Did a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) insider, a whistleblower, provide exclusive information to Real Raw News about a conversation on a cockpit voice recorder just before the pilot of Envoy Air flight 3556 became unresponsive? Does
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Six Million’ Population Figure In Pre-WWII American News Stories About Jews Does NOT Confirm There Was No Holocaust
Does the repeated use of the figure 6 million in pre-World War II American newspaper reports about the world's Jewish communities prove there was no Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews are estimated to have died? No, that's not true: The r
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these aren’t authentic tweets from President Joe Biden’s daughter-in-law
President Joe Biden’s daughter-in-law tweeted, “The press is also covering up serious health issues that my father in law is facing. The plan is for Kamala to get a one track ride to the nomination in 2024.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fake quote attributed to Hitler
Says Hitler said Black people are the “true Hebrews.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, climate activists have not vowed to slaughter millions of dogs
"Climate activists vow to slaughter millions of dogs to ‘reduce carbon pawprint.’”
PolitiFact→ What's the ‘zero emissions’ break-even point for electric cars? Hard to tell.
The real number of miles it takes to get to a neutral amount of carbon emissions for an electric car is very complicated.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump’s baseless claim about 2020 election fraud and suspending the Constitution
“The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Military Did NOT Arrest ‘Several Deep Staters’ On December 1, 2022
Did the U.S. military arrest "several Deep Staters" who attended President Joe Biden's state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron on December 1, 2022? No, that's not true: The U.S. military is not allowed to arrest civilians. This
Truth or Fiction?→ Wolfenstein Twitter Controversy, Explained
On December 5 2022, a popular post to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter addressed the “Wolfenstein” video game franchise — more specifically, purported complaints that the game had become overtly “political”:
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photo shows Schiff’s ‘Little Brother,’ not a child he killed
Photo shows Rep. Adam Schiff and a “little boy he killed.”
FactCheck.org→ Exploring Sen. Murphy’s Claim About ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’
By some counts, about 2,000 of the more than 3,100 counties in the U.S. are so-called “Second Amendment sanctuaries,” which generally means that the counties – or the state of which they are a part — oppose gun laws they deem uncon
PolitiFact→ Paul Gosar – No, the law didn’t bar Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs from running for governor
The law prohibits current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs from overseeing the election while she was a candidate for governor.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Memo alleging that Hitler was buried in Spain isn’t real
Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Gold Standard’ Scientific Trial Does NOT Prove N95, Surgical Masks Ineffective In Preventing COVID-19 Transmission
Does a "gold standard" scientific trial prove that N95 respirators and surgical masks are ineffective at preventing the spread of COVID-19? No, that's not true: This claim misrepresents the intent and findings of the trial, the study auth
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fact Check: U.S. Special Forces Did NOT Detain Nancy Pelosi On Charges Of Treason, Conspiracy
Did U.S. Special Forces take House Speaker Nancy Pelosi into custody after the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps charged her with "multiple counts of treason and seditious conspiracy"? No, that's not true: A representative of the U
Health Feedback→ Mask-wearing helps to reduce the spread of COVID-19; social media posts misinterpreted Annals of Internal Medicine study on N95 respirators
REVIEW A study in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Internal Medicine, published at the end of November 2022, generated renewed discussion over the effectiveness of mask-wearing against COVID-19[1]. According to the social media analytics tool Buz
Full Fact→ Post about child cyclist injured in ‘hit and run’ is fake
The two photographs in the post were taken many years apart in Australia.
Full Fact→ Nadhim Zahawi includes extra earnings in figure for nurse ‘starting salary’
Nadhim Zahawi claimed that the starting salary of a newly qualified nurse increased to £31,000 following the recent £1,400 pay award.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Lame Duck Edition
Join our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Dispatch Live: Lame Duck Edition appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Mike Pence – Pence’s claim about a 90% drop in illegal immigration during Trump administration is wrong
The border wall and the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy “reduced illegal immigration by 90%.”
PolitiFact→ Jeh Johnson – Jeh Johnson wrong that asylum cases’ approval is ‘only about 20%’
“Only about 20%” of people who apply for asylum qualify for it.
Logically→ National Institutes of Health (NIH) admitted that PCR tests are used to clone humans.
