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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DTaP Vaccine’s Packaging Insert Does NOT Prove Immunization Causes SIDS
Does an insert included in the packaging for one diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine show a direct link between immunization and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the Centers for Dis
Full Fact→ Altered photo showing ‘flat’ Earth has not been leaked by SpaceX
The photo is altered and has been circulating online for several years.
The Dispatch→ Threats and Allies in the Indo-Pacific
“When peace is threatened you’ll make friends with anyone.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Old video about Biden impeachment articles is misleadingly repackaged as breaking news
Video shows “articles of impeachment to be filed against President Joe Biden today!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 2023 DEW Attack On Hawaii — It’s A 2018 SpaceX Launch From California
Did a laser beam from a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) blast Hawaii just before the wildfires started in August 2023? No, that's not true: This is not a photo of a DEW laser hitting Hawaii. It shows a time-lapse image of a SpaceX rocket lau
Logically→ Old visuals captured by International Space Station passed off as visuals from Chandrayaan 3
AllSides→ Image shows aftermath of SpaceX launch, not weapon starting Hawaii fires
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/08/14/maui-fires-not-caused-by-light-beam-in-image-fact-check/70579240007/
Full Fact→ Only cash withdrawals using a credit card, not a debit card, impact on a credit score
A Facebook post with thousands of shares suggests all cash withdrawals impact a person’s credit score.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Fabricated story about Vladimir Putin banning 5G in Russia repackaged on social media
“Putin bans 5G across Russia, destroys all towers.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sun DOES Heat Earth Through The Vacuum Of Space
Does the 93-million-mile vacuum separating the Earth from the sun prevent the latter from heating our planet? No, that's not true: A University of California, Berkeley physicist told Lead Stories that the claim is "completely false." The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Downward Motion Of Object On International Space Station Does NOT Indicate An Anti-Gravity Hoax
Did NASA and the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) stage a live stream video pretending to be in zero gravity on board the ISS, and was this hoax betrayed by a blooper where a ball printed like a globe fell to the floor as if
Full Fact→ Amazon is not clearing £3 bundles of unclaimed electronic packages
A post about bargain packages of iPhones, AirPods and Playstations is too good to be true.
Full Fact→ Website claiming to offer £2 Amazon packages is fake
The website is linked to in a Facebook post claiming the retailer is giving away “unclaimed electronics” to British customers for £2.
Full Fact→ Five ways our fact checking had an impact in June
How thousands of people have helped slow and stop the spread of bad information this month
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bill Nye did not imply that humans can’t go to space. This quote is out of context.
When Bill Nye said “the Earth is a closed system,” he suggested space exploration is impossible.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Nye Did NOT Say There Was ‘No Place To Go’ In Reference To Space Exploration — Quote Was About Space Trash
Did "Science Guy" Bill Nye state that there was "no place to go" in reference to space exploration, seeming to support claims that NASA, the International Space Station (ISS) and related space exploration programs were a hoax? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Sink FEMA Ship In The Pacific
Did U.S. Marine Corps jets sink a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) barge off the coast of California around July 19, 2023? No, that's not true: The Department of Defense press office told Lead Stories that the purported attack n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pro-DeSantis PAC Ad Does NOT Use Real Recording Of Donald Trump’s Voice
Does a pro-Ron DeSantis PAC ad use a real recording of former President Donald Trump's voice? No, that's not true: The audio of Trump used in the ad was created by artificial intelligence, the spokesperson for the political action committ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence NBC Reported That NASA Admitted It Never Went To Space
Did NBC News report that NASA admitted to never going to space? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that NBC reported on this. And there is no evidence that NASA ever made such a statement. The audio heard in this TikTok originates
Logically→ Arctic ice is melting, and global warming is impacting the planet
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – NASA’s mission to study space weather isn’t a distraction to allow ‘the Great Reset’
NASA warns of “internet apocalypse,” which “means they can execute the Great Reset in silence without anyone knowing it.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – After decades of space travel, claiming that NASA rockets can’t reach space is Pants on Fire!
NASA space rockets can’t reach space.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Soldiers Were NOT Banned From Restaurant Over ‘Safe Space’ Claim
Is a story about a restaurant banning these pictured veterans to establish a "safe space" authentic? No, that's not true: The article uses completely fabricated details and is illustrated with an assortment of photographs taken from vario
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – NASA did not fake footage from the International Space Station
NASA faked footage of astronauts on the International Space Station.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Water Staying In Jar Does NOT Prove The Shenzhou-13 Crew Faked Spaceshot — Effect Of Surface Tension
Has the Chinese space program staged an elaborate and obvious hoax? Is an open glass jar with water in it sitting out on a table in plain sight during a mission evidence that they did not really go into space? No, that's not true: Shenzho
Logically→ Video of tree falling over three men riding a two-wheeler not of cyclone Biparjoy’s impact
Logically→ Video of sea waves hitting a journalist does not capture impact of cyclone Biparjoy
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Space is real, and that fact still holds water
Says a video showing water inside a glass on a spaceflight proves space isn’t real
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post repackages old video to hawk cryptocurrency promise
Video shows Elon Musk and Jack Ma presenting “a new software called ‘Quantum AI.’”
Logically→ No, NASA has not faked space walks and astronauts’ presence at the ISS using greenscreen technology
Full Fact→ Five ways our fact checking had an impact in May
How our fact checking helped improve the information landscape this month
PolitiFact→ MAGA Inc – Pro-Donald Trump PAC ad misleads about Ron DeSantis’ stance on border wall
“Ron DeSantis voted against the wall.”
PolitiFact→ Ad Watch: Pro-Donald Trump PAC’s video misleads about Ron DeSantis’ COVID-19 response
A video by MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump political action committee, used clips of Gov. Ron DeSantis supporting lockdowns, vaccinations and CDC guidance. It omits that many of these statements were early in the pandemic.
AllSides→ Fact-checking Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential campaign kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk
https://politifact.com/article/2023/may/25/fact-checking-ron-desantis-2024-presidential-campa Florida G
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign kickoff on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk
Ron DeSantis launched his presidential campaign with a live discussion on Twitter, promising to fight “woke ideology.” We fact-checked his claims about open borders, classroom lessons, and whether “the whole book ban thing is a hoax.”
PolitiFact→ MAGA Inc – Pro-Trump PAC says DeSantis pushed 23% national sales tax in Congress, omitting key details
“In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”
The Dispatch→ Pence Allies Launch Super PAC Ahead of White House Bid
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on April 26, 2023. (Photo by Allison Joyce/AFP/Getty Images) The political operation will focus on messaging and ground games in early primary s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Space Station Footage Was Shot In ‘Hollywood Basement’
Do jumpy cuts in the asparagus-eating video recorded by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield while in the zero-gravity environment in 2013 prove it was shot in a "Hollywood basement," outer space does not exist and Earth is flat? No, that's
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Satirical story about Michelle Obama’s mother repackaged as real news
“Michelle Obama’s mother dies, leaves inheritance to ‘My son Michael.’”