Did Facebook or its parent company Meta announce a plan to charge all of the platform's users $4.99 a month for access? Will copying and pasting a post about the change allow people to "opt out" or "bypass the system"? No, none of that is
Health Feedback→ Yale University researchers reported a technology to deliver mRNA vaccines in the nose, not a way to remotely vaccinate people
REVIEW Researchers from Yale University, Suberi et al., published a study in August 2023 on a new technology for mRNA vaccine delivery[1]. In early September 2023, a video from the Epoch Times claimed that this technology could be used to “dissemi
Health Feedback→ Robert Malone makes several misleading and unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 vaccines in Judicial Watch interview
REVIEW On 9 September 2023, political activist group Judicial Watch posted a video of an interview with scientist Robert Malone, conducted by the group’s director of investigations Christopher Farrell. The video, which contains several claims abou
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Use of Floodgates at Southern Border
Quick Take To avoid damage from heavy rains, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have opened floodgates along Arizona’s border fencing during monsoon season since 2009. But social media users, including Sen. Ted Cruz, shared posts wi
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Ron DeSantis mandated COVID-19 vaccines in Florida? No, that Donald Trump claim rates Pants on Fire!
“Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Climate change doesn’t cause hurricanes. But it may increase their frequency and intensity
CLAIM: Climate change isn’t real because Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that ‘The View’ hosts threatened to resign if Candace Owens joined started as satire
“Whoopi, Joy and Sunny Threaten To Resign ‘Immediately’ If Candace Owens Joins The Panel.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A new study doesn’t show Pfizer’s COVID vaccine causes ‘VAIDS’
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ A Different Kind of Impeachment
Plus: The Fellowship Athletes case gets resurrected.
Full Fact→ The Energy Bill will not make failing to comply with ‘Net Zero targets’ a criminal offence
Posts on social media which claim a new law will mean people can be fined £15,000 or sent to jail if they don’t comply with energy regulations misunderstand the legislation.
Logically→ Rescue footage from typhoon Doksuri in Beijing misrepresented as flooding in Libya
Logically→ HAARP did not cause the floods and wildfires in Greece
Logically→ Excerpts read from a ‘banned’ book in Senate hearing falsely claimed to be words of Barack Obama
Logically→ यूपी के कानपुर में नवजात शिशु को बचाए जाने का वीडियो मोरक्को भूकंप से जोड़कर वायरल
Logically→ ಇಲ್ಲ, ತೆಲುಗು ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆ ಚಂದ್ರಬಾಬು ನಾಯ್ಡು ಅವರನ್ನು ಅಪರಾಧಿ ಎಂದು ಘೋಷಿಸುವ ಲೇಖನವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ
Logically→ చంద్రబాబు నాయుడు దోషి అని నిర్ధారిస్తూ ఈనాడు దినపత్రిక కథనం ప్రచురించలేదు
Logically→ ছিৰিয়াৰ ক্ষতিগ্ৰস্ত মছজিদৰ পৰা মৌলবীযে আজান দিয়া ভিডিঅ’টো মৰক্কো ভূমিকম্পৰ নহয়
Logically→ The floods in Libya were caused by Storm Daniel, not HAARP
The Dispatch→ A Rogue State Visit
A look at Kim Jong Un’s trip to Russia.
Logically→ Viral post claiming Facebook users stand a chance to win two free houses is a scam
Logically→ Video of cleric reciting Islamic prayer atop damaged mosque in Syria falsely shared as Morocco
Logically→ Video of 2016 flash flood in Saudi Arabia misattributed to Storm Daniel in Libya
Logically→ উত্তৰ প্ৰদেশৰ ভিডিঅ’ মৰক্কো ভূমিকম্পত নৱজাত শিশুৰ উদ্ধাৰৰ দৃশ্য় বুলি শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
Logically→ No, video of gold bust of PM Modi is not from Saudi Arabia
Logically→ Old video shared as people praying as quake struck Morocco
The Dispatch→ I, Nacho
Economics for toddlers.
The Dispatch→ Hostages and a Nuclear Illusion
Biden’s appeasement actually increases the chance that Iran will build a bomb.
The Dispatch→ The Supreme Court Can Fix Its Oldest Mistake This Year
The court long ago gutted the Privileges or Immunities Clause. A new case would give the court a chance to restore it.
Logically→ Nej, vaccinerede har ikke højere risiko for at blive smittet med coronavarianten BA.2.86
Logically→ I deepfake-video opgiver Florida-guvernør Ron DeSantis at blive republikanernes præsidentkandidat
Logically→ No, viral photo is not of judge who delivered order against former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu
Logically→ No, viral photo is not of judge who delivered order against former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu
Full Fact→ Full Fact announces Chris Morris as new chief executive
Full Fact announces Chris Morris as new chief executive
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. Kennedy Did NOT Read Obama Texts To Larry Sinclair – He Was Reading From Sexually Explicit Books
Did Sen. John Kennedy read aloud during a Senate hearing sexually explicit text messages former President Barack Obama sent to Larry Sinclair? No, that's not true: The video is authentic, but mislabeled. The Louisiana Republican was readi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK’s MI6 Did NOT Reveal ‘Weather Weapon’ Used To Cause Wildfires In Hawaii
The Dispatch→ Gone Fishing
Will the House GOP’s impeachment effort backfire?
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, the US did not send Ukraine $6 billion by mistake
CLAIM: The U.S. accidentally sent Ukraine $6 billion in military aid. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The claim misinterprets an announcement by a Pentagon spokesperson in June that the agency had overestimated the value of weapons it sent to Ukraine over th
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking McCarthy’s Impeachment Inquiry Claims
Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced on Sept. 12 that he would direct the House to open a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. The unilateral move came just a week and a half after McCarthy told Breitbart News that an impeachment inq
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tennessee Governor Did NOT Recently Sign Off On New Internment Camps — This Is Old And Misconstrued News
Did Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee sign an executive order, around September 2023, to build quarantine internment camps as has been done in many other states at the same time, supposedly? No, that's not true: This TikTok video was first posted o
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, CNN did not break news about a Pentagon ‘plan to implant Americans with nanotech particles’
CNN reported “breaking news” that the Pentagon announced a plan to “implant Americans with nanotech particles.”