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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Was NOT Giving His Opinion When He Said ‘Israel Has Hypnotized The World" in 2019 – He Quoted Rep. Ilhan Omar
Was Donald Trump stating his opinion of Israel when he said "Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel"? No, that's not true: Trump, speaking at a 2019 Minneapolis rally was q
Full Fact→ A ‘Guardian’ opinion article supporting looting in France is fake
A screenshot of a fake Guardian article has been widely shared on social media.
The Dispatch→ When Public Opinion Is Irrelevant
The Supreme Court is in the law business, not the justice business. Continue reading When Public Opinion Is Irrelevant »
PolitiFact→ Derrick Van Orden – Van Orden half-flips opinion on abortion ban
On exceptions to Wisconsin's abortion ban
Logically→ Fabricated graphic on opinion polls shared to claim BJP will lose the upcoming Karnataka polls
PolitiFact→ Public opinion on abortion: What’s changed since Roe v. Wade was overturned?
How has American opinion on abortion changed since Roe v. Wade was overturned? PolitiFact’s review of recent polls show abortion-rights support remains higher than anti-abortion sentiment, though views are fairly stable. Here’s the data.
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence Scientists Received Grant for Changing Opinion on Pandemic Origins, Contrary to Claims
In 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded 11 grants to scientists so they could investigate how and where infectious agents emerge from wildlife and cause illness in humans. Although the grants were r
Truth or Fiction?→ How the Court of Public Opinion Shifted on the Infamous McDonald’s Coffee Lawsuit
Derided for years as a comedic (at best) example of a frivolous lawsuit, the story of Stella Liebeck’s legal battle with the McDonald’s fast food chain has been the subject of a critical reappraisal. The 1994 case, Liebeck v. McDonalds, ste
PolitiFact→ Elise Stefanik – Poll on voters’ opinion of Biden laptop story doesn't tell whole story
53% of Americans made aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story would have changed their vote in 2020.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Nikola Tesla Say ‘When You Understand That Every Opinion Is a Vision Full of Personal History …’
On February 16 2023, a metaphysics-focused Facebook page attributed a quote (“When you understand that every opinion is a vision full of personal history … you will begin to understand that every judgment is a confession”) to invento
Full Fact→ Public opinion in Scotland does support EU membership
Alister Jack told the House of Commons that there is “no desire in Scotland” for EU membership. Opinion polls suggest otherwise.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Image of Clarence and Ginni Thomas enjoying bottle of wine predates Roe v. Wade draft opinion leak
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni posted a photo of themselves enjoying a $5,135 bottle of wine “as American women despair about abortion rights being taken away from them.”
Snopes→ Did Keith M. Alber Write, ‘Opinion From a Former Judge’?
Among the purported steps to overturn democracy were "divide the nation philosophically" and "control all media."
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misattribute Phrase ‘Domestic Supply of Infants’ in Draft Opinion on Abortion
Quick Take In a footnote of a draft opinion on abortion access, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito quoted from a 2008 government report on the demand for adoption in the U.S., which used the phrase, “domestic supply of infants.” Posts on so
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion?
Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion?
Poynter→ 5 claims Justice Samuel Alito makes in the draft opinion on Roe v. Wade, fact-checked
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is over 90 pages long. But Alito wasted little time getting to his key point. “The Constitution makes no reference […] The post 5 claims Justice Samuel Alit
PolitiFact→ Jeffrey Toobin – Sometimes SCOTUS leaks happen, but a leaked majority opinion draft is new
“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 5 claims in the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade
In a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade, Justice Alito made a series of claims about the history of abortion law, gender rates of voting, and about race and abortion. We found some of his statements were missing context.
Snopes→ Has a US Supreme Court Opinion Never Been Leaked in Advance Before?
The highest court in the U.S. is more secretive than other institutions.
