Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz repeated some of the same false and misleading talking points that he and his running
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PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No votes, no aid? No, 2020 votes didn’t determine disaster aid delivery in North Carolina counties
“Out of the 28 North Carolina counties destroyed by Hurricane Helene, 26 of them supported President Trump in the 2020 election … If you’re wondering why the government hasn’t helped these people, now you know why.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Rep. Jack Kimble’ Did NOT Post About Lack Of VP Debate Media Coverage 24 Hours Before Debate
Is a social media post from a supposed California Republican congressman called Jack Kimble about the "liberal" media ignoring the U.S. vice presidential debate an authentic, predebate post? No, that's not true: There is no Jack Kimble wh
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hurricanes CANNOT Be Directed To A Specific Location Such As Albemarle Lithium Mine In Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Did government agencies conspire to direct Hurricane Helene to cause damage in the town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina -- to depress the value of properties needed to open a $90 million lithium mine? No, that's not true: This conspirac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Tel Aviv On Fire After Iranian Drone Strike In October 2024
Does a video on an Iranian news website show a blaze that broke out in Tel Aviv, Israel, following an Iranian drone strike in October 2024? No, that's not true: The same footage appeared in June 2022 on a YouTube channel belonging to news
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Summary Despite a mostly civil debate between Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two disagreed repeatedly not just on policy, but also on the facts. We referee some of those competing claims, and other factual missteps by the vice presi
PolitiFact→ JD Vance – Vance misleads: Trump tried to take the Affordable Care Act down, not build upon it
Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon (it)."
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Harris-Trump Debate
Summary The highly anticipated debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was a combative event in which facts were repeatedly trampled and distorted. In a lengthy exchange on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hells Angels Riding To Aurora, Colorado To Fight Venezuelan Gang — Was Recorded In Brazil In July 2024
Does a video on Instagram show Hells Angels going to Aurora, Colorado, to fight members of a Venezuelan gang after gang-related violence was reported in August 2024? No, that's not true: The video was first posted to TikTok on July 7, 202
FactCheck.org→ Opening Night of the Democratic National Convention
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary In a torch-passing speech, President Joe Biden vowed that he would be “the best volunteer” to help the campaign of his vice president, Kamala Harris. Biden also toute
Health Feedback→ Calcium is an essential component of bones and helps prevent osteoporosis, contrary to claim by Barbara O’Neill
REVIEW In July 2024, a snippet of a presentation by naturopath Barbara O’Neill circulated on Facebook where she advocated against using calcium supplements to treat osteoporosis. O’Neill justified her statement by claiming that bones “are not
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts the Facts in Attacks on Harris
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. At a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, former President Donald Trump rattled off several criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris, his presumptive opponent in the presidenti
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Vance’s Attacks on Harris
In his first two solo rallies as the Republicans’ vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris. But in several instances, Vance twisted Harris’ words or her record. Vance said Harris “support
FactCheck.org→ Final Night of the GOP Convention
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary For the first half hour of former President Donald Trump’s speech, when he discussed the attempt to assassinate him in Pennsylvania on July 13 and the need for unit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Statue of Liberty Art Built By Syrian Artist From Rubble — It’s Digital Media
Does a photo of a replica of the Statue of Liberty, purportedly made from the ruins of a Syrian artist's house, confirm that it is real? No, that's not true: The Statue of Liberty replica was made using a computer, creating a photomontage
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Tunnel Between Gaza’s Rafah And Egypt — It Used To Connect Gaza And Israel
Does a viral image show a tunnel between Gaza's Rafah and Egypt? No, that's not true: Previously published media reports and photos identify it as a tunnel that used to connect northern Gaza with Israel. It was discovered by the Israeli m
Health Feedback→ Vaccines don’t contain cells or tissues of aborted fetuses
REVIEW The claim that some vaccines contain animal cells or tissues from aborted human fetuses is a recurring theme of vaccine misinformation. Science Feedback explained on several occasions that this is misleading. Vaccine manufacturing processes s
FactCheck.org→ Still No Evidence COVID-19 Vaccination Increases Cancer Risk, Despite Posts
SciCheck Digest It has not been shown that COVID-19 vaccines cause or accelerate cancer. Yet opponents of the vaccines say a new review article “has found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development.” The review conclusions are mai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Dead Palm Trees Does NOT Prove They Were Killed By 5G In 2024
Does a picture of palm trees bent in half surrounding a disguised "5G tower" confirm that they were killed by the tower? No, that's not true: A post on social media recycled a previously debunked claim, as the tower in question did not em
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Declassified 1957 CIA File Mentioning ‘Tartar History’ Does NOT Vindicate Tartarian Empire Conspiracy Theory
Did the CIA declassify a 1957 file in 1999 that proves true the theories about the hidden history of an advanced global civilization, the Tartarian Empire? No, that's not true: The CIA document "National Cultural Development Under Communi
