Video shows “Putin refused to acknowledge Netanyahu.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Video Does NOT Prove Satellites Are Fake
Does a NASA video prove that satellites are "manifestly fake," as a post on TikTok claimed? No, that's not true: The clip shared to TikTok used genuine NASA footage of an artistic rendering of satellites orbiting in space. Those clips wer
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Fact-checking Kamala Harris: Did the Biden administration expand postpartum Medicaid coverage?
Postpartum Medicaid coverage expanded from three states to 43 states because of the Biden administration.
PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Journalists haven’t ‘bothered’ to interview Putin? No, Tucker Carlson’s claim is Pants on Fire!
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, “not a single Western journalist has bothered to interview Putin.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Dinosaurs fossils are millions of years old, not thousands, as video claims
The presence of soft tissue and carbon-14 in dinosaur bones proves they lived “only a few thousand years” ago, not millions of years ago.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Did George Soros or Klaus Schwab’s father work for Hitler? Here’s what we know
“George Soros worked for Hitler. Klaus Schwab’s father also worked for Hitler.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Gemini 9 Spacewalk Was Faked
Was the Gemini 9 spacewalk in 1966 faked, as a 2024 post on social media implies with a video clip? No, that's not true: Video footage included in the post is from a 1966 televised re-enactment of what was happening in space on June 5 of
AllSides→ Did Biden Say He Met with Dead French President Francois Mitterrand?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-french-president/ In early February 2024, Snopes received email
AllSides→ Taylor Swift was not holding a ‘Trump won’ flag at the Grammys; it’s an altered photo
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/feb/07/instagram-posts/taylor-swift-was-not-holding-a-trump-won-flag-at-t/
Internet Archive→ Campaign 2024 Pres. Trump on Ballot Eligibility Case : CSPAN : February 8, 2024 12:27pm-12:47pm EST
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The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims About Bayer’s Mistreatment of Auschwitz Prisoners
Allegations that 150 women died in a clinical trial can’t be confirmed, but the company has long acknowledged that its predecessor facilitated atrocities.
Full Fact→ No evidence Putin called WEF’s Klaus Schwab a ‘globalist terrorist’
This claim has been shared widely on social media.
PolitiFact→ We want to be more transparent with you about our fact-checking. Here’s how
As PolitiFact enters another election year, we wanted to explain how we’re maintaining transparency about our fact-checking in 2024.
Full Fact→ Labour has not selected a non-English speaking candidate in the Rochdale by-election
A man seen speaking Urdu in a video is a sitting Labour MP and fluent in several languages, including English and Urdu.
Full Fact→ Cyclist’s video does not show Rishi Sunak’s wife using Instagram while driving
Hundreds of people have shared footage supposedly showing this on social media.
PolitiFact→ Jesse Watters – Jesse Watters claimed NOAA is ‘cooking the books’ to prove climate change. That’s False
“We think the Earth’s warming” because “we’re literally cooking the books” with flawed temperature data.
Full Fact→ Video claiming to be California flash flood actually from theme park
The footage circulating on social media doesn’t depict a real flood, but a staged attraction as part of the studio tour at Universal Studios Hollywood.
The Dispatch→ Pakistan at the Polls
With the leading candidate in prison, Pakistanis vote in an election seemingly controlled by the country’s military.
Health Feedback→ Claim that myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines carries serious risk of death is based on flawed study
REVIEW An article published by the website The Blaze in late January 2024 claimed that a study published in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety showed the risk of COVID-19 vaccination outweighed its benefits. It cited the study’s concl
Full Fact→ Welfare payments to immigrants don’t cost £500 billion a year
A viral post about the number of immigrants ‘dependent’ on the welfare system seems to vastly exaggerate the cost.
The Dispatch→ Making Plans for Edward
Who would've guessed agricultural collectivization doesn't work?
The Dispatch→ E. Jean Carroll’s $83 Million Verdict, Explained
How likely is the verdict to stand?
