Should sperm be used to reduce wrinkles, moisturize the face and prevent acne? No, that's not true: There is no medical evidence that sperm (or ejaculate containing sperm, called semen), when applied to the face, will have the purported b
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This Instagram post twists Sean Hannity’s words. He didn’t say Biden had been replaced
Video shows Fox News host Sean Hannity saying an impostor is pretending to be President Joe Biden.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, NASA isn’t a film studio
NASA is “just a film studio, and all they do are movies.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump said ‘many’ teachers are ex-soldiers. Data shows 2%
“Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Wear your sunscreen. The sun does not prevent skin cancer
“The sun prevents skin cancer.”
The Dispatch→ Still Crazy After All These Years
The flaws and benefits of CNN’s deplorable town hall.Continue reading Still Crazy After All These Years »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Decline $120 Million Bud Light Twitter Marketing Campaign
Did Twitter CEO Elon Musk decline a $120 million Bud Light Twitter marketing campaign, saying "my principles come first"? No, that's not true: This story originated from a self-described satirical website aimed at trolling conservatives.
Truth or Fiction?→ Can the Texas Governor Now Overturn Election Results?
On May 11 2023, Imgur account u/Lanhdanan shared a meme claiming that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) bas been granted the ability to overturn Texas election results: No link was attached to the post providing context for the claim. However, three of the
PolitiFact→ Viral image – The idea that Mammoth Cave National Park is imprisoning children? That’s bananas
The National Parks Service posted about children who have been freed from human traffickers.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Brag About Firing ‘Crybaby Liberals’ — It’s AI Video
Did Elon Musk brag about firing "crybaby liberals"? No, that's not true: This video was made using AI, or artificial intelligence. The Instagram post where this claim originated seems to be an ad for an app that uses AI to make public fig
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Say She Sacrificed Chickens To Moloch
Did Hillary Clinton say she sacrificed chickens to Moloch in a 2009 email? No, that's not true: The line in question was not written by her. The content of the exchange shows that the phrase was used as a figurative expression of cautious
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Pastel Rainbow ‘MAP’ Flag Signifies Normalizing Pedophilia
Does a pastel rainbow "MAP" flag signify normalizing pedophilia? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that it is an official "MAP or YAP pride flag." An organization that works with "MAP," which stands for minor attracted persons, has
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton Has Not Advocated “Force-Jabbing” Unvaccinated Children
Chelsea Clinton at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast on June 29, 2022. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images) Claims are circulating online among social media users that Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former S
The Dispatch→ Trump on Their Minds
Is Trump inevitable?Continue reading Trump on Their Minds »
PolitiFact→ Brian Tyler Cohen – Claim about congressional ‘pay raise’ omits key information
House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”
Full Fact→ Monzo is not closing all customers’ accounts
A Facebook post which wrongly claimed the online bank is closing everyone’s accounts was shared over 1,500 times before being deleted.
Logically→ Viruses can be transmitted from human to human
Full Fact→ School statistics don’t show 140,000 children ‘never came back’ after pandemic disruption
A figure quoted in the Sun by Baroness Karren Brady is the number of pupils who missed at least 50% of sessions last summer, not the number who’ve disappeared completely.
Logically→ Underwired bras do not compress lymph nodes or cause toxins to build up in the breast tissue
Full Fact→ Abandoned baby hoax uses old photo from US
The photograph actually shows a baby that was found at Minneapolis Airport in 2022.
Logically→ No, New York governor didn’t issue a memo ‘denying white people’ medical treatment
Full Fact→ Man pictured with caravan has not gone missing in Grimsby
The picture used to show the man has previously been shared online in the US with claims the caravan in it has been stolen.
Logically→ No, the U.K. government isn’t giving free iPhone 13 Pro Max phones to those on certain benefits
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – Video no muestra a migrantes yéndose de Florida, sino a gente en terminal de trenes en Nueva York
Este video muestra "gente saliendo de Florida por nueva orden que se aprobó ley antimigrante”.
Logically→ Support Bill HB1169 is not aimed at vaccinating cattle with mRNA jabs
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Altered video appears to show Elon Musk taunting ‘crybaby liberals’
Video shows Elon Musk saying “I just unbanned President Trump’s Twitter and I already have crybaby liberals threatening to quit Twitter.”
Full Fact→ Sand was not used to fill potholes along the coronation procession route
King Charles’s carriage passed patches of sand, which some claimed had been used to fill potholes.
AllSides→ CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Claims ‘More Than 200 Mass Shootings in 2023’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/10/fact-check-cnn-kaitlan-collins-claims-more-200-mass-shootings-2023/
AllSides→ CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Claims ‘More Than 200 Mass Shootings in 2023’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/10/fact-check-cnn-kaitlan-collins-claims-more-200-mass-shootings-2023/
AllSides→ FactChecking Trump’s CNN Town Hall
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/factchecking-trumps-cnn-town-hall/ Former President Donald Trump’s
AllSides→ FactChecking Trump’s CNN Town Hall
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/factchecking-trumps-cnn-town-hall/ Former President Donald Trump’s
Logically→ Genetically modified food does not cause sterility, autism or increase allergies
Logically→ Old image falsely claims to show body of Meitei woman raped by Kukis in Manipur
Logically→ Mapping of the seabed does not prove underwater volcanoes to be the cause of human-made global warming
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Liability
Former U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks his plane at Aberdeen Airport. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)Plus: The schism roiling Russia’s war effort.Continue reading Trump’s Liability »
Logically→ An old image of a migrants’ caravan in Mexico is being shared as a recent photograph from the U.S. border
The Dispatch→ Click Addicts
The gamification of traffic. Continue reading Click Addicts »
The Dispatch→ Trump Found Liable for Sexual Abuse
The Legal Eagle has landed.Continue reading Trump Found Liable for Sexual Abuse »
The Dispatch→ Microsoft Issues Warning About Chinese AI That Microsoft Helped Create
Schoolchildren walk below surveillance cameras in Akto, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region. (Photo by Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)The company’s China outpost has trained scientists who’ve gone on to work for top surveillance
The Dispatch→ Picking a President: Back to the Future?
Former President Donald Trump. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for The Washington Post via Getty Images)Character mattered in the 18th century, just as it matters in 2024. Continue reading Picking a President: Back to the Future? »