CLAIM: Book sales for bestselling author Stephen King have dropped “90% since he went woke.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The claim originated on a satire website.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ False claim that Navy SEALs rescued missing Maui children from cages comes from a parody site
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Social media posts misrepresent CDC data on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in teens
CLAIM: Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that COVID-19 vaccines will not prevent any deaths among teenagers and lead to 100,000 to 200,000 severe side effects.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Story about Navy SEALs saving missing kids in Maui is fabricated
“Navy SEALs Save Missing Maui Children” who were padlocked in cages.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Don’t believe the social media circus. A clown attack didn’t happen in Paris
Video shows an April 2023 clown attack in Paris.
The Dispatch→ Politics of Principle, Politics of Power
And what happens when you forgo the former for the latter.
Full Fact→ Search for missing man ‘Frederick Miller’ is a hoax
The hoaxes share a photo of a man with his dog from a 2020 Reddit post.
Health Feedback→ VAERS death reports don’t prove COVID-19 vaccines killed hundreds of thousands, contrary to claim by Steve Kirsch
REVIEW A Facebook video posted on 6 August 2022 showed Steve Kirsch, a known spreader of COVID-19 misinformation, claiming that the COVID-19 vaccines caused higher rates of death than previously reported. Specifically, he claimed that these deaths
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump Puts Pro-Lifers on the Back Foot
Plus: A cold war between two Florida congressmen previews a possible Florida governor primary in 2026.
The Dispatch→ Video: Kevin Williamson and David French Take Your Questions
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.
AllSides→ Launching Impeachment Inquiries: Reviewing What Happened in 2019 and 2023
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/09/launching-impeachment-inquiries-reviewing-what-happened-in-2019-and-2023/
Logically→ Election Commission won’t fine people ₹350 for not voting in the 2024 general elections
Logically→ Video doesn’t show Indian PM Narendra Modi calling cricketer Mohammad Siraj
Logically→ Video doesn’t show Indian PM Narendra Modi calling cricketer Mohammad Siraj
Logically→ Nej, Sverige bygger inte ett fängelse för 5 000 invandrare och kan inte heller fängsla muslimer utan giltiga skäl
Logically→ Nej, den svenska socialtjänsten kidnappar inte 50.000 barn per år baserat på den nazistiska “Lebensborn”-ideologin om att återbefolka nationen.
Logically→ 2013 video of PM Narendra Modi used to falsely claim he expressed support for INDIA bloc
Logically→ Nej, Sverige är inte ett registrerat företag som inte stiftar lagar utan företagspolicys
Logically→ Nej, Sveriges Television är inte ett privat företag som ägs av en stiftelse med dolda ägare
Logically→ Kvicksilver är giftigt och kan inte användas för antigravitationsteknik
Logically→ Nej, havsmossa kan inte bota diabetes
Logically→ नागपुर के सांस्कृतिक केंद्र का वीडियो अयोध्या में राम मंदिर का अंदरूनी दृश्य बताकर वायरल
Logically→ Nej, det har inte hittats mikrochip som bevisar existensen av en uråldrig avancerad civilisation.
The Dispatch→ Another Migrant Surge
The Biden administration’s border policies strain under a new wave of migrants.
Logically→ Nej, det var inte en “Airborne-laser” (ABL) eller andra energivapen som orsakade bränderna på Maui
Logically→ Jordbävningen i Marocko berodde på rörelser i de tektoniska plattorna, inte på HAARP
Logically→ চিলিৰ পুৰণি ভিডিঅ’ ‘ডেনিয়েল’ ধুমুহায়ে লিবিয়াত কৰা ধ্বংসৰ দৃশ্য বুলি ভাইৰেল
Logically→ Media misreports Canada updated travel advisory for India amid standoff
Logically→ Donald Rumsfeld rapporterade inte att 2,3 biljoner dollar saknades i Pentagon dagen före den 11 september 2001
Logically→ No, this photo was not taken in Istanbul during British occupation in the 1920s
Logically→ Migrationsministerns påståenden om statistik över bidrag till invandrare är missvisande
Health Feedback→ CDC data didn’t show an increased risk of hospitalization in people vaccinated against COVID-19, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
REVIEW Casting doubt on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines has been a recurring theme of misinformation since the vaccination rollout in December 2020. Health Feedback has covered this subject in several previous reviews, explaining why claims t
Logically→ Scripted video of woman tearing down Pride flag passed off as real
Full Fact→ Conservative estimate that UK would take 100,000 migrants a year under Labour plan is not reliable
It’s not clear how many more migrants might come as a result of any future returns agreement with the EU, but the 100,000 figure is based on a number of assumptions.
The Dispatch→ Last Exit to Wheeling
The forgotten man.
The Dispatch→ House Republicans Saddle Up for More Chaos
Even their own colleagues aren’t sure of what the GOP holdouts want from the spending impasse.
The Dispatch→ Could McCarthy Really Pull Off Impeaching Biden?
It’s stupid politics, but it might just work.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No proof the World Economic Forum called for ‘COVID-19 concentration camps’
The World Economic Forum is calling “for COVID concentration camps.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Video shows Sen. John Fetterman, not a body double, with tattoos intact
Video proves Sen. John Fetterman has a body double.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden’s Family Did NOT Say He Died And Was Replaced By Actor In 2019
Did President Joe Biden's family say he died and was replaced by an actor in 2019? No, that's not true: This article and accompanying video from The People's Voice is baseless. There is no member of the Biden family who has claimed that J