Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “campaigned and raised money on, ‘I will get Trump.’”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of light flashing through sky above a beach was taken in Florida, not Maui, contrary to claims
CLAIM: A video of a beam of light traveling through clouds across the sky above the ocean was filmed in Lahaina, in Maui, around the time of the wildfires.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA In Hebrew Does NOT Translate To ‘To Deceive’
Does NASA translated from Hebrew mean "to deceive" in English? No, that's not true: NASA is an English-language acronym that stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In Hebrew, there is a word that is pronounced like
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 2023 DEW Attack On Hawaii — It’s A 2018 SpaceX Launch From California
Did a laser beam from a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) blast Hawaii just before the wildfires started in August 2023? No, that's not true: This is not a photo of a DEW laser hitting Hawaii. It shows a time-lapse image of a SpaceX rocket lau
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Latvia Did NOT Plan To Invade Russia In 2023 Or Between 2011 And 2015 — It’s A Parody Account’s Claim
Have Latvia's "secret plans" to invade Russia recently been exposed? And does information from military archives confirm these plans? No, that's not true: The author of the claim later publicly referred to it as "obvious satire." The stor
FactCheck.org→ Injection Protects Babies from RSV Hospitalization, Has Not Been Linked to Deaths
SciCheck Digest Each year, respiratory syncytial virus hospitalizes 58,000 to 80,000 children under age 5 in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved an antibody injection for babies to protect them during the RSV season. There i
Full Fact→ Mountain Dew drink doesn’t prove Maui fires were ‘planned’
The claim has been shared widely online following wildfires on the Hawaiian island.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Georgia officials didn't “forget” to redact the names of the grand jurors who indicted former President Donald Trump; that's standard in the state.
The Dispatch→ New Georgia GOP Chair Straddles Trump and Kemp on 2020 Election Question
Plus: Where is Doug Burgum?
Logically→ France is not preparing air strikes against Niger to retain its economic influence in the country
Logically→ Obamas and other celebrities’ estates and mansions survived the Maui fires not because they were directed
Logically→ Video extract shared to claim Putin snubbed a handshake with French President
Logically→ Old visuals captured by International Space Station passed off as visuals from Chandrayaan 3
Logically→ Digitally altered image used to claim laser beam started fires in Hawaii
Logically→ Visuals of a transformer exploding in Chile shared as footage of Hawaii wildfire
Logically→ No, the Governor of Hawaii did not say that a ‘bomb and fire went off’ in Lahaina
Logically→ Edited video of BBC news clip shared as President Biden’s ‘confession’ that Buhari died 6 years ago
Logically→ పులి స్నానం చేస్తున్నట్టు గా వైరల్ అవుతున్న వీడియో కర్ణాటకలోని కూర్గ్ లో తీసినది కాదు
Logically→ ಶಾರ್ಟ್ ಫಿಲಿಮ್ ನ ದೃಶ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹರಿಯಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಮರ ವಿರುದ್ದದ ಹಿಂಸಾಚಾರ ಎಂದು ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ Old video of mulch fire in Cleveland passed off as visuals of wildfires in Hawaii and California
The Dispatch→ Strolling Toward a Shutdown
Plus: So much for the hopes for a room-temperature semiconductor.
Logically→ రామాయణంకి సంబంధించి రాహుల్ గాంధీ చేసిన వ్యాఖ్యలని క్లిప్ చేసి వైరల్ చేశారు
Logically→ RFK Jr. makes false claims about children’s vaccines safety
Logically→ No, this video does not show a ‘direct energy weapons attack’ on Maui
The Dispatch→ Braindead Partisanship
McMuffindom and bongism.
The Dispatch→ Curb Your Enthusiasm
Even ‘We the People’ need checks and accountability.
The Dispatch→ Donald Trump’s RICO Nightmare
A primer on the racketeering case brought by Fani Willis.
The Dispatch→ Systematic Reviews of Gender Transition Treatments, Explained
The American Academy of Pediatrics is playing catch-up with European health officials.
Logically→ ৰামায়ণৰ ওপৰত ৰাহুল গান্ধীৰ মন্তব্যৰ অসম্পূৰ্ণ ভিডিঅ’ ভাইৰেল হৈছে
Logically→ এই ভিডিঅ’টোত মণিপুৰৰ এক কুকি-মেইটেই যুটিয়ে একেলগে গান গোৱা নাই
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hawaii’s Governor Green Did NOT Announce State To Take Ownership Of Lahaina To Turn It Into A ‘Smart City’
Did Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announce in mid-August 2023 that the state will take ownership of Lahaina to convert it into "a smart city"? No, that's not true: The governor discussed a range of measures aimed at protecting housing security f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Laser Beam Was NOT Present In Press Photo Of Burning Lahaina Church — Photo Was Swiped And Edited To Deceive
Did an orange laser beam ignite a fire in a Maui church that was already consumed in flames, surrounded by blowing embers, and palm trees bending in a heavy wind? No, that's not true: This photo has been altered. The original photo by Mau
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO ‘Secret CDC Report’ Shows Hundreds Of Thousands Of Children ‘Died Suddenly’ Following Rollout Of COVID-19 Vaccines
Does a "secret CDC report" show hundreds of thousands of children "died suddenly" in the United States following the COVID-19 vaccine rollout? No, that's not true: The author or authors of the article making the claims did not find any su
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A photo of a US Navy test was edited to add a UFO rising out of the ocean
CLAIM: A photo shows a UFO emerging from the ocean next to a naval ship and a large explosion. AP’S ASSESSMENT: Altered photo.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Speed Of ‘Fire and Fury’ Book Publication Does NOT Prove Maui Fire Was Planned Or Foretold
Is the unusually fast publication speed for the book "Fire and Fury: The Story of the 2023 Maui Fire and Its Implications for Climate Change" a sign that something is suspicious -- that the author either was tipped off the disaster was go
The Dispatch→ The End of Electability
As Trump’s jeopardy deepens, his primary lead grows.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Misinfo about ‘suitcases’ of ballots and a burst pipe in 2020 return after Trump’s Georgia indictment
CLAIM: On election night in 2020, a burst water pipe at a ballot processing site in Georgia’s Fulton County allowed workers to steal the election from former President Donald Trump.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Book is not proof Maui wildfires were planned
A book published Aug. 10 about the Maui wildfires is proof the wildfires were planned.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden says he declared a national climate emergency, but he hasn’t
“I’ve already” declared a national climate emergency
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Fire Crawling On Cement In Maui — It’s Ohio In 2022
Does a video show fire crawling on cement in Maui during the wildfires of August 2023? No, that's not true: The video appeared online more than a year before the Maui fires. It shows a fire in Cleveland, Ohio, in June 2022 that was report