A Facebook post with 14,000 shares says a French supermarket went cashless but it is mostly illegal to do this in France.
The Dispatch→ An Island of Misfit Tories
British populists swing and miss.
The Dispatch→ Loper Bright and the End of Administrative Exceptionalism
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling marks a return to constitutional basics.
The Dispatch→ What Are Senators For?
At NatCon4, three men of the Senate lament their lack of agency.
The Dispatch→ Trump Is Loyal Only to His Own Ambition
He doesn’t serve the Republican Party. The party serves him.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Digitally Manipulated Video Does NOT Authentically Portray Dancing Macron And Zelenskyy
Does a viral video show authentic footage of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and France's Emmanuel Macron dancing before becoming president? No, that's not true: Heavily edited, it contained a substantial amount of deepfake shots. Other peo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Posts About ‘Missing Teen’ Charlotte Sena Are NOT Authentic, Are Part Of Scam
Is there an active search in July 2024 for a missing teen named Charlotte Sena? No, that's not true: The false social media posts using the girl's name and photos are part of a ruse to entice people to share a post that spreads a scam. Ch
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Le Pen Crying After Losing 2024 French Elections — Crying With Laughter in 2017
Does an image of French politician Marine Le Pen show her crying after her party lost the second round of July 2024 French elections? No, that's not true: The image is a still from a 2017 video from French radio network Europe 1 that capt
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Photo of RFK Jr. With Animal Carcass in Vanity Fair
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take A photo of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely shows him holding the carcass of a goat, lamb or other ruminant animal in Patagonia. Social
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Authentic Footage Shows A Tornado Hitting Florida On July 7, 2024 — No Extreme Weather That Day
Does a video show authentic footage of a tornado hitting a Florida beach, or Miami, on July 7, 2024? No, that's not true: National Weather Service records did not document any such extreme weather in the entire state of Florida on July 7,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence BBC News Made Meme Of ‘Inaudible’ Joe Biden Quote
Did BBC News make a meme from an "inaudible" quote by Joe Biden? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support the claim that BBC News created such a meme. It appears to be a mashup that riffs on White House transcripts, which inse
The Dispatch→ Drowning in Cynicism
The Democrats’ civic disaster.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Space rocks, but the meteor in this video in Hungary is fake
Video shows “huge green coloured meteor” on July 7, 2024, in Budapest, Hungary.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, a July 3 CNN report did not say Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race
CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video of Paris Crowd’s Algerian Flags Does NOT Show A Celebration Of Leftist Wins In 2024 French Election
Does a video show people waving Algerian flags after the second round of the 2024 French legislative election? No, that's not true: The video is from sometime in 2019. At that time, people gathered in a Parisian square to support a pro-de
Health Feedback→ Sodium chloride and corn gluten meal aren’t hazardous to humans, even though they are used as mouse poison
REVIEW In late June 2024, dentist and wellness YouTuber Michelle Jorgensen claimed in a Facebook reel that “a lot of processed food that [people] are eating has the same exact ingredients as mice poison”. She implied that salt and corn-containin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Hurricane Beryl In Jamaica On July 3, 2024 — It’s At Least 3 Other Places
Does a video compilation show Hurricane Beryl in Jamaica on July 3, 2024? No, that's not true: The compilation consists of older, unrelated video clips from intense weather events in other places. None of the footage was shot in Jamaica.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – New York Times’ Threads account briefly closed, but the newspaper didn’t do it
“The New York Times has closed its main Threads account.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Swimmer Lia Thomas didn’t lose “every title,” despite online claims
“Officially; Lia Thomas has lost every title.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Footage of towering tornado does not show Hurricane Beryl making landfall in Mexico
Video shows tornado caused by Hurricane Beryl in July 2024.
The Dispatch→ No Evidence Suggests Jerry Jones Is Selling the Dallas Cowboys to the Saudis
Online post alleges the owner would sell ‘America’s Team.’
The Dispatch→ High Steaks: Biden’s War on Elites Sends Sarah on a Journey
Was Steve’s renewed hope last week misplaced?
Full Fact→ Image of Sir Keir Starmer in pink hijab is not genuine
A picture showing Prime Minister Keir Starmer wearing a pink dress and hijab is not real.
Full Fact→ Reform UK candidate who stood in London was not ‘AI-generated’
Claims the party’s candidate for Clapham and Brixton Hill may not be real spread widely on social media, but have been debunked.
Full Fact→ Posts incorrectly claim ULEZ exemption for electric cars ending next year
Posts circulating on social media have shared a BBC headline claiming it relates to London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone, but it actually relates to the congestion charge.
Full Fact→ No evidence Rachel Reeves said pensions ‘can no longer be an entitlement for all’
Posts circulating on social media claim the UK’s new chancellor has announced “new pension rules”, but we could find no evidence this was true or that she said the quote being attributed to her.
The Dispatch→ French Snap Election Sows Confusion
A surprising defeat for the far right has the country facing a hung parliament.
Full Fact→ Fake video touts 10-day cure for diabetes
There is currently no known cure for diabetes.
The Dispatch→ Tim Miller: Democrats Should Stop Gaslighting Us
It wasn’t just a ‘bad night.’
The Dispatch→ Is ‘Text, History, and Tradition’ Alive and Well?
Plus: Kannon Shanmugam’s favorite BBQ spots.
The Dispatch→ ‘A Playground for Putin’
As the NATO summit opens, U.S. allies worry a clearly diminished Biden will embolden bad actors.
The Dispatch→ The Lurking Uzbek Menace
On immigration, the new right is, literally, the old one.
The Dispatch→ A Better Way to Fix NATO
Instead of measuring defense budgets, let’s look at who can help build a defense arsenal for the 21st century.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kuhbandner and Reitzner Study Did NOT Prove COVID-19 Vaccines Caused Excess Mortality In Germany — Other Causes Identified
Did a German preprint study published in February 2024 by Christof Kuhbandner and Matthias Reitzner prove that COVID-19 vaccines caused the number of deaths per year to rise above recent trends, as several online posts and articles implie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Malta ‘Roman Tidal Baths’ Photos Do NOT Prove Sea Level Stable For Millennia — Sharp Rise Seen In Last Twenty Years
Does a photo of the "Roman tidal baths" on Malta demonstrate that the sea level has been consistent for thousands of years? No, that's not true: The waterfront architecture known as the Roman Baths of Sliema were not built during the Roma
The Dispatch→ Heel Turn
Joe Biden goes full MAGA.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Crowd Celebrating Leftists’ Victory In July 2024, French Election — It’s From June 1, 2024
Does a video on social media show a crowd waving more Palestinian flags than French flags and celebrating victory for the political left in July 2024 French elections? No, that's not true: The video posted to "prove" the claim was shot du
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a video of a Florida beach tornado in July 2024
Video shows “Florida beach tornado” July 7, 2024
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Klaus Schwab Did NOT Say Humanity Needs To Be ‘Forced Into A Collaboration’ With ‘Globalist Entities’
Did World Economic Forum Founder Klaus Schwab say that "humanity needs to be 'forced into a collaboration' with globalist entities"? No, that's not true: Even the recordings of Schwab's speech shared by accounts posting this claim on the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Have A ‘Medical Emergency Aboard Air Force One’ On July 5, 2024
Did Joe Biden have a medical emergency aboard Air Force One on July 5, 2024? No, that's not true: White House spokesman Andrew Bates told Lead Stories that the claim was "false." Additionally, a video of Biden arriving in Wilmington, Dela