Full Fact→ Video does not show Tel Aviv ‘burning’ after Iran missile strike
The video appears to show buildings being destroyed in large explosions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Large Explosion’ Of Francis Scott Key Bridge — It’s A Video From October 2022
Does a video show an explosion on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, that collapsed on March 26, 2024? No, that's not true: The video shows an explosion on a bridge over the Kerch Strait between Russia and Crimea in Octo
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Donald Trump’s false claim that immigration hurts Social Security
"Your Social Security will be destroyed by the people coming in. There's too many of them. It's not sustainable."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fire Did NOT Kill 12 Million Chickens On Texas Farm
Did a fire on a Texas farm kill 12 million chickens in January 2024? No, that's not true: The figure circulating on social media reflects the total number of hens the current owner of the farm has in six different locations nationwide. In
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Special Forces Did NOT Destroy ‘DEW’ Plane
Did U.S. Special Forces destroy a DEW, which stands for directed energy weapon, plane? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories the story is "false." The website that made the claim regularly publishes completely fab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Bill Gates Advocating Destroying Agricultural Land — Portions Of Gates’ Remarks Have Been Cut
Does a video prove Bill Gates suggested destroying agricultural land? No, that's not true: A convoluted post on social media cut out portions of Gates' response to a question, changing the context of what he said. The edited clip of Gates
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s ‘Fact Check’ of the State of the Union
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Former President Donald Trump promised to provide a live “play by play” via Truth Social to “correct, in rapid response, any and all inaccurate Statements” mad
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chemotherapy Drugs Are NOT ‘100% Mustard Gas’
Do chemotherapy drugs consist of "100% mustard gas," as a post on Instagram claimed? No, that's not true: The National Cancer Institute told Lead Stories that its records do not indicate any forms of chemotherapy drugs are known to contai
Truth or Fiction?→ Myth or Truth: Safe to Touch Baby Birds?
Many people believe myths about what happens when we interact with baby birds, thinking we could be doing more harm than good. This article aims to clear up these misconceptions, focusing on what is true about our interactions with these young birds
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: HIV Medication Does NOT Weaken Immune System; Body CANNOT Reverse HIV/AIDS On Its Own
Does HIV medication weaken the immune system and worsen the condition and can the body reverse HIV/AIDS by itself? No, those claims are not true: An infectious disease expert told Lead Stories that HIV medication, known as antiretroviral
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Right Roof’ On Unburned Texas Homes Was NOT Biden’s Reference To ‘Blue Roof’ Conspiracy But To Fire-Resistant Roofing
Did Joe Biden let slip that there is a "right roof" with a certain color that will protect a home from being destroyed by lasers or directed energy weapons during wildfires as some conspiracists suggest? No, that's not true: In a video cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clip Does NOT Show ‘Green Laser … Directed Energy Weapon’ Igniting Texas 2024 Wildfire — Fake and Outdated Video
Does a viral video of a "green laser" authentically show a beam igniting a Texas wildfire that started in late February 2024? No, that's not true: The clip was posted two months before the blaze. It was first published in a social media
Truth or Fiction?→ Can Touching Baby Birds Do Harm?
Many of us have stumbled upon a baby bird on the ground and faced the dilemma of whether to help it or not. A lot of what we think we know about these situations comes from myths that have been passed down through generations. But what does the evide
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Iowa Town Hall
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Summary While his GOP primary rivals were debating on CNN on Jan. 10, former President Donald Trump took questions from Iowans in a town hall that aired on Fox News. We found sev
Washington Post→ Trump says Liz Cheney deleted evidence of Jan. 6 troops. There isn’t any.
The former president repeats the debunked claim he offered troops -- and fasely says former Rep. Liz Cheney destroyed evidence that would show this was true.
FactCheck.org→ The Whoppers of 2023
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Summary Another year of fact-checking is nearly done, which means it’s time for our review of the biggest whoppers we’ve written about over the last 12 months. Which false a
Truth or Fiction?→ Understanding Allegations: Does the IDF Deliberately Target Civilians?
The dynamics of warfare and conflict are invariably complex, impacted by a matrix of factors ranging from historical context to emergent ideologies. One such conflict with a deep-seated historical background is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT ‘Bomb Big Pharma in Ukraine’ For ‘Suspected’ COVID-19 Vaccine Production In 2023 — Farmak’s Warehouse Was Hit In 2022 During Nearby Battle
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin order "the destruction of a Kyiv pharmaceutical laboratory suspected of manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines" owned by Farmak, one of Ukraine's major companies selling medical products, in November 2023? No
Truth or Fiction?→ Origins of the Sewing Machine: A Factual Analysis
The art of sewing, an indispensable skill in society, has been transformed significantly over the centuries. What was once a laborious manual task, involving needles and threads handled by delicate fingers, has morphed into a mechanized process, than
Truth or Fiction?→ Unraveling the Mystery: Who Invented the Atomic Bomb?
The transformative power of science emerged in many forms during the 20th century, but its most enduring, and indeed devastating, manifestation was the creation of the atomic bomb. Stemming from the intellectual pursuits of renowned scientists like R