The disconnect between the left-wing media and mainstream American values.
The Dispatch→ James Longstreet’s Lessons in Leadership
How a Confederate general who turned on the South helps distinguish leaders from wannabe figureheads.
The Dispatch→ Don’t Cede Historic American Symbols to Bad Actors
No matter who co-opts it, the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag has historically represented patriotism.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Black Knight Satellite’ Is NOT 13,000-Year-Old Craft — It Was Thermal Cover Lost In Space
Does photographic evidence and reports from several independent sources, including NASA, show that an ancient satellite has been orbiting Earth since at least the 1950s? No, that's not true: The supposed photographic evidence from NASA, s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Travis Kelce Did NOT Vow To ‘Quit Chiefs Immediately’ If Team Doesn’t Fire Harrison Butker
Did Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce vow to quit the Kansas City Chiefs immediately if the football team doesn't fire kicker Harrison Butker? No, that's not true: This claim initially appeared in an article on a satirical website
The Dispatch→ Red Flags
What we talk about when we talk about the Alitos.
The Dispatch→ Flag-Gate and Other ‘Moral Panics’
Partisans and normies alike can fall for conspiratorial nonsense.
PolitiFact→ Alex Jones – No, weather data did not vanish on the day of Iran helicopter crash. That claim is False.
“All of the satellite weather data for the day of the Iranian president’s crash has been removed.”
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking misleading claims of 2020 election fraud in Fulton County, Georgia
Social media posts have reignited claims of 2020 election fraud in Georgia, pointing to purportedly double-scanned ballots and missing ballot images as proof. These claims are misleading. Georgia’s 2020 election was not fraudulent.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer Socializing With Jimmy Savile Is DIGITALLY ALTERED
Does a viral image prove that U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer socialized with Jimmy Savile, a British TV personality accused of dozens of sexual offenses? No, that's not true: The image was digitally altered to place Savile in the r
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bird flu outbreak in US isn’t timed for November elections; it began in 2022
Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: House Democrats Did NOT Vote To Allow Noncitizens To Vote In US Elections Nationwide
Did 195 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously vote to allow noncitizens to vote in U.S. elections nationwide? No, that's not true: The vote concerned a District of Columbia law that allows noncitizens to vote in local
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Pearl Jam concerts weren’t canceled in Kansas City after Eddie Vedder’s Harrison Butker rant
“Kansas City cancels three Pearl Jam shows at Arrowhead Stadium: ‘We stand with Harrison Butker.’”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce didn’t threaten to quit over Harrison Butker’s remarks
“Travis Kelce takes a stand, ‘I will resign if Harrison Butker is on the team next season.’”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent Illinois bill rebranding some criminal offenders as ‘justice-impacted individuals’
Social media users are omitting details about the bill, implying that it would apply to anyone who has committed a crime.
PolitiFact→ Social media claims mislead about Democratic vote for congressional apportionment
Democrats voted against a bill that would add a citizenship question to the U.S. Census to exclude noncitizens from the count. Noncitizens have been included in the census count since 1790. Social media posts misrepresented the Democratic vote.
PolitiFact→ The UN adjusted its Gaza fatality reporting. Here’s what the data does and doesn’t tell us.
World leaders have questioned the reported deaths in Gaza because the data is largely provided by government agencies under Hamas control. Experts said that data shouldn’t be dismissed outright — or regarded as wholly reliable.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misleadingly Link Town Clerk’s Case to 2020 Presidential Election
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take A Michigan town clerk pleaded no contest in 2023 to a charge of misconduct in office. Social media posts misleadingly highlight her case to push the false narrative th
FactCheck.org→ Trump, Allies Misrepresent FBI Order on Document Search at Mar-a-Lago
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take FBI agents who searched for classified documents held by former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2022 followed standard protocol. But Trump supporters and socia
The Dispatch→ Examining the Evidence in Donald Trump’s Hush Money Trial
Plus: Trumpworld falsely accuses the Biden administration of concocting an assassination plot.
The Dispatch→ A Double Standard in Alito Flag Flap?
