The viral video shows people attacking an Ahmadi mosque in Pakistan's Karachi in an incident unrelated to the economic crisis in the country.
The Dispatch→ A Chemical Train Derailment in Ohio
Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo by DUSTIN FRANZ/AFP via Getty Images)Government officials say it’s safe for residents of East Palestine to return home, but risks remain.The post A Chemical Train Derailment in O
Poynter→ Did Canada invent football? Pretty much. Dave Grohl’s Super Bowl claim is largely right.
Super Bowl LVII had some remarkable moments. Rihanna performed the halftime show in a red jumpsuit and debuted a new baby bump, and the Kansas City Chiefs came back with […] The post Did Canada invent football? Pretty much. Dave Grohl’s Super B
The Dispatch→ An (Unidentified Flying) Object Lesson
Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council John Kirby speaks at the White House. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)If we’re not being invaded by aliens, what’s going on? A Dispatch Explainer.The post An (Unidentifie
The Dispatch→ Popular Nonsense
President Joe Biden speaks to guests at the Laborers’ International Union of North America training center on February 8, 2023, in De Forest, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Our polarization is bad, but bipartisan consensus can be wor
Full Fact→ SNP’s claim that Liz Truss’s government cost UK economy £30bn is not reliable
This figure represents an old estimate of the likely cost to the Treasury. The cost to the economy cannot be reliably measured.
Logically→ Video shows an unidentified object flying over Arizona recently.
An old video circulating since at least 2010 has been wrongly linked to the recent spate of unidentified objects spotted in North American skies.
Full Fact→ Posts about missing boy use stock photograph of child model
The image has been available online since 2015.
Washington Post→ Biden linked covid to a spike in violent crime. He omitted factors.
In the State of the Union address, the president left out half of the story.
The Dispatch→ Little Green Men
"That wheat ain't going to Beijing."The post Little Green Men appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Video: Flying Objects and GOP Politics
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation. The post Video: Flying Objects and GOP Politics appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Antineoplaston Therapy Is NOT Proven To Cure Cancer
Is antineoplaston therapy developed by Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski an effective cure for cancer? No, that's not true: There is not sufficient evidence that antineoplaston therapy -- an alternative type of cancer treatment using drugs that are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Invent Computer Viruses To Sell Microsoft Antivirus Programs
Did Bill Gates create computer viruses and infect Microsoft computers to then sell antivirus software programs? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that either Gates or his company deliberately created and spread computer viruses, an
Truth or Fiction?→ Britney Spears Stage Crasher Finds Online ‘Fame’ Thanks to Junk Website
A 37-year-old man arrested for crashing the stage at a Britney Spears concert in 2017 found a different type of attention online in 2023 thanks to his mugshot appearing on an online “fake news” site. Jesse Webb was arrested on August 9 2017
PolitiFact→ What counts as a “mass shooting”? The definition varies
There is no single definition for a mass shooting. That sows confusion about the prevalence of these events and can hamper policy efforts to address gun violence, experts said after the Michigan State University shooting.
FactCheck.org→ Internet Hoax Spreads False ID on Michigan State University Shooter
Quick Take Police identified the suspect in the Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University as Anthony Dwayne McRae, who shot and killed himself. But a viral internet hoax used the photo of another man and falsely claimed that th
PolitiFact→ Sawyer Hackett – Texas schools can still teach the works of Martin Luther King Jr.
Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Meanwhile in Ohio’ ‘Death Plume’ Image
On February 13 2023, a Facebook account shared the following image, purportedly a photograph of a huge, dark plume of smoke near the site of a train derailment in Ohio: An attached status update referenced unrelated news about “unidentified obj
The Dispatch→ The Earth 2 Primary
In 2016, both Nikki Haley and Tim Scott endorsed Marco Rubio in the South Carolina primary. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, and what might have been.The post The Earth 2 Primary appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maxwell Chikumbutso’s ‘Self-Powered’ Electric Car Invention Is NOT Documented To Function As Claimed
Did Maxwell Chikumbutso, an inventor from Zimbabwe, develop a technology to turn radio frequencies into free, unlimited, green electricity that can power a car that never needs charging, a television or even a neighborhood? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Human Body Does NOT Have 2 Trillion Volts Of Electricity
Does the human body contain 2 trillion volts of electricity in it? No, that's not true: A professor in electrophysiology told Lead Stories it "does not make sense" to talk of voltage of the human body. He likened the human body's electric
PolitiFact→ Erick Erickson – For certain car models, it’s more expensive to drive electric, but that’s not the whole story
“Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Sandy Hook Survivor at the Michigan State University Shooting
On February 14 2023, in the wake of a mass shooting at Michigan State University just hours before, several social media accounts claimed that a Sandy Hook survivor was a student there: One of my MSU students was from Sandy Hook. Her first grade t
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Michigan State University gunman was 43-year-old Anthony McRae, not a 21-year-old named ‘Lynn’
The Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Say ‘Capitalism Is Exploitation’ — It’s Edited Quote From 2022 State Of The Union Address
During his 2023 State of the Union address, did President Joe Biden say, "Capitalism is exploitation"? No, that's not true: The quote and the video it comes from have been edited. Biden said, "Capitalism without competition is exploitatio
The Dispatch→ The Sweep: Why Run if You’re Not Going to Win?
Sen. Tim Scott and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. (Photos from Getty Images)Lots of reasons.The post The Sweep: Why Run if You’re Not Going to Win? appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Nikki Haley flip-flops on presidential plans and will challenge Donald Trump after all
On running against Donald Trump for president.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Has Had More Than 1,000 Train Derailments Per Year On Average For Decades
Does more than one train derailment a day manifest a dramatic increase compared to the existing national statistics about train accidents? No, that's not true: A video implying that three derailments within a week and a half don't match t
Full Fact→ No evidence Sadiq Khan said people should ‘create harmony by learning Arabic’
We’ve found no evidence for a widely shared social media claim that the Mayor of London said people should learn Arabic.
Full Fact→ Baby ‘found in dumpster’ actually rescued in Syria after earthquake
The baby pictured in multiple Facebook posts shared to local groups was not found in a dumpster having been abandoned by its mother.
Full Fact→ Liberal Democrat analysis of Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days contains several flaws
The party claimed that an average household got £1,200 poorer during the Prime Minister’s first 100 days. But the calculation that produced this figure is not reliable.
The Dispatch→ Biden’s New Shot for Nominees
Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden's nominee to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee in February 2022. (Photo by Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty Images)Plus: Senators demand
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Lynn Dee Walker’ Is NOT Michigan State University Shooter — Other Fake Names & Photos Circulating Too
Do photos of "Lynn Dee Walker" and others shared on social media show the gunman who killed three people and wounded five others at Michigan State University? No, that's not true: Authorities have identified the shooter as 43-year-old Ant
Full Fact→ Article claiming studies show Covid-19 vaccines increase infection risk is false and misleading
Blog reports on three studies to show Covid-19 vaccines don’t work–but the findings don’t support this claim
Logically→ The Dutch government will expropriate 3000 farms before 2030.
The Dutch government will proceed with forced buyouts only if all voluntary measures fail.
AllSides→ The Facts on Sen. Scott’s Claim That Biden Is a ‘Tax Cheat’
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/the-facts-on-sen-scotts-claim-that-biden-is-a-tax-cheat/ After Presid
Logically→ This photo shows a senior citizen holding bread and crying in front of a damaged building after the February 6, Turkey earthquake.
An image from the aftermath of the 1999 Turkey earthquake has been falsely linked to the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Logically→ The Michigan State University shooting suspect is Lynn Dee Walker.
Walker is not the suspect in the MSU shooting. Police have identified the suspect as a 43-year-old black male.
Health Feedback→ Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, didn’t say that Moderna was already producing COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in 2019
REVIEW Since its beginning in early 2020, some people developed the narrative that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned. Related claims usually revolve around the alleged existence of COVID-19-related patents or products ahead of the pandemic onset. He
The Dispatch→ The United States’ Terrestrial Weekend
The National Security Council’s John Kirby speaks at a White House press briefing following the U.S. downing of a number of unidentified aerial phenomena. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Why has the military suddenly begun shootin