Does a video show an unauthorized person being given mail-in ballots in Somerset, Massachusetts? No, that's not true: The clip shows the assistant town clerk transferring the ballots to the registrar. The Office of the Secretary of the Co
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Voter Turnout Was NOT Above 100% In 2020 In Some Precincts In Henrico County, VA
Was voter turnout above 100 percent in 2020 in some precincts of Henrico County, Virginia? No, that's not true: Data in a social media post inaccurately added county-level absentee ballots to precinct counts using a mathematical estimate.
The Dispatch→ ‘Something Inside Me Broke on October 7’
A year after Hamas’ attack, a return to normal seems impossible for some Israeli border communities.
Health Feedback→ Tattoos do carry some health risks, but there is currently insufficient evidence for the claim that tattoo ink causes cancer
REVIEW Tattoos are a popular form of self-expression. The Pew Research Center estimated in 2023 that nearly one third of Americans have at least one tattoo, and more than 20% of Americans have more than one tattoo. Tattoos are created by injecting i
FactCheck.org→ Harris Misleadingly Cites Some Economic Analyses of Her Policies and Trump’s
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In recent remarks, Vice President Kamala Harris has cited several economic analyses, claiming they found her plan would “strengthen the economy” and former President Don
PolitiFact→ Tony Perkins – No legal protections for ‘born alive’ babies in some states? Experts say that’s wrong
“In 12 states, children born alive after a failed abortion have no legal protection, and in three more states children born alive after an abortion had legal rights that governors — like Tim Walz — repealed.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Gov. Gavin Newsom Did NOT Sign Bill Banning Memes And Parody In California
Did Gov. Gavin Newsom sign a bill banning memes and parody in California? No, that's not true: The bill specifically exempts "Materially deceptive content that constitutes satire or parody." The Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deceptio
The Dispatch→ Yes, Some States Allow Abortions Through All Nine Months of Pregnancy
Viral posts actually understate the number of jurisdictions that have no gestational restrictions on the procedure.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A self-described troll attended a Trump rally in a KKK costume. Some people believed he was a member
Video shows a Ku Klux Klan member at a rally for former President Donald Trump.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Michelle Obama wore a ‘Vote’ necklace at the 2020 DNC. An altered image claims something else
Image shows “Michelle Obama’s necklace from DNC speech” said “Mike.”
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Project 2025 would phase out some funds for public K-12 schools
Project 2025 would defund K-12 schools.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: EDITED Video Post Implies That’s Tim Walz Dancing In Cowboy Hat, 2-Piece Outfit — But It’s Someone Else
Does a video show vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dancing in a cowboy hat and revealing two-piece outfit? No, that's not true: The original video features another person. The face in the video was altered to look l
FactCheck.org→ Walz Twists Some Labor Claims
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Delivering remarks at a labor union conference in California, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stretched the facts with several labor-related claims. Walz said Republican vice presidenti
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media posts misidentify immunologist as someone who died in Aug. 9 plane crash in Brazil
Dr. Leo Ferreira, a cancer researcher shown in a video clip, was on the plane that crashed in Brazil on Aug. 9.
The Dispatch→ Something Is Wrong
On the fragility of the former president.
PolitiFact→ Lindsey Graham – Gov. Tim Walz signed law giving some Minnesota students, including migrants, free in-state tuition
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed “legislation giving free college … to illegal immigrants.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Space Sham: NBA star Michael Jordan didn’t slam Disney’s ‘woke ideologies,’ as some posts claim
“Michael Jordan rejects $400 million Disney offer, stating, ‘I do not collaborate with companies aligned with woke ideologies.’”
PolitiFact→ X posts – Tim Walz didn’t pick Minnesota’s new flag, and its designer said it wasn’t inspired by Somalia’s
Tim Walz “changed the Minnesota flag so it could resemble the Somalian flag.”
