Did Adm. Rob Bauer, who heads NATO's Military Committee, say the group would launch pre-emptive strikes on Russia in the event of war? No, that's not true: In his remarks at a conference in Brussels, Bauer never mentioned the possibility
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show EU Parliament Standing Ovation For US Decision To Allow Ukraine To Strike Deep Into Russia
Does a video show members of the European Parliament giving a standing ovation to the U.S. decision to permit Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia with U.S.-supplied weapons? No, that's not true: The post's caption mislabels the content o
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, abortion clinics haven’t warned of bankruptcy because of a Democratic ‘sex strike’
“Abortion clinics warn they’ll go bankrupt if Democrat ‘sex strike’ continues.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Italian Prime Minister Meloni Did NOT Say Italy Opposes Biden Permitting Ukraine To Use US Weapons To Strike Inside Russia
Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni say Italy opposes President Joe Biden's policy change that permits Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia? No, that's not true: There is no publicly available
Full Fact→ Picture supposedly showing recent Tel Aviv missile strike is actually of 2023 attack on Kiryat Shmona
Hezbollah claimed it launched a drone attack on a military base in Tel Aviv recently but there were no indications any drones reached central Israel.
The Dispatch→ Biden Authorizes Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range Missiles
The move comes amid uncertainty over the future of the conflict and Trump’s Ukraine policy.
Full Fact→ Video of ‘Hezbollah attack on petrochemical plant in Israel’ actually shows Israeli airstrike on Yemen port
The footage is from September 2024 and shows the Hudaydah Port in Yemen, not a petrochemical plant in Haifa.
The Dispatch→ Israeli Strike on Iran Provides Potential Off-Ramp to Hostilities
It remains to be seen how or whether Iran might respond.
Full Fact→ Old image of bombing in Gaza reshared with claims it shows recent strikes in Beirut
The picture is actually more than a year old.
The Dispatch→ What Buc-ee’s Can Teach Us About the Port Strike
Job-ism is bad, actually.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video shows pyrotechnic skydivers in United Arab Emirates, not Iran’s missile strike on Israel
Video shows a missile strike on Israel.
Full Fact→ £1.7 billion isn’t really the right figure for the total cost of NHS strikes
It doesn’t include the junior doctors’ strikes in the summer of 2024, and the overall cost would include a range of other factors.
The Dispatch→ Longshoremen Suspend Strike Until January, With Tentative Deal
The stoppage had been poised to cripple imports and exports via East and Gulf Coast ports.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv On Fire After Iranian Drone Strike In October 2024
Does a video on an Iranian news website show a blaze that broke out in Tel Aviv, Israel, following an Iranian drone strike in October 2024? No, that's not true: The same footage appeared in June 2022 on a YouTube channel belonging to news
Full Fact→ Video of ‘Iranian strikes on Israel’ actually petrol station explosion in Yemen
Last week the same video was shared alongside claims it showed Hezbollah bombing Israel. But it actually shows a petrol station explosion in Yemen.
PolitiFact→ X posts – Video compilation doesn’t show deadly airstrikes on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasralla
Video shows “the bunker-busting bombs that ended the lives of (Hassan) Nasrallah and Hezbollah’s leadership.”
