People who demonstrate utter contempt for the law should not be making laws.
Logically→ Video of U.S. President Biden’s visit to Hawaii manipulated to include profane slogan
Washington Post→ Fact checking the first Republican primary debate
Here’s our round-up of fishy claims in the first debate of the 2024 election cycle
PolitiFact→ Fact-check: What Republican candidates got right, wrong in first debate on Fox News
Here's what the Republican presidential candidates got right and wrong in the first primary debate in Milwaukee.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bloomberg Did NOT Report That Obama Was ‘Named as Jeffrey Epstein’s middle man to JP Morgan’
Did Bloomberg publish a story saying that former President Barack Obama was a "middle man" for the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at J.P. Morgan? Did Obama help the disgraced financier to foster ties with the banking institution?
Truth or Fiction?→ Secret Service Agents Discussed ‘Liaison’ with Oath Keepers’ Extremist Leader
Members of the U.S. Secret Service were not only familiar with the right-wing extremist “Oath Keepers” group — at least two also parroted their talking points and discussed a “liaison” arrangement between the two organizat
Full Fact→ Missing children, lost dogs and escaped snakes: how hoax posts are swamping local Facebook groups
Our investigation reveals over 100 communities across the UK have been the victim of hoaxes, and uncovers why they’re happening.
The Dispatch→ Who Will Stop Him?
We shouldn’t have to be debating whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from office.
Truth or Fiction?→ Ellen Ochoa Elementary Bomb Threats
On August 23 2023, amid yet another wave of threats directed at public institutions such as schools and libraries, KFOR reporter Kaylee Olivas tweeted about “yet another” bomb threat at Ellen Ochoa Elementary school in Tulsa, Oklahoma:
The Dispatch→ A Debate About Nothing, and Everything
High stakes and low in Milwaukee.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence that a video showing planes leaving a trail was weather-modifying ‘geoengineering’
Video shows military planes over Nashville "dispersing materials into the atmosphere" for geoengineering.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks
Did U.S. Marines arrest Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories that this claim "is not true." Also, the website where this claim was made
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Walking Barefoot Changes pH Of Body
Does walking barefoot, or "grounding," change the pH in the body? No, that's not true: That claim is not grounded in science. A retired chemist and a dermatologist both told Lead Stories that there is no evidence that grounding has the ab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report Gavin Newsom Is First Governor To Call For Bill To Remove Trump From Ballot; Newsom Did NOT Say That
Did Fox News report that California's Gavin Newsom is the first governor to call for a bill to remove Donald Trump from the ballot in his state? No, that's not true: "The Governor did not say this," Newsom's spokesperson told Lead Stories
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Counties don’t decide presidential elections, contrary to misleading posts about 2020
CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump won 2,497 counties in 2020, far more than President Joe Biden’s 477 counties, suggesting Trump actually won the election.
Truth or Fiction?→ Were Period Products ‘Tested With Blood’ for Absorbency Claims?
In August 2023, amid larger discussions and inauthentically organized narratives about reproductive health care such as abortion, a tweet about whether period products were “tested with real blood” swirled in the context of a claim around r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Amtrak Does NOT Offer $1 Card For All US Residents That Lets Them Ride Trains For A Year Without Extra Fees
Does Amtrak have a promotion for a $1 card that allows every U.S. resident to ride their trains with no extra charges for a year? No, that's not true: An Amtrak spokesperson told Lead Stories that the card is a scam offer. The claim appea
Logically→ Old video of an attack on elderly man in the Netherlands shared as ‘refugees’ attacking a U.S. citizen
Washington Post→ Manipulated video portrays a ‘sleepy’ Biden at Maui wildfire event
The actual video shows President Biden didn’t fall asleep,.
Logically→ No, Waqf Boards cannot claim and acquire just any private or public property
Logically→ Old protest video shared as Baloch people ‘celebrating’ Pakistan’s Independence Day
The Dispatch→ The Chains That Bind Us
A new paper shows that big retailers and restaurants boost interactions between rich and poor Americans.
Full Fact→ The EG.5 variant of Covid-19 has nothing to do with 5G
Videos from a popular Instagram influencer wrongly suggest that the 5G network is somehow causing disease associated with the new Covid variant.
The Dispatch→ It’s Republican Debate Day in America
Plus: Democrats discuss their voter turnout strategy for 2024.
Logically→ Yuval Noah Harari discussing potential dangers of AI misconstrued linked to conspiracy theory
Full Fact→ ONS data shows lower death rates in people vaccinated against Covid-19
A video from the US is circulating on social media again, claiming that mortality data in the UK shows Covid-19 vaccines to cause a large increase in deaths. This is not what the data shows.
Logically→ Old, unrelated video of Costco outlet shared as effect of Hilary in California
PolitiFact→ Here’s how to watch the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate
PolitiFact will be live fact-checking GOP presidential candidates’ claims about their records along with their attacks on Democrats, President Joe Biden and one another. Here’s what to know about watching the debate.
Logically→ Video of U.S. President Biden shared to falsely claim he fell asleep during an event in Hawaii
Logically→ Nej, Klaus Schwabs datter har ikke talt for ‘permanente klima-nedlukninger’
Logically→ Opslag på sociale medier gør fejlagtigt Yuval Noah Harari til repræsentant for WEF
Logically→ లఘు చిత్రంలోని ఒక సన్నివేశాన్ని హర్యానాలో ముస్లింల పై జరుగుతున్న హింసగా ప్రచారం చేశారు
Logically→ Præsident Biden dufter ikke til et spædbarn i denne video
Logically→ Nej, WEF har ikke sagt, at CBDC-mikrochips skal implanteres i din hud
Logically→ తెలంగాణ ప్రభత్వం కొత్త రేషన్ కార్డులకు ధరఖాస్తులు స్వీకరించడం లేదు
Logically→ ಚಂದ್ರನ ಮೇಲ್ಮೈಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುವ ಅನಿಮೇಟೆಡ್ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಚಂದ್ರಯಾನ-೩ ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದ ದೃಶ್ಯವೆಂದು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ Nej, Mark Wahlberg har ikke sagt, at de pædofile i Hollywood er løbet tør for gemmesteder
Logically→ No, viral clip does not show a plane crash caused by tropical storm Hilary
Logically→ WHO har ikke indrømmet, at fuldt vaccinerede mødre føder børn med hjertefejl
Logically→ ಇಲ್ಲ, ತಿರುಪತಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನದ ಆಡಳಿತ ಮಂಡಳಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳುವ ನಡಿಗೆಯ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿಲ್ಲ