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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: SUV Trump Was Riding In Did NOT Have Glass Partition Blocking Him From Steering Wheel On January 6, 2021

2022-06-29 Was it impossible or difficult for then-President Donald Trump to reach the steering wheel of the vehicle he was riding in on January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: The fortified SUV transporting him did not have a glass partition between Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Fifth January 6 Hearing Shows Scope of Attempts to Undermine Democracy

2022-06-24 The fifth hearing by the January 6 2021 committee covered the pressure that Donald Trump exerted on state and federal officials to call the U.S. presidential election in his favor in 2020 so that he could remain in power. The testimonials came on June Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did an ‘Inside Man’ Open Capitol Doors for Rioters on January 6?

2022-06-23 (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Disinformation surrounding the 2021 Capitol insurrection has resurfaced in recent days following hearings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Go to site post…»

Logically→ Indian military service men attested after January 1, 2019, who are below the rank of Naik on July 1, 2022, will have to undergo fresh selection under the Agnipath scheme.

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The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About the January 6 Committee’s Partisanship

2022-06-20 (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Tom Fitton, president of the conservative organization Judicial Watch and supporter of Donald Trump, claimed in a widely-shared tweet that the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack is a “on Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Third January 6 Hearings Looks at Pressure, Disinformation Campaigns to Overturn Election

2022-06-17 The third hearing by the House committee investigating the January 6 2021 insurrection focused on the pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election — and the deeply corrosive weaponized narratives which undergirded the attempt. The Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Capitol Police Just Opening Gates, Letting Rioters In On January 6, 2021

2022-06-15 Does a video show U.S. Capitol Police just opening the gates for rioters on January 6, 2021, so they could attack the Capitol? No, that's not true: Marcus DiPaola, the freelance journalist who shot the video, told Newsweek in a January 7, Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact-Checking Day 2 of the January 6 Hearings

2022-06-14 (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)The second day of hearings by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol focused on Donald Trump’s role in knowingly perpetuating the false narrativ Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Disinformation Takes Center Stage at January 6 Committee Hearings

2022-06-13 The role of weaponized disinformation campaigns in the January 2021 attempted coup at the United States Capitol was the main topic at the second January 6 Committee hearing about the events that culminated in a violent insurrection. The House select Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Geotracking NOT Only Evidence Used By Justice Department To Place January 6 Defendants Inside Capitol

2022-06-09 Is geotracking the only evidence being used by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to place January 6, 2021, defendants inside the U.S. Capitol? No, that's not true: FBI investigators and the DOJ are using the tracking data, along with Wi-Fi Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ January 6th Defense Lawyer Disbarred

2022-04-06 Fifteen months after the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection, news that defense lawyer Johnathon Moseley was disbarred in April 2022 began spreading on social media platforms: Court orders Jan. 6 defense lawyer disbarred from politics Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NPR Did NOT Report On January 6 Storming Of Capitol Before It Happened

2022-03-25 Did NPR publish an article on the morning of January 6, 2021, about Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol and clashing with police before any clashes with police had occurred? No, that's not true: This intentionally deceptive post fo Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims on Vaccines, Election 2020, and January 6 From CPAC

2022-02-26 (Photograph by Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images.)The agenda for the second day of the Conservative Political Action Conference was diverse, with events like “Breaking China’s Power: No more ‘10% for the Big Guy’” to “ Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Walter Arnold, January 1896: Britain’s First Speeding Ticket?

2022-02-03 At the time, horseless carriages in the U.K. could not exceed 4 mph, and had to be accompanied by an operator waving a red flag as a warning to others. Go to site post…»

Logically→ Gross GST collection in January 2022 was the highest since the inception of tax.

2022-02-01 January 2022 had the highest gross GST revenue compared to January's figure in previous years whereas GST revenue of April 2021 is the highest so far. Go to site post…»

Logically→ New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faked getting her booster jab on January 17.

2022-01-25 Videos and photos from different angles show Ardern receiving her booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Tāmaki Vaccination Clinic in Auckland. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Newt Gingrich Floats ‘Jail Time’ for January 6th Committee Members

2022-01-24 On January 24 2022, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a news article, which reported that Newt Gingrich had stated members of the January 6th Commission could face jail time under future Republican leadership: The final veil drops. Fascists withou Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NOT 2nd, Bigger Tonga Eruption 2 Days After Historic January 16, 2022 Blast

2022-01-17 Did Hunga Ha'apai volcano near Tonga erupt January 16, 2022, in an even bigger event than the January 14, 2022, eruption that triggered tsunami warnings worldwide? No, that's not true: No such event was recorded by the geologic services t Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fact Checking a Claim That Ginni Thomas Was ‘One of the Organizers’ of January 6

2022-01-13 a.image2.image-link.image2-683-728 { display: inline; padding-bottom: 93.81868131868131%; padding-bottom: min(93.81868131868131%, 683px); width: 100%; height: 0; } Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Did Biden’s Approval Rating Plummet in a January 2022 Poll?

