pop stars to grapple with depression and mental illness on their own.
Top Fact Checks→ Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 500,000 Americans a year used to go bankrupt due to hefty medical bills.
The figure of 500,000 includes those going bankrupt "somewhat" because of their medical bills or illness.
Snopes→ Did Biden Give Gitmo Prisoners COVID-19 Vaccines Before Americans?
Doses were first sent to the Guantanamo Bay naval base before being dispersed to facilities across the military compound.
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ Vaccines are useful even when there is a treatment for a disease, contrary to claim by Lee Merritt in The New American video
REVIEW A video of an interview, published by The New American on 15 January 2021, featured Lee Merritt, an orthopedic surgeon and former president of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). The AAPS has previously published misin
Claim-Reviews – Health Feedback→ The American Journal of Medicine didn’t recommend hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19; scientific evidence doesn’t show hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19
REVIEW In late January 2021, social media posts and articles claimed that hydroxychloroquine was effective for the early treatment of COVID-19 patients based on a scientific publication in The American Journal of Medicine. The claim went viral on so
Top Fact Checks→ Democrats to take away Americans’ gun rights.
Democrats want to impose stricter regulations around gun control but do not advocate to take back Americans' gun rights.
Top Fact Checks→ 22 Americans have had life-threatening allergic reactions to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
The CDC confirmed that some have experienced allergic reactions, but that these allergic reactions are extremely rare.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Are Guantanamo Prisoners Getting COVID Vaccines Before American Citizens?
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Top Fact Checks→ One in every six American women is a victim of sexual violence.
Data suggests that one in six women experience sexual violence in their lifetime.
TruthOrFiction→ Was Alex Trebek Listed as Part of Trump’s ‘Garden of American Heroes’?
Two days before the end of his one-term presidency, Donald Trump’s administration released a wide-ranging list of public figures it ordered to be included as statues in its proposed “National Garden of American Heroes” — includ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Raw Data Analytics’ Posted By The American Report Does NOT Prove China, Russia Hacked 2020 Election
Does an article posted by The American Report prove China and Russia hacked the 2020 Election and does it show IP addresses from China, Russia, Hong Kong, Germany, Canada and the Czech Republic hacking "PA, NV, MI, GA Battleground States"
Snopes→ Is American Airlines Taking Precautions Against Pro-Trump Rioters Leaving DC?
Reports of politically motivated aggression on flights before the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol raised security concerns.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Venezuelan and Turkish diplomats mirror their American counterparts in warnings about U.S. democracy
The shoe was on the other foot today as officials in Venezuela and Turkey warned their citizens about the dangerous political situation in the United States. Both countries have faced criticism in the past from American officials who raised alerts that
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Venezuelan and Turkish diplomats mirror their American counterparts in warnings about U.S. democracy
The shoe was on the other foot today as officials in Venezuela and Turkey warned their citizens about the dangerous political situation in the United States. Both countries have faced criticism in the past from American officials who raised alerts that
Snopes→ American Airlines Is Grounding Emotional-Support Animals
American Airlines is banning emotional-support animals in a move that will force most owners to pay extra if they want their pets to travel with them.