The Dispatch→ Click Addicts
The gamification of traffic. Continue reading Click Addicts »
The Dispatch→ Trump Found Liable for Sexual Abuse
The Legal Eagle has landed.Continue reading Trump Found Liable for Sexual Abuse »
The Dispatch→ Microsoft Issues Warning About Chinese AI That Microsoft Helped Create
Schoolchildren walk below surveillance cameras in Akto, south of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region. (Photo by Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)The company’s China outpost has trained scientists who’ve gone on to work for top surveillance
The Dispatch→ Picking a President: Back to the Future?
Former President Donald Trump. (Phelan M. Ebenhack for The Washington Post via Getty Images)Character mattered in the 18th century, just as it matters in 2024. Continue reading Picking a President: Back to the Future? »
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s CNN Town Hall
Former President Donald Trump’s town hall event felt like a lightning round of false and misleading claims — most of which we’ve heard before. Among them: He claimed the conservative group True the Vote found Democrats “stu
Washington Post→ Trump fills his CNN town hall with a fire hose of old and new false claims
Here's a guide to more than 20 false or misleading claims the former president made in just over an hour.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s CNN town hall claims on Jan. 6, abortion, Mar-a-Lago documents
In a CNN town hall, former President Donald Trump made false claims about Jan. 6, abortion and the 2020 election. He also said he didn’t know E. Jean Carroll, who won a sexual assault verdict against Trump in a civil case.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump on CNN’s Town Hall
Former President Donald J. Trump misleadingly and wrongly described his own record, the events of Jan. 6, 2021, his handling of classified documents, foreign policy and the economy.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: PCR Test Nasal Swabs Do NOT Affect Longevity, Aging — No Widespread Effects Found
Do nasopharyngeal swabs, like those used in PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing for COVID-19, affect your longevity and aging? No, that's not true: Most research about the effectiveness and safety of such swabs suggests that they pose
The Dispatch→ Mostly Peaceful Sexual Abuse
Columnist E. Jean Carroll leaves after her civil trial against former President Donald Trump on May 09, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)Republicans and the E. Jean Carroll verdict.Continue reading Mostly Peaceful Sexual Ab
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, estas fotos no muestran a ‘satanistas’ adoctrinando a niños en bibliotecas
“Se filtran fotos” de “satanista enseñando sus Rituales y Adoración a lucifer a niños en bibliotecas de Estados Unidos”.
The Dispatch→ The Tragedies of Jordan Neely and Donald Trump
Protestors at a demonstration for Jordan Neely in New York City on May 6, 2023 (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)Opposites are not as different as the word sometimes implies. Continue reading The Tragedies of Jordan Neely and Donald
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Pasteurized Milk Causes ADHD
Is it a proven fact that the consumption of pasteurized milk leads to ADHD? No, that's not true: While the exact causes of this disorder remain unknown, the existing body of evidence links the occurrence of ADHD to genetic factors, not di
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – False claims spread online about suspects in the recent mass killings in Texas
“Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.”
PolitiFact→ George Santos has been arrested. Here’s a recap of his alleged falsehoods
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has been arrested. His prosecution in federal court may shed light on where he got some of the money he used for his campaign. But on many of the falsehoods he told during his campaign, Santos has remained quiet. Here’s a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Men Pictured In Social Media Posts Are NOT Allen, Texas, Gunman Mauricio Garcia
Are any of the men pictured in social media posts Mauricio Garcia, the gunman who was killed during the May 7, 2023, mass shooting at an Allen, Texas, outlet mall? No, that's not true: While a man pictured in two different posts with two
The Dispatch→ Our China Self-Own
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, born in India, is among the many Silicon Valley workers and executives who immigrated to the United States for education and employment. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP/Getty Images.) Failing to improve our immigration policy giv
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video no muestra ‘huevos artificiales’ para el consumo alimenticio, estos son juguetes
En China se están fabricando huevos artificiales para el consumo humano.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: An Old 2020 Election Lie Resurfaces
Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally during the 2020 presidential election (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Old claims are recirculating online that there were 133 million registered voters during the 2020 presidential election and tha
FactCheck.org→ Posts Share Fake Chelsea Clinton Quote About Global Childhood Vaccination Effort
SciCheck Digest An international initiative called the Big Catch-Up aims to increase vaccination among children who have missed routine vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. In describing the project, Chelsea Clinton did not say it was time to “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Robot Did NOT Attack Worker — It’s Sci-Fi CGI
Did security footage capture the moment when an "angry" warehouse robot attacked a human worker? No, that's not true: This is a short science fiction film made by a film company in Georgia with CGI. The company, Sozo Bear Films, emailed L
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, este video no muestra ‘reptilianos’
Este video muestra “reptilianos”.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Panfleto de ‘pandemia zombie’ de los CDC fue una campaña ficticia de preparación, no un evento real
Tropas estadounidenses se preparan para “una pandemia zombies”.
PolitiFact→ ‘No idea who this woman is’: Looking at Trump’s familiar defense in light of E. Jean Carroll case
After the verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case, former President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had “no idea who this woman is.” It’s a familiar tactic for Trump when confronted with accusations or to distance himself from people he kn
Full Fact→ Four claims about GP numbers fact checked
The launch of the government’s new primary care plan prompted a raft of apparently contradictory claims about GP numbers.
Logically→ Old footage of panicking crowds does not show a current wave of ‘killer clown’ attacks
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, these 3 NC health systems aren’t providing gender transition treatments to toddlers
Duke Health, UNC Health and ECU Health “in North Carolina are diagnosing toddlers who play with stereotypically opposite gender toys as having gender dysphoria and are beginning to transition them!!”
Full Fact→ Photo of ‘chemtrails’ shows contrails made from water vapour
A picture of so-called “chemtrails” shows frozen trails of water vapour and not harmful chemicals being purposefully sprayed in the atmosphere.
Full Fact→ Errors corrected in Sun article about Ray Liotta’s cause of death
An online article in the Sun gave the wrong definitions for pulmonary oedema and respiratory insufficiency, and mixed up the link between diabetes and atherosclerosis.
Logically→ The Swedish Minister for Migration’s claims on immigrant benefit statistics are misleading
Logically→ No, Chelsea Clinton didn’t say children in the U.S. should be administered mRNA vaccines forcefully
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Trace amounts of glyphosate are found in many foods, are not harmful
“Goldfish crackers contain a dangerously high amount of weed killer.”
PolitiFact→ Marc Short – Is 95% of gun violence occurring in 'inner cities'? No
“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
Full Fact→ You can’t apply for asylum in the UK through the UNHCR
The UN’s refugee agency has clarified that there is no way for people to apply for asylum in the UK through the agency, after comments made by the Home Secretary.
The Dispatch→ Pro-Choice Groups Take the Abortion Fight to Red States
Pro-life and pro-choice protesters in front of the Kentucky state capitol on October, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images.)Plus: What to expect in next week’s neck-and-neck Kentucky GOP governor’s primary.Continue reading Pro-Ch
Logically→ This image claiming to show London Mayor Sadiq Khan with his wife has been digitally altered
Logically→ An old scripted video shared as father beating groom for demanding dowry
Logically→ Old video of Prakash Raj edited to claim he asked people not to vote for Congress in Karnataka elections
The Dispatch→ A Fruitless Debt Ceiling Summit
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and President Joe Biden meet with other lawmakers in the Oval Office of the White House on May 9, 2023. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Plus: Checking in on child labor laws.C