Titan submersible passenger Shahzada Dawood is the World Economic Forum’s vice chairman.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The Guantánamo Bay detention center is still open, but that isn’t proof that Biden isn’t president
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp remaining open is proof that Joe Biden is not the president.
The Dispatch→ The Strangest Candidacy
Why on earth is Will Hurd running for president? Continue reading The Strangest Candidacy »
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Accounting error on military support does not mean US sent Ukraine $6.2 billion by mistake
The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Offer Tucker Carlson Role Of Twitter CEO After Fox News Firing
Did Elon Musk offer Tucker Carlson the Twitter CEO job after Carlson was fired from Fox News? No, that's not true: The website that posted the story is a satirical site. It included quotes that were never posted on Twitter by Musk regardi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Titan Passenger Shahzada Dawood NOT Vice Chairman Of World Economic Forum
Is Shahzada Dawood, one of five people who went missing on June 18, 2023, when the submersible Titan vanished on its way to the Titanic wreckage, the vice chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF)? No, that's not true: The Pakistani busi
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – El submarino Titan no fue rescatado, autoridades confirman muerte de los cinco pasajeros
"Autoridades confirmaron el rescate” del submarino Titan el 21 de junio de 2023.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Gayle King, Elon Musk discussing investment opportunity for Canadians
Video shows “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King interviewing Elon Musk about a new project ensuring Canadians “won’t have to work anymore.”
Truth or Fiction?→ A Moms For Liberty Chapter Quoted Hitler in Newsletter
On June 22 2023, claims that a chapter of far-right group Moms for Liberty in Hamilton County, Indiana had apologized “quoting Adolf Hitler” circulated on social media: Remember when members of the Republican Party went on a 3-day ran
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Did NOT Sue McDonald’s For Still Being Depressed After Eating A Happy Meal — It’s ‘Fiction’
Did a man sue McDonald's "for still being depressed after eating a Happy Meal"? No, that's not true: This claim is from a website that has a disclaimer saying all of its content is "fiction ... and shouldn't be taken as real." Google News
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Fact-check: Trump’s bogus claim on Fox News that ballots in 2020 were ‘fake’
In 2020 the ballots that were counted "were fake ballots."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – California bill affects custody disputes, doesn’t charge parents with child abuse
“New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – He’s not lovin’ it? Headline about McDonald’s being sued over Happy Meal originated on satire site
“Man sues McDonalds for still being depressed after eating happy meal.”
The Dispatch→ America Has a Legal Immigration Problem
And it helps fuel illegal immigration. Continue reading America Has a Legal Immigration Problem »
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook claim makes premature claim about Titan submersible passengers
The Titan submersible was found June 21 with all five passengers alive.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Search continues for Titan passengers, despite social media claims
The five people aboard the Titan submersible “have been found dead.”
PolitiFact→ Tim Scott – Sen. Tim Scott repeats inaccurate claims about DOJ labeling parents ‘domestic terrorists’
“Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.”
Full Fact→ Missing grandma hoax posts use photo taken from a 2016 blog
Almost identical posts appeared in community groups for locations across the UK.
Full Fact→ MailOnline corrects article on homeworking
The website said that a third of homeworkers don’t have their own workspace. But this was based on research looking at office workers in general.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make False Claim About Cause of Gender Dysphoria
SciCheck Digest Recent research suggests that gender dysphoria is likely caused by a combination of factors, including hormone exposure before birth. But social media posts make the baseless claim that it could be caused by a vaccine containing DNA
AllSides→ Republican Claims About Hunter Biden Offenses
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/republican-claims-about-hunter-biden-offenses/ Several Republican law
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – New evidence of fraud in Biden-Trump election? No, that debunked claim is from a 2020 video
A lawyer for former President Donald Trump released new proof of 2020 election fraud.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Mel Gibson no está haciendo un documental sobre tráfico de niños, dijo su publicista
"Mel Gibson ha hecho cuatro documentales tremendos sobre este tema: tráfico de niños".
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson is not entitled to a ‘£115,000 pension’ as a former Prime Minister
Social media posts wrongly claim that Boris Johnson will receive a £115,000 a year pension.
Full Fact→ Labour fails to back up claim that the NHS owns 10% of the world’s pagers
The claim may stem from coverage of a 2017 report by a clinical messaging company. Other more recent figures suggest the NHS may account for far fewer than 10% of pagers globally.
Full Fact→ Minimum wage earners haven’t seen a ‘£1,000 reduction in their tax’ compared to what they used to pay
A figure quoted by the Deputy PM actually refers to the difference between what a minimum wage earner pays now, and what they’d be paying if tax thresholds had risen with inflation since 2010.
Logically→ Nej, nazisterna var varken vänster och socialister.
The Dispatch→ Rebuilding Ukraine
Plus: The scathing DOJ report on police misconduct in Minneapolis. Continue reading Rebuilding Ukraine »
Logically→ Nej, Bill Gates TED Talk bevisar inte att Covid-19-vaccinet var avsett för att döda människor för att bekämpa överbefolkning
Logically→ Spikprotein från Covid-19-vaccin har inte ersatt spermier hos vaccinerade män
Logically→ Nej, Avicii mördades inte för att han arbetade på en dokumentärfilm som skulle avslöja en global barnhandelsring
Logically→ WEF did not call for AI to rewrite the Bible and create new religions
The Dispatch→ Down In History
What's the price of international responsibility? Continue reading Down In History »
The Dispatch→ A Senate Committee Takes a Partisan Turn
Under Bernie Sanders’ chairmanship, political messaging is displacing bipartisan legislating. Continue reading A Senate Committee Takes a Partisan Turn »
The Dispatch→ Washington’s Open Hand to Narendra Modi
The U.S. sees India as a counterweight to China, but the relationship transcends that common rivalry. Continue reading Washington’s Open Hand to Narendra Modi »
Logically→ Video of building demolition from Turkey falsely linked to Manipur violence
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Law Would NOT Allow Children ‘As Young As 12’ To Be Sent ‘To Group Homes Without Parents’ Permission’
Is California considering a bill that will send children "as young as 12" to be sent "to group homes without the parents permission," potentially allowing minors to receive gender-affirming medical or surgical care? No, that's not true: A
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden exagera el número de estudiantes que hablan español
En Español: Alrededor del 26% de los alumnos de K-12 son hispanos, pero eso no significa que todos hablen español. Alrededor del 15% de los estudiantes de los EE.UU. hablan español en casa; la cifra es mayor en California y Texas.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Mexican Military Massing South Of US Border
Does a video filmed at night in an urban area show Mexican military currently massing just south of the U.S. border near California on June 17, 2023? No, that's not true: The footage shows a shopping district in Mexico City, which is abou
Truth or Fiction?→ Experts Warn: ‘Freedom Convoy’ Supporters Now Pushing Anti-LGBTQ Movement
In what should by now be a familiar shift, supporters of the right-wing “Freedom Convoy” have moved on to pushing anti-LGBTQ campaigns, according to Canadian experts. “In terms of the organizers and the people who had the loudest voic