The dog did nothing wrong.
The Dispatch→ Presidents Day, Meet Black History Month
Remembering an exchange between George Washington and the poet Phillis Wheatley.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 97% Of Guns NOT In Areas Of US That Account For 3% Of Gun Violence
Are 97 percent of the guns in the United States located in areas that account for only three percent of gun violence? No, that's not true: Gun violence experts told Lead Stories that different statistics demonstrate a correlation: In regi
The Dispatch→ In Limbo Fertilization
The GOP’s IVF nightmare.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Angela Merkel Is NOT The Daughter Of Adolf Hitler
Is Angela Merkel the daughter of Adolf Hitler? No, that's not true: Merkel, the former German chancellor, was born in 1954 in Hamburg, West Germany. Hitler died on April 30, 1945, almost a decade before Merkel was born. Merkel's parents w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Marines Did NOT Participate In Fiction Website’s Fantasy of U.S. Customs And Border Protection Patrol Conspiracy
Did United States Marines arrest two United States Customs and Border Protection Patrol agents for accepting bribes from immigrants for entry into the United States on February 19, 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on a websi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Parents’ Refusal To Use Chosen Pronouns Was NOT Reason Child Was Removed From Indiana Home — Care For Eating Disorder, Mental Health Were Needed
Did the Indiana Department of Child Services remove a child from their home because the parents refused to call them by their preferred pronouns, as a social media post suggests? No, that's not true: The complex situation outlined in Indi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Solar Flares ARE Real And CAN Disrupt Telecommunications Networks
Are solar flares not real, thus incapable of disrupting telecommunications networks, as a post on Instagram suggests? No, that's not true: Solar flares are well-documented bursts of electromagnetic energy emitted by the sun during geomagn
The Dispatch→ Nations, Nation-States, and Nationalism
On Ukraine and the treason of the nationalists.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Mislead About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety With Out-of-Context Clip of FDA Official
SciCheck Digest Given the extra scrutiny and large number of doses, reports of possible side effects to a vaccine safety monitoring system increased with the COVID-19 vaccines. The high number of reports does not mean the vaccines are unsafe, contr
PolitiFact→ X posts – Proposed online safety act does not require websites to verify government IDs
The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Do immigrants crossing the US southern border take union jobs? Fact-checking Donald Trump
“The biggest threat to your unions is millions of people coming across the border, because you're not gonna have your jobs anymore.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Attorney Johnnie Cochran died from a brain tumor, not because of reparations fight
Johnnie Cochran “mysteriously passed away” and his death is linked to his work on slavery reparations.
PolitiFact→ Why the juvenile suspects in the Chiefs parade shooting haven’t been named, unlike Kyle Rittenhouse
After the Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting, some people questioned why the juvenile suspects haven’t been named although minors have been identified in other incidents. Here’s what state laws and journalism ethics experts say.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – NASA is not photoshopping pictures of Canada and passing them off as Mars images
The pictures we see of Mars are actually Devon Island in Canada.
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 did not issue Executive Order 9066 to provide $5,000 gift cards to migrants who enter the U.S. illegally.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The Red Cross did not ban people with COVID-19 vaccinations from donating blood
Social media users are misrepresenting a question the Red Cross asks potential blood donors to make false claims about donor eligibility and COVID-19 vaccine safety.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Google Is NOT Sunsetting Gmail On August 1, 2024
Did Google send out a notification that it would end Gmail service on August 1, 2024? No, that's not true: The company denied that, and no credible sources reported that the announcement in question has ever been made. Early posts about t
The Dispatch→ Why Donald Trump’s Prosecutors May Be Helping His Campaign
Plus: A new federal indictment could sink Republicans’ impeachment aspirations.
