The Republican candidates had tough words for President Biden on Israel evacuations, Ukraine funding and Iran policy. But how accurate were their attacks?
Logically→ ছিৰিয়াৰ ফটো ইজৰাইলে বগা ফছফৰাছেৰে কৰা আক্ৰমণৰ দৃশ্য বুলি প্ৰচাৰ
Logically→ No, Supreme Court of India has not banned all firecrackers
Logically→ Footage of explosion near Ukrainian drone operator falsely linked to Israel-Hamas conflict
Washington Post→ Fact-checking the third Republican primary debate
Here’s our roundup of fishy claims in the third GOP debate of the 2024 election cycle.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking the third GOP presidential debate in Miami
PolitiFact live fact-checked the third GOP debate in Miami. We sorted through the presidential candidates’ claims on Israel-Hamas war, abortion, taxes, the environment and more. Take a look.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent voting machine error in Pennsylvania county as evidence of ‘rigged’ elections
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Did NOT Find Human Meat In Hot Dogs — Startup Reported Unsourced Findings Of Human DNA
Did a study detect human DNA in many hot dog samples tested with a new type of technology, finding that many hot dogs, even vegetarian hot dogs, are made with human meat? No, that's not true: A startup named Clear Food, which was seeking
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI Has NOT Warned Of Coordinated Hamas Attacks On US Cities — There’s Nothing ‘Specific And Credible’
Did the FBI warn about coordinated attacks on more than two dozen American cities by Hamas in the aftermath of the militant group's attack on Israel in October 2023? No, that's not true: The FBI said it hasn't "issued such a warning" and
The Dispatch→ Deinstitutionalization
Another bad night for a weak party.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A gas leak at a Kentucky polling place fuels false claims of election fraud
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ How Anti-Zionism Shrugs Off Antisemitism
New words and ideas can’t sanitize very old facts.
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr. Incorrectly Denies Past Remarks on Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness
In a “PBS NewsHour” interview, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly denied previously saying that “no vaccine” is safe and effective. But Kennedy said exactly that on the Lex Fridman podcast in July.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rapper Lil Wayne Did NOT Endorse $6,400 ‘Health Allowance Card’
Did rapper Lil Wayne endorse a health allowance card in an online promotion? No, that's not true: Lil Wayne, who purportedly backed the plan, did not post such an endorsement on his official social media channels. The claim that the gover
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Navy JAG Did NOT Hang ‘250 In October’ 2023
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) hang "250 Deep State felons in October" 2023? No, that's not true: The website where this claim was made has a disclaimer that states it publishes satirical content. Fictional stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Actually Show Lionel Messi Holding Up Palestinian, Israeli Flags — They’re Manipulated
Do two separate images show professional soccer player Lionel Messi holding up a Palestinian flag and an Israeli flag, seemingly in support of both? No, that's not true: Both the images are altered to show Messi with the respective flags.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of US Soldiers Praying Is NOT Before They’re Deployed To Israel — US Is Not Sending Soldiers To Israel
Does a photo show American soldiers praying in 2023 "before being deployed to defend Israel"? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, U.S. soldiers were not deployed to Israel. This photo was posted on social media in 2017, six years
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘British Policeman’ ‘Set On Fire At A Hamas Demonstration’ In 2023
Does a video on social media show a British law enforcement officer engulfed in flames during a rally related to the 2023 Hamas-Israel war? No, that's not true: The footage predates the conflict and the incident occurred far from the Midd
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Rogan Did NOT Talk About Purported Child Abduction Into Disneyland Secret Tunnels
Did podcaster Joe Rogan discuss a child being abducted through secret tunnels at Disneyland on his show? No, that's not true: The audio making the claim about a child being taken away from his family via a secret underground tunnel at Dis
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Dior didn’t replace Bella Hadid with an Israeli model
Social media users are sharing a baseless claim that Dior has dropped Bella Hadid due to her recent comments on the latest Israel-Hamas war.
Full Fact→ Aerial footage shows a bombing in Sudan, not Gaza
The video has been shared on social media platforms with claims it shows a targeted attack on Palestinians.
Logically→ Photo does not show U.S. soldiers praying before being deployed to Israel
The Dispatch→ A Banner Off-Year Election Night For Democrats
Youngkin faces disaster in Virginia as abortion boosts Democrats almost everywhere.
Full Fact→ Video does not show Croatian mayor slapping ‘Hamas supporter’
The video was filmed in Hamburg over 20 years ago and shows a former boxer hitting someone.
PolitiFact→ Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . – Claim that Wis. elections official Meagan Wolfe refused to ‘clean up’ voter rolls is Pants on Fire
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “refuses to clean up our voter rolls”
PolitiFact→ Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . – Claim that Wisconsin official Meagan Wolfe allowed absentee drop boxes, ballot harvesting is false
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “allowed for the use of illegal drop boxes and ballot harvesting.”
PolitiFact→ Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . – Claim that Wis. elections official Meagan Wolfe permitted ‘Zuckerbucks’ in 2020 is Pants on Fire
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “permitted the ‘Zuckerbucks’ influence money.”
Logically→ ಆಂಧ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ವೈಎಸ್ಆರ್ಸಿಪಿ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಲ್ಲೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಉತ್ತರ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಹಳೆಯ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Pro-Palestinian protest video shows flags of an Indian political party, not Italy’s
“Protesters in Kerala India accidentally brought the Italian flag instead of the Palestine flag to pro-Hamas protest.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show New York Attorney General Letitia James criticizing President Joe Biden
New York Attorney General Letitia James said President Joe Biden “is an embarrassment to all that we stand for.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, NASA didn’t admit space and planets are fake
“NASA admits space and planets are fake.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Jimmy Fallon interviewing Kelly Clarkson about weight loss
Video shows late night host Jimmy Fallon interviewing singer Kelly Clarkson about a weight loss product.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Gov. Gavin Newsom can’t be seen slipping down airplane stairs in viral video
Video shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom falling down airplane stairs.
Health Feedback→ Study in Italy didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines have an “unacceptable” safety profile, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
REVIEW In late October 2023, a claim that a study found “nearly 1 in 3 COVID-19 vaccine recipients suffered neurological side effects” made the rounds on the Internet. The claim originates from an Epoch Times article, which is in turn based on a
AllSides→ Did Speaker Mike Johnson Say He Did ‘Extensive Studies of Homosexual Relationships’ in College?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/johnson-studies-homosexual-relationships/ Claim: U.S. House Speaker M
AllSides→ Assessing Claims That Ethiopian Immigrants to Israel Received Birth Control Shots Without Consent
https://thedispatch.com/article/assessing-claims-that-ethiopian-immigrants-to-israel-received-birth-control-shots-without-consent/
Logically→ Digitally manipulated videos shared to claim Telugu influencers danced to anti-BRS song
Logically→ 2021 video shared as BRS leader assaulting voter during election campaign in Telangana
Logically→ Old photograph of actor Gal Gadot joining IDF resurfaces amid Israel-Gaza conflict
The Dispatch→ Roe-ing Against the Tide
Abortion once again costs Republicans electoral victories in the states.