Even before polls closed Nov. 8, claims that slow election results were proof of election fraud were circulating. Misinformation about the 2020 presidential election laid the groundwork for this 2022 midterm misinformation trend.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci And DeSantis Are NOT Partners In ‘Paragon Diamonds, LLC’ In Oklahoma
Does a filing on the Florida Secured Transaction Registry show that Anthony Fauci, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and many other public servants are involved with a diamond business in Sulphur, Oklahoma? No, that's not true: There is no busine
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral 2020 Video Does NOT Show Election Workers Committing Fraud In Delaware County, Pennsylvania — NO Fraud In 2020, Either
Does a viral video show election workers in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, commiting voter fraud in November 2022? No, that's not true: This exact video and claim were previously debunked in 2020. The election worker shown was manually tr
Logically→ Ukraine donated billions of dollars to U.S. Democrats through the FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange.
There is no concrete evidence supporting the claim that Ukraine funneled money back to U.S. Democrats via FTX. The accusations lack multiple facts.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Argentine boy’s death not related to vaccination, despite social media claims
The death of a 4-year-old who appeared in vaccination campaign posters is linked to vaccines.
Health Feedback→ The presence of titanium dioxide in face masks hasn’t been associated with toxicity or any health problems
REVIEW Social media posts claiming that face masks contain a “cancer-causing compound” went viral in early November 2022. The posts (examples here and here) shared an article by osteopath Joseph Mercola that was published on the website
Logically→ A Muslim child has been kidnapped by the Swedish state and given to a gay couple.
The child was born a Christian and placed in the care of a gay couple with consent from all parties involved.
Full Fact→ MailOnline muddles up cost of a possible rise in council tax
If council tax rises by 5%, it would cost households in an average band D property about £100 more per year—not per month.
Logically→ Celebrities have died and had serious illnesses following COVID-19 vaccination.
There is no evidence that any of the listed celebrities died or had serious illnesses as a result of COVID-19 vaccination.
Health Feedback→ mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 don’t modify humans, and don’t make them patentable or owned by any entities
REVIEW mRNA vaccines were widely used for the first time during the mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19. Traditional vaccine technologies use viral proteins or entire weakened or killed viruses to generate immunity. By contrast, mRNA vaccines
Logically→ Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are causing stillbirths.
The Expose misquoted data from the ONS to make it appear that Pfizer vaccines are increasing the number of stillbirths.
Full Fact→ Some staff at NHS hospitals did take part in local strikes when Labour was last in power
The shadow health secretary claimed there were no strikes in the NHS during Labour’s last spell in government, but we’ve found some examples of local strikes taking place.
AllSides→ Ballot Processing Continues in Closely Watched States Amid Unfounded Claims of Fraud
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/ballot-processing-continues-in-closely-watched-states-amid-unfounded-claims-of-fraud/
Logically→ The WEF installed Rishi Sunak as the U.K. prime minister to push their globalist agenda.
Rishi Sunak's appointment as U.K. prime minister was legitimate. The WEF did not install him in the position.
Poynter→ PolitiFact: Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know
This piece first appeared on PolitiFact.com, written by Contributing Writer Michael Majchrowicz. Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter has generated plenty of headlines. But one headline being shared on […] The post PolitiFact: Is Elon Mu
The Dispatch→ Book Review: ‘Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon’ by William D. Cohan
How General Electric went from corporate darling to corpse.The post Book Review: ‘Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon’ by William D. Cohan appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Ditch Mitch?
A handful of GOP senators want to delay Wednesday’s party leadership vote, but they have yet to offer an alternative to Mitch McConnell.The post Ditch Mitch? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Black smoke emerging from an electric car disrupted a football game.
The smoke that engulfed the football pitch was lit by Polish team GKS Czarni Starzca fans.
Logically→ New Zealand’s intelligence services guide includes opposition to COVID-19 health measures as a sign of terrorism.
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service's guide has not included opposition to COVID-19 health measures as signs of terrorism.
Logically→ An old image shows Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru trying to kiss a woman.
The image is of an actor playing Nehru in the 2013 play 'Drawing the Line' centered around India-Pakistan partition.
Logically→ Canadian lawyer Gabriel Poliquin died during a public hearing on November 9.
Canadian attorney Gabriel Poliquin had collapsed during a Public Order Emergency Commission hearing. He was taken to the hospital and is recovering.
Logically→ Iran issues mass execution of over 15,000 protesters detained amid anti-Hijab protests.
