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The Dispatch→ Did ‘Almost Nobody’ Show Up to a Kamala Harris Event in North Carolina?
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FactCheck.org→ Trump Spins ER Statistic to Claim U.S. Is in ‘Great Shape’ on COVID-19
At recent campaign rallies, President Donald Trump has made the misleading boast that the U.S. is in “great shape” because 97% of emergency room visits were for something other than COVID-19. But the number is not as impressive as it sounds
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s ‘Super V’ Recovery
President Donald Trump has been boasting for weeks of a “super V” economic recovery. But figures released today show an economy still far from fully recovered. The “super V” phrase is now a staple at his campaign rallies. On Oct
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bon Jovi Did NOT Perform For A Crowd Of 12 At Biden Campaign Event
Did a Bon Jovi performance at a Biden campaign event in Dallas, Pennsylvania draw a mere 12 people? No, that's not true: There were far more than 12 people in attendence. The exact crowd size is hard to discern because people attended the
FactCheck.org→ Photo of Man in Halloween Costume Isn’t Mark Kelly
Quick Take Social media posts, including one retweeted by Donald Trump Jr., falsely claim that a yearbook photo shows Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly dressed as Hitler for Halloween. Kelly’s campaign and several of his former classmates to
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate
Summary President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in the final presidential debate of the campaign. We found: Trump accused Biden of receiving “$3.5 million from Russia.” There’s no evidence of that. Biden said there
Logically→ Biden: “Look at the states having a spike, they are the red states, the states in the Midwest, in the upper Midwest, that is where the spike is occurring significantly.”
An analysis of coronavirus data by the Associated Press in July 2020 shows that in the first phase of the pandemic, Democrat-run states were harder hit by the virus but spread into Republican areas quickly, with their new cases eventually ac
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Claims of Debate Moderator Bias
Quick Take A tabloid story alleging that Kristen Welker, moderator of the final presidential debate, is politically biased has spawned several falsehoods on social media. Welker hasn’t donated to any federal candidates, and she wasn’t ̶
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci Study Does NOT Support Claim That The ‘Unmasked Buried The Masked’ in Spanish Flu Pandemic A Century Ago
Did Dr. Anthony Fauci -- a leader of the U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- write a research study in 2008 that proves the unmasked buried the masked during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and that masks were the reason
Truth or Fiction?→ Threatening Messages Sent to Democratic Party Voters in Battleground States
In a preview of more organized disinformation campaigns to come in the 2020 U.S. elections and subsequent interregnum period, Democratic Party voters in swing states received threatening emails the week of October 19 2020, ordering them to switch thei
The Dispatch→ Did Joe Biden Throw a Rally But No One Showed Up?
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FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers, Preelection Update
Summary During Donald Trump’s time in office: The economy lost 3.9 million jobs. Economic growth fell short of what Trump promised, then crashed during the pandemic. The number of murders went down — but rebounded this year. Corporate profits set
FactCheck.org→ Biden Misquotes Trump on Gold Star Families
On the subject of President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden misquoted Trump as saying, “I probably got it from Blue Star parents.” That’s not what Trump said. In an Oct. 8 interview w
Truth or Fiction?→ Ghost in the Watts Family Documentary ‘American Murder’
An October 8 2020 Daily Mail article headlined “Man claims there is a ‘GHOST’ of a little girl in new Netflix documentary about family killer Chris Watts, insisting he can see the spirit in the background of police bodycam footage
Truth or Fiction?→ Ghost in the Watts Family Documentary ‘American Murder’
An October 8 2020 Daily Mail article headlined “Man claims there is a ‘GHOST’ of a little girl in new Netflix documentary about family killer Chris Watts, insisting he can see the spirit in the background of police bodycam footage
FactCheck.org→ Trump Campaign Aide’s Dubious Claim on Protecting the President
A senior adviser to President Donald Trump’s campaign made the dubious claim that Trump was “probably the most protected person on Earth,” because his visitors “must submit to a COVID test” and “people don’t physically get close
FactCheck.org→ Biden Bungles Clemency, Race Statistics
During an NBC News town hall, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden botched statistics about clemencies during the Obama administration and the size of the Black population in Delaware. Former President Barack Obama did not grant clemency to “
FactCheck.org→ Viral Post Overstates Effect of Trump’s Order on Preexisting Conditions
Quick Take A popular Facebook post asks why an order by President Donald Trump “PROTECTING PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS got almost zero coverage,” and suggests it’s wrong to say he is “trying to eliminate that protection.” Trum
FactCheck.org→ Timeline of Trump’s COVID-19 Comments
President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Oct. 2 that he and the first lady had tested positive for COVID-19. By late afternoon, the White House said that “out of an abundance of caution” the president was taken to Walter Reed
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Was NOT Wearing A Communications Device In Debate With Trump
Do images from the September 29, 2020, presidential debate show that Joe Biden was wearing a communications device, perhaps to receive tips on what to say? No, that is not true. Social media posts are making this claim after a rosary, wor
