Why Kash Patel and Boris Epshteyn are allowed to benefit from their proximity to the former and future president.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Real Videos In Montage Do NOT Show Indian Factories Manufacturing Artificial Plastic Rice
Does a video montage show how factories in India make artificial rice out of recycled plastic? No, that's not true: These videos are real, but what the factories are making has been misrepresented. Some video clips show plastic being recy
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Did NOT Say ’72 Mandatory Childrens Vaccines’ Were Never Safety Tested
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci ever say that 72 mandatory childhood vaccines were never safety tested? No, that's not true: Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Lead Stories, "This claim is
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Buy ‘€88 Million Hotel In Courchevel Ski Resort In France’
Does a video prove that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bought a hotel in Courchevel, France, for 88 million euros ($93 million) in November 2024? No, that's not true: The video was based on a screenshot of a fake website mimickin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 83 Deaths Have NOT Been Attributed To Spontaneous Tesla Fires
Have 83 deaths been caused or attributed to fires caused by spontaneous Tesla explosions, as implied in a meme? No, that's not true: The figures in the meme come from an online database that compiles news reports and government data but d
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Elon Musk has been a U.S. citizen since 2002
“Elon Musk is not a citizen of the United States.”
The Dispatch→ Pardoning Liz
Should Biden do it?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Did NOT Cause Death Of ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Fox Contributor Kelly Powers — Cancer Diagnosis In Mid-2020
Was Fox News contributor Dr. Kelly Powers' death from cancer due to the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: An article calling her "fully vaccinated" implies that she passed away from the COVID vaccine. Powers was diagnosed with gliobl
The Dispatch→ Why Breaking Up Google Is Hard to Do
Antitrust remedies would close a window on innovation.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this 1973 photo doesn’t show Joe Biden using son Hunter for a photo opportunity
Photo shows President Joe Biden used his son Hunter’s injuries from a car accident as a photo opportunity when taking the oath of office for Senate in 1973.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bill Gates was not indicted in the Netherlands. Claim alludes to a civil case
“Bill Gates has been indicted in the Netherlands.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Jason Momoa Said He Is Leaving US Over 2024 Presidential Election Results
Did actor Jason Momoa say, "I can't stay here," implying he was leaving the U.S. in response to the 2024 U.S. presidential election results? No, that's not true: A social media post attributing those words to Momoa had no credible evidenc
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence Musk Threatened to Ban X Users Celebrating Hunter Biden’s Pardon
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Elon Musk trolled President Joe Biden on X after Hunter Biden’s pardon, sharing a community note mocking the president’s previous post that said, “No one is
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Elon Musk didn’t threaten to withdraw support of boxing organization over Imane Khelif’s win
“Elon Musk decides to withdraw support” for World Boxing Organization unless Imane Khelif’s “medal and $25 million bonus are revoked.”
PolitiFact→ Michael Rulli – Biden law gave states $7.5 billion for EV charging; 37 stations and 226 ports built, more to come
“Pete Buttigieg will leave his post as Transportation Secretary having spent $7.5 billion to build 8 EV charging stations.”
Internet Archive→ CNN News Central : CNNW : December 5, 2024 11:00am-12:00pm PST
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Health Feedback→ Flu shots don’t contain dogs as ingredients; cell lines of canine origin are used during the manufacturing process and eliminated from the final vaccine product
REVIEW A
The Dispatch→ Claims That Elon Musk Is Not a U.S. Citizen Lack Evidence
Musk became a citizen in 2002.
The Dispatch→ Claims That 15 Restaurant Chains Donated to Trump Are False
Corporations are not permitted to donate to federal campaigns.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter didn’t pardon family members
Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter issued pardons to a son and brother, respectively.
Full Fact→ Air pollution sensors in Newport do not have sirens telling people to ‘go inside’
Thousands of people have shared social media posts suggesting the air sensors are a “new form of control”.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Trump didn’t say he’ll prosecute Biden officials for 325,000 ‘missing’ kids, nor are they missing
"President Trump has announced a plan to prosecute the Biden administration for the 325,000 kids that went ‘missing’ into human trafficking & sex slavery during their open border policies.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, country singer Reba McEntire didn’t say drag queens shouldn’t be around kids
“Reba McEntire states drag queens shouldn’t be around kids.”
Full Fact→ Is milk from cows fed Bovaer safe?
The methane-reducing cow feed additive is considered safe by food safety authorities in the approved doses. And contrary to some claims online, Bill Gates was not involved in its development.
Full Fact→ Starmer’s ‘Plan For Change’: how we’re checking the government’s progress
The Prime Minister set out a series of pledges on the economy, policing, housing, education, energy and the NHS in a major speech at Pinewood Studios.
Health Feedback→ Bleaching agent chlorine dioxide is toxic, isn’t cure for autism
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted in September 2024 claimed that chlorine dioxide cures autism and tumors. It received more than 195,000 views at the time of writing. The reel was an extract of a January 2024 episode from the podcast Digital Social Hour
The Dispatch→ What Just Happened in South Korea?
‘It’s an astonishing act of political self-jiu jitsu.’
The Dispatch→ Back From India
Eastbound and down.
The Dispatch→ What’s an Invasion?
Sarah, a 'government gangster'?
The Dispatch→ With an Eye on 2026, Republicans Weigh Support for Patel
Trump’s controversial choice to take over as FBI director puts swing-state legislators in a bind.
The Dispatch→ The Catch-22 of Big Tech Antitrust
The very factors that make tech companies targets are also what make them valuable to consumers.
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump Is Fighting an Imaginary Enemy
The Deep State is just a myth.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trudeau’s Visit To Mar-A-Lago In November 2024 Does NOT Prove Trump Was Barred From Entering Canada For Felony Conviction At The Time
Did Canada ban President-elect Donald Trump from entering the country as of November 2024 because of his felony conviction? No, that's not true: A person is only declared inadmissible when they try to cross into the country, and no credib
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Posts About Missing Boy ‘Grayson Costain’ Are Bait & Switch For Real Estate Ads
Are social media posts about a missing boy named Grayson Costain diagnosed with autism real? No, that's not true: Lead Stories has debunked many similar stories about a missing child in various locations before. These bait-and-switch post
The Dispatch→ When Drive-By Punditry Goes Wrong
An anti-globalization critique says a lot more about the critic.
The Dispatch→ Secretary DeSanctimonious
Ron DeSantis leading Trump’s Pentagon makes sense for both. Sort of.
The Dispatch→ A New Theory of Relativity
On grading morality on a curve.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Jeanine Pirro Criticizing Trump Over Pardons, The Original Fox News Segment Was About Biden
Did Fox host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro criticize President-elect Donald Trump over pardons? No, that's not true: An authentic video of Pirro was included in a social media post with photographs of Trump. In reality, Pirro was cr
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The ship resting at the bottom of the Atlantic is the Titanic, not the Olympic
"The famed ship at the bottom of the North Atlantic is actually not The Titanic. It is her near-identical sister ship The Olympic."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Answering Survey Will NOT Get Respondents $10 UGG Boots
Will Facebook users be able to answer a survey and receive a pair of UGG boots for $10? No, that's not true: The senior PR manager for UGG told Lead Stories this was not true. The survey takes users to two websites, neither of whose URLs