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FactCheck.org→ Dueling Ads: Trump and DeSantis on Social Security and Medicare
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis both say they do not support cuts to Social Security. But dueling ads from super PACs supporting their presidential bids say past statements or actions suggest they once did, and therefore se
Poynter→ How to uncover ads disguised as news stories
What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without a shower? According to this TikTok — which talks about the “dangers” of showering in regular tap water — the longer, the better. […] The post How to uncover ads disguised as news stories a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘GWEN’ Tower That Downloads Brainwaves
Does a homemade video on social media show a "GWEN" tower that is designed to download brainwaves? No, that's not true: The Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN) system was discontinued in 1994 and it was not designed to or capable of down
Logically→ An old image from Kolkata with graffiti that reads “Go Back Modi” resurfaces claiming to be from Tamil Nadu.
Logically→ 2018 video of passports found on the roadside in Haryana falsely misattributed to Gujarat
Health Feedback→ No evidence that a carnivore diet leads to “90% reduction in all diseases” or treats diabetes
REVIEW In March 2023, several posts on social media platforms (like this and this) shared a video that discussed several alleged benefits of adhering to a carnivore diet. The video was an excerpt from an address by diet blogger Mikhaila Peterson at
PolitiFact→ Tommy Tuberville – Most US high school grads read below standard. That doesn’t mean half can’t read their diplomas
"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”
Full Fact→ Asda tills don’t use facial recognition for targeted ads
A Facebook video wrongly claims Asda’s self-service tills use facial recognition to collect data about customers for targeted advertising.
The Dispatch→ Tossed Salads and Scrambled Meigs
Time to go nuclear. Continue reading Tossed Salads and Scrambled Meigs »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patrick Mahomes Was NOT Suspended By The NFL — It’s A Fake Story That Leads To An Advertisement
Was Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes indefinitely suspended by the NFL? No, that's not true: The claim in a social media post has a "Learn more" link that goes to a fake ESPN page promoting an "off-market supplement." The fa
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – In swipe at Fox News, Trump misleads about Los Angeles County election
The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video misleads on the ‘single word’ President Joe Biden used to describe the United States
Joe Biden described America as “the foothills of the Himalayas with Xi Jinping.”
PolitiFact→ What role does natural gas play in a ‘clean energy’ future? Separating spin from science in TV ads
A natural gas industry-backed group says natural gas can be “partnered” with renewables toward a “clean energy” future. Experts say although natural gas is reliable for generating electricity and is generally cleaner than coal, it’s still a s
Health Feedback→ Florida Department of Health misleads on COVID-19 vaccine safety with erroneous comparison of VAERS reports
REVIEW On 15 February 2023, the Florida Department of Health published a “Health Alert on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Safety”, stating that “In Florida alone, there was a 1,700% increase in VAERS reports after the release of the COVID-19 vaccine, co
FactCheck.org→ Internet Hoax Spreads False ID on Michigan State University Shooter
Quick Take Police identified the suspect in the Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University as Anthony Dwayne McRae, who shot and killed himself. But a viral internet hoax used the photo of another man and falsely claimed that th
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘He Gets Us’ Ads and Abortion Access Lawsuit
On February 12 2023, Judd Legum tweeted about “He Gets Us”/Jesus advertisements, claiming that the campaign was financed by the “same group” that is “seeking to ban abortion medication nationwide”: Just FYI, the sa
The Dispatch→ The Pro-Life Movement Comes to a Crossroads
(Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)With Roe v. Wade’s demise and a midterm election in the rearview mirror, pro-life activists and legislators contemplate new strategies.The post The Pro-Life Movement Comes to a Cros
Health Feedback→ Video by John Campbell comparing historical and COVID-19 vaccines misleads on vaccine safety
REVIEW In a YouTube video uploaded on 31 December 2022, retired nurse practitioner John Campbell discussed vaccine adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination. Citing the manner in which previous vaccine safety concerns—namely the swine flu vacc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clint Eastwood NOT On Life Support After ‘Deadly Ligma Virus’ Spreads Through Body
Is Academy Award-winning actor/director Clint Eastwood on life support in a California hospital after the "deadly ligma virus" spread through his body? No, that's not true: Ligma is not a real disease, and the purported hospital source in
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misleads about lithium mining and Tesla cars
Large machinery is “required to move 500,000 pounds of earth in order to get the minerals needed for one single Tesla car battery.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Charlie Kirk Reads Messages From Georgians Bragging About Not Voting?