The Dispatch→ Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order on Homelessness, Explained
The implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson are already being felt in California.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Florida Judge Did NOT Rule That Someone Defamed, ‘Lied’ About Andrew, Tristan Tate As Of July 22, 2024 — Judge Just Denied Motion To Dismiss Defamation Counts
Did a Florida judge find that an individual "lied" about actions made by social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate? No, that's not true: The judge who made the decision did not rule yet on the question if the person actually defame
AllSides→ We fact-checked some of the rumors spreading online about the Trump assassination attempt
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/misinformation-narratives-fact-checked-wake-trump-assassination-attempt-2024-07-15/
AllSides→ We fact-checked some of the rumors spreading online about the Trump assassination attempt
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/misinformation-narratives-fact-checked-wake-trump-assassination-attempt-2024-07-15/
The Dispatch→ Supreme Court Rules Presidents Have Some Immunity From Prosecution
Plus: A Dispatch editorial on the difficult—but obvious—choice facing Joe Biden and the Democrats.
The Dispatch→ Something Worth Supporting for 2024
Reforming our primary system could give us better options next time around.
PolitiFact→ Alaska voters gave themselves the power to rank candidates. Why do some people want to repeal that?
Alaskans voted to change the state’s election system in 2022. Now, some Alaskans are promoting a ballot measure to repeal the new election system and revert to the old one. We examine why.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Some Trump backers say the Hunter Biden trial was orchestrated as a distraction. Pants on Fire!
Hunter Biden’s trial and conviction were contrived to divert attention from Biden family crimes.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The word of God wasn’t removed from this Bible, but some passages were moved to footnotes
HarperCollins “removed 64,575 words from the Bible.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother is 49, not 38, as some social media posts have claimed
“Kyle Rittenhouse’s mom is 38.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent Illinois bill rebranding some criminal offenders as ‘justice-impacted individuals’
Social media users are omitting details about the bill, implying that it would apply to anyone who has committed a crime.
PolitiFact→ Tom Tiffany – Wolf populations have recovered in some parts of the country. In others, that is not the case.
“The science is clear – the gray wolf has met and exceeded recovery goals.”
The Dispatch→ What ‘Tradwives’—and Some of Their Critics—Miss
Seeing the tradwife as a way to regain a level of personal control and push against the marketplace.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Joe Biden In Sexually Suggestive Pictures With A Girl — Man Pictured Is Someone Else
Does footage exist that shows President Joe Biden possibly naked with a girl? No, that's not true: The image shown in the social media post is not of Biden. Instead, it is a screenshot from a video that has appeared on pornographic websit
PolitiFact→ X posts – Trump evidence summary that omitted some phone call records is standard, not tampering, experts say
“Alvin Bragg’s office deleted 3 pages of phone call records of Michael Cohen with Stormy Daniels’ lawyer,” which is evidence tampering.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Danish King Frederik X On Balcony Waving Palestinian Flag — It’s Someone Else
Did King Frederik X of Denmark wave a Palestinian flag from a balcony in Copenhagen as a crowd of protesters were passing below? No, that's not true: This video was filmed in Malmo, Sweden, about 17 miles away and across the Øresund stra
The Dispatch→ Pretending to Be Something Better
College students need mentors who will show them how to be grown-ups.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – HIV doesn’t spread through pools but some online users wrongly claim people are getting infected
Four people “tested positive” after a Texas pool was “infected with AIDS.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Most of Iran’s missiles were intercepted but some reached Israel
“Not even one rocket (from Iran) hit Israel.”
Full Fact→ Claim about civil servant responsible for increasing pension age missing some context
The former permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions oversaw the implementation of the policy, but was not responsible for the decision itself.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The National Guard is not exclusively activated ‘after a disaster.’ Sometimes troops help prepare
“The National Guard in the HISTORY of its life, gets called in AFTER a disaster, not BEFORE something happens.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Differing Length, Persistence Of Plane’s Vapor Trail Does NOT Indicate If It Is Contrail Or Something Else
Does a video of two jet aircraft passing in opposite directions show that one is producing a contrail and the other is producing something else -- perhaps a mythical "chemtrail"? No, that's not true: Both planes are producing contrails. T