“All Democrats in the Senate and House voted to cut $280 billion out of Medicare just two months ago.”
PolitiFact→ Senate Leadership Fund – GOP group exaggerates effect of Inflation Reduction Act
Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Of Black US Presidents Before Obama
Were there eight presidents of the United States before George Washington and did several Black presidents serve before Barack Obama was elected in 2008? No, that's not true: Washington was the first elected American president. There is a
PolitiFact→ Deidre DeJear – DeJear social media post says Reynolds thinks nurses required education, but she didn’t say that
"Kim Reynolds doesn’t think nurses are educated."
Full Fact→ News articles didn’t claim the same boy died of Covid-19 in three different countries
A widely shared tweet claims that the same child was reported to have died of Covid-19 in three different countries. This isn’t true.
Full Fact→ Claims about 47,000 homeless veterans need context
The figure is the estimated number of homeless veterans in 2015 in the United States. We don’t know how many homeless veterans there are in the UK.
PolitiFact→ Kim Reynolds – Reynolds campaign ad on police support skips DeJear’s explanation
"Deidre DeJear refused to stand for police."
PolitiFact→ Marco Rubio lanza un ataque engañoso contra Val Demings sobre los impuestos
El ataque del senador republicano Marco Rubio a la representante demócrata Val Demings es engañoso. La Ley para la Reducción de la Inflación va dirigida a las corporaciones y a los administradores de dinero, no a los contribuyentes promedio.
Full Fact→ No evidence that Rishi Sunak said homeless veterans could ‘easily manage’ winter
We can find no record of any such comments by him in Parliament, or elsewhere.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Nancy Pelosi Spoke to Ray Epps Before January 6, 2021
Did Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests show that "a dozen" phone calls between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Ray Epps took place a week before January 6, 2021? No, that's not true: Congress is exempt from FOIA so is not subject t
PolitiFact→ National Rifle Association – National Rifle Association off target on red flag law process
Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”
PolitiFact→ J.D. Vance – J.D. Vance accused Tim Ryan of wanting to decriminalize fentanyl, but Ryan was talking about pot
Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.”
Truth or Fiction?→ The IRS is Ignoring Churches’ Right-Wing Political Push: Report
As more Christian churches push harder into right-wing politics, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will not tackle apparent violations of federal law, ProPublica and the Texas Tribune reported on October 30 2022. The two news sites said that they had
AllSides→ Posts Distort Misleading Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/scicheck-posts-distort-misleading-analysis-of-covid-19-vaccine-safety-data/
AllSides→ Posts Distort Misleading Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/scicheck-posts-distort-misleading-analysis-of-covid-19-vaccine-safety-data/
Logically→ The attack in Dover was a false flag operation.
There is no evidence to suggest the attack on the Border Force's facility was a false flag attack.
Logically→ Rishi Sunak’s briefcase changing color from red to green proves we exist in a simulation.
The briefcase's color was edited by Sky News in this video report from 2020 to make a point about the then-upcoming U.K. budget being "green."
Logically→ PM Narendra Modi called the collapse of the Morbi cable bridge in Gujarat an act of fraud.
A 2016 video of PM Modi's remarks on the collapse of the Kolkata flyover has been misattributed to the recent incident on the Morbi bridge in Gujarat.
Logically→ The collapse of the Morbi bridge in Gujarat is a pre-planned conspiracy by AAP.
Tweets by AAP political leaders have been shared with false narratives that relate them to the collapse of the Morbi bridge in Gujarat.
Logically→ COP27, the upcoming climate summit in Egypt, will focus on reducing world farmland by 50 percent.
The COP27 summit aims to reduce emissions and plan for climate change. Claims about reducing farmland are part of broader conspiracy theories.
Logically→ Sweden is a registered company and can’t create laws, only company policy.
Sweden is a sovereign nation and its registration at a foreign trade regulatory body does not affect the Swedish legislative process.
Logically→ People jumped and violently shook the Morbi bridge in Gujarat moments before it collapsed.
A three-year-old video of a crowd on Morbi cable bridge was falsely linked to the recent collapse in which 133 people died.
The Dispatch→ Americans Spread Out in Order to Come Together
Smaller cities are thriving as Americans opt to work from home.The post Americans Spread Out in Order to Come Together appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Affirmative Action on the Docket
In two cases, the Supreme Court will weigh whether considering race in college admissions amounts to unconstitutional discrimination.The post Affirmative Action on the Docket appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Rishi Sunak worshiped a cow after being appointed as prime minister of the U.K.
The viral video is from August when Sunak performed a cow-worship ritual during his campaign to win the Conservative Party leadership.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Two ‘Far-Right Websites’ Attributed to Pelosi Attack Suspect David DePape Were NOT Faked — Archive.org Has Proof
Does the the Internet Wayback Machine prove that two of Pelosi attack suspect David DePape's webpages were "fabricated" after the suspect's arrest to smear conservatives? No, that's not true: The webpages attributed to DePape were so smal
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims in the Hochul-Zeldin debate
In NY, fact-checking claims about abortion, bail law, 2020 election
The Dispatch→ Racial Discrimination Is Not the Path to Racial Justice
Why Harvard is wrong. The post Racial Discrimination Is Not the Path to Racial Justice appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Former President Obama Was NOT Interrupted By ‘F— Joe Biden’ Chants In Detroit Speech
Was former President Barack Obama interrupted by uncontrollable chanting of "Fuck Joe Biden" during a campaign rally in Detroit, Michigan, on Saturday, October 29, 2022? No, that's not true: A video included on social media posts making t
The Dispatch→ ‘Die Hard’ is a Holiday Movie …
... And that holiday is Halloween.The post ‘Die Hard’ is a Holiday Movie … appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ In All of This Messiness There Is Christ Present
The Second Vatican Council still brings simplicity and renewal to the Catholic Church 60 years later.The post In All of This Messiness There Is Christ Present appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Switzerland and Spiders at Halloween
The greatest Christian author you’ve never heard of.The post Switzerland and Spiders at Halloween appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ A Global Hostage Crisis
How Washington tries to prevent international adversaries from using captive Americans as leverage: A Dispatch Explainer.The post A Global Hostage Crisis appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pelosi Attack Suspect David DePape Is NOT Pictured Here – It’s Sean Dunnavant, Charged With Murder In Chicago
Is the man pictured at left David DePape, the suspect who allegedly broke into the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on October 28, 2022, and attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer? No, that's not true: Police have identified t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘United States Post Office’ Is NOT Safer Alternative To USPS For Mail-in Voting
Is mailing ballots through the "United States Post Office" more reliable than through the United States Postal Service? Is the "United States Post Office" the country's "de jure postal service," while the United States Postal Service is a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Accurate In Calling Will Smith Slap At Oscars A Re-enactment
Does a video accurately describe the conflict between two renowned actors at the 2022 Academy Awards as a fake, a re-enactment of an old movie scene? No, that's not true: The video in this post was published online two months after Will S
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ballots found in drop box before the voting period opened were legitimate, county official says
Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Price Of Gas Was NOT $5 A Gallon When Biden Took Office — It Was Less Than Half As Much
Was the price of gasoline $5 a gallon when President Joe Biden took office in January 2021? No, that's not true: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website says a gallon of regular unleaded gas was only going for close to $2.33, on
FactCheck.org→ Posts Distort Misleading Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data
SciCheck Digest A rigorous vaccine safety monitoring system has shown that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and only rarely have serious side effects. But an article shared on social media falsely says that CDC data show more than 18 million people “we
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Arizona ballot error did not target Republicans
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs “sent 6,000 wrong ballots to Republicans.”