Did Robert De Niro say he had to leave New York City now that Mamdani is officially the mayor as some viral posts are saying? No, that's not true: The actor did not make the comments about having "no choice" and Mamdani wanting to take ha
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Colbert, Kimmel And Fallon Are NOT Officially Teaming Up For A New ‘Freedom Show’ — It’s Viet Spam
Are late-night TV hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon joining together to create a new "Freedom Show"? No, that's not true: This is an unsourced clickbait claim, made up and distributed by a spam network based in Vietnam
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical Post Said Parliament of Greenland Banned Trump And His Descendants For 100 Years — Not Real News
Did Greenland's parliament introduce legislation to ban Donald Trump and all his descendants for 100 generations? No, that's not true: The story originated on a social media account that describes itself as "Dadaist graffiti news", comedy
The Dispatch→ Beware the New Americanism
The new right is twisting the ideals of patriotism into fascistic propaganda.
Full Fact→ Sky News corrects claim about asylum hotel closures under Labour
An article on Sky News’ website which claimed the government says it’s halved the number of hotels in use since it came to power has been corrected after Full Fact got in touch.
The Dispatch→ Ethics Rooted in Physics | Interview: Rebecca Newberger-Goldstein
‘Moral unity and theological pluralism.’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "One Of Ours All Of Yours" Is NOT A Phrase From Nazi Germany — However It Was Really Displayed On A Lectern At A DHS Press Conference In New York City
Did the phrase "One of ours all of yours" originate in Nazi Germany after all the residents in a Czech village were killed in retribution for the killing of an SS officer? No, that's not true: The phrase, which was displayed on a lectern
Full Fact→ Property investor’s video falsely shared as ‘migrant showing off new house’
A clip shared on social media with misleading captions claiming it shows an asylum seeker filming their new accommodation was actually posted by a property investor marketing a house up for sale.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical Post Said Trump Smelled Like Rotten Beef, Farted Audibly During White House Meeting With Oil Executives — Not Real News
Did an actual news outlet report that an oil executive said Donald Trump "smelled like rotten roast beef" and audibly farted multiple times during a White House meeting with oil industry leaders? No, that's not true: The viral message mak
The Dispatch→ Ukraine’s New Lifeline
Western allies commit to troops on the ground and binding security guarantees once a ceasefire takes hold.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satirical Post Said ‘Radical Libertarian NRA Members’ Wielding AR-15 Rifles Were Facing Off With ICE Vehicles In Oregon — Not Real News
Did a group of "radical libertarian NRA members" face off with ICE agents and their vehicles in Oregon, daring them to move an inch toward them? No, that's not true: A viral message making that claim in the wake of the Minneapolis shootin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Image In Keanu Reeves ‘Arch Animal Sanctuary’ Story With No Verifiable Details — No Actual News Reports
Did Keanu Reeves open an "Arch Animal Sanctuary" as claimed by several viral posts? No, that's not true: The image used in the story was generated using artificial intelligence according to the SynthID watermark in it. There were no actua
The Dispatch→ Iran Faces New Protests
Nationwide demonstrations test a regime weakened by war and internal division.
PolitiFact→ Doctors still recommend flu shot despite sneaky new strain
Doctors still recommend flu shot despite sneaky new strain
Full Fact→ Paper Mills: a new threat to scientific publishing
There's a new problem for publication in research: scientific fraud.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Real CBS News Report That Gabbard Thwarted A Rep. Jeffries Attempt To Tip Off Maduro — It’s Rage Bait
Does a viral image show a real news report saying that U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' office "tried to tip off" Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro before his capture? No, that's not true: No such report could be found. Neither CBS N
The Dispatch→ Intellectuals of the New Right | Interview: Laura Field
Brookings delenda est (just kidding).
The Dispatch→ Intellectuals of the New Right | Interview: Laura Field
Brookings delenda est (just kidding).
The Dispatch→ Crackpottery and Fearmongering for a New Generation
There’s nothing new about what Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson are pushing.
Full Fact→ No, a new law isn’t being introduced to stop people playing music while driving
Videos shared on Facebook make false claims about a supposed new law banning music in moving cars and a new monthly electricity charge.
Full Fact→ No, a new law isn’t being introduced to stop people playing music while driving
Videos shared on Facebook make false claims about a supposed new law banning music in moving cars and a new monthly electricity charge.
