Former President Donald Trump’s keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference included several false and misleading claims, some of which we’ve fact-checked before. Here we focus on assertions about foreign policy and energ
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Truth or Fiction?→ Was Ukraine’s President on His Country’s Version of ‘Dancing With The Stars’?
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky led his country through an invasion by Russian forces in February 2022, highlights from his previous career spread more frequently online. Specifically, the footage shows Zelensky’s performances on Tant
Full Fact→ Test and Trace money wasn’t just spent on an app
A video posted on Facebook by an account with almost 180,000 followers claims that NHS Test and Trace was set up with a budget of £22 billion, and was then allocated an additional £15 billion, spending a total of £37 billion. Then it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Scientists Did NOT Lie About Isolating The Virus That Causes COVID-19
Did scientists fraudulently claim that they had isolated and sequenced viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19? No, that's not true: The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been independently isolated and sequenced by multiple scientists ar
AllSides→ Fact Checking Claims About Wisconsin’s Number of Registered Voters
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-claims-about-wisconsins?utm_source=url On February 9,
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About Wisconsin’s Number of Registered Voters
(Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua via Getty)On February 9, Peter Bernegger, spoke before the Wisconsin informational hearing of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, claiming to have evidence of voter fraud in the Wisconsin 2020 presidential el
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Melania Trump’s Deal With Parler Does NOT Mean She Broke Up With Donald Trump
Did Melania Trump "break up" with Donald Trump, or dump him, as announced in the title of a video? No, that clickbait headline is not supported by the news story it was based on. In the video the narrator, Christo Aivalis, discusses his t
Full Fact→ Offer of Santorini holiday ‘reward’ returns to Facebook
A post offering a free holiday to Santorini in Greece is being widely shared on Facebook, but appears unlikely to be genuine. The post from an account called Santorini Travel says: “We're going to celebrate our grand opening by doing something sp
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO International Court ‘Grand Jury’ Case About Alleged COVID Crimes By Public Health Officials, Others
Does this video show the first day of an authentic hearing before an international court with recognized and enforceable power to convene a grand jury weighing criminal charges? No, that's not true: It's a fake court proceeding. Although
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pfizer Document Does NOT Admit Shots May Cause Vaccine-Associated Enhanced Disease — Real-World Data Do NOT Support It
Does Pfizer admit in confidential documents that its COVID-19 vaccine may cause vaccine-associated enhanced disease (VAED)? No, that's not true: The document, called 5.3.6 CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS OF POST-AUTHORIZATION ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS OF
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eucalyptus Oil Does NOT Cure Hallucinations
Does eucalyptus oil help cure hallucinations or take away symptoms of autism? No, that's not true: Eucalyptus oil does have destressing properties, according to a psychiatry professor, but there are no credible scientific publications pro
Truth or Fiction?→ Michigan Candidate Ryan Kelley ‘Unplug Voting Machines’ Meme
On February 4 2022, an Imgur account shared a meme asserting that Michigan Republican Ryan Kelley told a crowd to “unplug voting machines” and bring guns to polling places: At the top of the meme, an image of former U.S. President Donald
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: No, the Vice President Cannot Overturn an Election
In a January 30 statement, Donald Trump claimed that the recent bipartisan effort to amend the Electoral Count Act of 1887 is evidence that former Vice President Mike Pence had the power to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. T
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Evidence Does NOT Support Quantum Entanglement Claims By Anti-Vaccine Activist Sherri Tenpenny
Did Dr. Sherri Tenpenny make a case that the COVID-19 pandemic, treatments and mitigation efforts are a global government plot to kill people -- a "democide" -- or a plot to transform people into genetically modified "transhumans" who are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates, Dr. Fauci, Dr. Tedros Are NOT Facing Death Penalty From International Tribunal
Are leaders including billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates; Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID); and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (W
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CBD Gummies Are NOT Endorsed By ‘Pioneer Woman’ Ree Drummond
Did Ree Drummond reverse her husband's Type 2 diabetes and launch a line of CBD gummies on live TV? No, that's not true: Unscrupulous marketers have hijacked Drummond's name and reputation using Facebook ads and a bogus version of her web
Truth or Fiction?→ The Online Trick to ‘Send Student Loan Debt Collectors Packing’
Social media users relying on a graphic circulating online in January 2022 to hold student loan debt collectors at bay should be wary. The graphic, which surfaced in January 2022, pushes the claim that a person had “sent four student loan debt co
FactCheck.org→ False Reports of Wisconsin Assembly’s Action on 2020 Electors
Quick Take A resolution introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly to reverse the state’s 2020 presidential electoral votes for President Joe Biden was referred to the Rules Committee on Jan. 25. The committee chair tweeted that the resolution was R
FactCheck.org→ False Reports of Wisconsin Assembly’s Action on 2020 Electors
Quick Take A resolution introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly to reverse the state’s 2020 presidential electoral votes for President Joe Biden was referred to the Rules Committee on Jan. 25. The committee chair tweeted that the resolution was R
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Assembly Did NOT Vote To Withdraw Joe Biden’s Electoral Votes
Did the Wisconsin Assembly vote to withdraw Joe Biden's 10 electoral votes? No, that's not true: A Republican representative introduced a resolution that called for "reclaiming" the president's votes. The resolution was referred to an ass
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No evidence Dennis Miller said this about the Ghislaine Maxwell trial
Says Dennis Miller said that if he didn’t see women protesting the Ghislaine Maxwell trial verdict “you're all frauds. This isn't justice for those women, this is a joke."
