Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Biden cites erroneous inflation statistic to make his case about the economy
Biden has twice cited this number, which is drawn from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index, in the past week, first in a CNN interview on May 8 and again during an interview with Yahoo Finance on Wednesday.
The Dispatch→ Social Media Posters Use an Old Donald Trump Video to Make False Claims About the Avian Flu
The video is real, but the former president was talking about the COVID pandemic.
Full Fact→ 23andMe has not sold all DNA data to China
Posts online claims that the DNA testing company has sold all its data to the Chinese government.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A second scourge is battering Brazil’s flooded south: Disinformation
The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside. But another scourge has spread across the region: Disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
The Dispatch→ The Trump Campaign Stacks the Deck on RNC Committees Ahead of Party Platform Debates
Plus: Angela Alsobrooks beats David Trone’s millions in Maryland to take on Larry Hogan for the Senate.
Full Fact→ Conservatives are not ‘the only party’ committed to increasing defence spending
Rishi Sunak claimed during Prime Minister’s Questions today that his was the only party committed to increasing defence spending.
PolitiFact→ Tyler August – How likely are in-state UW students to stay in Wisconsin after they graduate?
“Nearly 90% of all UW graduates stay in Wisconsin 5 years after they graduate.”
PolitiFact→ The meaning, history and political rhetoric surrounding the term abortion ‘ban’
People across the political spectrum define abortion bans differently. That nuance often leaves room for spin. Experts in political and reproductive health rhetoric explain the word’s history and meaning.
Full Fact→ Sadiq Khan did not pledge to build 46,000 houses for young Muslims
A video clip of the mayor being interviewed by the Islam Channel is circulating online with a caption that misinterprets what Mr Khan actually said.
The Dispatch→ Biden Signs Law Banning Russian Uranium Imports
The nuclear fuel ban comes as Republicans and Democrats are zeroing in on atomic energy.
The Dispatch→ Biden Signs Law Banning Russian Uranium Imports
The nuclear fuel ban comes as Republicans and Democrats are zeroing in on atomic energy.
The Dispatch→ On Vibes and Crises
"In most election years, I kind of dismiss the idea of vibes, but this year I'm having a hard time doing that."
The Dispatch→ Maybe We Shouldn’t Take College Protests at Face Value
A prominent social scientist found the ‘60s student movement had more to do with parents than politics.
The Dispatch→ Joe Biden’s Bad ‘Vibes’
Voters aren’t in the mood for the president’s policy-focused campaign.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Image Of ‘Barbara O’Neill’s Cousin’ On Trial Is AI-Generated; There Was No Such Trial
Does a viral image really show "Barbara O'Neill's cousin" in the courtroom being "sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON"? No, that's not true: It is AI-generated. The claim came from an account with a history of posting inauthentic images under the
The Dispatch→ Video: Capturing the Latino Vote
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Original Pinocchio Story Does NOT Say Gepetto Was Slave Master Who Made Puppet From Human Skin, Hair
Does the "real" story of Pinocchio include the details that Gepetto was a slave master who made a puppet from the skin and hair of human slaves? No, that's not true: The fictional story is about a puppet made from an enchanted piece of wo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satire Site Is Origin Of Claim Elon Musk Said He Was Considering Buying NY Jets To Keep Colin Kaepernick Off Team
Did entrepreneur Elon Musk say he was considering buying the New York Jets to keep National Football League player turned American civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick off the football team? No, that's not true: This claim initially app
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HAARP Tests Were NOT Cause Of Northern Lights In Early May 2024 — It Was Solar Storm
Was an epic display of the northern lights in early May 2024 caused by testing at HAARP (the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program) in Alaska? No, that's not true: There's no connection between the research program's experiments
The Dispatch→ Never Trump vs. Never Again
Does ‘never’ mean never?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Walt Disney Was NOT A Founder Of NASA
Was Walt Disney a founder of NASA? No, that's not true: Disney founded an animation, television and movie studio as well as a theme park empire. He produced a television series about space travel in 1955 with a NASA rocket designer. This
The Dispatch→ A Photo Purporting to Be of Trump’s New Jersey Rally Is From a Concert in Brazil
Conservative operative Roger Stone posted the image on X.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Stones Showing Humans, Dinosaurs Living Together Do NOT Prove They Coexisted — Farmer Confessed In 1975 He Created Them
Are stones depicting dinosaurs and humans coexisting real? No, that's not true: These stones were found to be hoaxes. A Smithsonian article reported that a 20th-century farmer and his wife were the creators of these stones, not an ancient
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Chicago chapter of American Muslims for Palestine raised the flag, not the city
Video shows “Chicago ceremonially raises the Palestinian flag.”
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Capturing the Latino Vote
Join us tonight at 8 p.m. ET for our weekly livestreamed conversation.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Does China have more retirees than workers? Joe Biden’s claim is premature
"China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact launches Spanish-language website to serve more than 40 million U.S. Spanish-speakers
The free website features fact checks from the PolitiFact en Español team, who root out Spanish-language misinformation in its many forms, and write in-depth stories and fact checks.
Full Fact→ Image of new Russian defence minister in military uniform is digitally altered
The image has been manipulated with Andrei Belousov’s face superimposed onto a picture of actor Jason Isaacs in a role in the film The Death of Stalin.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t King Frederik X of Denmark waving a Palestinian flag
“The king of Denmark waved the Palestinian flag from the balcony in support of Palestine.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Fact-check: RFK Jr.’s positions on voter ID, the NRA and affirmative action
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Billionaire and philanthropist George Soros is still not a Nazi, despite online claims
“George Soros is a roaring, cold-blooded Nazi sociopath.”
The Dispatch→ ‘Corporate Greed’ Is Not a Main Driver of Inflation
Economists point to supply and demand issues as the cause of higher prices.
Full Fact→ Danish King didn’t wave Palestinian flag in street protest
A video being widely shared online falsely claims to show the new King of Denmark taking part in a pro-Palestine protest.
Full Fact→ New cancer jab is not a ‘gene changer’
There is no good evidence that mRNA vaccines give people cancer.
Full Fact→ NHS England measles figure causes confusion over encephalitis risk
A charity’s claim that 10,000 children could develop encephalitis as a result of catching measles is based on an incorrect NHS estimate for the number of “unprotected” children.
Climate Feedback→ How CO2 warms Earth through the greenhouse effect and why CO2 is not ‘saturated’ in Earth’s atmosphere
There is no doubt about it – climate science can be complex. But sometimes this complexity is mistaken for uncertainty. A recurring example is our scientific understanding of carbon dioxide’s (CO2) effects as a greenhouse gas[2]. However, the evide
The Dispatch→ Russia Opens Up New Front in Northeastern Ukraine
‘Every hour this situation moves toward critical.’
The Dispatch→ Presidential Stakes
"If they're showing you all the Lamborghinis they seized, they're misrepresenting the way civil asset forfeiture actually works."
The Dispatch→ The Grit Gap
A lesson for Biden from the latest polls.