Does the plan to address prison overcrowding in England and Wales cut short sentences for sexual offenses? No, that's not true: Under current law many inmates typically serve 50% of their sentence in prison, followed by a probation period
PolitiFact→ Viral image – An X account purporting to belong to the Apalachee High School shooting suspect was ‘made up’
An image shows the social media profile of the accused suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Trans Girl Samantha Hyde’ Is NOT Georgia School Shooter — Variation On Old ‘Sam Hyde’ Internet Hoax
Was the Apalachee High School shooter identified as a trans girl named Samantha Hyde? No, that's not true: An internet hoax that misidentifies the suspect in mass shootings as "Sam" or "Samantha Hyde" has been going around since 2015. The
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No, McDonald’s didn’t say there’s ‘no record’ Kamala Harris worked at the fast food chain
McDonald’s “said they have no record whatsoever of Kamala Harris ever working at any of their locations.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – ‘Samantha Hyde’ was not the Apalachee High School shooter. That’s a recurring meme
“BREAKING: Apalachee High School shooter has been identified as non-binary trans girl Samantha Hyde.”
The Dispatch→ California’s High-Stakes AI Bill Lacks Legal Awareness
The state is aiming to impose AI regulations that should be made on the federal level.
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims That Trump Freed the Leader of Afghanistan From Prison in 2018
A U.S. diplomat in the Trump administration reportedly requested Abdul Ghani Baradar’s release to advance peace negotiations.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Kamala Harris did not say she will shut down X if elected
“Kamala Harris said she will shut down X if elected.”
The Dispatch→ Social Media Posts Exaggerate the Number of Combat Deaths During the Trump Administration
The claims also underreport the total for the Biden administration.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Government’s gears still grind: Purported permanent shutdown never happened
“In less than 48 hours the United States government is shutting down for good.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michael Jordan Did NOT Turn Down $200 Million Offer To Do Ad With LeBron James — Claim Originated On Satirical Site
Did former NBA star Michael Jordan turn down a $200 million offer to do a commercial with current NBA star LeBron James, saying he would "never [work] with this woke creep?" No, that's not true: This story came from a website that calls i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: EDITED Video Post Implies That’s Tim Walz Dancing In Cowboy Hat, 2-Piece Outfit — But It’s Someone Else
Does a video show vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dancing in a cowboy hat and revealing two-piece outfit? No, that's not true: The original video features another person. The face in the video was altered to look l
New York Times→ Fact-checking JD Vance’s Attacks on Tim Walz Over a Transgender Sanctuary Law in Minnesota
It was the latest effort by the Trump campaign to use Mr. Walz’s record on transgender rights to attack him as a far-left liberal.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Minnesota Vikings Did NOT Denounce Tim Walz — It’s Satire
Did the Minnesota Vikings football team denounce Tim Walz as a man whose values they do not support? No, that's not true: The comment comes from a satirical Facebook page that explicitly warns readers not to take it seriously. America --
AllSides→ Donald Trump’s Town Hall With Sean Hannity—Fact-Checked
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-town-hall-sean-hannityfact-checked-1949053 Donald Trump was fea
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Viral post about a lost child in Elko County, Nevada, isn’t real
Photo shows a child “saved” by Deputy Ryan Braidley in Elko County, Nevada.
AllSides→ ‘He Did Not Complete the Degree Program’: Tim Walz Repeatedly Claimed He Was ‘Nearly Finished’ With Doctorate Years After He Disappeared from University
https://freebeacon.com/elections/he-did-not-complete-the-degree-program-tim-walz-repeatedly-claimed-he-was-nearly-finished-with-phd-years-after-he-disappeared-from-university/
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that schools are performing trans surgeries
“The transgender thing is incredible... your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what’s going to happen with your child."
The Dispatch→ Misleading Post Suggests that the City of Minneapolis Broadcasts Islamic Call to Prayer
Mosques in the city are allowed to do so, but the city itself doesn’t issue any broadcasts.
AllSides→ Live: Fact-checks from Donald Trump’s town hall with Fox News’ Sean Hannity
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/sep/04/live-fact-check-trump-town-hall/ PolitiFact is live fact
The Dispatch→ Hunter Biden Now Seeks a Plea Deal on Tax Charges
Whatever the judge decides, the case’s political relevance isn’t what it used to be.