FactCheck.org→ Preserve America PAC
Political leanings: Conservative 2018 total spending: N/A Preserve America PAC is a new super PAC using ads about law and order to support President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. Preserve America PAC was organized by Chris LaCivita and offic
Truth or Fiction?→ Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Susan Struck
On September 20 2020, two days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Facebook user Amber LeBeau shared a post claiming that Ginsburg had intervened on behalf of combat nurse Susan Struck, more broadly addressing the narrative
Climate Feedback→ Article by The Daily Caller oversimplifies drivers of wildfires and downplays role of climate change
SUMMARY The article in The Daily Caller claims that land management practices enacted during the Clinton administration “paved the way for future debilitating wildfires.” The article received over 45,000 interactions on Facebook as of 28 Sept 20
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s False Claim About Mail Ballot Signatures in Nevada
At a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Nevada voters are not required to sign their mail ballots and, if they do sign them, the signatures don’t have to be verified. The law requires mail ballots to include vali
AllSides→ Did CBS Conflate a Latinos for Trump Rally With a Biden Event?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-cbs-conflate-a-latinos-for-trump A viral tweet claims that CBS
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CBS News Did NOT Use A Photo From A Trump Rally For Latinos And Show It As A Biden Rally
Did CBS News use a photo of a Trump rally for Latinos and show it as a Biden rally? No, that's not true. A CBS Evening News segment that aired on September 15, 2020, used video -- not a still image -- of Trump supporters in Florida to ill
FactCheck.org→ CBS News Didn’t Misrepresent Trump Gathering as a Biden Event
Quick Take Social media posts are using an image of a CBS News report to accuse the network of misrepresenting a campaign event for President Donald Trump as one for former Vice President Joe Biden. That’s false. The report’s voiceover was
The Dispatch→ Did CBS Conflate a Latinos for Trump Rally With a Biden Event?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Absentee Ballot Application With Trump Ads Did NOT Come From A Local Elections Office — Political Groups Can Send Them
Was an official absentee ballot application with Trump campaign advertisements all over it sent to a woman by the local elections office? No, that's not true: Ballot applications can be sent out by groups other than local board of electio
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s False Attacks on Trump’s Social Security ‘Plan’
A Biden campaign TV ad falsely claims that a government analysis of President Donald Trump’s “planned cuts to Social Security” shows that “if Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Single Gender Reveal in California Cause More Property Damage Than All of 2020’s Black Lives Matter Protests Combined?
On September 7 2020, a Facebook user shared a post asserting that a single gender reveal party in 2020 caused more property damage than all of the Black Lives Matter protests throughout the year: White text against a red and orange background read:
Truth or Fiction?→ Was the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally a Super-Spreader Event?
September 8 2020 marked approximately one month from the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, and it heralded purported news that the widely-attended gathering served as a “super-spreader event” during an ongoing COVID-19 pand
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nixon Did NOT Pardon The Late John McCain — McCain Was Never Charged With Anything, Never A Reason For A Pardon
Did former President Richard M. Nixon pardon the late U.S. Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, on multiple charges including treason? No, this is not true. McCain -- who is hailed by many as a hero for his service and s
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Fox News Interview
In an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham that aired over two days, President Donald Trump made several false, misleading and unsubstantiated claims: Trump falsely took credit for getting the National Guard to Kenosha to help quell violent p
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Jeepers Creepers Rises Every 23 Years and Last Woke Up in 1997’
On August 29 2020, the Facebook page “90’s Kids Only” shared the following post concerning the film Jeepers Creepers — and purported film lore that holds its monster “rose every 23 years,” most recently in 1997:
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Adding A Stamp To Postage-Paid Ballot Does NOT Force USPS To Handle It As First-Class Instead Of Bulk — It’s Already First-Class Mail
Does adding a stamp to your postage-paid ballot force USPS to handle it as first-class instead of bulk mail? No, that's not true. A meme claims that adding postage to the mail-in ballots will speed up the delivery process before Election
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Talking Points
As the Republican National Convention begins today, we present here a rundown of President Donald Trump’s repeated false and misleading claims during the 2020 campaign. If Trump’s recent speeches are a guide, he may well repeat some of thes
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Don’t Mail Ballots In, Drop at Board of Elections, This is an Inside Tip from a Postal Worker, Can’t Say More than That’
On August 3 2020, a Facebook user shared the following status update, which advises readers to submit their mail-in ballots to the Board of Elections directly — based on “an inside tip from a postal worker”: It read: Don’t m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Illinois Did NOT Just Quietly Pass A Law Making It A Felony To Record Police Without Consent
Did Illinois just quietly pass a law making it a felony to record police without consent? No, that's not true. Illinois did pass a law in 2014 that relates to "eavesdropping" devices to record "private conversations," but this do