Plus: GOP tries again to flip a Pennsylvania swing district, this time with a new candidate.
AllSides→ Hamas’ Gaza health ministry under microscope as questions continue over number of deaths
https://www.foxnews.com/world/hamas-gaza-health-ministry-under-microscope-questions-continue-over-number-deaths
Full Fact→ Labour campaign video doesn’t accurately reflect NHS waiting list data
There are about 7.5 million cases on the main NHS England waiting list—but only about 6.3 million people waiting. Some people are waiting for more than one thing.
AllSides→ Was it legal to fly the flag upside down at Samuel Alito’s house?
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/may/22/was-it-legal-to-fly-the-flag-upside-down-at-samuel/ Medi
AllSides→ Has Joe Biden appointed more black women as federal appeals court judges than all previous presidents combined?
https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/05/president-biden-black-women-judges-federal-appeals-court/?utm_source=allsides&utm_id=112
AllSides→ Are five Americans facing up to 12 years in prison in Turks and Caicos for bringing ammunition in their luggage?
https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/are-five-americans-facing-up-to-12-years-in-prison-in-turks-and-caicos-for-bringing-ammunition-in-their-luggage?utm_source=allsides&utm_id=112
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: New York Judge Juan M.
The Dispatch→ Russia Reportedly Launches ‘Counter-Space’ Satellite
The device is ‘presumably capable of attacking other satellites,’ but it is unlikely to be nuclear-capable at this point.
The Dispatch→ Where Do Haley Voters Go?
Plus: the ‘deadly force’ lie.
The Dispatch→ Humor Is a Cool Medium
How our comics got too angry to be funny.
The Dispatch→ In Nevada, Inflation Is Up and Joe Biden’s Poll Numbers Are Down
The president’s campaign is hoping a massive field effort will counter political headwinds.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Andy Reid Did NOT Say He Would Resign If Chiefs Fired Harrison Butker — Made-Up Quote Is From Satire Site
Did Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid say, as of May 23, 2024, that he will resign if the Chiefs fire kicker Harrison Butker, adding "If they get rid of Harrison, they get rid of me"? No, that's not true: While it was reported in Ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patent Application Image Is NOT For ‘Sun Simulator’ But Autonomously Assembled Space Telescope
Does a diagram from a patent application for a purported "sun simulator" prove that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is also a sun simulator because of their similarities? No, that's not true: The diagram included in a 2003 patent applic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Discuss Fruit Of The Loom Conspiracy Theory With Joe Rogan
Did entrepreneur Elon Musk discuss the Fruit of the Loom conspiracy theory with Joe Rogan? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that Musk talked with the podcaster about that subject. Additionally, digital forensics and deepfake-testi
The Dispatch→ On Racial Redistricting
Plus: Morgan Wallen’s 1A case over ‘This Bar’
Internet Archive→ The Ingraham Angle : FOXNEWSW : May 23, 2024 4:00pm-5:00pm PDT
Laura Ingraham aims to cut through the Washington chatter to speak directly with unexpected voices and the actual people who are impacted by the news of the day..This item belongs to: movies/TV-FOXNEWSW.This item has files of the following types: Capti
FactCheck.org→ Rubio Spreads Debunked 2020 Election Fraud Claims
In a May 19 interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Sen. Marco Rubio made misleading and unsubstantiated claims about election fraud in states lost by then-President Donald Trump in 2020: Rubio said “liberal groups” in Georg
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney Did NOT Cut Tinker Bell From Meet-And-Greets, Rep Did NOT Comment On ‘Problematic Image’
Did Disney cut Tinker Bell from meet-and-greets on the basis that she has a "problematic" image? No, that's not true: A Disney spokesperson told Lead Stories that Tinker Bell is a "beloved character, and she continues to appear in all of
FactCheck.org→ Pearl Jam Singer’s Criticism of Harrison Butker Didn’t Affect Concert Schedule
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take College commencement remarks by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker on the roles of women drew widespread criticism, including from Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder
The Dispatch→ The Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Six Years Later
On the power of the Greek tragedy.