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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Appear With Bandage On ‘Wrong Ear’ At Republican National Convention — Edited Video
Did Donald Trump wear a bandage on the "wrong ear" -- the left one -- at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024? No, that's not true: The video that makes this claim has been flipped on a horizontal axis, re
PolitiFact→ 2024 RNC fact-check: What Trump VP pick J.D. Vance got right, wrong in Milwaukee speech
We fact-checked Trump VP pick J.D. Vance in his Milwaukee speech at the Republican National Convention.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – ‘Mark Violets’ of antifa didn’t shoot Donald Trump. Social media users wrongly blamed a blogger.
“Butler Police confirm the shooter’s name is Mark Violets. He is a known Antifa extremist.”
The Dispatch→ ‘Ordinary Americans’ Can Be Wrong, Too
Niall Ferguson can’t outsource the facts to the polls.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Singer R. Kelly is still incarcerated, but social media posts wrongly claim he’s been freed
“R. Kelly has been released from United States of America Federal Prison, Chicago.”
The Dispatch→ What’s Wrong With the FAFSA?
A botched software rollout has created massive problems for colleges and prospective students, but lots more problems linger.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump wrong that crime stats exclude 30% of cities, including the “biggest and most violent"
Crime statistics “no longer include data from 30% of the country including the biggest and most violent cities.”
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Wrong: Gun Owners More Likely to Vote
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Gun rights candidates often falsely exaggerate their opponent’s position, claiming they want to confiscate weapons from law-abiding citizens. Mark R. Joslyn, professor of poli
Full Fact→ Sadiq Khan wrongly identified in 15 minute cities interview
The video circulating online actually shows Shyam Batra, who announced he would stand to be London’s mayor but was not on the ballot paper in May 2024.
AllSides→ Biden Gets 2021 Inflation Rate Wrong, Trump Bizarrely Riffs About Hot Dogs, Hannibal Lecter And Sinatra
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/05/14/biden-trump-gaffe-tracker-biden-gets-2021-inflation-rate-wrong-trump-bizarrely-riffs-about-hot-dogs-hannibal-lecter-and-sinatra/?sh=2aa6cab54b3a
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden wrong that he inherited 9% inflation
Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.”
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.”
Full Fact→ Prime Minister wrong to say ‘everyone in work’ will receive £900 tax cut
Two reductions in National Insurance contributions mean employees on the average salary of £35,400 will save £900 a year.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hunter Biden was indicted twice. A claim that he and others have escaped criminal charges is wrong.
Hunter Biden, “BLM rioters” and “COVID criminals” have “0 indictments”
PolitiFact→ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrong about a ban on NIH research about mass shootings
“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”
Full Fact→ Council websites wrong on how to vote in mayoral and police commissioner elections
A Full Fact investigation reveals that earlier this month at least nine council websites incorrectly claimed mayoral or police commissioner elections use the ‘Supplementary Vote’ system.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media posts wrongly characterize the Sydney mall attacker as Jewish or Muslim
The Sydney mall attacker is a “Zionist” who targeted Jewish people so that people would think the attacker was Muslim.
Full Fact→ BBC Breakfast gets the increase in people waiting for NHS treatment wrong
Figures quoted by presenter Naga Munchetty last week refer to the number of cases, not people.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Benjamin Cohen Was NOT Sydney Mall Attacker — He Was Wrongly Linked To Mass Stabbing By Social Media
Did Australian law enforcement identify a Sydney mall attacker as "Benjamin Cohen"? No, that's not true: The police said that the man's name was Joel Cauchi. The claim originated from an account on X that self-identifies as aligned with a
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this post doesn’t reveal any wrongdoing by Nancy Pelosi
“Nancy Pelosi busted, Speaker (Mike) Johnson just released it for everyone to see.”
The Dispatch→ Bad Leaders, Wrong Turns
Antisemitism is a scapegoat for societies in crisis.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump said all legal scholars, ‘on both sides,’ wanted Roe v. Wade overturned. That’s wrong.
"All legal scholars, both sides, wanted, and in fact demanded” that Roe v. Wade be overturned.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump is wrong on Democrats’ abortion stance. They don’t support the ‘execution’ of babies
Democrats support abortion measures that result in the “execution” of babies “after birth.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump is wrong. Joe Biden doesn’t have an ‘immunity from deportation’ policy.
“Biden has implemented a formal policy that illegal aliens who intrude into the United States are granted immunity from deportation.”
PolitiFact→ Jessica Ramos – New York state senator wrong on how many cities in New York rank high on child poverty
“Half of the cities with the highest rates of child poverty are in” New York state.
Full Fact→ NHS England was wrong to claim its data showed 3.4 million children are ‘unprotected’ against measles
It seems the health service actually calculated that 3.4 million children might have missed at least one vaccine dose.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Some claim vindication after CDC change on COVID-19 guidance. Here’s why they’re wrong.
“The CDC officially agrees with ‘conspiracy theorists’ from 2020” who wanted to treat COVID-19 like the flu.
AllSides→ State of the Union fact check: What President Joe Biden got wrong (and right)
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/03/08/joe-biden-state-of-the-union-fact-check/72843176007/
PolitiFact→ Sean Hannity – Sean Hannity is wrong. ‘Illegal immigrants’ cannot vote in New York City’s local elections
In New York City “local elections, illegal immigrants can vote.”
PolitiFact→ Yes, a Maricopa County voter received two mail ballots. That’s not a sign of wrongdoing or fraud.
A Maricopa County voter shared an image of two mail ballots she received. An elections official said this happened because the voter changed her address as voter registration ended and only one ballot will be counted. This doesn’t signal fraud.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – More efforts to stop ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine than fentanyl? Here’s why that’s wrong.
The government did more to stop the distribution of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine than to stop the distribution of fentanyl.
The Dispatch→ What Really Went Wrong In the Antisemitism Hearings
While university presidents lacked principled defiance, GOP officials embraced political theater. A 20th-century university leader shows a better path.
The Dispatch→ Do the Wrong Thing
The nihilism of the modern Republican Party.
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk – Elon Musk says there’s ‘scientific consensus’ on birth control depression, suicide risk. He’s wrong
There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media claim wrong about number of immigrants and reemergence of livestock disease
Because “17 million immigrants” were “let in” the U.S, “ foot and mouth disease is back. We got rid of that fifty years ago.”
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk – Elon Musk is wrong to say Joe Biden is recruiting immigrants to create a Democratic majority
Biden’s strategy is to “get as many illegals in the country as possible” and “legalize them to create a permanent majority.”
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Nikki Haley said Texas could secede from the U.S. Here’s why that’s wrong
If Texas says, “‘We don’t want to be part of America anymore’ … that’s their decision to make.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Claim that the government is spraying the sky, blocking sun to mitigate climate change is wrong
The government is spraying chemicals into the sky to block the sun.
Full Fact→ Rishi Sunak wrong to say 18-week waits have fallen since pledge
The Prime Minister may have meant to say in a Telegraph article that waits of 18 months have fallen, which they have.