Lead Stories→ Context Matters: Why Lead Stories Fact Checked The BMJ
On November 10, 2021, Lead Stories published a fact check about an article published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on November 2, 2021. In response, the BMJ published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on December 17, 2021, calling
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking More Claims About the 2020 Presidential Election in Georgia
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Full Fact→ PCR inventor Kary Mullis quote doesn’t prove the tests are useless
A post on Facebook claims that Kary Mullis, the inventor of the biotechnological process of PCR said the following: “Anyone can test positive for practically anything with a PCR test, if you run it long enough with PCR if you do it well, you can
The Dispatch→ Did Wisconsin Lawmakers Pull Back Electoral Votes From 2020?
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AllSides→ Fact-Checking 3 Claims at Democrats’ ‘Voter Suppression’ Hearing
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/01/20/fact-checking-3-claims-at-democrats-voter-suppression-hearing/ T
Truth or Fiction?→ How to Fight Disinformation — Part IV: Signaling and Dog Whistling
This is part of an ongoing series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. The Trump administration may be just a memory, but the disinformation that paved its way and the lies that it launched are
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking More Claims About the 2020 Election in Wisconsin
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim That Governments Kill Black People With Medicine Is NOT True — ‘Tribunal’ Hearing Claim is NOT Real Court
Did author and self-proclaimed naturopathic practitioner Robert O. Young present legitimate testimony that admits that governments are using medicine to "exterminate" Black people? No, that's not true: The International Tribunal for Natur
Snopes→ New York AG Says Trump Organization Misled Banks, Tax Officials
The New York attorney general’s office told a court its investigators had uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” asset valuations to get loans and tax benefits.
Full Fact→ Argos isn’t selling microwaves for £1.78
A Facebook post claims Argos is offering Samsung microwaves for £1.78, alleging the electronics manufacturer had broken a contract “with the famous retailer”. The post, published by a Facebook group which uses the Argos logo as
AllSides→ No Fact-Checking For Biden’s Atlanta Smears
https://www.dailywire.com/news/graham-no-fact-checking-for-bidens-atlanta-smears One of the most frustr
The Dispatch→ Did Sen. Mike Rounds Say the ‘2020 Election Had No Problems Whatsoever’?
In a recent Fox News appearance, Federalist senior editor Mollie Hemingway claimed that in his criticism of election conspiracy theories Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) “said the 2020 election had no problems whatsoever.”The Federalist @F
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Have An Active Voter Turnout Of 93.7% In 2020 — It Was 72.6%
Did Wisconsin have an active voter turnout of 93.7% in 2020? No, that's not true. Wisconsin allows same-day registration and therefore calculates the voter turnout with the number of actual voters as a percentage of the voting-age populat
Truth or Fiction?→ Fake Electors
In early January 2022, news stories and social media posts focused on “fake electors” and “fake elector letters,” an aspect of highly weaponized post-election stunts in 2020 and early 2021 that were possibly overlooked at the ti
Lead Stories→ An open letter to YouTube’s CEO from the world’s fact-checkers
Ms. Susan Wojcicki, It's been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The world has seen time and time again how destructive disinformation and misinformation can be for social harmony, democracy, and public health; too many
Full Fact→ 80 fact checkers publish open letter to YouTube demanding effective action against disinformation
Today 80 fact checkers around the world, including Full Fact, are publishing an open letter calling on YouTube to take effective action against disinformation and misinformation. The company has up until now largely escaped criticism despite fact check
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘In The [One] Year Since the [1/6/2021] Insurrection, [the GOP] Has Introduced 550+ Bills To Restrict The Vote …’
On January 6 2021, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which appears to describe the legislative aftermath of the January 6 2021 insurrection: In the 1 year since the Jan 6 insurrection, GOP has introduced 550+ bills to restrict
FactCheck.org→ Jim Jordan’s Beef with Jan. 6 Committee
In a recent interview on Fox News, Rep. Jim Jordan rattled off several grievances he has with Democrats — including with the Democratic-controlled committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. During his Jan. 3 appearance
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Claims About the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
The Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was the culmination of months of false claims about election fraud, including a litany recited by then-President Donald Trump in a speech shortly before a mob stormed the building, temporarily halting the co