The political outsider is taking advantage of every opportunity he gets to connect with grassroots Republicans. Continue reading Vivek Ramaswamy Pitches Revival in Iowa »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Conservatives Are NOT Taking Issue In May Of 2023 With Actual Rainbows
Are conservatives or Republicans now taking issue with "manufactured" rainbows that appear when there is water spray from a fountain? No, that's not true: This viral 2007 video of unscientific musings about rainbows was mashed up and post
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Video With 7 People In Iowa Does NOT Show Public Appearance Crowd — It Was Private Visit To A Radio Station
Did seven people show up for former President Donald Trump in Iowa as the 2024 election season began? No, that's missing context: The video of Trump with seven people was taken inside a radio station office where he was recording an inter
Truth or Fiction?→ California Bill Supporting Journalists Passes Amid Facebook ‘Bullying Threat’
A bill that would impose a fee on tech platforms like Facebook for scraping and disseminating news stories passed in the California state assembly on June 1 2023 — despite an industry threat. Assembly Bill 886 (AB 886), a.k.a. the California Jour
FactCheck.org→ Ventilators Save Lives, Did Not Cause ‘Nearly All’ COVID-19 Deaths
SciCheck Digest Ventilators can be lifesaving for critically ill COVID-19 patients. A social media claim that a new study shows ventilators killed “nearly all” COVID-19 patients is “quite wrong,” according to the study’s co-author. Ve
FactCheck.org→ Post Misrepresents Legal Power of Arizona Resolution on Electronic Voting Machines
Quick Take The Republican majority leader of the Arizona Senate informed county election officials that a Senate resolution essentially bars electronic voting systems in the state. The state’s Democratic secretary of state and attorney genera
Truth or Fiction?→ Elon Musk’s Pride Tweet
As Pride Month kicked off in June 2023, a post featuring a tweet attributed to Twitter owner Elon Musk was shared to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter: From woke to joke by u/DemocracyStan in WhitePeopleTwitter The Reddi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Obama’s Son At Political Rally — It’s A ‘Look-Alike’
Does this video show former President Barack Obama's son at a political rally in Kenya? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Obama has a son. The original video was found on YouTube using the words, "barack obama look-alike." Ob
The Dispatch→ Soft Landing
How did we avoid a debt ceiling crisis? Continue reading Soft Landing »
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The European Union has not warned pregnant women to avoid COVID-19 vaccines
"The European Union is now warning pregnant women not to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to the possibility of infertility and miscarriage.”
FactCheck.org→ Database Errors Fuel False Claims about HIV Cases in Military
SciCheck Digest The rate of new HIV infections in the military has been relatively unchanged since 2017. But social media posts falsely claim that the military has recorded a “500% increase in HIV since the COVID vaccine rollout.” A Def
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – These photos of Elon Musk kissing a ‘robot wife’ aren’t real. They’re AI-generated
Photos show “Elon Musk and his company are in the final stages of making a Robot Wife.”
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Kevin McCarthy oversells employment gains from past work requirements
"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence that vast majority of all prescription medications are consumed in US
The U.S. "takes 87% of all the prescription medications in the world."
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of books removed from a Florida middle school were old, not censored
Video shows boxes of books removed from a middle school library that were “banned by the DeSantis regime in Florida.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michelle Obama’s Mother Did NOT Leave Inheritance To A Son Named ‘Michael’ — It’s From Satire Site
Did the mother of Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States, leave her inheritance to a son named "Michael Robinson Obama," insinuating that "Michael" is Michelle Obama's real name? No, that's not true: The claim was made on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Title 10 And Executive Order 13912 Do NOT Mean Trump Is Still Commander In Chief
Is Donald Trump still president because of Title 10 and Executive Order 13912? No, that's not true: A constitutional law expert told Lead Stories that Title 10 and an executive order do not override the U.S. Constitution, which states tha
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No hay pruebas de que la guanábana cura el cáncer en humanos
La guanábana “es considerada como la quimioterapia natural”.
