In August 2020 a Facebook screenshot of a tweet contrasted a moral panic over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” with a claim that classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a song called “Lick My Ass”: A sc
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Descended From A Slave Owner, But It’s Not ‘An Inconvenient Part Of Her History’ Or A ‘Deep, Dark Secret’ That ‘Could Come Back To Haunt Her’
Did Kamala Harris descend from a slave owner and it is a "deep, dark secret" that has "come back to haunt" her? Yes, it is true that Sen. Harris does apparently have an Irish great-great-great-great-great grandfather who owned sl
The Dispatch→ Did Hillary Clinton’s Emails Include Evidence of Child Sex Trafficking?
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AllSides→ Did Ben Shapiro Create a Fake Antifa Recruitment Site?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-ben-shapiro-create-a-fake-antifa Viral social media posts claim
The Dispatch→ Did Ben Shapiro Create a Fake Antifa Recruitment Site?
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The Dispatch→ Does Anthony Fauci Own ‘Half the Patent’ for Moderna’s COVID Vaccine?
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Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Coin Shortage? Where Did They All Go in Four Months?’
Despite being identified as disinformation, a Facebook post making light of a shortage of available coins around the United States continued to spread in July 2020. The post, which was published in a Kansas-based conservative group on July 16 2020, ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Payments By ActBlue Texas Are NOT Connected To BLM, Thousand Currents or Rioters — They’re Refunded Political Contributions
Are hundreds of individual payments made by ActBlue Texas connected to Black Lives Matter, Thousand Currents or rioters? No, that's not true: The payments are refunds of political contributions, according to an ActBlue spokesperson and a searc
Snopes→ Did Joe Biden Say He’s ‘Going to Beat Joe Biden’?
In political punditry, why go with a straightforward explanation when a nonsensical one will do?
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Dave Ramsey Warn Against a Cashless Society Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic?
In early July 2020, posts attributed to financial pundit Dave Ramsey on the subject of what “no cash” or what having a “cashless society actually means” began circulating: Dave Ramsey repost HERES WHAT NO CASH ACTUALLY MEANS:
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Black Lives Matter Members Attack a Man While Protesting a Statue of Louis IX?
A demonstration calling for the removal of a historical monument in in St. Louis in June 2020 was targeted by both far-right online users and channels both before it took place and prior to an altercation that was subsequently used to smear both the o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Say The Common Cold Is Counted As A Positive COVID-19 Result
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say that the common cold counts as a positive COVID-19 result? No, that's not true: The CDC was talking about antibody tests, not viral tests, when it said that a positive result may mea
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Fireworks Every Night’ in June 2020
On June 20 2020, the Facebook page “Son of Baldwin” shared what would later become a popular iteration of a “fireworks conspiracy” set of rumors, spreading from several points on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit: The Facebook
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Call Candace Owens : ‘Aunt Tom’
Was conservative commentator Candace Owens called "Aunt Tom" by Michelle Obama during a CNN interview? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing
Lead Stories→ Lead Stories Response to False Accusations of Bias from The National Pulse
After Lead Stories fact checked a story by The National Pulse they published an article accusing us of bias in favor of the Democrats after first quietly correcting their story. Several of the accusations are blatantly false, for example that
Truth or Fiction?→ Tucker Carlson’s ‘What Does Racism Look Like?’ Chyron
On June 5 2020, a viral tweet circulated, featuring Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson, a chyron reading “what does racism look like?,” and commentary about becoming your own meme: That moment when you meme yourself. pic.twitter.com/b6sr4kD
FactCheck.org→ Two Former Officers Involved in Floyd’s Death Are Not In-Laws
Quick Take Contrary to social media posts, Kellie Chauvin, the estranged wife of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, is not the sister of Tou Thao, another former officer involved in the events tha
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Evidence-Free Attempt to Link Scarborough to Aide’s Death
President Donald Trump has repeatedly sought without evidence to link MSNBC host Joe Scarborough to the death of one of his staffers in 2001, when he was a Republican congressman. The medical examiner found that the death was accidental, due to a heart
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oregon Did NOT Change Hundreds Of Republican Ballots To Non-Partisan Denying Republican Voters the Right To Participate In Primary
Did Oregon change hundreds of Republican ballots to non-partisan, thus denying Republican voters the right to participate in the state's primary? No, that's not true: Oregon voters received the non-partisan ballots because they never took the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Give $3.7 Million Grant To Wuhan, China, Virology Lab To Study Coronavirus
Did President Barack Obama award $3.7 million to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 to study the coronavirus that has grown into a global pandemic? No, that is not true: Government documents show that the money -- actually about $3.4 mill
Truth or Fiction?→ Did H1N1 Infect 1.4 Billion People and Kill Nearly 600,000 Worldwide?
