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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Vote ‘For Palestine’ In October 2023 UN Security Council Session — Post Misrepresents Council’s President’s Spoken Mistake
Does a viral video prove that Israel voted "for Palestine" during a United Nations Security Council meeting? No, that's not true: In the meeting the then-president of the U.N. Security Council read a list of the countries supporting a res
PolitiFact→ Stephen King – Does 1864 Arizona law banning abortions also set the age of consent at 10, as Stephen King claims?
“The 1864 Arizona law forbidding abortions, upheld by the State Supreme Court, also sets the age of consent for females at 10 years.”
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Views of Eclipse With Composite Images
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take During the April 8 eclipse, people in the path of totality were able to see solar phenomena, including the sun’s corona. But social media posts have shared alter
AllSides→ Dubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens Flooding
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/dubai-grinds-to-standstill-as-cloud-seeding-worsens-flooding
Full Fact→ Telegraph headline misrepresents estimate of foreign aid spent within UK
A think tank estimated half of UK government bilateral aid spending last year was spent within the UK, not half of total UK aid spending.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Find Victoria Nuland Guilty ‘By Default,’ Or Sentence Her To Hang
Did the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps find recently retired U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland "guilty by default" and sentence her to hang? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a website that
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Videos misrepresent ProduceMaxx antimicrobial wash, which is considered safe for organic produce
ProduceMaxx sprayed on organic produce at grocery stores contains pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and antibiotics.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canada Is NOT Killing Autistic People Without Their Consent
Is Canada killing autistic people without their consent? No, that's not true: The implication in a social media post, with a screenshot of a news article, that a man's perfectly healthy daughter who is on the autism spectrum could be kill
Full Fact→ New Senegal president did not tell France to ‘leave us alone’ in viral video
A video has been widely shared on social media supposedly depicting the new president making a speech in English. But it is actually a different politician and appears to have been altered using AI.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the FBI did not say Venezuela sent its prison population to the U.S.
The FBI admitted that Venezuela emptied its prisons and sent the inmates to the U.S.
The Dispatch→ Sen. Joe Lieberman, National Treasure
The late Sen. John McCain was right: ‘Joe is good. He is just good.’
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories Presents: The Daily NOT — A Show About What Didn’t Happen Today
If you have been following Lead Stories on TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp or YouTube you may have already seen them, but now we're making it official. Lead Stories is proud to present "The Daily NOT," a show presented by robot hosts Artie Fi
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent White House Easter egg contest, Day of Transgender Visibility proclamation
Transgender Day of Visibility has been celebrated on March 31 since 2009, when the holiday was created.
PolitiFact→ Derrick Van Orden – No, you cannot vote in-person absentee the day before Election Day in Wisconsin
You can vote in-person absentee at your clerk’s office on Monday before Election Day.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Say ‘144,000 Black People With Superpower Godlike Abilities’ Are ‘Chosen Ones’ — Audio Was AI-Generated
Did Donald Trump say "144,000 Black people with superpower godlike abilities" are the "chosen ones", as a TikTok video claims? No, that's not true: In a viral clip on social media, the original sound from an NBC interview was replaced by
PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Yes, many Wisconsin police agencies have two officers present during the analysis of drugs
“We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.”
The Dispatch→ Dems Zero-In on Abortion in Michigan’s Senate Battle
The Biden campaign begins outreach to ‘Haley Republicans.’
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Online posts erroneously tie Senate minority leader’s late sister-in-law to ship that hit Baltimore bridge
Social media users are falsely claiming that Chao, who died in Texas after driving into a pond on Feb. 10 while intoxicated, is connected to the collapse of the Key Bridge, suggesting that her death appears suspicious in light of the incident in Baltim
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden said he commuted by train and car as a senator, including over the Baltimore Key Bridge
President Joe Biden recently said he commuted by both train and car as a senator, including over the Baltimore Key Bridge. Social media posts about his statement omitted context.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Footage of Crimea bridge explosion misrepresented as Baltimore bridge collapse
Footage shows explosion on Baltimore bridge.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – El logo de Nickelodeon fue creado para crear un sentido de nostalgia, no por la isla de Epstein
"El logo del canal de cable de niños Nickelodeon es la Isla pedofila de Epstein”.
