Plus: Will Hurd enters the GOP presidential primary. Continue reading U.S., India Unite Over Common Adversary »
Full Fact→ No evidence for MP’s claim 100,000 ‘ghost kids’ disappeared from school rolls in pandemic
Bob Seely MP made the claim during a debate in parliament.
Logically→ Fake news clip about Dalit girl beheading six Muslim men in U.P. goes viral
Washington Post→ Trump falsely compares Hillary Clinton’s emails to his document hoard
Donald Trump mixes partial facts and invented assertions as he attacks Hillary Clinton over her emails.
The Dispatch→ A Race of Unpopulars
Feverswamp eschatology. Continue reading A Race of Unpopulars »
The Dispatch→ Republican Women’s Complex Views on Abortion
One year after Dobbs, women in the GOP hold wide-ranging opinions. Continue reading Republican Women’s Complex Views on Abortion »
The Dispatch→ The Challenges Facing the PGA-LIV Merger, Explained
The deal combining golf’s two biggest players faces scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers. Continue reading The Challenges Facing the PGA-LIV Merger, Explained »
The Dispatch→ How Erdoğan Is Fomenting an Anti-Western Mindset in Turkey
The president is trying to alter societal values and norms from the bottom up. Continue reading How Erdoğan Is Fomenting an Anti-Western Mindset in Turkey »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Picture Does NOT Show Biden Wearing A Diaper — It’s Been Edited
Does a photo circulating on social media show President Joe Biden wearing a diaper? No, that's not true: The image in this post has been digitally altered. The claim appeared in a post on Instagram on June 1, 2023. It contained a picture
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Missing OceanGate Submarine’ NOT ‘Found Empty’ — Debris Found, Suffered ‘Catastrophic Implosion’
Was the "missing OceanGate submarine found empty" at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean by search-and-rescue teams? No, that's not true: The U.S. Coast Guard said on June 22, 2023, that the OceanGate Titan suffered a "catastrophic implosion
Truth or Fiction?→ Researchers: Nazi-Quoting ‘Moms’ Have Forged Ties to Other Right-Wing Groups
As the right-wing group “Moms for Liberty” was caught quoting Adolf Hitler in its material in June 2023, it was also revealed as both an ally to other far-right extremists and a major player in anti-government efforts targeting Black and LG
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media posts distort 2018 Greta Thunberg tweet
Greta Thunberg said the world would end on June 21, 2023.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Tucker Carlson video about Affordable Care Act subsidies was altered
Video shows Tucker Carlson advertising Affordable Care Act subsidies.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden mistakes his oceans when describing train development in Africa
"We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: OceanGate Titan Was NOT Rescued With All Passengers Alive On June 21, 2023
Was OceanGate's Titan, the submarine vessel that disappeared while descending to the wreckage of RMS Titanic, rescued with all passengers alive three days after going missing on June 18, 2023? No, that's not true: In a news conference hel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Declare ‘War On Russia’ On Or Before June 17, 2023
Did President Joe Biden declare "war on Russia" as of June 17, 2023? No, that's not true: This video post is missing context as the footage, taken from a March 2022 event of Biden speaking to the House Democratic Caucus, was edited. The t
FactCheck.org→ Q&A on Mpox
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a Q&A we published in May 2022. Last summer saw the largest outbreak ever of mpox, the disease formerly known as monkeypox. Beginning in May 2022, cases of the disease, which is a muc
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Baseless claims that Titan passengers faked their own deaths start to spread online
The Titan “submarine never happened. They faked their own deaths.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Old video featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci mischaracterized online
Video shows Dr. Anthony Fauci getting “confronted on what was exposed about him last night.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video does not show Donald Trump floating a Biden body double conspiracy theory
Video shows former President Donald Trump saying an impostor is pretending to be President Joe Biden.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No need to hide the trowels and topsoil. USDA has no mandatory garden registry.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires anyone with a garden to “register that with the government.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Titan passenger Shahzada Dawood was not the World Economic Forum’s vice chairman
Titan submersible passenger Shahzada Dawood is the World Economic Forum’s vice chairman.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The Guantánamo Bay detention center is still open, but that isn’t proof that Biden isn’t president
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp remaining open is proof that Joe Biden is not the president.
The Dispatch→ The Strangest Candidacy
Why on earth is Will Hurd running for president? Continue reading The Strangest Candidacy »
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Accounting error on military support does not mean US sent Ukraine $6.2 billion by mistake
The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Offer Tucker Carlson Role Of Twitter CEO After Fox News Firing
Did Elon Musk offer Tucker Carlson the Twitter CEO job after Carlson was fired from Fox News? No, that's not true: The website that posted the story is a satirical site. It included quotes that were never posted on Twitter by Musk regardi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Titan Passenger Shahzada Dawood NOT Vice Chairman Of World Economic Forum
Is Shahzada Dawood, one of five people who went missing on June 18, 2023, when the submersible Titan vanished on its way to the Titanic wreckage, the vice chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF)? No, that's not true: The Pakistani busi
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – El submarino Titan no fue rescatado, autoridades confirman muerte de los cinco pasajeros
"Autoridades confirmaron el rescate” del submarino Titan el 21 de junio de 2023.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Gayle King, Elon Musk discussing investment opportunity for Canadians
Video shows “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King interviewing Elon Musk about a new project ensuring Canadians “won’t have to work anymore.”
Truth or Fiction?→ A Moms For Liberty Chapter Quoted Hitler in Newsletter
On June 22 2023, claims that a chapter of far-right group Moms for Liberty in Hamilton County, Indiana had apologized “quoting Adolf Hitler” circulated on social media: Remember when members of the Republican Party went on a 3-day ran
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Did NOT Sue McDonald’s For Still Being Depressed After Eating A Happy Meal — It’s ‘Fiction’
Did a man sue McDonald's "for still being depressed after eating a Happy Meal"? No, that's not true: This claim is from a website that has a disclaimer saying all of its content is "fiction ... and shouldn't be taken as real." Google News
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Fact-check: Trump’s bogus claim on Fox News that ballots in 2020 were ‘fake’
In 2020 the ballots that were counted "were fake ballots."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – California bill affects custody disputes, doesn’t charge parents with child abuse
“New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – He’s not lovin’ it? Headline about McDonald’s being sued over Happy Meal originated on satire site
“Man sues McDonalds for still being depressed after eating happy meal.”
The Dispatch→ America Has a Legal Immigration Problem
And it helps fuel illegal immigration. Continue reading America Has a Legal Immigration Problem »
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook claim makes premature claim about Titan submersible passengers
The Titan submersible was found June 21 with all five passengers alive.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Search continues for Titan passengers, despite social media claims
The five people aboard the Titan submersible “have been found dead.”
PolitiFact→ Tim Scott – Sen. Tim Scott repeats inaccurate claims about DOJ labeling parents ‘domestic terrorists’
“Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.”
Full Fact→ Missing grandma hoax posts use photo taken from a 2016 blog
Almost identical posts appeared in community groups for locations across the UK.
Full Fact→ MailOnline corrects article on homeworking
The website said that a third of homeworkers don’t have their own workspace. But this was based on research looking at office workers in general.