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Logically→ United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been arrested.
Nancy Pelosi has not been arrested. Video clips of Pelosi with her security detail are being shared with unsubstantiated claims.
Logically→ Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suspended Ukraine’s aid due to the United Kingdom’s financial crisis.
Sunak's quote about cutting public spending was about the current financial crisis in the U.K., not about the country's aid to Ukraine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘United States Post Office’ Is NOT Safer Alternative To USPS For Mail-in Voting
Is mailing ballots through the "United States Post Office" more reliable than through the United States Postal Service? Is the "United States Post Office" the country's "de jure postal service," while the United States Postal Service is a
Logically→ The United Nations partnered with Google to suppress public access to climate change-related data.
The U.N. partnered with Google to ensure easily understandable, factual, trustworthy content about climate change is available to a global audience.
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: CNN correspondent hits the road in search of perspectives
CNN correspondent Donie O’Sullivan covers how online misinformation manifests in people’s everyday activities
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: What are the fact-checkers seeing?
At United Facts of America, experts discuss misinformation, its online future and the limits of fact-checking.
Poynter→ United Facts of America: Woodruff, Stirewalt discuss media’s role in fighting disinformation
Judy Woodruff and Chris Stirewalt approach news delivery differently. Woodruff, the longtime “PBS NewsHour” anchor and managing editor, emphasizes neutrality and keeping her personal opinions to herself. Stirewalt, the former […] The
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: Woodruff, Stirewalt discuss media’s role in fighting disinformation
“PBS Newshour” Managing Editor and anchor Judy Woodruff and former Fox News Political Editor Chris Stirewalt approach news delivery differently, but both believe in journalists’ ability to tap the power of words to inform the American electorate.
Poynter→ United Facts of America’s focus turns to disinformation in health care and online
The three-day United Facts of America: A Festival of Fact-Checking, heads into its final day, Sept. 29, with a full slate of online presentations, headlined by a discussion of disinformation […] The post United Facts of America’s focus turns to
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America’s focus turns to disinformation in health care and online
The three-day United Facts of America: A Festival of Facts, heads into its final day Sept. 29, with a full slate of online presentations, headlined by a discussion of health care disinformation.
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: How memes can fuel political strategy
At United Facts of America, a panel of experts defined memes and discussed the political significance and conservative organizers’ widespread adoption of them.
Poynter→ PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff will headline the second day of United Facts of America
The ways media — conventional and social — shape perceptions and filter facts dominated the opening sessions of the second annual United Facts of America conference. The three-day conference, co-presented […] The post PBS NewsHour anchor Judy
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won't bridge the partisan divide
Even amid legal peril, Trump has managed to manipulate the framing of these major events, experts said, and facts alone won't sway his supporters or bridge a widening partisan divide.
PolitiFact→ PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff to headline second day of United Facts of America
A one-on-one discussion with PBS NewsHour anchor and Managing Editor Judy Woodruff headlines the second day of the United Facts of America conference, presented by PolitiFact and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: How partisan television media fuels persistent echo chambers
Can Americans escape partisan news echo chambers? Researchers David Broockman of the University of California, Berkeley and David Rothschild of Microsoft Research discuss cable news and misinformation in the United States.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Queen Elizabeth died in the United Kingdom, not in Detroit
“Queen Elizabeth shot dead in Detroit.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Was NOT A Military Aircraft That Hit The World Trade Center 2nd — It Was United Airlines Flight 175
Was the second plane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, a military plane? No, that's not true: The plane that hit the south tower was United Airlines Flight 175, a commercial plane. The 9/11 Commission Report described "
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the United States isn’t testing a nuclear bomb from the B-1B Lancer
“U.S. is testing new most deadly nuclear bomb from B-1B Lancer.”