The Dispatch→ A Change in GOP Senate Leadership Could Mean Filibuster Reform
Sen. John Cornyn once sought to change the filibuster for judicial nominees. Would he be willing to go further as Republican leader?
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video from 2022 misrepresented as footage of Baltimore bridge collapse
After a container ship lost power and rammed into the Key Bridge causing it to collapse early Tuesday, social media users shared the old video, falsely representing it as footage from the bridge before it fell into the Patapsco River.
The Dispatch→ Louisiana Is Not Sending Alligators to Texas to Help Secure the Border
The fact the gators have six legs provides a clue that a viral image is not genuine.
Health Feedback→ Claims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers
REVIEW In March 2024, articles began circulating on social media platforms, alleging that Australian health officials claimed long COVID “isn’t real” or that it “doesn’t exist”. Examples of such articles appeared in the New York Post, Th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Children 5 And Older CANNOT Consent To Vaccination Under Obamacare Even If They Can Recite Alphabet
Can children 5 years and older consent to vaccination under Obamacare if they can recite the alphabet? No, that's not true: Minors cannot consent to vaccination solely based on their ability to say their ABCs, regardless of the health car
FactCheck.org→ Post Misrepresents Which Administration Sent Stimulus Checks to Dead People
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some stimulus checks were sent to people who had died. The issue was explained in government reports and the media when it happened in 20
PolitiFact→ Simon Rosenberg – Have 96% of jobs created over 35 years emerged under Democratic presidents?
“Since 1989 and a new age of globalization began, 51 million jobs have been created in America. 49 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic presidents.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Old Senate news repackaged as a chamber drama that didn’t happen
Image shows “chaos unfolds on Senate floor — Chuck Schumer rushes out.”
The Dispatch→ A Fight for Two Different GOPs in Ohio’s Senate Primary
Plus: Why Democrats are boosting the Trump-backed Bernie Moreno.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Monica Petersen Did NOT Die In Haiti While Investigating Clintons For Sex Trafficking
Did human rights activist Monica Petersen die in Haiti while investigating Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton for sex trafficking? No, that's not true: The American activist died in Haiti in November 2016, but there is no credible evidence l
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent a photo of a Ukrainian soldier balancing on his prosthetic limbs
Social media users are sharing the photo of Tsymbalyuk with erroneous information, furthering false claims about Nazism’s influence in Ukraine that have spread widely since Russia invaded the country more than two years ago.
PolitiFact→ Eric Hovde – Are GOP Senate candidate's claims about national debt under Biden, Baldwin correct?
“Since the end of the 2020 fiscal year, President Biden and Senator Baldwin have added over $7.3 trillion of debt, more than the first 228 years of our nation’s history combined.”
PolitiFact→ Jessica Ramos – New York state senator wrong on how many cities in New York rank high on child poverty
“Half of the cities with the highest rates of child poverty are in” New York state.
The Dispatch→ Is Trump a Transactionalist or a Pragmatist on Senate GOP Endorsements?
Plus: House Democrats and Republicans question Robert Hur.
The Dispatch→ Sen. Katie Britt Misleads With Anecdote About a Sex-Trafficking Victim
The account is real, but the Alabama Republican left out that the trafficking happened in Mexico during the early 2000s.
PolitiFact→ Katie Britt – Did Joe Biden ban TikTok for US workers but start a campaign account? Fact-checking Sen. Katie Britt
President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.”
PolitiFact→ Katie Porter – Fact-checking Rep. Katie Porter’s claims that billionaires ‘rigged’ California’s Senate primary
Billionaires “rigged” the California Senate primary election through “dishonest means.”
Health Feedback→ Childhood vaccine ingredients are safe in the amount present in vaccines; cells, animal products, and viruses aren’t part of these ingredients
REVIEW Vaccination helps people live longer and healthier by protecting them against life-threatening diseases that were widespread not long ago. According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), immunization against preventable disease