The Dispatch→ Sore Loser Laws, Explained
Forty-seven states impose restrictions on political candidates who lost a primary election, but how they would apply in a presidential election is not always clear.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Newspaper’s ‘Photo Of Heaven’ Was NOT Taken By Hubble Telescope In 1993 — It’s A Fake Image
Did NASA's Hubble Telescope take the Weekly World News' "Photo of Heaven" as part of hundreds of photos beamed back from space to the Goddard Space Flight Center in December 1993? No, that's not true: NASA told Lead Stories that it is "no
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Biden didn’t admit to using the Justice Department to stop Trump from reelection
President Joe Biden admitted to using the Justice Department to pursue his political foes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Navy JAG Did NOT Hang Assistant Defense Secretary Tanya Skeen January 31, 2024
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps hang Assistant Defense Secretary for Acquisition Tanya Skeen on January 31, 2024? No, that's not true: This claim appeared in an article on a website that regularly publishes fabricated con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson-Vladimir Putin Exchange About US Border Is NOT Authentic — Interview Hadn’t Happened Yet
Did a post on social media from iSource News contain an authentic quote from Russian President Vladimir Putin answering a question from Tucker Carlson about the U.S. southern border? No, that's not true: The timeline of events makes it im
The Dispatch→ The Scapegoats
A crisis of leadership in a weak, divided party.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John Kirby Did NOT Say Zero Civilians Had Died In Gaza — He Said ‘The Right Number Of Civilian Casualties Is Zero’
Did Assistant to the Secretary of Defense John Kirby say that the "true number of civilians deaths in Gaza is zero"? No, that's not true: That is a misquote that drastically changes the meaning of what Kirby said. No such quote is found i
PolitiFact→ Sen. Chris Murphy said ‘the border never closes.’ What does that mean?
Republican senators used an X post by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., that “the border never closes” to bolster their opposition to an immigration bill. What did Murphy mean?
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Posts misrepresent the status of a bill that could disqualify Trump from the ballot in Hawaii
Social media users are misrepresenting the status of the bill.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Is inflation down to 2%, as Joe Biden said? It depends on your metric
“Inflation has been at the pre-pandemic level of 2% over the last half year.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Immunologist Did NOT Admit COVID-19 Vaccines Would ‘Sterilise’ Humans — He Used Medical Term For Virus Eradication
Did an immunologist accidentally admit that COVID-19 vaccines were intended to sterilize humans, as a video on Instagram implied? No, that's not true: Though the post included genuine footage, it lacked context that makes clear what was m
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Taylor Swift was not holding a ‘Trump won’ flag at the Grammys; it’s an altered photo
Taylor Swift was photographed holding a “Trump won, Democrats cheated!” flag at the Grammy Awards.
FactCheck.org→ Electric Vehicles Contribute Fewer Emissions Than Gasoline-Powered Cars Over Their Lifetimes
Q: Are electric cars really better for the environment than gasoline-powered cars over their lifetimes? A: Yes. Electric vehicles typically release fewer greenhouse gas emissions than internal combustion engine vehicles during their life cycl
The Dispatch→ Indictment Watch: No Immunity
Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution.
PolitiFact→ As Chinese immigration to U.S. rises, Republicans and Trump use ‘military age men’ scare tactic
Chinese immigration at the U.S. border has surged, and former President Donald Trump and his allies are calling the immigrants “military age men” with allegiance to the Communist Party of China. Here’s why that’s misleading.
The Dispatch→ ‘Chaotic and Puzzling’: The Implosion of the Border Deal
Plus: Despite the odds, Nikki Haley’s campaign ramps up for Super Tuesday.
The Dispatch→ Former President Trump Falsely Denies His Endorsement of Sen. James Lankford
Trump claimed he did not support the senator’s 2022 election bid.
The Dispatch→ Collateral Damage in the War on ‘Gig Work’
A new Department of Labor rule regarding independent contractors is likely to hurt overall employment.