Netflix’s flimsy adaptation offers unintentional lessons about a U.S.-China pop culture clash.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Release A Photo Of Zelenskyy Captured and Arrested
Did online talk show host Tucker Carlson release a photo of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "captured" and being sent to a high-security prison in Russia? No, that's not true: The image posted on social media is a screenshot from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: London Authorities Are NOT Legally Prohibited From Removing Bat Boxes Protesters Put On Surveillance Cameras
Are officials in London legally prohibited from removing bat boxes that protesters place on the city's traffic surveillance cameras? No, that's not true: It's illegal to install anything over these traffic cameras, which monitor vehicles
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Rescue 11 Kidnapped Children in Kansas
Did U.S. Marines rescue 11 children who were purportedly imprisoned in Kansas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. Also, this claim appeared i
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Noncitizen voting isn’t an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here’s why
Former President Donald Trump is turning to one of his favorite themes, the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections.
The Dispatch→ The ‘Vibes’ Factor
What voters know, and what they assume.
FactCheck.org→ O.J. Simpson Died from Cancer, Not COVID-19 Vaccine
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. SciCheck Digest O.J. Simpson, a football star who was acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, died of cancer on April 10 at age 76. Misinformation spread online with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Baby Surrounded By Debris Does NOT Portray Damage Caused By Foreign Mercenaries In Ukraine — Scene Was Staged In 2015
Does a photo of a toddler walking past the debris of burned village homes portray the damage caused by foreign mercenaries in Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image is a screenshot of a 2015 staged music video. In 2024, the picture was r
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago press conference with Mike Johnson
Seeking to present a unified Republican front, former President Donald Trump and embattled Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson met April 12 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Trump made several false or misleading statements. Here are some of them.
The Dispatch→ Did Art Do That?
The best of art and pop culture is often not entirely intended.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Map That Shows Parts Of US To Be Hit By Floods, Earthquakes From 2024 Is NOT Official
Is a Safe Zones Map that shows parts of the United States that may be submerged by "the sea" or wracked by earthquakes an official map? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to back up this claim. Additionally, the map and its accompan
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Doctor’s office notice not proof of COVID-19 vaccines’ danger to young athletes
Notice from a New Jersey doctor’s office proves that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for athletes.
Internet Archive→ Campaign 2024 House Speaker Johnson Visits Fmr. Pres. Trump at Mar-a-Lago : CSPAN : April 12, 2024 5:06pm-5:28pm EDT
[LIVE] House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speak to reporters after meeting at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida....This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN.This
PolitiFact→ X posts – Fact-checking the false claim that O.J. Simpson posted an online confession before his death
An X post that said, “I did it” was “the last thing O.J. Simpson tweeted before he passed.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, OJ Simpson did not admit on X to the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend
Following his family’s announcement, social media users falsely claimed that Simpson had made a deathbed confession on X that he killed Brown and Goldman — crimes he was acquitted of in 1995.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Migrants were not secretly flown to Florida with taxpayer money
Says 326,000 migrants were flown to Florida with taxpayer dollars under President Joe Biden’s secret migrant flight program.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this post doesn’t reveal any wrongdoing by Nancy Pelosi
“Nancy Pelosi busted, Speaker (Mike) Johnson just released it for everyone to see.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mika Brzezinski Did NOT Say Elon Musk Can ‘Control Exactly What People Think’
Did MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski state that tycoon Elon Musk can "control exactly what people think," as social media posts claimed in April 2024? No, that's not true: In the clip in these posts, Brzezinski talked about the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg Did NOT Co-Create ‘Non-Woke Film Production Studio’ — Satire Website Source
Did Hollywood director Mel Gibson and actor Mark Wahlberg "join hands to create a non-woke film production studio," as a post on Instagram claims? No, that's not true: The meme image and caption that make this claim were taken word for wo
Health Feedback→ Mamavation report doesn’t provide sufficient evidence for the claim that Band-Aids contain “cancer-causing forever chemicals”
REVIEW Claims that Band-Aids cause cancer or that Band-Aids contain cancer-causing chemicals began spreading on social media in early April 2024. Examples can be seen in these TikTok videos, one of which received more than 448,000 views to date. An
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence that Donald Trump paid off mortgage for Jonathan Diller’s home
Donald Trump “pays off mortgage of killed NYPD officer’s family.”
