"A national divorce? Didn't we try that once?"
The Dispatch→ Bureaucratic Wrangling Is No Substitute for Lawmaking
The histories of affirmative action and student loan forgiveness show that circumventing Congress made both programs vulnerable from the start.
The Dispatch→ Powerball Politics
Too many in Washington want to ignore the price of risk or wrangle with costs and trade-offs.
The Dispatch→ Gaps in the Border Wall
Republicans are promising to complete a wall along the southern border, but doing so isn’t so simple.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Remains Of Russian Soldiers Crushed ‘Into Meat Cubes’
Did a viral photo capture the bodies of Russian soldiers mashed together into a rectangular piece of flesh "for easy transportation"? No, that's not true: The image showed previously frozen but then thawed pet food left in the streets of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2023 Protest In Paris — It’s A 2019 Algerian Pro-Democracy Protest
Does a video show that Algerians have taken over France in the summer of 2023? No, that's not true: The video was filmed in Paris in 2019 at a time when there were protests in Algeria. Peaceful protests were attended in cities around the
Truth or Fiction?→ U.S. Navy Twitter Account Features Russian Ship on Independence Day Post
The U.S. Pacific Fleet — which calls itself the largest naval force of its type in the world — tweeted, then deleted a tweet marking the July 4th Independence Day holiday after a researcher pointed out that it used a photo depicting Russian
Truth or Fiction?→ Federal Judge’s Ruling ‘Limits’ Biden Administration’s Contact with Social Media
On July 4 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/politics suggested that a federal judge had blocked the Biden administration from “communicating with social media companies”: Federal judge blocks Biden administration officials from co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Actual Footage Of The Titan Sub Implosion — It’s Fake
Does a video really show "recovered" footage of the OceanGate Titan submersible imploding? No, that's not true: This is a fake animated video clip, as confirmed by the Twitter account in which this claim is found. Also, this video derives
PolitiFact→ Ciudadanía por derecho de nacimiento: ¿Podría Ron DeSantis acabar con ella? Y si es así, ¿cómo?
En Español: El gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis reveló una plataforma inmigratoria prometiendo terminar con el derecho a la ciudadanía por nacimiento. Aquí te explicamos de qué se trata y si se podría eliminar.
The Dispatch→ Okay, What About Legacy Admissions?
They go against the stated missions of elite universities, but they aren’t racist.
PolitiFact→ Mike Pence – Are US abortion laws really more like China and North Korea than Europe? No
“The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – France did not announce internet shutdown amid riots, as social media posts claim
France said it would shut down internet services “to control the riots.”
The Dispatch→ The End of COVID Politics
Dead or just resting?
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Building Fire Did NOT Happen In France During 2023 Riots — It Was In The UAE
Does a video show a building on fire in France amid the 2023 protests following the police shooting death of a teenager of North African descent? No, that's not true: The video shows a fire in a residential building in Ajman, United Arab
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Italian Government ‘Reached Out’ To Mark Zuckerberg About A Fight At Colosseum
Did the Italian government offer Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg the Colosseum as a location for their fight? No, that's not true: A spokesperson of the Italian Ministry of Culture told Lead Stories that no related paperwork existed to subs
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Depict 2023 French Riots — It’s From 2016 Euro Cup Final
Was this photo taken during the summer 2023 French riots? No, that's not true: This photo is from 2016 during the Union of European Football Association's championship, also known as the Euro Cup, in Paris, France. A Huffington Post artic
Truth or Fiction?→ Cartier Boss with $7.5 Billion Fears ‘Prospect of the Poor Rising Up’ Every Night
On July 3 and 4 2023, screenshots of a headline (“Cartier boss with $7.5bn fortune says prospect of the poor rising up ‘keeps him awake at night'”) spread in three popular iterations on Twitter (and in many scattered tweets): We’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hamish Harding Tweeted About ‘Biden Crime Family’ Before Diving In OceanGate Titan Sub
Did Hamish Harding, an aviation businessman and aircraft pilot who died in the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster, tweet on June 17, 2023, that the Biden family tried to hire his aviation company for human smuggling? No, that's not true
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arson Attack At National Library Of France — Blaze Was At Historic Post Office In Philippines
Did an "arson attack on the Bibliothèque nationale de France" (National Library of France) on July 3, 2023, destroy "thousands of books and manuscripts"? No, that's not true: The video in a social media post shows a fire at the historic
Full Fact→ Riot video of Marseille library actually shows fire at Manila post office
This is one of several mislabelled videos we’ve seen claiming to show the outcome of riots in France.
Logically→ No, Swedish law does not allow for only the Quran to be burned
Full Fact→ Facebook posts contain false claims about FDA product approval
Social media posts claim a “nasal herbal box” is FDA approved for weight loss and liver health. This is simply not true.
Logically→ No, the NHS COVID-19 app did not cost £37 billion
Full Fact→ The Foreign Office has not warned against travel to France
Multiple posts on social media claim that British citizens are being warned by the UK government not to travel to France because of the riots.
Logically→ No, viral video of vehicle plowing into a crowd is not from protests in France
PolitiFact→ Creadores de contenido en redes sociales fomentan desinformación sobre políticas migratorias
En español: No toda la información en redes sociales es errónea. Pero existen cuentas con millones de vistas que difunden información falsa sobre la inmigración e influyen en las decisiones que toman los migrantes antes de cruzar la frontera.
PolitiFact→ How content creators on social media spread misinformation about immigration policies
Immigration policies are complicated and have changed a lot in the last few years. This breeds misinformation, often promoted by influencers on social media.
Logically→ Old unrelated video of riots in Sweden goes viral in the wake of recent Quran burning
Logically→ Edited image of Lady Gaga shared to claim she is supporting Trump for 2024 elections
Logically→ Image taken amid violence during 2016 Euro Cup finals linked to protests in France
Logically→ The President of Angels for Peace was not assaulted during the recent unrest in France
Logically→ ಗುಜರಾತ್ನ ಹಳೆಯ, ಸಂಬಂಧವಿಲ್ಲದ ವೀಡಿಯೋವನ್ನು ದೆಹಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಸ್ತಿಪಟುಗಳ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆಗೆ ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಲಿಂಕ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ Video of Elon Musk high on an edible is a deepfake
Logically→ No, Tesla hasn’t launched new crypto trading platform for EU to ‘make families richer’
The Dispatch→ The Future of Lab-Grown Meat
Plus: A conversation with NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger.
Logically→ ಐಸಿಸ್ ಟೀ-ಶರ್ಟ್ ಧರಿಸಿರುವ ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿನ ಯುವಕರ ಹಳೆಯ ಚಿತ್ರ ಕೇರಳದ್ದೆಂದು ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ
Logically→ Old video of COVID-19 protests in Brussels linked to riots in France
Logically→ Old video of COVID-19 protests in Brussels linked to riots in France
Logically→ Old videos of wild animals roaming freely on streets unrelated to protests in France