Is Russia "the first country to break the Antarctic Treaty"? No, that's not true: Russia neither broke away from the agreement nor violated it. As of November 17, 2022, no credible sources -- including other treaty members, the Internatio
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump vastly understates how much experts expect sea levels to rise
"They say the ocean will rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 200 to 300 years."
Full Fact→ Warning over alleged Christmas postal ‘scam’ is long out of date
The premium-rate number a Facebook post warns about was shut down in 2005.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photo of bagged ballots in California isn’t evidence of misconduct, contrary to claims
Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates NOT At G-20 Meeting, Has NOT Said ‘Death Panels’ Will Soon Be Required
Did billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates tell the world leaders gathered at the November 2022 Group of 20 (G-20) summit that "death panels" will soon be required? No, that's not true: Gates did not attend the conference in Indonesia, and
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, bags of ballots are not a sign of fraud in Maricopa County, Arizona
Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of “Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Biden’s ‘there’s no climate problem’ comment was a joke, not proof climate change isn’t real
President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change.
PolitiFact→ Sunny Hostin – 'View' host Sunny Hostin has scant evidence for claiming GOP wants to raise voting age to 28
“Republicans want to raise the voting to age 28.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Claims about European royals hunting humans are unfounded
“European royals killing naked children for fun at hunting parties.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photos show Jeff Bezos, not his clone
Photo shows Jeff Bezos’s clone.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Myanmar Does NOT Use The Same Voting Machines As The US – It Doesn’t Even Use Voting Machines
Does the southeast Asian country of Myanmar use the same voting machines as the United States in its elections? No, that's not true: According to a spokesperson for the Asian Network for Free Elections, a non-governmental organization tha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Election Fraud When ‘Bunch Of Bags Just Randomly Arrive’ At Maricopa County Counting Center — It’s Routine Process
Does a "bunch of bags" randomly arriving at the Maricopa County, Arizona, counting center prove that election fraud occurred there? No, that's not true: The black canvas bags in the image are used to transport voted ballots and results fr
PolitiFact→ Herschel Walker – Walker’s misleading claim about Warnock’s support for ending cash bail and releasing prisoners
Raphael Warnock "believes in no cash bail" and "letting people out of prison that are going to make us prisoners in our own home."
Full Fact→ British Heart Foundation comments on 30,000 excess deaths lack important context
Not all of the 30,000 excess deaths involving heart disease in England since the pandemic started were necessarily caused by healthcare disruption. Many may have been caused by Covid-19.
Logically→ Flu jabs are killing elderly people.
There is no evidence that flu jabs are killing the elderly. Flu vaccines are considered safe and effective.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this Hunter Biden story wasn’t ‘front page news in Australia’
“Biden ‘child porn’ shock” headline was “front page news in Australia.”
Logically→ An article in the National Library of Medicine proves that COVID-19 was a Plandemic.
The Facebook post mistakes an editorial piece in the journal Surgical Neurology International for a statement by the National Institutes of Health.
AllSides→ Donald Trump 2024: Fact-checking the former president
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63653295 Former president Donald Trump announced his bid to re
Logically→ A viral image shows “thousands of ballots in the trash” after the 2022 midterm election in the U.S.
The images are originally from 2020 and 2021, wrongly linked to the 2022 Midterm elections. The claim originated on a satirical Twitter account.
Logically→ Tom Hanks’ son Chet acknowledged that his family has ties to the Illuminati.
Chet Hanks trolled people who associated his family with Illuminati conspiracy theories by satirizing the rumors in an Instagram video in 2019.
Logically→ WEF founder Klaus Schwab instructed world leaders on the so called Great Reset transition in his 2022 G20 Summit speech.
Klaus Schwab's comments on restructuring the world for sustainable development are missing context, thus falsely linking them to conspiracy theories.
The Dispatch→ They Got Took
Right-wing populists backed unelectable candidates—exactly as Democrats hoped they would.The post They Got Took appeared first on The Dispatch.
