Logically→ 2013 video of Burkina Faso Minister collapsing shared as Gabon President Ali Bongo
Logically→ नहीं, यह तस्वीर भारत-पाक एशिया कप मैच में दर्शकों को बीजेपी का झंडा थामे नहीं दिखाती
Logically→ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಮೋದಿಯವರು ಡೆನ್ಮಾರ್ಕ್ ರಾಣಿಯನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿಯಾದ ೨೦೨೨ರ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಾದ ಹೇಳಿಕೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ Gabon coup: 2022 video of former senate president with tons of cash shared as recent
Logically→ Ample evidence to prove Hawaii wildfire ‘blue theory’ isn’t true
Logically→ ప్రధానమంత్రి మోదీ డెన్మార్క్ రాణిని కలిసినప్పటి వీడియోని తప్పుడు క్లైమ్ తో షేర్ చేశారు
Logically→ Video of burqa-clad officer at Independence Day celebrations shared as from Karnataka
PolitiFact→ Desmintiendo mitos sobre el fentanilo: No, no va tener una sobredosis por tan solo tocar fentanilo
En Español: A pesar de publicaciones virales en redes sociales, no es posible sufrir de una sobredosis accidental por tan solo tocar fentanilo. Desmentimos este y otros mitos comunes sobre el fentanilo.
PolitiFact→ Common myths about fentanyl debunked: No, you can’t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl
Despite viral claims on social media, it’s not possible to accidentally overdose from fentanyl by simply touching it. We debunked this and other common myths about fentanyl.
The Dispatch→ The No-Values Party
The modern Republican Party has no principles, but plenty of contradictions and incoherence.
Full Fact→ Pasteurisation does not cause lactose intolerance
A video on social media claims pasteurised milk is a cause of lactose intolerance. This isn’t true, and raw unpasteurised milk can make you unwell.
Logically→ Decade-old video shared as Vladimir Putin attending Wagner boss Prigozhin’s funeral
Logically→ No, hundreds of dead bodies have not washed ashore in Lanai after the Maui wildfire
Logically→ No, hundreds of dead bodies have not washed ashore in Lanai after the Maui wildfire
Logically→ ম্যানমাৰত ড্ৰোনৰ দ্বাৰা বোমা নিক্ষেপৰ ভিডিঅ’ মণিপুৰৰ সংঘৰ্ষৰ বুলি মিছাকৈ শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Dog Days of Summer
Plus, why are schools going remote, and what the heck was Vivek Ramaswamy suggesting?
The Dispatch→ McConnell at the Crossroads
There’s never a good time to have a leadership change, but some times are worse than others.
The Dispatch→ The Tribe of Asininity
Madness, I tell you.
The Dispatch→ Catastrophizing the Classroom
Cara Fitzpatrick’s ‘The Death of Public School’ overblows public education's demise—and wrongly goes after school choice.
The Dispatch→ What ‘Painkiller’ Omits About the Opioid Crisis
Netflix’s OxyContin series offers a comic-book version of a complex story.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Does NOT Plan To Replace ‘Most Salt In America’ With ‘Bill Gates’ New mRNA Fake Salt’
Did the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) attempt to substitute "most salt in America" with a single alternative that contains "mRNA chemicals" and is produced by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates? No, that's not true: An FDA representativ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Was NOT Executed On December 31, 2018
Was Hillary Clinton executed on December 31, 2018? No, that's not true: The former U.S. senator and secretary of state has been seen numerous times since that date in public settings. She has been photographed, videotaped and given live i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest ‘Moderna Chemist’ Melissa J. Moore — It’s Satire
Did the U.S. military place "Moderna chemist" Melissa J. Moore under arrest for developing a "mRNA clot shot" for the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer? No, that's not true: A Moderna spokesperson told Lead Stories that this claim is "false."
FactCheck.org→ Ramaswamy’s Flawed College Fitness Idea
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy this week proposed that a physical fitness test be added to the college admissions process as a way for colleges to diversify their student body. “This is a pro-merit solution that rewards div
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Watermelon Cracks Are NOT Caused By Plant Growth Regulator And Do NOT Cause Cancer, Other Health Issues
Should cracked watermelon not be eaten because the cracks may be from the plant growth regulator forchlorfenuron, which causes cancer and neurological complications? No, that's not true: The cracks in the flesh of watermelon are caused by
The Dispatch→ Leopards Eating People’s Faces
Turns out populists have faces too.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Woman describing pandemic plans for a ‘soft coup’ is not a WHO representative
CLAIM: A video shows a World Health Organization representative discussing plans the agency is developing as a way to disregard human rights protections in the name of pandemic preparedness.
The Dispatch→ Holy Bovines
On Vivek Ramaswamy, Social Security, and the Iowa State Fair.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chief Justice John Roberts Did NOT Request $780 Million For Security Of Supreme Court Justices
Did Chief Justice John Roberts ask for $780 million to protect the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices, with each of the justices receiving close to $87 million, in 2024? No, that's not true: The federal judiciary system asked Congress in Ma
PolitiFact→ Roy Cooper – Cooper overstates effect of North Carolina elections bill
GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.”
PolitiFact→ Ted Cruz – Is Joe Biden trying to limit how much beer you can drink? No. Ted Cruz is wrong.
“(President Joe) Biden is trying to limit you to two beers per week.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report UNC Shooting Suspect As A ‘Mostly White Asian Male’
Did Fox News broadcast a report displaying an image of an Asian man suspected of fatally shooting a person with a chyron that reads, "Shooter described 'mostly white Asian male'"? No, that's not true: A Fox News spokesperson told Lead Sto
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Arkansas isn’t ditching voting machines for paper ballots, despite claims online
CLAIM: Arkansas is switching to election ballots that are marked by hand rather than by machine. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
FactCheck.org→ Video Clip Misrepresents Biden’s Meeting with Israeli President
Quick Take President Joe Biden met with the Israeli president in July at the White House. A clip from that meeting is circulating online with the false suggestion that Biden was “falling asleep” during the meeting. The full video shows
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A study by Fauci and colleagues didn’t blame 1918 Spanish flu deaths on masks
CLAIM: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci showed that “most of the deaths” during the 1918-1919 Spanish flu pandemic were actually due to infections from face masks.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No connection between Gates-funded modified ticks, meat allergy
Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S.
The Dispatch→ When the House Returns, It’ll Be Crunch Time
Plus: Succession questions loom after another Mitch McConnell medical scare.
Logically→ Old videos of different cyclones passed off as visuals of Hurricane Idalia
The Dispatch→ No, Trump’s Interview With Tucker Carlson Was Not the Most-Watched Video ‘In the History of the World’
Twitter’s ‘views’ metric offers an inflated measure of actual viewership.