Impeachment articles drafted by five Republican lawmakers seeking to remove Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe from her job contain more than a dozen misleading and false statements that misrepresent Wolfe’s role and regurgitat
PolitiFact→ Joe Manchin – Has West Virginia received a record amount of federal funding over the last four years?
“Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.”
PolitiFact→ West Virginia University Faculty Senate – Has WVU enrollment “steadily decreased” under President Gordon Gee?
During Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased."
Full Fact→ No, the Prime Minister was not Photoshopped into a picture of University of Kentucky students
Claims that an image shared by Rishi Sunak’s X account was Photoshopped are wide of the mark.
Full Fact→ Rapid tests for both Covid and flu don’t prove infections are the same thing
Tests with two different wells for samples that can detect three different infections do not prove the infections are the same.
Logically→ WEF is not orchestrating U.S. border crisis from military bases in Panama
Full Fact→ Fake USA Today video reports supposed New York ‘brawl’ involving Ukrainian delegate
The video, which has USA Today’s logo and style, has been shared across multiple social media platforms.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a human, despite what social media posts say
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is “not human.”
AllSides→ Karine Jean-Pierre Tries to Blame Border Crisis on Republicans. Here Are the Facts
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/03/fact-checking-karine-jean-pierres-claims-that-biden-secured-southern-border/
AllSides→ Republicans make false, misleading claims at first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/28/politics/fact-check-house-impeachment-hearing-biden/index.html The Repub
AllSides→ Do Donald Trump Indictments Bar Him From House Speaker Role?
https://www.newsweek.com/kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-indictments-bar-house-speaker-fact-check-1832140 K
Logically→ নৰেন্দ্ৰ মোদীৰ মুখৰ গঠন সদৃশ গছৰ ছবি ‘এআই-জেনেৰেটেড’ হয়
Logically→ Sweden Democrats MP makes misleading claims that a video of news headlines proves COVID-19 vaccines are a hoax
Logically→ చెట్లు నరేంద్ర మోదీ ముఖాకృతిలో ఏర్పడ్డాయి అంటూ షేర్ చేస్తున్న ఫొటో కృత్రిమ మేధ ద్వారా సృష్టించిన ఫొటో
Logically→ ಇಲ್ಲ, ರಾಜಸ್ಥಾನ ಸಿಎಂ ಅಶೋಕ್ ಗೆಹ್ಲೋಟ್ ಅವರ ರಾಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಮೋದಿ ಪರ ಘೋಷಣೆಗಳು ಕೇಳಿಬಂದಿಲ್ಲ
Logically→ No, footage from outside a bar in Spain does not show a fight between locals and asylum seekers
The Dispatch→ Embellishment or Fraud? That is the Question
Trump’s penchant for exaggeration lands him in legal trouble.
The Dispatch→ A Brief History of a Bullheaded President
Franklin Foer’s new book about Joe Biden reveals a president whose ambitions have exceeded his mandate.
Logically→ No, WEF head Klaus Schwab did not say U.N. Agenda 2030 is ‘failing’
The Dispatch→ Lisa, Sarah, and Sarah (and David)
Some people say it's the new avocado toast!
The Dispatch→ Don’t Fear the Future
Anti-growth, techno-pessimist, long-termist.
The Dispatch→ Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela, Explained
Almost 500,000 additional migrants will be able to legally live and work in the United States.
Logically→ Cropped video shared to falsely claim Rahul Gandhi praised Indian PM Narendra Modi on Kashmir
Logically→ Cropped video shared to falsely claim Rahul Gandhi praised Indian PM Narendra Modi on Kashmir
Logically→ No, the Golden Temple did not release a notice condemning pro-Khalistani outfit
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Trans Species Rights’ Protest In Germany — People Barking Like Dogs Were At A Fetish Events Rally
Does a video show hundreds of people "who identify as dogs" at a "trans species rights" protest in Germany? No, that's not true: The group of people dressed as dogs and barking in the video attended a festival in Europe that celebrated "a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Human-Robots’ Patent NOT Granted, Not Synched With COVID-19 — Application Predates Pandemic More Than 12 Months
Did a patent for "Human-Robots" come out in late 2019 at the same time as the COVID-19 pandemic -- proving existence of a plan to replace humans with robots, rendering human military and police forces obsolete? No, that's not true: There
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Report 99% Of COVID Deaths Weren’t Caused By COVID — Claim Abuses A Headline Gaffe
Did the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 99 percent of "Covid deaths" were not primarily caused by the virus? No, that's not true: The claim was propagated by an incorrect headline written by the Daily Mail, wh
The Dispatch→ Shooting the Hostage
Should Democrats have rescued Kevin McCarthy?
AllSides→ Did Trump’s Lawyers ‘Forget To Check a Box’ Requesting a Jury Trial?
https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/03/trumps-lawyers-forget-check-box/ On Oct. 2, 2023, former U.S. Pr
AllSides→ Fact-checking Trump’s claims about New York fraud trial
https://www.bbc.com/news/66989373 Donald Trump made a passionate opening statement, of sorts, on the fi
AllSides→ Trump: This Is a ‘Railroading,’ ‘Does Not Allow Me a Jury’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-witch-hunt-jury/2023/10/04/id/1136948/ While mainstream
FactCheck.org→ Conservative Politicians, Commentators Recirculate Old Falsehood on Aid for Immigrants
Quick Take Immigrants who come to the U.S. without authorization have very limited access to government benefits. But an old falsehood revived by conservatives conflates aid given to authorized refugees with the limited assistance available to immi
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Ron DeSantis exaggerates number of migrants in US illegally under President Joe Biden
Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.”
The Dispatch→ Kevin McCarthy Embraced Partisanship—at His Own Peril
It’s not clear his replacement will do much differently.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump On September 26, 2023 Posted On ‘Truth’ That He’ll Beat Obama In ’24 And Send NBC To Firing Squad
Did former president and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump publish a social media post that confused President Joe Biden with former president Barack Obama in the 2024 election? No, that's not true: A screenshot that claims to show
The Dispatch→ Time to Hide the Sausage-Making
Too much transparency is unhealthy for our politics.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NFL Coaches Did NOT Unanimously Vote To Ban ‘Anthem Kneeling’
Did National Football League (NFL) coaches unanimously vote to ban "anthem kneeling" permanently? No, that's not true: An NFL representative told Lead Stories that this claim was "totally false." A Google News and NFL.com search did not y
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No metal detector needed. Magnetic meat is not for sale in the U.S.
Video shows magnetic meat for sale in U.S. grocery stores.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Masks In Photo Do NOT Prove 2023 Nobel Winners Distrust Trust Vaccine They Enabled — Image Predates Award
Does a photo of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman -- the 2023 Nobel Prize laureates in physiology -- that shows them wearing face masks demonstrate that they do not trust "their own 'innovation'" in the field of mRNA vaccine development?