“Robot attacks factory worker” in video.
The Dispatch→ Fox’s Reckoning
A person walks past the Fox News headquarters in New York City on March 9, 2023. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)A post-Tucker Carlson crisis.Continue reading Fox’s Reckoning »
PolitiFact→ Gavin Newsom – Gavin Newsom misleads in claim that Texas “cut” mental health funds, omits that money was restocked
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Campaign Politics and Immigration
Join us for our weekly livestreamed conversation.Continue reading Dispatch Live: Campaign Politics and Immigration »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chelsea Clinton-Endorsed Vaccine Program ‘The Big Catch-Up’ Does NOT Mandate Vaccines For US Children
Does the Chelsea Clinton-endorsed vaccine program "The Big Catch-up" require U.S. children to receive a COVID-19 mRNA immunization? No, that's not true: The program is a global effort to "catch up" on giving recommended childhood vaccines
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Grim Reaper’ Did NOT Appear At Coronation Of King Charles III — It Was A Verger
Did the Grim Reaper walk through Westminster Abbey during the coronation of King Charles III on May 6, 2023? No, that's not true: A press officer at the Abbey told Lead Stories that the robed figure seen on TV during the ceremony is a ver
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Cloud Generator’
Does a video circulating on social media demonstrate the use of "cloud generators" to manipulate the weather? No, that's not true: The clip reuses old footage of Russian-manufactured military machines. The claim appeared in a video post o
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t announce that his predecessor ‘will be impeached’
Video shows House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announcing U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi “will be impeached.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Turn Down $30 Million Offer From CNN — It’s From Satire Site
Did former Fox News host Tucker Carlson turn down a $30 million offer to host a show on CNN? No, that's not true: This article is satire published by The Dunning-Kruger Times, part of a network of satire sites from America's Last Line of
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Images of Satanist Schooling in Libraries Are Digitally Generated
Picture via Getty Images Images are circulating online that purport to show demonic figures in libraries instructing children in the ways of Satanism. These images were generated using artificial intelligence software and are not real.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Do robots get tired of working, too? Social media posts exaggerate viral video
A robot with artificial intelligence “self-terminated” after 15 minutes of manual labor.
PolitiFact→ Mike Bost – Republicans vow not to cut veterans’ benefits. But the legislation suggests otherwise.
Addressing the impact of the House GOP debt-ceiling bill on veterans’ programs, "I'm dead serious that we're not cutting veterans, and I mean it."
PolitiFact→ Tracking misinformation about the Allen, Texas, mass shooting and response
After the May 6 mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets, misinformation spread as the public awaited official details from police. Here’s a look at some of the falsehoods.
Logically→ Cloud seeding does not cause climate change
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact and WLRN form Florida partnership with statewide public media
Poynter’s PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking media organization, is partnering with WLRN, an award-winning public radio station, to broadcast and publish PolitiFact content and share it with other public radio stations throughout Flor
The Dispatch→ Democrats Urge New Gun Laws Amid Spate of Shootings
Robert Jackson and his mother Cheryl Jackson hug as they visit a memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets mall Monday. Eight people were killed and seven wounded in the attack in which the gunman was killed by police. (Ph
Logically→ No, this photo does not show King Charles with the Dunblane school shooter
Logically→ A video of 2015 French news report about a child sex abuse investigation in the U.K. has been misattributed to the current day
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Global vaccine catch-up effort involving Chelsea Clinton does not include forced vaccination
Chelsea Clinton said, “It’s time to force-jab every unvaccinated child in America.”
AllSides→ COVID-19 Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Small Risks, Contrary to Flawed Claim From U.K. Cardiologist
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/scicheck-covid-19-vaccine-benefits-outweigh-small-risks-contrary-to-flawed-claim-from-u-k-cardiologist/
AllSides→ ‘Is That a Real Thing?’: Reid Hoffman’s AI Chatbot Says the Democratic Megadonor Never Met Jeffrey Epstein
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/is-that-a-real-thing-reid-hoffmans-ai-chatbot-says-the-democratic-megadonor-never-met-jeffrey-epstein/
AllSides→ Trump, in 2023, tells a new lie about the 2020 election
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-counties-2020-election-lies/index.html Add ano
AllSides→ Images of purported ‘satanic teachings’ in public libraries are AI-generated
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-satanic-ai/fact-check-images-of-purported-satanic-teachings-in-public-libraries-are-ai-generated-idUSL1N3751LG
Logically→ No, the carpet in Westminster Abbey on Coronation Day did not represent the Ukrainian flag
Logically→ No, the WEF hasn’t said that water is not a human right or ordered governments to ration it
Logically→ Old video of cash being seized from tires falsely linked to 2023 Karnataka elections
Logically→ BJP Chief JP Nadda did not say that centre-sanctioned projects in Karnataka will be halted if party loses state
Logically→ No, Vancouver did not apply stickers that read ’15-minute City Ready’ on slow streets gateways
Logically→ No, Vancouver did not apply stickers that read ’15-minute City Ready’ on slow streets gateways
Logically→ An old image of young men from Tamil Nadu wearing ISIS t-shirts falsely linked to Kerala.
The Dispatch→ The U.S. Intelligence Community’s Annual Threat Assessment
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier at a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Russia and China lead the way
Logically→ Edited video falsely claims that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was waiting for Sonia Gandhi’s permission to sit down
Logically→ Morphed image of Hitler falsely shared to compare Nazi dictator with Modi
Logically→ Video of an older man marrying his daughter-in-law after his son’s death is scripted
The Dispatch→ Perceptions of Violence
Looking at legal standards for intervention. Continue reading Perceptions of Violence »
The Dispatch→ Legitimizing an Iran-Backed Terrorist
Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, the secretary general of the Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, speaks in 2016. (HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP via Getty Images)A U.S. diplomat spoke at the same conference as Qais al-Khazali, who masterminded a 2007 attack that killed fi
The Dispatch→ How GOP Donors Really Feel About Ron DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a fundraiser on May 6, 2023, in Rothschild, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Party financiers have some reservations about the Florida governor, but the narrative of a donor exodus lacks nuance.Continue
The Dispatch→ The Danger of Mike Lee’s Ukraine Skepticism
Sen. Mike Lee attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on March 15, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)He’s trying to re-create an isolationist worldview that the GOP banished decades ago. Continue reading The Danger of Mike Lee’s U
Logically→ Old Video from Telangana falsely linked to protests against ‘The Kerala Story’
Logically→ Video from Philippines peddled as Kuki tribals looting shops owned by Meiteis in Manipur