West Midlands police confirmed social media posts about an abandoned baby boy are not true.
PolitiFact→ Dominion-Fox lawsuit: Looking back at false claims about voting machine company
Fox News is scheduled to be in court this week, defending against a Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit. Here’s a look at how we’ve checked dozens of false claims against the voting equipment company.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Fox News Cover a New Chicken Sandwich Instead of the Louisville Shooting?
Fox News headquarters in New York. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images) A digitally altered screenshot of a Fox News report has been taken by social media users to suggest that the network aired coverage of a new chicken sandwich released
The Dispatch→ Arizona GOP Primary Gets First Major Contender
Mark Lamb speaks in 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Plus: The McCormick/Mastriano cold war in Pennsylvania.Continue reading Arizona GOP Primary Gets First Major Contender »
Full Fact→ No evidence Bill Gates talked about putting ‘vaccines in our food supply’
There’s no record of him tweeting it and his foundation says he never did.
AllSides→ California Politicians Need Private Security To Protect Them From Conservatives
https://freebeacon.com/california/fact-check-california-politicians-need-private-security-to-protect-them-from-conservatives/
AllSides→ Did Kenyan Passport Belong to Barack Obama?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-kenyan-passport-belong-barack-obama-1794472 Among the most perv
Logically→ Unrelated video from 2019 shared as footage of violance by Muslims against Hindus in West Bengal.
The Dispatch→ Against Euro-Vassalization
French President Emmanuel Macron (center) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (Photo by Antoine Gyori/Corbis/Getty Images)Thwarting the Chinese threat requires a wealthy and powerful European Union that can partner with the U.S.Continue reading Against
Logically→ No, the Modi-led government did not first introduce bio-toilet systems in Indian Railways in 2014
Logically→ 2022 video of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath resurfaces after encounter of gangster’s son
Logically→ Old video of a mobile tower on fire in India falsely shared as 5G towers set on fire
Logically→ Video misrepresents email from Fauci and his advice about wearing masks amid spread of COVID-19
Logically→ Video misrepresents email from Fauci and his advice about wearing masks amid spread of COVID-19
The Dispatch→ Leak Plugged
Dighton police cars block Maple Street in North Dighton, Mass., half a mile from the house where Airman Jack Teixeira was arrested for sharing classified documents. (Photo by Kylie Cooper for The Washington Post via Getty Images)A 21-year-old member of
Logically→ Viral video claiming Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was seen using cocaine is digitally altered
Full Fact→ AirPods haven’t been shown to be dangerous
An Instagram video, which was widely viewed before being deleted, claimed electromagnetic field radiation from Apple AirPods is dangerous. There is no good evidence that this is a risk.
Logically→ Fake letter attributed to RSS claims it asked Hindu men to ‘entrap’ Muslim women
Poynter→ Why doesn’t the Supreme Court have a formal code of ethics?
A ProPublica report that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips from a high-profile Republican donor without disclosing them prompted a fresh flurry of criticism from Democrats and raised […] The post Why doesn’t the Suprem
Logically→ No, the UK government is not planning to eliminate all forms of cash in the next three years.
Logically→ The Nashville protest is not equivalent to the January 6 insurrection
The Dispatch→ Freedom and Justice Around the Corner
Museum Runde Ecke. (Photo by P/F/H/ullstein bild/Getty Images)The former home of the Stasi is a tribute to those who overthrew their oppressors.Continue reading Freedom and Justice Around the Corner »
The Dispatch→ Elon Musk’s CCP Pressure Points
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai gigafactory on Jan. 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Ting) (Xinhua/ via Getty Images)Chinese government mouthpieces praise his Twitter policies just as he announces new business ventures in
The Dispatch→ Taiwan Needs Our Help Now
A Harpoon missile. (Photograph from Wikimedia Commons.)A missile contract that won’t be fulfilled until 2029 demonstrates that our foreign military sales program is unacceptably slow.Continue reading Taiwan Needs Our Help Now »
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on the Classified Document Scandal, the Turkish Election, and the Whigs
A photo illustration shows the Discord logo reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)A little history with your news and politics roundup. Continue reading Our Best Stuff on the Classified Doc
The Dispatch→ Depeche Mode Confronts Mortality
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 05: Martin Gore and Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode perform during The "Memento Mori" World Tour at United Center on April 05, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images)‘Memento Mori,’ the ban
The Dispatch→ A Breath of Fresh Air (Jordans)
(Matthew Maher, Matt Damon, and Jason Bateman in 'Air.' Photo by ANACARBALLOSA/Ana Carballosa/Amazon Studios - © ANA CARBALLOSA)‘Air’ entertains with the story of how Nike signed the GOAT.Continue reading A Breath of Fresh Air (Jordans) »
The Dispatch→ Banana Republicans
The insult of the Pentagon leak.Continue reading Banana Republicans »
The Dispatch→ Smears and Myths—The October Surprise Revisited
Ronald Reagan takes the oath of office on January 20. 1981 during inauguration ceremonies in Washington, DC. (Photograph from the Bettman Collection/Getty Images.)The New York Times revives the claim that Reagan won in 1980 by conspiring to prolong th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JFK Jr. Did NOT Write A Letter To Donald Trump After His Death In 1999
Did John F. Kennedy Jr. write a letter to Donald Trump following the 38-year-old magazine publisher's death on July 16, 1999? No, that's not true: former President Trump wrote in his book "The America We Deserve," published in 2000, that
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Root Canal-Treated Tooth’ NOT No. 1 Cause Of Heart Attack
Is a root-canal-treated tooth the No. 1 cause of a heart attack? No, that's not true: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), coronary artery disease is the main cause of heart attacks. The three key risk factor
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on Manhattan Crime
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a “field hearing” in Manhattan on April 17 to draw attention to “how Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s pro-crime, anti-victim policies have led to an increase in vi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Wrist Rubs Help Alleviate Sore Throat Symptoms
Does pressure application on a particular point in the wrist area help relieve a sore throat? No, that's not true: No credible sources suggest there is any connection between this type of self-massage and expedited recovery from a sore th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of ‘Mysterious Animals’ Are NOT From Reign Of Thai King Rama V — They Are AI-Generated
Do photos shared on Facebook show giant, fantastical creatures that nobles hunted in the forests of Thailand over a century ago, during the reign of King Rama V? No, that's not true: These images are not real photos. They were generated b
The Dispatch→ Poison Pill
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida’s 15-week abortion ban into law on April 13, 2022. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Will abortion politics swallow the Republican primary? Continue reading Poison Pill »
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Kenya’s president didn’t say his country was getting rid of the U.S. dollar
Video shows Kenya’s president saying he will “get rid of U.S. dollar.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – U.S. government institutions haven’t shuttered, despite Facebook claims
“Congress, White House, IRS, Feds, Federal Reserve are shut down.”
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Fact-checking Joe Biden on whether rugby is safer than football
“Fewer people get hurt playing rugby” than American football.
The Dispatch→ Putin’s Useful Idiots
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on April 4, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)The MAGA crowd is calling fellow Americans enemies while treating our real enemies as misunderstood friends.Continue reading Putin’s Useful Idiots »
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Claim Targets Bud Light Partnership with Transgender Influencer
Quick Take Bud Light partnered with a transgender social media influencer for a promotion during the NCAA March Madness tournament. Social media users responded with the false claim that the CEO of the company had resigned following a conservative