Did Belgian public broadcaster VRT make an editorial decision to intentionally interrupt Eurovision song contest coverage to express its protest against Israel's actions in Gaza? No, that's not true: The message that appeared on the TV sc
The Dispatch→ Panic Time
Even the best-case election scenario now looks very bad.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Did NOT Announce Plan To Build Modern Railway System On Moon As Of May 2024
Did NASA announce that it has plans to build a railway system on the moon? No, that's not true: The space agency announced funding for visionary concept studies that include a "lunar railway," but not an official launch of a train system
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Geomagnetic storm, not a HAARP experiment, created dazzling, worldwide northern lights display
Aurora borealis sightings a “fabricated light show” created by a HAARP experiment.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Danish King Frederik X On Balcony Waving Palestinian Flag — It’s Someone Else
Did King Frederik X of Denmark wave a Palestinian flag from a balcony in Copenhagen as a crowd of protesters were passing below? No, that's not true: This video was filmed in Malmo, Sweden, about 17 miles away and across the Øresund stra
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Did dolphins save mother whale and newborn from sharks? No, 2021 video shows dolphin feeding frenzy
Video shows dolphins saving a mother whale and newborn from sharks.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are campaigning, despite online claims
“There is no campaigning going on, none whatsoever.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Trump Rally In New Jersey — It’s From 2006 Rolling Stones Show
Does a picture posted by Roger Stone, a political consultant for former President Donald Trump, show a massive crowd for a New Jersey 2024 presidential campaign event for Trump? No, that's not true: The image is of people waiting for a co
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social didn’t ‘shut down’
“Truth Social is shut down, no longer operable.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Muslim Migrants’ Destroying Property ‘Because An Israeli Singer Took Part In Eurovision’
Does a video in a social media post show "Muslim migrants" destroying public property because an Israeli singer was featured in the Eurovision song contest? No, that's not true: The footage shows a 2009 anti-Israel demonstration in Sweden
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Jay-Z didn’t bribe country radio stations to play Beyoncé’s songs. This claim started as satire.
“Jay-Z paid more than $20 million to country radio stations to play Beyoncé songs so she’d top the Billboard country charts.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Replacement of Milwaukee election official unrelated to 2020 election
With the 2024 election just six months away, social media users continue to promote erroneous claims of election-related fraud in 2020, most recently with a spotlight on Wisconsin.
The Dispatch→ Maryland’s Senate Race Will Come Into Focus This Week
Plus: Why Donald Trump’s decision to address the Libertarian Party could backfire on him.
Health Feedback→ No research shows that dandelion can kill cancer cells or treat cancer in humans
REVIEW A claim circulated on social media in May 2024 that dandelion is able to “kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours”, implying that dandelion is a potent cancer cure. The claim appeared on TikTok and
The Dispatch→ There Are Two Sides to Every Debt
One party’s liability is another party’s asset.
Full Fact→ Image shows Russian military in Syria, not Niger
A widely shared image claiming to show Russian troops taking a US base in Niger actually shows Syria in 2020.
AllSides→ FactChecking Biden on Inflation, Other Claims
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/factchecking-biden-on-inflation-other-claims/ When President Joe Bide
The Dispatch→ State Department Report Says ‘Reasonable to Assess’ Israel Violated International Law
The document doesn’t point to a specific incident in Gaza, but weapons shipments to Israel sit in limbo.
The Dispatch→ How the Far Left Think About Israel
Is Israel a free and open society?
The Dispatch→ Will the Trumpification of the Libertarian Party Actually Hurt Donald Trump?
Following a populist uprising in 2022, the party is still deeply divided.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Election 2024: Chinese migrants’ stories are stark contrast to Trump’s statements
The daily struggle to find work for Chinese immigrants living illegally in a borough of New York is a far cry from the picture Donald Trump and other Republicans have sought to paint.
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Trump’s Trial and the War in Gaza
Plus: How the pandemic radicalized so many Americans.
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag with Grayson Logue
It’s our TMD deputy editor’s turn to answer your questions.
The Dispatch→ Higher Ed’s Fragmented Morality
Colleges and universities are reaping what a morally confused culture sows.
Internet Archive→ The Big Weekend Show : FOXNEWSW : May 11, 2024 4:00pm-5:01pm PDT
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The Dispatch→ Average Joe
A median approach in pursuit of the median voter isn’t working for Biden on Israel.
The Dispatch→ The Straussian Tangent
“When your mother says she loves you, check it out.”
The Dispatch→ The Aces and Misses of ‘Challengers’
Luca Guadagnino’s slick film almost makes up for its jumbled storytelling.
The Dispatch→ The Therapeutization of American Childhood
In ‘Bad Therapy,’ Abigail Shrier shows how counterproductive versions of talk therapy became commonplace.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove French Air Force Made Russian Flag With Colored Smoke During Olympic Air Show
Did French Air Force aerobatic jets accidentally emit smoke that displayed the Russian flag to mark the May 8, 2024, arrival of the Olympic flame in the French city of Marseille? No, that's not true: The eight Alpha Jets left smoke trails
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kathy Griffin Was NOT ‘Thrown Off The Red Carpet’ At Met Gala In 2024
Was actress Kathy Griffin "thrown off the red carpet" at the Met Gala in 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appeared on an America's Last Line of Defense Facebook account, listed under a "satire/parody" category. Lead Stories has previ
The Dispatch→ The Tea Party Movement Died With a Whimper
It turns out many who rode the wave of principled libertarianism were neither.
PolitiFact→ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a worm ate part of his brain. Experts said that’s unlikely
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said a worm ate a part of his brain. Experts say it’s not likely.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Canola Oil Was NOT First Developed As Engine Lubricant During WWII
Was canola oil first developed as an engine lubricant during World War II, as a post on Facebook claimed? No, that's not true: Canola oil is made from a species of plant specially bred from rapeseed. Oil from rapeseed was used during Worl
The Dispatch→ Mandate for Disaster
What lesson will Trump take from his reelection?
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Do all Starbucks cups hold the same amount of liquid? No, that’s Pants on Fire!
Video proves all sizes of Starbucks’ paper drink cups hold the same amount of liquid.
PolitiFact→ South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s new book contains 3 questionable anecdotes
Twitter: After an anecdote about a dog shooting from South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s new book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward” drew national headlines, three other anecdotes were reported
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Hold up: This isn't Beyoncé at the 2024 Met Gala. These images are AI-generated
Images show Beyoncé at the 2024 Met Gala.
FactCheck.org→ Republican Voters Against Trump/Republican Accountability PAC
Political leanings: Anti-Donald Trump 2022 total spending: $12.9 million Republican Voters Against Trump, a project of the Republican Accountability PAC, was originally established in 2020 as a standalone super PAC to oppose the reelection of
PolitiFact→ Paul Renner – Florida abortion amendment wouldn’t let tattoo artists, receptionists decide health risk exceptions
For health risk exceptions in Florida’s abortion amendment, “You're not even talking to a doctor to make that determination.”