AllSides→ The Twitter Debate About Biden’s Wages Claim
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/07/the-twitter-debate-about-bidens-wages-claim/ A reader’s note tempor
Logically→ Pakistani army officer misidentified as Seema Haider, woman who entered India illegally
Logically→ No, Klaus Schwab did not say middle class is holding back Fourth Industrial Revolution
Logically→ No, Cumbria County Council’s ‘net zero’ strategy will not impose travel restrictions
Logically→ Law Commission hasn’t launched a ‘missed call’ campaign to show support for Uniform Civil Code
Logically→ Video of New York politician being hit by water balloon misidentified as Mike Pence
Health Feedback→ Claim that a mouse study shows COVID-19 vaccine causes “turbo cancer” distorts study findings
REVIEW On 13 July 2023, the website The Florida Standard published an article carrying the headline “New Study Links Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine to ‘Turbo Cancer’”. Screenshots of the article’s headline circulated on social media in July 2023
The Dispatch→ AI Infiltrates the 2024 Race
Plus: IRS whistleblowers testify before Congress on the Hunter Biden probe.
Logically→ No, Justice Dalveer Bhandari was not elected ‘Chief Justice’ of the International Court of Justice
The Dispatch→ In Abe We Trust
They're 100% wrong and I'm 100% right.
The Dispatch→ Russia’s Withdrawal From Ukraine Grain Deal Threatens Millions
Food shortages are likely if agricultural goods can't get out of the Black Sea.
The Dispatch→ Our Imperial City of Marble
The political grandiosity of Washington, D.C.
Logically→ Post exaggerates breast cancer cases estimates for 2023 to claim COVID jabs are ‘bioweapons’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Audio Clip NOT A Recording Of Biden Talking About Bank Collapse — It’s A Fake
Is a social media post featuring an audio recording of President Joe Biden talking about the banks collapsing real? No, that's not true: Experts in digital forensics and deepfakes told Lead Stories that the recording is not authentic. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NBC News Did NOT Report DeSantis’ Classmates Referred To ‘Muffin Incident’
Did NBC News report that the news outlet was told that several of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' classmates "vaguely referred to an event known as the 'muffin incident'"? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that NBC News published a cla
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t fall for this Facebook post promising cheap Walmart bikes
Walmart is selling bicycles for $6.95 instead of recycling them.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No news of a snooze: President Biden didn’t nod off during meeting with Israel’s president
President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
FactCheck.org→ The Twitter Debate About Biden’s Wages Claim
A reader’s note temporarily attached by Twitter to a claim by President Joe Biden — that “real wages for the average American worker is higher than it was before the pandemic” — said that statement “contains a factu
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Deadly mosquitoes did not swarm Baltimore music festival
CLAIM: Video shows deadly mosquitoes released at a Baltimore music festival. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. While concertgoers were swarmed by flying insects at one point during an African American music festival last month, concert goers were not bitten by
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Human remains, aircraft debris recovered from 9/11 crash sites
No human remains or aircraft debris were found at the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The Dispatch→ DePlatformed
Has conservative media failed Ron DeSantis?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Military In West Hollywood In 2023 — Footage Is From 2020
Does a video show military vehicles and personnel moving through West Hollywood during the summer of 2023? No, that's not true: This footage is from the summer of 2020. The video was posted on TikTok on June 2, 2020, around the time that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Angelina Jolie In Hospital Bed Does NOT ‘Confirm’ Anything Bad Happened To Her
Does a "Hollywood report" about Angelina Jolie accompanied by a photo of what appears to be the actress in a hospital bed "confirm" anything about the star? No, that's not true: The post and link to a website gives no information about Jo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Fall Asleep While Meeting With Israeli President Herzog
Did President Joe Biden fall asleep during an important meeting with the president of Israel? No, that's not true: Biden met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on July 18, 2023. A video clip posted on Instagram shows a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: German Newspaper Handelsblatt Did NOT Call To ‘Reconsider Attitudes’ Toward Ukraine’s Zelenskyy After 2023 NATO Summit
Did the German newspaper Handelsblatt publish a cartoon of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its front page in the aftermath of the 2023 NATO summit, calling to "reconsider attitudes" toward support of Zelenskyy and Ukraine? No,
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Florida isn’t going to be hit by a massive sandstorm seen in footage from the Suez Canal
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Are Increased Disability Claims Contributing to Low Unemployment?
A recent viral tweet misinterprets disability awards and disability identification
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: VP Kamala Harris Did NOT Laugh At Question About Ukrainian Refugees — Awkward Pause With Polish President Was Over Who Should Answer First
Did U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris laugh at a question about Ukrainian refugees at a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on May 10, 2022? No, that's not true: Harris did laugh following questions about Ukraini
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Biden Looking At Books In ‘Dementia Books Department’ — Dementia Sign Was Added
Does a video show President Joe Biden browsing and selecting books in a store's section called "Brain Exercises for Dementia"? No, that's not true: The video was altered to add a sign with those words on it. Biden was actually picking up
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Elon Musk ‘looks into’ some tweets, but not this one
Elon Musk tweeted “looking into this” in response to a claim that the “KKK never did anything wrong to Black people.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – That’s a lot of traffic, but it’s on a freeway in Beijing, not Houston
Photo shows a highway in Houston.
Truth or Fiction?→ Universal’s Alibi for Skewered Trees Near SAG-AFTRA/WGA Picket Line May Have Been Debunked
A statement by Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia has cast doubt on a claim by NBC Universal that it was not trying to interfere with worker strikes by pruning nearby trees in the midst of rising summer temperatures. “With cooperation from
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The World Economic Forum didn’t call for mandatory ‘lab-grown’ babies
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ A(nother) Case Study of Terrible U.S. Tariff Policy
New trade remedies would hurt steelworkers and American consumers.
Full Fact→ Photo of melted traffic light wasn’t taken in Bulgaria
Thousands of people have shared a photo of a melted traffic light as southern Europe experiences a major heatwave.
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Claim About Miss USA Originated on Satirical Website
Quick Take The Miss USA crown was passed to the runner-up earlier this year, and the Miss Netherlands title went to that country’s first transgender winner in July. Both will compete to be Miss Universe in December. But a Facebook post spread
Logically→ Old footage of Russian attack on oil refinery shared as recent attack on Odesa port
Logically→ No, France has not banned visas and passports from all 57 Muslim countries
Logically→ 2021 video shared as sirens heard in Chicago ahead of recent tornado