After the 2020 election was called for former Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, “Benford’s Law” — a mathematical principle applied occasionally to the count of votes in any given election — became a hot topic on soci
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AFP Fact Check→ Trump campaign spreads doctored image to cast doubt on election reporting
The day after the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden, the communications director for Donald Trump’s campaign tweeted a photo of a newspaper front page announcing Al Gore’s victory 20 years earlier to highlight an alleged mistake b
Full Fact→ Express opinion piece wrong to allege evidence of widespread voter fraud in US elections
“If you count the ballot fraud, most pollsters clearly failed. If you don’t include the fraudulent ballots, most pollsters failed on a spectacular scale [...] It therefore defies logic Biden secured more votes than Barack Obama. If only va
FactCheck.org→ Trump Tweets Flagged by Twitter for Misinformation
In the two days after Election Day, Twitter has added warning labels to nine of President Donald Trump’s election-related tweets, cautioning the messages “might be misleading.” They are misleading, and in some cases, false. They conti
FactCheck.org→ Wisconsin Recount Q&A
On Nov. 4, several news organizations called the presidential race in Wisconsin for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. That same day, the campaign of President Donald Trump, who trails Biden by under 21,000 votes, announced it would request a recount. ̶
FactCheck.org→ All Congressional Races Aren’t Decided Yet
Quick Take Viral posts on Facebook falsely claim “we have the results of the senate & house, but not the President,” suggesting it is evidence of fraud. In fact, mail-in ballots for all federal races are still being counted in some states. F
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleadingly Claims That Ballot Count Was ‘Called Off’
President Donald Trump misleadingly said early in the morning after Election Day that ballot counting in states where he was leading had been “called off,” baselessly suggesting there was something suspicious happening. Similar complaints w
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Falsehood-Filled Speech on the Election
Before all of the votes in the 2020 election were counted, President Donald Trump wrongly claimed victory, calling for “all voting to stop” and claiming continuing to count legally cast votes would “disenfranchise” the people wh
Truth or Fiction?→ Pennsylvania Bakery Cookie Poll’s ‘Landslide’ Result Goes Viral
Less than a day before Election Day (November 3 2020), “PA bakery cookie poll” spiked as a search term and a topic of interest on social media: Let’s just say the cookie has red frosting “Pa. bakery's 'cookie poll,' w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘The Simpsons’ Did NOT predict Donald Trump’s 2015 Candidacy Announcement Or The 2016 Electoral Map
Did "The Simpsons" animated TV sitcom predict Donald Trump's 2016 victory 15 years before he even announced his candidacy? Did the show also foretell the full electoral map of the 2016 election results? No, that's not true: The cartoon im
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT An Authentic Photo Of Barack Obama Kissing David Cameron
Is this a real photo of Barack Obama kissing the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron? No, that's not true: It is a doctored photo created by pasting together two separate photos of Cameron and Obama kissing their wi
Poynter→ The press skewered the White House for saying the pandemic is over. Did it actually say that?
If the pandemic has taught us nothing else, it’s that science and politics can be a dangerous brew. The national press jumped on an Oct. 27 White House press release that, by some lights, claimed victory over the coronavirus. The release, under the
FactCheck.org→ In Pennsylvania Rallies, Trump Distorts Voting Issues
In the swing state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump repeatedly rattled off false and misleading claims about ballots and voting in arguing to his supporters “the only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.” On Oct. 26, Tru
Truth or Fiction?→ “As Trump Attacks Lesley Stahl, Remember He Said: ‘I Do It to Discredit [and] Demean You All So … No One Will Believe You’”
In late October 2020, just after United States President Donald Trump abruptly walked out of an election with longtime broadcast journalist Lesley Stahl, an older statement of his appeared: As Trump attacks Lesley Stahl now, remember his comments to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Warning NOT Just For Biden Retweets; New Policy Applies To All Retweeted Material
Did Twitter place a warning about retweeting solely on recent tweets about Joe Biden and fracking? No, that's not true: The new warnings are being added for all Twitter users, not just Biden critics. Twitter automatically warns when the u
FactCheck.org→ Biden on the Stump
After months of doing mostly virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden returned to in-person events with small, socially distanced crowds in September. He’s kept up his travel in October. We reviewed B
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hunter Biden Was NOT Chairman Of The UN Program That Won The Nobel Peace Prize, And The Trump Kids Are NOT Banned From Operating A Charity
Was Hunter Biden chairman of the World Food Program, which just won the Nobel Peace Prize, and were Eric Trump, Donald J. Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump banned from ever operating a charity again because they stole donations to children with
Full Fact→ Royal Navy sailors died while preventing the slave trade, but not tens of thousands
We’ve seen multiple claims online and in the media that 17,000 to 20,000 members of the Royal Navy died while “liberating slaves.” This claim seems to have history; repeats of it date back to at least 2010. It seems to refer to the We
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Trump Say Amy Coney Barrett is ‘Much Better Looking’ Than Other Supreme Court Justices?
