The government has tools to fight violent crime involving firearms.
The Dispatch→ Biden Is Losing the High-Tech War With China
A new executive order banning investing in certain technologies will barely dent China’s ambitions.
The Dispatch→ China’s Economy Is Spiraling
Will it drag down the rest of us?
Logically→ ইমৰান খানৰ গ্ৰেপ্তাৰৰ পিছৰ বুলি পুৰণি ফটো মিছাকৈ শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Belarus Did NOT Annex Kaliningrad ‘With NATO Approval’ In August 2023
Does the Russian region of Kaliningrad "now belong to Belarus," with NATO forces supporting Minsk in its struggle against Russia? No, that's not true: No parties allegedly involved in the supposed confrontation issued any statements confi
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Florida photo mischaracterized in posts about California property crimes law
Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – False rumors about gunshots fired at a South Carolina high school spread on social media
“Shots fired T.L Hanna High School 1 seriously injured.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Jacksonville shooter’s manifesto has not been released, despite claims online
CLAIM: Police quickly released the manifesto written by the white gunman who killed three Black people at a Dollar General Store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Aug. 26, yet a manifesto written by the shooter who killed six people at a Christian school in
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – COVID-19 vaccines not a threat to children of vaccinated women, experts say
Women vaccinated against COVID-19 face "unknown side effects that could perpetually go down through the lineage" to their children.
FactCheck.org→ Video: Hearst on the First GOP Debate
Our article about the first Republican debate of the 2024 election was the basis for this fact-checking video segment produced by Hearst Television — one of our media partners. The segment — which features Hearst’s Washington, D.C
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Tafari Campbell’s drowning death was accidental, he wasn’t murdered, according to medical examiner
Tafari Campbell was “murdered.”
The Dispatch→ Electability’s Last Stand
The politics of Trump’s trial date.
PolitiFact→ Mike Pence – Mike Pence off base about his policies aiding last U.S. debt decrease
"I actually pushed the Deficit Reduction Act. That was the last time we actually reduced the national debt in the United States, when I was the leader of House conservatives."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Un libro no prueba que los incendios de Maui, Hawai, fueron planeados
El libro “Fire & Fury” “salió un día después del fuego en Hawaii … Esto es más evidencia de que todo fue planificado”.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales had not resigned as of Aug. 29, despite Facebook post’s claim
As of Aug. 25, "Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Spanish Football Federation."
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Social media post distorts climate report. No U.S. city is banning meat, dairy, new clothes or cars
"America’s C40 cities will ban meat, dairy, new clothes, private cars by 2030.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Ukraine Seized ‘Train’ Filled With Russian SU-57 Jets In August 2023
Did Ukraine capture an entire "train" carrying multiple SU-57 jets used by the Russian army? No, that's not true: The video making such a claim in its clickbait headline did not actually say anything about this fighter jet. As of this wri
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘The Richest 1% Evade $163 Billion in Taxes Every Year, the United States Literally Has a Yacht Tax Deduction’
On August 28 2023, an unlinked post by former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich was shared to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter; it alleged that the “richest 1%” of Americans “evade $163 billion” in taxes each year
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Does NOT Show Ivermectin Reduces COVID-19 Mortality By 74%
Does an article published in the medical journal Cureus prove that ivermectin reduces COVID-19 mortality by 74 percent? No, that's not true: A professor of medicine at John Hopkins University School of Medicine told Lead Stories, "The stu
PolitiFact→ Vivek Ramaswamy – Why Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim about what Mike Pence could have done on Jan. 6 is False
Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, could have approved the 2020 electoral votes on the condition that Congress pass an overhaul of election law.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, Fox didn’t refer to the UNC shooting suspect as a ‘mostly white Asian male’
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Trump’s Trial Dates and GOP Donors’ Next Moves
Join us for our weekly livestream discussion.
PolitiFact→ Huracán Idalia: 5 mitos que debes evitar al prepararte para un huracán
En Español: Huracán Idalia se acerca a la costa oeste de Florida proyectándose como categoría 3. Aquí desmentimos falsos mitos de preparación que debes evitar.
Full Fact→ Covid-19 vaccines not ‘Mass Genocide’ of children
A Facebook post repeats the claim that Covid vaccines are causing death to children on a large scale. This isn’t true.
Logically→ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಈ ವೀಡಿಯೋ ರಷ್ಯಾದ ಲೂನಾ-೨೫ ಚಂದ್ರನ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಪ್ಪಳಿಸುವುದನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ
Logically→ Old video shared as recent U.S. military aircraft crash in Australia
Health Feedback→ Vitamin K shots are safe and polysorbate 80 isn’t poisonous, contrary to claim by Brandy Vaughan
REVIEW Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB) is a potentially fatal condition where the lack of vitamin K in newborns impairs blood clotting and causes hemorrhages. VKDB occurs in one in 60 to one in 250 newborns. Since the 1960s, newborns generally
Logically→ ఆగస్టు 14వ తారీఖున బుర్జ్ ఖలీఫా మీద పాకిస్థాన్ జెండాని ప్రదర్శించలేదు అనేది అబద్ధం
The Dispatch→ Lawmakers Seek to Upgrade Federal Aviation Administration
Plus: The growing risk of political violence.
Logically→ Visuals by NASA’s Mars rover peddled as Chandrayaan-3’s first video from the moon
The Dispatch→ Throwing Trump Under the Bus?
#WeNeedYouBradPitt
Logically→ পশ্চিমবংগৰ পুৰণি ভিডিঅ’ হাৰিয়ানাৰ নুহত সংঘটিত হিংসাৰ সৈতে মিছাকৈ জড়িত কৰা হৈছে
Logically→ ओडिशा ट्रेन दुर्घटना स्थल के पास मौजूद इस्कॉन मंदिर की तस्वीर को मस्जिद बताकर शेयर किया गया
The Dispatch→ Africa After Yevgeny Prigozhin
The mercenary leader’s death gives the Russian government an opportunity to wield more power and influence in Africa.
The Dispatch→ A Constitutional Crisis of Confidence
Why so much emphasis on disqualifying Trump rather than defeating him?
Logically→ চন্দ্ৰযান-৩ৰ অৱতৰণৰ পিছৰ বুলি ইছৰ’ৰ মুৰব্বীৰ পুৰণি নৃত্যৰ ভিডিঅ’ শ্বেয়াৰ কৰা হৈছে
The Dispatch→ He Looks Hard
Can a party be reactionary and countercultural?
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Your Policies Caused This’: DeSantis Heckled Trying to Appeal to Black Floridians
The initial attempt by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to reach out to Black residents in the wake of a racist shooting attack was met with derision and criticism for the contrast to his administration’s prior policies regarding Black history. R
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – She didn’t start the fire: Maui blames electric utility for fires, not Oprah
“Oprah started the fire.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The CDC didn’t say vaccinated people are more at risk of a new COVID variant than the unvaccinated
CLAIM: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that a new COVID-19 variant is more contagious among vaccinated people than those who are unvaccinated.