Poynter→ Poynter and PolitiFact announce speakers for United Facts of America
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Aug. 18, 2022) – Next month, the nonprofit Poynter Institute and its Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking site PolitiFact will discuss the role of facts in everyday American life […] The post Poynter and PolitiFact ann
Snopes→ Musk Tweet Joking About Buying Manchester United Causes Stir
Elon Musk caused a stir by tweeting that he was buying the English soccer team Manchester United, then saying several hours later that it was a joke.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Anyone Being Investigated by the FBI Is Not Qualified to Be President of the United States’ Trump Quote Is Likely Misattributed
After former United States President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago was raided by the FBI on August 8 2022, an extremely widespread set of memes claimed Trump repeatedly said “anyone being investigated by the FBI” was unfit to hold the off
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘1994, CEOs of Seven Major Tobacco Corporations in the United States Swear That Nicotine is Not Addictive’
On August 8 2022, an image purportedly showing seven chief executive officers of tobacco companies at a 1994 hearing was shared to Reddit’s r/agedlikemilk (a subreddit for anything that has deteriorated with age instead of improving over time):
FactCheck.org→ United Democracy Project
Political leanings: Nonpartisan 2020 total spending: N/A United Democracy Project is a nonpartisan super PAC created to advocate for political organizations and candidates that support the United States’ partnership with Israel. The super PAC “work
Logically→ United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faked her arrest during an abortion rights demonstration outside the Supreme Court.
U.S. Capitol police arrested 35 people outside the Supreme Court, of whom 17 were lawmakers, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Truth or Fiction?→ Number One Cause of Death for Pregnant Women in the United States
On June 28 2022, amid discussions of the countless ripple effects caused by ending Roe v. Wade, a Facebook page shared a screenshot of a viral tweet claiming that the primary cause of death for pregnant women in the United States was homicide, attached
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The United States Has the Highest Maternal Mortality Rate of Any Developed Country’
On June 27 2022, an Imgur user shared a post claiming the United States had the highest rate of maternal mortality among developed nations, as part of am ongoing national discussion about the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade: Wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plane From United Airlines Flight 93 On 9/11 DID Crash In Pennsylvania — It Disintegrated Into Small Pieces
Was the plane from United Airlines Flight 93 not at the reported crash site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: The hijacked plane crashed into the ground on September 11, 2001, almost upside down at a speed of up to 580
Truth or Fiction?→ Wikipedia ‘List of School Shootings in the United States’ Video
On June 8 2022, a popular Imgur video post purportedly showed Wikipedia’s “List of School Shootings in the United States,” which is so extensive that it took a dishearteningly long time to scroll through: Wanted to read up on school
Logically→ A video shows a Muslim woman being beaten for being in a relationship with a non-Muslim man in the United States.
A woman was beaten by her family in Russia for having a relationship with a Ukrainian man. There is no proof of an Islamophobic motive.
Logically→ The Azimuthal Equidistant map of the world, used by the USGS and the United Nations, is a clue that the Earth is flat.
The Azimuthal Equidistant projection is helpful, but like all 2D maps, it creates distortions because the Earth is an oblate spheroid.
Snopes→ United States to Host Rugby World Cup for 1st Time
The United States will stage a Rugby World Cup for the first time after being voted as the host of the men's tournament in 2031 and the women's tournament two years later.
Logically→ United Nations troops have been flown in to help Canadian police deal with the protests in Ottawa.
There is no evidence to suggest the presence of United Nations (UN) troops in Canada, despite the presence of a UN aircraft in North Bay airport.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: United Nations Airplane In North Bay, Ontario Is NOT Connected To Police In Ottawa
Does a United Nations plane sighted at the North Bay Airport in Ontario have a role in bringing a U.N. police force to Ottawa? No, the claim presented in this video is not based in fact: There is a plane with U.N. markings at the North Ba
Logically→ MPs can claim £50 for breakfast in the United Kingdom.
MPs can claim up to £25 for breakfast, and only if they stay overnight for a work-related event.
Truth or Fiction?→ John Adams: ‘The Government of the United States of America Is Not, in Any Sense, Founded on the Christian Religion’
On February 1 2022, an Imgur account shared the following quote about the separation of church and state, attributed to Founding Father and second President of the United States, John Adams: On Imgur, the submission was titled “When they tell y
Truth or Fiction?→ Capitol Attack Suspect’s Group Was Linked to Police Around the United States
The leader of a right-wing group repeatedly linked to U.S. law enforcement and military members was arrested on January 13 2022 and charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol just over a year earlier. A grand ju
Snopes→ Lufthansa, United, Delta Cancel Flights over Christmas
The cancellations come as coronavirus infections fueled by the new variant further squeeze staffing resources.
Snopes→ A United Nations ‘End Times’ Sculpture?
The installation of a sculpture of a winged jaguar outside U.N. headquarters inspired apocalyptic rumors.
Logically→ More than 70 percent of the people who are dying from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom are fully vaccinated.
Alex Berenson cherry-picks data to claim that vaccines do not work. His claim lacks context and is false.