Elon Musk and the arc of right-wing media.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, FEMA didn’t block hurricane relief flights at South Carolina airport
FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Dockworkers are no longer striking, but misinformation about their motivations is still spreading
Dockworkers went on strike because “they hear screaming children inside shipping containers!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show US Military Base Under Attack In Baghdad — It’s A Photo From 2011 Taken In New Jersey
Does a photo on social media show an attack on a U.S. military base in Baghdad? No, that's not true: The scene in the picture is of a fire in 2011 at a facility in New Jersey. There is no evidence that an explosion occurred at a U.S. mili
The Dispatch→ FEMA Did Not Spend Emergency Relief Funds to House Illegal Immigrants
Social media users are making false claims.
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims That Immigrants Receive More Benefits Than Social Security Recipients
The figures cited by social media users are incorrect.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: $750 FEMA Aid For Helene Victims Is NOT Loan; It’s Non-Repayable Grant, Does NOT Involve Property Seizure
Is the $750 in initial federal aid to Hurricane Helene victims a loan that must be paid back or people's property could be seized? No, that's not true: The $750, which comes from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Serious Needs Ass
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Kansas City Chiefs refusing to host Pride Night is satire
“Breaking: Kansas City Chiefs refuse to host a Pride Night, ‘It’s woke agenda’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Driver Supposedly Getting Flat Tire After Running Over Trump 2024 Yard Sign — It’s Comedy Sketch
Does a viral video show a driver actually getting a flat tire after deliberately running over a Trump 2024 yard sign? No, that's not true: This video is a comedy sketch by someone who labels themselves a video creator on their YouTube cha
PolitiFact→ New Hampshire Democratic Party – New Hampshire Democrats’ ad omits context about Kelly Ayotte, corporate boards
When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.”
PolitiFact→ Kelly Ayotte – N.H. governor’s race: Kelly Ayotte attack on Joyce Craig’s Manchester tax record needs context
In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video shows pyrotechnic skydivers in United Arab Emirates, not Iran’s missile strike on Israel
Video shows a missile strike on Israel.
The Dispatch→ Welcome to Dispatch Politics on the Road … in Pennsylvania
Plus: An update on the race for control of the Senate.
Full Fact→ £1.7 billion isn’t really the right figure for the total cost of NHS strikes
It doesn’t include the junior doctors’ strikes in the summer of 2024, and the overall cost would include a range of other factors.
Full Fact→ Image does not show damaged ring belonging to killed Hezbollah leader
The photo of a broken silver ring has been circulating on social media with misleading claims that it was found with the body of Hassan Nasrallah.
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag With Valerie Smith
It’s our first employee’s turn to answer your questions.
Full Fact→ Video of ‘Tel Aviv destroyed by Iran’ actually of Taiwan factory fire
The video was uploaded to several stock image websites in July 2023 and is unrelated to recent events in Israel.
Full Fact→ A year of fact checking the Middle East conflict
Full Fact looks back on its fact checking a year on from the start of the current conflict in the Middle East.
The Dispatch→ Presbyterians and Hipsters
How Asheville is getting on with it after Hurricane Helene.
The Dispatch→ Marking One Year Since the October 7 Attacks
Plus: Checking in on the presidential election with less than one month to go before election day.
The Dispatch→ A Year Since Oct 7: The Future of the War (Part 2)
The balance of power in the Middle East, one year after October 7.
The Dispatch→ A Year Since Oct 7: Israel After the Massacre (Part 1)
How will Israelis remember the worst pogrom since the Holocaust?
The Dispatch→ ‘Something Inside Me Broke on October 7’
A year after Hamas’ attack, a return to normal seems impossible for some Israeli border communities.
The Dispatch→ One Year of Military Lessons
What Israel, its rivals, and the world have learned from the latest Middle East war.
Internet Archive→ FOX News Sunday : FOXNEWSW : October 6, 2024 11:00pm-12:00am PDT
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.); Sen. Joni Ernst (R); Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.); panelists include Michael Allen, Susan Page, Karl Rove and Juan Williams; Hadassah and Matthew Lieberman..This item belongs to: movies/TV-FOXNEWSW.This item has files of th
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, FEMA, other emergency responders are not 'confiscating' emergency supplies, donations
The Federal Emergency Management Agency “is confiscating supplies and donations!”
PolitiFact→ X posts – FEMA gives $750 to help hurricane victims with supplies. The claim it’s a loan is Pants on Fire!
“The $750 from FEMA that Kamala Harris is offering them is actually a loan, not real relief. And that if they don’t pay it back the feds can seize their property.”
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Fact-checking Harris, Trump’s AARP interviews
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-10-6-24-house-speaker-mike/story?id=114532003
The Dispatch→ October 7 and the Perils of Memory
Why remembering is paramount in the Jewish faith.
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact: Donald Trump returns to Butler, Pennsylvania, site of first assassination attempt
Former President Donald Trump’s speech in Butler, Pennsylvania, included claims about the Biden-Harris administration’s response to Hurricane Helene, illegal immigration and the economy. We fact-checked him.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Last Five Years
From COVID, to turmoil in the Middle East, to two elections and more.
Internet Archive→ Campaign 2024 Fmr. Pres. Trump Returns for Campaign Rally in Butler, Pennsylvania : CSPAN : October 5, 2024 4:24pm-7:36pm EDT
[LIVE] 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, his first return to same location where he survived an assassination attempt in July 2024....This item belongs to: movies
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 5 misleading claims about Helene relief efforts in North Carolina
Social media rumors mislead North Carolinians about what will happen to affected properties, who is allowed to help in crisis and how politicians have responded.
The Dispatch→ Revenge of the Late Deciders
Fewer voters have yet to make up their mind, but they can still influence the outcome.
The Dispatch→ Spineless Normies Are The New Base
Eleventy-gabillion dollars to Ukraine!
The Dispatch→ Are Americans the New Romans?
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ certainly thinks so.
The Dispatch→ The Other Cuba
How a slick 1964 propaganda film unwittingly subverted Fidel Castro’s regime.
The Dispatch→ Slog and Sacrifice
You don’t have to be religious to appreciate what millennia of religion have given us.
New York Times→ Trump’s False Claims About FEMA’s Response to Hurricane Helene
The former president falsely accused the Biden administration of spending disaster funding on migrants, neglecting areas that had voted for Republicans and ignoring a call from a Republican governor.
The Dispatch→ Courting Disaster
Should Liz Cheney criticize Kamala Harris’ court-packing scheme?