Photo shows former President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador kissing.
Truth or Fiction?→ Reporter Evan Lambert Arrested While Covering Ohio Train Derailment
On February 9 2023, a popular post to Reddit’s r/news was titled “Reporter arrested during news event on Ohio train derailment,” and a subsequent post to Imgur depicted the same headline: Reporter arrested during news event
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – GOP wants a ‘30% tax on everything’? That ignores taxes that would end, bill’s limited chances
"In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."
PolitiFact→ Rick Scott – Sen. Rick Scott’s false claim that Joe Biden ‘cheated’ on taxes
President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – The Mars Curiosity rover photographed rocks, not Third Reich relics
“NASA Curiosity finds Nazi helmet on Mars."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NOT Accurate That Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley ‘Never Served In Combat’ — Pentagon Provides Proof
Has U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "never served in combat"? No, that's not true: A publicly available profile of Milley lists his numerous operational deployments over the past several decades. The cla
PolitiFact→ This statistic on police indictments is misleading. Here's why
A House Democrat said less than 2% of police officers who engage in misconduct are indicted. We’ve seen that data point before; it refers to officers charged in police shootings. But experts say there’s not enough data to draw clear conclusions.
The Dispatch→ Stirewaltisms: An Experiment in Negative Partisanship
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)If nothing else, the State of the Union highlighted how our awful politics got that way.The post Stirewaltisms: An Experiment
Poynter→ Fact-checkers in the Middle East speak out after the Turkey-Syria earthquake
As the official death toll from Monday’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria surpasses 22,000, fact-checking organizations that operate out of the region described the chaotic state of information, the effects […] The post Fact-checkers in the Middl
The Dispatch→ Lawmakers Ask if U.S. Companies Helped Develop China’s Spy Balloon
Sen. Dan Sullivan speaks during a news conference in August 2022. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Plus: More congressional scrutiny on China and high-profile House GOP hearings.The post Lawmakers Ask if U.S. Companies Helped Develop China’s Spy B
PolitiFact→ Kayleigh McEnany – Are Biden’s border policies to blame for fentanyl deaths? Experts say no
"Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S.
Full Fact→ Vaccine boosters post wrongly says people not offered Covid-19 vaccine ‘declined’ it
Young children were not offered the vaccine at all, and most people were not offered the autumn booster. There are problems with the total population estimates too.
Full Fact→ Fake social media appeals for a missing boy called James Peltier
Posts about this supposedly missing boy have appeared on Facebook groups all over the world, using a picture of a girl who has appeared on many fake appeals before.
Full Fact→ Dog pictured by rubble was not taken in Turkey earthquake aftermath
The picture is being shared in good faith but is a stock photo created years ago.
PolitiFact→ Mike Palicz – Check, please. Are IRS agents coming for servers’ tips?
The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”
Logically→ Thailand will ban Pfizer after booster vaccination caused Princess Bajrakitiyabha to fall into a coma.
There is no evidence that the princess' condition was caused by any vaccination and Thai officials have stated there are no plans to ban Pfizer.
Full Fact→ How does the UK’s GDP growth compare to the G7?
We looked into comparisons between the UK and the world’s largest economies after the Conservative party tweeted that it had the highest growth in the G7.
Logically→ Photo captures Rahul Gandhi with Hindenburg Research founder Nathan Anderson proving Congress hatched a “conspiracy” against the Adani group.
The photo was taken in 2018 when Gandhi met Germany's Minister of State Niels Annen, and not the founder of Hindenburg Research.
Logically→ This is an image of a rescue dog in Turkey after it saved 10 lives following the February 6 earthquake.
An old image of a rescue dog from 2014 is misrepresented to show that it is from the recent rescue operations from Turkey in 2023.
Logically→ Images shows rescue dogs searching for injured people under rubble after February 6 earthquake in Turkey.
Old stock photos of dogs from the Alamy website were falsely shared as rescue dogs in Turkey following the earthquake.
Logically→ Image shows the mosque attacked recently in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s Peshawar.
An image from a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan in 2021 has been falsely linked to the January 30 suicide bombing in Pakistan.
Logically→ This video shows cars on an overpass taken during the February 2023 earthquakes in Turkey.
