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AllSides→ I Fact Checked Joe Biden’s DNC Speech Because CNN Refused

2024-08-21 https://townhall.com/videos/2024/08/21/i-fact-checked-joe-bidens-dnc-speech-because-cnn-refused-n2643700 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Olympic Athlete Vomiting Because He Swam In Seine — He Cited Heat

2024-08-02 Does a video show an Olympic Games athlete vomit as a direct result of swimming in Paris' Seine? No, that's not true: The athlete shown throwing up after his triathlon faulted the Parisian heat rather than the Seine. Although the river's Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Described Herself And Her Blue Suit To An Audience Because Many In The Group Were Visually Impaired

2024-07-22 Did Kamala Harris tell a group she was "a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit" for no reason during the normal course of starting a meeting? No, that's not true: Harris was describing herself and what she was wearing, which is Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ TEASER: Trump Goes Off Script, Because Of Course He Does

2024-07-19 The Dispatch after hours. Or: Was the RNC worth our time? Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Trump Goes Off Script, Because Of Course He Does (Full Episode)

2024-07-19 The Dispatch after hours. Or: Was the RNC worth our time? Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Yes, millions of young Americans got health care because of Baldwin’s Affordable Care Act efforts

2024-05-17 “When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got healthcare.” Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Posts Claim Falsely That AstraZeneca Is Withdrawing Its COVID Vaccine Because of Blood Clots

2024-05-16 The company is taking the vaccine off the market, but for economic reasons. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Irish Police Escorting Schoolchildren Because Of Migrant Camps In Dublin — It Was Field Trip

2024-05-16 Does video show Irish police walking with schoolchildren in Dublin to protect them from asylum-seekers living in a tent camp? No, that's not true: The police told Lead Stories that the videos shared on social media showed a routine practi Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Muslim Migrants’ Destroying Property ‘Because An Israeli Singer Took Part In Eurovision’

2024-05-13 Does a video in a social media post show "Muslim migrants" destroying public property because an Israeli singer was featured in the Eurovision song contest? No, that's not true: The footage shows a 2009 anti-Israel demonstration in Sweden Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Viral image – This isn’t an authentic TV clip featuring a cure for diabetes (because there is none)

2024-05-01 Video shows a “Piers Morgan Uncensored” segment about a remedy that “cures diabetes in two to three weeks.” Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Council did not order mural to be removed because it features the Union Jack

2024-03-27 This mural appears outside a London fish and chip shop and has been the subject of much attention. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Potential Adverse Reactions Are NOT Listed On Hepatitis B Vaccine Package Insert Because FDA Says They Are Causally Related

2024-03-06 Are potential adverse reactions listed on a Hepatitis B vaccine package insert because the Food and Drug Administration says those adverse reactions and the vaccine are causally related? No, that's not true: The FDA requires manufacturers Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Is the U.S. third in gun violence because of five cities? Data doesn’t support that claim

2024-02-27 Removing gun-related homicides in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and St. Louis would drop the U.S. to 189th out of 193 countries in gun violence. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Attorney Johnnie Cochran died from a brain tumor, not because of reparations fight

2024-02-23 Johnnie Cochran “mysteriously passed away” and his death is linked to his work on slavery reparations. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Bryan Steil – Is Wisconsin lawmaker correct that households are spending $11,400 more per year because of Biden?

2024-02-21 “Bidenomics is costing the typical American household over $11,400 more a year to buy the basics.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Killer Mike's arrest at Grammy Awards wasn't because he didn't endorse Joe Biden

2024-02-05 Killer Mike arrested at Grammy Awards for not endorsing Joe Biden on “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Social Media – No, X is not blocking users from searching for Taylor Swift because of past “pro-Biden” images

2024-01-30 Elon Musk is not allowing X users to search for Taylor Swift on the platform “out of fear they will find this pro-Biden image of her.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lincoln Penny Is NOT Copper Because He Freed Slaves, Other Coins Do NOT Show Presidents Turning Their Backs On Him In Protest

2024-01-18 Was American racism engraved in its coins, with Abraham Lincoln's penny being copper because he freed the slaves and the other coins showing presidents facing the opposite direction as Lincoln, as a protest against him? No, that's not tru Go to site post…»

The Dispatch→ Haley’s Civil War Gaffe Shocked Us Because Such Missteps Are Rare

2024-01-03 It’s laughable to suggest her comments betrayed a hidden racism. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Woman Planning To Sue School Because Son Isn’t Allowed To Identify As A Cat — It’s Satire

