The video makes false claims about the associations between particular individuals and organizations to support the ‘Great Reset’ conspiracy theory.
Logically→ Photo shows Brazilians holding a protest following Jair Bolsonaro’s loss in the presidential polls.
The photo shows an Independence Day celebration held at Brazil's Copacabana beach in September, weeks before the result of the election was declared.
Poynter→ Why does the Justice Department monitor polling sites?
Justice Department election monitors traveled to voting sites in 24 states on Election Day to watch for violations of federal voting laws. Florida did not welcome them. State officials blocked federal […] The post Why does the Justice Department
The Dispatch→ When Notoriety Won’t Win Elections
Democratic candidates such as Beto O’Rourke and Stacey Abrams get lots of attention and millions in donations but keep coming up short.The post When Notoriety Won’t Win Elections appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Glenn Youngkin – Youngkin overstates his 2021 vote from Virginia cities
In his election as governor, “We won cities that no Republican had ever won.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Democratic Candidate for AZ Governor, Katie Hobbs, In Ballot Counting Center
Does a photograph show the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, walking through a ballot-counting center in Maricopa County, the state's largest voting district? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Maricopa County t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eating Seed Oils Is NOT The ‘#1 Cause Of Blindness In The World’
Is the consumption of seed oils the leading cause of blindness in the world? No, that's not true: The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) told Lead Stories that eating seed oils does not cause blindness, and there are no definitively
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Typos In RSBN Graphic Are NOT Evidence Of Election Fraud In PA Gov Race
Do incorrect numbers posted to on-screen graphics during a live streamer's coverage of Election Night prove there was election fraud in the 2022 Pennsylvania governor's race? No, that's not true: Those graphics are not produced by electio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Klaus Schwab And ‘Elites’ Planning ‘New World Order’ And ‘To Microchip The Human Race’
Does a viral video prove that the founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, and other speakers at WEF events planned to establish the "new world order" and "microchip human race"? No, that's not true: The heavily edited social me
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: IRS Did NOT Donate To Katie Hobbs Campaign — Government Agencies Can NOT Donate To Political Campaigns
Did the Internal Revenue Service donate thousands of dollars to the campaign of Katie Hobbs, the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona? No, that's not true: The U.S. government agency told Lead Stories in an email that "it does not
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these photos aren’t evidence of voter fraud in Detroit
Photo shows “late-night operatives moving van-loads of suspicious ballots way after legal deadline in Detroit.”
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What would speed up election results?
Close races and millions of mail ballots means that it takes several days or longer to tabulate unofficial results. But state laws that set earlier deadlines to mail out and return ballots can speed up the process. It also helps if voters submit mail b
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Large social media followings don’t ensure election wins
The number of followers John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz have on Instagram proves the Pennsylvania Senate race was illegitimate.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Deceased lawmaker’s re-election isn’t evidence of fraud, it was too late to withdraw his name
A “dead man on the ballot” is evidence the Democrats cheated in the election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Does NOT Increase Stillbirths As Graph Implies
Does a graph show that the COVID-19 vaccine increases stillbirths? No, that is missing context: The graph was published on the U.S. government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) website. As VAERS itself repeatedly explains,
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this graph doesn’t prove Gretchen Whitmer stole her election
Graph shows Gretchen Whitmer stole the Michigan gubernatorial election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Detroit Ballots Arriving After ‘Legal’ Deadline
Do online photographs show absentee ballots arriving at a Detroit processing center on Election Day "hours after the legal deadline" for counting ballots? No, that's not true: Election officials in Detroit say late-night deliveries are th
Health Feedback→ Bill and Melinda Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates is fully vaccinated, including against COVID-19, despite online claims to the contrary
REVIEW As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign unfolded, some social media users began to claim that prominent individuals were in fact unvaccinated, as reported by Reuters and USA Today. Claims that COVID-19 vaccine advocates or those close to them re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CERN Did NOT Admit That ‘They are Communicating With Entities From The Other Side’ in 2022
Did the European Organization for Nuclear Research, most commonly known as CERN, admit in 2022 that it is "communicating with entities from the other side"? No, that's not true: Online speculations about the CERN-managed particle physics
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Map does not prove Pennsylvania election was rigged
Map proves the Pennsylvania Senate election was rigged.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Poll Worker Was NOT Caught ‘Rigging Ballots On Live TV’
Did a poll worker in Dane County, Wisconsin get caught rigging ballots on live television? No, that's not true: The Dane County Clerk, whose office records election information, explained that this poll worker was doing routine work, prep
Full Fact→ MPs’ vaccine debate fact checked
MPs Danny Kruger, Sir Christopher Chope and Andrew Bridgen all made claims about vaccines that need context.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Recirculated 2020 video was a simulation and does not depict fraudulent creation of real ballots
A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Sharpie pens are permitted for in-person voting in Illinois despite false claims
‘No Sharpies on ballots’ permitted for in-person voting in Illinois.