A video captured during Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been misattributed to the recent earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria.
Logically→ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಆಯೋಗವು ೨೦೨೩ ರ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯ ವೇಳಾಪಟ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದೆ.
೨೦೧೮ ರ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ದಿನಾಂಕಗಳ ಛಾಯಾ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಎಡಿಟ್ ಮಾಡಿ ೨೦೨೩ ರ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯ ವೇಳಾಪಟ್ಟಿ ಎಂದು
The Dispatch→ Entitlements Under Attack?
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) during a news conference to discuss the ongoing negotiations over the national debt ceiling. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Lawmakers struggle to come up with a plan to rein in spending without cuts to Medicare and Socia
Logically→ Adani Group is being targeted since there are no calls for a Joint Parliamentary Committee into Wipro despite its share price falling by 45 percent.
Adani Group's share price fell abruptly due to fraud allegations, which prompted demands for a JPC investigation. Wipro's share price fell gradually.
The Dispatch→ Headlines Don’t Tell the Whole Story on Education Reform
(Stock photo from Getty Images.)It might seem like schools have been caught up in the culture wars, but an analysis of 2022 campaigns and election results shows that we can expect slow and steady reforms.The post Headlines Don’t Tell the Whole Story
The Dispatch→ Why the National Debt Matters
A billboard showing the national debt in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)Owing tens of trillions of dollars puts the U.S. on a course for stagnation—or crisis: A Dispatch Explainer.The post Why
The Dispatch→ Cut Spending, Raise Taxes, or Wait for Economic Collapse
There are three options for dealing with entitlements. The post Cut Spending, Raise Taxes, or Wait for Economic Collapse appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Pfizer CEO was found guilty of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine for children.
An initial verdict that found Pfizer had breached code of conduct was later overturned after the CEO’s full interview was made available.
Logically→ Video shows India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meeting her father.
The video was taken when Sitharaman visited Varanasi and met K. V. Krishnan, great-nephew of the famous poet Subramania Bharati, and not her father.
The Dispatch→ Will The Real Fiscal Conservatives Please Stand Up?
We're gonna have a budget problem, here.The post Will The Real Fiscal Conservatives Please Stand Up? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Grounding’ Does NOT Heal ‘Any Kind Of Disease You Have’
Does "grounding" heal "any kind of disease that you have"? No, that's not true: There are no cures for multiple diseases, from cancer to HIV, and the simple treatment of putting your feet on the earth is not medically proven to heal "any
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sex With COVID-Vaccinated Men Does NOT Cause Menstrual Cycle Problems In Unvaccinated Women
Does having sex with men vaccinated for COVID-19 cause menstrual cycle problems in unvaccinated women and do Pfizer documents confirm this? No, that's not true: The vaccine elements can't be spread from person to person, either through in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Quantum Healing’ CANNOT Instantly Cure Any Health Issue
Can "quantum healing" work by sensing your body's biofield and harnessing energy for an instant cure? No, that's not true: Physicists and medical doctors say using quantum physics terminology as the basis for medicine-free healing is huck
The Dispatch→ The One-Legged Stool
(Photos from Getty Images.)A final farewell to traditional conservatism in 2024.The post The One-Legged Stool appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking President Biden’s State of The Union Speech
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images.) President Biden delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday, touching on topics from inflation and the deficit to Uk
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Buildings Collapsing In Turkey After February 6, 2023, Quake — Video Was Posted Weeks Earlier
Does this video show high-rise buildings in Turkey falling after the deadly February 6, 2023, earthquake? No, that's not true: The footage was originally posted on TikTok on January 3, 2023, more than a month before the 7.8 magnitude eart
Truth or Fiction?→ Netflix Canada ‘Password Sharing’ Screen
On February 9 2023, the top post on Reddit’s r/all (originally on r/mildlyinfuriating) included a photograph of a Netflix password sharing warning purportedly observed in Canada: Netflix rolled out their Bullshit in Canada. from m
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Houston, we have a problem: Misinformation about the Space Station is spreading on Earth
“There are no humans” on the International Space Station.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – The earthquake in Syria and Turkey was a real natural disaster, and not a political attack
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria is "a systemic attack against Kurdish people."