TikTok’s data collection practices and China-based parent company have drawn U.S. lawmakers’ scrutiny. What’s really at stake in the debate over banning the app?
The Dispatch→ Whipping Boy
The two men during happier times, 2020. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Is Ron DeSantis suffering for Donald Trump’s foreign policy sins? Continue reading Whipping Boy »
The Dispatch→ Stirewaltisms: Erin Go Biden
President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House Friday. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)How the president reversed his fortunes in a year.Continue reading Stirewaltisms: Erin Go Biden »
PolitiFact→ Tracking the shift after Joe Biden’s same-sex marriage ‘epiphany’
On Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” President Joe Biden recounted an “epiphany” moment about same-sex love from his childhood. His stance on same-sex marriage has shifted from opposition to support, evolving along with public opinion.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – U.S is not threatening aid to Uganda over new anti-LGBTQ bill; this video clip is outdated
“USA gives final warning to Uganda to legalize homosexuality,” or no aid.
FactCheck.org→ Military Equipment Traveling Back to U.S., Contrary to Social Media Posts
Quick Take A U.S. Army combat team recently completed its European deployment as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, a series of military exercises in support of NATO. The brigade has returned to Fort Hood, Texas, and its equipment will follow. But
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fauci NOT ‘Set To Be Arrested’ For Lying To Congress — It’s A Followbait Scheme
Is Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and former chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden, facing imminent arrest for lying to Congress? No, that's not true: The allegation
PolitiFact→ Darrin Madison – Madison is half-right on claim about GOP’s cash bail bill
Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Full Fact→ Asda tills don’t use facial recognition for targeted ads
A Facebook video wrongly claims Asda’s self-service tills use facial recognition to collect data about customers for targeted advertising.
Full Fact→ ‘Human cages’ in California were used by prison service
A video claiming the police promised to destroy the cages is wrong.
Full Fact→ ONS release doesn’t show vaccines ‘killing in huge numbers’
An ONS bulletin about Covid-19 deaths by vaccination status does not show the vaccine is killing people in huge numbers.
Full Fact→ People crossing the UK border illegally do not automatically get jobs and benefits
A Facebook post makes several claims about the benefits of arriving in the UK illegally compared to other countries. Many of the claims are false or misleading.
Full Fact→ Instagram post’s claims about myocarditis in children not supported by official data
Social media claims that 1 in 40 children now get myocarditis are based on limited evidence—and ignore official evidence to the contrary.
AllSides→ Sorting fact from fiction in Silicon Valley Bank blame game
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-fact-check-blame-game Af
AllSides→ President Joe Biden flip-flopped on allowing new oil and gas drilling on federal lands
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/15/joe-biden/president-joe-biden-flip-flopped-allowing-new-oil/
AllSides→ ‘The Simpsons’ did not predict collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-the-simpsons-silicon-valley-ba/fact-check-the-simpsons-did-not-predict-collapse-of-silicon-valley-bank-idUSL1N35N2CO
AllSides→ DeSantis Dupes Opponents into Admitting Children Are Being Exposed to Pornographic Books
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/desantis-dupes-opponents-into-admitting-children-are-being-exposed-to-pornographic-books/
AllSides→ Did St. Patrick Wipe Out an African ‘Pygmy’ Tribe, the First Inhabitants of Ireland?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/saint-patrick-twa-pygmy-ireland/ In the summer of 2019, we received r
AllSides→ Did Hallie Biden Delete Tweets Saying Trump Won 2020 Election?
https://www.newsweek.com/hallie-biden-trump-tweets-twitter-election-1788526 The false claim that Donal
AllSides→ What to Know About Trump-Era Bank Deregulation and Bank Failures
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/what-to-know-about-trump-era-bank-deregulation-and-bank-failures/ Wit
Logically→ SARS-CoV-2 virus has never been isolated, and there is no evidence that it even exists.
PolitiFact→ Whoopi Goldberg – Whoopi Goldberg gets it wrong on lying and the First Amendment
"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."
Logically→ A video shows the aftermath of an earthquake in New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands on March 16, 2023.
Logically→ Worms rained from the sky in Liaoning province, China.
Logically→ There were already ’15-minute cities’ in Poland during the Nazi occupation; they were called ‘ghettos.’
Logically→ ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿಯವರು “ಸತ್ಯಾಗ್ರಹ” ಎಂದರೆ ಅಧಿಕಾರದೆಡೆಗಿನ ಹಾದಿ ಎಂದು ವಿವರಿಸಿದರು.
The Dispatch→ French Pension Reform Muscled Through
Protesters gather near Place de la Concorde in Paris on March 16. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)Facing potential defeat, Macron sidesteps the National Assembly.Continue reading French Pension Reform Muscled
Logically→ 92% of COVID-19 deaths are among the fully vaccinated, according to a government study.
The Dispatch→ Florida’s E-Verify Push, Explained
Landscaper Carlos Morales, a member of WeCount!, a labor union of low wage immigrant workers and their families, in August 2022. (Photo by Cindy Karp/Washington Post/ Getty Images)Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to go further in cracking down on illegal employ
Logically→ Former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss called India ‘a nation that naively follows illiterate leaders and spiritual gurus.’
The Dispatch→ The Assumptions that Undermined the Iraq War
U.S. Marine Maj. Bull Gurfein pulls down a poster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein March 21, 2003 in Safwan, Iraq. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)Two decades later, the country is still a work in progress. Continue reading The Assumptions that U
Logically→ A Christian cross stands atop a historic pillar at India’s Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The Dispatch→ Blank Checks and Balances
The tide goes out and we're seeing no swimsuits. Continue reading Blank Checks and Balances »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Alien Boarding Spaceship Before Flying Away — It’s Clip From Sci-Fi Short Film
Does a short video show in reality a lanky extraterrestrial boarding a hovering spaceship in a snowy field before flying away above a Siberian forest? No, that's not true: The animated clip is a cropped version of a science fiction short
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Consuming Only Female Animal Meat Does NOT Increase Estrogen Or Femininity In Human Males
Does eating only the meat of female animals alter the hormones of human males, purportedly increasing their estrogen and making them take on more traits associated with femininity? No, that's not true: Multiple medical and meat experts ve
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Worms Fell From The Sky In China — Experts Say They’re Tree Blooms
Did it "rain worms" in China in early March 2023? No, that's not true: Two separate botanical experts confirmed individually to Lead Stories that the "worms" reported by some publications and social media users were the result of the annu
The Dispatch→ Stop the Squeal, Revisited
(Photo by Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)Republicans might finally be losing interest in election denialism.Continue reading Stop the Squeal, Revisited »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Promise Of $1,000 Store Credit Is NOT From SHEIN Clothing Brand — Phishing Website
Is the fast-fashion clothing brand SHEIN offering $1,000 in store credit to Facebook users for simply answering four questions? No, that's not true: SHEIN is a real clothing brand but this is not their promotion. The empty promise of stor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NASA Is NOT In 2023 Hiring 24 Theologians To Prepare Humans For An Imminent Alien Discovery
Is NASA hiring 24 theologians in 2023 to prepare humans for an imminent alien discovery? No, that's not true: The recycled claim misconstrues the meaning of a 2015 grant to the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI). Among other things, "The
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Did Kari Lake tweet that Donald Trump was ‘fat’ in 2016? Not that evidence shows
Kari Lake called Trump the “fattest president since Taft” in a 2016 tweet.