Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' brief trip out of state this week has been wildly misrepresented on social media and conservative news sites.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NFL Did NOT Ban ‘The Black National Anthem’ After ‘Backlash’ — Claim Is From A Satire Site
Did the National Football League (NFL) ban the performance of the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as the Black National Anthem, at any NFL-sponsored venue after the purported performance of the song by Beyonce Knowles-Carter
The Dispatch→ Guess Who’s Back? (It’s Sarah, Sarah’s Back)
The notorious nine.
Washington Post→ Lauren Boebert’s migrant misinformation trail winds back to Canada 2006
The Colorado lawmaker shared a viral tweet that was based on bum information that has been debuked repeatedy.
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump Puts Pro-Lifers on the Back Foot
Plus: A cold war between two Florida congressmen previews a possible Florida governor primary in 2026.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Bill Does NOT Make It Illegal To Confront Or Fight Back Against Looters, Burglars And Shoplifters
Does California Senate Bill 553 make it illegal to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters? No, that's not true: California SB 553 does not fine employees who confront shoplifters, the senator who sponsored the bi
The Dispatch→ Will Kevin McCarthy Fight Back?
It’s unclear whether the speaker has the votes to push a stopgap spending measure, but the endgame for House hardliners is even foggier.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Pesky conspiracy theory about GMO mosquitoes is back. Here’s why they aren’t in Ohio.
"Modified mosquitoes have officially made it to Ohio.”
FactCheck.org→ Trump Walked Back Abortion Statement Misleadingly Used in Biden-Harris Ad
As a presidential candidate seven years ago, Donald Trump said women needed to face “some form of punishment” for violating abortion bans — a position he quickly retracted after being criticized. In a statement issued the same day, T
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag is Back
It’s Managing Editor Michael Reneau’s turn to answer your questions.
PolitiFact→ Who are the candidates at the GOP debate in Milwaukee, and what are their backgrounds?
As most of the Republican presidential candidates prepare to take the stage for the first debate in Milwaukee, here’s a rundown on who they are.
Full Fact→ Data doesn’t seem to back up PM’s claim that A&E waits are ‘the best in two years’
Rishi Sunak claimed A&E waiting times are at their best in two years. But experts say this is hard to reconcile with public data, which shows that June 2023 was not the best month in the last 24.
The Dispatch→ To Understand ‘Oppenheimer,’ Look Back at Prometheus
Christopher Nolan’s film, like the Greek myth, refuses to simply glorify its protagonist.
PolitiFact→ Transcript of Devon Archer testimony doesn’t back key claims about Joe and Hunter Biden
A transcript of Devon Archer's congressional testimony revealed that he undercut key claims that have been made about Joe Biden and Hunter Biden's business dealings. Here's what Archer said.
The Dispatch→ We’re Not Coming All The Way Back From This
On the Trump indictment. The latest one.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Claim misrepresents removal of 500,000 fugitives from background check database
Former President Barack Obama “removed 500,000 pedophiles from background check database.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kiev Traffic Jam Video Was NOT Filmed In 2023 — Dates Back To August 2022
Is there a huge traffic jam leaving Kiev to get to western Ukraine "right now," on July 17, 2023? No, that's not true: The video shown in this tweet goes back at least to August 22, 2022. It does not show a traffic jam made up of people f
Logically→ No, Klaus Schwab did not say middle class is holding back Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Dispatch→ Israel Pares Back Judicial Reforms
Plus: Another swing and a miss by the FTC.
The Dispatch→ Senators (Mostly) Back Biden on Cluster Munitions
Sending the weapons to Ukraine is controversial abroad, but unity persists in the upper chamber.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Fart On Camera — The Real Sound Was Microphone Feedback
Did President Joe Biden fart on camera and apologize for it? No, that's not true: Video of Biden speaking on camera has been edited to add in a fake flatulence sound. Actual video of the president speaking live clearly shows and records t
PolitiFact→ RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research
The blood-brain barrier acts as a filter that keeps pathogens and toxins from entering a person’s brain. Experts told PolitiFact that there is no clear evidence that radio frequency energy from Wi-Fi harms the blood-brain barrier.
