Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “refuses to clean up our voter rolls”
PolitiFact→ Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . – Claim that Wisconsin official Meagan Wolfe allowed absentee drop boxes, ballot harvesting is false
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “allowed for the use of illegal drop boxes and ballot harvesting.”
PolitiFact→ Wisconsin Election Committee, Inc . – Claim that Wis. elections official Meagan Wolfe permitted ‘Zuckerbucks’ in 2020 is Pants on Fire
Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe “permitted the ‘Zuckerbucks’ influence money.”
Logically→ ಆಂಧ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ವೈಎಸ್ಆರ್ಸಿಪಿ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಲ್ಲೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಉತ್ತರ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಹಳೆಯ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Pro-Palestinian protest video shows flags of an Indian political party, not Italy’s
“Protesters in Kerala India accidentally brought the Italian flag instead of the Palestine flag to pro-Hamas protest.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this video doesn’t show New York Attorney General Letitia James criticizing President Joe Biden
New York Attorney General Letitia James said President Joe Biden “is an embarrassment to all that we stand for.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, NASA didn’t admit space and planets are fake
“NASA admits space and planets are fake.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Jimmy Fallon interviewing Kelly Clarkson about weight loss
Video shows late night host Jimmy Fallon interviewing singer Kelly Clarkson about a weight loss product.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Gov. Gavin Newsom can’t be seen slipping down airplane stairs in viral video
Video shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom falling down airplane stairs.
Health Feedback→ Study in Italy didn’t show COVID-19 vaccines have an “unacceptable” safety profile, contrary to claim by Peter McCullough
REVIEW In late October 2023, a claim that a study found “nearly 1 in 3 COVID-19 vaccine recipients suffered neurological side effects” made the rounds on the Internet. The claim originates from an Epoch Times article, which is in turn based on a
AllSides→ Did Speaker Mike Johnson Say He Did ‘Extensive Studies of Homosexual Relationships’ in College?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/johnson-studies-homosexual-relationships/ Claim: U.S. House Speaker M
AllSides→ Assessing Claims That Ethiopian Immigrants to Israel Received Birth Control Shots Without Consent
https://thedispatch.com/article/assessing-claims-that-ethiopian-immigrants-to-israel-received-birth-control-shots-without-consent/
Logically→ Digitally manipulated videos shared to claim Telugu influencers danced to anti-BRS song
Logically→ 2021 video shared as BRS leader assaulting voter during election campaign in Telangana
Logically→ Old photograph of actor Gal Gadot joining IDF resurfaces amid Israel-Gaza conflict
The Dispatch→ Roe-ing Against the Tide
Abortion once again costs Republicans electoral victories in the states.
Logically→ नहीं, इस वीडियो में कन्हैया कुमार लोगों से इस्लाम अपनाने के लिए नहीं कह रहे हैं
Logically→ অষ্ট্ৰিয়াৰ নাজী কনচেনট্ৰেচন কেম্পৰ ফটো পেলেষ্টাইনৰ সৈতে মিছাকৈ জড়িত কৰা হৈছে
Logically→ No, Pepsi can packaging not changed to avoid boycott calls amid Israel-Hamas conflict
Logically→ నటి రష్మిక మందన్న బాడీ సూట్ లో ఉన్నట్టన్న వైరల్ వీడియో డీప్ ఫేక్
Logically→ Israelske styrker vælter mand ud af kørestol i gammel video, der deles som nylig
Logically→ Photo of prisoners in Austrian Nazi concentration camp falsely linked to Palestine
The Dispatch→ Why Can’t We Be Friends?
We all need to ask more questions.
Logically→ 2013 video from Syria shared as Hamas attacking Israeli tanks
Full Fact→ Video of fireworks accident is not linked to the Israel-Gaza conflict
The video was filmed several months prior to the start of the latest hostilities.
The Dispatch→ The Biggest Loser
How Donald Trump reduced the red tsunami in 2022 to a trickle.
The Dispatch→ Why China Is So Eager to Foment Antisemitism
Spreading Jew-hatred helps distract from its own sins.
The Dispatch→ Beyond Mercy and Grace
Rep. Lauren Boebert tends to make everything about the least important issue in America—herself.
The Dispatch→ Hezbollah Plays the Waiting Game
The Iranian-backed group continues to tease involvement in the Israel-Hamas war.
The Dispatch→ Video: Election Night 2023
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: What polling, focus groups tell us about 2024 voters
Republican political strategist Sarah Longwell and ABC News Political Director Rick Klein said ahead of 2024, the economy is top of mind for voters, enthusiasm for President Joe Biden is low and loyalty to former President Donald Trump remains strong.
The Dispatch→ Permission Structures
The flaw in Kim Reynolds’ endorsement of Ron DeSantis.
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: What experts say about the Trump trials and the 2024 election
PolitiFact sponsored United Facts of America, our free fact-checking festival. We heard from @aronberg and Jon Sale, a white collar criminal defense attorney, about the Trump trials and their potential effect in the 2024 election.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Social media posts misleadingly claim a CNN clip shows ballot fraud in Ohio
AP’S ASSESSMENT: Missing context.
The Dispatch→ Assessing Claims That Ethiopian Immigrants to Israel Received Birth Control Shots Without Consent
Investigations into the alleged practice were inconclusive.
PolitiFact→ Mike Johnson – Despite Mike Johnson’s claim, some spending cuts can increase deficits
“Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ 2015 image of journalist wounded in east Jerusalem spreads as new
CLAIM: Journalist Hana Mahameed is back on camera with her face covered in bandages after being wounded by an Israeli grenade in the latest Israel-Hamas war.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Did Americans lose the farm? Fact-checking Joe Biden on farmland loss
"Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
PolitiFact→ United Facts of America: How Russian falsehoods spread to U.S. through faux local news
Websites posing as local news outlets may just be copy-and-paste sites pushing Russian propaganda. An expert describes how to detect linkages among these dubious pages.
Health Feedback→ 2018 coronavirus research in NIAID Montana lab is unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic, contrary to claim by Fox News’s Jesse Watters
REVIEW In June 2023, Fox News anchor Jesse Watters took over the primetime slot formerly occupied by Tucker Carlson. During his tenure at Fox News, Carlson repeatedly made inaccurate claims about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines. Watters appears to fo