Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference in Lake Buena Vista. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)Plus: Do Republican voters care about the debt ceiling?Continue reading DeSantis, Not Yet Running for President, Courts
Full Fact→ Facebook posts about missing woman with dementia are hoaxes
The posts appear in community groups across the UK and even in the US.
Full Fact→ Official death data doesn’t tell us whether junior doctors’ strikes cost lives
A Telegraph article claimed that strikes were a factor behind a spike in deaths in England. But a similar spike occurred in Wales, where there were no strikes.
Health Feedback→ Herpes is a sexually transmitted infection; no strong evidence that herbs cure herpes
REVIEW A claim that herpes isn’t a sexually transmitted disease (STD, also referred to as sexually transmitted infections or STIs for short) and that a commercially available herbal product could cure it circulated on social media in April 2022. T
Logically→ No, U.S. President Joe Biden’s car did not display the Italian flag during his visit to Dublin
Logically→ Video showing donation billboard in Milan featuring Zelenskyy ‘snorting’ money is fake
Logically→ Edited clip used to falsely claim President Biden did not recognize Rishi Sunak after landing in Belfast
Logically→ The amount of ammonium nitrate seized in West Bengal is not ten times of what caused the 2020 Beirut explosion
Full Fact→ Hoax alerts for missing pensioner shared thousands of times
Identical posts falsely claiming a man named Martin Jones has gone missing have been shared across the UK.
The Dispatch→ Fox News Reaches Eye-Popping Settlement With Dominion Voting Systems
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - APRIL 18: Lawyers representing Dominion Voting Systems talk to reporters outside the Leonard Williams Justice Center following a settlement with FOX News in Delaware Superior Court on April 18, 2023. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Ge
Poynter→ Kamala Harris said 1 in 5 Americans have lost a family member to gun violence. Poll data backs that claim
Just days after a series of high-profile incidents of gun violence, Vice President Kamala Harris sought to put the frequency of shootings in the United States into context. “You’ve seen […] The post Kamala Harris said 1 in 5 Americans hav
Logically→ Videos of Atiq and Ashraf Ahmad’s assassins chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ after the shooting not edited
Full Fact→ List of ‘Communist Rules for Revolution’ has been widely debunked
There’s little evidence that the list, which was shared by Andrew Bridgen MP, is a genuine Communist document.
Logically→ Claims of UK’s scheduled emergency text service indicating ‘start of World War Three’ are false
Logically→ No, 20 million global deaths haven’t been directly attributed to COVID-19 vaccines
Health Feedback→ High population immunity and low virus circulation the reasons for new Swiss COVID-19 vaccine recommendation, not vaccine injuries
REVIEW More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the world’s population has developed immunity to the disease either through vaccination or infection, prompting public health authorities to revise COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. In
The Dispatch→ The Bird Is The Ward
Has Evangelical political engagement been underwhelming?Continue reading The Bird Is The Ward »
The Dispatch→ The History of the Debt Ceiling, Explained
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Capitol Building April 17, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)The measure was first implemented not to keep debt down but to more easily increase it.Continue reading The History of the De
The Dispatch→ Even Systemic Problems Need Local Solutions
A gate is used to lock items at a pharmacy and convenience store in New York City. A surge in shoplifting is occurring in New York City and in cities across the country. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)An uptick in shoplifting is a national trend,
The Dispatch→ International Forces Fan the Crisis in Sudan
Sudanese citizens greet army soldiers, loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan on April 16, 2023. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)The African nation faces an internal power struggle with external in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Troops In Hazmat Suits Did NOT Land In Helicopters, Arrest 5 People On Utah State Campus For Manufacturing Ricin In April 2023
Did U.S. Army helicopters carrying troops in hazmat suits land on the campus of Utah State University and arrest five people for manufacturing ricin in April 2023? No, that's not true: The helicopters that landed on the campus on April 11
The Dispatch→ Video: Fox Settles With Dominion
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.Continue reading Video: Fox Settles With Dominion »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Videos Do NOT Show Medicine Capsules Contain Nails — Internet Scare Hoax
Did several videos in countries around the world accurately show that tiny sharp nails or pins were in medicine capsules sealed in tamper-evident blister packs? No, that's not true: In February 2021 several videos circulated on the intern
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Washington State Bill Does NOT Allow ‘Government To Take Minor Children Away From Parents If They Refuse To Agree To Gender Transition Surgery’
Does a bill passed by the Washington State Legislature allow the "government to take minor children away" from their parents if "they refuse to agree to gender transition surgery"? No, that's not true: The legislation has no provision for
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No se ha aprobado un programa nacional que perdone más de $10,000 en deudas de tarjetas de crédito
"La Asociación Nacional de la Deuda ... recientemente aprobó un programa de alivio de la deuda para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 en deuda en tarjetas de crédito".
