Logically→ Viral video of ‘Muslim man marrying granddaughter-in-law’ is scripted
Logically→ ಜನರು ತೆರೆದ ಚರಂಡಿಯಿಂದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವ ವೈರಲ್ ವೀಡಿಯೋ ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿನದ್ದು, ಮುಂಬೈನದ್ದಲ್ಲ
The Dispatch→ The PGA Tour Finds Few Allies on Capitol Hill
Plus: Threads takes on Twitter.
Logically→ No, Disney is not opening themed pediatric transgender clinics for children
Logically→ Carbon dioxide is a major cause of climate change, although it makes up just 0.04 percent of the atmosphere
Logically→ 2021 video of building collapsing in Shimla passed off as recent
Logically→ Vehicles driving over Indian flag in Pakistan peddled as incident in Kerala
The Dispatch→ Donors and Grifters
Don’t draw red lines if you’re not going to keep them.
The Dispatch→ A Grassroots Movement to Depolarize the U.S.?
The Braver Angels organization seeks to help red and blue Americans see each other as neighbors instead of enemies.
The Dispatch→ Native American Population Growth, Explained
What’s driving the surge in American Indian and Alaska Native census numbers?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Department Of Justice Did NOT Say ‘International Sex Trafficking Of Minors’ Is Not Area Of Concern
Did the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden decide that "international sex trafficking of minors" was no longer an area of concern for prosecution? No, that's not true: A Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesperson told Lead Stor
FactCheck.org→ Trump Appointed Weiss with Democrats’ Blessing
Democrats’ response to Republican claims that Hunter Biden got a “sweetheart deal” has been to note that former President Donald Trump appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss – the prosecutor who allowed Biden to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax ch
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Announce ‘US Dollar Will Now Become Cryptocurrency’
Did President Joe Biden announce that the "US dollar will now become cryptocurrency"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to back that claim. While the president did issue an executive order (EO) on March 9, 2022, on "Ensuring Respon
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Police didn’t say that thousands of people witnessed a demonic portal above the White House
Police say thousands of people witnessed a “demonic portal opening above White House.”
Truth or Fiction?→ How a ‘Deadline’ Story Obscured Matt Damon’s Support for the SAG-AFTRA Strike
As Hollywood’s actors joined screenwriters on strike in July 2023, the entertainment news outlet Deadline faced online criticism for de-emphasizing actor Matt Damon’s expression of solidarity with union leadership. The site posted a tweet f
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Saharan dust clouds are regular occurrence, not a Bill Gates sun-blocking plot
"The sand storm headed our way is an attempt by Bill Gates to block out the sun.”
PolitiFact→ Here are our fact-checks about Ray Epps, who is suing Fox News for defamation over Jan. 6 claims
Ray Epps is suing Fox News for defamation over false claims made on the network that Epps was a covert FBI agent who instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Here are our fact-checks about Epps.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Blank phone screens are not proof that a July 4 White House event was staged
CLAIM: A video shows people at a July 4 White House celebration pretending to take photos of President Joe Biden with switched-off phones, proving the event was staged.
Truth or Fiction?→ When Fats Waller Was ‘Kidnapped’ for Al Capone’s Birthday
On July 11 2023, a meme about jazz pianist Thomas “Fats” Waller attending a birthday party for crime boss Al Capone was popular on Imgur: The post (“Imagine being such a talented musician that the mafia kidnaps you to perform at a b
The Dispatch→ Conflict Resolution
Who won the GOP civil war over Ukraine?
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No Amish kids get cancer, diabetes, autism? That’s Pants on Fire!
"Zero Amish children diagnosed with cancer, diabetes or autism."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Spanish Minister Teresa Ribera Did NOT Fly Government Jet To Climate Event
Did Teresa Ribera, third vice president of Spain and Spain's minister for ecological transition and demographic challenge, fly on a private jet to attend a climate summit? No, that's not true: No aircraft used by Spanish dignitaries lande
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fourth Of July Event Attendees Did NOT Have Their Phones Off
Did President Joe Biden attend a Fourth of July event where every attendee had their phone off? No, that's not true: Evidence from news organization footage shows that people were recording and phones were on. It was possible that because
AllSides→ FACT CHECK: Biden Admin Says Its Stimulus Spending Didn’t Spike Inflation
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-biden-admin-says-its-stimulus-spending-didnt-spike-inflation/
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Ron DeSantis’ statement on federal government growth is exaggerated
Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Does the U.S. Spend 4 Percent of Economic Output Defending NATO Countries?
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s claim about defense spending doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Wave ‘To Nobody’ After His Speech In Lithuania — Audience Included People Beside Stage
Did President Joe Biden wave "to nobody" after delivering his address in Lithuania on July 12, 2023? No, that's not true: The claim is based on video showing only the president, not a wider shot showing the audience beside the stage. The
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Old video of former President Donald Trump miscaptioned as ‘breaking news’
Video shows “breaking news” because “President Trump just dropped a bombshell!!!”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fourth of July video featuring Hunter Biden wasn’t taken same day cocaine discovered at White House
Video of Hunter Biden at the White House was taken on the “same day they found cocaine.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Polish Astronaut Did NOT Admit The Earth Is Flat — It Was A Joke
Did Polish astronaut Miroslaw Hermaszewski admit in a 2018 interview that that the Earth is flat? No, that's not true: The claim takes his remarks out of context -- it was an apparent joke aimed at flat-earthers and demonstrating obvious
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Fabricate DeSantis High School Yearbook Quote
Quick Take Earlier this year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ high school yearbook photo was posted to Reddit by a person claiming to be a former schoolmate. But Instagram posts show an altered version of the yearbook entry that includes a fake qu
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden gets some good news on inflation, but challenges remain
President Joe Biden recently got some good economic news: the 12th straight month of declining inflation and the second straight month in which wages outpaced consumer prices. But wages have a long way to catch up after being eroded by past inflation.
Logically→ Claims that Earth will experience an ‘internet apocalypse’ in 2025 are false
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – What’s missing from this offer of grants for free dental implants? The grants
“Free dental implants” are available “through Dental Grants.”
PolitiFact→ How many trans people are there in the U.S., and why do we overestimate it?
Transgender people make up about 1% of the U.S. population, yet surveys show people perceive they make up 20%! What can psychologists tell us about our tendency to overestimate minority groups and how that might influence the political landscape?
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Don’t believe this altered Associated Press headline about the White House cocaine culprit
The Associated Press reported that cameras show a TikTok influencer leaving a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, no está oculto el ‘número de la bestia’ 666 en el logo de Threads
El logo de Threads oculta “el número de la bestia” 666.
Logically→ No, video doesn’t show people pushing a train to ‘start’ it
Logically→ Video of Karnataka’s Jog Falls wrongly shared as visuals from Kerala