The Buffalo shooter and Paul Pelosi's attacker espoused right-wing ideologies at the time they committed their attacks.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Iran Has NOT Officially Abolished Morality Police, Has NOT Officially Acceded To Protesters’ Demands
Did the government of Iran "abolish" its morality police in response to country-wide protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini during detention by the morality police for wearing a loose headscarf in September 2022? No, that's
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Brazil’s Military Killed Red Command Cartel Leaders Or ‘Prepares Take Over’ As Of December 14, 2022
Did the Brazilian military kill the leaders of the Red Command cartel in early December 2022, and prepare to "take over" the country? No, that's not true: The article circulating on social media that makes these claims contains multiple f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twenty-Year-Old Woman Did NOT Die After Receiving COVID Vaccine
Did a 20-year-old woman from Kansas die shortly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: Although Regan Lewis did experience cardiac arrest and die shortly after receiving a vaccine, Regan's mother Connie Lewis clarified t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: California Did NOT Legalize Pedophilia With Senate Bill 145
Did California approve a Senate bill "this week" in December 2022 that "legalizes pedophilia"? No, that's not true: Senate Bill 145 passed in California in 2020, not 2022, and it's intended to protect LGBTQ minors from discriminatory laws
Truth or Fiction?→ Indiana College Chancellor Apologizes After ‘Made-Up Asian’ Remark Comes to Light
The head of a Purdue University campus quickly backtracked after footage of him making an anti-Asian “joke” in December 2022 gained more attention on social media. Chancellor Thomas L. Keon’s outburst during a commencement ceremony wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Actor Pauley Perrette Did NOT Die On October 20, 2022, Or December 11, 2022
Did Pauley Perrette, the actor who formerly starred in the television series "NCIS," die on December 11, 2022? No, that's not true: Perrette is, at the time of writing, active on social media and in recent weeks shifted her posting from T
FactCheck.org→ Human Error, Not Fraud, Shown in Fox Election Coverage of Georgia Runoff
Quick Take In a clip from Fox News’ coverage of the Georgia Senate runoff, the vote tallies for both candidates briefly drop by thousands of votes. Social media posts use the clip to falsely claim election fraud. The Associated Press, w
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Grant Wahl died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm, not a COVID-19 vaccine
Grant Wahl died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Celine Dion’s Stiff Person Syndrome NOT Listed As Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Reaction As Of December 14, 2022
Is stiff person syndrome, the disease Celine Dion announced in December 2022 that she was diagnosed with, included in a list of adverse reactions reported after vaccination with the Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine? No, t
Poynter→ Complicated conversations: Tactics for dealing with the conspiracy theorist at your holiday table
The season is upon us, which means you’ll likely be gathering with family members and friends to share a holiday meal, but that can also mean sharing some dubious claim […] The post Complicated conversations: Tactics for dealing with the conspi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Human Meat Project Is NOT Real — It’s An Art Project
Is "The Human Meat Project" an organization that harvests food from donated human bodies "to solve overpopulation" and the problem of climate change? No, that's not true: The unnamed creators of the Human Meat Project website clarify in t
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Claims About an Increase in Exports Ignore Larger Growth in Imports
Under President Joe Biden, U.S. exports of goods and services have increased, but U.S. imports have grown even faster. The more than $3.4 trillion in imports in 2021 was higher than any other year on record, and total imports are on pace to be higher
PolitiFact→ Karine Jean-Pierre – Sinema voted with Biden most of the time, but less often than the majority of Democrats
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema "voted with the president 93% of the time."
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Fact-checking Joe Biden on wage gains outpacing inflation for several months running
“For the last several months, wages have gone up more than prices have gone up.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Original Lyrics to ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’
In December 2022, TikTok user @realityshowreject shared a video about the original lyrics to “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” stating that Judy Garland objected to them: @realityshowreject Does Christmas make anyone else incredibl
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The Federal Reserve did not discontinue distributing paper money
The Federal Reserve “has suspended the availability of new currency.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman Has NOT Passed Away As Of December 13, 2022
Has television personality and bounty hunter Duane Lee Chapman, also known as "Dog the Bounty Hunter," passed away as of December 13, 2022? No, that's not true: Chapman's publicist told Lead Stories on December 13, 2022, that he is "alive
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Tweet About ‘Elon Musk’s Suicide’ On December 2, 2022
Did Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, tweet about "Elon Musk's suicide" in response to the Twitter CEO releasing corporate discussions, now known as "The Twitter Files," about Tw
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Response Coordinator Was NOT Arrested By Military On December 12, 2022
Was Jeff Zients, a former White House coordinator for COVID-19 response under President Joe Biden, arrested by the military on December 12, 2022? No, that's not true: The Department of Defense told Lead Stories that the claim, which was p
Full Fact→ Unemployment in the UK is currently low by historic standards
The shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves claimed that Britain has “high unemployment” after 12 years of Conservative government. But by historic standards, the unemployment rate is currently very low.
