Full Fact→ Covid vaccines are still available in Iceland
The country has not banned Covid vaccines, despite claims on social media saying it has.
Logically→ No, Andhra Pradesh DGP did not award only Superintendents of Police from Reddy caste
Logically→ ಆಂಧ್ರಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ಯಾಚಾರ ಪ್ರಕರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಟಿಡಿಪಿ ನಾಯಕನ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಲ್ಲೆ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲು ಹಳೆಯ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
The Dispatch→ Trump’s ‘Poisonous’ Campaign Rhetoric
Is Trump’s increasingly extreme language a campaign tactic or a preview of his governing style?
Logically→ Nej, amerikanska FDA har inte erkänt att alla cancerbehandlingar orsakar cancer
Logically→ পাকিস্তানৰ তত্ত্বাৱধায়ক প্ৰধানমন্ত্ৰী আৰু প্ৰাক্তন প্ৰধানমন্ত্ৰীয়ে ডাউদ ইব্ৰাহিমৰ মৃত্যু হোৱা বুলি পোষ্ট দিয়া নাছিল
Logically→ पाकिस्तान के कार्यवाहक पीएम और पूर्व पीएम ने एक्स पर दाऊद इब्राहिम की मौत की पुष्टि नहीं की
Logically→ No, this image does not show an attack on Iran’s IRGC Aerospace Force HQ in Tehran
Logically→ Nej, denna video visar inte hur Houthi-rebeller attackerar ett norskt eller israeliskt fartyg
The Dispatch→ ‘Where Do You Cross the Line From Bush v. Gore to Coup d’Etat?’
A transcript of our October conversation with Will Baude on whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from running for president.
Logically→ Israelsk officer tilstår ikke, at israelske kampvogne har dræbt civile
The Dispatch→ Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
We need to stop teaching kids to despair.
The Dispatch→ Rising Antisemitism Corresponds With a Depressing Amount of Broader Ignorance
How students end up shouting ‘Palestine will be free’ without knowing from which river or to which sea.
The Dispatch→ Israel’s Refugee Crisis Could Drag on For Months
‘All of my life I built a home, a place where I can be safe. But now I know that I don’t have that anymore.’
Logically→ Pakistan’s caretaker PM and former PM did not confirm Dawood Ibrahim’s death on X
Logically→ Old, unrelated video shared as Israelis killing Palestinians
The Dispatch→ Video: Houthis Explained, 2024 Gets Weird
Watch the recording of our weekly livestreamed conversation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Muslim Immigrant Urinating On Pork In Dutch Supermarket — Creator Has Posted Similar Staged Scenes Before
Did a bystander or cohort film a spontaneous incident when a Muslim immigrant urinated on packages of pork in a Dutch supermarket? No, that's not true: The video is staged and was posted by a TikTok creator. The same creator posted severa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Laura Ingraham Did NOT Report Dr. Oz Was Sued Over ‘Revolutionary Diabetes Curing Drug’ — Audio Is Doctored
Did Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham report that Dr. Mehmet Oz was sued by "Big Pharma" over a "revolutionary diabetes curing drug"? No, that's not true: A Fox News spokesperson told Lead Stories that Ingraham didn't say that on her s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israeli Army Attacking Patients From Kamal Hospital In Gaza With Bulldozers
Does a viral video on the X platform prove that "the Kamal Hospital in the Gaza Strip" was attacked by the Israeli forces "with a bulldozer" in 2023? No, that's not true: The footage predates the conflict. It is a least a decade old, and
Full Fact→ How to spot deepfake videos and AI audio
We’ve been fact checking a new kind of misinformation lately—here are some practical tips on how to spot it.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Texas Children’s Pediatrics clinics don’t have a vaccine mandate for patients
“Texas Children’s Hospital pediatric clinics announce they will no longer treat unvaccinated children.”
The Dispatch→ The Unpollable Election
No one knows anything.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, all Gaza school children have not been killed in Israel-Hamas war
Gaza’s education ministry “officially announced the end of the 2023/2024 academic year as all students have been killed.”
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Haley is correct that fentanyl deaths top casualties from 3 wars combined
“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam Wars, combined.”
PolitiFact→ James Woods – Biden’s net worth is around $10 million, not $41 million
Joe Biden’s net worth was $41 million in 2022.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump claimed the Lincoln Project used AI to make him ‘look bad.’ But the clips are real
The Lincoln Project is “using A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)” in its “television commercials.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Palestinian Baby Injured During 2023 Gaza Conflict — It’s American Infant With Serious Medical Conditions Born Before War
Does a video of a baby with medical tubes and sensors attached to their body show the consequences from conflict in Gaza for Palestinian children in 2023? No, that's not true: The footage in a post making that implication predates the 202
PolitiFact→ Mark Lamb – No, the U.S. government is not giving people who crossed the border illegally $5,000 gift cards
“We have our government giving people who came into this country illegally $5,000 gift cards.”
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About a Supposed Investigation Into the Former Italian Health Minister
There is currently no evidence to suggest Roberto Speranza is on the verge of facing murder charges.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Arrest Georgia Secretary Of State Raffensperger For Treason — It’s A Made-Up Story
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps arrest Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for treason in December 2023? No, that's not true: The chief operating officer for the Secretary of State's office posted a message on s
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Houthis Explained, 2024 Gets Weird
Join us for our weekly livestreamed conversation.
PolitiFact→ Chris Christie – Christie’s claim on Trump’s China trade deal is on the right track, but hinges on the math
Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Officially Admit Its Army ‘Bombed At Nova Festival And Killed 364 Israelis’
Did Israel officially admit that its army bombed the Nova Festival and caused the death of 364 Israelis during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: Israeli officials called the claim "untrue" and "fake." Additionally,
PolitiFact→ Divisions in Cyprus amplify fact-checking challenges
Divisions in Cyprus amplify fact-checking challenges: The Mediterranean island nation’s unusual bicultural dynamic poses challenges for fighting off misinformation. Our report from both sides of the United Nations buffer zone.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Chaplain Did NOT Say In Prayer ‘Please Get Rid Of Joe Biden’ — The Audio Was Edited
Did a military chaplain end a prayer with "Please get rid of Joe Biden and bring back the real president, Donald J. Trump"? No, that's not true: This audio has been edited. Lead Stories found the original video, taken at a pre-Thanksgivin
Full Fact→ University of Edinburgh has not issued a ‘public apology’ to the Palestinian people
A letter supposedly showing this has been circulating online. It’s actually a fictional text created for a performance piece.
PolitiFact→ Julian Bradley – Has Wisconsin's governor vetoed multiple middle-class tax cuts this year?
"Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief."
Full Fact→ Full Fact in 2023
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