Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Austria's Salzburg Airport does not have a special desk for travelers who thought they were going to Australia, people are misrepresenting an ad that appeared at the airpo
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The Dispatch→ Three Ways of Looking at Mike Johnson
Are Republicans trying to force normal conservatives away from the party?
The Dispatch→ What a Ground Campaign in Gaza Will Look Like
Expect a drawn-out battle with high casualty counts—and frightening global implications.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A clip circulating online doesn't show Qatar’s ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, threatening to cut off the world’s natural gas supply if Israel doesn’t
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: BBC News did not report that Ukraine provided weapons to Hamas; a video circulating online was fabricated to look like it came from the news outlet.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: The Biden administration is not giving people who enter the U.S illegally payments of $2,200 per month.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 won't activate nanoparticles contained in COVID-19 vaccines.
The Dispatch→ Trump Goes Looking for the Union Label
The former president has planned a different kind of counterprogramming for the GOP debate.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A viral video shows two Missouri lawmakers using a flamethrower to burn cardboard boxes, not books.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: COVID-19 cases have spiked at various times of the year, not only near elections.
Washington Post→ A guide to why the House is looking into a Biden impeachment
Here are quick answers to questions about the House impeachment inquiry of President Biden
The Dispatch→ Looking for New Voter Trends in the Old Dominion
Glenn Youngkin isn’t on the ballot, but the state’s midterms will be a referendum on his leadership.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: While flooding in Nevada stranded tens of thousands of Burning Man attendees last weekend, there was not an Ebola outbreak at the event, contrary to social media posts.
The Dispatch→ Ukraine Looks Long-Range and Long-Term
To bring the fight to Russia, Kyiv eyes building up its own defense industry.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Health officials said a new COVID-19 variant may be more likely to infect people with immunity than previous variants; they didn't say vaccinated people are more at risk t
The Dispatch→ He Looks Hard
Can a party be reactionary and countercultural?
The Dispatch→ GOP Financiers Still Looking for a Trump Alternative
Plus: Party leaders are still talking up Glenn Youngkin while Team Trump talks up Ramaswamy.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Transportation Security Administration managers weren't told they must start wearing face masks again in mid-September.
The Dispatch→ Post-Debate, Nikki Haley Gets a Second Look
Plus: Trump and Tucker discuss the prospect of civil war.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Georgia officials didn't “forget” to redact the names of the grand jurors who indicted former President Donald Trump; that's standard in the state.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Dominion Voting Systems didn't contribute $2 million to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Dispatch→ To Understand ‘Oppenheimer,’ Look Back at Prometheus
Christopher Nolan’s film, like the Greek myth, refuses to simply glorify its protagonist.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Former President Donald Trump does not face the death penalty on any of the federal charges brought in a recent indictment.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab Does NOT Have ‘Logo’ That Looks Like CIA Seal
Does Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairperson of the World Economic Forum, have a personal logo that bears similarities to the seal for the Central Intelligence Agency? No, that's not true: An image of Schwab standing at a podi
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Ingesting borax, a chemical in cleaning products, can be harmful or deadly, contrary to online claims.
The Dispatch→ South Africa Looks East
The important U.S. trading partner tries to toe the line between Washington and Moscow.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A North Carolina Pfizer plant damaged by a tornado wasn't storing COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Biden Looking At Books In ‘Dementia Books Department’ — Dementia Sign Was Added
Does a video show President Joe Biden browsing and selecting books in a store's section called "Brain Exercises for Dementia"? No, that's not true: The video was altered to add a sign with those words on it. Biden was actually picking up
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Elon Musk ‘looks into’ some tweets, but not this one
Elon Musk tweeted “looking into this” in response to a claim that the “KKK never did anything wrong to Black people.”
PolitiFact→ Red light on ‘greenwashing’? US regulatory agency takes fresh look at deceptive climate claims
To curb “greenwashing,” or false marketing about eco-friendliness, the Federal Trade Commission is taking a fresh look at its “Green Guides.” The guidelines aim to keep companies from making deceptive climate claims.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: President Joe Biden has not been impeached, the House voted last month to send articles of impeachment to its Judiciary Committee and its Homeland Security Committee for r
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Aerial footage of a massive structure engulfed in flames shows a fire at a post office in the Philippines in May, not a French library set alight amid protests over the po
The Dispatch→ The U.S. Still Looks for a Nuclear ‘Understanding’ with Iran
The latest effort to constrain the Islamic Republic’s enrichment program faces several hurdles.
Full Fact→ Looking at the sun can cause blindness
A viral Facebook video claims looking at the sun directly is not harmful to the eyes if done at sunrise or sunset. This isn’t true.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Obama’s Son At Political Rally — It’s A ‘Look-Alike’
Does this video show former President Barack Obama's son at a political rally in Kenya? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Obama has a son. The original video was found on YouTube using the words, "barack obama look-alike." Ob
The Dispatch→ GOP Leaders Look to Build Support for Debt Deal
Kevin McCarthy aims to pass it this week—and quell a potential far-right uprising. Continue reading GOP Leaders Look to Build Support for Debt Deal »
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Study on possible COVID-19 brain effects looked at virus, not vaccines
“A European study has found COVID vaccines could be causing ‘long-term brain damage.’”
PolitiFact→ ‘No idea who this woman is’: Looking at Trump’s familiar defense in light of E. Jean Carroll case
After the verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case, former President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had “no idea who this woman is.” It’s a familiar tactic for Trump when confronted with accusations or to distance himself from people he kn
The Dispatch→ Three Ways of Looking at the Debt Ceiling
A sign at a bus shelter shows the national debt in Washington, DC on January 2023. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)The immediate crisis might be exaggerated, but disaster looms if we don’t address spending. Continue reading Three Ways of L
Poynter→ Dominion-Fox lawsuit: Here’s a look back at false claims about the voting machine company
Long before Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News for defamation, PolitiFact was fact-checking claims about the election machine maker and its supposed influence over the 2020 election. Dominion was headed […] The post Dominion-Fox lawsuit: Here&