Full Fact→ Photo is not from Georgia school shooting
An image is being shared on social media with false claims it depicts the attacker in a school shooting at Apalachee High School in the US this week.
PolitiFact→ X posts – No proof Kamala Harris injured a person in 2011 car crash. Flawed story comes from unreputable site
On June 7, 2011, Kamala Harris was involved in a San Francisco hit-and-run crash that injured a woman named Alicia Brown.
Full Fact→ Post comparing state pension and House of Lords allowance uses old figures
The post first circulated in 2022, when the figures were broadly correct.
Full Fact→ Vogue cover featuring boxer Imane Khelif isn’t real
An image which seems to be a cover of ‘Vogue Algeria’ featuring the boxer Imane Khelif has been digitally created, and no such magazine exists.
FactCheck.org→ League of Conservation Voters
Political leanings: Pro-environment/liberal 2022 total spending: $58.6 million by its super PAC alone The League of Conservation Voters is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that works to “elect pro-environment, pro-democracy candidates up and down
Full Fact→ Scientists have not discovered that ‘autism can be reversed’
A US study published in June was limited in scope, and experts say autism cannot be reversed, or cured.
The Dispatch→ What Would Trump 2.0 Look Like?
Unpacking the former president’s potential policy agenda.
Health Feedback→ Lack of reliable evidence supporting the claim that sauna bathing is an effective way to “detox” the body
REVIEW Social media posts on Facebook and Instagram have touted the benefits of sauna bathing, receiving tens of thousands of views altogether. For example, this Facebook reel shows Raymond Francis, the author of a series of health books, claiming s
Health Feedback→ Alex Jones was fined 1.5 billion dollars for defaming families of Sandy Hook shooting victims; no evidence he was fined for warning about “Covid crimes”
REVIEW An Instagram post from August 2024 claimed that Alex Jones was fined 150 billion dollars for warning about crimes related to COVID-19. However, this claim is baseless, as we’ll show below. The post was published by political commentator Bra
The Dispatch→ An AMA With Jonah From the Wild West
Bearish on grizzlies.
The Dispatch→ Free Speech vs. the Algorithm
Can Section 230 keep up?
The Dispatch→ The Quietly Momentous First Continental Congress
250 years ago, a revolution began.
The Dispatch→ How Generative AI Content Could Influence the U.S. Election
Expect efforts to intensify near Election Day and in the aftermath.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Shows Distant Nebraska Relatives of Tim Walz Supporting Trump — 3rd & 4th Cousins
By: Uliana Malashenko and Alan Duke Does an image showing eight people in "Walz's for Trump" T-shirts prove that the majority of the Democratic vice presidential nominee's family supports the Republican presidential candidate? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Legal’ Statement Does NOT Protect User Data From Meta’s Generative AI — It’s Made Up
Does posting a statement ensure that users of Meta services will not have their data used in Meta's artificial intelligence training? No, that's not true: Posting the viral statement, or any other statement, doesn't mean that Meta will no
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity
PolitiFact fact-checked former President Donald Trump's Sept. 4 town hall, hosted by Fox News host Sean Hannity, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Was NOT In Hit-And-Run Accident In 2011 — ‘KBSF’ News Station Does NOT Exist, Image Of Crash Is From 2018
Did Kamala Harris hit a 13-year-old girl with a car and leave the scene in 2011? No, that's not true: The "KBSF-TV" news station cited in the social media post does not exist in San Francisco and the website that posted the article was cr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Circulating On Social Media Is NOT Of Georgia High School Shooter, But From Safety Training Program
Does a photo on social media show the Apalachee High School shooter? No, that's not true: The picture is instead from an active defense training program by Reflex Protect, a company specializing in safety preparedness. The image is not co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Tornado’ Videos Do NOT Show Extreme Weather In Canada, Dubai
Do two reels posted to Facebook authentically show clips of tornadoes that occurred in Dubai and Canada? No, that's not true: Experts told Lead Stories that the twisters shown in the clips were fake and 100 percent AI-generated content. T