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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of ‘Leadership Team At The Los Angeles Fire Department’ Only Shows 3 Of 14 People In Leadership
Does a photo accurately represent the full leadership team at the Los Angeles Fire Department amid the Los Angeles County January 2025 fires? No, that's missing context: The photo posted on social media shows the current fire chief, a dep
FactCheck.org→ Our Partnership with Meta Is Ending
Meta is ending its partnership with U.S. fact-checking organizations, such as ours, but we’d like to reassure our readers: FactCheck.org isn’t going anywhere. Our journalists will continue to provide nonpartisan coverage of false and misleading po
Lead Stories→ Meta Ends Third-Party Fact-Checking Partnership in the U.S.
Lead Stories was surprised and disappointed to first learn through media reports and a press release about the end of the Meta Third-Party Fact-Checking Partnership of which Lead Stories has been a part since 2019. On January 7, 2025, Joe
PolitiFact→ Meta ending third-party fact-checking partnership with US partners, including PolitiFact
Meta will end its eight-year partnership with independent American journalists, including PolitiFact, to identify false information and hoaxes on its platforms.
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to people born in the US
The 14th Amendment “has never been challenged at SCOTUS.”
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Question Citizenship of Trump’s Children Under His Birthright Plan
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take President-elect Donald Trump has renewed his call to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. whose parents are not in the country legally. Online post
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump is reiterating his promise to overturn birthright citizenship. Can he do it?
President-elect Donald Trump is reiterating his promise to overturn birthright citizenship. Can he do it? Experts say it would take a drawn-out court fight. And even then, Trump’s desired outcome is far from certain.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Birthright citizenship didn’t apply to Trump’s children, experts say
President-elect Donald Trump’s “plan to end birthright citizenship would mean (four) of his children wouldn't be considered US citizens.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump’s Plan To End Birthright Citizenship Does NOT Mean Four Of His Children Would Have Been Denied Citizenship
Does President-elect Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship mean four of his children wouldn't be considered United States citizens? No, that's not true: Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Barron Trump's father is a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Is NOT ‘The Only Country’ With Birthright Citizenship
Is the United States "the only country" with birthright citizenship? No, that's not true: Dozens of countries, most of which are in the Western Hemisphere, have similar laws regarding birthright citizenship, according to the CIA World Fac
The Dispatch→ This Is the Flagship Podcast, Experts Say
Sorry, Sarah.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The ship resting at the bottom of the Atlantic is the Titanic, not the Olympic
"The famed ship at the bottom of the North Atlantic is actually not The Titanic. It is her near-identical sister ship The Olympic."
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Question Barron Trump’s Citizenship Status
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take President-elect Donald Trump has called for an interpretation of the 14th Amendment that would deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents in the cou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Barron Trump Would NOT Have Been Denied US Citizenship Under Trump’s Immigration Proposal
Would President-elect Donald Trump's immigration plan have denied his son Barron citizenship in the United States? No, that's not true: Barron Trump's father is a U.S. citizen. While his mother Melania Trump was not yet a naturalized citi
Full Fact→ Old clip of cargo ship fire falsely linked to Houthi attacks
The video showing a ship ablaze has been shared to suggest it was attacked by the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group.
Full Fact→ Old video of burning US ship shared with incorrect claims it shows recent attack in Arabian Sea
The footage shows a blaze aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020, not a recent attack.
Full Fact→ Video does not show ‘HAARP ship’ floating near Spain before floods
The footage shared online is of a floating power plant—not a HAARP facility.
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump and Elon Musk Look to Steer the Senate Leadership Race
Will Rick Scott, John Thune, or John Cornyn take the chamber’s top job?
PolitiFact→ Senate Leadership Fund – No, Jon Tester did not vote to let men compete against girls in sports
Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Tim Walz did not promise AOC House speakership if Democrats win election
Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz “says that if Democrats win they’ll make (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speaker of the house.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – An Illinois township’s ballot scanner was down. Ballots were still processed, contrary to claims.
“Schaumburg, Illinois not recording votes, just putting votes ‘in a box.’”
Full Fact→ Video claimed to show ‘Red Sea hell for Israel’ actually shows South Korean ship in China
The video dates back to December 2023 and shows the aftermath of an explosion. It is unrelated to the recent conflict in the Middle East.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Tim Walz’s School Board Met To Discuss Any Sexual Relationship With Student In 1990s
Did Tim Walz's school board meet to discuss any alleged sexual relationship with a male student, as a post by @DocNetyoutube on X claimed? No, that's not true: There's no credible evidence or verified reports that the Alliance Public Scho
PolitiFact→ Senate Leadership Fund – Senate Republicans stretch Sherrod Brown’s comments on gender-affirming care
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.”
PolitiFact→ Senate Leadership Fund – Republican super PAC twists Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown’s votes on transgender athletes
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “allow transgender biological men to compete in girls’ sports.”
PolitiFact→ Why did JD Vance accuse Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship ‘at an industrial scale’? We explain
Readers asked PolitiFact what Ohio Sen. JD Vance was referring to when he accused Vice President Kamala Harris of engaging in censorship “at an industrial scale.” We explain.
Full Fact→ Conservative leadership speeches: fact checked
Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat set out their stalls in a series of speeches at the 2024 Conservative party conference.
Full Fact→ No, Kamala Harris spokesperson did not reveal she lied on gun ownership in interview
The Democratic presidential candidate had previously revealed she owned a firearm during an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Full Fact→ Image of Kamala Harris’s supposed communist party membership card is fake
The image was likely created using an online communist party card generator.
PolitiFact→ Senate Leadership Fund – GOP campaign group distorts the timeline to blame Inflation Reduction Act for spiking inflation
“Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse.
FactCheck.org→ NRA Posts Misrepresent Harris’ Position on Gun Ownership
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Vice President Kamala Harris supports a ban on the sale of so-called assault weapons, but no longer supports a mandatory buyback program
PolitiFact→ Julie Su – Yes, union membership has increased under Biden, but still not at pre-2020 level
“400,000 workers are now in a union that were not in a union when (Biden) became president.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows F-16s Causing ‘Monstrous Detonation On Putin’s Cruise Ship Full Of Korean Shells’
Did an authentic video on Facebook show F-16 fighter jets striking Russian President Vladimir Putin's cruise ship while it was carrying Korean shells? No, that's not true: The clip was published by an account self-described as that of a g
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Communist Party ‘Membership Card’ Is NOT Authentic — Made With Online Prank Generator
Was Kamala Harris a card-carrying, dues-paying member of the Communist Party of Russia in 1984? No, that's not true: The "membership card" in a social media post is fake. A Russian prank-generating website offers this Communist Party card
The Dispatch→ Did the United States Just Send a Major Military Equipment Shipment to Poland?
No, a viral Facebook reel making that claim is from December 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence University Of Texas Students Who Knelt During National Anthem Were ‘Removed From Scholarships’ — Photo Is Of Kennesaw State University Protests
Were University of Texas students who knelt during the national anthem "removed from scholarships" as a social media post with a link to an article in the comments said? No, that's not true: The photo appearing with the story depicts chee
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Nike didn’t announce it’s ending its partnership with basketball star Brittney Griner
“Nike announces termination of contract with Brittney Griner after ‘strong backlash’ from online community.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, University of Texas didn’t pull scholarships from all student athletes who knelt during anthem
“All students who knelt during the national anthem were rounded up and removed from scholarships” at the University of Texas.
AllSides→ PolitiFact and Capital B announce election-year partnership to counter political misinformation aimed at Black audiences
https://poynter.org/from-the-institute/2024/politifact-capital-b-partnership-misinformation-politics-black-audiences