Health Feedback→ France passed a law targeting health-threatening psychological manipulation and influence, but didn’t criminalize criticism of mRNA vaccines
REVIEW Claims that France passed a law criminalizing criticism of mRNA vaccines circulated on social media in February 2024. They referred to a bill passed by the French National Assembly on 14 February 2024, addressing sectarian drift (“dérive s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Donald Trump Shoving Man At Mar-A-Lago
Does video footage show Donald Trump shoving a man at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida resort the former president calls home? No, that's not true: Another video of the incident makes clear it was a friendly pat. Additionally, the man who was alle
PolitiFact→ Sean Parnell – A Nevada glitch does not equal mail ballot fraud
Nevada database glitch showing voters cast ballots when they didn’t is evidence that voting by mail is “the largest source of potential voter fraud.”
The Dispatch→ Bring Back Political Factions
Smirnov iced.
Health Feedback→ The American Red Cross doesn’t prevent people vaccinated against COVID-19 from donating blood, contrary to rehashed viral claim
REVIEW In mid-February 2024, posts started circulating on social media claiming that the American Red Cross was warning potential blood donors to check their eligibility if they’d received a COVID-19 vaccine. Some asked, “I thought the vax was
Health Feedback→ Global COVID Vaccine Safety study identified already-known risks, doesn’t show that risks are greater than benefits
REVIEW In late February 2024, a flurry of posts appeared on social media platforms like Instagram, revolving around a study newly published in the scientific journal Vaccine. This is part of the Global COVID Vaccine Safety project that analyzed adve
The Dispatch→ Ahead of South Carolina, Haley Supporters Remain Steadfast
Plus: Nevada’s Sam Brown attempts a balancing act on abortion policy.
Full Fact→ Footage of dead birds on a frozen lake is from South Dakota, not China
The video is being shared widely on social media with claims the birds died as a result of the freezing temperatures.
PolitiFact→ Elon Musk – Elon Musk says there’s ‘scientific consensus’ on birth control depression, suicide risk. He’s wrong
There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”
PolitiFact→ Elise Stefanik – Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Canada border increase, but lag far behind the southern border
“We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”
Full Fact→ Fiona Bruce’s husband not paid £3.9 million per year to advertise for the government
Nigel Sharrocks left the company group associated with this contract before the contracts this claim seems to refer to were awarded.
PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Yes, the price of an inhaler in the U.S. is massively higher than overseas cost
“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
The Dispatch→ War in Ukraine, Two Years Later
Wavering U.S. support leaves Ukraine undergunned in its conflict with Russia.
Full Fact→ Footage of woman with genetic disorder being claimed to show Israeli phosphorus injuries
The woman in the video actually has a rare genetic disorder that causes extreme sensitivity to UV light.
Full Fact→ French and British energy bills are no longer rising by 4% and 54%
The French government capped energy bill increases at 4% in 2022, but prices have risen by more since then. British energy bills rose by 54% at one point in 2022, but by less since.
The Dispatch→ ‘Hope Without Hope’ on Ukraine’s Frontlines
Amid suspended American aid and an emboldened enemy, Ukrainians see two options: victory or death.
The Dispatch→ Biden’s Hezbollah Plan Is a Win-Win—for the Terrorists
Israel faces a harsh reality in an election year for the United States.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cyanocobalamin In B12 Supplements Is NOT Harmful
Is the cyanocobalamin found in B12 supplements harmful to humans? No, that's not true: Cyanocobalamin is a synthetic form of vitamin B12 used to treat vitamin deficiencies; it is converted into active forms of B12 in the body. The small a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fiction Website’s Latest Dark Fantasy Did NOT Spur American Red Cross Letter to U.S. Navy JAG
Did American Red Cross Chief Executive Officer Gail McGovern send a letter to the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps about a fiction website's fantasy stories about political tribunals and executions at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: San Francisco City Council Did NOT Appoint ‘Illegal Immigrant’ To Board Of Elections
Did the San Francisco City Council appoint to the Board of Elections someone who a social media post called an "illegal immigrant"? No, that's not true: The person who was appointed to a commission in San Francisco is a "legal immigrant,"
The Dispatch→ A New Cope
Is Joe Biden getting a raw deal from the media?