In recent speeches, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the Biden administration has spent $9 billion to build only eight electric vehicle charging stations — or even, just eight chargers. That’s not accurate. Tr
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – NFL to use facial authentication technology for credentialed workers, not ‘everyone at the game’
“The NFL will now use facial recognition at every stadium to verify the identity of everyone at the game.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Toronto Star Did NOT Report About Canadian Politician Jagmeet Singh’s Supposed ‘Money-Making Scandal’
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fall for posts saying a teen named ‘Graci Mae Thompson’ is missing. They’re fake
A 15-year-old named “Graci Mae Thompson” is missing.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Candace Owens is not set to host an ABC talk show
Candace Owens will host an ABC morning show that will replace “The View.”
The Dispatch→ Letting Trump Be Trump
Is it 2016 all over again?
PolitiFact→ Pete Buttigieg – Buttigieg overstates Vance’s views on gay marriage
J.D. Vance holds “anti-marriage-equality views.”
The Dispatch→ David French Defends His NYT Kamala Endorsement
Will David French ever stop trending on X?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Ukraine Using Chemical Weapons In Russia’s Kursk Region — It’s From Iraq In 2015
Does an image of a post-blast orange cloud confirm that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used chemical weapons during their August 2024 incursion into Russia's Kursk region? No, that's not true: The picture shared on social media was taken in I
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims That Grocery Prices Have Doubled Since Joe Biden Took Office
Federal data indicates grocery prices have increased—but not by that much.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No, Tim Walz didn’t sign a bill giving legal protections to pedophiles
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.”
PolitiFact→ Pete Buttigieg – Fact-checking Buttigieg’s claim that Walz provided Minn. paid leave as GOP blocks US policy
Gov. Tim Walz delivered paid family leave in Minnesota but “Republicans are blocking” a Biden-Harris proposal.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obama Did NOT Present Plan To ‘Flood’ Public Square With ‘Raw Sewage’ In 2022 Speech; He Described Propaganda Tactics
When former President Barack Obama described a metaphorical plan in 2022 to "flood" the public square with "raw sewage," did he present it as either his own or as that of the Democratic Party? No, that's not true: He was describing how pr
FactCheck.org→ Post Shares Bogus Lara Trump Quote about Use of Celine Dion Song
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take The Trump campaign showed a video of Celine Dion singing the theme from “Titanic” at a rally in Montana, sparking a rebuke from Dion for unauthorized use o
Internet Archive→ America Reports : FOXNEWSW : August 16, 2024 11:00am-12:00pm PDT
A look at the latest news and headlines with Sandra Smith and John Roberts..This item belongs to: movies/TV-FOXNEWSW.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Caption Text, Item Tile, JSON, MPEG1, Metadata, SubRip, TV Clip
The Dispatch→ Will Trump’s Outsourcing of Voter Turnout Operations Backfire?
Plus: The former president portrays Kamala Harris as a ‘radical socialist’ on economic policy.
PolitiFact→ Dave McCormick – Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey has never called for banning fracking
“Bob Casey and Kamala Harris want to BAN fracking.”
Full Fact→ Mpox has nothing to do with the Covid-19 vaccines
Mpox is caused by the monkeypox virus. It is not a side effect of vaccination.
Full Fact→ Benefits claims for autism and ADHD have not increased by 200,000
Contrary to claims in the Telegraph, benefits claims for under-18s with autism and ADHD have not increased by 200,000 since Covid.
Full Fact→ Video of explosion is from Ukraine, not Israel
Many have claimed the video shows Israel’s Iron Dome failing, but it’s actually of scenes in Kyiv last year.
Health Feedback→ Facebook reel misinterprets patents for proposed therapies and vaccines as patents for viruses
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted on 1 August 2024 shared a screenshot of a tweet asking “Why are there patents on viruses?” The screenshot listed AIDS, H1N1, Ebola, swine flu, Zika, SARS, and coronavirus as evidence of viruses being patented. It al
Full Fact→ Video of Keir Starmer being ‘kicked out’ of a pub is actually from April 2021
The footage was taken when Mr Starmer was Leader of the Opposition and the landlord was unhappy with Labour’s response to government lockdown measures.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump drastically inflates annual fentanyl death numbers
“We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
The Dispatch→ Astronauts in Limbo
NASA weighs whether to bring astronauts home with Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner spacecraft.
The Dispatch→ David French Is Wrong (Or Is He?)
Synecdoche, D.C.
The Dispatch→ Lazy, Stupid, Childish
Why Donald Trump is losing—again—to a barely competent nonentity.
The Dispatch→ Young Men Are Turning to Trump. Why?
Trump’s appeal to young men coincides with their retreat to an online counterculture.
The Dispatch→ The Perils of a Shotgun Vetting
Deciding on a running mate usually takes months. Kamala Harris did it in two weeks.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Declare State Of Emergency Over ‘Nanobots’ Found In ’96 Million Citizens’ In August 2024
Did Japan declare a state of emergency in August 2024 after "nanobots" were found in 96 million citizens? No, that's not true: A state of emergency in Japan would be major news worldwide and yet there have been no stories about it. The "n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Woman In Short Skirts, Black Stockings Are NOT Real Photos Of Kamala Harris
Are two images of a scantly clad woman genuine old photos of Vice President Kamala Harris, suggesting she was a sex worker in the past? No, that's not true: Harris began her professional career working in California legal offices. Inconsi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Air MrBeast Casino Segment — Video Was Digitally Manipulated
Did Fox News broadcast a segment about online influencer MrBeast starting his own online casino "where everyone wins"? No, that's not true: The video contained signs of digital manipulation, and an AI-detection tool further confirmed that
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False and Misleading Claims about Harris’ Record on Crime
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In a campaign rally in Atlanta and other venues, former President Donald Trump has tried to paint Vice President Kamala Harris, a former California attorney general and San Francisc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Genuinely Show Pope Francis Wearing Rainbow Scarf
Does a photograph shared to X in August 2024 genuinely show Pope Francis wearing a rainbow scarf? No, that's not true: One digital forensics website concluded that the photograph was "99.9% likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake conte
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Kamala Harris didn’t vote in 2022 for a law that would tax service workers’ tips
Kamala Harris voted in favor of passing a law in 2022 to tax tips.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Social media posts misidentify immunologist as someone who died in Aug. 9 plane crash in Brazil
Dr. Leo Ferreira, a cancer researcher shown in a video clip, was on the plane that crashed in Brazil on Aug. 9.
The Dispatch→ Viral Video Does Not Depict Police Enforcing Minnesota’s COVID Lockdowns
The officers firing paintball guns were enforcing a curfew implemented in response to George Floyd’s killing.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this Obama-era law didn’t legalize propaganda and lead to Walz ‘happy warrior’ moniker
Videos of media talking about Tim Walz as a "happy warrior" are proof of government propaganda legalized by Barack Obama.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jarren Duran Of Red Sox Getting Standing Ovation in August 2024 After Suspension For Homophobic Slur Toward Fan — Crowd Footage Is From 2023
Does a video on social media show Boston Red Sox player Jarren Duran receiving a standing ovation upon returning from suspension for calling a fan a homophobic slur? No, that's not true: The video uses old footage from a 2023 game at Fenw
The Dispatch→ The Lesser of Two Weasels
Is there a conservative case for Kamala Harris?
The Dispatch→ Viral Tweet Falsely Accuses Walz of Claiming He Served in Afghanistan
A video accompanying the tweet shows that Walz didn’t use those words.