Mickey Mouse at Walt Disney World in 2020. (Photo by Kent Phillips/Walt Disney World Resort via Getty Images)The treacherous politics of DeSantis versus Disney. Continue reading Mouse Trap »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tim Allen Did NOT Commit To Film Seven Episodes With Roseanne Barr
Did actor Tim Allen agree to film new episodes of Roseanne Barr's new show? No, that's not true: This claim was published on a self-described satirical website aimed at trolling conservatives. Lead Stories could find no credible news repo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Anthony Fauci Is NOT Son Of Mother Teresa
Is Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the son of Mother Teresa, Catholic nun and Nobel Peace Prize winner? No, that's not true: Fauci was born to Italian-American paren
PolitiFact→ Tim Scott – Sen. Tim Scott said Black homeownership has been static since 1968 housing law. He’s right.
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
The Dispatch→ What About the Voters, After All?
Supporters of former US President Donald Trump gather near Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida,on April 2, 2023. (Photo by Giorgio Viera/AFP/Getty Images)A new analysis of the midterms explains why Democrats defied expectations.Continue reading What Abou
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, COVID-19 vaccines didn’t cause 500% increase in HIV infections within US military
“U.S. military is now testing soldiers for AIDS, after DOD database reports 500% increase in HIV since the COVID vaccine rollout.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the numbers and letters on streetlights aren’t a secret code for mRNA vaccines
“Street lights are connected to mRNA.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – CNN didn’t decide to remove live audiences from future town halls after Donald Trump event
“CNN announces today there will be no more live audiences at town halls.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Wacky shot: Photo doesn’t show Trudeau drunk, only adjusting his height
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posed improperly with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo because he “had a bit too much to drink.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Was ‘Citi Bike Karen’ Right All Along, as Evidenced by a Receipt?
On May 19 2023, a highly popular Reddit post to r/facepalm was a confident assertion that “Citi Bike Karen” (a New York City nurse named Sarah Comrie) had been “right all along”: "Bike Karen" Was Right Aft
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking ‘Succession’: What happens if a fire destroys 100,000 absentee ballots in Milwaukee?
Decision Desk Darwin is right, Shiv Roy: A revote for a presidential election really would be unprecedented.
Full Fact→ Do Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland take their ‘fair share’ of refugees?
We looked into the figures after immigration minister Robert Jenrick recently claimed the devolved nations have “rhetorically welcomed refugees” but fail to take their “fair share”.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Volodymyr Zelensky Wear a Symbol of a Far-Right Nationalist Group?
A Ukrainian flag is seen in a jacket of a woman waiting to see Volodymyr Zelensky speak at the Roya Castle in Warsaw, Poland, on 5 April, 2023. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Getty Images) Claims are circulating online that the Ukrainian coat of arms
Full Fact→ President Zelenskyy is not wearing the same symbol worn by Hitler
Comparisons have been drawn between the insignia worn by the Ukrainian president and the military medal worn by Adolf Hitler, though they are not the same symbol.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No evidence that Chinese immigrants at U.S. southern border are ‘troops’
"Chinese communist” troops on the ground at U.S. southern border.
The Dispatch→ Discontent Grows on the Fringes Over Potential Debt Deal
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy conducts a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on the debt-ceiling crisis with House and Senate Republicans on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)It may signal a deal could emer
AllSides→ Biden’s Education Secretary Insists He Didn’t Support Mandatory COVID Vaccines for Schoolchildren
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-bidens-education-secretary-insists-he-didnt-support-mandatory-covid-vaccines-for-schoolchildren/
AllSides→ Biden’s Education Secretary Insists He Didn’t Support Mandatory COVID Vaccines for Schoolchildren
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/fact-check-bidens-education-secretary-insists-he-didnt-support-mandatory-covid-vaccines-for-schoolchildren/
The Dispatch→ In Georgia, Kemp Plots Role as GOP Kingmaker
Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a campaign event on September 27, 2022. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)Plus: Tim Scott to launch $6 million ad buy in Iowa and New Hampshire Continue reading In Georgia, Kemp Plots Role as GOP Kingma
Full Fact→ Video supposedly showing protests against Imran Khan’s arrest was filmed in 2022
A number of Facebook posts wrongly claim a video showed protests in London against the arrest of the former Pakistani Prime Minister earlier this month.