Health Feedback→ Death of a four-year-old boy in Argentina was due to lung infection, contrary to social media posts implying vaccination was the cause
REVIEW On 13 November 2022, the website the Western Journal published an article with the headline “Poster Boy for Vaccination Campaign Dies Suddenly at Just 4 Years Old”. Posts sharing screenshots of this headline and the photo of a chi
The Dispatch→ The U.S.-Turkey Relationship Just Got More Complicated
A terrorist attack in Istanbul renews tensions between longtime allies.The post The U.S.-Turkey Relationship Just Got More Complicated appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Mitch McConnell Comes Out on Top
The Senate Minority Leader predicted he would retain leadership of Senate Republicans despite a challenge from Rick Scott. He was right. The post Mitch McConnell Comes Out on Top appeared first on The Dispatch.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Trump’s 2024 Bid for Presidency Announcement
Donald Trump uttered the first inaccurate claim about two minutes in and a few minutes later, ticked off at least four hyperbolic claims about his own accomplishments.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Arizona Ballots Did NOT Make Unsupervised Stop At Runbeck Company On Way To Counting Room
Did Maricopa County, Arizona ballots make a stop with no observers at "Runbeck Printing Company" to be sorted before they were sent to the county for counting? No, that's not true: The claim was made without direct evidence. Maricopa Coun
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cut Onion In Sock Does NOT Combat Cold And Flu
Does cutting an onion in two, placing the onion halves in your socks and sleeping through the night with them sticking to your feet help combat the flu and cold symptoms by drawing out toxins? No, that's not true: While the National Onion
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Twin Towers Were NOT ‘Hollow’ Or Largely Empty On 9/11
Were the Twin Towers almost empty when the 9/11 attack took place on September 11, 2001? No, that's not true: The recycled conspiracy theory contradicts a large body of evidence that proves the opposite, including government documents, me
PolitiFact→ Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise
Donald Trump exaggerated his accomplishments and claimed Joe Biden squandered the gains in his 2024 presidential bid announcement. We fact-checked his remarks.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oval Office Photo Does NOT Show Obama Giving Trump The Middle Finger in 2016 — It’s An Altered Image
Does a photograph of former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump show Obama using his middle finger to express his unfavorable opinion of his successor in the White House? No, that's not true: The image has been altered from the origi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FTX CEO Is NOT Daughter Of SEC Chairman
Is the CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX also the daughter of the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the independent federal agency that enforces regulations of U.S. securities markets? No, that's not true: Sam Bankm
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Did NOT Threaten To Put Vaccines In Water Supply
Did "Jacinta Ardern", the prime minister of New Zealand, threaten to put mRNA vaccines in the water supply if enough people did not take the shot? No, that's not true: This claim originated in late January 2022 with an image of a made-up
PolitiFact→ Viral image – This isn’t a real CNN headline about a Florida man arrested for powering his home with a nuke
“Florida man arrested for using a lost U.S. nuke to power his home for more than 27 years.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Florida midterm results came out fast. Why do other states need more time?
It’s proof of “voter fraud” that it takes some states days to count 2 million votes while Florida results were available on election night.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Nevada ballot counting livestream went dark, but vote counting wasn’t affected
A livestream failing in Nevada is “one of the ways blue states steal elections.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this clip doesn’t show voters being fraudulently added to Dallas’ pollbooks
Footage shows Dallas pollbooks fraudulently “adding hundreds of voters in real time as the poll was being closed.”
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Presidential Bid Announcement
Summary Here we go again. Donald Trump’s official bid to get back to the White House had us at FactCheck.org feeling a bit of déjà vu. His Nov. 15 speech announcing his candidacy for 2024 featured assertions we’ve fact-checked before and
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Will NOT Ban In January 2023 Dollars Printed Before 2021
Will U.S. dollars printed before 2021 no longer be accepted as legal tender as of January 2023? No, that's not true: A senior spokesperson for the U.S. Treasury Department told Lead Stories that the claim is false. Under current U.S. mone
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About Pennsylvania Voting Deadlines
A viral Instagram post, sharing a screenshot of a tweet, claims: “This just in: Pennsylvania Judge allows ballots to count that are received up until November 14. This is unconstitutional.” This is a false claim. The deadline for Penn