“We want to see some big stuff in arguments."The post Surprise by Cert appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘World’s Largest Ship’ Is NOT ‘Slowly Sinking’
Is the "world's largest ship" slowly sinking? No, that's not true: The vessel at the center of this claim is not the largest ship in the world, nor has it sank. A widely viewed Facebook video featured footage of MV Modern Express, a Panam
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chicken Is NOT ‘Poison’
Is chicken "poison" and not fit for human consumption? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that chicken meat is poisonous. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institutes
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Tested in Clinical Trials, Despite Bogus Social Media Claims
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccines were tested in large, randomized controlled trials before the Food and Drug Administration authorized them for emergency use. But a popular YouTube video spins a conspiracy theory that distorts legal codes
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – More access to contraception increases abortion demand? No, that’s not right
“More contraception availability increases abortion demand."
PolitiFact→ Does Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster increase stroke risk? ‘Very unlikely,’ agencies say
Does Pfizer’s omicron booster for COVID-19 increase stroke risk? That claim is missing a lot of context. The CDC and FDA explain.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Online scams use fabricated Walmart sexual discrimination ‘settlements’ as lure
Walmart is giving some women $500 grocery store credit as part of a discrimination settlement
FactCheck.org→ McCarthy Distorts Facts About DOJ Search of Mar-a-Lago
In questioning why the FBI “raid[ed] President Trump,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy falsely claimed that government officials “could have come and taken” classified government documents stored at Donald Trump’s private cl
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Is Kevin McCarthy right that GOP didn’t raise discretionary spending? It hinges on the metric used
“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Medical Students At Harvard Are NOT Being Taught That Infants Can Identify As LGBTQIA+
Are students at Harvard Medical School being taught that infants can identify as LGBTQIA+? No, that's not true: The claim distorts the content of a class that helps train students in how to care for infants with physical variations in sex
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Is NOT ‘Unelected’ Or ‘In Violation Of The Constitution’ — He Is The US President
Is President Joe Biden actually "unelected" and is his status as president "in violation of the Constitution"? No, that's not true: In accordance with the Constitution, Biden was duly elected as president of the United States. This proces
Health Feedback→ Misrepresented 2018 clip of Bill Gates trigger inaccurate claims that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for livestock could transfer to people through diet
REVIEW A video published on Rumble on 10 January 2023 claimed that “Bill Gates Vows To Pump mRNA Into Food Supply To ‘Force-Jab’ the Unvaccinated”. As a thumbnail image, the video showed a photo of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and what se
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – Claims that World Economic Forum is hiring only unvaccinated pilots don’t fly
The World Economic Forum hired “unvaccinated pilots” to fly people into Davos, Switzerland, for its annual meeting for safety reasons.
Health Feedback→ The Pfizer bivalent vaccines are very unlikely to increase the risk of ischemic stroke, contrary to claims on social media
REVIEW Vaccines are always subjected to monitoring, even after authorization or approval. This is to ensure that rare side effects that didn’t appear during clinical trials can be detected. This will allow public health authorities to take appropr
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Greta Thunberg’s Detainment In Germany Was NOT Staged — She Was Brought To Police Station To Share Her Personal Information
Was Greta Thunberg's detainment by police in Germany staged? No, that's not true: The spokesperson of the Aachen police department told Lead Stories that Thunberg's interactions with the police at the scene were real, but no arrests were
PolitiFact→ Occupy Democrats – Social Security does add to federal budget deficit, despite Occupy Democrats’ claim to the contrary
"Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt."
Full Fact→ Brandon Lewis misleading to compare voter ID to picking up parcel or library book
The MP and former cabinet minister said needing ID to vote was the same as needing it to pick up a parcel at the Post Office.
Logically→ This image shows the wreckage of the Yeti Airlines aircraft that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal on January 15, 2023.
An image of a passenger plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal from 2018 has been falsely linked to the 2023 Yeti airline crash in Pokhara.
Logically→ WEF chairman Klaus Schwab has pulled out of the 2023 World Economic Forum Conference in Davos due to health issues.
Klaus Schwab was present at the opening of 2023 World Economic Forum. There are no reports of Schwab having health issues.
Logically→ Lisa Marie Presley shared her COVID-19 vaccination experience on Facebook in March 2022.
