On August 23 2020, amid global Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the following meme appeared on Facebook with the claim that 85 percent of white people are killed by other white people — and yet, no one ever talks about “white on white c
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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
AFP Fact Check→ This image was created by a US designer for a photo manipulation contest in 2011
An image has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows archeologists in India discovering the skeleton of Ghatotkacha, a giant warrior that featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The clai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Does NOT Want To Remove Votes From Soldiers Overseas, Did NOT Say ‘They Don’t Even Live Here’
Did Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi realy say soldiers deployed overseas shouldn't be able to vote because "They don't even live here"? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democrats Did NOT Take Out ‘Under God’ From Nightly Pledge Of Allegiance At Their National Convention
Did Democrats take out the words "under God" from the nightly Pledge of Allegiance when it was recited at their national convention? No, that's not true: The words "Under God" were included in the Pledge of Allegiance in nightly prime tim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Steve Bannon Was NOT Scheduled To Speak At The Republican National Convention After His Arrest
Was Steve Bannon slated to speak at the Republican National Convention -- and is he still on the schedule for Tuesday night? No, that's not true. The claim that Bannon would be one of the speakers at the GOP convention came in a Facebook
FactCheck.org→ Final Night of the Democratic Convention
Summary As the socially distanced convention came to a close, Joe Biden accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination with a speech that was largely accurate, but lacked context in some instances: Biden claimed that America has “by f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Candace Owens NOT Fired By OAN, Did NOT Call Kamala ‘Fake Black’ On OAN Show
Was Candace Owens fired from her show at One America News after a supposed racist outburst? No, that's not true. Owens never even had a show on the network. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump s
Poynter→ Fact-check: Joe Biden’s acceptance speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention
In a near-empty arena on the river in his hometown, Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for president, promising hope over fear, fairness over privilege, love over hate. And, he said, “Facts over fiction.” Let’s see about that. H
Poynter→ Fact-check: Joe Biden’s acceptance speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention
In a near-empty arena on the river in his hometown, Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination for president, promising hope over fear, fairness over privilege, love over hate. And, he said, “Facts over fiction.” Let’s see about that. H
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Have A Plan To Raise Taxes On Families Earning $75,000 To 25% Rate
Does Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have a plan to raise the tax rate on families earning $75,000 from 12% to 25%, more than doubling what families now pay with that income? No, that's not true. Biden's tax plan actually calls
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Does NOT Have A Plan To Raise Taxes On Families Earning $75,000 To 25% Rate
Does Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have a plan to raise the tax rate on families earning $75,000 from 12% to 25%, more than doubling what families now pay with that income? No, that's not true. Biden's tax plan actually calls
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Speakers For The 2020 GOP Convention — Including ‘MyPillow Guy’ and ‘Demon Sperm Doctor’ — Is NOT Official
Are the "MAGA hat kid from Covington Catholic," the "MyPillow guy," the "demon sperm doctor," musician Kid Rock, actor Scott Baio and the "racist gun couple" all featured speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Speakers For The 2020 GOP Convention — Including ‘MyPillow Guy’ and ‘Demon Sperm Doctor’ — Is NOT Official
Are the "MAGA hat kid from Covington Catholic," the "MyPillow guy," the "demon sperm doctor," musician Kid Rock, actor Scott Baio and the "racist gun couple" all featured speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pittsburgh Steelers Will NOT Fine Players $1 Million If They Kneel During The National Anthem
Did Pittsburgh Steelers management say they would fine players $1 million if they kneel during the national anthem? No, that's not true: This is a fictional piece written by a known satire website. These stories are often re-published by
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pittsburgh Steelers Will NOT Fine Players $1 Million If They Kneel During The National Anthem
Did Pittsburgh Steelers management say they would fine players $1 million if they kneel during the national anthem? No, that's not true: This is a fictional piece written by a known satire website. These stories are often re-published by
Full Fact→ Claims that Warburtons now gets its wheat from the USA are wrong
Several posts on Facebook have claimed that the baked goods company Warburtons has decided to stop sourcing the majority of its flour from British farmers and instead has opted for a Candian/American deal with a company called Frontier. This is incorre
Poynter→ What the Postal Service story can teach us about misinformation
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and accountability journalism, from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here A microcosm of misinformation The current conv
FactCheck.org→ Democratic Convention Night 3
Summary It was another quiet night on the fact-checking front at the Democratic National Convention. We found former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton cited a dubious study on billionaires profiting during the pandemic, and former Labor Secretary Hi
Poynter→ Fact-checking night three of the 2020 DNC with Barack Obama and Kamala Harris
Sen. Kamala Harris of California became the first Black and Asian American woman to accept the vice presidential nomination of a major political party during the third night of the 2020 virtual Democratic National Convention. And — fact-check us —
Poynter→ Fact-checking night three of the 2020 DNC with Barack Obama and Kamala Harris
Sen. Kamala Harris of California became the first Black and Asian American woman to accept the vice presidential nomination of a major political party during the third night of the 2020 virtual Democratic National Convention. And — fact-check us —
AFP Fact Check→ This image is an illustration of a medical centre at a US university
An image of a building design has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows a design for a hospital set to be built by a Muslim body in India on land that was designated for a mosque. The claim is false;
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fields Of ‘Human Cages’ Discovered In Caruthers, California, Are Old Jail Cells That Are No Longer In Use
Were fields of "human cages" discovered in Caruthers, California? Yes, but that is missing context. The viral video of cages with toilets stacked up in the desert shows old metal jail cells that are no longer being used to hold people and
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Images Show Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announcing Their Ticket at an Event — Without Masks?
