After being wounded by a gunman at his campaign rally on July 13, 2024, did Donald Trump fly to Denver, Colorado, to watch an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout along with UFC President Dana White? No, that's not true: White posted to so
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The Dispatch→ Are Men Being Left Behind?
Plus: How big of a problem are porn and video games?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this image doesn’t show the Egyptian pyramids being built
“Photo shows Egyptian pyramids being constructed in 2549 BC”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taylor Swift Did NOT ‘Bid Farewell’ To Music In May 2024 — Did NOT Say ‘I’m Tired Of The Crticism And Being Called Woke’
Did singer Taylor Swift "bid farewell" to music because she is "tired of" the criticism and being called "woke"? No, that's not true: This claim originated from an article on a satirical website known for publishing fabricated content. Th
PolitiFact→ Following guilty verdict, fact-checking Donald Trump on Biden’s role, being a ‘political prisoner’
After the guilty verdict in NY, former President Donald Trump said the case was “done by the Biden administration.” Here’s why that’s wrong.
The Dispatch→ Satirical Claims About Harrison Butker Are Being Passed Off as Legitimate
Posts from a parody site are being repurposed and circulated without any labeling.
PolitiFact→ What we know about the ‘outside agitators’ being blamed for campus protests
Police, city and university officials have blamed “outside agitators” for anti-war protests on U.S. campuses. Experts say this type of narrative is frequently used to delegitimize protests.
PolitiFact→ Marco Rubio – Marco Rubio says Joe Biden is being ‘very misleading’ about inflation. Arguably, Rubio is, too.
“It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to 3%. This is building month after month. The better way to think about it is that it’s 18%, 19% over the las
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A Tennessee bill doesn’t ban vaccines from being pumped into the food supply
Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply.
PolitiFact→ Benny Johnson – No, this video doesn't show New York Gov. Kathy Hochul being denied entry into police officer’s wake
Video shows “New York Governor Kathy Hochul being denied entry into the wake for slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Showing ‘The View’ Guest Accusing Whoopi Goldberg Of Being ‘Full Of Shit’ Is NOT Real — Satirical Clip Is Edited
Did a guest on the talk show "The View" tell actress Whoopi Goldberg, one of the show's co-hosts, that she was "full of shit"? No, that's not true: A self-described social media personality named Damon Imani, who has appeared in previous
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People Being Cooked On A Spit By Cannibals In Haiti — It Was 2018 Halloween Prop In China
Does a video showing two bound human figures turning on spits over pits of hot coals provide evidence of cannibalism in Haiti? No, that's not true: This video shows a spooky prop that was part of a Halloween event at Chimelong Ocean Kingd
PolitiFact→ Yes, George Santos can attend the State of the Union, walk House floor despite being expelled
Surprise guests are a feature of the president's State of the Union address. A big surprise for the 2024 address was the presence of expelled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y. How was he allowed to attend in the House chamber?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Dr. Oz Being Attacked For Promoting Diabetes Cure — Footage Is Of Ukrainian Journalist Brawling With Pro-Russian Politician
Does a video show Dr. Oz being attacked on TV for promoting a supposed three-day diabetes cure? No, that's not true: The footage that purports to be of Dr. Mehmet Oz being beaten up on a TV set stage was a live broadcast of a Ukrainian jo
Full Fact→ Decade-old headline in The Atlantic is being shared on social media
The headline claims a homophobic slur has been tweeted 2.6 million times in the last three months.
Full Fact→ Footage of woman with genetic disorder being claimed to show Israeli phosphorus injuries
The woman in the video actually has a rare genetic disorder that causes extreme sensitivity to UV light.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Disease X isn’t being planned at World Economic Forum meeting
World Economic Forum event is evidence that global leaders are planning a new pandemic called Disease X.
