Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Aug. 12 to complain about the FBI’s unannounced search at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, days earlier. The agents […] The post ‘All they had to do was ask,’ said Trump: A ti
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PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, dead people didn’t cast half of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election votes
Half of the votes for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election “are from dead people.”
PolitiFact→ ‘All they had to do was ask,’ said Trump: A timeline of efforts to retrieve presidential records
Trump said all the FBI had to do was ask for the documents it wanted. But experts say law enforcement isn’t obligated to repeatedly ask someone to comply with the law. Here is a timeline of what we know about how often the request was made.
Poynter→ Kenya’s presidential election a hotbed of false information ahead of and during voting
In Kenya, if you didn’t like the results of the presidential election, the joke went, change the channel. News stations were tallying results manually, projections were neck and neck, and […] The post Kenya’s presidential election a hotbe
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Trump was in SUV after Jan. 6 rally, not presidential limousine
President Donald Trump was in a presidential limousine as he left his Jan. 6, 2021, rally at the White House Ellipse.
Logically→ An image shows that BJP’s presidential candidate, Draupadi Murmu, visited RSS headquarters in Nagpur to meet Mohan Bhagwat.
Logically→ The U.S. federal courts have annulled the 2020 presidential election.
PolitiFact→ Rebecca Kleefisch – Kleefisch campaign wrong that Wisconsin had smallest margin in 2020 presidential election
“Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Woman Did NOT Plead Guilty To Role In Supposed Ballot Trafficking Ring From 2020 Presidential Election
Did a Yuma County, Arizona, woman plead guilty to a role in a sophisticated ballot trafficking ring that supposedly stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump? No, that's not true: Guillermina Fuentes did plead guilty on June
Poynter→ False information ramps up ahead of Colombia’s presidential runoff
In Colombia, leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro entered the first round of voting as a clear front-runner. But despite clinching a plurality of votes of 40% — over 10 percentage […] The post False information ramps up ahead of Colombi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Queen Elizabeth II Did NOT Congratulate Marcos Jr. On May 11, 2022, For His Presidential Election Win — It’s Satire Post
Did Queen Elizabeth II congratulate Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the presumptive president-elect of the Philippines, on May 11, 2022, for his presidential election win? No, that's not true: A social media post claiming that the queen called Marc
Logically→ Marine Le Pen’s ballot papers were deliberately spoiled to rig the 2022 presidential election in France.
It is expected that some ballot papers will have printing errors, tears, or rips. Voters are advised to get fresh ballot papers from polling stations.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this presidential seal doesn’t prove the Bidens pretended to celebrate Easter at the White House
Footage of the Bidens celebrating Easter at the White House is fake.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of President, First Lady Does NOT Show Fake Presidential Seal On White House Balcony For 2022 Easter Egg Roll
Does a photo of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden show a fake presidential seal? No, that's not true: A fuzzy photograph from the April 18, 2022, Easter Egg Roll at the White House does show the real presidential seal, as prov
Poynter→ How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments
Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House for the first time since 2017, joining President Joe Biden for an April 5 event to celebrate the Affordable Care Act. The event, […] The post How misinformers manufacture and embellish e
PolitiFact→ How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments
The trend in misinformation capitalizes on a history of comedic and embarrassing presidential moments — and on how hard it can be to differentiate between something that really happened and videos that are designed to make a president look old, weak
Logically→ Andriy Bohdan is a lawyer in Ukraine’s entertainment industry and is the head of the Presidential Administration.
Bohdan was removed as chief of staff in 2020 and is no longer a part of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration.
Snopes→ The Definitive Snopes Compendium of Useless Presidential Trivia
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The Dispatch→ Fact Checking More Claims About the 2020 Presidential Election in Georgia
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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – False claims about Jan. 6 insurrection and 2020 presidential election rely on debunked information
“Jan. 6 was NOT an insurrection…but Nov. 4 at 3 a.m. was!”
