The British Academy has awarded its prestigious President’s Medal for the first time to an organisation, Full Fact, rather than an individual in recognition of the team’s vital work combating misinfor
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Logically→ Lionel Messi gave his Man of the Match award to teammate Mac Allister after the Poland vs. Argentina match at FIFA World Cup 2022.
Allister was the man of the match for scoring a goal against Poland and helping the team secure a position in the top 16 at the world cup.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the Georgia runoff election for Senate between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker
Final fact-checks of Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker, the Senate candidates in Georgia, before their runoff election Dec. 6.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Global Warming Is NOT Caused By Solar System Having Two Suns
Is global warming caused by the solar system having two suns? No, that's not true: An astronomy expert and the National Weather Service told Lead Stories this claim is "completely false." The claim appeared in a video on Instagram on Nove
Logically→ Around 250 boats were lit to celebrate Karthika Deepotsava at Mahankaleshwara temple in Kerala.
A video of illuminated bamboo rafts sailing on the Yulong river in China has been falsely shared as footage from a celebration in Kerala.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Media NOT ‘Put To Death For Lying’ At Nuremberg Trials — Those Executed Were Convicted Of War Crimes Against Humanity
Was "even the media" prosecuted during the 1945-46 Nuremberg trials of Nazi Germany's leadership and "put to death for lying to the public"? No, that's not true: This claim misrepresents the purpose of these historical legal proceedings,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. Warnock Is NOT The Man In The Photo With Women Wearing Penis Pants
Does a photo on social media show Georgia's U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, clad in a jumpsuit, walking in front of a line of women wearing penis pants? No, that's not true: The image is of a Nigerian celebrity attending a funeral in Nigeria f
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Have gasoline prices fallen to pre-Ukraine war levels, as Joe Biden said?
“Gas prices are down back to where they were before Russia invaded Ukraine.”
Logically→ Atal Bihar Vajpayee government awarded Bharat Ratna to BR Ambedkar.
BR Ambedkar received the Bharat Ratna award on March 31, 1990, under VP Singh's government. Atal Bihar Vajpayee became prime Minister in 1996.
PolitiFact→ Herschel Walker – Fact-checking claim about the shutdown of a camp run by Raphael Warnock’s former Baltimore church
“(Raphael) Warnock’s camp was shut down for failing to report five findings of child abuse and neglect."
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Photos of war makeup in Ukraine are from combat medical training in 2016
Images of a woman having bloody makeup applied show "fake combatant photos” in Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Raphael Warnock – Herschel Walker backs efforts that further his goal of banning abortion
Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.”
Full Fact→ Warning over alleged Christmas postal ‘scam’ is long out of date
The premium-rate number a Facebook post warns about was shut down in 2005.
PolitiFact→ Herschel Walker – Walker’s misleading claim about Warnock’s support for ending cash bail and releasing prisoners
Raphael Warnock "believes in no cash bail" and "letting people out of prison that are going to make us prisoners in our own home."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Poll Pads’ Used In Dallas Are NOT Using Outdated Software Version
Are the ExpressPoll pollbook devices used in Dallas County for the 2022 general election operating on out-of-date software? No, that's not true: ExpressPoll Version 7.2.3.0, the up-to-date version, was certified by the Texas Secretary of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral 2020 Video Does NOT Show Election Workers Committing Fraud In Delaware County, Pennsylvania — NO Fraud In 2020, Either
Does a viral video show election workers in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, commiting voter fraud in November 2022? No, that's not true: This exact video and claim were previously debunked in 2020. The election worker shown was manually tr
AllSides→ The 2022 FactCheck Awards
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/the-2022-factcheck-awards/ We are very serious fact-checkers, but we
FactCheck.org→ The 2022 FactCheck Awards
Summary We are very serious fact-checkers, but we also like to have a bit of fun. That’s why every two years, on Election Day, we recognize a few of the many political ads we see during the campaign cycle with some not-to-be-taken-seriously award
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Human Organs Were Found In Warehouse In California
Did the U.S. Marines find a warehouse in Chatsworth, California full of human organs "excised from adolescent children"? No, that's not true: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) told Le
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker in Georgia's Senate race
Fact-checking the Georgia Senate race: A round-up of claims in the pivotal contest between Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
PolitiFact→ Georgia Gun Owners – Raphael Warnock, Stacey Abrams are not communists, nor trying to take guns from all Georgians
"Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams are radical communists and, if they get their way, gun owners here in Georgia will be completely disarmed."