Truth or Fiction?→ Oklahoma Education Head Says State Will Not Back Away From Tulsa Race Massacre
The head of Oklahoma’s state Department of Education drew local and national criticism after a July 6 2023 meeting for a seemingly evasive answer to a question about the infamous 1921 attack on Tulsa’s “Black Wall Street” —
Full Fact→ Labour fails to back up claim that the NHS owns 10% of the world’s pagers
The claim may stem from coverage of a 2017 report by a clinical messaging company. Other more recent figures suggest the NHS may account for far fewer than 10% of pagers globally.
Logically→ No evidence to back Naomi Wolf’s claim on Pfizer vaccine getting deposited in brain and ovaries
PolitiFact→ Nick LaLota – Except during pandemic, New Yorkers have gotten less money back from the federal government
“For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
The Dispatch→ Iran Deal: Back on the Table?
The Biden administration is denying a new report, but wheels may be in motion. Continue reading Iran Deal: Back on the Table? »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Creature Was NOT Filmed In Backyard — This Video Was Made With CGI Program Blender
Is this footage of the tall creature reported in a Las Vegas backyard shortly after a police body camera picked up a bright green flash in the night sky in April of 2023? No, that's not true: This footage was posted by a TikTok user who m
Full Fact→ Deputy PM fails to back up claim that government has provided over £3,300 in cost of living support for ‘every single family’
The figure quoted by Oliver Dowden appears to actually refer to the average amount per household provided by the government to help with rising bills.
Full Fact→ The total asylum initial decision backlog has increased since December
The home secretary’s claim that the backlog is down by 17,000 refers only to applications made before 28 June 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ron DeSantis Picture Does NOT Show George Soros In The Background
Did Florida governor and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis post a picture at an event showing George Soros, a billionaire philanthropist who is often the subject of conspiracy theories, in the background? No, that's not true: The o
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim of 1 million Ukrainian soldiers dead has no official backing
"1,000,000 Ukraine soldiers wiped out”
The Dispatch→ From Counterculture to Culture and Back Again
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks onstage during Bitcoin Conference 2023 on May 19, 2023, in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Bitcoin Magazine)On Robert Kennedy Jr. and the right.Continue reading From Counterculture to Culture
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Trump suggested raising Social Security retirement age in 2000, but hasn’t backed it since
“Donald Trump himself wrote a book where he was talking about the need to increase the age of eligibility for Social Security to 70.”
Full Fact→ School statistics don’t show 140,000 children ‘never came back’ after pandemic disruption
A figure quoted in the Sun by Baroness Karren Brady is the number of pupils who missed at least 50% of sessions last summer, not the number who’ve disappeared completely.
The Dispatch→ Picking a President: Back to the Future?
Former President Donald Trump. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for The Washington Post via Getty Images)Character mattered in the 18th century, just as it matters in 2024. Continue reading Picking a President: Back to the Future? »
The Dispatch→ Babies Come Back
Storks don't take bribes. Continue reading Babies Come Back »
The Dispatch→ Legitimizing an Iran-Backed Terrorist
Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, the secretary general of the Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, speaks in 2016. (HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP via Getty Images)A U.S. diplomat spoke at the same conference as Qais al-Khazali, who masterminded a 2007 attack that killed fi
AllSides→ No, Obama did not remove 500,000 pedophiles from a background check database | Fact check
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/05/05/no-obama-didnt-remove-500000-pedophiles-from-fbi-database/70182649007/
AllSides→ Republicans Push Back on Democratic Claims of Veterans’ Health Care Cuts in GOP Debt Limit Bill
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/republicans-push-back-on-democratic-claims-of-veterans-health-care-cuts-in-gop-debt-limit-bill/