On Aug. 11, 2017, hundreds of alt-right and neo-Nazi supporters gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, to protest the city’s decision to remove Confederate monuments. Armed with weapons and lit tiki torches […] The post The Unite the Right rall
The Dispatch→ Who Needs the MSM?
Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters in October2018. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)The 2024 GOP field will likely see little use for mainstream journalists. For some candidates, that might be a mistake.Continue reading Who Needs the MSM? »
The Dispatch→ SVB Failed—and So Did the Feds
Security guards and FDIC representatives open a Silicon Valley Bank branch for customers at SVB headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images.)The bank’s collapse gave policymakers the chance to sh
Health Feedback→ U.S. mortality rate analysis by Josh Stirling is misleading; current data don’t show an association between COVID-19 vaccines and increased mortality
REVIEW In spite of pre-authorization clinical trials and post-marketing studies showing that COVID-19 vaccines’ benefits largely outweigh their possible risks, claims questioning their safety continue to persist. Health Feedback already showed
Logically→ Transgender people are simulating pregnancy with prosthetic babies.
Logically→ About 90 Stryker armored vehicles en route to Ukraine from the U.S. have arrived in Germany.
The Dispatch→ The Stanford Squeeze
Reaching "terminal stupidity."Continue reading The Stanford Squeeze »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Claim About Biden Having Spent 40 Percent Of His Presidency ‘On Vacation’ Is Missing Context
Is the claim that President Joe Biden has spent 40 percent of his presidency "on vacation" a straightforward statement? No, that's not true: It's missing context. The count includes days the president makes public appearances and days he
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Copper Bracelets Reduce Blood Sugar, Treat Diabetes
Have copper bracelets made by "CopperHeal" been shown to "significantly reduce" blood sugar and treat diabetes? No, that's not true: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed to Lead Stories in an email that the agency had not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Case Study Does NOT Prove Pfizer COVID Vaccine Linked To Fivefold Increase In Cancer Biomarker
Does a medical case study prove there's a link between the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and a fivefold increase in a cancer biomarker? No, that's not true: The case report looks at one person, a 79-year-old woman with ovarian cancer. It doesn'
PolitiFact→ Was Silicon Valley Bank demise caused by Trump easing regulation, 'woke' efforts, or something else?
Democrats blamed the demise of Silicon Valley Bank on banking regulation changes signed by former President Donald Trump. Republicans blamed the bank’s focus on "woke" investments. Here's what experts in finance and banking had to say about those exp
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Earth is round and Elon Musk didn’t say it was flat
Elon Musk tweeted, “The world is flat.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Bank run in 'The Simpsons' episode didn’t foretell Bank of America account glitch
“The Simpsons” predicted money missing from Bank of America customers’ accounts in January.
The Dispatch→ The Politics of the SVB Bailout
A Brinks truck makes a stop at Silicon Valley Bank's headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images.)Fear and loathing, but mostly fear.Continue reading The Politics of the SVB Bailout »
Truth or Fiction?→ California’s Shasta County Drops Dominion Voting Machines Due to Unfounded Conspiracy Theories
On March 13 2023, a post to Reddit’s r/California_Politics reported that northern California’s Shasta County had just “dumped” Dominion voting machines, “leaving its election operations up in the air”: [Sh
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Prince Harry wasn’t deported from the United States and King Charles isn’t exiling him to Botswana
“Harry could be exiled to Botswana after he was deported from the United States due to an expired visa.”
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Does New Orleans Have Any Public Schools Left?