Samples collected for PCR tests to check for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus cannot be used for reproductive cloning.
Logically→ Brazilian footballer Pelé is dead.
Pelé has been hospitalized since November 29, 2022, due to a respiratory ailment aggravated by COVID-19. He is at no imminent risk of death.
The Dispatch→ The Islamic World’s Uyghur Silence
Muslim-majority nations turn their backs on China’s Uyghurs while decrying Islamophobia in the West.The post The Islamic World’s Uyghur Silence appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The Forgotten Neighborhood
Understanding place-based dynamics can help us address social breakdown.The post The Forgotten Neighborhood appeared first on The Dispatch.
Washington Post→ For Trump, the Constitution is malleable
Trump recently said that the Constitution should be terminated. We review how his view of the document has waxed and waned over the years.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Fan Exposing Her Breasts At 2022 World Cup In Qatar
Does this video show a woman exposing her breasts at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, for which she was arrested? No, that is not true: the video began circulating on social media more than a year before the World Cup and appears to have been
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: "Handled" and "Removed" Tweets in "Twitter Files" Were Hunter Biden Nudes Distributed Without Consent in Violation of Twitter Rules
Did the staff of presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee suppress political speech leading up to the 2020 election against then-President Donald Trump when it requested certain tweets be reviewed? No, that's
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – In-vehicle technology is coming to stop impaired drivers, but it does not involve law enforcement
The 2021 infrastructure bill requires all new vehicles to have kill switches that will stop vehicle operation and alert law enforcement when drivers are impaired.
PolitiFact→ Kanye West – Yes, Hitler was responsible for the deaths of six million Jewish people in the Holocaust
Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.”
Truth or Fiction?→ DeSantis Lawyers ‘Define Woke’
On December 3 2022, tweets and posts appeared about attorneys for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) being “forced” to define the popular descriptor “woke,” purportedly responding that it was “the belief there are systemi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Swastika-Shaped Decoration Is NOT Nazi Symbol On Christmas Tree In Latvia
Is a swastika-shaped decoration on a Christmas tree in Latvia a Nazi symbol? No, that's not true: The symbol has been a part of the history and mythology of Latvia since the third century. A tree in Latvia this year was decorated with the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dolly Parton Has NOT Passed Away As Of December 5, 2022
Has Dolly Parton, a country music hall-of-famer, passed away as of December 5, 2022? No, that's not true: Parton has been active on her verified social media accounts since the claim was published. There have also been no credible news or
AllSides→ Crypto CEOs’ and Founders’ ‘Sudden Deaths’—What We Do Know, What We Don’t
https://www.newsweek.com/crypto-ceos-founders-sudden-deathswhat-we-do-know-what-we-dont-1763586 News of
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What is independent state legislature theory, and could it create election chaos?
On Dec. 7, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Moore v. Harper, a North Carolina redistricting case that centers on the independent state legislature theory. The outcome could upend longstanding practices in elections. Here’s a primer.
Poynter→ Are these photos from the Arctic accurate?
Climate change is on everyone’s radar, so it is perhaps obvious why the following Tweet recently went viral: “Two photos of the arctic taken 100 years apart showing the dramatic […] The post Are these photos from the Arctic accurate? appear
Truth or Fiction?→ Moore County Substation Attack: What We Know So Far
On the night of December 3 2022, residents of North Carolina’s Moore County lost power; subsequently, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office published a Facebook post indicating that the loss of power was being investigated as a “criminal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Cup German National Team’s Plane NOT Banned From Landing In Qatar For FIFA Because Of Its Diversity Logo, Mural
Did Qatar ban the German team's plane landing there for the FIFA World Cup because of the aircraft's inclusive logo and mural? No, that's not true: The plane left Frankfurt, Germany, and landed in Muscat, Oman, for training in mid-Novembe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi, ‘Other Deep Staters’ Were NOT Arrested By US Military At Biden Banquet On December 1, 2022
Were Nancy Pelosi and "other Deep Staters" arrested at a President Joe Biden banquet in a faux White House owned by filmmaker Tyler Perry? No, that's not true: No branch of the U.S. military is allowed to arrest civilians, per the Posse C
PolitiFact→ Jill Underly – Wisconsin schools chief touts silver lining, but scores did not buck national trend
“Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.”