Does a photo show hundreds of coffins delivered by FEMA stacked on a Georgia roadside because "something is brewing"? No, that's not true: The photo shows plastic burial vaults produced by a Covington, Georgia, manufacturer. The location
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A McDonald’s In Rome, Georgia, Is NOT Offering A Starting Wage Of $31 An Hour
Is a McDonald's in Rome, Georgia, offering a starting wage of $31 an hour? No, that's not true: The claim is posted on a satirical site and is not meant to be real. A manager at a McDonald's in Rome told Lead Stories it's a hoax. Pay at t
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Georgia Mail Out More Ballots Than It Has Registered Voters?
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Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Tucker Carlson spins a web of misleading claims as he alleges ‘meaningful voter fraud’ in Georgia
Fox News host Tucker Carlson promoted a number of false, misleading and unsubstantiated claims about election fraud in Georgia in a recent segment on his cable news program. “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton Coun
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Tucker Carlson spins web of misleading claims as he alleges ‘meaningful voter fraud’ in Georgia
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/20/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-spins-web-misleading-claims-he-alle/
TFCN Feature – Poynter→ No, Georgia did not ban discussion of race in schools
There’s a lot of talk about critical race theory, also known as CRT, across the U.S. As with anything controversial and complicated, we’ve come across some misinformation and lots of posts that could use some explanation. Defining critical race
Snopes→ No, Tucker Carlson Didn’t Reveal Evidence of Mass Voter Fraud in Georgia
The Fox News host used his show to promote election disinformation both old and new.
Snopes→ Tropical Storm Kills 1 in Florida, Hurts 10 at Georgia Base
Some re-strengthening is possible Thursday night and Friday while the system moves close to the northeastern United States.
Snopes→ Journalists Attacked, Hurt in Georgia at Anti-LGBT Protest
Opponents of the march blocked off Tbilisi’s main avenue, denounced journalists covering the protest as pro-LGBT propagandists and threw sticks and bottles at the media workers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stacey Abrams Does NOT Own 16% Of A Firm That Counted Votes In Fulton County, Georgia
Does Stacey Abrams own 16% of a firm that counted votes in Fulton County, Georgia? No, that's not true: The claim is in reference to a company called Happy Faces, which was contracted by the county to provide staffing for the 2020 electio
Snopes→ Justice Department Suing Georgia Over State’s New Voting Law
The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's new election law, alleging Republican state lawmakers rushed through a sweeping overhaul with an intent to deny Black voters equal access to the ballot.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Trump’s Pants on Fire distortion about Georgia’s voter rolls
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/23/donald-trump/trumps-pants-fire-distortion-about-georgias-voter-/
Snopes→ Georgia County’s Elections Messy, But No Evidence of Fraud
Election processes in Georgia's most populous county were badly managed, sloppy and chaotic, but there was no evidence of fraud, said an independent monitor who spent many hours over several months observing county election workers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 174 Batches Of Ballots Were NOT Missing In Fulton County, Georgia, Vote Count
Were 174 batches of ballots missing in the Fulton County, Georgia, vote count? No, that's not true: A spokeswoman for the county said no ballots were missing. A clip making the claim did not provide any sourcing to support it. The claim a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Canal Is NOT From Georgia Or The United States — It’s From Belgium
Does a photo show a canal in Riverdale, Georgia? No, that's not true: The canal in the photo is actually the Sart Canal Bridge in Belgium. The same photo can be found on numerous places on the internet, including on Google Maps and Google
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Trump Supporters Seek an Audit in Georgia. What Are They Looking For?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Batch Of 950 Military Ballots For Biden In Fulton County, Georgia, Is NOT Proof Of Election Fraud
Is a batch of 950 military ballots for Joe Biden in Fulton County, Georgia, proof of election fraud? No, that's not true: Posts making that claim say the ballots were in sequential order but ballots aren't numbered, according to a county
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Is NOT First State To Decertify 2020 Election Results — NO State Has
Is Georgia the first state to decertify 2020 election results? No, that's not true: Georgia officials have done no such thing. The claim appears based on speculation, not the circumstances as of the day it was published. The claim relates
Snopes→ Georgia Park with Giant Confederate Carving Approves Changes
The moves were part of an effort by the Stone Mountain Memorial Association to address criticism of the park’s Confederate legacy and shore up its finances.
TFCN Feature – Poynter→ Is Georgia’s voting law that bans food and water the same as in Biden’s home state of Delaware?
