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FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False, Recurring Claim About Biden’s Stance on Police
The Trump campaign has spent at least $20 million in July on advertising promoting the false and repeatedly debunked claim that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden favors defunding the police. Biden has said he doesn’t support t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Indiana Woman Was NOT Charged With Delivering Fraudulent Ballots
Was a Democratic Party activist charged with delivering 400 ballots with the Democrat box pre-checked? No, that's not true: Jan Reed, who was not affiliated with the election office, was charged for sending hundreds of absentee ballot applicat
The Dispatch→ Was the Trump Campaign Going to Use a ‘Spy Gadgets’ on a Blimp to Collect Voter Data?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Fauci Did NOT Resign From COVID-19 Task Force
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci officially resign from the COVID-19 task force? No, that's not true. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, is currently still a
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s ‘Fox News Sunday’ Interview
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary interview with “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace, who frequently fact-checked the president in real time, contained a long list of false, misleading and unsubstantiated claims: The president claimed othe
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
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘State of Illinois Definition of a COVID-19 Death’
In July 2020, social media users continued spinning a remark by a top health official in Illinois to claim that death tolls attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic have been inflated around the United States — and to attempt to sow doubt around the
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Mask of the Beast’
A Facebook post attempting to falsely link protection against COVID-19 to Satanism continued to spread on the platform in July 2020 — while also providing a look into how disinformation is laundered across social media platforms. The post by Ana
AFP Fact Check→ Photo does not show Trump ally Stone celebrating after prison sentence commuted
Social media posts claim a photo shows Donald Trump’s confidant Roger Stone celebrating in a restaurant by making the white power symbol after the president commuted his prison sentence. This is false; the photo is more than two years old and was tak
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Quote on Projected Deaths of Children Attributed to DeVos
Quick Take Social media posts claim that Betsy DeVos said “only” 0.02% of children are “likely to die” of COVID-19 from schools reopening in the fall. There’s no evidence she ever said that. Full Story As a new school
FactCheck.org→ Video Falsely Stokes Concerns About Voting in Louisiana Primary
Quick Take A viral video falsely labeled “Registered Republican Not Allowed to Vote!” suggests that Republicans were kept from voting in Louisiana’s recent primary. The person featured in the video — which has been viewed millio
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Spin on Roger Stone’s Conviction
In commuting Roger Stone’s prison sentence, President Donald Trump and the White House gave a misleading account of Stone’s conviction and the federal investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. In November, a jury
AllSides→ Trump’s Misleading Spin on Roger Stone’s Conviction
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/trumps-misleading-spin-on-roger-stones-conviction/ In commuting Roger
Snopes→ Trump Undercuts Health Experts — Again — In Schools Debate
Whatever health professionals say, the president is determined to revive the battered economy and resuscitate his reelection chances, even as U.S. hospitalizations and deaths keep climbing.
Full Fact→ Increase in doctors and nurses does not include Covid-19 returners
“Good news on the NHS just out: Record doctors: 6,000 more than a year ago Record nurses: 12,000 more than a year ago Well on our way to delivering 50,000 more nurses by end of the Parliament.” Matt Hancock, 25 June 2020 Health secretary
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘New Cases, Yesterday: Germany: 298, Denmark: 10, Norway: 11, Sweden: 57 — United States: 55,442’
On July 8 2020, Twitter user Brian Klass shared the following post in response to President Trump’s tweets about reopening American schools — purportedly demonstrating the number of new cases on July 7 2020 in the United States and four Eu
FactCheck.org→ Navarro Doesn’t Give Full Picture On Hydroxychloroquine
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has promoted the “astonishing” results of an observational study that found hydroxychloroquine was associated with lower mortality for patients hospitalized for COVID-19. But the study has limitations, and mu
FactCheck.org→ Cherry-Picking Collins’ Prescription Drug Votes
A Democratic TV ad attacks Sen. Susan Collins for voting twice “to allow drug companies to keep cheaper generic drugs off the market,” but omits the fact that Collins has supported bills intended to increase generic-drug competition and low
FactCheck.org→ NextGen Climate Action/NextGen America
Political leanings: Democratic 2018 total spending: $63.8 million NextGen Climate Action Committee, a super PAC, and NextGen America, a 501(c)(4), were founded in 2013 by San Francisco billionaire and climate-change activist Tom Steyer, who ran unsuc
Truth or Fiction?→ Are ‘BLM Convoys’ Threatening to ‘Occupy Atlanta’?
Conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi reached out for attention from United States President Donald Trump on July 7 2020, all the while regurgitating a long-debunked right-wing internet boogeyman to smear the Black Lives Matter movement. Corsi took to his
FactCheck.org→ Americans for Prosperity
Political leanings: Conservative/Libertarian 2018 total spending: $10 million for the super PAC alone Americans for Prosperity, a “social welfare” organization, along with Americans for Prosperity Action, a super PAC, and Americans for Pros
FactCheck.org→ Americas PAC
Political leanings: Republican/Conservative 2018 total spending: $6.2 million Americas PAC is a super PAC with the mission of convincing “minority voters who identify themselves as conservative” to vote for Republican candidates. The super
FactCheck.org→ Pacronym
Political Leanings: Democratic 2018 Total Spending: $2.3 million Pacronym is a super PAC affiliated with Acronym, a politically active 501(c)4 social welfare organization. Acronym says it is focused on “building power and digital infrastructure for t
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Daughter of MLK and Coretta Scott King Posted This Advice as the Next Six Months are Going to Get Real’
In July 2020, a short post of advice bullet points attributed to Bernice King (daughter of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) began circulating, reading as follows: Daughter of MLK and Coretta Scott King posted this advice, as the nex
Snopes→ Justices Rule States Can Bind Presidential Electors’ Votes
The ruling, just under four months before the 2020 election, leaves in place laws in 32 states and the District of Columbia that bind electors to vote for the popular-vote winner.
Full Fact→ We all deserve a better debate on poverty
What's happening to poverty in the UK is one of the big questions facing the country. It is essential for governments and political leaders to make informed decisions about policy responses and for the public to understand the communities they live in.
FactCheck.org→ Video Presents Flawed Test on Masks, Oxygen Levels
Quick Take A viral video questions the safety of face masks by using a gas detector to purportedly show that masks result in dangerous oxygen levels for the wearer. But experts — and the company that makes the gas detector — say the video&#
FactCheck.org→ Giuliani’s Misleading Attack on de Blasio and Crime
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani misleadingly contrasted his mayoral record on crime with a recent spike in murders under Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, citing the uptick as evidence that Democratic mayors are “a danger to their people.
Truth or Fiction?→ Does ‘Qabalista’ by Selki Girl Trigger ‘Out-of-Body Experiences’?
In late June and early July 2020, a rumor on TikTok’s #witchtok hashtag held that the album Qabalista by Selki Girl “triggered astral projection” or other strange experiences; a video with hundreds of thousands of engagements involve
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Baseless Attacks on Times, Post Reporting on Russia Probe
President Donald Trump has attacked reporting on the Russia investigation by the New York Times and the Washington Post as “fake news,” asserting — along with his press secretary — that the news organizations should return
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
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Covid911 – Insurgency’ Video Pushes Several Falsehoods And Unproven Conspiracy Theories
Is the COVID-19 pandemic a conspiracy manufactured by "Deep State Democrats" and the "mass media" to disrupt, even rig, the upcoming presidential election in a bid to topple Donald Trump? And did the coronavirus provide the perfect cover for t
FactCheck.org→ Viral Post Falsely Attributes ‘Shadow Government’ Claim to Krauthammer
Quick Take A Christian blogger writing for The Daily Jot accused former President Barack Obama in 2017 of running a “shadow government.” The blog post has been recirculating lately on social media, but it is falsely attributed to the late P
Washington Post→ Trump campaign snips and cuts Democrats’ remarks in misleading ad on violence
President Trump tweeted an ad that is among the worst of this election cycle, earning Four Pinocchios.
Full Fact→ The Lord’s Prayer is not banned from Facebook
Multiple posts on Facebook have claimed that the company is banning people from posting the Lord’s Prayer on the social network as it goes against their policies. This is not true. As the posts’ continued existence demonstrates, no one who
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Marine Did NOT Capture An Antifa Member
Did a U.S. Marine capture an Antifa member? No, that's not true: The photo used with that claim in a Facebook post was taken in Fallujah in 2004 during the Iraq War. The man being held by the Marine was not a member of Antifa. The claim appare
Full Fact→ The UK has had one of Europe’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks
A Facebook post compares the UK’s total population and what appears to be its Covid-19 death toll with a selection of other European countries. The combined population for the other countries is wrong, but its general point—that the U
Full Fact→ Full Fact welcomes new report from Lords Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
Everyone deserves access to good information. That’s why our work doesn’t stop once we’ve published a fact check—we campaign to change debate for the better, and share what we’re learning in our fight against bad informati
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 is among the leading causes of death worldwide so far in 2020, but beware of incomplete graphs
An animated bar graph circulating on social media went viral in June 2020 and received more than 100,000 interactions on Facebook. The graph claims to report the number of deaths that have occurred worldwide from several causes, including COVID-19, bet