Logically→ Old video from Saudi Arabia falsely shared as aid to Gaza being dumped in Egypt
Logically→ No, Ram temple is not being built 3 km away from Babri Masjid demolition site
Health Feedback→ Johns Hopkins report on the 2025 SPARS pandemic isn’t evidence that an upcoming pandemic is being planned
REVIEW Claims that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned or that future pandemics have been planned beforehand by health authorities, universities, and prominent personalities like Bill Gates have continually surfaced on social media over the last few y
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Portal Being Opened Over Geneva — It’s An Animation
Does a video on social media show a portal -- an entrance way to a supernatural dimension, realm or world -- being opened up over Geneva? No, that's not true: There is no evidence an event like this happened in September 2023. Additionall
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Blast at historic Texas hotel is being investigated as a natural gas explosion, no suspect is being sought
Following a massive explosion at the Sandman Signature Hotel in downtown Fort Worth, social media users began falsely pinning the blast on a 44-year-old migrant.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump omits context on Nikki Haley’s comments about US retirement age being too low
Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ False reports of crash victim being stabbed and robbed are spreading virally in US cities
Social media users are sharing the image on community Facebook pages, along with a plea to help identify the girl.
PolitiFact→ X posts – No, migrants aren’t being given US passports when they enter the country
Migrants who enter the U.S. illegally get U.S. passports immediately after leaving a border processing center.
Full Fact→ Being an immigrant doesn’t entitle you to get more money from the state than a pensioner
A Facebook post comparing what’s given to immigrants and British pensioners is missing important context.
Health Feedback→ Andrew Tate peddles debunked claim about COVID-19 vaccines being “experimental poison” in Piers Morgan interview
REVIEW On 20 November 2023, English television presenter Piers Morgan interviewed prominent “manosphere” personality Andrew Tate on his show Piers Morgan Uncensored on various subjects, one of them being the COVID-19 pandemic. This isn’t the f
Logically→ Old clip shared as Shivraj Singh Chouhan crying after not being appointed Madhya Pradesh CM
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump ‘Jokes’ Away Questions About Being a Dictator
Plus: Another debate, but don’t expect Trump’s rivals to go after him.
Logically→ Old video of Palestinian child being detained shared as recent
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Staged Arrest On Gaza Border With Man ‘Dressing Comfortably’ After Being Handcuffed Almost Naked And Blindfolded — Scenes Are Edited Out Of Sequence
Does a video of a man, described in a news report as a militant, show a staged arrest on the Gaza border because he is first seen blindfolded and in his underwear, then apparently putting his pants back on with no blindfold? No, that's no
PolitiFact→ Did a city in Tennessee ban being gay in public? It’s complicated.
Local city ordinances don’t often make national news. But claims that a city in Tennessee banned “being gay in public” caught our attention. The story is not as simple as some make it seem. Read the latest on PolitiFact.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Apeel Food Coating Being Applied To Produce In 2023 — Demo Of How Food Replicas Made In Japan
Does a video show Apeel coating applied to a cabbage? No, that's not true: The cabbage in the video is not real, and it's not meant to be eaten. The footage shows a way to make food samples for display, and it's from Japan, not the United
Full Fact→ Video of building being blown up is not Gaza parliament
A video of a building in the Gaza Strip being blown up has been claimed to show a Palestinian parliament building, but it does not.
Logically→ Video doesn’t show a Saudi Imam being arrested for appealing for support for Gaza
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of an unrelated protest in Madrid is being misrepresented as a pro-Palestinian demonstration
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Logically→ Video of Syrian army tanks being destroyed in Damascus falsely linked to Israel-Hamas war
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A short film from Lebanon is being misrepresented to accuse Palestinians of staging injuries
CLAIM: A video shows a makeup artist applying dirt and fake blood to a young girl on a stretcher, proving that people in Gaza are faking injuries in the latest Israel-Hamas war.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A 13-year-old satirical blog post about Netanyahu’s ‘psychiatrist’ is being shared as real news
CLAIM: News reports say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's psychiatrist died by suicide. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The claim comes from a 2010 satirical blog post.
FactCheck.org→ Taylor Swift Film Is Being Screened in Israel, Contrary to Online Post
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take As some celebrities issued statements in response to the Israel-Hamas war, a video posted to social media falsely claimed that pop star Taylor Swift stopped screenings o