The party is badly out of step with the electorate.The post Are Republicans Ready for Change Yet? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Albanians carried a rafting boat in London on Remembrance Day to mock the United Kingdom.
A video of a symbolic protest held in Tirana, Albania, has been misattributed to the protests held in London by Albanians.
The Dispatch→ Iran, America, and the Democratic Impulse
The collapse of the theocracy could change American attitudes about promoting democracy.The post Iran, America, and the Democratic Impulse appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ ‘I Took a Trip on the Ship of Fools’
On a slow boat to Mexico with only Kiss fans for company.The post ‘I Took a Trip on the Ship of Fools’ appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ A Lackluster Return to Wakanda
A review of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’ The post A Lackluster Return to Wakanda appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Slavery of All Kinds
A review of George Saunders’ ‘Liberation Day.’The post Slavery of All Kinds appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Earth Is NOT Flat And Operation Fish Bowl Was A High-Altitude Nuclear Proof Test
Is the Earth flat and surrounded by a transparent barrier that prevents rockets from leaving the Earth's atmosphere? Beyond this barrier, is there a firmament composed of water or a liquid-like substance? Does this explain why the U.S. go
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Maggie Hassan Did NOT Win 1,100 Votes From 700-Person Town — It Was ‘Human Error’
Did Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat who ran for Senate in the 2022 midterms, win 1,100 votes from a town with only 700 people? No, that's not true: The New Hampshire Secretary of State told Lead Stories the inflated vote tally was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona DOES Allow Dropping Off Mail-In Ballots For Other Voters
Does a video showing people dropping off multiple ballots at one time in a drop box prove election fraud and what "really happened" in Arizona? No, that's not true: Delivering more than one ballot for other voters is legal in Arizona. Ind
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Theory Misinterprets FTX Support for Ukraine
Quick Take The bankruptcy of FTX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has sparked an unfounded claim that its former CEO had conspired with Ukraine and Democratic politicians to launder U.S. aid money. FTX helped make crypto dona
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent How Florida Arrived at Quick Election Results
Quick Take Florida law allows election officials to start counting early in-person and mail-in ballots before Election Day. But social media posts falsely claim Florida counted all of its more than 7 million votes in five hours on Election Day and stat
PolitiFact→ Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco renews criticism of Ticketmaster monopoly
After a chaotic ticket presale for Taylor Swift’s concert tour, antitrust experts and members of Congress are pushing to rein in the power of Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No evidence that ballots found in California county signal Democratic scheme
Ballots recovered from a Santa Clara County, California, ravine are evidence of “how the left cheats to win.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Pelosi wasn’t arrested by US Marshals in 2021
A fake Nancy Pelosi said she won’t seek the speaker position again because the real Pelosi was arrested in 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Respect For Marriage Act Does NOT Revoke Tax-Exempt Status Of Churches Or Endanger Other Religious Liberties
Does the Respect for Marriage Act passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate remove the tax privileges of faith-based organizations, make it easier to sue them or jeopardize any other religious liberties? No, that's not true:
FactCheck.org→ RSV Surge in Children Likely Caused by ‘Immunity Gap,’ Not COVID-19 Vaccine
SciCheck Digest Hospitals across the country are seeing a spike of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children. Experts say the spike is most likely caused by an immunity gap created by the lack of exposure to the virus over the past couple o
Health Feedback→ HIV infection is the cause of AIDS; persistent HIV/AIDS denialism relies on false information and is potentially deadly
REVIEW Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic and potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); an estimated 40.1 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the beginning of
Logically→ A BBC News report states spike protein was found in dead babies in Scotland.