2023-12-20 Is a mother planning on suing a school because they will not let her son identify as a cat? No, that's not true: The creator of this video on social media has "#satire" in the TikTok caption of her post and "SATIRE ACCOUNT" in her TikTok Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sylvester Stallone Did NOT Say He Won’t Work With Tom Hanks Because ‘He Weirds Me Out’ — It’s From Satire Site

2023-12-13 Did Sylvester Stallone say he won't work with Tom Hanks because "he weirds me out"? No, that's not true: This claim comes from a satirical website that has a history of fabricating content surrounding popular topics. The site carries a di Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Starbucks Is NOT Leaving Morocco Or San Francisco Because Of Pro-Palestine Protests

2023-12-08 Is Starbucks leaving Morocco and San Francisco due to boycotts over the Hamas-Israel crisis and pro-Palestinian protests? No, that's not true: Starbucks announced the closure of seven stores in San Francisco on October 2, 2023, five days Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Switzerland has distributed iodine tablets to residents for years, and not because of nuclear war

2023-11-03 Switzerland’s distribution of iodine tablets means the government is worried about nuclear war. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Claims that Matthew Perry died because of COVID-19 vaccine are unfounded, lack evidence

2023-10-30 Matthew Perry died because of a COVID-19 vaccine. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter

2023-09-11 Heat was the underlying or contributing cause in about 1,670 U.S. deaths in 2022, provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows. That’s a rate of about 5 deaths per million residents, the highest heat-related death rate in at leas Go to site post…»

Logically→ Obamas and other celebrities’ estates and mansions survived the Maui fires not because they were directed

2023-08-18 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Sometimes trees stay standing after wildfires. That’s because of how the fire typically spreads

2023-08-15 “Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nuclear Test Movies NOT Faked Because Cameras Were Not Destroyed

2023-07-27 Were the movies of nuclear tests conducted in the 1950s by the United States fake because the cameras and film used to capture the images were not destroyed by the explosion or the radiation? No, that's not true: The cameras and film used Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Barbie’ Was NOT Banned In Serbia Because Of ‘Greater Albania’ Map — Such A Map Isn’t In Movie

2023-07-25 Was the film "Barbie" banned in Serbia because of a scene containing a map of "Greater Albania"? No, that's not true: The film was not banned in Serbia and such a map doesn't appear in the movie. The claim appeared in a video (archived he Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Man Attacks 86 Year Old Woman … Because He Thought She Was Transgender’

2023-07-21 On July 20 2023, a blurry screenshot of tweet and an apparent news headline — ” Man beats up 86-year-old woman with dementia because he thought she was transgender” — made it to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter: WT Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Study didn’t show ‘hairdressers have a higher cancer risk because of chemicals at work’

2023-07-19 Research covered by the Sun was exploratory and established no definite associations between people’s jobs and their risk of ovarian cancer. Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Claim by Steve Kirsch that the Amish don’t experience autism, cancer, or high COVID-19 mortality because they don’t vaccinate is baseless

2023-07-18 REVIEW As of 15 July 2023, COVID-19 caused more than one million deaths across the U.S. 69.5% of the total population have completed their primary vaccine series since the vaccination campaign began in December 2020, and statistical models estimated Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ The UK’s tax revenue isn’t £40 billion less than it used to be “because of Brexit”.

2023-07-13 A now-corrected article in The Guardian fails to make clear that a figure estimating the impact of Brexit on UK tax revenues is based on a counterfactual analysis. Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, Amish communities do not have lower COVID-19 mortality rates because they are unvaccinated

2023-07-07 Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Diocese says attack on French priest was not because of his faith or to do with recent unrest

2023-07-04 Claims that a priest was attacked by “Islamic race rioters” have been contradicted by the local diocese. Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, Madonna was not rushed to the hospital because of the COVID-19 vaccine

2023-07-04 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Why are federal plea deals common? Because the odds of acquittal at trial are low

2023-06-20 As former President Donald Trump moves toward a trial in his federal documents case, he faces stiff odds: About 90% of federal defendants plead guilty to avoid the chance of conviction at trial, and four-fifths of those who go to trial are convicted. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t tell mom the babysitter’s a cannibal (because it’s not true)

2023-05-04 “Babysitter on crystal meth eats 3-month-old toddler.” Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anheuser-Busch Did NOT Close Half Of Its US Breweries Because Of Marketing ‘Goof’

2023-05-03 Did Anheuser-Busch close half of its U.S. breweries after "the worst goof in marketing history"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could not find any news reports of Anheuser-Busch closing half of its U.S. breweries. Anheuser-Busch's web Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, Kenya’s President William Ruto did not ask citizens to ‘dispose of U.S. dollars because of its imminent collapse’

2023-04-24 Go to site post…»

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