A Facebook post by a blogger is being falsely shared to claim that late singer Lisa Marie Presley shared her COVID-19 vaccination experience.
Logically→ The photo shows a child named Tyler Miller, who has gone missing.
Posts purporting to show Tyler Miller, a boy who has gone missing, are fake. These are scam posts showing Maggie Banyard, a girl with leukemia.
The Dispatch→ Understanding the Debt Ceiling Debate
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 10: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with colleagues. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Lawmakers gear up for yet another fight over raising the debt limit.The post Understanding the Debt Ceiling Debate appeared fi
Poynter→ The cost of eggs has increased significantly, but social media posts exaggerate the price jump
For many Americans lately, buying eggs has felt like being on an expensive Easter egg hunt. Bird flu outbreaks have strained the supply of eggs nationwide, driving up prices when demand […] The post The cost of eggs has increased significantly,
The Dispatch→ Of Course Your House Is Killing You
Fireplaces and wood-burning stoves emit more pollution than gas stoves. (Photo By MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Images)And it’s not just the gas range.The post Of Course Your House Is Killing You appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The GOP’s Spending Fight Is More About Fighting Than Spending
Incoming House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (right) argues with members of the Freedom Caucus, including Rep. Bob Good, Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Rep. Matt Rosendale during votes for speaker of the House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.)These new defic
The Dispatch→ Turkish Demands Over Kurdish Refugees Are Threatening Sweden’s NATO Accession
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.(Photo. by Cem Tekkesinoglu/dia image/Getty Images.)It’s time for the U.S. and other NATO nations to put pressure on Erdoğan.The post Turkish Demands Over Kurdish Refugees Are Threatening Sweden’s NATO Acces
Logically→ Images online show more than 80 Iranian Muslims accepted Christianity in Germany recently.
Older images of people being baptized on different occasions have been misrepresented as 80 Iranian Muslims converting to Christianity recently.
Logically→ Video shows the Yeti Airlines plane catching fire and crashing in Pokhara, Nepal.
A 2021 video of a Russian prototype military plane crash during a test flight in Moscow is falsely attributed to be the recent plane crash in Nepal.
Logically→ Rahul Gandhi was reading a Kannada newspaper.
Gandhi was reading the English pages of the National Herald newspaper in 2017. Only the first and last pages were in Kannada.
Washington Post→ McCarthy’s specious attacks on Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell
The House speaker's reasons for booting them off the House Intelligence Committee don't add up.
The Dispatch→ Old Man Blues
Cynicism is the only safe harbor for wisdom. The post Old Man Blues appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Video: Dispatch Live for January 17
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The Dispatch→ The Most Important Thing You Read Today
(Stock photo via Getty Images.)It’s about diversity training, and it’s not by me.The post The Most Important Thing You Read Today appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Plane Crash or Emergency — It’s Video Game Footage
Does this video accurately show a plane crash or emergency? And might it even be live ? No, that's not true: This footage is not real. It is a computer-generated video from a popular video game named Grand Theft Auto V that is often used
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Military Did NOT Extract ‘Giant Mummies’ From Caverns In Grand Canyon
Has the U.S. military "extracted giant mummies" from caverns in the Grand Canyon? No, that's not true: The story about Egyptian artifacts allegedly found in North America goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Since then, it has
Truth or Fiction?→ Failed GOP Candidate Embraced Disinformation, Violence in Shooting Plot
The history of the 39-year-old alleged “mastermind” behind a plan to attack multiple Democratic Party officials in New Mexico showed an embrace of both violence and conspiracy theories that have driven right-wing political violence in the U
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Propose Ban On Gas Stoves
Did President Joe Biden propose a ban on gas stoves? No, that's not true: He is against the idea of a future ban on gas stoves, a White House spokesperson has said. A Consumer Product Safety commissioner said gas stoves posed a "hidden ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Video Does NOT Show The Deadly Nepal Plane Crash On January 15, 2023
Was this video taken just before the deadly Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal on January 15, 2023? No, that's not true: The post's video, showing a plane on fire and then crashing, is of a Russian military transport plane prototype that
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Workers aren’t being paid up to $26,000 because of a COVID-19-related tax credit, as claim suggests
“Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Three Republicans voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, despite claims
“Every single Republican blocked Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS appointment.”