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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Attempted escape from Syrian camp misrepresented as child trafficking rescue
CLAIM: A video shows a child trafficking rescue operation. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The video shows people discovered hiding in the tank of a water truck in 2020 as they attempted to escape from a camp in Syria where tens of thousands of people linked
Health Feedback→ Claim by Steve Kirsch that the Amish don’t experience autism, cancer, or high COVID-19 mortality because they don’t vaccinate is baseless
REVIEW As of 15 July 2023, COVID-19 caused more than one million deaths across the U.S. 69.5% of the total population have completed their primary vaccine series since the vaccination campaign began in December 2020, and statistical models estimated
The Dispatch→ New Congressional Tensions Flare Over Israel
Infighting among Democrats accompanies President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Washington.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: French Military Did NOT Say It Would Arrest President Macron For Treason During 2023 French Riots
Did the French military say in July 2023 that it would arrest French President Emmanuel Macron for treason during 2023 French protests? No, that's not true: The claim relies on unsubstantiated information and there is no evidence that the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Financial Times Did NOT Report That Man Was Arrested After ’17 Years Traveling … With A Hacked Debit Card’
Did the Financial Times report that a man was "arrested after he spent 17 years traveling the country with a hacked debit card that gave him the exact amount of money needed for any purchase"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the F
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A video of a woman scaling a wall is computer-generated, not a 19th century demonic possession
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Performing Belly Dance In 2006 — It’s A Dancer From Argentina
Did a viral video show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy performing a belly dance on camera? No, that's not true: The footage portrays a different person, a professional belly dance instructor from Argentina, and Zelenskyy's face se
FactCheck.org→ U.S.-Acquired Malaria Cases Spark False Claims of Links to Gates-Funded Research
SciCheck Digest The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports research into fighting malaria, including funding a company that releases genetically modified mosquitoes that are incapable of carrying the disease. But reports of locally acquired cas
Full Fact→ Sky News article wrongly claims falling inflation figures mean decline in checkout costs
It’s not necessarily the case that lower inflation means things cost less than before. Kantar’s data shows prices are still rising, but less steeply than previously.
PolitiFact→ ¿Cuántas personas trans hay en Estados Unidos y por qué las sobrestimamos?
En Español: Las personas transgénero representan alrededor del 1% de la población de EE.UU., pero las encuestas muestran que la gente percibe que son el 20%. ¿Qué dicen los psicólogos sobre nuestra tendencia a sobrestimar?
Full Fact→ Thousands share fake Facebook motorhome competition
Thousands of people have shared a post claiming to be giving away a luxury motorhome worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Logically→ The Amish do in fact get cancer, diabetes, and autism
Logically→ No, vaccinating chickens against the IB virus is not a plan to mass vaccinate humans
Logically→ No, vaccinating chickens against the IB virus is not a plan to mass vaccinate humans
Logically→ No, the WEF did not say that ‘CBDC chips must be implanted under your skin’
Logically→ ೨೦೨೧ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿಯ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಚಿತ ಶವಸಂಸ್ಕಾರ ನೀಡುವುದಾಗಿ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ನೀಡಿದ ಭರವಸೆಯನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಯೋಜನೆ ಎಂದು ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ.
Logically→ Video of fire in a church in France falsely linked to clashes in Manipur
Logically→ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಪಕ್ಷವು ಗೆದ್ದರೆ ಕೆಂಪೇಗೌಡರ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗಳ ಬದಲಿಗೆ ಶಿವಾಜಿ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು ಎಂದು ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ನಾಯಕ ಅನಂತ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಹೆಗಡೆ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
Logically→ Edited video of man falling into pothole and disappearing shared as real
Logically→ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಜೋಡಿ ಕೊಲೆ ಪ್ರಕರಣಕ್ಕೆ ತಪ್ಪಾದ ಕೋಮು ನಿರೂಪಣೆ ನೀಡಿ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ No scientific evidence that castor oil-cayenne pepper poultice can cure hypothyroidism
Logically→ No, this video does not show the protests in Marseille, France
Full Fact→ Shops can refuse to take cash even though it’s legal tender
It’s perfectly legal for shops to refuse to accept cash. They may also refuse to accept card payments.
The Dispatch→ Israel Pares Back Judicial Reforms
Plus: Another swing and a miss by the FTC.
The Dispatch→ Justice Justice Thou Shalt Pursue
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
The Dispatch→ Sorting Out the Kinks in Ranked-Choice Voting
Arlington, Virginia, is pausing its experiment, but that’s not an indictment of the practice.
The Dispatch→ The Roberts Court at the Crossroads
Four key themes from the court’s recent term.
Logically→ Video showing destruction after Kyiv’s bombardment shared as footage from France
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Masons’ Child ID Programs NOT Injecting Children With ‘CHIP’ Or Collecting DNA — ID Info Is Kept By Parents, Guardians
Are Masonic Lodges injecting children with "'free child identification chips' to 'help combat abduction,'" also collecting those children's DNA? No, that's not true: There is no credible evidence or reliable information to support such a
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The DOJ did not announce that international child sex trafficking is no longer a concern
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Proof Disney Is Opening ‘Pediatric Transgender Clinics’
Does this video prove The Walt Disney Company plans to open "Disney-themed pediatric transgender clinics"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Disney has announced such a plan. The man who makes the claim admitted to posing as
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Miss USA Is NOT Boycotting Miss Universe Over Trans Participant Stating She ‘Won’t Compete Against A Man’
Did Miss USA "Natasha Berkelston" state she "won't compete against a man" and boycott the 2023 Miss Universe pageant after Rikkie Kollé was named Miss Netherlands, becoming the first transgender woman to take the title? No, that's not tr
PolitiFact→ David Wolfe – Experts, medical groups still recommend mammograms as a screening test for breast cancer
“Stop getting mammograms immediately as they are outdated and dangerous!” Thermography “is a safer way to test for breast cancer!”
PolitiFact→ David Harris Jr. – Justice Department web page revisions did not lower priority of fighting child sex trafficking
The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Snow White’ Set Photos Were NOT Fake — Though They Did NOT Portray Lead Actors
Are images used by the Daily Mail that appear to have been leaked from the "Snow White" set inauthentic? No, that's not true: The Daily Beast article that declared Disney described photos as "fake" was updated to include new comments from
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video doesn’t show Ted Cruz asking the U.S. Supreme Court to charge an aide to the attorney general
Video shows Sen. Ted Cruz asking the Supreme Court to file charges against an aide to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The Dispatch→ Long Weekend
Two rough days for traditional conservatives.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – The World Economic Forum didn’t ban natural conception in favor of lab-grown babies
The World Economic Forum “bans natural conception” because “all babies must be lab-grown by 2030.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video about zombie fungus isn’t ‘the truth.’ It’s from HBO’s fictional ‘The Last of Us’
Video shows ‘truth’ that fungus may be the “next government project.”