The Dispatch→ Death Comes For New York State
Gov. Kathy Hochul signs an assisted suicide bill after a monthslong delay.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Jon-Bernard Kairouz Actually Confronted On Live TV By Fox News Host About His Appearance In Epstein Files — It’s A Comedy Sketch
Was Jon-Bernard Kairouz confronted about his appearance in pictures from newly released Epstein files while being interviewed on Fox News? No, that's not true: The viral video did not show a real Fox News segment. In what appears to be a
Full Fact→ New wave of fake stories about curbs on personal freedoms and bogus taxes rack up millions of views on social media
In the three months since we first covered the problem, we’ve fact checked a further 45 false and misleading claims, about everything from nighttime curfews to a “Christmas decorations tax”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Trump-Kennedy Sign At Kennedy Center Does NOT Have Gold Appliques And Onlays Like Trump Added To The Oval Office
Does the new Trump-Kennedy sign at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have gold appliques like President Donald Trump added to the walls of the Oval Office? No, that's not true: Though Trump's name was added, there were no news re
The Dispatch→ Calming the New Radicalism
The American experiment has been challenged before. Public discussion showed a way forward.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Long Road Ahead, But I Believe In Recovery …’ Is NOT A Real Post By Maddow, Gauff, Sunak And Other Celebrities — Plucky Sick-Bed Notes Are Another Fake News Scam
Did Rachel Maddow, tennis champion Coco Gauff and former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, plus dozens of other prominent Americans, post identical brave notes from a hospital bed, saying "I still have a long road ahead. But I believe i
The Dispatch→ Environmentalists and Affordability Duke It Out in New York
Gov. Kathy Hochul takes a different tack on energy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Story About ‘Live 3 A.M. Emergency Monologue’ By Mamdani, Melania Trump, Sen. Kennedy, Others Is NOT Real– It’s Fake News Clickbait From Vietnam
Did Zohran Mamdani, Melania Trump, Sen. John Kennedy or other prominent Americans go live with a 3 a.m. emergency monologue claiming they were under threat for secrets they were about to expose about President Donald Trump or former presi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Site Said IT Professional ‘Edward Crabtree’ Disarmed Bondi Beach Shooter — NOT Actual News Site
Did an actual news site report a 43-year-old IT professional named "Edward Crabtree" disarmed a terrorist during a terrorist attack on Bondi beach in Australia on December 14, 2025? No, that's not true: That name and description came from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kristi Noem Did NOT Say, "Calling ICE Agents Nazis Is Rude And Inaccurate" On Fox News — Fake Screenshot From a Satire Account
Did Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem say on Fox News that calling ICE agents Nazis is rude and inaccurate because they don't wear uniforms? No, that's not true: A fabricated Fox News screenshot with that quote had the watermark of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check:There Is NO Evidence Elon Musk Bought Facebook In An ‘Operation Clean Slate’ — Fake News Site Manufactures Rumors To Build Traffic
Is "Tech world on fire" over news that Elon Musk bought Facebook in order to "delete it"? No, that's not true: Meta (which owns Facebook) had not, as of this writing, announced or documented a sale, as is required of publicly traded compa
AllSides→ Vaccine Panel, Voting to Change Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns, Shares Misleading Information
Vaccine Panel, Voting to Change Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns, Shares Misleading Information jbhicks Mon, 12/08/2025 - 06:12 Read more about Vaccine Panel, Voting to Change Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns, Shares Misleading Information
The Dispatch→ Trump’s New Foreign Policy Roadmap
Trump’s National Security Strategy marks a sharp departure from traditional alliance-based foreign policy.
FactCheck.org→ Vaccine Panel, Voting to Change Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns, Shares Misleading Information
Upending decades-old guidance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee voted to no longer issue a blanket recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Throughout the meeting, many panel
PolitiFact→ 4 fact-checks after CDC vaccine panel ends universal newborn hep B vaccine recommendations
Fact-checking CDC vaccine panel on baby hepatitis B shots
The Dispatch→ A New Feminism at Cambridge
A recently formed student group claims that ‘femaleness’ is based in biology.
PolitiFact→ Here’s why an appeals court upheld disqualifying Alina Habba as New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney
Why an appeals court disqualified Alina Habba as attorney?
The Dispatch→ Resist the New Autotune
Using AI to make music flattens the form entirely.
Full Fact→ No, you won’t need digital ID for cash payments over £20 in the new year
Videos circulating online claim that from 2026 purchases above £20 will need digital ID verification, and repeated cash payments could result in fines. But neither of these claims are true.