Students attend music class at the Encore Academy charter school in New Orleans. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) A viral tweet claims “there are no more public schools in New Orleans.” It stems from the idea that charter schools are not public
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Post about ‘The View’ and Kyle Rittenhouse is satire; there is no lawsuit settlement
“‘The View’ settles with the Rittenhouses for $22 million and a formal apology.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Article Does NOT Prove ‘Half-Human, Half-Pig Hybrid Enters World’
Does this article prove a piglet with human features was born between 2015 and March 10, 2023? No, that's not true. The article that reported it relied on the old photos of sculptures created by an Italian artist and provided no other evi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Stop Adrenochrome Shipment Being Sent To U.S. — It’s A Fabricated Story
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin intercept an adrenochrome shipment that was in transit to the United States? No, that's not true: The claim contains a hodgepodge of conspiracy theories and it originated in an outlet known for publish
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Endorse A Remedy Called Shilajit — Video Altered With Cloned Voice
Did Elon Musk endorse a remedy called shilajit? No, that's not true: This video clip of Musk speaking at the Ted2022 Conference has been dubbed with a sound-alike clone copy of Musk's voice to make it appear he was touting shilajit, when
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patrick Mahomes Was NOT Suspended By The NFL — It’s A Fake Story That Leads To An Advertisement
Was Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes indefinitely suspended by the NFL? No, that's not true: The claim in a social media post has a "Learn more" link that goes to a fake ESPN page promoting an "off-market supplement." The fa
Truth or Fiction?→ Etsy Sellers Affected by SVB Collapse
After the collapse of tech-industry favorite Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10 2023 (quickly followed by the collapses of Signature Bank and Silvergate), several popular social media posts indicated that sellers on the popular platform Etsy were ex
AllSides→ Explaining the Missing Context of Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 Presentation
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/explaining-the-missing-context-of-tucker-carlsons-jan-6-presentation/
The Dispatch→ How ESG Became a Right-Wing Flashpoint
Employees stand outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank headquarters on March 10, 2023, in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Plus: ‘Anything that gets you asking me questions about Jan. 6 instead of asking me about
Logically→ Bill Gates was cornered with COVID-19 vaccine-related questions during an interview.
The Dispatch→ Funny Thing About Louisville
People march for the third day since the release of the grand jury report on the death of Breonna Taylor on September 26, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Why are Democrats so bad at running cities?Continue readi
Logically→ Bangladeshi actor Nazifa Tushi has converted to Hinduism.
PolitiFact→ Nikki Haley – Nikki Haley overreaches with attack on Democrats over gasoline cars, gas stoves
Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”
Logically→ Eight times more people died due to COVID-19 vaccines over a six-month period than died of COVID-19 over an 18-month period.
The Dispatch→ The Second-Largest Bank Failure In U.S. History
Employees walk outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)The federal government tries to contain the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse.Continue reading
Logically→ This photo shows “something” coming down to earth from the sky in Turkey.
Poynter→ Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare
President Joe Biden proposed a $6.8 trillion budget this week that would impose tax hikes on the wealthy to bolster Medicare’s finances ands provide additional money to expand social programs. […] The post Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’
Logically→ HAARP is being used to accelerate the climate change agenda through global weather modification.
The Dispatch→ The Power of a Bad Idea
Howell Cobb (1815-1868). (Photo By Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG/Getty Images)Howell Cobb used phony theological, pseudo-scientific babble to argue for the perpetuation of slavery.Continue reading The Power of a Bad Idea »
The Dispatch→ The Public Still Deserves Answers About Our COVID Response
Drivers line up to take COVID-19 tests in Long Beach, California, on December 9, 2020. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)Three years on, a blue-ribbon commission should investigate where we went wrong—and what we got right.Continue r
The Dispatch→ Harming Students in the Name of Fairness
(Stock photo by Getty Images.)Dropping the SAT for the sake of ‘equity’ forces colleges to rely on admissions standards that benefit wealthy and privileged applicants.Continue reading Harming Students in the Name of Fairness »
Logically→ Video shows a worker from Bihar who was stabbed to death in Tamil Nadu.
Logically→ There was only one bridge over the Brahmaputra river in Assam till 2014.
Logically→ Turkey supported Pakistan at the UNHRC and said India is guilty of human rights violations in Kashmir.