Did President Joe Biden use a racial slur during a speech at the 2021 Virtual Munich Security Conference? No, that's not true: According to a White House transcript, Biden did not use the N-word, a slur targeted at Black people, during th
Internet Archive→ The Context : BBCNEWS : February 29, 2024 9:30pm-10:01pm GMT
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Internet Archive→ The Lead With Jake Tapper : CNNW : February 29, 2024 1:00pm-2:00pm PST
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The Dispatch→ The Trump-Trials Round Robin
Taking stock of where Trump’s major civil and criminal trials stand.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Is NOT Proven To Cure Cancer
Does hyperbaric oxygen therapy cure cancer? No, that's not true: The Food and Drug Administration has not approved such therapy as a cancer treatment. In fact, the agency has been refuting this claim for over a decade. The claim reappeare
The Dispatch→ COVID Vaccine Study Prompts Misleading Claims About Potential Side Effects
The study found rare occurrences of adverse events, but social media users are overemphasizing the risks.
Full Fact→ Altered photo of Mexican presidential candidate was not published by Times of Israel
Posts on social media shared an apparent screenshot of an article about Claudia Sheinbaum featuring the edited photo.
Full Fact→ Junior doctors do not earn £140 in ten hours
This was about the hourly rate of basic pay only, for first-year doctors only, last year.
Full Fact→ Crew of Rubymar cargo ship not rescued by ‘Yemen’ after missile attack
The 24-man crew were rescued by a passing merchant vessel following the missile strike, which has been claimed by the Houthi rebel group in Yemen.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – More efforts to stop ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine than fentanyl? Here’s why that’s wrong.
The government did more to stop the distribution of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine than to stop the distribution of fentanyl.
PolitiFact→ Pregúntale a PolitiFact: ¿Qué son las tarjetas de débito ‘flex card’?
En Español: Publicaciones engañosas en redes sociales dicen ofrecer tarjetas ‘flex cards’ para comprar alimentos, pagar por servicios médicos y otras necesidades. Pero estas obvian información importante sobre los beneficios y disponibilidad.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Fact-checking Joe Biden’s statement about semiconductor investments and CHIPS Act
The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act “attracted $640 billion in private companies’ investments.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – This photo doesn’t show the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas; it was posted in 2017
Photo shows the Smokehouse Creek fire in Texas.
The Dispatch→ Hunter Biden’s Day on the Hill
Despite setbacks, House Republicans continue their investigation into the younger Biden’s overseas business.
Full Fact→ Alexei Navalny was an Amnesty ‘prisoner of conscience’ when he died
Several posts on social media share a 2021 BBC headline about how he’d been stripped of this status, but these posts are missing crucial context—that it was reinstated months later.
Full Fact→ It’s not true that ‘lost’ tax revenue is 360 times greater than benefit fraud
An annotation suggesting that a graph shows tax evasion, avoidance and non-collection costs the government 360 times more than benefit fraud is incorrect.
The Dispatch→ Sore Losers and Dr. Phil
Gorsuch a babe.
The Dispatch→ Too Cool for School
Higher education. Nuke from orbit, or?
The Dispatch→ The Gemini Debacle Is Just the Beginning
With tough questions about AI alignment up in the air, politics is getting in the way.
The Dispatch→ How Sports Are Shaping the Future of Streaming, Explained
A newly announced merger could radically change the streaming landscape.
The Dispatch→ How Boredom Kills
There’s a reason most revolutionaries come from fairly comfortable backgrounds.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No proof a study found lab-grown meat funded by Bill Gates causes 'turbo cancer'
“Study reveals Bill Gates’ Fake Meat causes ‘turbo cancers’ in humans.”
The Dispatch→ Fear of Commitment
On the protest votes—both of them—in Michigan.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Donald Trump did not call his wife ‘Mercedes’ instead of Melania
Donald Trump called his wife "Mercedes" instead of Melania.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ ATF rules not updated to allow migrants to purchase firearms
Amid accusations from Republicans that President Joe Biden’s migrant policies are to blame for the recent killing of a nursing student in Georgia, social media users are falsely claiming that the ATF is making it easier for people who enter the U.S.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bad connection: Solar flares didn’t cause AT&T’s cellphone outage
Solar flares caused AT&T’s cellphone outage.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No proof Taylor Swift said she’d leave the U.S. if Donald Trump won
Taylor Swift said she “will leave the United States if Donald Trump becomes President in 2024.”
PolitiFact→ Deborah Ross – Which state has the longest voting period in the nation?
“North Carolina has the longest voting period in the country … and we have the most ways of voting.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Radium Exposure Is NOT Beneficial To Human Health
Is exposure to radium beneficial to human health, as a post on Instagram implies? No, that's not true: Radium is recognized by public health experts as a known carcinogen or cancer-causing agent. While it is true that radium was historica
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Dr. Oz Being Attacked For Promoting Diabetes Cure — Footage Is Of Ukrainian Journalist Brawling With Pro-Russian Politician
Does a video show Dr. Oz being attacked on TV for promoting a supposed three-day diabetes cure? No, that's not true: The footage that purports to be of Dr. Mehmet Oz being beaten up on a TV set stage was a live broadcast of a Ukrainian jo
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Migrants living in the U.S. unlawfully can not legally purchase firearms
The ATF updated their background check policy to allow “illegal immigrants” to purchase firearms.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Rescue of Crew from Ship Attacked by Houthis
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi militants damaged a British-owned cargo ship on the Red Sea on Feb. 18 and forced its crew to evacuate. Some social media posts f
The Dispatch→ Remote Work Is Here to Stay, Mostly for the Better
It’s great for working parents, people with disabilities, and anyone who likes more flexibility at work.
The Dispatch→ Biden’s Standing With Arab-American Voters Seems Shaky Post-Michigan
Plus: Haley supporters feel abandoned by Trump’s GOP.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Questionnaire asking blood donors’ vaccination status isn’t proof COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe
The American Red Cross asking blood donors about their vaccination status proves COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous.
Full Fact→ Overall GDP hasn’t had ‘seven consecutive quarters of no growth’
Labour MP Sarah Owen’s claim at Prime Minister’s Questions isn’t true of GDP overall. She was referring to GDP per capita instead, though she didn’t specify this at the time.
Health Feedback→ The level of aluminum in childhood vaccines is safe, even for babies
REVIEW Opponents to vaccination commonly point to the presence of aluminum in some vaccines as supporting evidence for their toxicity. Health Feedback explained that these claims are unsubstantiated in previous reviews. Nevertheless, these claims pe
The Dispatch→ Congress Tries to Avoid A(nother) Shutdown
The latest continuing resolution funding deadline is fast approaching.
The Dispatch→ Queer Factors
The real problem are the straight people.
The Dispatch→ With Unity Like This, Who Needs Division?
Trump claims the GOP is lined up behind him. So why is Haley still running?