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The Dispatch→ Dominion v. Fox News: A Good Case, But Not a Slam Dunk

2023-03-15 Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered outside the NewsCorp Building in Manhattan on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images)The Supreme Court’s ‘actual malice’ standard is a high bar to Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ New York Court: Fox News ‘Turned a Blind Eye’ to Guests’ Election Disinformation

2023-03-14 The right-wing Fox “news” channel must face a second defamation lawsuit for promoting election deniers following Donald Trump’s resounding loss to Joe Biden in 2020. The New York State Supreme Court ruled on March 8 2023 that a $2.7 b Go to site post…»

Washington Post→ CDC news release magnified spike in sexual violence against girls

2023-03-14 The agency acknowledged to The Fact Checker that it rounded figures to give a misleading presentation. Go to site post…»

Poynter→ In a swipe at Fox News, Trump made a misleading statement about Los Angeles County’s elections

2023-03-10 Former President Donald Trump, who continues to falsely call the 2020 election “rigged,” pointed to litigation in Los Angeles County as one sign that the election wasn’t fair. “Let’s ask […] The post In a swipe at Fox Ne Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – In swipe at Fox News, Trump misleads about Los Angeles County election

2023-03-09 The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.” Go to site post…»

Poynter→ 7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 footage

2023-03-09 Fox News host Tucker Carlson on March 6 aired newly released security video from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that he said was provided to him […] The post 7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 fo Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ How Fox News Created a ‘Safe Space’ for Its Audience

2023-03-08 Fox News host Tucker Carlson. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)The network didn’t want to upset its audience with the truth about the 2020 election.The post How Fox News Created a ‘Safe Space’ for Its Audience appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ The Coming Decline of Fox News

2023-03-03 Fox News headquarters in New York City. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)Win or lose, Murdoch media will decline after the Dominion suit.The post The Coming Decline of Fox News appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Video: The Fox News/Dominion Lawsuit, 2024, and CPAC

2023-03-01 Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Video: The Fox News/Dominion Lawsuit, 2024, and CPAC appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ What Rupert Murdoch Said Under Oath About Fox News’ 2020 Election Claims

2023-02-28 On February 28 2023, a popular post on Imgur asserted that Fox News “lied … about the 2020 election,” and that chairman and right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch testified to that fact under oath: Text on the meme was credited to Tw Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Newspapers and health minister understate junior doctors’ pay demand

2023-02-24 Junior doctors are asking for a pay rise of about 35%—not 26%, which is how much their union says their pay has fallen by since 2008-9. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Biden’s April 2022 Remark About Some Ukraine Aid Covering Pensions Is Not ‘Breaking’ News

2023-02-24 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/bidens-april-2022-remark-about-some-ukraine-aid-covering-pensions-is-not-breaking-news/ Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ Biden’s April 2022 Remark About Some Ukraine Aid Covering Pensions Is Not ‘Breaking’ News

2023-02-23 President Joe Biden said in April 2022 that some of the funding in a Ukraine aid package that Congress later overwhelmingly approved could be used to pay pensions for Ukrainians amid the ongoing war with Russia. That is not a new development, as Go to site post…»

AllSides→ The Guardian, Gavin Newsom Falsely Accuse Glenn Youngkin of Special Interest in Menstrual Histories

2023-02-22 https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-guardian-gavin-newsom-falsely-accuse-glenn-youngkin-of-special-interest-in-menstrual-histories/ Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Dominion Exposed Fox News

2023-02-18 Tucker Carlson speaks during 2022 Fox Nation Patriot Awards in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)Plus: Nikki Haley enters the race, the folly of Buy American policy, and more.The post Our Best Stuff From the Week Dominion Exposed Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Fox News Hates Its Viewers

2023-02-17 Sean Hannity during a live taping of "Hannity.” (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images.)Maybe it should.The post Fox News Hates Its Viewers appeared first on The Dispatch. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – No man buns were harmed as fake news about a vigilante cutting them off spread on social media

2023-02-17 “Criminal caught after cutting off 37 man buns.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Gavin Newsom – Gavin Newsom overstates the effect of Florida's permitless carry bill

2023-02-06 "(Ron) DeSantis' bill would remove: background checks, instruction, training and oversight." Go to site post…»

Poynter→ This newspaper doesn’t exist: How ChatGPT can launch fake news sites in minutes

2023-02-03 Michael Martinez, managing editor of the Suncoast Sentinel, is a foodie who loves jazz, volunteers at local homeless shelters and spends his days hiking in Florida’s state parks. One problem: […] The post This newspaper doesn’t exist: How Cha Go to site post…»

Washington Post→ Laptop email suggests Hunter Biden read newspapers, not classified documents

2023-02-02 Republicans claim the president's son wrote a 2014 email with inside information. But the facts he cited could be found in news reports at the time. Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Tyre Nichols’ Death Renews Calls for Police Reform

