Did 10,000 dead people vote in Michigan in the November 3, 2020, presidential election? No, that's not true: Election officials in Michigan call it a baseless claim and say it is impossible for dead people to vote in their state. The clai
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Worker Tearing Up Ballot For Donald Trump
Does a video show a worker tearing up a ballot for President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: It was a prank. There's no evidence the man, who says in the video "we get your votes and we separate them," was a poll worker. Since it went
The Dispatch→ Did CNN Downplay the COVID Risk of Pro-Biden Celebrations?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 132,000 ‘Likely Ineligible’ Ballots Have NOT Been Identified in Fulton County, Georgia
Have 132,000 ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, been identified as likely ineligible? No, that's not true: Officials in that county characterized the claim as "false and baseless." The claim appeared in an article (archived here) publishe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Site Parler Has NOT Been Sold, Two Co-owners Say
Has social media site Parler been sold? No, that's not true: Co-owner Dan Bongino said on his verified Twitter account that rumors of the sale are false, and another co-owner is reported to have said the same in a Parler post. The claim a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Berlin’s Freedom Bell Did NOT Ring To Celebrate Joe Biden’s Win
Did the Freedom Bell in Berlin's Rathaus Schoneberg ring on November 7, 2020, to celebrate Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: The bell in the former city hall of West Berlin rings every day at noon and
Snopes→ Why Ballot-Counting in Nevada is Dragging On
The pace of vote-counting in Nevada is being criticized for taking too long, and it's even become fodder for online jokes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michigan Did NOT Add 138,000 Biden Votes With None For Trump; Wisconsin Did NOT Have A 4 AM Ballot Dump
Did Michigan add 138,000 votes and none of them were for Trump and was there a 4 a.m. ballot dump in Wisconsin? No, that's not true. Lead Stories and other news outlets have debunked similar claims by showing records of a Michigan clerica
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT Unusual For House, Senate And Presidential Results To Arrive Out Of Sync
Is there something suspicious about House, Senate and Presidential winners not being identified all at the same time even though voters use just one ballot to vote in all those contests? No, that is not true. While voters use just one bal
FactCheck.org→ Viral Image Shows Outdated Claims About Detroit Voter Rolls
Quick Take Facebook users are sharing a meme that alleges a host of inaccuracies in Detroit’s voter rolls in the context of the 2020 election. But the claims stem from a 2019 lawsuit that was withdrawn after the group that filed it said the city
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Occupy Democrats Did NOT Post A Meme Saying Joe Biden Admits To Voter Fraud
Did Occupy Democrats post a meme that said Joe Biden admits to voter fraud? No, that's not true. A meme with a photograph of Biden shows the quote, "We have put together the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the his
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Purported Stalin Quote About Counting Votes Was NOT About General Elections
Did former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin say that in a general election it does not matter who votes, but what matters is who is counting the votes? No, that's not true: While there are some indications Stalin may have made the quote abou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Admit He Put Together A ‘Voter Fraud Organization’ — He Was Talking About Preventing Voter Fraud
Did Joe Biden admit that he put together a "voter fraud organization"? No, that comment is taken out of context. A video clip of the former vice president shows him saying, "We have put together the most extensive and inclusive voter frau
Logically→ The ballot dumps in MI and WI were entirely fraudulently favoring Biden.
There was a data error in Michigan which was later rectified, while Wisconsin reported it's absentee ballots together due to administrative reasons
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ballots Marked With Sharpie Pens Were NOT Invalidated In Arizona
Were ballots marked with Sharpie pens invalidated in Arizona on Election Day? No, that's not true. Sharpies are preferred, said election officials. A claim has gone viral that people who voted in Maricopa County, Arizona, using Sharpie pe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Suddenly Go Up 138K Votes In Michigan, With No Change To Trump
Did Joe Biden's vote tally suddenly rise by 138,000 in Michigan, with no change to the vote count for president Donald Trump? No, that's not true: What looked like a suspicious, one-sided jump was actually just an input error. The data wa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Mammoth Wall In Front Of The White House Is NOT Real
Is a photograph that shows a mammoth wall in front of the White House real? No, that's not true: It's been Photoshopped. The doctored image is based on a decade-old photograph. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on Nove
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: What ‘DKIM’ Verification Of Hunter Biden Email Proves — And What It Doesn’t
Does the DomainKeys Identified Mail signature within metadata of the New York Post's "smoking gun" Hunter Biden email prove the correspondence is "unquestionably authentic"? That's a stretch: DKIM can validate who sent an email and what t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Election Night Coup D’état Plot Coordinated By Sunrise Movement, BLM, Dems
Are the Sunrise Movement, Black Lives Matter, other left-leaning organizations and the Democratic Party caught on tape coordinating a coup if President Trump wins re-election, including the takeover of government buildings like the White
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Supporters Are NOT Blocking Access To Polling Stations In Clifton, New Jersey And Doing So Is NOT A ‘Class A’ Felony In The State
Is this Trump supporter blocking a polling site at City Hall in Clifton, New Jersey, and would doing so be a "Class A Felony"? No, neither claim is true: The voter holding the Trump flag up was not blocking any polling site. And if he wer
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Karlie Kloss DOES Show ‘Trump’s Sister-In-Law’ Voting For Biden