Snopes→ Report: Draft Opinion Suggests High Court Will Overturn Roe
The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the draft Politico posted, which if verified marks a shocking revelation of the high court’s secretive deliberation process, particularly before a case is formally decided.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT Clear Whether It Is ‘Totally Safe’ To Drink Alcohol While Breastfeeding – Expert Opinion Varies
Is it "totally safe" to drink alcohol while breastfeeding? Expert opinion varies: While some cite health organizations' recommendations and research, others believe there is limited evidence to deem alcohol use safe or unsafe during breas
AllSides→ Facebook Fact Checks Are Opinions, Not Facts
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/12/14/fact-check-facebook-fact-checks-are-opinions-not-facts/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Lancet Did NOT Say ‘Stigmatising The Unvaccinated Is Unjustified’ — It’s An Opinion Letter From A Reader
Did one of the world's leading medical journals declare that stigmatizing the unvaccinated is "unjustified" and that government public health officials are bullying by "suggesting that people who have been vaccinated are not relevant in t
Truth or Fiction?→ Charlie Kirk Has Dueling Opinions on ‘Resist’ and ‘Disobey’
On April 13 2021, an Imgur user shared Twitter screenshots purportedly showing contradictory opinions from right-wing activist Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA, an organization promoting far right views on high school and college campuses. In a post t
Snopes→ Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Delivers 1st Opinion
However, Barrett's opinion was not the first writing as a justice. She previously wrote a concurring opinion regarding church services in California.
Full Fact→ Guardian report on public opinion about job losses needs context
“How can it be that nearly half the population thinks the reason people lost their jobs in the pandemic was due to their own underperformance?” The Guardian, 25 February 2021. Last week, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee claimed that nearly
Snopes→ Did Mike Lindell’s ‘Absolute Proof’ Vid on Election Fraud Run with Disclaimer Labeling Content as Opinion?
OANN: "The statements and claims expressed in this program are presented at this time as opinions only and are not intended to be taken or interpreted by the viewer as established facts."
Snopes→ Did McConnell Say Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Opinions Are a ‘Cancer’ For Republican Party?
Greene has a history of pushing conspiracy theories as truth.
Poynter→ Opinion: To control online misinformation, we need real-world solutions
The big lie was planned well in advance. Before he became president in 2016, Donald Trump was saying that U.S. elections were rigged. In 2020, months before voting began, Trump said the only way he’d lose would be because of voter fraud. After Electi
Full Fact→ Express opinion piece wrong to allege evidence of widespread voter fraud in US elections
“If you count the ballot fraud, most pollsters clearly failed. If you don’t include the fraudulent ballots, most pollsters failed on a spectacular scale [...] It therefore defies logic Biden secured more votes than Barack Obama. If only va
Snopes→ A Look at Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Notable Opinions, Votes
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, has written roughly 100 opinions in more than three years on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Snopes→ Did Elon Musk Tell Kanye West, ‘We May Have More Differences of Opinion Than I Anticipated?’
Endorsing someone for president without knowing the platform they'll be running on is generally a bad idea.
Snopes→ Journalists Believe News and Opinion Are Separate, But Readers Can’t Tell the Difference
The divide between news and opinion is not as clear to many readers as journalists believe that it is.
Health Feedback→ German Ministry employee makes unsupported claim that COVID-19 pandemic is a global false alarm in widely circulated yet unsolicited opinion article
REVIEW An article posted by News Punch on 2 June 2020 partially reproduces a document originally published by the German outlet Tichys Einblick on 10 May 2020, claiming that it was leaked from Germany’s Interior Ministry. The document, titled KM 4
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Opinion Writer Does NOT Believe Trump Should File Article 2 Motion To Impeach Nancy Pelosi
Does an op-ed writer believe that President Trump should file an Article 2 motion to impeach House Speaker Nancy Pelosi? No, that's not true: The story is a work of satire from a website created by a liberal who trolls conservatives. The claim
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact’s guide to understanding public opinion polls
As the 2020 election pushes ahead, voters will be seeing poll results in their news feed — lots of them. But not all polls are created equal, and it can be hard to put the results into the proper context. PolitiFact participated in a worksh
Snopes→ Justice Legal Opinion Backs Whitaker’s Naming as Acting AG
The Justice Department has issued an internal legal opinion supporting the legality of Matthew Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general.
Snopes→ Word Detectives: Science May Help Finger Opinion Columnist
Experts use a combination of language use, statistics and computer science to help figure out who wrote documents that are anonymous or possibly plagiarized.
Climate Feedback→ The Australian publishes “deeply ill-informed” opinion on climate by Ian Plimer
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This op-ed published by The Australian, written by Ian Plimer, makes a large number of claims that run counter to science and observations or are the expression of fallacious reasoning. The title of the op-ed—