Full Fact→ Oil does not regenerate faster ‘than it could ever be depleted’
A widely shared Facebook post claiming oil can be regenerated as fast as it’s being used is untrue.
Logically→ News clip of Andhra politician vowing to demolish new Ambedkar statue is fake
Logically→ No, Putin has not declared the purchase of Alaska to be illegal
Logically→ Map highlights areas of red siren activation in Israel, not locations of registered sex offenders
Logically→ Map highlights areas of red siren activation in Israel, not locations of registered sex offenders
The Dispatch→ Israel’s Citizen Soldiers
The large-scale deployment of reservists is felt on the homefront.
The Dispatch→ What Does Nikki Haley Have to Lose?
Her odds are slim, but Donald Trump’s lone GOP rival is sticking it out and having fun.
Full Fact→ Cropped picture does not show the dead body of Israel’s top sniper
The soldier in the picture is resting alongside other members of his unit, not dead.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sun Image Does NOT Show ‘Black Holes’ — They Are Coronal Holes, With Minor Impact To Radio Signals Predicted
Does an image of the sun posted on X show two black holes pointed directly at Earth? No, that's not true: The dark areas in the image are coronal holes made visible with a Solar Ultraviolet Imager on the GOES-16 satellite, and they are no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: LED Lights NOT Known To ‘Disrupt The Flow Of Hydrogen’ In Human Body
Does exposure to LED lights "disrupt the flow of hydrogen" in the human body, causing harm, as was suggested in a post on Instagram? No, that's not true: The post cited a 2023 study that examined techniques used for water splitting, a gre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Is NOT First Person To Win Presidential Primary As Write-In Candidate
Is President Joe Biden the first person to win a presidential primary as a write-in candidate? No, that's not true: Several people have won presidential primaries as write-in candidates, with such victories dating back to at least the ear
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Supplements With Oil-Based Formula Do NOT Reverse Effects Of COVID-19 Vaccines
Can lipid-based supplements reverse the effects of COVID-19 vaccines by "communicating with the gene code"? No, that's not true: Two medical specialists told Lead Stories the claim is not grounded in facts. The Instagram account that made
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 50,000+ Write-In Votes For Biden Were NOT ‘Found’ In New Hampshire
Were 50,000+ write-in votes for President Joe Biden "found" in New Hampshire to give him the win in the presidential primary? No, that's not true: The New Hampshire secretary of state's office told Lead Stories that the write-in votes wer
The Dispatch→ Et Tu, Mitch?
McConnell surrenders to Trump. Or does he?
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Did judge ‘election interference’ delay Trump defamation trial? We rate that claim False.
Social media post claims judge in Trump’s defamation trial engaged in “election interference” by delaying the trial to New Hampshire’s primary day.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ebola vaccines can’t shed deadly virus
“US hospitals caught injecting experimental Ebola vaccine that sheds!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Marines Did NOT Arrest Ex-White House Chief of Staff John Kelly — Story Is Made Up
Did U.S. Marines arrest former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that the claim is false. The claim appears in an article on a website that regularly publishes fabricated
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims That Nikki Haley Is ‘Claiming Victory’ After Primary and Caucus Losses
Haley conceded that Trump won after both Iowa and New Hampshire.
The Dispatch→ RNC Moving to Declare Trump Its Presumptive Nominee
An RNC committeeman has submitted the proposal despite Nikki Haley’s vow to stay in the race.
PolitiFact→ The Gateway Pundit – Did Alex Soros issue a death threat against former President Donald Trump? No, that’s Pants on Fire!
Alex Soros posted a “direct violent threat to Donald Trump!”
Full Fact→ New Piccadilly mosque will not ban alcohol and music from London’s theatre district
The claim has appeared across multiple social media platforms.
Health Feedback→ Vaccines don’t cause childhood cancer, contrary to claim by Candace Owens
REVIEW In January 2024, political commentator and talk show host Candace Owens posted a tweet on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that vaccine package inserts state vaccines haven’t been tested for carcinogenic or mutagenic effect, that there has bee
Full Fact→ Bim Afolami overstates NHS in England as a share of ‘everything the government spends’
It seems that the Treasury minister made a common mistake by expressing NHS England as a percentage of all budgeted spending, not public spending as a whole.
PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Tucker Carlson is wrong when comparing migrants illegally entering the U.S. and U.S. births
“In August 2023, illegal immigration outpaced American births.”
Logically→ Antony Blinken headline on Finnish NATO membership and election result is fake
Full Fact→ Not all migrants must wait five years for benefits under France’s new immigration law
A post being shared on social media makes several claims about the law that are not all true and require more context.
Full Fact→ It is not illegal to fly over the continent of Antarctica
Multiple claims about Antarctica, including that it was a ‘flourishing land’ in the 1500s, are untrue.
Logically→ Viral images of Taylor Swift wearing anti-Trump t-shirt are digitally altered
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Numbers, January 2024 Update
Summary Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Here’s how the United States has fared since President Joe Biden took office three years ago: The economy added more than 14 million jobs. The number is now nearly 4.
Logically→ 2023 video of actor Akshay Kumar wrongly linked to Ayodhya Ram temple inauguration
Logically→ Old, unrelated video falsely linked to communal clashes in Mumbai suburb Mira Road
Logically→ జనవరి 22నాడు దుబాయ్ లోని బుర్జ్ ఖలీఫా పైన రాముడి చిత్రం ప్రదర్శించలేదు
The Dispatch→ Biden’s War Powers Called Into Question
Analyzing the legal authority underpinning the Biden administration’s recent strikes in the Middle East.
Full Fact→ British general not killed fighting in Gaza
Posts on Facebook claim a British general has been killed while fighting in Gaza. But the man pictured is a different soldier, and British troops are not in Gaza.
Logically→ No, man walking on his hands in viral video is not headed to Ayodhya Ram temple
Logically→ ಕೇಸರಿ ಧ್ವಜದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಗುಜರಾತ್ ಸ್ಕೂಬಾ ಡೈವರ್ನ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಭಾರತೀಯ ನೌಕಾಪಡೆಗೆ ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಲಿಂಕ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ ২২ জানুৱাৰীত ডুবাইৰ বুৰ্জ খলিফাত ভগৱান ৰামৰ ছবি প্ৰদৰ্শন কৰা হৈছিল বুলি ভুৱা ফটো প্ৰচাৰিত
Logically→ Old photo from Jagannath Rath Yatra falsely linked to Ayodhya Ram temple consecration
Logically→ Clips from G20 Summit shared as foreign leaders arriving for Ayodhya Ram temple inauguration