Logically→ Old video claimed to be of recent fireworks factory explosion in West Bengal
Logically→ Scripted video of Muslim couple aiding Hindu priest experiencing seizures shared as real
Logically→ No, BJP didn’t lose 58 seats by a margin of less than 2,000 votes in Karnataka polls
Logically→ Photo shows NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, not a film studio
The Dispatch→ The Durham Report
Special counsel John Durham in Washington, DC. (Photo by Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images)Plus: The Supreme Court punts on tech companies’ Section 230 protections.Continue reading The Durham Report »
The Dispatch→ The Durham Split Screen
AI will fill this for us. Continue reading The Durham Split Screen »
The Dispatch→ Chris Sununu Leans Into the White House Race
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu speaks in 2021. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)New Hampshire’s governor is taking steps to run in 2024. Continue reading Chris Sununu Leans Into the White House Race »
The Dispatch→ A City—and a Warlord—Under Siege
A Ukrainian serviceman walks near a residential building damaged by shelling in the frontline city of Bakhmut on April 23, 2023. (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)How the fight for Bakhmut became the venue for a Russian power struggle.Co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Watch The Water 2’ Does NOT Prove COVID-19 MRNA Vaccines Come From Snake Venom, Do NOT Cause Humans To Produce Venom In Bodies
Do COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and treatments for the virus come from snake venom and do the vaccines then cause humans to produce venom in their bodies? In addition, is nicotine the "perfect antidote" for COVID, making the vaccines unnecessar
AllSides→ False claim the Democratic Party named Michelle Obama the 2024 presidential nominee
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/05/18/no-michelle-obama-isnt-running-for-president-fact-check/70227530007/
AllSides→ False claim the Democratic Party named Michelle Obama the 2024 presidential nominee
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/05/18/no-michelle-obama-isnt-running-for-president-fact-check/70227530007/
FactCheck.org→ Debt Ceiling Talks Go Down to the Wire — Again
The U.S. government will likely run out of money “in the first two weeks of June.” That’s when the Congressional Budget Office expects the Treasury Department will have exhausted the “extraordinary measures” it has been taking since Jan. 19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Raw Vegan Diet Or ‘Detox’ Does NOT Change Eye Color
Do the blue eyes of babies turn brown because of carbon -- and can adult eye color tinted by heavy metals, toxins and diseases be changed by "detoxing" -- by adopting a raw fruit-based vegan diet or using herbs such as contribo? No, that'
AllSides→ Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive
https://politifact.com/article/2023/may/18/disney-cancels-plans-for-florida-campus-amid-feud The Walt D
AllSides→ Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive
https://politifact.com/article/2023/may/18/disney-cancels-plans-for-florida-campus-amid-feud The Walt D
PolitiFact→ Disney cancels plans for Florida campus amid feud with Ron DeSantis, forgoing historic tax incentive
In 2020, with Ron DeSantis as governor, Florida approved up to $570 million in tax credits for The Walt Disney Co. for a regional campus in Orlando. But Disney backed out of the deal as their feud escalates.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Nancy Pelosi ‘cries like kid’? No. Viral video’s caption is clickbait
Video shows “Pelosi CRIES LIKE KID after McCarthy kicked her out as speaker.”
The Dispatch→ No, It’s Not 2016 All Over Again
Former President Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz during the Republican presidential debate on January 14, 2016. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)And no, Ron DeSantis isn’t Cruz 2.0.Continue reading No, It’s Not 2016 All Over Again »
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – There's no evidence shelves in Florida grocery store are empty due to a truckers’ boycott
This video shows empty shelves at a Florida grocery store because truckers said “they were not delivering anything to Florida !!!”
PolitiFact→ Bernie Sanders – Are US prescription drug prices 10 times higher than those in other nations? Only sometimes
"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."