Full Fact→ US aircraft carrier not targeted in recent strikes from Yemen
It has been falsely claimed that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier was targeted at the end of August.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Footage Of Hezbollah Leader Crying Was NOT Taken After July 2024 Israeli Airstrike — It’s From 2018
Does a video show Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, crying after an Israeli airstrike that occurred in Beirut on July 28, 2024? No, that's not true: Although the video does show Nasrallah cr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sphere Did NOT Show ‘Blue Screen Of Death’ OR ‘BSoD’ During CrowdStrike Outage — Image Is Doctored, From 2023
Did the Sphere in Las Vegas show a "blue screen of death" or "BSoD" on July 19, 2024, during the global Windows outages caused by a CrowdStrike software defect? No, that's not true: The image on social media that makes this claim is docto
The Dispatch→ Israel Strikes a Critical Blow Against Hamas’ Military Leadership
But hostages constrain a military campaign that has depleted the ranks of militants in Gaza.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts falsely blame Ukraine for a missile strike on Kyiv children’s hospital
After Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital was struck as part of a daytime barrage that saw dozens of Russian missiles target five Ukrainian cities, posts circulated social media falsely claiming that Ukraine was at fault for the hit.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Houthi Missile Strike Against USS Eisenhower In June 2024 — It’s Screenshot From Arma 3
Does a picture show the Houthis striking the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower with a missile in June 2024? No, that's not true: The image used to substantiate the claim was pulled from the video game Arma 3. Additionally, such an attack has not o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Spokesperson Did NOT Justify Ukrainian Strikes On Belgorod, Russia Saying It Holds ‘Virtually No Civilians’ — Video Is AI Fake
Does a 50-second video show authentic remarks by U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller discussing "military targets" in the Russian city of Belgorod, with "virtually no civilians left" in that city? No, that's not true: The vi
Full Fact→ No evidence Russian missile strike hit ‘NATO logistics hub’ in Ukraine
There is no evidence that a video shared in the aftermath of a Russian missile strike in Odessa, Ukraine, shows damage to a ‘NATO logistics hub’.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Palestinians Performing Funeral Prayer In Rafah After Israeli Strike In Late May 2024 — 2023 Photo
Does a photo portray a funeral procession in southern Gaza after an Israeli strike on Rafah in late May 2024? No, that's not true: The image predates this particular attack. It shows a different funeral that took place in central Gaza on
The Dispatch→ Trump Strikes Out at Libertarian Convention
Plus: Lara Trump touts mail-in and early voting in North Carolina.
The Dispatch→ Israel Orders Evacuation of Eastern Rafah, Begins Targeted Strikes
The weekend may have been a turning point in Israel’s war against Hamas.
Full Fact→ Video of fires does not show impact of Iran missile strike on Israel
The clip appears to show footage of wildfires that occurred in Chile in February 2024.
Full Fact→ Video does not show Palestinians ‘celebrating’ after Iran strikes
A clip shared on social media actually shows a large crowd outside the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem before the strikes.
The Dispatch→ An Early Morning Strike On Iran
Plus: After first-quarter data came in hotter than expected, the U.S. economy enters uncharted territory.
Full Fact→ Video does not show Tel Aviv ‘burning’ after Iran missile strike
The video appears to show buildings being destroyed in large explosions.
The Dispatch→ Video Purporting to Show Iranian Attack on Israel Is Actually a Ukraine Strike on Crimea
Analysts have used geolocation to show that the video was taken in Sevastopol.
Full Fact→ Clip of Israelis ‘panicking’ during Iran’s airstrike is actually Louis Tomlinson fans in Argentina
The footage has been shared widely on social media but it predates Iran’s recent missile attack on Israel and shows scenes in Buenos Aires.
The Dispatch→ Strike In Syria Kills Top Iranian Commander
Could this alleged Israeli attack open a new chapter in Iran’s proxy wars?
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Fake Mossad account spreads misinformation about airstrike that killed aid workers in Gaza
Following the Israeli airstrikes that killed the World Central Kitchen workers and led the charity to suspend delivery of vital food aid to Gaza, social media users claimed that Israel had blamed Hamas for the incident.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show US Anti-Bunker Missile Strike In Yemen — It’s Gamer Video From Arma 3
Does a video show a U.S. "bunker buster" missile strike in Yemen against an Iranian facility, as claimed in a Facebook post? No, that's not true: The video is a copy of YouTube video of gameplay from "Arma 3," a tactical shooter video gam
PolitiFact→ Brad Holyman-Sigal – How many birds die in building strikes in New York City and the U.S.?
“Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.”
Full Fact→ Misleading graph on civilian airstrike deaths in Gaza doesn’t use comparable data
The graph, which has been shared widely online in recent months, suggests the number of civilian deaths per airstrike in Gaza last year was significantly lower than in other conflicts.
Full Fact→ Video does not show fire at Israeli airport after drone strike
The footage actually shows an explosion at a warehouse in Michigan in the United States.
Truth or Fiction?→ Lightning Myths: Can It Strike Twice?
Many of us have heard old tales about lightning — like it never hits the same place twice and that rubber tires on a car can protect you from a strike. However, these stories aren’t quite right. This article will shed light on the truths behind l