On August 15 2020, four days after Joe Biden announced that former California attorney general Kamala Harris would be his running mate in the upcoming presidential election, the following images began circulating — purportedly showing Biden and
The Dispatch→ Is a ‘Shadow Government’ Seeking a Coup Against President Trump?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Is NOT Automatically VP If Joe Biden Is Elected President And Can’t Finish His Term
Will Speaker Nancy Pelosi automatically become vice president if Joe Biden is elected and then can't serve out his term? No, that's not true. The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution clarified rules of succession, starting the vice pre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Postal Service Did NOT Go Bankrupt Under Obama Or Bush
Did the U.S. Postal Service go bankrupt under Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush? No, that's not true. While the United States Postal Service has racked up a large debt, the federal mail carrier did not go into bankruptcy, a USPS
Truth or Fiction?→ Is ‘Maskne’ a Sign of a Lung Infection?
As far-right disinformation purveyors continued flailing for relevancy in August 2020, one graphic regurgitated the conspiracy theory that blemishes caused by accumulations of facial moisture under face masks (worn in order to protect others from pote
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A Portion Of What You Pay A.A.R.P. Does NOT Go Directly To The Democratic Party
Does a portion of what people pay A.A.R.P. (the American Association of Retired People) go to the Democratic Party? No, that's not true: The AARP is forbidden by federal tax law, as a non-profit group, from making political contributions.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Have You Ever Seen a LOCKED Mailbox at the USPS? Now You Have’
As criticism of the treatment of the United States Postal Service (USPS) continued to mount in August 2020, various photographs shared online prompted fears that U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration were locking mailboxes as part of effo
FactCheck.org→ Democratic Convention Opening Night
Summary Our major finding from the first night of the four-day 2020 Democratic National Convention is that it wasn’t accurate to call it a “convention” at all. That word means “coming together,” and Democratic delegates stayed apart because o
AFP Fact Check→ This video has circulated since 2014 in reports about a NASA rocket explosion in the US
A video has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows an American rocket exploding moments after it launched in August 2020. The claim is false; this video has circulated online since 2014 in reports about a fai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Donald Trump Was NOT Born In Pakistan
Was President Donald Trump actually born in Pakistan as Dawood Ibrahim Khan and then adopted by the Trump family nine years later? No, that's not true: Donald Trump was born in Queens, New York, and an image of his birth certific
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say She Would Sign An Executive Order To Send Police To Take Your Guns
Did Kamala Harris vow to sign an executive order that would send police to your door to get your guns if you do not surrender them? No, that's not true. Sen. Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee, said when
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Greatest Hits
As the Democratic National Convention kicks off today, we thought it would be helpful to highlight some of the claims we have fact-checked from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden over the course of the campaign so far. For more on each statement,
Full Fact→ We don’t know whether “misinformation” killed 800 people
“'Hundreds dead' because of Covid-19 misinformation” BBC News website, 12 August 2020 “Online conspiracy theories and misinformation relating to Covid-19 have resulted in at least 800 deaths from coronavirus” The Independent,
Snopes→ Pelosi to Call House Back Into Session to Vote on USPS Bill
President Donald Trump’s new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, has sparked nationwide outcry over delays, new prices and cutbacks just as millions of Americans will be trying to vote by mail to avoid polling places during the coronavirus outbreak.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Murder Of 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant Is NOT Being Ignored By Media
Is the media ignoring the tragic death of a 5-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a neighbor in Wilson, North Carolina, on August 9, 2020? No, that's not true: The heartbreaking story about the killing of Cannon Hinnant, who was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walmart Did NOT Pledge $100 Million To Black Lives Matter
Did Walmart pledge $100 million to Black Lives Matter (BLM)? No, that's not true: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon announced on June 5, 2020, that "Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are committing $100 million to create a new center on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Refuse To Be Sworn In Using The Bible
Did Kamala Harris refuse to be sworn into office using a Bible? No, that's not true: A video of Harris being sworn into office as a U.S. senator on January 3, 2017, clearly shows a Bible was used. There is no evidence that any of