GOP candidates chafe at the idea of signing the RNC’s loyalty pledge.
The Dispatch→ There’s Something About Marjorie
Boebert and Greene as Mean Girls.
The Dispatch→ Major League Baseball’s Prospective Move to Las Vegas, Explained
The Oakland Athletics want to move to the desert city, but complications abound.
The Dispatch→ What Makes Gen Z Tick?
Jean Twenge’s data-rich new book explores America’s six living generations, and lays out striking possibilities for future trends in public opinion.
The Dispatch→ Cormac McCarthy’s Blood and Guts Catholicism
The late-writer’s gritty style gives us a window into his religious upbringing and imagination.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tofu Poultice Does NOT ‘Starve’ Or ‘Get Rid Of’ Brain Tumors
Does a cold compress of tofu poultice applied to the back of the head "starve" and "get rid of" brain tumors? No, that's not true: While there are health benefits associated with eating tofu, searched for and did not find publicly availab
FactCheck.org→ TikTok Video Mangles American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Estimates
SciCheck Digest Breast cancer in younger women has been increasing gradually in recent decades. But a social media post misrepresents case number projections for 2022 and 2023 to falsely claim they show a dramatic rise in early-onset breast cancer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Flaws In Mock-Up Of Alleged Hunter Biden Message Do NOT Prove It Is A Fake
Do flaws in a mock-up of a purported Hunter Biden message to a Chinese businessman prove it is not authentic? No, that's not true: Although Lead Stories can't vouch for its overall validity, the details of the message accurately reflect a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Soldiers Were NOT Banned From Restaurant Over ‘Safe Space’ Claim
Is a story about a restaurant banning these pictured veterans to establish a "safe space" authentic? No, that's not true: The article uses completely fabricated details and is illustrated with an assortment of photographs taken from vario
PolitiFact→ All abortion bans include exceptions for a mother’s life. But are they working?
Most Americans are in favor of abortion law exceptions to protect a mother’s life and health. But harsh penalties and vague language dissuade doctors from taking action.
The Dispatch→ Rage Against the Ism
Don’t reduce your life to the abstract.
The Dispatch→ The Oath Keepers
On the GOP’s increasingly sinister loyalty pledge.
PolitiFact→ Why Wesley Snipes and Kodak Black went to prison, but Hunter Biden likely won’t
After Hunter Biden accepted a plea deal from federal prosecutors June 20, observers said he was treated more leniently than actor Wesley Snipes and rapper Kodak Black, defendants in similar cases. Experts said the cases cannot be directly compared.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No, The Wall Street Journal didn’t report that Joe Biden withheld news about Titan implosion
The Wall Street Journal reported that President Joe Biden knew June 18 that the Titan submersible had imploded, but he withheld the news until June 22.
The Dispatch→ Alito’s Preemptive Strike (Against ProPublica)
Supreme Court roundup.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – NASA did not fake footage from the International Space Station
NASA faked footage of astronauts on the International Space Station.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Pentagon Accounting Errors in Ukraine Aid
Quick Take The Pentagon discovered accounting errors that overestimated how much it had spent on aid for Ukraine by $6.2 billion over two years. But social media posts misinterpreted the discovery to falsely claim the U.S. “lost” $
The Dispatch→ Presidential Fever Dreams
Our broken primary system sets few barriers to entry beyond a lack of shame and consuming appetite for celebrity.
Health Feedback→ CDC data didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines increase risk of hospitalization, contrary to claim by The Epoch Times
REVIEW The narrative that COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of getting sick with COVID-19 has resurfaced many times since the start of the vaccination campaign in late 2020. Health Feedback explained previously on multiple occasions that claims fe
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the World Economic Forum isn’t advocating for AI to rewrite the Bible
World Economic Forum “calls for AI to rewrite Bible, create ‘religions that are actually correct’”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Are NOT Sounds Detected Near Titan Search Zone — Real Audio Not Publicly Released By June 21, 2023
Does this post include a recording of the sounds detected during a search for the Titan submersible? No, that's not true: This audio comes from some other source and is not an authentic recording of sounds reportedly detected by sonobuoys
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t facing jail for FEC violations. That recycled claim is wrong
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “faces 5 Years in Jail For FEC Crimes."
Health Feedback→ Claim that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines contain DNA contaminants based on study of vials of “unknown provenance”; no evidence COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can alter DNA in people
REVIEW On 11 June 2023, The Epoch Times republished an article by osteopath Joseph Mercola, which carried the headline “Monkey Virus DNA Found In COVID-19 Shots”. The article claims that a group of scientists had found “massive DNA contaminati
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dave Chapelle Did NOT Promote ‘Hidden Incentive’ Health Allowance Spending Card Program — Fake Voice Added
Did comedian Dave Chapelle promote an unnamed "health allowance" spending card program that is only available for a limited time? No, that's not true: The voice narrating this ad is not Dave Chapelle. He did not promote this program. The
Health Feedback→ Breast cancer cases haven’t doubled in U.S. women under 45, despite social media claims
REVIEW A video that originated on TikTok and was widely shared on Facebook wrongly claimed that there was a spike in breast cancer cases in 2022. As this review will explain, the video misrepresented the data, and the change in the figure from previ
The Dispatch→ Congress Gears up for (Another) Spending Fight
Plus: Cracks show in the House GOP’s impeachment plans.
PolitiFact→ Why Donald Trump’s interview with Fox’s Bret Baier may hurt his legal defense
In his two-part interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, former President Donald Trump shared his perspective on key events at his Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster properties that prosecutors cited in his indictment. Legal experts say some of his comments could
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Jim Jordan doesn’t insult Adam Schiff in video
Video shows U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, telling U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., that he is “not even an expert” and shutting him up.
Full Fact→ Images falsely claim to show Titanic sub debris
Some images being shared are likely to be AI-generated while another was taken 19 years ago around the Titanic wreck.
Full Fact→ Video of ‘explosion in Paris’ was actually filmed in Russia in 2020
A dramatic video shared on social media shows a huge fireball rising over a busy road.
Full Fact→ Mirror wrong to say NHS standards ‘since Covid’ behind excess cardiovascular deaths
A print article claimed that poor NHS standards were the reason for almost 100,000 excess cardiovascular deaths since 2020, but it didn’t mention that Covid itself might have caused most of them.
The Dispatch→ Will Hurd Launches His ‘Dark Horse’ Presidential Bid
Plus: DeSantis tries to outflank Trump on vaccine skepticism. Continue reading Will Hurd Launches His ‘Dark Horse’ Presidential Bid »
Full Fact→ Greta Thunberg didn’t predict the world would end in June 2023
A since-deleted tweet shared by the climate campaigner in 2018 has been taken out of context.
Logically→ Man in Madhya Pradesh beaten up for attacking a woman, video shared with communal spin
AllSides→ Snopes Forced to Reverse Fact Check Blaming Elon Musk’s Starlink for Sub Tragedy
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2023/06/22/nolte-snopes-forced-to-reverse-fact-check-blaming-elon-musks-starlink-for-sub-tragedy/
Logically→ Video from Pakistan shared as Karnataka residents arguing with electricity board officials
AllSides→ Titanic Conspiracy Theory Takes Off After Sub Tragedy—’Hit Job’
https://www.newsweek.com/titanic-conspiracy-theory-takes-off-after-titan-sub-tragedy-1808616 Aconspirac
AllSides→ Q&A on Mpox
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/scicheck-qampa-on-mpox/ Last summer saw the largest outbreak ever of
Logically→ 2020 video falsely linked to gas explosion in central Paris
Logically→ Video of people hitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s effigy is from U.K., not U.S.