AllSides→ ‘60 Minutes’ Made a Shockingly Wrong Claim About Google’s AI Chatbot
https://www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-made-a-shockingly-wrong-claim-about-googles-ai-chatbot-bard?ref=home
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video’s Audio Does NOT Have Fallon Fox Speaking In Authentic Voice
Does a video circulating on social media show mixed martial arts fighter Fallon Fox speaking in a "male" voice? No, that's not true: The clip appears to have been digitally altered to make it sound lower. Fox, who is an openly transgender
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Poll data backs Kamala Harris’ claim that 1 in 5 Americans have lost a family member to gun violence
“One in five Americans has lost a family member to gun violence.”
The Dispatch→ Scenes From the Revolution
(Photograph of Donald Trump by Scott Olson/Getty Images; photograph of Ron DeSantis by Scott Eisen/Getty Images.)A tale of two ads.Continue reading Scenes From the Revolution »
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Fox Settles with Dominion
Join our weekly livestreamed conversation.Continue reading Dispatch Live: Fox Settles with Dominion »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michael Jordan Did NOT Turn Down $120M Disney Deal On April 3, 2023 — It’s Fictional Story
Did Michael Jordan turn down a $120 million deal with Disney on April 3, 2023? No, that's not true: This story originated from the website The Dunning-Kruger Times, which has a disclaimer stating, "Everything on this website is fictional.
Truth or Fiction?→ The ‘TikTok Benadryl Challenge’
On April 17 2023, a viral tweet about a deadly “Benadryl challenge” spreading on TikTok claimed that a boy in Ohio died after participating in it: 13-year-old dead after trying deadly TikTok “Benadryl challenge” The challenge is where
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Angry Mob of Antifa’: Robocall Attacks ‘Tennessee Three’ with Regurgitated Smears
A “robocall” circulating in Tennessee is spreading false accusations about the trio of Democratic state lawmakers dubbed the “Tennessee Three” in the wake of their being targeted by their Republican counterparts for expulsion fr
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No hay restos de una nave nodriza gigante en Marte, las imágenes son falsas
Hay “restos de una nave nodriza gigante ocultada por la NASA” en Marte.
Logically→ Video of Indian Islamic scholar’s funeral falsely shared as Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad’s funeral
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – That’s not Vladimir Putin discussing US democracy; it’s a deepfake
Video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin talking in English about U.S. democracy.
FactCheck.org→ FBI Access Request Is Not Evidence White House ‘Lied’ About Not Being ‘Involved’ in ‘Mar-a-Lago Raid’
Quick Take There’s no evidence the White House aided or had prior knowledge of the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022. By law, the White House requested access for the FBI to review the classified documents that former President Dona
The Dispatch→ Rise of the Independents
Campaign signs sit in the front yard of a home on November 1, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)But not of third parties.Continue reading Rise of the Independents »
Full Fact→ Emergency alert won’t give government access to your location or personal data
The alert works via cell towers that send the message to all connected devices in their area.
PolitiFact→ Paul Ryan – Yes, it’s true, support for Trump in Wisconsin’s WOW counties has declined
"WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”