The BBC report talked about a spike in the number of dead babies, not spike-protein found in dead babies.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Instagram Account Shows NO Evidence Of ‘Leaked Audio’ Proving Nancy Pelosi Was Forced To Resign
Did Instagram user @red.wave1776 acquire leaked audio that proves that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to resign? No, that's not true: Lead Stories has found no evidence on this Instagram user's account that would corroborate the cl
Full Fact→ BBC graph showing impact of Autumn Statement contains several errors
A graph shown on the BBC News at Six contained, among other things, an inaccurate figure and a mislabelled axis.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – World Health Organization director general stuttered, he wasn’t asserting that countries are killing
The World Health Organization director general confirmed “some countries are using boosters to kill children.”
Full Fact→ Labour MP wrongly claims £37bn spent on Test and Trace app
Karl Turner claimed that Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson “blew” £37 billion on the Track and Trace app. The app’s actual cost in the first year was about £35 million.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Social media followings of Katie Hobbs, Kari Lake, not evidence of fraud
The number of followers Katie Hobbs and Kari Lake have on Instagram suggests election fraud.
Logically→ Plans to reduce nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands have been put forth to impoverish farmers to take their land.
The Dutch government has offered several options to farmers to help reduce emissions. Buying land from farmers with no successors is one option.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video isn’t evidence of recent robberies in Spain by migrants. It’s from a 2020 protest.
Video is evidence of a recent increase in robberies in Spain by “migrants from the Middle East and Africa.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Tribunal Did NOT Convict Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel
Did the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's [JAG] Corps and the Office of Military Commissions find Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel guilty of crimes against humanity because the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine killed 32 service members? No, that's n
Logically→ Bill Gates was recorded admitting that climate change is a “WEF scam.”
It is clear that Bill Gates makes no such claim in the unedited version of this clip.
Logically→ A Malaysian doctor was executed under the Nuremberg code for administering a COVID-19 vaccine.
No Malaysian doctor was killed for administering a COVID-19 vaccine. The claim stems from an anti-vaccine narrative.
Logically→ Two large planes collided midair and caused a heavy explosion in Istanbul.
Images and videos of two planes crashing at an air show in Dallas have been falsely linked to the recent bomb blast in Istanbul.
Full Fact→ Iran hasn’t sentenced 15,000 protesters to death
Iranian parliamentarians have called for “harsh punishments” which could include the death penalty, but we can find no evidence for viral claims that 15,000 people have already been sentenced to death
The Dispatch→ Explaining New York’s Red Wave
Can Republicans build on the pickups they made in the Empire State? The post Explaining New York’s Red Wave appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Iran-Backed Militias in Baghdad Present a Test for Biden
How will the administration respond to the murder of an American citizen?The post Iran-Backed Militias in Baghdad Present a Test for Biden appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT Air Force Policy To ‘Control The Weather By 2025’ — Claim Goes Back To 1996 Research Paper
Did the U.S. Air Force say, on the record, that the military branch wants to control the weather by 2025? No, that's not true: The Air Force public affairs team told Lead Stories that it is not Air Force policy to control the weather by 2
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Russia ‘Is The First Country To Break The Antarctic Treaty’
Is Russia "the first country to break the Antarctic Treaty"? No, that's not true: Russia neither broke away from the agreement nor violated it. As of November 17, 2022, no credible sources -- including other treaty members, the Internatio
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump vastly understates how much experts expect sea levels to rise
"They say the ocean will rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 200 to 300 years."
Full Fact→ Warning over alleged Christmas postal ‘scam’ is long out of date
The premium-rate number a Facebook post warns about was shut down in 2005.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photo of bagged ballots in California isn’t evidence of misconduct, contrary to claims
Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates NOT At G-20 Meeting, Has NOT Said ‘Death Panels’ Will Soon Be Required
Did billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates tell the world leaders gathered at the November 2022 Group of 20 (G-20) summit that "death panels" will soon be required? No, that's not true: Gates did not attend the conference in Indonesia, and
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, bags of ballots are not a sign of fraud in Maricopa County, Arizona
Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of “Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Biden’s ‘there’s no climate problem’ comment was a joke, not proof climate change isn’t real
President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change.