Does a photograph of model Karlie Kloss show "Trump's sister-in-law" voting for Joe Biden? Yes, that's true, assuming the Trump referred to is senior adviser to the president Ivanka Trump and not her father, President Donald Trump. The cl
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Stay Home’ Robocalls To Voters Are NOT Authentic
Did election officials warn voters to "stay home and stay safe"? No, state officials in Nebraska and other states say robocalls with that message are fraudulent attempt to suppress voting. The deception was spotlighted in a tweet (archive
FactCheck.org→ The 2020 FactCheck Awards
Summary It’s Election Day, which our longtime readers know means it’s time for our just-for-fun awards. Here we recognize some of the campaign ads that made an impression on us — good, bad or otherwise — during the 2020 election
Snopes→ Verbal Threats, Disruptive Acts: What Voter Intimidation Looks Like
It's illegal to force someone to vote against their preferences, or to prevent or discourage them from voting at all.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Democrats Are Colluding With CIA To Alter Voting Machines
Are Democrats colluding with the CIA to alter voting machines in key swing states to help Joe Biden? No, there is no evidence to support this. The source of the claim is a retired U.S. Air Force general who, contrary to the claim, never s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did Not Post This Fauci Meme On Facebook
Did President Trump post a meme about Dr. Anthony Fauci on Facebook? No, that's not true: the meme was posted by a parody account but garnered tens of thousands likes, shares and comments, many from people who didn't realize it did not co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Administration Did NOT Claim Songwriter Billie Eilish Is ‘Destroying Our Country’ In Leaked Documents
Did the Trump administration state that Billie Eilish, the acclaimed songwriter, is "destroying our country and everything we care about" in leaked documents? No, that is not true. Eilish was the one who said that Trump was ruining the na
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Covid-19 Pandemic Was NOT Planned By Bill Gates And 5G Does NOT Cause It
Was the COVID-19 pandemic pre-planned with help from billionaire Bill Gates and have the illnesses associated with it been spread by 5G technology? No, that's not true: The claims made in the "Covid-19 Genocide of 2020" video are a rehash
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Virus NOT Man-made And Vaccine NOT Forced On Unwilling
Is the U.S. pushing an under-tested, dangerous coronavirus vaccine on unwilling people as part of a depopulation agenda? And was the virus man-made and weaponized in U.S. and Chinese labs? No, these claims are untrue. There are no plans t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: PTFE Sprayed On Blue Masks Does NOT Cause Symptoms Similar To COVID-19
Do blue masks cause symptoms similar to COVID-19 because they are sprayed with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene)? No, that's not true: Medical experts said only some masks are sprayed with PTFE, but those that are would not be a concern at t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Toddler Lost Amid ‘Violent Riots’ In Philadelphia — Child Was Pulled From SUV During A Police Stop
Does a photograph show a police officer rescuing a toddler wandering alone amid "violent riots" in Philadelphia? No, that's not true: Officers pulled the barefoot child from the backseat of an SUV after smashing its windows and removing t
AFP Fact Check→ Misleading photo used to denounce environmentalists’ opposition to fracking
A photo montage circulating online suggests environmentalists are hypocritical for opposing fracking, by pointing to the ecological devastation of lithium production for electric cars. However, the post misleadingly uses a photo of a copper mine to ill
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Voting Machine Message Voters Received Did NOT Keep Them From Voting
Were a handful of early voters in Utah who went to cast ballots told they had already voted? Yes, that's true: But it happened to only a few people and was due to a technical error by a poll worker. Once the problem was fixed, they able t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Ban This ‘President Trump Campaign Ad’ — Which Isn’t Really A Trump Ad
Did Facebook ban this "President Trump campaign ad"? No, that's not true. It goes without saying that videos playing on a platform proclaiming they are banned by that platform have not been banned. Those behind such posts use them as a wa
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Someone on the Walmart Social Media Team Has Had Enough of COVIDiots’
On October 29 2020, a Reddit user created a thread titled “Someone on the Walmart social media team has had enough of COVIDiots” in the subreddit r/MurderedByWords: Someone on the Walmart social media team has had enough of COVI
Full Fact→ Soy sauce imports from Japan will not be cheaper next year
“The bakers used a lot of soya sauce in the first challenge on #GBBO so it's a good thing it will be made cheaper thanks to our trade deal with Japan.” Department for International Trade, 27 October 2020. Last night, after the conclusion o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Call For The Assassination Of His Political Opponent
Did President Trump call for the assassination of his political opponent, Joe Biden? No, that's not true: While it may have been a poor choice of words, President Trump's comments in a speech Tuesday, October 27, 2020, in which he suggest
Lead Stories→ Student’s Chart Explaining Wild Conspiracies Trolled To Spread More Conspiracies
Abbie Richards, a climate science student in the Netherlands, was looking with bewilderment at the state of her home country of the United States. So many conspiracy theories echoing, particularly ahead of the election. Struggling to wran
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Proof That Flu Cases Are ‘Down 98% Across The Globe’
Are flu cases "down 98% across the globe"? That's unclear: Lead Stories could find no evidence to support a Twitter user's un-bolstered claim that cases fell 98% worldwide. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report shows a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Nancy Pelosi’s Son Abusing A Little Girl — And Is NOT from Purported Hunter Biden Laptop
Does a photo posted to social media show Nancy Pelosi's son abusing a little girl? And is the image one of those purported to have been on Hunter Biden's laptop? No, that's not true: The photo is not new. It was published last year as par