Image shows a Palestinian man in Gaza holding a plastic doll that he says is his dead grandson.
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 NCAA is not transferring medals won by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to Riley Gaines, another former Division I swimmer.
Health Feedback→ Headlines overlook risk of COVID-19 by claiming Estonia study shows natural immunity is superior to vaccination
REVIEW Like with most pathogens that enter the body, infection with SARS-CoV-2 confers some protection against future encounters with the virus. This infection-induced immunity—often called “natural immunity”—has been repeatedly invoked as a
Logically→ Nej, en krypskytt placerades inte vid katedralen i León som skydd mot radikala islamister i Spanien
Logically→ 2022 video shared to claim Islamic text inscribed over Tricolor after Congress’ Telangana win
Full Fact→ Images of burning cargo ship from Sri Lanka in 2021 not attack on Israeli boat
Facebook posts claim an Israeli cargo ship was bombed by Yemen. But the images are from 2021 and show a container ship on fire off the coast of Sri Lanka.
Logically→ Old visuals from Kanyakumari shared as Chennai amid Cyclone Michaung
Logically→ సంబంధం లేని వీడియోలు ఫిలిప్పీన్ సునామి వీడియోలు గా ప్రచారం లోకి వచ్చాయి
Logically→ पीएम मोदी के साथ वसुंधरा राजे की मुलाकात की पुरानी तस्वीर हालिया बताकर वायरल
Logically→ ಕೇರಳದ ಹಳೆಯ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಚೆನ್ನೈ ಪ್ರವಾಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆ ಕೊಚ್ಚಿ ಹೋಯಿತು ಎಂದು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
The Dispatch→ China Continues to Test U.S.-Philippine Relations
An update on the goings on in the South China Sea.
The Dispatch→ So You’re Saying There’s a New Sheriff In Town?
Christie Rubio's DeSantis.
The Dispatch→ The State of the U.S. Housing Market, Explained
A mishmash of fundamentals and unpredictable consumer behavior make forecasting a tricky business.
Logically→ ছানী দেওল সুৰাসক্ত নাছিল, এইটো এক শ্বুটিংৰ সময়ৰ ভিডিঅ’ হয়
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dr. Oz Does NOT Promote Gummy Cure To ‘Clean Blood Vessels’ — Or For Any Other Purpose
Did Dr. Mehmet Oz promote a gummy cure to "clean out your blood vessels"? No, that's not true: For years the celebrity Dr. Oz has been the subject of false promotional advertising using his name and likeness to sell products, and he has b
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Navy JAG Did NOT Arrest CDC Official Karen Hacker
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps place Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official Dr. Karen Hacker under arrest for committing "treason, abuse of office, and defrauding the country"? No, that's not true: A Pentago
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Biden Encouraging ‘Violence And Chaos’ — He Was Quoting Kellyanne Conway
Was President Joe Biden encouraging "violence and chaos" in a video published on Facebook? No, that's not true: The original video shows that when Biden spoke about chaos and violence he was quoting a Trump adviser. His remarks were based
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: International Space Station Is NOT In Swimming Pool — It Orbits Earth In Space
Is the International Space Station (ISS) in a swimming pool? No, that's not true: The ISS is in space, orbiting Earth, contrary to images on social media referring to the ISS as "International Swimming Station". The images show NASA's Ne
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking the Fourth Republican Presidential Primary Debate
On Nikki Haley and Boeing, U.S. troops in Ukraine, and transgender guidance in New Jersey schools.
The Dispatch→ Capital ‘A’ and Lowercase ‘a’
Do Republicans want authoritarianism or do they just want Trump?
PolitiFact→ Verificando el cuarto debate de las primarias republicanas de 2024
Cuatro de los cinco candidatos republicanos a la nominación presidencial de 2024 se enfrentaron en el cuarto debate de l
PolitiFact→ In Context: Donald Trump was asked if he will be a dictator if re-elected. Here’s what he said.
Fox News’ Sean Hannity asked former President Donald Trump if he would promise not to be a dictator if reelected. Trump replied, “Except for Day 1,” when he vowed to close the border and drill for oil. After Day 1, Trump said, “I am not a dicta
The Dispatch→ No Blanket Immunity for Trump in January 6 Civil Case
Plus: Christie—and only Christie—goes after the president from the debate stage.
Logically→ The official Palestinian flag in 1939 was a Union Jack
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Virginia house explosion not caused by firefight with federal agents. None were there
CLAIM: An explosion at a home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night was caused by a firefight with U.S. federal agents that either ignited a gas pipeline or led a terrorist to set off a suicide vest.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the U.S. hasn’t recently changed courts-martial rules to subject civilians to military justice
U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians.
The Dispatch→ Jonah and Sarah Share Grammar Grievances
Good grief.
Logically→ 11,000 New Zealand vaccine exemptions granted to healthcare workers, not elites
Full Fact→ Kemi Badenoch’s comments on UK manufacturing success use data from 2021
The business minister’s claim that British manufacturing has overtaken France is missing important context.
AllSides→ Vivek Ramaswamy Is Right, Wuhan Is Shipping Fentanyl Materials to Mexico
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2023/12/06/fact-check-vivek-ramaswamy-right-wuhan-shipping-fentanyl-materials-mexico/
AllSides→ Candidates Trade Insults, Accusations in Fourth Republican Primary Debate
https://www.allsides.com/story/2024-presidential-election-candidates-trade-insults-accusations-fourth-republican-primary
AllSides→ GOP debate fact check: What Haley, Ramaswamy, other Republican candidates got wrong
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/06/republican-debate-fact-check/71767741007/
Logically→ వీడియో లో నటుడు మరియు బి జె పి నాయకుడు మద్యం మత్తులో నృత్యం చేయటం లేదు
The Dispatch→ GOP Debate IV: Endgame
The one where the candidates lost the plot.
Logically→ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಭಾರತೀಯ ನಟ ಮತ್ತು ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ನಾಯಕ ಸನ್ನಿ ಡಿಯೋಲ್ ಮುಂಬೈ ಬೀದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಡಿದು ನಡೆಯುವುದನ್ನು ಈ ವೀಡಿಯೋ ತೋರಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ
Logically→ No, this video does not show the recent arrest of a 5-year-old Palestinian boy
Logically→ লণ্ডনত ইছলাম ধৰ্মীলোকৰ শোভাযাত্ৰাৰ পুৰণি ভিডিঅ’ ইজৰাইলৰ বিৰুদ্ধে প্ৰতিবাদৰ দৃশ্য বুলি প্ৰচাৰ
Logically→ पुराने वीडियो को तेलंगाना में कांग्रेस की जीत के बाद भारतीय ध्वज पर कलमा लिखे जाने के दावे से शेयर किया गया
Logically→ Unrelated video shared as Philippine tsunami
Logically→ Old video of BJP’s Vasundhara Raje falsely linked to recent Rajasthan elections