On December 8 2022, two Imgur accounts shared screenshots of a popular tweet which claimed that right-wing pundit and disinformation purveyor Charlie Kirk spent the first hour of his online show “reading emails from his listeners who said they d
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Poll Pads’ Used In Dallas Are NOT Using Outdated Software Version
Are the ExpressPoll pollbook devices used in Dallas County for the 2022 general election operating on out-of-date software? No, that's not true: ExpressPoll Version 7.2.3.0, the up-to-date version, was certified by the Texas Secretary of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Election ‘Poll Pads’ NOT Caught Adding Hundreds Of Voters In Real Time As Poll Is Being Closed
Were "poll pads" in Texas caught adding "hundreds" of voters in real time as a poll was being closed? No, that's not true: The state-certified Election Systems & Software (ES&S) voting systems e-pollbooks in Dallas County, Texas,
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Nancy Pelosi didn't display T-shirt that reads “I’m proud of my gay husband.” The photo was doctored
Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a T-shirt that reads, “I’m proud of my gay husband.”
FactCheck.org→ Buldoc Revives Zombie Claim About Busloads of Illegal Voters in New Hampshire
U.S. Senate candidate Don Buldoc, a Republican, resurrected a zombie claim that has been repeatedly debunked about busloads of people coming from out of state to vote illegally in New Hampshire. “We need to make sure that school buses loaded with
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Ads’ Claims of ‘Anti-White Bigotry’
Radio and TV ads from a group headed by a former senior adviser to Donald Trump accuse President Joe Biden and the left of “racism against white people” and “anti-white bigotry.” But in context, some of the claims about the alle
PolitiFact→ Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally
GOP ads claim Democrats have “open borders” policies that cause fentanyl overdose deaths. Experts say most illegal fentanyl comes from smugglers through legal checkpoints, not through migrants crossing illegally.
FactCheck.org→ Super PAC Ads Distort New York Congressional Candidate’s ‘Help Not Handcuffs’ Quote
The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, is running ads on TV and social media that distort Democratic House candidate Josh Riley’s positions on crime. One ad misleadingly claims that the New York Democrat said he “suppo
Full Fact→ Deaths due to SADS aren’t covering up ‘genocide’ caused by Covid-19 vaccines
There is no evidence that Covid-19 vaccines are causing people to die of SADS, or that deaths due to the Covid-19 vaccine are being misreported as SADS as part of a cover up.
Snopes→ Facebook Hoax Promises Way ‘To Regain Friends and Get Rid of Ads’
If only "copypasta" worked that way.
AllSides→ Ads Distort Oz’s Position on Abortion, Taxes and Social Security
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/ads-distort-ozs-position-on-abortion-taxes-and-social-security/ Ads f
FactCheck.org→ Ads Distort Oz’s Position on Abortion, Taxes and Social Security
Ads from two Democratic-aligned super PACs distort Dr. Mehmet Oz’s positions on taxes, Social Security and Medicare, and abortion. An ad from Senate Majority PAC says Oz would “hike taxes on working families” based on Oz’s vagu
PolitiFact→ Kari Lake – Arizona GOP governor candidate Kari Lake misleads on opponent’s abortion law vote
“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misleads on U.K. defibrillators and COVID-19 vaccines
"Defibrillators are being installed all over” the U.K. after a child’s death, which may be “why the UK suddenly stopped” COVID-19 vaccination for children under 11 years old.
FactCheck.org→ TV Ads Distort Tshibaka’s Position on Birth Control
A super PAC supporting Sen. Lisa Murkowski claims in several TV ads that her top challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, “wants to ban birth control in the mail.” Tshibaka has said she would ban the sale of the morning-after pill via the mail, but the
PolitiFact→ Scaring voters to the polls? How political ads use crime statistics to try to sway voters
Although violent crime remains below the record rates of the early 1990s, several categories of violent crime have seen significant increases since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Experts say the ads are meant to induce fear, which can moti
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Hurricane Matthew coverage in 2016 spreads without context as Hurricane Ian heads toward Florida
A news anchor warned that if Hurricane Ian “moves 20 miles to the west … you and everyone you know are dead.”
Snopes→ Trump Bid to Dodge Suit from Rape Accuser Heads to DC Court
An appeals court in Washington D.C. has been asked to help decide whether Donald Trump was doing his job as president when he denied raping a woman and dismissed his accuser as “not my type.”
PolitiFact→ Catherine Cortez Masto – In Nevada Senate race, Cortez Masto misleads about Laxalt’s record against opioid companies
Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.”