Despite low favorability ratings, a Trump-Biden rematch in 2024 is looking more and more likely.
Logically→ Video of Ron DeSantis dropping out of the U.S. presidential race is a deepfake
Logically→ Video shows NYC’s Union Square in disarray after messy giveaway, not everyday scenes
Logically→ No plans for London’s ULEZ to be developed into a pay-per-mile scheme
Logically→ গুজৰাটৰ পুৰণি ভিডিঅ’ দিল্লীৰ মল্লযোদ্ধাসকলৰ প্ৰতিবাদৰ সমৰ্থনত কৰা সমদলৰ বুলি মিছাকৈ শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
The Dispatch→ Five Known Unknowns for 2024
We’ve got the outline for next year’s elections, but we’ll have to wait for the details.
The Dispatch→ Good Luck With That Grand Strategy
Even the most comprehensive plans are bound to fail if leaders can’t build support for them.
Health Feedback→ Posts misrepresent CDC risk assessment of new SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86; COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the risk of infection
REVIEW The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a document on 23 August 2023 summarizing what was known at the time about a new SARS-CoV-2 variant called BA.2.86. In the document, the CDC reported that “BA.2.86 may be mo
Full Fact→ There are no official reports of an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man festival
The desert festival has been mired by wet weather but there are no credible reports of an Ebola outbreak.
Full Fact→ Bargain online offers at Wilko are fake
The real Wilko website no longer allows online purchases.
Logically→ CGI video shared as visuals of tornado amid Hurricane Idalia
Logically→ 2013 video of Burkina Faso Minister collapsing shared as Gabon President Ali Bongo
Logically→ नहीं, यह तस्वीर भारत-पाक एशिया कप मैच में दर्शकों को बीजेपी का झंडा थामे नहीं दिखाती
Logically→ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಮೋದಿಯವರು ಡೆನ್ಮಾರ್ಕ್ ರಾಣಿಯನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿಯಾದ ೨೦೨೨ರ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಾದ ಹೇಳಿಕೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ Gabon coup: 2022 video of former senate president with tons of cash shared as recent
Logically→ Ample evidence to prove Hawaii wildfire ‘blue theory’ isn’t true
Logically→ ప్రధానమంత్రి మోదీ డెన్మార్క్ రాణిని కలిసినప్పటి వీడియోని తప్పుడు క్లైమ్ తో షేర్ చేశారు
Logically→ Video of burqa-clad officer at Independence Day celebrations shared as from Karnataka
PolitiFact→ Desmintiendo mitos sobre el fentanilo: No, no va tener una sobredosis por tan solo tocar fentanilo
En Español: A pesar de publicaciones virales en redes sociales, no es posible sufrir de una sobredosis accidental por tan solo tocar fentanilo. Desmentimos este y otros mitos comunes sobre el fentanilo.
PolitiFact→ Common myths about fentanyl debunked: No, you can’t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl
Despite viral claims on social media, it’s not possible to accidentally overdose from fentanyl by simply touching it. We debunked this and other common myths about fentanyl.
The Dispatch→ The No-Values Party
The modern Republican Party has no principles, but plenty of contradictions and incoherence.
Full Fact→ Pasteurisation does not cause lactose intolerance
A video on social media claims pasteurised milk is a cause of lactose intolerance. This isn’t true, and raw unpasteurised milk can make you unwell.
Logically→ Decade-old video shared as Vladimir Putin attending Wagner boss Prigozhin’s funeral
Logically→ No, hundreds of dead bodies have not washed ashore in Lanai after the Maui wildfire
Logically→ No, hundreds of dead bodies have not washed ashore in Lanai after the Maui wildfire
Logically→ ম্যানমাৰত ড্ৰোনৰ দ্বাৰা বোমা নিক্ষেপৰ ভিডিঅ’ মণিপুৰৰ সংঘৰ্ষৰ বুলি মিছাকৈ শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Dog Days of Summer
Plus, why are schools going remote, and what the heck was Vivek Ramaswamy suggesting?
The Dispatch→ McConnell at the Crossroads
There’s never a good time to have a leadership change, but some times are worse than others.
The Dispatch→ The Tribe of Asininity
Madness, I tell you.
The Dispatch→ Catastrophizing the Classroom
Cara Fitzpatrick’s ‘The Death of Public School’ overblows public education's demise—and wrongly goes after school choice.
The Dispatch→ What ‘Painkiller’ Omits About the Opioid Crisis
Netflix’s OxyContin series offers a comic-book version of a complex story.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FDA Does NOT Plan To Replace ‘Most Salt In America’ With ‘Bill Gates’ New mRNA Fake Salt’
Did the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) attempt to substitute "most salt in America" with a single alternative that contains "mRNA chemicals" and is produced by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates? No, that's not true: An FDA representativ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Was NOT Executed On December 31, 2018
Was Hillary Clinton executed on December 31, 2018? No, that's not true: The former U.S. senator and secretary of state has been seen numerous times since that date in public settings. She has been photographed, videotaped and given live i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Arrest ‘Moderna Chemist’ Melissa J. Moore — It’s Satire
Did the U.S. military place "Moderna chemist" Melissa J. Moore under arrest for developing a "mRNA clot shot" for the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer? No, that's not true: A Moderna spokesperson told Lead Stories that this claim is "false."
FactCheck.org→ Ramaswamy’s Flawed College Fitness Idea
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy this week proposed that a physical fitness test be added to the college admissions process as a way for colleges to diversify their student body. “This is a pro-merit solution that rewards div
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Watermelon Cracks Are NOT Caused By Plant Growth Regulator And Do NOT Cause Cancer, Other Health Issues
Should cracked watermelon not be eaten because the cracks may be from the plant growth regulator forchlorfenuron, which causes cancer and neurological complications? No, that's not true: The cracks in the flesh of watermelon are caused by
The Dispatch→ Leopards Eating People’s Faces
Turns out populists have faces too.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Woman describing pandemic plans for a ‘soft coup’ is not a WHO representative
CLAIM: A video shows a World Health Organization representative discussing plans the agency is developing as a way to disregard human rights protections in the name of pandemic preparedness.
The Dispatch→ Holy Bovines
On Vivek Ramaswamy, Social Security, and the Iowa State Fair.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chief Justice John Roberts Did NOT Request $780 Million For Security Of Supreme Court Justices
Did Chief Justice John Roberts ask for $780 million to protect the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices, with each of the justices receiving close to $87 million, in 2024? No, that's not true: The federal judiciary system asked Congress in Ma