Jeb Bush speaks at Harvard University in 2016. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)The most valuable attribute in a candidate might be knowing when to quit.Continue reading Stirewaltisms: Fail Fast »
FactCheck.org→ Posts Fabricate Charge Against Bill Gates in Philippines
SciCheck Digest Social media posts make the unfounded claim that the Heinous Crimes Court in the Philippines issued a warrant for Bill Gates’ arrest for “‘premeditated murder’ linked to vaccine roll out.” That court no
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Caption NOT Correct: Video Shows NATO Equipment Being Shipped To US From Europe
Does the caption on a video on social media correctly state that the video shows NATO military equipment arriving in Europe? No, that's not true: These vehicles were preparing to leave Europe. The video shows U.S. Army vehicles from the 3
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare
When President Joe Biden released his $6.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, he made several claims about the economy, tax rates and Medicare. Some of them were accurate, we found; others were unsupported.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Acupressure Massages Do NOT Relieve Asthma
Do acupressure massages on a person's hands and legs relieve their asthma? No, that's not true: The director of the Asthma and Allergy Clinic at the pediatric hospital Children's Wisconsin told Lead Stories, "Massage therapy has not been
Washington Post→ Tennessee congressman Andrew Ogles’s résumé is too good to be true
The freshman member of Congress has come under fire for embellishing his past. We found more examples.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lincoln Did NOT Say ‘The Best Way To Predict Your Future Is To Create It’
Did Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the U.S., advise the public on how to predict the future by suggesting that they should create it, instead? No, that's not true: The quote is not authentic, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Libra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet Bill Gates ‘Doesn’t Know How To Code’
Did tech entrepreneur Elon Musk "expose" the professional incompetency of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in a series of tweets on March 2, 2023? No, that's not true: An archived version of Musk's Twitter account does not contain any entr
PolitiFact→ Erin Paré – Wake’s county commissioner races stand out in North Carolina
Wake County is the only large county in North Carolina that elects its commissioners at-large countywide.
Full Fact→ Hundreds of people have been prosecuted for tax evasion in the last two years
A much lower figure tweeted by a Labour MP only included prosecutions for enabling tax evasion.
Full Fact→ Hoax posts about ‘missing uncle’ Martin Jones shared widely online
Hundreds of people have shared fake alerts about a missing pensioner with dementia.
Logically→ Pressure on the U.K.’s asylum system has resulted in hotel accommodation for migrants costing taxpayers close to £7 million per day.
Full Fact→ The UK doesn’t have more job vacancies than unemployed people
A column by former work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith was corrected after we contacted the MP about the error.
AllSides→ How the Media Got the Vinyl Chloride Risk All Wrong
https://reason.com/2023/03/07/how-the-media-got-the-vinyl-chloride-risk-all-wrong/ The residents of Eas
Logically→ Microchips have been found in fossils, proving the existence of an ancient advanced civilization.
Full Fact→ No evidence to support Rishi Sunak’s asylum backlog claim
The Prime Minister said there were 6,000 fewer people in the “asylum backlog”—but the latest published figures show a large rise in the number of people waiting for applications to be resolved.
AllSides→ Posts Make False Comparisons Between COVID-19 Immunity From Infections and Vaccines
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/scicheck-posts-make-false-comparisons-between-covid-19-immunity-from-infections-and-vaccines/
Logically→ The COVID-19 vaccine caused Tom Sizemore to suffer a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, leading to his death.
