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AllSides→ Viral Claim Inflates Number of New Voters in Three States
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/viral-claim-inflates-number-of-new-voters-in-three-states/ A claim on
The Dispatch→ Hard Numbers, Hard Spot for GOP on Abortion
The pro-choice contingent of the electorate had been growing since 2010. And then Roe v. Wade fell.
FactCheck.org→ Viral Claim Inflates Number of New Voters in Three States
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A claim on social media misrepresents the number of people who have registered to vote in three states in 2024 and suggests the new voters are immigrants
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Jobs Numbers During the Trump and Biden Presidencies
The U.S. economy did lose jobs under Trump, but the pandemic was largely to blame.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social Security Administration data doesn’t show number of people registering to vote without IDs
A Social Security Administration database shows “how many people each of the 43 states are registering to vote who DO NOT HAVE IDs.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Federal data does not show a soaring number of unauthorized migrants registering to vote
With three months remaining in the presidential primary season, social media users are misrepresenting government data to suggest that the country is seeing a surge in voter registrations by migrants who came to the U.S. illegally.
PolitiFact→ Brian Schimming – Wisconsin GOP blast Biden on manufacturing job losses, but their numbers are off
“On Joe Biden’s watch, Wisconsin has lost 6,000 manufacturing jobs and 455 dairy farms in the last year.”
PolitiFact→ Charles Schumer – Did TSA find a record number of guns at airports last year?
“TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media claim wrong about number of immigrants and reemergence of livestock disease
Because “17 million immigrants” were “let in” the U.S, “ foot and mouth disease is back. We got rid of that fifty years ago.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Small number of arsons don’t negate climate change’s effect on Canada’s wildfires
Arson, not climate change, caused Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John Kirby Did NOT Say Zero Civilians Had Died In Gaza — He Said ‘The Right Number Of Civilian Casualties Is Zero’
Did Assistant to the Secretary of Defense John Kirby say that the "true number of civilians deaths in Gaza is zero"? No, that's not true: That is a misquote that drastically changes the meaning of what Kirby said. No such quote is found i
The Dispatch→ Why Biden’s Low Approval Numbers Might Not Hurt Him in November
Many of the old rules of politics no longer apply.
The Dispatch→ The Number That Will Forecast Biden’s Fate
Keep an eye on economic growth.
Full Fact→ Labour claim of 4,000 drop in GP numbers is not reliable
A claimed cut of 4,000 GPs in a Labour party briefing document seems to rely on a comparison between two different datasets, which the NHS itself says should not be compared.
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers, January 2024 Update
Summary Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Here’s how the United States has fared since President Joe Biden took office three years ago: The economy added more than 14 million jobs. The number is now nearly 4.
Washington Post→ As views on economy improve, Trump claims the jobs numbers aren’t ‘real’
Americans increasingly believe the economy is doing well under President Biden, so former president Donald Trump is pulling out an old playbook to cast doubt.
AllSides→ Misinformation on Number of School Shootings Fueled by Inconsistent Reporting
https://www.allsides.com/blog/misinformation-number-school-shootings-fueled-inconsistent-reporting Diff
The Dispatch→ No Evidence Backs Claim That FBI ‘Knows’ the License Plate Number of the January 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect
Authorities have been investigating the case for three years.
Logically→ 2016 numbers shared to falsely claim over 95,000 ration cards canceled recently in Telangana
Washington Post→ House GOP lawmakers keep hyping the numbers on Hunter Biden’s foreign deals
Even the House Oversight Committee’s own math shows that many lawmakers overreach when they comment publicly.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Calling A 1-800 Number Does NOT Help Get ‘Stimulus Deposit’ — US Government Did NOT Distribute Such Payments In November 2023
Could a call to a hotline number expedite receiving a "stimulus deposit" in November 2023? No, that's not true: The federal government was not distributing such payments as of this writing. The toll-free number shared on social media was
Full Fact→ Widespread confusion over number of ‘people’ on NHS waiting lists
The latest figures show there are 7.8 million cases waiting for planned treatment in England—but only 6.5 million people, because some are waiting for more than one thing.
Full Fact→ Health secretary to correct the record over maternity programme numbers
Steve Barclay claimed that there has been a 13% rise in midwifery programme starters since two years ago but this is based on an anticipated rise rather than an actual one.
Full Fact→ How does the number of migrant returns compare to the past?
The number of people being returned from the UK, including asylum seekers, foreign national offenders and others, is up since 2020, but is relatively low compared to earlier years.
Full Fact→ Is tooth decay the number one reason children are admitted to hospital?
Wes Streeting told the Labour conference that tooth decay was the number one reason children end up in hospital but this is only true of children aged five and over.
PolitiFact→ One Nation – Petition critical of Joe Manchin exaggerates number of W.Va. fossil fuel jobs at risk
Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.”
AllSides→ Biden’s Numbers, October 2023 Update
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/10/bidens-numbers-october-2023-update/ Since President Joe Biden took of
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers, October 2023 Update
Summary Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Since President Joe Biden took office: The economy added 13.9 million jobs, putting the total 4.5 million higher than before the pandemic. The unemployment rate dr
Full Fact→ How have rail passenger numbers changed since the pandemic?
We’ve looked into the figures after transport secretary Mark Harper claimed train travel for business and commuting was down by 50% compared to before the pandemic.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT ‘Warn’ WEF’s Klaus Schwab His ‘Days Are Numbered’
Did Vladimir Putin say on October 5, 2023, that World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab is a "global terrorist" and that "his days are numbered"? No, that's not true: the Russian president never referred to Schwab during a speech. Contr
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Ron DeSantis exaggerates number of migrants in US illegally under President Joe Biden
Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.”
Full Fact→ How has the number of prison officers changed under the Conservatives?
The Prime Minister claimed the number of prison officers has increased by 4,000 “over the past few years”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Reuters Did NOT Publish 2024 Election Polling Numbers — They Were Created On Interactive Website
Did Reuters publish 2024 presidential election polling numbers that heavily favored former president and current candidate Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Reuters has debunked the fake numbers and a map associated with the numbers. The
The Dispatch→ Politics by the Numbers Is Not Enough
Neither polls nor demography can really tell candidates or journalists what will end up working.
Full Fact→ The number of prison escapes has been falling since the 1990s
We looked into the figures after the PM claimed prison escapes were 10 times higher under the last Labour government.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Reveal Plan To ‘Increase The Number and Intensity of Extreme Weather Events’
Did President Joe Biden announce in September 2023 that his administration intends to "increase the number and intensity of the extreme weather events"? No, that's not true: A social media video used incomplete footage of a speech to impl
Full Fact→ The number of band 3-5 prison officers increased by 701 in the year to 30 June 2023
Justice secretary Alex Chalk claimed that the number of full-time equivalent band 3-5 prison staff had increased by over 700 “since 30 June 2023”.
Full Fact→ Minister overstates increase in prison officer numbers
Michelle Donelan MP wrongly claimed the number of frontline prison officers has “increased by 20%” in the last year.
AllSides→ Number of Counties Won in Presidential Election Doesn’t Determine Outcome
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/number-of-counties-won-in-presidential-election-doesnt-determine-outcome/