More on Trump’s second term.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of students who drank laxative-laced lemonade is fiction, not real life
Video shows the aftermath of a school prank in which students drank lemonade containing “horse laxatives.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Did NOT Say All Cancer Treatments Cause Cancer — Agency Studying <.5 Percent Of Cases Related To Last-Option Treatments Of Advanced Blood Cancers
Did the Food and Drug Administration say all cancer treatments "actually cause cancer"? No, that's not true: The agency issued a press release announcing that it is investigating only cases related to one specific type of drugs -- CAR-T t
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misrepresents photo to falsely connect beaten woman to George Floyd
Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.”
PolitiFact→ Out-of-state residents can ‘participate’ in the Iowa caucuses, but they can't vote in them
Casey DeSantis called on out-of-state residents to “participate” in Iowa caucuses; she later said she did not mean they can vote. It’s not unusual for residents from other states to represent candidates at the Iowa caucus or on the ground in the
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – DeSantis’s claim that trans kids can flee to CA and get care without their parents gets it wrong
“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Moderna Did NOT ‘Confirm’ That Its mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Cancer
Did Moderna admit that its COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer? No, that's not true: Moderna made no such admission that its COVID mRNA vaccines are contaminated, nor that that they cause cancer or birth defects. There is no publicly avai
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Army-Navy football crowd didn’t chant anti-Joe Biden vulgarity. This video is altered.
"Massive f— Joe Biden chant breaks out at Army/Navy game.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Obama Family By The Ocean NOT Taken At ‘Epstein Island’ — The Striped Building Was Added
Did Barack and Michelle Obama visit "Epstein Island" and pose for a photo with their daughters with the iconic and blue and white striped building of Epstein Island in the background? No, that's not true: This photo has been altered to ad
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video footage from the 2023 Army-Navy game was altered to add anti-Biden chant
CLAIM: A video shows the crowd at this year’s Army-Navy football game chanting “F--- Joe Biden.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Crowd At Army/Navy Football Game Did NOT Shout ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ — New Audio Was Dubbed In
Did the crowd at the December 9, 2023, Army/Navy football game chant "Fuck Joe Biden"? No, that's not true: The cadets and midshipmen shouted no such thing. The original audio was removed and new audio was dubbed in. The claim appeared in
The Dispatch→ Joe Biden’s Hunter Problem
Plus: Trump has a ‘commanding’ lead in the latest Iowa Poll.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, a woman mourning her deceased infant son is not holding a 'doll’
Video shows woman embracing and kissing “a doll,” evidence of “Hamas street theater propaganda exposed.”
Full Fact→ Photo of ‘missing dad with dementia’ is actually US taxi driver who died in 2022
Posts on Facebook desperately appealing for help finding a missing father with dementia are fake.
Logically→ Viral images of children in Gaza holding cats are AI-generated
The Dispatch→ Let Me Be CLEAR
Private security screening isn’t the problem with our airports, it’s merely a response to those problems.
Logically→ ತೆಲಂಗಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಗೆದ್ದ ನಂತರ ತ್ರಿವರ್ಣ ಧ್ವಜದ ಮೇಲೆ ಇಸ್ಲಾಮಿಕ್ ಪಠ್ಯವನ್ನು ಬರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲು ೨೦೨೨ರ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ 2022 నాటి వీడియో షేర్ చేసి తెలంగాణ కాంగ్రెస్ విజయం తరువాత ఇస్లాం మత వ్యాఖ్యలతో కూడిన త్రివర్ణ పతాకాన్ని ఎగరవేశారని క్లైమ్ చేశారు
The Dispatch→ Antisemitism Beleaguers the Ivies
Harvard, Penn, and MIT face the fallout of their presidents’ disastrous congressional testimonies.
Logically→ তেলেংগানাত কংগ্ৰেছৰ বিজয়ৰ পিছত ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় পতাকাত আৰবীত কালিমা লিখা বুলি পুৰণি ভিডিঅ’ প্ৰচাৰিত
Logically→ 2018 video of Mount Sinabung shared as recent volcanic eruption at Mount Merapi
Logically→ एडिटेड वीडियो को नारायण मूर्ति द्वारा निवेश मंच ‘क्वांटम एआई’ का समर्थन करने के रूप में शेयर किया गया
Washington Post→ A timeline of the tangled life, career and legal woes of Hunter Biden
Here are key moments in the life and career of the president’s son, who has drawn the attention of lawmakers and prosecutors.
Logically→ Deepfakes of Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Bachchan used to promote Telegram scam
Logically→ Manipulerad bild påstås visa Greta Thunberg posera med antisemitisk bok
The Dispatch→ When America Is Weak
The terrorist's veto.
The Dispatch→ The Perils of Strategic Incoherence
The Biden administration has been on a war footing with Iran and its proxies militarily while it appeases the regime diplomatically.
The Dispatch→ The Abyss Beckons
A Palestinian’s reflection on escalating suffering, persistent support for Hamas, and aspirations for peace.
Logically→ Digital altered videos shared to show Narayana Murthy endorsed investing platform ‘Quantum AI’
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on Antisemitism, Ukraine Funding, and the GOP Debate
Plus: Some thoughts from a new-ish Army mom.
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag with John McCormack
It’s our newest hire’s turn to answer your questions.
The Dispatch→ Advent and the Hope of Divine Accountability
Our dissatisfaction with our body politic underscores important spiritual truths.
The Dispatch→ You’ll Be Back, Dummies
How the former president outrages the media and wins over the anti-anti-Trumpers.
The Dispatch→ Sleepwalking Into Autocracy
Why Trump’s win would be the death of the republic.
The Dispatch→ The Kayfabe Coalition
Tapping into the conspiracy market.
The Dispatch→ Living Well at the End of Western Civilization
Nora Ephron’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ explored the dawn of the internet age with a counterrevolutionary bent.
The Dispatch→ Beer Track and Meth Track
Right-wing media is preemptively whitewashing a second Trump presidency.
The Dispatch→ Stopping Dictatorships—On Day 1 and Every Day
To keep authoritarianism at bay, take care of the institutions of government.
FactCheck.org→ Meme Makes Misleading Comparison to Cast Doubt on Climate Change
SciCheck Digest The Earth is warming at the fastest rate seen in the last 10,000 years, according to NASA, and the consensus among climate scientists is that human activity is causing the change. But a meme on social media tries to undermine the re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama Did NOT Promote $5,600 Government ‘Health Spending Card’ For All Americans In Need
Did former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama appear in a video promotion for a federal program giving out monthly $5,600 health spending cards to spend on bills, gas, groceries or "anything else you can think of"? No, that's not true: A vide