As the United States Senate proceeded with the Supreme Court confirmation process for Judge Amy Coney Barrett on October 13 2020, a fabricated quote recirculated on Facebook repackaged as a graphic. Within hours of being posted, the meme had amassed m
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Don’t Give Full Picture of Mask Mandates in States
Quick Take Viral Facebook posts misleadingly claim that Florida, Georgia, Idaho, South Dakota and Tennessee have become “mask free.” None has a statewide mask mandate — but individual cities and counties in each of those states do have orders
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the First Trump-Biden Debate
Summary President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met on the debate stage for the first time and stretched or mangled facts on several topics: Trump exaggerated instances of election “fraud,” misleadingly citing ballots “found i
Truth or Fiction?→ Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Susan Struck
On September 20 2020, two days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Facebook user Amber LeBeau shared a post claiming that Ginsburg had intervened on behalf of combat nurse Susan Struck, more broadly addressing the narrative
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Post Homophobic And Racist Tweet About His Call With Mixed Martial Arts Fighter
Did President Trump post a homophobic and racist tweet about his phone call with Colby Covington, an MMA fighter and fervent Trump supporter? No, that's not true: It is a fabricated tweet created by a satire site. The claim appeared in an
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Statement About Counting Ballots in Pennsylvania
At a rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that a Pennsylvania court had permitted election officials “to take as long as they want” to count mail-in ballots. In fact, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court h
AllSides→ Trump keeps bragging about imaginary auto plants in swing states
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/10/trump-keeps-bragging-about-imaginary-auto-plants-swing-states/
FactCheck.org→ Trump Exaggerates Progress, Credit on Future COVID-19 Vaccine
In a Labor Day press conference and at a rally in North Carolina the following day, President Donald Trump made several unsupported or inaccurate statements about a COVID-19 vaccine and distorted comments made by the Democratic ticket. Trump charged D
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Tweet Kenosha Has Fewer Black People ‘Which Means Less Looting’
Did Joe Biden tweet that Kenosha, Wisconsin, has fewer Black people "which means less looting"? No, that's not true. The did not come from Biden's verified Twitter account. Kenosha, Wisconsin, is where Jacob Blake was shot by the police o
FactCheck.org→ Republican Convention Night 3
Summary Vice President Mike Pence and others twisted facts on the economy, some of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s positions and more: Pence claimed that President Donald Trump “created the greatest economy in the world.”
FactCheck.org→ Republican Convention Opening Night
Summary Speakers in the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention engaged in political spin, particularly in making claims about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s policy positions: Several speakers at the convention mislea
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Talking Points
As the Republican National Convention begins today, we present here a rundown of President Donald Trump’s repeated false and misleading claims during the 2020 campaign. If Trump’s recent speeches are a guide, he may well repeat some of thes
The Dispatch→ Is a ‘Shadow Government’ Seeking a Coup Against President Trump?
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Snopes→ Trump Congratulates QAnon Supporter Greene on Georgia Win
President Donald Trump tweeted support for congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, a supporter of the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory who’s been criticized for racist comments, following her Republican primary victory in Georgia.
FactCheck.org→ Voting by Mail in the Swing States
President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked mail-in voting as “fraudulent” and “corrupt,” even going so far to suggest it might be a reason to postpone the Nov. 3 election. But voters can use that option without giving a reas
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Claiming ‘Multiple Scientific Studies’ Show Masks Don’t Work Uses Old Data, Ignores Current Science On COVID-19
Does current science say that face masks don't work to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus that leads to COVID-19? No, this is not true. First, a video making the claim that masks -- from N95 to cloth ones -- don't work relies on dated
Truth or Fiction?→ Death of ‘Men’s Rights’ Attorney Stokes New Conspiracy Theories
The death of a 72-year-old “anti-feminist” attorney suspected of carrying out a fatal attack against a federal judge and her family has spawned new online speculation. Roy Den Hollander was found dead in upstate New York less than 24 hours
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘OSHA Certified’ Troll’s Analysis Does NOT Burst Face Mask Wearer’s ‘Google Doctor Degree’ — Face Masks Do Help Slow COVID-19 Spread
Is an "OSHA certified" Facebook poster whose job is listed as "Trollin' the Masses" correct in claiming that N95, surgical, and cloth masks don't slow the spread of COVID-19 and they may make you sick? No, that's not true: OSHA (the federal go
Full Fact→ What was the New Deal?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is having quite a moment. At the weekend, Michael Gove heaped praise on the 33rd US President who, he claimed, “managed to save capitalism.” On Monday the Prime Minister called for a “Rooseveltian approach to
Full Fact→ The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wasn’t kicked out of India
A viral Facebook post claims that Bill Gates’ polio vaccine permanently disabled 47,000 children in India and the Gates family was “kicked out of India for this”. The post claims this is “100% proven”. It is not.&nbs
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue Was Vandalized In 2020, But Viral Image Is 2018 Attack
Was Austin's Stevie Ray Vaughan statue vandalized in 2020? Yes, that's true, but a viral image of paint on the rear side of the Vaughan memorial is from a 2018 incident blamed on a football fan after his team won the SuperBowl. A second photo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Tweet People Who Had Tickets But Failed to Show At Tulsa Rally Should Face ‘Powerful Charges’
Did President Trump threaten by Twitter that people who ordered tickets to his Tulsa rally but failed to attend should be "arrested and face very powerful charges," suggesting it was treason. No, that's not true. The president, while constantl