An F-16 takes part in a NATO air exercise in Poland in October 2022. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)After finally reaching a deal on tanks, NATO now begins a debate on whether to send F-16s to Ukraine.The post The Coming Fight Over Fighter Jets ap
The Dispatch→ Gov. Sununu: Why New Hampshire’s Different
What happens at the Gridiron, doesn't stay. The post Gov. Sununu: Why New Hampshire’s Different appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Pained in Portland
An existential and visual deterioration. The post Pained in Portland appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Video: Dispatch Politics on Dispatch Live
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Video: Dispatch Politics on Dispatch Live appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Black Seed Powder, Organic Honey And Lemon Cures Cancer
Do the ingredients black seed powder, organic honey and organic lemon cure any cancer? No, that's not true: A clinical dietician told Lead Stories that none of these foods are a cure for cancer. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokes
Truth or Fiction?→ Election Denier Kari Lake Facing Investigation as Arizona GOP Further Embraces Conspiracy Theories
Shortly after a state election that saw her party cohorts double down on conspiracy theories, failed right-wing Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake faced a possible investigation for wrongfully sharing voter information. Lake, who lost the Novemb
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Microwave ovens aren’t causing colon cancer, despite social media claims
"Doctors say colon cancer is on the rise due to toxins absorbed while cooking food (in) the microwave.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Videos of people ‘dropping suddenly’ aren’t related to COVID-19 vaccines
Video shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Cause of Hillandale Farm fire is unclear, but claims of government plot are unsubstantiated
The government caused a fire at Hillandale Farms in Connecticut “so that they can force us into eating their fake GMO meats, or starve us into compliance.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t tweet this demand that Instagram delete a conservative account
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, House Republicans aren’t trying to expel U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar from Congress
“BREAKING GOP approves resolution to expel Omar from Congress! It’s over for her!”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – ‘Sudden cardiac arrest awareness’ form resulted from 2019 law following student deaths
The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Video of Quran-burning man was from Denmark in 2021, not Sweden in 2023
Video shows a “man burning the Quran in Sweden.”
The Dispatch→ The Case for Moderate Optimism on the Debt Ceiling
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images.)A pep talk to myself.The post The Case for Moderate Optimism on the Debt Ceiling appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – The UK is targeting older adults in its upcoming COVID-19 vaccine campaigns, not banning them
The United Kingdom banned COVID-19 booster vaccines for people under 50.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Congress didn’t ‘erupt’ when Sen. Ted Cruz made these comments
Video shows Congress “erupting” over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s remarks.
PolitiFact→ Rick Scott – Rick Scott wrongly said election officials can’t verify voters who use Election Day registration
Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘ExxonMobil Reported a Record-Smashing Profit of $55.7 BILLION in 2022 …’
On January 31 2023, Imgur user Mech0T1 shared a screenshot of a tweet, which contained a claim that ExxonMobil had reported $55.7 billion in profit for 2022: BREAKING: ExxonMobil reported a record-smashing profit of $55.7 BILLION in 2022.While taxpay
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Plentiful evidence proves climate change is not a ‘fraud’
Global warming is a “fraud.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Disney Does NOT Give Away $1 Tickets For ‘Women Born Before 1980’
Is Disney giving away $1 tickets for "women born before 1980"? No, that's not true: The company's website contains no mentions of this alleged promo campaign. The claim appears to be a bait likely aimed at making users share their persona
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Marie Kondo ‘Giving Up’ on Tidying ‘After Three Kids’?
On January 30 2023, an Imgur screenshot of a Reddit post suggested that clearning and organization guru Marie Kondo had “given up” on having a clean house after having three children: Marie Kondo Stops Tidying Up: ‘My Home
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Government Did NOT Say 5G Causes COVID-19 — Link To Retracted Paper Is NO Endorsement
Did the U.S. government say that 5G causes COVID-19? No, that's not true: The study cited by the article making the claim was retracted several years earlier. The Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents made the retraction
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Are ‘White Women’ the Greatest Threat to World Peace?
A digitally altered image based on a Fox News graphic. A screenshot of a Fox News graphic circulating online has been digitally altered. The image purports to show a poll conducted in Germany by data analytics firm YouGov that asked respondents for the
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Biden’s debt comments taken out of context
“Biden smirks while saying he has added more to the debt than any president before him.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Costco Is NOT Giving Away $500 To Female Victims Of Gender Discrimination
Did a court rule that all female victims of gender discrimination by Costco can receive a $500 grocery credit from the membership warehouse club? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Costco is giving out $500 credits to anyone.
The Dispatch→ The Sweep: How Teflon Ron Is Repelling Trump’s Attacks
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives at a press conference on January 18, 2003. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.)The more the former president goes after DeSantis, the more viable he looks. The post The Sweep: How Teflon R
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – The evidence is plentiful: Black Americans’ ancestors came from Africa, despite contrary claim
Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.
The Dispatch→ Making China Pay if It Attacks Taiwan
Members of Taiwan's armed forces during drills to show combat readiness. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)Lawmakers are laying the groundwork for economic sanctions on China if it invades Taiwan. The post Making China Pay if It Attacks Taiwan
PolitiFact→ Comparison of presidents’ classified records handling distorts cooperation with authorities
A social media post purports to show that Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been less careful about protecting classified documents than Donald Trump has been. But the comparison is built on distortions.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Politics on Dispatch Live
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Full Fact→ Installing defibrillators in schools is not proof that Covid-19 vaccines are unsafe
Defibrillators were being installed in schools prior to the pandemic and there is no evidence linking vaccines to cardiac arrest.
Full Fact→ Police Scotland says it hasn’t renamed paedophiles as ‘minor attracted people’
It clarified its use of the phrase after it appeared in a report produced by the force.
Full Fact→ Tilted perspective weather maps are no longer used by the BBC
A Facebook post which claims TV has “shrunk Scotland and grown England” by changing its weather maps shows an image of graphics which were replaced in 2018.
Logically→ Tapwater is poisonous because chlorine is added to the water.
The levels of chlorine in tapwater are considered safe but scientific research has suggested chemical by-products might cause bladder cancer.
Logically→ The World Economic Forum plans to block the sun physically using ‘space bubbles’ to stop climate change.
The WEF has not proposed space bubbles to combat climate change. The forum has only republished a research article that has been misinterpreted.
Full Fact→ Aspen card does not give asylum seekers £175 a week
Not every asylum seeker is eligible for support payments, and those that are receive much less than has been claimed on Facebook.
Full Fact→ BBC didn’t ‘censor’ footage of Brexit march
Thousands of people have shared claims that the BBC censored footage of a People’s Vote march.
AllSides→ It’s Too Soon to Attribute the California Storms to Climate Change, Experts Say
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/its-too-soon-to-attribute-the-california-storms-to-climate-change-experts-say/
Logically→ Klaus Schwab is a blood relative of the Rothschild family.
Klaus Schwab is not a Rothschild, nor is his mother, as some social media posts claim.
Logically→ President Biden signed an executive order making health insurance free for qualifying Americans.
The Affordable Care Act doesn't make health insurance free.