Snopes→ 2021 Snopes Fact Checks: Alleged Presidential Faux Pas
Throughout the year, Biden supposedly fell asleep on the job, fumbled quotes, or passed gas on the regular.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the military hasn’t been in charge since the 2020 presidential election
“The military’s actually been in charge since November 3rd.”
Snopes→ Senate Leader, Presidential Candidate Bob Dole Dies at 98
Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died.
Snopes→ Does Georgia Have ‘No Way to Verify’ 2020 Presidential Election Results?
A full year after the 2020 election, bogus claims of widespread fraud persisted.
Poynter→ Arizona cannot decertify the 2020 presidential election
Some supporters of a GOP-led review of ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election in Arizona’s Maricopa County have engaged in wishful thinking that the process would lead to decertification of the election results. The idea is nothing but a fant
Snopes→ Obama Presidential Center and Library Will Break Ground in September 2021
The opening in Chicago was delayed because of a lawsuit and a federal review.
Logically→ A video purportedly shows the Taliban in control of the presidential palace in Kabul.
An old video of Syrian rebels capturing the city of Idlib in March 2015 is falsely claimed to be of the current situation in Afghanistan.
Logically→ During the Arizona audit of the 2020 Presidential election, 74,243 mail-in ballots were found with no record of them being sent.
This claim misrepresents a normal feature of elections - some early ballots are not returned by post because people choose to vote in person instead.
Snopes→ Are Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter the Longest-Married Couple in Presidential History?
The couple celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in 2021.
FactCheck.org→ Presidential Vetoes Rare in Unified Government
When presidents enjoy a unified government, meaning the same party controls the House, Senate and White House, they rarely veto legislation. But Republican Sen. John Barrasso left the misleading impression that it would be some sort of historic anomal
Snopes→ Nevada OKs Bill in Try for 1st Presidential Nominating State in 2024
The move upends decades of political tradition and is likely to prompt pushback from other early states that want to retain their places in the calendar.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michigan Has NOT Authorized A Full Forensic Audit Of The 2020 Presidential Election
Did Michigan authorize a full forensic audit of the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: No new audits are planned, a spokeswoman for the Michigan secretary of state told Lead Stories on May 11, 2021. Since the election, more
AFP Fact Check→ Fabricated screenshots of news broadcasts used to spread false claims about Ugandan presidential inauguration
Facebook posts shared multiple times with purported screenshots from major news networks have claimed that Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine will be sworn in as president ahead of his rival Yoweri Museveni. The claim is false; the screenshots are
AllSides→ Washington Post Will No Longer Maintain Presidential Fact-Checking Database
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/04/27/washington-post-will-no-longer-maintain-presidential-fact-checking-database/
AFP Fact Check→ This video shows clashes in Iraq in 2020, not at Chad’s presidential palace
A video of a firefight has been circulating on social media alongside a claim that it was filmed at the presidential palace in Chad on the evening that President Idriss Déby’s death was announced. However, this video was filmed in Iraq in 2020 durin
AFP Fact Check→ Survey findings misrepresented in misleading online posts about Leni Robredo’s 2016 vice presidential win
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in YouTube, Facebook and blog posts that claim a research organisation has “confirmed” Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo received zero votes in the country's Mindanao island. Social media user
Snopes→ Is a Presidential Dog Trainer Job Available on Daybook?
Always read the fine print. Or, in this case, the big bold letters.
AFP Fact Check→ Picture of burning building does not show Nigeria’s presidential residence on fire
An image of a burning building has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook alongside claims that it shows Nigeria’s presidential residence, popularly known as Aso Villa or Aso Rock, on fire. This is false; the image was taken last year and shows a
AFP Fact Check→ False allegations of fraud in Philippines’ 2016 vice presidential election surface online
An image purportedly showing screenshots from a TV news report has surfaced on Facebook alongside a claim it shows “evidence of cheating” in the 2016 Philippine vice presidential race, which Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. narrowly lost to Len
AFP Fact Check→ US presidential candidates cannot receive foreign campaign contributions
Social media posts in Nigeria are claiming that US President Joe Biden, the purported recipient of a $700 million campaign contribution from the west African nation, had disrespected the country by allowing separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to enter the