President Joe Biden “will address the nation from the Oval Office” on April 13, “following Iran’s attack on Israel.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video does not show Iran’s April 13 attack on Israel
Video is from Iranian media and shows rockets fired at Israel on April 13.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video doesn’t show Israelis panicking after Iran’s attack. They’re music fans in Argentina.
Footage shows “Israelis panicking after Iranian attacks reach Israel.”
The Dispatch→ Video Purporting to Show Iranian Attack on Israel Is Actually a Ukraine Strike on Crimea
Analysts have used geolocation to show that the video was taken in Sevastopol.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Most of Iran’s missiles were intercepted but some reached Israel
“Not even one rocket (from Iran) hit Israel.”
Health Feedback→ Virologist Geert Vanden Bossche makes unsupported prediction that mass COVID-19 vaccination will cause an immune “collapse”
REVIEW On 31 March 2024, journalist James Howard Kunstler published a podcast interview with virologist Geert Vanden Bossche. In the interview, Vanden Bossche referred to COVID-19 vaccines as “a large-scale experiment of gain-of-function” and pr
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Is Biden right that you don’t need a college degree to make $110,000 in the semiconductor field?
Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Yemeni Missiles Launched At Israel On April 13, 2024 — Clip Has Been On The Internet Since 2015
Does a video show missiles being launched by Yemen at Israel on April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The video has been on the internet as far back as 2015 and on YouTube since 2016. The original video did not have the flag of Iran in the
Health Feedback→ Country-to-country comparison doesn’t show that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, contrary to Facebook post by journalist Sharyl Attkisson
REVIEW Country-to-country comparisons have been used to push the narrative that COVID-19 vaccines are ineffective, even though clinical trials and post-marketing surveillance proved the opposite[1-3]. Science Feedback previously covered such claims
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post falsely claims Mark Zuckerberg has banned posting the Lord’s Prayer on Meta
Mark Zuckerberg said ‘posting the Lord's Prayer violated’ Meta’s policies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Palestinians Celebrating After ‘Hearing The News Of Iran’s Attack On Israel’ — Clip Is Outdated
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT ‘Declare That Russia Will Support Iran If The United States Attacks Iran’s Soil In Support Of Israel’ — He Had NOT Publicly Commented On That Topic As Of April 15, 2024
Did Russia's President Vladimir Putin publicly announce after Iran's aerial strike on Israel that Moscow will back Iran if the U.S. attacks "Iran's soil" in U.S. support of Israel? No, that's not true: As of this writing, Putin has not ma
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The WEF’s chairman is still alive and well, despite claims online
Social media users are spreading baseless rumors about Schwab’s health.
Truth or Fiction?→ Apple Watch Ultra Review
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The Dispatch→ House Speaker Mike Johnson Gets Political Cover From Donald Trump
Plus: Don’t expect the former president to face backlash from pro-life leaders for his turn on abortion.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab Has NOT Been Hospitalized; Rep Says On April 15, 2024, Schwab’s ‘Health Is Excellent’
Was World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab hospitalized as of mid-April 2024? No, that's not true: An organization representative told Lead Stories on April 15, 2024, that the organization has been "targeted by conspiracy narratives,"
Full Fact→ Clip of Israelis ‘panicking’ during Iran’s airstrike is actually Louis Tomlinson fans in Argentina
The footage has been shared widely on social media but it predates Iran’s recent missile attack on Israel and shows scenes in Buenos Aires.
Full Fact→ Footage claimed to be of Iran attack on Israel is CGI video of WW2
A clip being widely shared which supposedly shows Iran attacking Israel with missiles and drones is an artificially created video which dates from 2021.
Full Fact→ Video does not show Iranian missile launch
A clip being shared on social media following the recent attack on Israel by Iran has been circulating online since at least 2020.
The Dispatch→ More Wealth-Tax Madness
Why fiscal policy is best left to municipalities.
Full Fact→ Viral screenshots claiming to show OJ Simpson’s final posts are not real
Screenshots suggesting the star confessed to the notorious double murder appear to have been faked as a joke.
AllSides→ Viral Claim Inflates Number of New Voters in Three States
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/viral-claim-inflates-number-of-new-voters-in-three-states/ A claim on
The Dispatch→ Iran Launches Direct Attack on Israel
Plus: Former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial begins.
Full Fact→ BBC Breakfast gets the increase in people waiting for NHS treatment wrong
Figures quoted by presenter Naga Munchetty last week refer to the number of cases, not people.
The Dispatch→ How to Read Politics and Politicians
What did The 1619 Project get wrong?
The Dispatch→ What’s Behind Recent ‘Squatters Rights’ Disputes?
In some places, the competing interests of tenants and landlords is out of balance.
Truth or Fiction?→ Apple Watch Ultra Review
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Truth or Fiction?→ Ezoic Ad Platform Review
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Truth or Fiction?→ Rivian R1S 2024 Review
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israelis Fleeing Iranian Aerial Attack — It’s Fans Mobbing One Direction Singer In Argentina
Does footage on social media show Israelis panicking and running after Iranian missiles and drones hit Israel's airspace April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The footage had already been on social media for a week when Iran attacked Israe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Benjamin Cohen Was NOT Sydney Mall Attacker — He Was Wrongly Linked To Mass Stabbing By Social Media
Did Australian law enforcement identify a Sydney mall attacker as "Benjamin Cohen"? No, that's not true: The police said that the man's name was Joel Cauchi. The claim originated from an account on X that self-identifies as aligned with a
Truth or Fiction?→ Apple Watch Ultra Review
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The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Donald Trump Roiled the Abortion Debate
The presumptive Republican nominee said policy should be left to the states—until Arizona all but banned the procedure altogether.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Iranian Barrage Of Hundreds Of Cruise Missiles, Drones On Israel
Does a video on social media document a barrage of hundreds of cruise missiles and drones launched into Israel by Iran on April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The video, found in a variety of posts, appeared on social media several years
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video, Photo Do NOT Show Iranian Aerial Attack On Israel On April 13, 2024 — They Predate Barrage By A Day
Did a viral post share authentic visuals of Iranian drones in the sky over Israel during Iran's aerial attack of April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: Those images and clips had been circulating on social media for at least half a day befo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Retaliatory Attack On Iran’s Capital Tehran — It’s An Old Picture, Mislabelled
Does a photo on social media show a retaliatory strike on the Iranian capital of Tehran, following Iran's drone attack on Israel on April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The picture is not from 2024. It is a photo from the Getty Images cat
Internet Archive→ Campaign 2024 C2024 ‘Former Pres. Trump on Abortion Policy : CSPAN : April 13, 2024 1:07pm-1:13pm EDT
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The Dispatch→ Hard Numbers, Hard Spot for GOP on Abortion
The pro-choice contingent of the electorate had been growing since 2010. And then Roe v. Wade fell.
The Dispatch→ Political Palates
What does Jonah think of Vanderpump Rules?
The Dispatch→ Welcome to Mars, Jonathan Haidt
How ‘The Anxious Generation’ stumbles into a hidden problem at the heart of American childhood.