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.
FactCheck.org→ TV Ad Twists Facts to Fit Narrative in Attack on Beshear in Kentucky Governor’s Race
A TV ad from a conservative super PAC attacks Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s decision during the COVID-19 pandemic to release more than 1,800 prisoners convicted of non-violent or non-sexual felonies. But the details of the case feature
Full Fact→ What do the figures on persistent absence from school show?
We’ve looked into the data after a series of claims regarding pupil absence rates in England were made on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Full Fact→ A patient did not wait in A&E for 36 days
FOI information obtained by Labour contained errors, which made it appear that a patient had waited continuously in A&E when in fact they left the hospital and returned the following month.
The Dispatch→ Mitch McConnell’s Future as Leader Uncertain Following Second Freeze-Up
Plus: A prominent New Hampshire donor says he’s warming to Ron DeSantis.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden is mostly right that the US inflation rate is the lowest among other leading economies
U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies."
Full Fact→ Telegraph mixes up heart attacks and cardiac arrests
The newspaper mistakenly referred to people having heart attacks when discussing access to public defibrillators. The devices should be used in cardiac arrests only—a different condition.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Do these photos show kids practicing satanism in public schools? No, they’re AI-generated
Photos are evidence of “satanism in public schools.”
Logically→ Denmark’s proposed bill to stop Quran burnings will not prohibit all criticism of Islam
Logically→ Denmark’s proposed bill to stop Quran burnings will not prohibit all criticism of Islam
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Una imagen no muestra una nave extraterrestre camuflándose con las nubes, esta fue editada
"Las naves extraterrestres se camuflan con nubes sobre la nave”.
AllSides→ COVID-19 Vaccines Have Not Been Shown to Cause ‘Turbo Cancer’
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/covid-19-vaccines-have-not-been-shown-to-cause-turbo-cancer/ COVID-19
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: Health officials said a new COVID-19 variant may be more likely to infect people with immunity than previous variants; they didn't say vaccinated people are more at risk t
Logically→ ನಾಸಾ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಮಂಗಳ ಗ್ರಹದ ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಚಂದ್ರಯಾನ-೩ ಸೆರೆಹಿಡಿದ ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳೆಂದು ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Full Fact→ Flight tracking map doesn’t show chemtrail planes
The claim has been debunked by tracking site FlightRadar24 since April 2020.
Logically→ 2022 video of PM Modi meeting Queen of Denmark viral with false claim
Full Fact→ Areas that voted Brexit weren’t the only ones affected by mad cow disease
A post, first shared in 2016, has recently been reposted by thousands of people online.
The Dispatch→ New York Democrats Battle Over Immigration
Officials in the Big Apple want more help in sheltering tens of thousands of migrants.
Logically→ तमिलनाडु में कांग्रेस को वोट देने के बाद शख़्स ने काट दी अपनी उंगली? नहीं, दावा फ़र्ज़ी है
Logically→ তুৰস্কৰ এক অট্টালিকা ভাঙি পেলোৱাৰ ভিডিঅ’ক মণিপুৰৰ হিংসাৰ সৈতে মিছাকৈ জড়িত কৰা হৈছে
Logically→ আন্তৰ্জাতিক মহাকাশ কেন্দ্ৰই আৱদ্ধ কৰা পুৰণি ভিজুৱেল চন্দ্ৰযান-৩য়ে পঠোৱা ভিডিঅ’ বুলি মিছাকৈ শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
The Dispatch→ Brittle Regimes
Animal Spirits or The House Republican Conference?
The Dispatch→ Vivek Ramaswamy’s Garbled January 6 Hypothesis, Explained
Trying to perform the vice president’s role ‘very differently’ than Mike Pence would not have gotten very far.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 78,000 People Are NOT Under The Water In Great Britain — Old Video Clips Are Misrepresented
Are 78,000 people "under the water" right now in Great Britain? No, that's not true: This video is a compilation of flood and storm video clips from years past, and in some cases from other places such as Canada and South Africa. These ar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Obamas Do NOT Have Maui Estate That Would Have Been Affected By August 2023 Wildfires
Do former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama own an estate in Maui, Hawaii, and was that supposed Maui estate "spared from the fires" that affected Maui in early August 2023? No, that's not true: The Obamas do not own an e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Survey’ Does NOT Prove Vaccinated Over ‘2X More Likely To Get COVID Than the Unvaccinated’
Did a "survey" find that "Vaccinated people are over 2X more likely to get COVID than the unvaccinated"? No, that's not true: The survey in question was not scientifically sound and included methodological flaws, an infectious disease exp
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Can Georgia Republicans oust Fulton County DA Fani Willis?
A new bill signed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp creates a commission with the power to investigate and oust district attorneys. The law is being challenged in court, but what could it mean for Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ prosecution of former Presiden
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Have Not Been Shown to Cause ‘Turbo Cancer’
SciCheck Digest People with cancer are particularly vulnerable to severe disease and death from COVID-19. Vaccines provide needed protection. It has not been shown that COVID-19 vaccines cause or accelerate cancer. Nor does a recent paper about a m
The Dispatch→ Whither Vivekmentum?
Ramaswamy’s expected post-debate surge hasn’t happened. Yet.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A post from a parody Trudeau account about a ‘Digital Existence Act’ is being misrepresented as real
CLAIM: A screenshot shows a social media post from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing the “Digital Existence Act” in response to a new COVID-19 variant.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Is Joe Biden right that a new Medicare drug law will save $160 billion over 10 years?
“According to the Congressional Budget Office,” the Inflation Reduction Act “will save the federal government $160 billion over the next 10 years because Medicare will be paying less for the prescription drugs they’re making available to senior
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Austin and Houston aren’t cutting out meat and dairy to combat climate change, despite online claims
CLAIM: The Texas cities of Austin and Houston are part of a global alliance of cities seeking to eliminate meat and dairy products in order to combat climate change.
Health Feedback→ Health authorities continue to collect safety data on COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to misleading claim by the Daily Wire
REVIEW In August 2023, the headline of a Daily Wire article claimed that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had “Remove[d] COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports” from its website. Daily Wire’s contributors Ben Shapiro and
PolitiFact→ What is Ken Paxton accused of that is leading to his impeachment trial in Texas?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the first statewide elected official impeached in more than 100 years. What does he stand accused of?
PolitiFact→ Travis Tritt – Why Travis Tritt’s claim about Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s finances and Dominion is False
When elected Georgia governor in 2018, “Brian Kemp was over $7 million in debt.” Kemp “cut a deal” to select Dominion Voting Systems as Georgia’s voting machine vendor and “has never been in debt since.”
FactCheck.org→ Posts Share Altered Image from Fox News’ Coverage of Fatal Shooting at UNC-Chapel Hill
Quick Take After a fatal shooting at the University of North Carolina, Fox News displayed a photo of the suspect with this caption: “UNC Police Release Picture of Person of Interest.” But an altered screenshot of the news report circula