REVIEW Large clinical trials and post-marketing real-world data showed that COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing severe forms of the disease[1-5]. Despite this evidence, there have been misleading claims that the higher number of COVID-19 d
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Pre-Debate Happy Hour in Milwaukee
Come meet Steve, Audrey, David Drucker, and fellow members in Milwaukee.
FactCheck.org→ Biden Cherry-Picks Unemployment Record
In recent speeches touting so-called Bidenomics, President Joe Biden has repeatedly cited the statistic that “unemployment has been below 4% for the longest stretch in over 50 years.” It’s true, according to the Bureau of Labor S
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Georgia officials didn’t err in releasing Trump indictment with grand jurors’ names
THE FACTS: A grand jury in Georgia on Monday indicted Trump as well as 18 others for their alleged efforts to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss in the state.
Full Fact→ The US, Germany and 11 other nations haven’t abolished farming to tackle climate change
Posts shared widely on social media claim that 13 different countries have abolished farming to tackle climate change.
PolitiFact→ Maria Bartiromo – The FDA didn’t reverse course. Ivermectin is still not approved as a COVID-19 treatment.
“The FDA is now saying that it’s OK to take ivermectin if you have COVID.”
Full Fact→ Photo showing ‘selective’ fires in Maui is actually from San Diego in 2003
The image shows a street of houses that have burned down while the surrounding trees remain standing.
Full Fact→ Photos don’t show evidence of government ‘laser weapons’ starting wildfires
The pictures actually show lens flares, long exposure effects and light pillars, not government-funded laser beams.
Full Fact→ Pfizer CEO has not been arrested by the military
Albert Bourla has been the subject of misinformation before.
Logically→ The publication of a book does not prove that the Maui wildfires were planned in advance
Logically→ Photo does not show Indian Air Force helicopter crashed in Nigeria
PolitiFact→ After hottest month on record, can novel solutions address ‘urban heat islands’?
Are cities’ novel solutions enough to solve the problem of urban heat islands?
Logically→ No, this video does not show emergency services near the recent Tel Aviv explosion site
Full Fact→ Around 60% of people in poverty live in households where at least one adult is in work
Dame Angela Eagle claimed 60% of people in poverty are in work. This isn't quite right. The percentage of working age adults who are in relative poverty and who are also in work is substantially lower
Full Fact→ Video of explosion is from Chile, not Maui
The video, which appears to show a beam of light igniting a fire, was actually filmed in a suburb of Santiago.
Logically→ There are many documents proving Nazi Germany had an extermination policy during WWII
PolitiFact→ To limit fentanyl supply, Tim Scott wants Title 42-like restrictions. Experts say they won’t help
To stem the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., wants to reinstate Title 42 or pass a law with similar restrictions. But expelling people from the southern border won’t reduce fentanyl seizures or overdose deaths, experts say.
Logically→ Shirdi Sai Trust did not donate ₹35 crore for Haj, viral claim is fake
AllSides→ ‘The Castle of Lies Is Crumbling’: WaPo Quietly Issues Yet Another ‘Update’ to Biden-Burisma Fact-Check
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/08/11/wapo-fact-check-n2626898 The New York Post’s H
AllSides→ Biden tells three false personal anecdotes in economic speech
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/politics/fact-check-biden-amtrak-grandfather-pittsburgh-bridge-debt/index.html
AllSides→ Did Michigan Police Uncover 2020 Democratic Election Plot?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-michigan-police-uncover-2020-democratic-election-plot-1820154 F
Logically→ नहीं, कांग्रेस पार्टी की बैठक के बैनर पर ‘चोर’ ग्रुप नहीं लिखा, वायरल तस्वीर एडिटेड है
Logically→ U.N. chief didn’t call for societal exclusion of Christians who don’t support pedophiles
Logically→ No, this photo does not show students’ meals in Rome, Italy
Logically→ तेलंगाना में पथराव का पुराना वीडियो हरियाणा में हालिया हिंसा के दृश्य के रूप में शेयर किया गया
Logically→ No, this is not Bill Gates’s mansion in Hawai’i ‘untouched by the fires’
The Dispatch→ The Afghanistan Withdrawal, Two Years Later
‘Admit to your mistakes, learn from them, so that this doesn’t happen ever, ever again.’
Logically→ ವಿಶೇಷ ತೀರ್ಥಯಾತ್ರೆಯ ರೈಲಿನ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಕೋಮು ನಿರೂಪಣೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ ছ’চিয়েল মিডিয়াত ‘মেইটেইসকল শৰণাৰ্থী’ বুলি লিখা বেনাৰৰ ভুৱা ফটো ভাইৰেল হৈছে
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s Election Lies
The former president faces multiple charges related to his lies about the 2020 election. Here’s a look at some of his most repeated falsehoods.
Logically→ Old video from the Middle East shared as Myanmar migrants entering Manipur
Logically→ हिंसक भीड़ का पुराना वीडियो हरियाणा में हालिया हिंसा से जोड़कर वायरल
Logically→ Assam chief minister’s remark that ‘Indian army can’t solve anything in Manipur’ taken out of context
Washington Post→ How Republicans overhype the findings of their Hunter Biden probe
The chairman's rhetoric does not track with the reports issued by his staff.
The Dispatch→ Frederick Douglass: The Original Originalist
Abolitionist, textualist, originalist.
The Dispatch→ The Trouble with Tehran
Iran is doing good things...?
Logically→ Photo doesn’t show Obama, Fauci, and Melinda Gates at the Wuhan lab in 2015
The Dispatch→ The Allegations Against the Bidens, Explained
Which claims allege criminal behavior, which don’t, and what evidence supports them?
The Dispatch→ The New Right Discovers … Socialized Medicine?
Turning to a proven failure such as the NHS model for purely emotional reasons is childish.
The Dispatch→ The Biggest Threat to Conservatism? The New Right.
It won’t bring about a conservative renaissance, but it could legitimize progressivism.