Georgia’s new voting bill has been heavily debated online, but one piece of the bill that seemed to stir up the most controversy was a provision that bans giving away water or food to voters within a certain distance of polling sites. While President
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Georgia’s election law sparks ‘Jim Crow’ rhetoric, as well as pushback
In recent weeks, Democrats have repeatedly warned that Republican-backed election bills like the one enacted in Georgia amount to a resurgence of Jim Crow, the legal structures in the pre-1960s South that kept Black Americans segregated and politically
WaPo Fact Checker→ Stacey Abrams’s pitch that the new Georgia law ‘eliminates hours of voting’
The voting rights activist spoke with more precision than President Biden about a key part of the new Georgia election law, but she still left a misleading impression.
Snopes→ Did Otters at Georgia Aquarium Test Positive for COVID-19?
It wouldn’t be the first time captive animals tested positive for the virus.
Snopes→ GOP Targets Ballot Drop Boxes in Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Elsewhere
Atlanta-area voters looking to return their ballots using a drop box in the next gubernatorial election will have to do some searching.
Snopes→ Georgia Sheriff: 3 Officers Wounded, 1 Suspect Dead, 1 Held
Three Georgia police officers were shot and wounded as they pursued two brothers from Alabama in a high-speed chase that ended with one brother shot and killed and the other in custody, authorities said.
Snopes→ Protest Near Masters Pushes Back Against Georgia Voting Law
Georgia's law — which opponents say is designed to reduce the impact of minority voters by making it more difficult to cast a ballot — has drawn fire from around the country.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ What’s in Georgia’s new voting law that lost it the All-Star Game
Georgia’s new voting law has ignited a fight over whether the law expands or shrinks access to the ballot. Republican lawmakers changed voting rules after Democrats won 2020 and 2021 statewide races thanks to strong turnout among Black voters. A few
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Factually: India and Georgia look back at COVID-19’s information impact
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it on your email every Thursday. Local impact on global falsehoods Fact-checkers have long known that falseho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Is NOT Removing Coke From All State-Owned Buildings
Is Georgia removing Coke from all state-owned buildings? No, that's not true: Although a group of GOP state legislators requested that Coca-Cola products be removed from their offices, there is no known effort to spread such a ban to all
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ MLB All-Star Lineup: Colorado vs. Georgia
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/04/mlb-all-star-lineup-colorado-vs-georgia/ After pulling its All-Star g
FactCheck.org→ MLB All-Star Lineup: Colorado vs. Georgia
After pulling its All-Star game out of Georgia because of the state’s new voting law, Major League Baseball picked Colorado for its summer classic — setting off an error-filled debate over which state has more restrictive voting laws. Repub
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Claims About the Georgia Voting Law
A new voting law in Georgia has sparked a rebuke from Major League Baseball and political spin from both parties. We’ll fact-check claims from President Joe Biden and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Biden wrongly claimed the new Georgia law would “c
Snopes→ Georgia Governor Vows a Fight After MLB Yanks All-Star Game
“Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola and Delta may be scared of Stacey Abrams, Joe Biden and the left, but I am not,” Gov. Brian Kemp said.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From a Week Georgia Was on Our Minds. Again.
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Snopes→ EXPLAINER: What Does Georgia’s New GOP Election Law Do?
The sweeping rewrite of Georgia's election rules represents the first big set of changes since former President Donald Trump's repeated, baseless claims of fraud following his presidential loss to Joe Biden.
The Dispatch→ The Morning Dispatch: Understanding Georgia’s New Elections Law
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Snopes→ Coin Firm Pays It Forward After Georgia Man Paid in Pennies
A global company has stepped in to solve quite a “coinundrum” for a Georgia man.
Liste→ Georgia law bars giving voters all beverages, not just water
Facebook posts claim a “loophole” allows beverages other than water to be given out in Georgia, where a new election law restricts items that can be distributed to voters waiting in line. But the text of the law makes clear that the prohibition app
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia’s New Voting Law Does NOT Make It A ‘Jail-Time Crime To Drop Off Grandma’s Absentee Ballot’
Does Georgia's new voting law make it a "jail-time crime to drop off grandma's absentee ballot"? No, that's not true: Although it is a felony to take an absentee ballot from a voter and deliver or return it, the law carves out various exc
Snopes→ Supreme Court Gives Georgia Win in Water War with Florida
The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Florida's water lawsuit against Georgia, ending the long-running legal fight between the two states.