CLAIM: President Joe Biden caught on camera sniffing a baby. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The loud sniffing sound was added to the original video, which merely shows the president leaning in to speak with a baby being held by its mother at a recent event.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Fabricated headline spreads false claim about Madonna’s health
CLAIM: An image shows a TMZ headline saying Madonna is “clinically brain dead.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Induces ‘Turbo Cancer’
Does a new study prove that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine causes "turbo cancer"? No, that's not true: The study cited in the social media post doesn't show that the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine induces something called "turbo cancer."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Disney is not opening pediatric transgender clinics. That claim was satirical
A video shows Disney is opening pediatric transgender clinics.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Fart On Camera — The Real Sound Was Microphone Feedback
Did President Joe Biden fart on camera and apologize for it? No, that's not true: Video of Biden speaking on camera has been edited to add in a fake flatulence sound. Actual video of the president speaking live clearly shows and records t
The Dispatch→ The Puke Test
Joe Biden’s shabby treatment of Hunter’s daughter is inhumane.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Alexa Does NOT Say World War III Will Start In November 2023 With Russia Attacking Germany
Does Amazon's Alexa speaker say World War III will start in November 2023 when "Russia launches an attack against Germany"? No, that's not true: Amazon told Lead Stories that their AI system does not give that Alexa response to a question
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence NBC Reported That NASA Admitted It Never Went To Space
Did NBC News report that NASA admitted to never going to space? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that NBC reported on this. And there is no evidence that NASA ever made such a statement. The audio heard in this TikTok originates
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccines not responsible for Thai princess’ collapse; the country isn’t revisiting its contract with Pfizer
REVIEW On 15 December 2022, Princess Bajrakitiyabha of the Thai royal family collapsed into a coma and no news of her health has been shared since then. In January 2023, retired microbiologist Sucharit Bhakdi claimed in an interview posted on Rumbl
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Biden didn’t sniff a child in this video. It was altered.
Video shows Joe Biden leaning in and sniffing a child.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Female Voter Telling DeSantis That He ‘Will Never Be Our President’ — Audio Is Fake
Does a viral video portray an intense exchange between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of the 2024 Republican presidential candidates, and an audience member who swore at him during a campaign event? No, that's not true: The authentic vide
Truth or Fiction?→ Why Sriracha is ‘Out of Stock Everywhere’
On July 7 2023, a Reddit user asked what was going on with Sriracha eBay listings in a post to r/OutOfTheLoop, echoing a bevy similar questions on other platforms: What’s going on with people selling siracha on ebay for crazy amounts?
PolitiFact→ RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research
The blood-brain barrier acts as a filter that keeps pathogens and toxins from entering a person’s brain. Experts told PolitiFact that there is no clear evidence that radio frequency energy from Wi-Fi harms the blood-brain barrier.
Truth or Fiction?→ Will Florida Refuse to Recognize Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants?
Amid ongoing criticism for his targeting of undocumented immigrants, right-wing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced that as of July 1 2023, state authorities would no longer recognize driver’s licenses created in five other states for the ben
The Dispatch→ Sununu Poised to Use Bully Pulpit in New Hampshire Primary
Plus: Washington state gets a moderate Republican gubernatorial candidate.
Full Fact→ Minister wrong to claim small boat arrivals are down 20% in the first six months of 2023
The latest Home Office data actually shows the number of arrivals between January and June fell 10% year on year.
Logically→ ೨೦೨೦ರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋಲ್ಕತ್ತಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡುಬಂದ “ಗೋ ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ ಮೋದಿ” ಎಂದು ಓದುವ ಗೀಚುಬರಹವನ್ನು ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ೨೦೨೩ರಲ್ಲಿ ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿನದ್ದು ಎಂದು ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
The Dispatch→ Truth or Consequentialism
What exactly are Supreme Court justices asked to do?
Logically→ ಕೇರಳದ ಹಿಂದೂ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಂ ಅರ್ಚಕರನ್ನು ನೇಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂಬ ತಪ್ಪು ಹೇಳಿಕೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ತೆಯ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನದ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ವೈರಲ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ ನಾಜಿ ಸರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಮೋದಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಲು ಹಿಟ್ಲರ್‌ನ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಎಡಿಟ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ ನಾಜಿ ಸರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯನ್ನು ಮೋದಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಲು ಹಿಟ್ಲರ್‌ನ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಎಡಿಟ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ Old road accident images shared as Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu’s death
Full Fact→ Full Fact campaign paves the way for Parliament to change MP corrections
As our elected representatives, MPs owe us the truth. However, too few MPs are currently willing — or able — to correct the official record when they make mistakes in Parliament. The system is broken.
Logically→ Old video of cathedral blaze falsely linked to protests in France
The Dispatch→ Yellen Seeks Economic Detente With China
‘We believe that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive.’
Logically→ No, Christian spectators did not convert to Islam during a France-England football match
Logically→ Footage from Russian mutiny in June falsely claimed to show Wagner troops relocating to Belarus
The Dispatch→ Will Taiwan Fight?
The China factor.
The Dispatch→ Joe Biden’s New Debt Forgiveness Plan, Explained
The Higher Education Act of 1965 is more permissive than the HEROES Act but still has limits.
The Dispatch→ With Amici Like These …
Advocacy groups are often at odds with the public sentiment they claim to represent in filing briefs to the Supreme Court.
Logically→ No, WEF did not say that humans will all wear a uniform by 2030
Logically→ 2018 video of rioters looting Apple store in Bordeaux, France, shared as recent
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the Week We Got New Threads
Plus, analysis of the big end-of-term Supreme Court decisions.
Health Feedback→ No scientific evidence indicates that parasites are the key cause of autoimmunity
REVIEW A TikTok video posted on 23 June 2023 claimed that “the number 1 indicator of parasites is actually an autoimmune condition”. This claim was made by Austin Lake, who introduced himself as a “functional medicine practitioner” in the v
The Dispatch→ High Times
"Heh. Skim milk."
The Dispatch→ Olivia Rodrigo’s Mainstream Nostalgia
Why are her songs about teenagers falling out of love and not being able to parallel park captivating?
The Dispatch→ We’ll Always Have Turner Classic Movies … or Will We?
Why attacks on the classic film channel amount to more than a hill of beans.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The World Economic Forum hasn’t called to abolish fashion and create a global ‘uniform’
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lady Gaga Did NOT Endorse Trump For President In 2024 — It’s An Altered Image In A Fake Post
Does a photo circulating on social media show pop star Lady Gaga endorsing Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign on his social media application Truth Social? No, that's not true: The image has been digitally altered. The original pho
Truth or Fiction?→ FDR and the Business Plot of 1933
On July 6 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/todayilearned subreddit shared a post about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and “The Business Plot” of 1933: TIL of The Business Plot of 1933, a failed attempt t