The Dispatch→ When a ‘Pro-Life’ Republican Defends His State’s Abortion Rights
Will Washington state Republicans again choose a MAGA diehard as they try to retake a congressional seat?
PolitiFact→ Republicans push for noncitizen voting ban in Congress. But a federal ban already exists.
In legislation and lawsuits, Republicans are backing efforts to prevent voting by noncitizens. The issue fuses GOP concerns about voting and immigration. But critics note that noncitizens are already barred from voting in federal elections.
FactCheck.org→ Viral Claim Inflates Number of New Voters in Three States
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A claim on social media misrepresents the number of people who have registered to vote in three states in 2024 and suggests the new voters are immigrants
Full Fact→ No evidence Sadiq Khan ‘Remembrance weekend’ audio clip is real
A recording supposedly of the Mayor of London has been shared widely on social media, but was likely made using AI.
Full Fact→ Do we know which nation is happiest with the NHS?
Claims on NHS satisfaction from both the Conservatives and Labour weren’t quite as simple as they seemed.
Full Fact→ Image claiming to show US troops ‘going to Philippines’ actually shows British troops
An image claiming to show US troops being deployed in the Philippines is actually an old image of British soldiers.
Full Fact→ Telegraph headline misrepresents estimate of foreign aid spent within UK
A think tank estimated half of UK government bilateral aid spending last year was spent within the UK, not half of total UK aid spending.
Full Fact→ Incorrect claim about how much MPs can claim for breakfast recirculates online
MPs can claim up to £25 for food, but only if they spend a night away from their constituency or London on parliamentary business.
PolitiFact→ What to know about the latest bird flu outbreaks
Recent avian influenza outbreaks in the U.S. have raised concerns online about the disease’s spread to humans. Public health authorities say the virus poses a low risk to people and there are no signs of human-to-human transmission.
Full Fact→ Baltimore bridge collapse not depicted in 2023 Netflix film
A claim circulating on Facebook that the ruins of the Francis Scott Key Bridge were featured in the disaster film Leave the World Behind is false.
Truth or Fiction?→ Fact Checking: Palestinian Rainwater Collection Restrictions
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Full Fact→ The UK asylum backlog: explained
A guide to the backlog of asylum decisions, the difference between the “flow” and “legacy” backlogs, and how the backlog has been impacted by recent government policy.
Full Fact→ Company owned by Sunak’s in-laws hasn’t been given a multi-billion pound NHS contract
The largest NHS IT contract ever awarded was £330 million and was not awarded to Infosys.
Full Fact→ The European Court of Human Rights is not an ‘EU court’
The ECHR is part of the Council of Europe, which includes all 27 EU members, but also a number of other countries.
The Dispatch→ U.S.-Japan Summit Addresses Chinese Threat in the Indo-Pacific
Biden continues to build coalitions of the willing in Asia.
The Dispatch→ No True Conviction on Abortion
Has Western media fallen?
The Dispatch→ Israelis Prepare for a New Front as Operations in Gaza Abate
Iran and its proxies may be eyeing another attack, according to U.S. and Israeli officials.
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Toxic Touch
Even his relatively moderate positions are ultimately grotesque.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT Impossible For Women To Snore — They Are Equally Likely, Sleep Expert Says
Is it impossible for women to snore? No, that's not true: Besides no evidence to support that claim, a sleep medicine expert told Lead Stories, "Women are equally likely to snore compared to men." Statistics from the National Sleep Founda