2022-01-13 On January 13 2022, Trendolizer detected a virally popular blog post, “Biden’s Approval Rating Plummets To Nearly 30% In New Poll” from the site JoePags.com. It was not the first misleading or poorly contexted blog about polling we have Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden, Harris Did NOT Visit Area 51 By Plane On January 8, 2022

2022-01-12 Did President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visit Area 51 -- a U.S. Air Force facility that has spawned numerous conspiracy theories -- on January 8, 2022, by plane? No, that's not true: Biden and Harris flew to Nevada to att Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Was NOT Photographed With Pelosi, Schumer, Other Democrats At A Dinner On January 7, 2022

2022-01-10 Was Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor photographed eating dinner with Democratic politicians including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on January 7, 2022? No, that's not true: Although a newsletter Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Vaccinated Germans won’t have AIDS by the end of January 2022

2022-01-10 An article by The Exposé, shared on Facebook, claims that by the end of January 2022 most vaccinated people in Germany will have AIDS.  The article uses figures from a now-corrected German government report which seemed to show the case rat Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEMA Did NOT Announce Plans To Conduct ‘Nuclear Detonation Drill’ January 6

2022-01-06 Did the Federal Emergency Management Agency announce it will conduct a nuclear detonation "drill" on January 6, 2022? No, that's not true: FEMA had planned to host a half-hour-long webinar for emergency response planners, mass care provid Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There ARE Movie Theater Listings After January 6, 2022

2022-01-04 Are there no movie theater listings after January 6, 2022? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, movie theaters in larger markets like New York and Los Angeles had posted showtimes for after Thursday, January 6, 2022. Some theaters Go to site post…»

Logically→ China unfurled its national flag at Galwan Valley on January 1, 2022.

2022-01-04 The People's Liberation Army unfurled the Chinese flag along the region of the Galwan Valley that lies in territory controlled by China. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Infamous January 6 Image Inside The Capitol Was NOT Faked And Staged In Front Of A Green Screen

2021-12-01 Was a green screen used to produce one of the more memorable images of rioters inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 -- with actors posing in another location and superimposed onto still and video images of the riot? No, tha Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT True ‘There’s No National Manhunt’ For The January 5, 2021, Pipe Bomb Maker

2021-11-16 Is there no national manhunt for the January 5, 2021, bomb maker? No, that's not true: The search for the pipe-bomb maker involves the FBI's Washington, D.C., field office and that agency's partners at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Panda Cubs at Tokyo Zoo Get Their Names, to Debut in January

2021-10-08 Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June got their names — Lei Lei for the female cub, and Xiao Xiao for her brother. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Boebert Did NOT Tweet Pelosi’s Whereabouts During January 6 Insurrection, Only That Pelosi Had Been Evacuated

2021-09-28 Did U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert live-tweet Speaker Nancy Pelosi's whereabouts during the January 6, 2021, insurrection? Not exactly: Boebert tweeted when Pelosi was removed from the House chamber, but did not tweet where Pelosi was specifica Go to site post…»

Logically→ 30,305 people died within 21 days of having COVID-19 vaccine in England between January and June 2021.

2021-09-17 Only 4,570 people died within 21 days of a vaccine dose during this period. These deaths were by no means linked to the vaccine. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep Matt Gaetz Did NOT Tweet That January 6th Insurrectionists Should Be Pardoned

2021-07-08 Did Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida suggest that people associated with the January 6 incident at the U.S. Capitol should be pardoned? No, that's not true: The tweet saying this did not come from his actual Twitter account, and the Go to site post…»

AFP Fact Check→ This video shows the aftermath of Indonesian plane crash in January 2021

2021-05-05 A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok alongside a claim it shows an intact prayer mat recovered from the Indonesian submarine that sank in April 2021. The claim is fals Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Virus-Hit Russia Reports 25% Death Increase in January-March

2021-05-01 Russia’s state statistical service did not provide an explanation for the sharply higher death toll, but critics have suggested that Russian officials underplay the severity of the pandemic in the country. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All Capitol Rioters Did NOT ‘Go Home Alive’ After January 6, 2021 Encounters With Police

2021-04-15 Did all the rioters at the U.S. Capitol survive their encounters with Capitol Police during the January 6, 2021 assault? No, that's not true: Ashli Babbitt, one of the rioters, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer while breaking i Go to site post…»

AFP Fact Check→ This man was arrested at a demonstration supporting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in January 2021

2021-04-09 Facebook and Instagram posts purport to show a video of an elderly man who was arrested for not wearing a facemask, despite allegedly being vaccinated against Covid-19. The claim is misleading: the man was arrested for breaching coronavirus restriction Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof Justice Clarence Thomas And His Wife Ginni Thomas Chartered Buses For January 6, 2021, Capitol Protesters

2021-04-06 Did Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife charter buses for January 6, 2021, protesters in Washington, D.C.? No, there is no proof of that. Justice Thomas's wife, Ginni Thomas, did promote the rally that evolved into proteste Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Uphill: January 6 Investigations Stall

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AFP Fact Check→ This image shows the bodies of coal miners who were murdered in Pakistan in January 2021

2021-03-18 An image has been shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside claims that it shows members of an Islamic missionary group, the Tablighi Jamaat, killed in a purported attack in March 2021. The claim is false: the image actuall Go to site post…»

Logically→ The police escorted 3 buses of AntiFa protestors into Washington DC to facilitate the January 6 riots.

2021-03-08 An old video from a protest in December 2020 falsely states that the clip features AntiFa protestors on their way to the Capitol riots in January. Go to site post…»

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