Logically→ Adani Group signed a deal with Chinese firms to invest $300 million in Gujarat despite the recent clash in Tawang.
Adani Group signed a deal with Chinese firm East Hope Group in 2017, years before the Tawang clash took place. However, the deal did not materialize.
The Dispatch→ Has President Biden Visited the Southern Border Since Taking Office?
(Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images.) White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre appeared to claim during a press briefing last Wednesday that President Joe Biden has visited the United States’ southern border since taking office. No re
Logically→ Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has resigned from his post, admitting that mRNA vaccines are unsafe.
Albert Bourla has not said that the mRNA vaccines are unsafe, nor has he resigned as CEO. Ample evidence shows vaccines are safe and effective.
Full Fact→ You can still pay for Amazon Prime on a monthly basis
We’ve looked into claims that Amazon is moving Prime members in the UK to annual subscriptions.
Logically→ If CO2 increased five times, it would still not increase the global temperature by more than 1 degree Celsius.
Global temperatures have already increased by 1 degree Celsius with only a 45% increase in atmospheric Co2.
PolitiFact→ Kevin Brady – Biden’s $36 billion to save Teamsters fund from insolvency is largest-ever private pension bailout
Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”
PolitiFact→ Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee – Slavery in Virginia was not 'erased' from Youngkin's proposed history standards
“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”
Full Fact→ Labour’s analysis on five million ‘denied’ GP appointments fact checked
This widely reported figure is an estimate, based on several assumptions that may not be right.
Climate Feedback→ Wind turbines can kill birds, but not as many as fossil fuels and other anthropogenic impacts
Wind energy is the largest source of renewable energy in the United States, and second largest in the world after hydropower.[1] A commonly reported critique of wind energy is that birds sometimes die from collision with its associated infrastructure,
AllSides→ Blood Transfusion Doesn’t Transfer COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/scicheck-blood-transfusion-doesnt-transfer-covid-19-vaccine/ A blood
Logically→ Photos show Doha’s Stadium 974 being dismantled after the Brazil vs. South Korea World Cup match on December 6.
Older images of the stadium under construction are being circulated. The dismantling of Stadium 974 may begin after the World Cup final.
The Dispatch→ The GOP’s Hope for a Flipped Senate Script
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media Wednesday inside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)As Senate Democrats face a tough map in 2024, Republicans recalibrate their strategy. The post The GOP’s Hope for a Fli
Logically→ China killed 300 Indian personnel in Tawang during the December 09, 2022 clashes.
According to the Indian government, India did not suffer any fatalities. No official source has so far confirmed any deaths on either side.
The Dispatch→ Living Under ‘Marshall Law’
Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images)We’ve been sentenced to government by illiterates.The post Living Under ‘Marshall Law’ appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Can Men Still Bring Home the Bacon?
(Photo by Getty Images.)A new report on the marriageability of men counters populist conventional wisdom.The post Can Men Still Bring Home the Bacon? appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Video: A Lame Duck Congress
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Video: A Lame Duck Congress appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Antwerp Handjes Sweets Are NOT A Tribute To The Congo Atrocities Of King Leopold II of Belgium
Do people in Belgium honor King Leopold II by making chocolates and cookies in the form of human hands, representing the severed limbs of Congolese people and children who were brutally punished or killed in the colonial era for not meeti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Voter Fraud When Herschel Walker’s Numbers Go Down On Fox News
Does a sudden decrease in the displayed vote tally for U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker during Fox News coverage of Georgia's December 6, 2022, runoff election prove that voter fraud occurred? No, that's not true: Human error by the
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misleads about lithium mining and Tesla cars
Large machinery is “required to move 500,000 pounds of earth in order to get the minerals needed for one single Tesla car battery.”