CLAIM: Climate change isn’t real because Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
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Logically→ Video of 2016 flash flood in Saudi Arabia misattributed to Storm Daniel in Libya
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – New photo of Queen Elizabeth II issued on her death anniversary, but it wasn’t this one
A new photo shows Queen Elizabeth II on the day she died.
Logically→ A video of a building collapsing has been misattributed to the recent earthquake in Morocco
PolitiFact→ Chris Christie – Chris Christie knocks Ron DeSantis for Florida’s increased spending. But he omits revenue rose, too
Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 222 Contributions With ‘Zero Donor Information’ Do NOT Prove There Is Fraud In Campaign Of Fulton County DA Fani Willis
Do 222 contributions with "zero donor information" to the campaign of Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis prove there was fraud? No, that's not true: An Emory University political science professor emeritus told Lead Sto
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – There were floods, there was mud, but Burning Man sparked no emergency declaration
“Burning Man was a national emergency because it was flooded.”
The Dispatch→ Yes, the House Voted on Articles of Impeachment for President Biden. But Not in a Way That Really Matters.
The resolution that passed merely forwarded a resolution by Lauren Boebert to committee for review.
Logically→ Video of explosion in Luhansk Oblast misattributed to counteroffensive near Zaporizhzhia
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Gender-affirming surgery is not banned for minors in Europe, but is mostly inaccessible
“Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Yes, a top FEMA official was in Hawaii before the Maui fires, but it was for a conference
CLAIM: President Biden admitted that a top Federal Emergency Management Agency official was already on the ground in Hawaii even before the Maui wildfires started.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A photo shows Georgia officers greeting Trump. But it wasn’t during his booking this month
CLAIM: A picture shows former President Donald Trump being greeted by applauding police officers as he was booked in Georgia following his indictment in that state.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Say People Resisting ‘mRNA Tsunami’ Will Be ‘Excluded From Society’ — Misattributed And Distorted Quote
Did Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates suggest on the social media platform X that people who resist a coming "mRNA tsunami" will be punished by exclusion from society? No, that's not true: There's no record the billionaire ever wrote it on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Government Does NOT Have Study Figures Showing Pfizer COVID Vaccine Safer Than Placebo — But Shot Still Safe, Effective
Does the German government have study figures that show people given the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) "have overall suffered from fewer medically undesirable events as subjects who received the placebo"? No, that's not true: As of
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Directed energy weapons weren’t used to start the fires in Hawaii and these photos don’t rebut that
Images of burned cars in Lahaina, Hawaii, are evidence wildfires there were started by directed energy weapons.
Logically→ Old videos of big waves and dolphins misattributed to Hurricane Hilary
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden says he declared a national climate emergency, but he hasn’t
“I’ve already” declared a national climate emergency
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A Mexican lawmaker spoke nearly naked, but didn’t make statement attributed to him on social media
While nearly naked, a member of Mexico’s congress said, “You are ashamed to see me naked, but you are not ashamed to see your people in the streets naked.”
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – DeSantis says he removed critical race theory from K-12 schools, but districts say it wasn’t taught
“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”
Logically→ The world is burning less, but in some places, it’s burning more
The Dispatch→ Inflation Continues to Moderate, But Warning Signs on the Horizon
Plus: A new nuclear reactor comes online in Georgia.
The Dispatch→ Butterfly Knives and Felon Voting Rights
Dude Person, Pig Cage, and Jet Toner.
Truth or Fiction?→ Despite Being Rebutted on ‘Ignoring’ COVID-19, Dr. Ashish Jha Still Won’t Talk About Masks
In the wake of stating that most Americans can “ignore” COVID-19 and a public rebuttal by former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, the former head of federal response to the disease has refused to mention masking as a way to avoid possible
Logically→ Vaccine critic Rashid Buttar did not die from ‘vaccine shedding’
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ FACT FOCUS: Zoom says it isn’t training AI on calls without consent. But other data is fair game
An update to Zoom’s terms of service is worrying some online that the company now has permission to use their videos and chat logs for artificial intelligence training with no ability to opt out.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Illinois will allow some non-citizens to be police. But only those authorized to work and own a gun
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Why are millions of Americans not working but excluded from the ‘unemployed’ rate?
The government doesn’t define people as “unemployed” unless they are actively looking for work. This has been the policy since the 1940s.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ ‘Barbie’ is a hit. But it didn’t make more money in a day than Ron DeSantis has ever raised
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The sun might swallow the Earth, but not for another 5 billion years
CLAIM: Scientists have warned that the “Earth will be swallowed by the sun.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: Missing context.
Logically→ Old video of heavy rain causing a landslide in Maharashtra misattributed to Karnataka
Logically→ Old video misattributed to recent events in Odesa following attack on Transfiguration Cathedral
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The New Facebook ‘Like’ Button Sound Is NOT A Thing — The Memes Are A Practical Joke
Did Facebook add a new feature, a funny sound that is triggered by clicking the "like" button? No, that's not true: Memes suggesting that the new Facebook like button makes a sound so funny that people will laugh out loud are a practical
AllSides→ Are Increased Disability Claims Contributing to Low Unemployment?
https://thedispatch.com/article/fact-check-are-increased-disability-claims-contributing-to-low-unemployment/
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Are Increased Disability Claims Contributing to Low Unemployment?
A recent viral tweet misinterprets disability awards and disability identification
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Elon Musk ‘looks into’ some tweets, but not this one
Elon Musk tweeted “looking into this” in response to a claim that the “KKK never did anything wrong to Black people.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – That’s a lot of traffic, but it’s on a freeway in Beijing, not Houston
Photo shows a highway in Houston.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – ‘Demonic possession’ footage is scary, but fabricated
Video shows “footage of an actual demonic possession in 1896.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This girl has good aim, but she didn’t hit former Vice President Mike Pence with a water balloon
Video shows a girl hitting former Vice President Mike Pence in the head with a water balloon.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden gets some good news on inflation, but challenges remain
President Joe Biden recently got some good economic news: the 12th straight month of declining inflation and the second straight month in which wages outpaced consumer prices. But wages have a long way to catch up after being eroded by past inflation.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Parody tweet about the Titanic submersible falsely attributed to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
CLAIM: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene published a Twitter post reading, “How can the Titanic submersible run out of air if you breathe both in and out?