Is it time to get serious about war with China?Continue reading Putin On The Blitz »
The Dispatch→ Screaming Complaints
Grandstanding about grandstanding.Continue reading Screaming Complaints »
The Dispatch→ Beijing’s American Hostages
Stock art from Getty ImagesWhat will happen to those detained as U.S.-China relations deteriorate further? Continue reading Beijing’s American Hostages »
The Dispatch→ Erdoğan Faces an Electoral Abyss
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, on March 29. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)A soft-spoken civil servant is challenging the Turkish leader's 20-year rule.Co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘GWEN’ Tower That Downloads Brainwaves
Does a homemade video on social media show a "GWEN" tower that is designed to download brainwaves? No, that's not true: The Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN) system was discontinued in 1994 and it was not designed to or capable of down
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video By Bitcoin Mining Company Riot Platforms Does NOT Prove Zero Carbon Emissions
Does a video put out by a Bitcoin mining company prove that their operation produces zero carbon emissions? No, that's not true: The video only demonstrates that a facility filled with computers doesn't produce smog like a factory might.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joke Video Of ‘Cloud Factory’ At Chicago Ingredion Plant NOT Real
Does a video shared to social media in April 2023 authentically show a "cloud factory" in Chicago that makes rain to "control the climate"? No, that's not true: The video was posted to TikTok on April 1, 2023 -- April Fools' Day -- and fe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man’s Search For Birth Mom NOT Real — It’s Ruse To Get Shares, Harvest Personal Information
Does a man born in a specific town need help spreading a post about his search to find his birth mother who played the organ at a Nazarene church? No, that's not true: This false narrative is yet another instance of a spammer's ruse to tr
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – A Facebook post suggests you fill out a form for a Nike gift card. Just … don’t do it
“Nike lost a lawsuit against antisemitism and has to give away gift cards to its customers.”
The Dispatch→ The Free Speech Switcheroo
Ku Klux Klan marching down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., circa 1926. (Photo by: Hum Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)It used to be conservatives asking, ‘Is the juice worth the squeeze?’Continue reading The Free Speech Switcheroo »
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post pushes claim about a slap that just doesn’t connect
Video shows U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan slapping special counsel Robert Mueller.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Digitized images are from a video game; they’re not from Ukraine war footage
Video shows footage of the war in Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence to support claims of FEMA camps for crimes against humanity arrestees
“FEMA camps are open for the upcoming arrests for crimes against humanity.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Did Canada make it illegal to protest LGBTQ+ people? No, here’s what a proposed bill would do
“Canada just made it illegal to protest against the LGBT!”
The Dispatch→ The Worst Pardon
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images.)A travesty in Texas.Continue reading The Worst Pardon »
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis’ baseless theory that the government wants to control people’s purchases
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has warned about the Federal Reserve creating a digital currency that could keep people from purchasing things the government frowns upon. Banking experts agree that he’s overstating the likelihood that such a system could e
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Rusia no ha invadido a Finlandia, y la OTAN no apunta misiles a Rusia
“La OTAN ordena apuntar misiles a Rusia y Putin ordena a su ejército invadir Finlandia!”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Justin Bieber’s Mother Did NOT Say Her Son Was Conceived As Result Of Rape In Her Autobiography
Did Pattie Mallette, who became pregnant with Justin Bieber at 17, say it was a result of rape? No, that's not true: While being a survivor of sexual abuse, she does not categorize the moment she conceived her son as rape in her memoir. T
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Loggers, Roofers, Construction Workers, Sanitation Workers … All Have Statistically More Dangerous Jobs Than Cops’
On April 12 2023, an Imgur user uploaded a screenshot of a tweet asserting that workers in certain professions (logging, roofing, and sanitation among them) had “statistically more dangerous jobs” across the board than law enforcement offic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Rep. Jim Jordan Did NOT Slap Robert Mueller During Testimony
Did Rep. Jim Jordan slap former Special Counsel Robert Mueller during a congressional hearing? No, that's not true: The social media post making the claim provides no proof. More importantly, such an assault on Mueller by Jordan never hap
PolitiFact→ Here’s what Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said about Donald Trump during his DA campaign
Former President Trump says Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg campaigned on going after him. Here’s what Bragg said during his campaign about prosecuting Trump.
The Dispatch→ Pour a Little Out for Your Neighborhood Industrial Policy Fan
resident Joe Biden speaks during a visit to Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturer, as he kicks off his Investing in America Tour on March 28, 2023, in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)It’s been a rough few months f
The Dispatch→ Do Pro-Lifers Have a Plan?
Pro-life supporters gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., ahead of the March for Life on January 20, 2023. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Plus, New York Democrats turn up the heat on congressional redistricting efforts.C
Full Fact→ Toby Carvery is not giving away free meals to people who comment on a Facebook post
The restaurant chain has confirmed it is not affiliated with the supposed offer or the page it appears on.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post twists contentious exchange on U.S. Senate floor
Video shows Sen. Chris Murphy running away because Sen. Ted Cruz said “just shut your mouth.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Joe Biden no liberará a presos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador
“Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”.
Logically→ Claim that no riots took place in Uttar Pradesh since Yogi Adityanath became CM in 2017 is not backed by data
Full Fact→ Hoax posts about ‘missing’ man ‘Martin Jones’ recirculating on social media
False claims that an elderly man with dementia is missing are circulating widely in local Facebook groups.
Logically→ An old image from Kolkata with graffiti that reads “Go Back Modi” resurfaces claiming to be from Tamil Nadu.
Logically→ No, DK Shivakumar has not been removed as the President of the Karnataka Congress.
Logically→ 2018 video of passports found on the roadside in Haryana falsely misattributed to Gujarat
The Dispatch→ U.S. Intelligence Leaks Threaten to Damage Alliances
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Plus: A ProPublica report renews push for Supreme Court ethics reform.Continue reading U.S. Intelligence Leaks Threaten to Damage
Logically→ No, COVID-19 vaccines are not causing H3N2 influenza in India
Poynter→ Do loose gun laws lead to more gun deaths? Sometimes, but not always.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., one of Congress’ leading advocates of stricter gun laws, recently tweeted a statistic that he said shows that more restrictive gun laws can save lives. “The […] The post Do loose gun laws lead to more gun death
Full Fact→ Prince William does not own Serco
Serco doesn’t ‘own’ Obamacare, the colloquial name for the US Affordable Care Act, either.
Logically→ An image from 2022 has been misattributed to recent raids at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Washington Post→ Newsom’s claim that Trump states have the highest murder rates
The California governor's claim glosses over decades of a persistent pattern.
The Dispatch→ Skokie and the Bandit
Featuring a heated free speech debate.Continue reading Skokie and the Bandit »
The Dispatch→ Good Regulator, Bad Regulator
An SVB ATM outside a Silicon Valley Bank branch in Santa Monica, California on March 20, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images) It’s important to distinguish between regulation and oversight.Continue reading Good Regulator, Bad Regulator »
The Dispatch→ The Villainy Is the Point
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on March 21, 2023, in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)Putin’s war crimes are the continuation of a sinister tradition that dates back to the czars.Continue reading The Villainy Is the Point »