What did The 1619 Project get wrong?
The Dispatch→ What’s Behind Recent ‘Squatters Rights’ Disputes?
In some places, the competing interests of tenants and landlords is out of balance.
Truth or Fiction?→ Apple Watch Ultra Review
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Truth or Fiction?→ Ezoic Ad Platform Review
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Truth or Fiction?→ Rivian R1S 2024 Review
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Israelis Fleeing Iranian Aerial Attack — It’s Fans Mobbing One Direction Singer In Argentina
Does footage on social media show Israelis panicking and running after Iranian missiles and drones hit Israel's airspace April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The footage had already been on social media for a week when Iran attacked Israe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Benjamin Cohen Was NOT Sydney Mall Attacker — He Was Wrongly Linked To Mass Stabbing By Social Media
Did Australian law enforcement identify a Sydney mall attacker as "Benjamin Cohen"? No, that's not true: The police said that the man's name was Joel Cauchi. The claim originated from an account on X that self-identifies as aligned with a
Truth or Fiction?→ Apple Watch Ultra Review
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The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week Donald Trump Roiled the Abortion Debate
The presumptive Republican nominee said policy should be left to the states—until Arizona all but banned the procedure altogether.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Iranian Barrage Of Hundreds Of Cruise Missiles, Drones On Israel
Does a video on social media document a barrage of hundreds of cruise missiles and drones launched into Israel by Iran on April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The video, found in a variety of posts, appeared on social media several years
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video, Photo Do NOT Show Iranian Aerial Attack On Israel On April 13, 2024 — They Predate Barrage By A Day
Did a viral post share authentic visuals of Iranian drones in the sky over Israel during Iran's aerial attack of April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: Those images and clips had been circulating on social media for at least half a day befo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show April 13, 2024 Retaliatory Attack On Iran’s Capital Tehran — It’s An Old Picture, Mislabelled
Does a photo on social media show a retaliatory strike on the Iranian capital of Tehran, following Iran's drone attack on Israel on April 13, 2024? No, that's not true: The picture is not from 2024. It is a photo from the Getty Images cat
Internet Archive→ Campaign 2024 C2024 ‘Former Pres. Trump on Abortion Policy : CSPAN : April 13, 2024 1:07pm-1:13pm EDT
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The Dispatch→ Hard Numbers, Hard Spot for GOP on Abortion
The pro-choice contingent of the electorate had been growing since 2010. And then Roe v. Wade fell.
The Dispatch→ Political Palates
What does Jonah think of Vanderpump Rules?
The Dispatch→ Welcome to Mars, Jonathan Haidt
How ‘The Anxious Generation’ stumbles into a hidden problem at the heart of American childhood.
The Dispatch→ How ‘3 Body Problem’ Gets Lost in Translation
Netflix’s flimsy adaptation offers unintentional lessons about a U.S.-China pop culture clash.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Release A Photo Of Zelenskyy Captured and Arrested
Did online talk show host Tucker Carlson release a photo of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "captured" and being sent to a high-security prison in Russia? No, that's not true: The image posted on social media is a screenshot from
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: London Authorities Are NOT Legally Prohibited From Removing Bat Boxes Protesters Put On Surveillance Cameras
Are officials in London legally prohibited from removing bat boxes that protesters place on the city's traffic surveillance cameras? No, that's not true: It's illegal to install anything over these traffic cameras, which monitor vehicles
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Marines Did NOT Rescue 11 Kidnapped Children in Kansas
Did U.S. Marines rescue 11 children who were purportedly imprisoned in Kansas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim is false. Also, this claim appeared i
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Noncitizen voting isn’t an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here’s why
Former President Donald Trump is turning to one of his favorite themes, the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections.
The Dispatch→ The ‘Vibes’ Factor
What voters know, and what they assume.
FactCheck.org→ O.J. Simpson Died from Cancer, Not COVID-19 Vaccine
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. SciCheck Digest O.J. Simpson, a football star who was acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, died of cancer on April 10 at age 76. Misinformation spread online with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Baby Surrounded By Debris Does NOT Portray Damage Caused By Foreign Mercenaries In Ukraine — Scene Was Staged In 2015
Does a photo of a toddler walking past the debris of burned village homes portray the damage caused by foreign mercenaries in Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image is a screenshot of a 2015 staged music video. In 2024, the picture was r
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago press conference with Mike Johnson
Seeking to present a unified Republican front, former President Donald Trump and embattled Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson met April 12 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Trump made several false or misleading statements. Here are some of them.
The Dispatch→ Did Art Do That?
The best of art and pop culture is often not entirely intended.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Map That Shows Parts Of US To Be Hit By Floods, Earthquakes From 2024 Is NOT Official
Is a Safe Zones Map that shows parts of the United States that may be submerged by "the sea" or wracked by earthquakes an official map? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to back up this claim. Additionally, the map and its accompan
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Doctor’s office notice not proof of COVID-19 vaccines’ danger to young athletes
Notice from a New Jersey doctor’s office proves that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for athletes.
Internet Archive→ Campaign 2024 House Speaker Johnson Visits Fmr. Pres. Trump at Mar-a-Lago : CSPAN : April 12, 2024 5:06pm-5:28pm EDT
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PolitiFact→ X posts – Fact-checking the false claim that O.J. Simpson posted an online confession before his death
An X post that said, “I did it” was “the last thing O.J. Simpson tweeted before he passed.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, OJ Simpson did not admit on X to the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend
Following his family’s announcement, social media users falsely claimed that Simpson had made a deathbed confession on X that he killed Brown and Goldman — crimes he was acquitted of in 1995.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Migrants were not secretly flown to Florida with taxpayer money
Says 326,000 migrants were flown to Florida with taxpayer dollars under President Joe Biden’s secret migrant flight program.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this post doesn’t reveal any wrongdoing by Nancy Pelosi
“Nancy Pelosi busted, Speaker (Mike) Johnson just released it for everyone to see.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mika Brzezinski Did NOT Say Elon Musk Can ‘Control Exactly What People Think’
Did MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski state that tycoon Elon Musk can "control exactly what people think," as social media posts claimed in April 2024? No, that's not true: In the clip in these posts, Brzezinski talked about the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg Did NOT Co-Create ‘Non-Woke Film Production Studio’ — Satire Website Source
Did Hollywood director Mel Gibson and actor Mark Wahlberg "join hands to create a non-woke film production studio," as a post on Instagram claims? No, that's not true: The meme image and caption that make this claim were taken word for wo
Health Feedback→ Mamavation report doesn’t provide sufficient evidence for the claim that Band-Aids contain “cancer-causing forever chemicals”
REVIEW Claims that Band-Aids cause cancer or that Band-Aids contain cancer-causing chemicals began spreading on social media in early April 2024. Examples can be seen in these TikTok videos, one of which received more than 448,000 views to date. An
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence that Donald Trump paid off mortgage for Jonathan Diller’s home
Donald Trump “pays off mortgage of killed NYPD officer’s family.”
The Dispatch→ When a ‘Pro-Life’ Republican Defends His State’s Abortion Rights
Will Washington state Republicans again choose a MAGA diehard as they try to retake a congressional seat?
PolitiFact→ Republicans push for noncitizen voting ban in Congress. But a federal ban already exists.
In legislation and lawsuits, Republicans are backing efforts to prevent voting by noncitizens. The issue fuses GOP concerns about voting and immigration. But critics note that noncitizens are already barred from voting in federal elections.
FactCheck.org→ Viral Claim Inflates Number of New Voters in Three States
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A claim on social media misrepresents the number of people who have registered to vote in three states in 2024 and suggests the new voters are immigrants