The Dispatch→ Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News
Tucker Carlson speaks during the 2022 Fox Nation Patriot Awards. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)Plus: Mortgage fee changes burn better borrowers.Continue reading Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News »
Logically→ Inauthentic images falsely claim Google creates Doodles for all religious holidays but Easter
Logically→ A misleading video about U.K. emergency alert system claims it will create a sense of ‘permanent emergency’
PolitiFact→ President Joe Biden will run for re-election in 2024. How accurate are his recent claims?
President Joe Biden is running for re-election in 2024. We have fact-checked him more than 260 times, including his statements about jobs, abortion and former President Donald Trump.
Logically→ No, the US government has not proven the lab leak hypothesis for COVID-19 origins
Full Fact→ The Government needs to take health misinformation seriously
New report on how the Online Safety Bill should reduce the harm caused by online health misinformation
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence ‘Little 8-Year-Old Girl Had 67 Different DNA Samples Inside Of Her’
Does a video interview with former Arizona congressional candidate Jeff Zink prove a "little 8-year-old girl had 67 different DNA samples inside of her"? No, that's not true: The sheriff's office in Cochise County, Arizona, where the migr
Washington Post→ Can Florida’s gay teachers show photos? The White House claimed not.
The Florida law restricting LGBTQ discussion doesn’t explicitly prevent teachers from displaying photos of same-sex relationships, but some say it has had a chilling effect.
The Dispatch→ The Tech Term Arrives
Time to pop Tums for some spicy content. Continue reading The Tech Term Arrives »
The Dispatch→ Falling Hemlines and Rising Inflation
A 2009 Royal Mail stamp shows British fashion designer Mary Quant wearing her Banana Split dress. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images.)Examining the accuracy of the ‘hemline index.’Continue reading Falling Hemlines and Rising Inflation »
The Dispatch→ Breaking Down on the ‘Last Mile’
(Stock photo from Getty Images.)Vulnerable mothers deserve better than aid programs that fail to deliver.Continue reading Breaking Down on the ‘Last Mile’ »
The Dispatch→ Winter Is Coming
Cooling towers of the Neurath coal-fired power plants on February 08, 2023, in Neurath, Germany. Germany restarted coal plants after Russia invaded Ukraine but is phasing out its nuclear power plants. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)And neither Eu
The Dispatch→ How the FTC Is Undermining U.S. Interests in Europe
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (Photograph by Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)Helping to enforce the EU’s Digital Markets Act w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘lol CRYBABIES’ Billboard Is NOT A Real Bud Light Promotion — Edited Video Hoax
Did Bud Light introduce a new "lol CRYBABIES" billboard campaign as a response to recent backlash over the brand's association with transgender social media personality Dylan Mulvaney? No, that's not true: This is not a real ad campaign f
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No evidence people are taking part in sexual assault 'trend'
People are participating in “National Rape Day’” on April 24.
The Dispatch→ Tuckered Out
Tucker Carlson in 2019. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Be careful what you wish for.Continue reading Tuckered Out »
PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson parts ways with Fox News. These are some of his most consequential falsehoods.
Our fact-checking of Tucker Carlson will likely continue, but his affiliation with Fox News will not. Here’s a look back at some of his biggest and most consequential falsehoods.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Russia Was NOT ‘Reconnected Back To SWIFT’ On April 22, 2023
Did sanctioned Russian banks regain their access to the international system of cross-border money transfers in April 2023? No, that's not true: No such decision was made by the European Union or the United States, as of this writing. The
PolitiFact→ Why the FDA is recommending the newer, bivalent COVID-19 vaccines
The FDA announced that it was revoking the original, monovalent COVID-19 vaccines to replace them with newer, bivalent doses. The change is unrelated to safety. The bivalent vaccines protect against multiple variants and require a single dose.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff isn’t being impeached
"Adam Schiff will be impeached.”
PolitiFact→ Is new Missouri rule a ‘ban’ on transgender adults? It imposes major health care access barriers
A new emergency rule in Missouri will significantly restrict trans health care for state residents of all ages. Restrictions include mandatory therapy, a one and a half to three-year waiting period, a resolution of all mental health symptoms and an aut
Logically→ Delhi education minister Atishi did not ‘expose’ the poor maintenance of primary schools run by AAP government
Poynter→ The Denver airport: A conspiracy hotbed
Since it was built in 1995, the Denver airport has become a hotbed for conspiracy theories — scary stories about underground bunkers, murals that have coded messages about the apocalypse, […] The post The Denver airport: A conspiracy hotbed a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Budweiser Brands Were NOT Uninvited To Munich’s Oktoberfest — They Have Never Been Sold There
Will Budweiser brands be banned from Oktoberfest for the first time in 75 years? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Budweiser has ever been sold at the official Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, as only Munich-based breweries ca
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Image Purporting to Show Hillary Clinton at Guantanamo Bay is Fake
Former U.S. Secretary of Hillary Clinton speaks to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, at Queen's University on April 19, 2023, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Niall Carson/Getty Images)An image is circulating o
Full Fact→ No evidence the Rockefeller family wrote a ‘secret covenant’ to control the public
A Facebook video with more than 175,000 views claims the Rockefellers are at the heart of an evil plot.
Full Fact→ Photos don’t show Asda staff member throwing water over a man
Asda says the staff member was watering the plants.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Bill Gates is not poisoning your produce with Apeel
Bill Gates is coating your organic produce with a “dangerous chemical.”
The Dispatch→ The Heritage Foundation Heralds Its Populist Evolution
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks alongside Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts during the foundation's 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on April 21, 2023, in National Harbor, Marylan
AllSides→ Posts Mislead on Rules for Guns at NRA Convention, Utah GOP Event
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/04/posts-mislead-on-rules-for-guns-at-nra-convention-utah-gop-event/ The
PolitiFact→ Public opinion on abortion: What’s changed since Roe v. Wade was overturned?
How has American opinion on abortion changed since Roe v. Wade was overturned? PolitiFact’s review of recent polls show abortion-rights support remains higher than anti-abortion sentiment, though views are fairly stable. Here’s the data.
Logically→ The Pentagon was not hit by a missile on 9/11
Logically→ No, the BBC has not admitted that the COVID-19 vaccines caused excess deaths in 2022 in the U.K.
Logically→ No medical evidence that placing raw onion on the soles of the feet cures cold and cough
Logically→ No medical evidence that placing raw onion on the soles of the feet cures cold and cough
Logically→ No, CERN did not commission a demonic mural
The Dispatch→ A Draconian Constitution?
Relief depicting the figure of Solon and a representation of the Light of Wisdom. At the right is Draco. U.S. Supreme Court, Washington D.C. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)The Athenian lawmaker Draco wasn’t g
PolitiFact→ Greg Abbott – Gov. Greg Abbott says fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18 to 45. Is that true?
“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
Logically→ No, Kenya’s President William Ruto did not ask citizens to ‘dispose of U.S. dollars because of its imminent collapse’