The Dispatch→ Protests in Georgia
Activists march through a forest that is scheduled to be developed as part of the police training center in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)Plus: Protests in Georgia.Continue reading Protests in Georgia »
Poynter→ In a swipe at Fox News, Trump made a misleading statement about Los Angeles County’s elections
Former President Donald Trump, who continues to falsely call the 2020 election “rigged,” pointed to litigation in Los Angeles County as one sign that the election wasn’t fair. “Let’s ask […] The post In a swipe at Fox Ne
The Dispatch→ A Round of GOF
A laboratory technician works with a pipette at the Institute of Virology at the Charité Berlin Mitte in Berlin in January 2020, during investigations on coronaviruses. (Photo by Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images)How gain-of-function
The Dispatch→ After the Battle for Bakhmut
(Residents of Chasiv Yar. Credit: Mykola Pastukh.)On the ground as Russian forces close in on a nearby town—and some weary locals refuse to leave. Continue reading After the Battle for Bakhmut »
The Dispatch→ The Japan-South Korea Thaw
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a ceremony marking the 104th anniversary of the Independence Movement Day against Japanese colonial rule on March 1, 2023. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)In the face of threats from C
Health Feedback→ “Vitamin B17” is neither a vitamin nor a cancer treatment and can cause cyanide poisoning
REVIEW Social media platforms have become a major source of unproven cancer cures and alternative treatments[1]. Some of these alleged remedies might be toxic or reduce the effectiveness of proven medical treatments. But even those that aren’t har
The Dispatch→ The Tucker Tapes
Tucker's "remarkably pathetic spectacle."Continue reading The Tucker Tapes »
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – That White House Visitors Center photo looks like Joe Biden, because it is of Joe Biden
The White House Visitor Center is displaying a photo of a fake President Joe Biden.
Truth or Fiction?→ Nikola Tesla: ‘You Will Live To See Man-Made Horrors Beyond Your Comprehension’ Quote
On March 9 2023, a Reddit user shared a quote about “man-made horrors beyond your comprehension” to the subreddit r/Damnthatsinteresting: A quote made by Nikola Tesla shortly before his death in 1943. He died bankrupt and alone d
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, President Joe Biden isn’t in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
President Joe Biden is “in Gitmo.”
The Dispatch→ The Right to Choose
California Gov. Gavin Newsom. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Is it wrong for governors to penalize corporations for their political choices?The post The Right to Choose appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: TikTok Video Is NOT Real Bill Gates TV Interview – It’s Deepfake Of Australian Show
Did Sarah Ferguson, the host of the Australian daily current affairs news program "7.30," pose several testy and loaded questions to Bill Gates when she interviewed him, resulting in Gates finally declaring, "OK that's enough. This interv
FactCheck.org→ Posts Make False Comparisons Between COVID-19 Immunity From Infections and Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Vaccination and infection both provide protective immunity to COVID-19, particularly against severe disease. But gaining immunity through infection is far riskier than vaccination. Posts citing a new Lancet study omit that important
PolitiFact→ Nicholas Langworthy – Claim about Energy Department, gas stoves, China is exaggerated
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party.
Poynter→ Sinister or simple: Checking out Antarctica conspiracy theories
With islands in Antarctica named Omicron and Deception and places named after billionaires like Rothschild and Rockefeller, some people, like this Redditor, believe this southernmost continent hides dark secrets. Antarctica […] The post Sinister
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – In swipe at Fox News, Trump misleads about Los Angeles County election
The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”
PolitiFact→ Fentrice Driskell – Is $1 of every $3 Ron DeSantis spends from the federal government? Yes.
"$1 of every $3 (Ron DeSantis) spends comes from the federal government."
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, Elon Musk isn’t poised to buy Facebook
“Elon Musk to acquire Facebook soon.”
PolitiFact→ Chain email – Waking before sunrise March 12? Daylight saving time could affect your scheduled alarm
Because of daylight saving time, “NO alarm set for the 2:00 a.m. hour will go off” on March 12.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Ashli Babbitt died in fatal U.S. Capitol shooting Jan. 6, 2021; she’s not alive as posts claim
“Ashli Babbitt is alive and well.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – That video is altered; Elon Musk isn’t endorsing an anti-aging remedy
Video shows Elon Musk endorsing “an anti-aging remedy.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still tweeting, despite baseless claims that Elon Musk banned her
Elon Musk banned U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Twitter.