2023-01-31 People attend a candlelight vigil in memory of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)As new details of the violent arrest emerge, lawmakers weigh what can be done at the federal level.The post Tyre Nichols’ Death Rene Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ A&W Root Bear ‘Bear Mascot’ Twitter Joke Ends Up on Fox News

2023-01-27 As a January 2023 debate over M&Ms’ “spokescandies” moved through the news cycle, a tweet about A&W Restaurants purportedly issuing a similar statement was featured on Fox Business: Why are right wingers obsessed with animat Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Gavin Newsom – Gavin Newsom is mostly right, the US gun homicide rate is 26 times higher than ‘peers’

2023-01-25 “The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.” Go to site post…»

Logically→ Rahul Gandhi was reading a Kannada newspaper.

2023-01-18 Gandhi was reading the English pages of the National Herald newspaper in 2017. Only the first and last pages were in Kannada. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Did Mark Twain Say This About Reading the Newspaper and Being Misinformed?

2023-01-09 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mark-twain-read-newspaper-misinformed/ A quote has been floating arou Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Economic Forum’s Klaus Schwab Did NOT Tweet, Say ‘Jesus Is the Original Fake News’ — It’s A Fake News Story

2023-01-06 Did the World Economic Forum (WEF) or its founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab, tweet or say that "Jesus is the original fake news"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the statement is from Schwab or the WEF. The claim Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Newsmax – Pope Benedict wanted a simple funeral. There’s no evidence he asked that Biden not attend

2023-01-06 "Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican requested that President Biden not attend Benedict’s funeral." Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ NewsBlaze CEO Appears Linked To Anonymous Anti-Vax Site GoodSciencing.com

2023-01-05 This article lays out the evidence Alan Gray (CEO of alternative news site NewsBlaze) is quite likely the key person behind the anonymously published website named Real Science hosted on the domain name goodsciencing.com. It was recently Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Launch ‘It’s Gay To Smoke’ Ad Campaign — It’s A Decade-Old Fake Ad From A Satire News Site

2023-01-04 Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launch an anti-smoking effort with a video ad that uses the tagline "It's Gay to Smoke"? No, that's not true: The video is from a fake story created more than a decade ago by the sa Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chuck Norris Did NOT Announce ‘Devastating News’ As Of December 26, 2022

2022-12-29 Did Chuck Norris announce "devastating news" on or before December 26, 2022? No, that's not true: A Facebook post that claimed the martial artist announced "devastating news" and implied he suffered a health crisis appears to be nothing m Go to site post…»

Logically→ The World Economic Forum claims that God is dead, that Jesus is fake news, and that they have gained divine powers.

2022-12-21 According to an article on the website Newspunch, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said that God is dead, that Jesus is "fake news," that WEF leaders have gained divine powers to rule over humanity, and that they will turn humans into gods Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘We Took Police At Their Word’: Florida News Outlets Fuel Latest Police ‘Overdose’ Story

2022-12-19 A story out of Florida in December 2022 quickly gained traction online and made it to the national spotlight, becoming the latest story to push the claim — contrary to medical expertise — that even brief exposure to fentanyl can induce an o Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Voter Fraud When Herschel Walker’s Numbers Go Down On Fox News

2022-12-14 Does a sudden decrease in the displayed vote tally for U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker during Fox News coverage of Georgia's December 6, 2022, runoff election prove that voter fraud occurred? No, that's not true: Human error by the Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – Fluctuating vote count on Fox News resulted from human error, not fraud in the Georgia runoff

2022-12-09 Fluctuating vote count in Fox News coverage of the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff is evidence of voter fraud. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Six Million’ Population Figure In Pre-WWII American News Stories About Jews Does NOT Confirm There Was No Holocaust

2022-12-06 Does the repeated use of the figure 6 million in pre-World War II American newspaper reports about the world's Jewish communities prove there was no Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews are estimated to have died? No, that's not true: The r Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Trump responds to special counsel news with debunked claim about Obama and the Bushes

2022-11-22 https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/politics/fact-check-trump-special-counsel-response/index.html In former Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco renews criticism of Ticketmaster monopoly

2022-11-18 After a chaotic ticket presale for Taylor Swift’s concert tour, antitrust experts and members of Congress are pushing to rein in the power of Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Go to site post…»

Logically→ A BBC News report states spike protein was found in dead babies in Scotland.

2022-11-18 The BBC report talked about a spike in the number of dead babies, not spike-protein found in dead babies. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this Hunter Biden story wasn’t ‘front page news in Australia’

2022-11-17 “Biden ‘child porn’ shock” headline was “front page news in Australia.” Go to site post…»

Logically→ Euronews reported that an auction house in Germany is raising funds for Ukraine’s armed forces by destroying art.

2022-11-04 The video report is fabricated and was never published by Euronews. The entities mentioned in connection with the event have denied any association. Go to site post…»

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