Full Fact→ You cannot be sent to prison just for failing to pay your TV licence
The only punishment available is a fine. Failure to pay the fine is a separate offence that can ultimately result in a prison sentence.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Investigators say 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate likely caused by leak, not by a grand conspiracy
30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, there isn’t antifreeze in your Pop-Tarts, ice cream or cake mix
Pop-Tarts and other foods “have antifreeze in them.”
Logically→ No, this video does not show Erdoğan’s election victory being celebrated at Al-Aqsa mosque
Logically→ No, SARS-CoV-1 was not a bioweapon developed at a U.S. university
Full Fact→ Fake missing child post uses photo of boy witnessing family pet being put down
The posts claiming the boy has gone missing in the UK use an image shared by a woman in the US in 2020.
Logically→ Old video of Target store being ransacked shared with false link to LGBTQ+ collection
PolitiFact→ Derrick Van Orden – Van Orden half-flips opinion on abortion ban
On exceptions to Wisconsin's abortion ban
Washington Post→ Trump vows to end ‘birthright citizenship.’ It’s unlikely he could.
The former president pledges to issue an executive order on "Day One" if he is elected, but the courts may not be sympathetic.
Logically→ Old ‘Modi no entry’ poster from Andhra Pradesh shared amid prime minister’s Ajmer visit
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 is caused by a virus, not snake venom; no snake venom in COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to claim by chiropractor Bryan Ardis
REVIEW Among some of the wildest claims about the origins of COVID-19 can be traced back to chiropractor Bryan Ardis, who in an April 2022 pseudodocumentary titled “Watch The Water”, falsely claimed that COVID-19 wasn’t caused by a virus, but
Logically→ No, this photo doesn’t show the Taliban declaring victory over Iran
The Dispatch→ An Anticlimactic End to the Debt Ceiling Saga
Plus: Revisiting Pakistan’s recent political upheaval. Continue reading An Anticlimactic End to the Debt Ceiling Saga »
The Dispatch→ Maximum Security
How the US stacks up on global strategy Continue reading Maximum Security »
The Dispatch→ Loaded With Gimmicks, but Still Worth It
The debt-limit deal is disappointing, but Congress cannot risk economic calamity. Continue reading Loaded With Gimmicks, but Still Worth It »
The Dispatch→ Pakistan’s Political Crisis, Explained
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest sparked violence and uncertainty about the country’s political future. Continue reading Pakistan’s Political Crisis, Explained »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Most Vaccinated Countries’ For COVID Did NOT Have ‘Worst Case Fatality Rates’ — Vaccines Saved Millions Of Lives
Did the "most vaccinated countries in the world" have the "worst case fatality rates" for COVID-19? In addition, did the vaccines fail to save lives? No, that's not true: These claims are not supported by current scientific evidence. Nume
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Convict Rochelle Walensky Of Treason
Did the U.S. military convict Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky of treason on May 29, 2023? No, that's not true: A Pentagon duty officer told Lead Stories, "There is no truth to this claim." It is also
Truth or Fiction?→ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: ‘A Child That Has No Job’
On May 30 and 31 2023, screenshots of a tweet quoting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) on a “child” who “has no job” were shared to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter and r/lostgeneration: Get these kids i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Poet Amanda Gorman’s Book Was NOT Restricted In More Than One Elementary School In Florida County
Was a book by Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet to perform her work at a U.S. presidential inauguration, banned from public elementary schools in Miami-Dade County in Florida? No, that's not quite right: The book version of Gorman's inaugu
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of 24 ‘Government Published’ Studies Does NOT Prove Vaccines Cause Autism
Does a list of two dozen papers allegedly funded, supported or published by government agencies present new evidence confirming that vaccines cause autism? No, that's not true: Those posts on social media reused old, previously debunked s
FactCheck.org→ Debt Limit Agreement Breakdown
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden brokered a two-year agreement to suspend the debt ceiling, but it needs quick congressional approval before the federal government runs out of money. The deal would suspend the debt limit until J