PolitiFact→ Joe Manchin – Is West Virginia set to receive $25 million to cap orphan wells?
West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”
Logically→ Video shows Swedish judge claiming widespread voter fraud in the Brazilian elections.
The video is of singer Agneta Fältskog talking about the joy of being home with her kids. The Brazilian army has ruled out voter fraud in the polls.
Poynter→ False narratives failed to take hold ahead of U.S. midterms
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. The foretold “red tsunami” on Election Day turned out […
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Medicines Regulator Does NOT Confirm COVID Is Man-Made; Vaccines Were NOT Made With Computer-Generated DNA
Did the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) admit in a series of email exchanges that COVID-19 is man-made and that COVID vaccines were created with computer-generated DNA? No, that's not true: The MHRA told Le
Logically→ Spikes in the number of votes counted in Michigan indicate electoral fraud.
These spikes are not unusual and frequently arise due to the procedures that govern the counting of votes.
Logically→ The Carter Center announced Jimmy Carter’s death on Twitter.
A Twitter post claiming Jimmy Carter's death was from a hoax account posing as the Carter Center. There are no official reports of Carter's death.
AllSides→ The 2022 FactCheck Awards
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/the-2022-factcheck-awards/ We are very serious fact-checkers, but we
Logically→ British leader Nadhim Zahawi misidentified late actor Leslie Phillips.
Zahawi's Twitter feed has been digitally altered to claim that the Conservative MP made a mistake in identifying Leslie Phillips.
Logically→ Italy’s Ministry for Ecological Transition has banned people from heating their homes at night.
The Italian government has a rationing plan in place for heating. There is no ban on heating homes at night.
The Dispatch→ Where Does the Pro-Life Movement Go From Here?
Election Night was not exactly a triumph for the opponents of abortion.The post Where Does the Pro-Life Movement Go From Here? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Poynter→ Detroit voters were not told at polls that they had already voted
On the afternoon of Election Day, former President Donald Trump suggested that problems at polling places in Michigan’s largest city, a Democratic stronghold, were preventing voters from casting their ballots […] The post Detroit voters were no
The Dispatch→ Election Deniers Denied—Mostly
Voters repudiated many of Donald Trump’s favored 'Stop the Steal' candidates in state-level races.The post Election Deniers Denied—Mostly appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Bill Gates’s daughter Phoebe has not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and other diseases.
Bill Gates' daughters have both been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to their own public statements. Melinda Gates has also announced the same.
Logically→ Survey Voices offers a $1000 sign-up bonus.
Survey Voices is an aggregator of surveys rather than a survey panel. Fake URLs have been spread to scam users with a Survey Voices sign-up message.
Logically→ The common cold is a way for the body to detox plastics and chemicals from the body.
The common cold is caused by a virus spread through aerosol droplets or physical contact. It is not a way for the human body to detox itself.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell’s 2022 Midterm Election Graphs Do NOT Prove Races Were Stolen
Do midterm election graphs of unofficial, private election tallies used by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell on social media and on his Frank Speech website prove 2022 elections were stolen? No, that's not true: Spikes in the vote counts are a n