What exactly are Supreme Court justices asked to do?
Logically→ ಕೇರಳದ ಹಿಂದೂ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಂ ಅರ್ಚಕರನ್ನು ನೇಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ತಪ್ಪು ಹೇಳಿಕೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ತೆಯ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನದ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ವೈರಲ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ ನಾಜಿ ಸರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಮೋದಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಲು ಹಿಟ್ಲರ್ನ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಎಡಿಟ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ ನಾಜಿ ಸರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಮೋದಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಲು ಹಿಟ್ಲರ್ನ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಎಡಿಟ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ Old road accident images shared as Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu’s death
Full Fact→ Full Fact campaign paves the way for Parliament to change MP corrections
As our elected representatives, MPs owe us the truth. However, too few MPs are currently willing — or able — to correct the official record when they make mistakes in Parliament. The system is broken.
Logically→ Old video of cathedral blaze falsely linked to protests in France
The Dispatch→ Yellen Seeks Economic Detente With China
‘We believe that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive.’
Logically→ No, Christian spectators did not convert to Islam during a France-England football match
Logically→ Footage from Russian mutiny in June falsely claimed to show Wagner troops relocating to Belarus
The Dispatch→ Will Taiwan Fight?
The China factor.
The Dispatch→ Joe Biden’s New Debt Forgiveness Plan, Explained
The Higher Education Act of 1965 is more permissive than the HEROES Act but still has limits.
The Dispatch→ With Amici Like These …
Advocacy groups are often at odds with the public sentiment they claim to represent in filing briefs to the Supreme Court.
Logically→ No, WEF did not say that humans will all wear a uniform by 2030
Logically→ 2018 video of rioters looting Apple store in Bordeaux, France, shared as recent
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week We Got New Threads
Plus, analysis of the big end-of-term Supreme Court decisions.
Health Feedback→ No scientific evidence indicates that parasites are the key cause of autoimmunity
REVIEW A TikTok video posted on 23 June 2023 claimed that “the number 1 indicator of parasites is actually an autoimmune condition”. This claim was made by Austin Lake, who introduced himself as a “functional medicine practitioner” in the v
The Dispatch→ High Times
"Heh. Skim milk."
The Dispatch→ Olivia Rodrigo’s Mainstream Nostalgia
Why are her songs about teenagers falling out of love and not being able to parallel park captivating?
The Dispatch→ We’ll Always Have Turner Classic Movies … or Will We?
Why attacks on the classic film channel amount to more than a hill of beans.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The World Economic Forum hasn’t called to abolish fashion and create a global ‘uniform’
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lady Gaga Did NOT Endorse Trump For President In 2024 — It’s An Altered Image In A Fake Post
Does a photo circulating on social media show pop star Lady Gaga endorsing Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign on his social media application Truth Social? No, that's not true: The image has been digitally altered. The original pho
Truth or Fiction?→ FDR and the Business Plot of 1933
On July 6 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/todayilearned subreddit shared a post about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and “The Business Plot” of 1933: TIL of The Business Plot of 1933, a failed attempt t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: A ‘Lancet Study’ Does NOT Show COVID Vaccine Caused 74% Of Deaths In Sample — Lancet Rejected Paper And Its Methods
Did a preprint paper submitted to The Lancet on July 5, 2023, find that 74 percent of the deaths in the autopsies it reviewed were caused by the COVID-19 vaccine? Additionally, was it also a legitimate study from The Lancet? No, neither i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Endorse Ron DeSantis — It’s A Deepfake Video
Did former first lady, Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton go on MSNBC to express her support for Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis? No, that's not true: The video
Truth or Fiction?→ Oklahoma Education Head Says State Will Not Back Away From Tulsa Race Massacre
The head of Oklahoma’s state Department of Education drew local and national criticism after a July 6 2023 meeting for a seemingly evasive answer to a question about the infamous 1921 attack on Tulsa’s “Black Wall Street” —
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Europe has not stopped offering COVID-19 vaccines
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ Could It Be? A Policy Debate in the GOP?
The party would benefit from coming to a consensus on abortion.
The Dispatch→ When Reality Is a Punch in the Face
Reflections on an old column.
The Dispatch→ The Joy of Anti-Trumpism
Chris Christie and the 20 percent.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Biden did not misspell ‘billion’ in remarks about debt ceiling
CLAIM: President Joe Biden misspelled the word “billion” while addressing reporters after debt ceiling talks with congressional leaders at the White House.
PolitiFact→ What a video shared by DeSantis campaign omits about Trump's LGBTQ+ rights record
A video shared by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign portrays Donald Trump as an LGBTQ+ rights supporter, drawing on statements before he was president. But that omits actions his administration took in opposition to LGBTQ+ rights.
PolitiFact→ The Supreme Court ended affirmative action for colleges. Are legacy admissions next to go?
The Supreme Court recently ruled that race can no longer be considered in deciding college admissions. Here’s why critics say that legacy admissions — preferential treatment for applicants who are connected to alumni or other influential people —
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Barack Obama is not being sent to Guantanamo Bay
Former President Barack Obama “is being sent to Gitmo.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Lions, tigers and bears on the streets of Paris? No, zoo animals haven’t been released amid riots
Protestors in France have released animals from the zoo.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A WHO report of infant myocarditis cases in Wales is being misrepresented on social media
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Recirculated video recycles false claim that California moved to outlaw the Bible
"Bibles banned in California moves one step closer to evil reality."
Logically→ No, the EU’s Digital Services Act is not a censorship law
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Aerial footage of a massive structure engulfed in flames shows a fire at a post office in the Philippines in May, not a French library set alight amid protests over the po
Logically→ Arctic ice is melting, and global warming is impacting the planet