Only one death penalty linked to the protests has been issued. The Iranian parliament did vote in favor of death penalty for serious crimes recently.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Trump and GOP Leadership Fights
Join our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Dispatch Live: Trump and GOP Leadership Fights appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That US Aid To Ukraine Was ‘Laundered’ Through Crypto Exchange FTX, Channeled To Democrats
Was U.S. government aid to Ukraine misused by funding Democratic candidates during midterm campaigns through the crypto exchange FTX? No, that's not true: Social media posts did not differentiate between private donations and U.S. governm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona ‘Poll Watcher’ Did NOT Have Access To Voter Check-In Data — 200 Extra People Did NOT Cast Ballots
Did a Republican poll watcher in Arizona have access to voter check-in information where she claims to have seen evidence that 200 extra ballots were counted? No, that's not true: The Maricopa County Elections Department told Lead Stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Election ‘Poll Pads’ NOT Caught Adding Hundreds Of Voters In Real Time As Poll Is Being Closed
Were "poll pads" in Texas caught adding "hundreds" of voters in real time as a poll was being closed? No, that's not true: The state-certified Election Systems & Software (ES&S) voting systems e-pollbooks in Dallas County, Texas,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Downticks In Election Graphs Do NOT Show ‘Election Crime In Real Time’ In Pennsylvania — Those Were Typos By County Board of Elections
Do large downticks in cumulative voting graphs for the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate and governor's races prove election fraud? No, that's not true: Edison Research, which supplies election data to news organization websites, told Lead Stories
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Iranian Whistleblower’ Did NOT Reveal Successful Hack Of Voter Registration Database To Create Fraudulent Military Ballots
Does a video show an "Iranian whistleblower" revealing how they hacked a federal voter registration database during the U.S. 2020 election and created fraudulent overseas ballots? No, that's not true: The footage -- shown at an election i
PolitiFact→ Mark Finchem – More than 1.13 million votes were counted within 24 hours of Election Day, not just 62,000
“We waited 24 hours and got a measly 62k votes" in Maricopa County
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Maggie Hassan didn’t win 1,106 votes in Columbia, New Hampshire. It was a typo
Maggie Hassan won “1,100 votes from town with population under 700.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump, the least accurate politician we've ever covered, eyes another White House run
PolitiFact has fact-checked Donald Trump 960 times since 2011. He has the worst record for accuracy of any politician we’ve covered.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show 1,000s Protesting Alleged Voter Fraud In Brazil’s 2022 Presidential Elections
Does a photograph of a packed street in the city of Sao Paulo show thousands of Brazilians protesting against alleged voter fraud after the country's 2022 presidential election? No, that's not true: The picture is from a 2016 protest agai
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Assailants Are NOT Using Zip Ties To Target Women In Texas College Town
Are zip ties being attached to trash cans outside homes in a Texas college town to target the women who live there for assault? No, that's not true: Police in College Station, Texas, say they and other law enforcement agencies have invest
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It’s NOT Suspicious – Just Factual — That Allegheny County Requested More Dem Mail-In Ballots Than Philadelphia Despite Having Fewer Dems
Was it suspicious that more Democrats in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, requested mail-in ballots than Democrats in Philadelphia County, even though 273,765 fewer registered Democratic voters live in Allegheny County in 2022? No, that's
AllSides→ LARRY ELDER: Biden’s Versus Trump’s ‘Lies’ — What A Difference An Administration Makes
https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/12/opinion-bidens-versus-trumps-lies-what-a-difference-an-administration-makes-larry-elder/
Logically→ Ann Arbour election officials broke the law by allowing voters to register and vote after polls closed.
In this instance, voters were allowed to participate if they arrived in line prior to the 8 p.m. deadline. This is not illegal.
The Dispatch→ Member Discussion for “The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet”
Share your questions and thoughts in the comments section. The post Member Discussion for “The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet” appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ A Just Stop Oil activist was hit with a traffic cone on the M25 motorway.
The video is unrelated to the ongoing Just Stop Oil protests in the U.K. The clip dates back to at least 2019, well before the group was even founded.
Logically→ Incorrect numbers on RSBN’s live graphic on Election Night are proof of election fraud in the 2022 Pennsylvania governor’s race.
The graphic with the incorrect vote count was an error made by the network and was rapidly corrected. It is not evidence of election fraud.
The Dispatch→ Stalin’s Georgia Comeback
The dictator’s image is improving thanks to Russian propaganda efforts and a lackluster Western response.The post Stalin’s Georgia Comeback appeared first on The Dispatch.