Tucker Carlson. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)Plus: It’s been three years since the pandemic got real.Continue reading Our Best Stuff on Tucker Carlson, the CHIPS Act, and 2024 »
PolitiFact→ For New York counties, a lot of money at stake in Hochul's Medicaid move
Counties warn about shift in Medicaid funds if Hochul provision passes.
The Dispatch→ Manfredball and the MLB’s Crisis of Confidence
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels pitches against the Oakland Athletics on October 5, 2022, in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)This season’s rule changes merely deflect from the game’s real problem: Hitters ar
The Dispatch→ Has Sunak Sealed Brexit?
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street on March 8, 2023, in London. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)The ‘Windsor framework’ promises a resolution in Northern Ireland, but key stakeholders are holding out. Continue reading
The Dispatch→ Heaven, Earth, and Lithuania
The Paintings of M. K. Čiurlionis.Continue reading Heaven, Earth, and Lithuania »
The Dispatch→ History of the Bored, Part II
A review of ‘History of the World, Part II.’Continue reading History of the Bored, Part II »
The Dispatch→ The Lobster Effect
We all need that sweet, sweet pillow money.Continue reading The Lobster Effect »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: All Senior Citizens CANNOT Get Free $3,500 Grocery Card From Medicare In 2023
Can all senior citizens get a free $3,500 grocery card from Medicare in 2023? No, that's not true: Neither the government nor Medicare are offering a free grocery card valued at $3,500 to all senior citizens in the United States. The clos
The Dispatch→ Trump’s Twisted Nationalism
Former President Donald Trump speaks at CPAC on March 4, 2023. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)To the former president, making America great again is about nothing more than making himself the most important person in the world.Continue reading Trump
FactCheck.org→ Explaining the Missing Context of Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 Presentation
Quick Take On Jan. 6, 2021, about 140 police officers were assaulted during the Capitol riot, and 326 participants — more than 100 armed with weapons — have been charged. But Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson has used recently re
PolitiFact→ Scott Adams – Unite the Right rally was real, not a staged ‘intel op’
The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”
The Dispatch→ A Pyrrhic Prosecution
Former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Bad vibes about New York’s looming Trump indictment.Continue reading A Pyrrhic Prosecution »
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Yes, beverages can foil at-home COVID-19 tests. But that doesn't mean they're unreliable
Video shows that certain drinks can “test positive” for COVID-19 when using at-home COVID-19 tests.
The Dispatch→ Stirewaltisms: Fail Fast
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