Does a social media video provide evidence of a "new odd blight on corn" that follows the path of a Chinese spy balloon that traversed sections of the United States from January 28, 2023, through February 4, 2023? No, that's not true: The
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – La ONU no emitió una orden mundial de consumir carne sintética para preservar el planeta
"Carne sintética impresa en 3D para todo el mundo la nueva orden de la ONU para preservar el planeta".
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Founder Klaus Schwab Does NOT Have ‘Logo’ That Looks Like CIA Seal
Does Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairperson of the World Economic Forum, have a personal logo that bears similarities to the seal for the Central Intelligence Agency? No, that's not true: An image of Schwab standing at a podi
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ World Economic Forum didn’t call for the elimination of conspiracy theorists, despite online claims
CLAIM: A top World Economic Forum official has said conspiracy theorists should be “eliminated.”
Full Fact→ Viral video doesn’t show Cillian Murphy correcting Prince Harry about being Irish
A video posted across social media falsely appears to show an exchange between the actor and the prince.
Logically→ A video is being used to falsely claim the French Embassy in Niger has been destroyed
Logically→ No, this video does not show Niger’s Finance Minister crying amid the military takeover
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims That a Tick-Borne Disease Is ‘Suddenly’ Causing Red-Meat Allergies
The condition has been documented since 2007.
AllSides→ How fact-checkers first reported on Biden’s family business
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-fact-checkers-first-reported-on-bidens-family-business N
AllSides→ 21 Donald Trump election lies listed in his new indictment
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/02/politics/trump-indictment-lies/index.html Special counsel Jack Smith sa
AllSides→ Conspiracy theory falsely links Obama to personal chef’s paddleboarding death
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/08/02/obama-chef-tafari-campbell-died-in-paddleboarding-accident-fact-check/70507813007/
Full Fact→ A very small share of malnutrition cases in hospital are in children
Articles in the Sun said that about a third of 11,000 malnutrition cases in England involved children. The actual share is about 3%.
Full Fact→ Florida is not banning Covid-19 jabs for being bioweapons
A Florida Republican group has agreed to send a letter to state officials asking for Covid vaccines to be banned, but this does not appear to have any legal power to enact a ban in the state.
Full Fact→ Tesco carrots were not grown ‘in Chernobyl’
A photo appearing to show this has been edited.
Full Fact→ Minister wrong to claim UK is only European country not using scientific age assessments for asylum seekers
Most European countries do use scientific methods to determine the ages of asylum seekers. But the UK and at least two others—Ireland and Serbia—do not.
PolitiFact→ How will prosecutors show that Donald Trump knowingly repeated election fraud falsehoods?
The third indictment of former President Donald Trump, for the events leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, says he was not misinformed or delusional. Prosecutors have many examples of times Trump was told his election claims were false.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Claim that Klaus Schwab’s daughter warned of climate lockdowns is from misinformation site
Nicole Schwab said, “Permanent climate lockdowns coming — whether you like it or not.”
Logically→ No, French news report didn’t exaggerate temperatures in Corsica
Full Fact→ Picture of Rishi Sunak’s bad pint has been Photoshopped
The image has been edited to change the drink he’s holding and the eyes of the person standing behind him.
Logically→ Old video of stone pelting from Telangana shared as footage from recent violence in Haryana
Logically→ Old, unrelated video shared to claim illegal migrants caused Greece wildfires
Logically→ Viral image of banner that read ‘Meiteis are refugee’ is fabricated
PolitiFact→ Chris Coons – How strong is consumer confidence under Joe Biden?
“Consumer confidence is the highest it’s been in years.”
Logically→ No, 13 nations did not commit to abolishing farming to ‘save the planet’
Logically→ No, Florida government has not banned COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
The Dispatch→ A Bombing in Pakistan
Plus: The Navy’s submarine shortage.
Full Fact→ An estimated 250,000 children would be lifted out of poverty if the two-child benefit limit was removed
A social media post claims that 1.5 million children were pushed into poverty by the two-child limit. The estimated number in poverty because of the limit is lower.
Logically→ Croatian MEP makes misleading statements about the WHO and vaccines during a meeting in the EU parliament
Logically→ No, the U.S. is not pursuing world domination through NATO, and neither did it devise the invasion of Ukraine
Logically→ No, video doesn’t show assault on Hindu priest after being ‘caught’ with two women
Logically→ Social media post falsely claims Burkina Faso has banned uranium exports to France and US
The Dispatch→ How to Bury a Billionaire
Yay! Young Nazis!
The Dispatch→ A Party Switch Bears Fruit for the North Carolina GOP
Republicans are taking advantage of a veto-proof supermajority thanks to a Democratic defection.
The Dispatch→ Secret Service Protection, Explained
RFK Jr. says he should be receiving security, but Secret Service protection this early in the election is extremely uncommon.
The Dispatch→ An Invitation to Chaos
Want to save the world? Follow the rules.
Logically→ No, Klaus Schwab’s daughter Nicole hasn’t endorsed ‘permanent lockdown’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Doctor Did NOT Represent World Health Organization At COVID Summit In Brussels — She Was Criticizing WHO
Did Dr. Meryl Nass represent the World Health Organization (WHO) at a press conference, boldly outlining plans to ignore existing human rights laws? No, that's not true: Nass does not speak for the WHO. She is an internal medicine doctor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Doctor Did NOT Represent World Health Organization At COVID Summit In Brussels — She Was Criticizing WHO
Did Dr. Meryl Nass represent the World Health Organization (WHO) at a press conference, boldly outlining plans to ignore existing human rights laws? No, that's not true: Nass does not speak for the WHO. She is an internal medicine doctor
PolitiFact→ Jack Posobiec – No, Tanya Chutkan is not only D.C. judge to give harsher Jan. 6 sentences than government requested
Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DJ Avicii, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Anthony Bourdain Were NOT All Killed For Their Work On Child Sex Trafficking Documentary ‘The Silent Children’
Were DJ Avicii, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell and Anthony Bourdain all killed because of their work on a child sex trafficking documentary called "The Silent Children"? No, that's not true: The producer of the movie told Lead Stories