Under “tweets that didn’t age well,” on April 2 2020 pundit Bill Mitchell criticized measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 — claiming that the 2009 H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic infected 1.4 billion people worldwide and killed a
Snopes→ With Spelling Bee Canceled, Ex-Spellers Launch Their Own Bee
The SpellPundit Online National Spelling Bee offers at least some form of nationwide competition, especially for the eighth-graders who will miss out on their final chance at a national title.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Did NOT Delete Tweet Of Video Urging Visits To Chinatown During COVID-19
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delete a February 24, 2020, video of herself from Twitter in which she encouraged people to visit Chinatown in San Francisco? No, that's not true: she never sent out a tweet of the video despite President Trump c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Officials NOT Wrong To Impose Safety Measures, And COVID-19 IS A Pandemic
Does the average American have less than two-tenths of one percent chance of getting coronavirus and, even if so, would that mean that U.S. public health officials were wrong to mandate the precautionary measures they have instituted? No, that
FactCheck.org→ Union’s Search for Face Masks Gets Twisted Online
Quick Take A meme falsely claims that a health care workers’ union was “caught hiding 39 million N95 masks,” and other posts cast suspicion on the union’s motives. In reality, the union had called medical suppliers nationwide in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump DID Sign 5G Bill, But Exposure Effects Are Misleading
Did President Trump sign a bill that addresses the future of 5G infrastructure? Yes, that's true: the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020 was signed on March 23, 2020, but a video detailing the potential fallout of expanding 5G technology is exag
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the President of the United States Tell Governors Seeking Ventilators That Favors Are ‘a Two-Way Street’?
In late March 2020, a quote attributed to United States President Donald Trump involving various state governors and access to ventilators began spread in the form of several text-based status update memes: One of the shares appeared on the page
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Ventilator Counter-Punch at Cuomo
Hitting back at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pleas for the federal government to provide more ventilators, President Donald Trump misleadingly claimed Cuomo rejected a 2015 recommendation to purchase 15,000 ventilators and instead “establis
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NY Gov. Cuomo Did NOT Reject Buying Recommended 16,000 Ventilators In 2015 for Pandemic
Did New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reject a recommendation for his state to buy 16,000 ventilators in 2015 in preparation for a pandemic? No, that's not true: That is disinformation being spread among conservatives, misinterpreting the facts of a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Evidence Does NOT Show The WHO Director-General Overstated COVID-19 Fatality Rate
Did the World Health Organization's director-general overstate the COVID-19 fatality rate when he said that it was many times that of the seasonal flu? No, that's false: Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accurately stated that the de
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Trump Call Sean Hannity and Tell People with Coronavirus to Go to Work Anyway?
On March 5 2020, the Facebook page “Crooks and Liars” shared an article bearing the headline, “Trump Calls Up Hannity, Tells People With Covid-19 To Go To Work”: Underneath an embedded video, the site claimed: In just over
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Tax Brackets Explained’ Imgur Post
In late February 2020, an Imgur user shared a popular post on a popular topic (“tax brackets explained”), urging others to “help educate others” on how taxation supposedly works: Tax brackets explained. Help educate others! A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chuck Schumer Did NOT Quietly Delete His Tweet Criticizing Trump’s China Travel Ban As ‘Premature’ And ‘War Against Immigrants’
Did U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer quietly delete his tweet criticizing President Trump's China travel ban as "premature" and a "war against immigrants"? No, that's not true: The tweet being shared was completely fabricated. Twitter
Truth or Fiction?→ Did 41 Democrats Vote Against ‘Protecting Already Born Babies’?
In February 2020, pundits and blogs launched a round of invective against Democratic Party lawmakers after a bill targeting healthcare providers fell short of garnering enough votes for debate on the Senate floor. The latest salvo followed a cloture v
FactCheck.org→ Bloomberg’s 2016 Remarks on Farmers, in Context
The supporters of President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders claim Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg insulted farmers in a 2016 video. The Bloomberg campaign says the video has been “taken completely out of context.” Ther
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Photo Did NOT Show Pete Buttigieg Posing In Leather Bodysuit
Does a photo show Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg posing in a leather bodysuit with two other men? No, that's not true: The picture has been doctored using photo-editing tools. The real person has been swapped out with the hea
FactCheck.org→ Report Prompts False Claims of ‘Voter Fraud’ in Iowa
Quick Take A report by a conservative legal organization about voter registration rates in eight Iowa counties has been cited to promote baseless suggestions of voter fraud. Full Story Amid the Iowa caucuses, the founder of a conservative group and
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Conservative Dinesh D’Souza NOT Dead At 58
Did conservative political provocateur Dinesh D'Souza die at the age of 58? No, that's not true: D'Souza is alive, and an article suggesting otherwise is just the latest in a long line of celebrity death hoaxes to take the Internet by storm. T
Lead Stories→ Fact check: Eight Iowa Counties Do NOT Have Total Registration Rates Larger Than Eligible Voter Population – NO 18,600 Extra Names on Voter Rolls
Do eight Iowa counties have more registered voters than there are people eligible to vote in those counties? No, that's not true. Looking at the latest available data in February 2020 there are only five counties where the number of total regi
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Donald Trump Did NOT Set Secret Trap To Catch Obama 24 Hours After Rogue UN Official Exposes Active Coup At White House
Did President Donald Trump set a trap for former President Barack Obama to stop him from staging an overthrow of the White House? No, that's not true: the story seems loosely based on a story from October of 2019 when Trump referenced a coup o