The Dispatch→ The Culture War Comes to Michigan
Proposal 3 would enshrine a vague and potentially limitless right to abortion in the state constitution. The post The Culture War Comes to Michigan appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Parody video shows ‘military robots ready for war’
Video shows “military robots ready for war.”
The Dispatch→ The First Culture War and Its Lingering Fallout
A new book that blames Ronald Reagan and economic resentment misses the real cause. The post The First Culture War and Its Lingering Fallout appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video clips mischaracterized as showing fake Ukraine war footage
Video clips show staged war footage from Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Citizens Against Government Waste – How much of the Inflation Reduction Act goes toward trees, clean garbage trucks and cow farts?
“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."
Logically→ Video shows a protest against NATO and the war in Ukraine was held in France.
The October 16 protest held in Paris was about rising living costs and global warming. It was not against NATO or the Russia-Ukraine war.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sophia Stewart Did NOT Win $2.5 Billion Lawsuit Over Ideas For Terminator, Matrix Movies
Did Sophia Stewart win a $2.5 billion lawsuit against Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox and other Hollywood filmmakers for stealing ideas from her manuscripts to make "The Terminator" and "The Matrix" movies? No, that's not true: Stewar
The Dispatch→ Nationalism Goes to War
American nationalists who invoke the Ukrainian resistance as a poster child for their agenda are being disingenuous.The post Nationalism Goes to War appeared first on The Dispatch.
Truth or Fiction?→ How Local ABC Affiliates Spread the Same Debunked ‘Warning’ About Fentanyl
A story out of Los Angeles, California that hinged on fearmongering from law enforcement regarding “Halloween fentanyl” in October 2022 served as another example of how television news affiliates can amplify disinformation — all witho
Full Fact→ A letter from the Prime Minister wasn’t mistakenly signed by Kwasi Kwarteng
Liz Truss’s letter to the former chancellor followed the convention of similar letters sent by her predecessor Boris Johnson.
Full Fact→ Private Eye did not say Kwasi Kwarteng was paid £20,000 a month by a hedge fund
Claims circulating on social media don’t reflect what was reported by the magazine, or what’s recorded in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.
Logically→ A Russian military vehicle runs over a Russian soldier during a procession amid the ongoing war.
The video of a Russian vehicle allegedly running over Russian military personnel dates back to 2014.
PolitiFact→ Raphael Warnock – Is the Black-white disparity in maternal mortality as big as Raphael Warnock said?
“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
Snopes→ Scholar: Here’s What to Know About Fog Reveal, the App Some Police Forces Use to Track People Without Warrants
The tool enables law enforcement officers to see “patterns of life” – where and when people work and live, with whom they associate and what places they visit.
AllSides→ Social Media Claims Misrepresent Election Software CEO’s Arrest
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/social-media-claims-misrepresent-election-software-ceos-arrest/ Socia
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the Georgia Senate debate between Raphael Warnock, Herschel Walker
In what’s expected to be the only debate of the pivotal Senate campaign in Georgia, the two nominees — incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker — sparred over a variety of topics. Here, we fact-check some of wh
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Claims Misrepresent Election Software CEO’s Arrest
Quick Take The CEO of a company that maintained poll worker data for Los Angeles County has been arrested as “part of an investigation into the possible theft of personal identifying information” of those poll workers, according to Los Ange
The Dispatch→ Why It’s So Hard to End the War in Ukraine
Both sides see more peril in negotiations than continuing the fight. The post Why It’s So Hard to End the War in Ukraine appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Absentee voters can still cast ballots by mail in Delaware
A law that would have given registered Delaware voters the ability to vote by mail for any reason was recently struck down by the state’s Supreme Court. But absentee voting by mail is still allowed in Delaware.