Revisiting the director’s civic-minded oeuvre before his latest film.The post Steven Spielberg’s Search for America appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germ Theory Is NOT ‘Unproven’ — It Is Basis For Modern Microbiology, Virology, Bacteriology
Is it true that germ theory has "NEVER" been proven? No, that's not true: This claim was posted without corroborating materials, nor medical credentials for the person to whom the claim is attributed. The germ theory is a scientifically e
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Map Does NOT Show Returns In NY Gubernatorial Race After Counting 99% Of Votes
Does a viral map claiming that identical tallies turned New York predominantly blue in the gubernatorial race with ">99%" votes allegedly counted prove election fraud? No, that's not true: Even three days after the video with the map w
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Nuclear Fission Reactors In Gabon Were NOT Built By Ancient Civilization — Naturally Formed
Did an ancient civilization in Africa build a nuclear reactor two billion years ago that was more advanced than a modern nuclear reactor and ran on 100-percent pure water? No, that's not true: About two billion years ago, in the area now
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cyber Sleuths Did NOT Spot Immigrants Voting With Fake IDs In Colorado
Did the U.S. Army Cyber Command find evidence that immigrants lacking permanent legal status in Colorado used fraudulent state identification cards to vote for Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections? No, that's not true: The claim origin
FactCheck.org→ Ballot Processing Continues in Closely Watched States Amid Unfounded Claims of Fraud
Quick Take Close Senate races are underway in some states that have different laws regarding ballot deadlines and tabulation. But some high-profile Republicans — including former President Donald Trump — have suggested, without any evidence
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McDonald’s Fries Do NOT Contain An Insecticide Named Monitor
Does McDonald's use a toxic insecticide named Methamidophos, or Monitor, on the potatoes used for fries? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Lamb Weston, one of McDonald's primary potato suppliers, denied the claim to Lead Stories. Use o
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – No evidence for Donald Trump's claim about stopping a 'steal' in 2018 for Ron DeSantis
In the 2018 Florida governor's race "votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from being stolen."
PolitiFact→ Why vote spikes on graphs shared by Mike Lindell are not evidence of stolen elections
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell shared Election Day graphs that showed spikes in votes in various races, alleging they were evidence of stolen elections. But that’s a misunderstanding of how votes are processed and reported, experts said.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Falsely Claim to Show Hobbs in Arizona Election Tabulation Room
Quick Take An image shared on social media shows a woman with glasses and brown hair in an Arizona ballot tabulation room. The posts falsely identify the woman as Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs, who is the secretary of state, implying t
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Bizarre Claim of Stopping DeSantis’ 2018 Election ‘From Being Stolen’
Former President Donald Trump claimed he “sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys” to Broward County during the 2018 election to stop “ballot theft” and help Ron DeSantis become Florida’s governor. But a spokesman for the
PolitiFact→ Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know
Elon Musk’s activities prompted some federal officials to discuss opening a probe into his Twitter purchase. A court filing suggested some were underway. President Biden on Nov. 9 said Musk’s foreign relationships merit scrutiny, but he didn’t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Tabulators Were NOT Problem Machines Used In Maricopa County, AZ – Runbeck Supplied The Machines & Technology
Were Dominion Voting System tabulators the machines that caused problems in Maricopa County, Arizona on Election Day, November 8, 2022? No, that's not true: "Runbeck is our printer vendor," Maricopa County Elections Department Communicati
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this map doesn’t delegitimize the New York governor’s race
A New York election results map is evidence of fraud.
PolitiFact→ Does running for president protect Donald Trump from legal issues? No.
Donald Trump wouldn’t be able to invoke any formal legal protections by announcing his candidacy, especially this far ahead of the next election. And the unofficial benefits would be modest at best, legal experts told PolitiFact.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence US Military Found ‘Election Fraud Amid Fizzled Red Wave’
Did the U.S. military find "evidence of election fraud amid fizzled red wave"? No, that's not true: This claim was made on a website known for publishing fabricated content. The claim originated in an article published by Real Raw News on
Full Fact→ Fake alerts for missing pensioners are circulating online
The names, pictures and locations of those being sought are false.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump falsely claims Nevada and Arizona election officials ‘want more time to cheat’
Election results in Clark County, Nevada, and Arizona are not yet known because those places “want more time to cheat.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dutch Government Is NOT Planning To Quit The World Economic Forum
Is the Dutch government planning to cancel its membership in the World Economic Forum, the Swiss-based international public policy organization? No, that's not true: The claim is based on a press release by a radical-right opposition part
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence Bexar County election calls were made fraudulently
“Many elections in Bexar are being called with 0% of precincts reporting! I smell MAJOR FRAUD!”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Democrats didn’t steal ‘every election in the country’ with mail ballots
Democrats used “47 million mail-in ballots” to steal “every election in the country.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t video evidence of election fraud in Philadelphia
Video shows a Philadelphia poll worker committing election fraud.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Shapiro had more than a million votes in PA with 36% reporting, despite viral image
When 36% of the vote was in, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro had 370,706 votes and 56.6% of the vote while Doug Mastriano had 844,669 and 41.6%.
Full Fact→ Wetherspoons ‘meal for two’ deal is fake
Thousands of people have shared a Facebook post which claims that Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin is retiring.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a photo of Katie Hobbs in a Maricopa County ballot tabulation room
Image shows Arizona gubernatorial candidate and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in the room where ballots were being counted in Maricopa County.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these aren’t photos of trashed 2022 election ballots
Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.”
PolitiFact→ Julie Gunnigle – Democratic Maricopa County attorney candidate says Arizona has world’s eighth-highest incarceration
"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Technology issues in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are not proof of a rigged election
Glitches with voting in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are proof the election is rigged.
Logically→ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met with an activist who shouted pro-Pakistan slogans at a rally.
Rahul Gandhi is seen meeting a student named Miva Jolly in the viral post. The activist who raised pro-Pakistan slogans is Amulya Leona.
Logically→ Just Stop Oil is funded by the World Economic Forum.
The video makes false claims about the associations between particular individuals and organizations to support the ‘Great Reset’ conspiracy theory.
Logically→ Photo shows Brazilians holding a protest following Jair Bolsonaro’s loss in the presidential polls.
The photo shows an Independence Day celebration held at Brazil's Copacabana beach in September, weeks before the result of the election was declared.
Poynter→ Why does the Justice Department monitor polling sites?
Justice Department election monitors traveled to voting sites in 24 states on Election Day to watch for violations of federal voting laws. Florida did not welcome them. State officials blocked federal […] The post Why does the Justice Department
The Dispatch→ When Notoriety Won’t Win Elections
Democratic candidates such as Beto O’Rourke and Stacey Abrams get lots of attention and millions in donations but keep coming up short.The post When Notoriety Won’t Win Elections appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Glenn Youngkin – Youngkin overstates his 2021 vote from Virginia cities
In his election as governor, “We won cities that no Republican had ever won.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Democratic Candidate for AZ Governor, Katie Hobbs, In Ballot Counting Center
Does a photograph show the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, walking through a ballot-counting center in Maricopa County, the state's largest voting district? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Maricopa County t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eating Seed Oils Is NOT The ‘#1 Cause Of Blindness In The World’
Is the consumption of seed oils the leading cause of blindness in the world? No, that's not true: The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) told Lead Stories that eating seed oils does not cause blindness, and there are no definitively
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Typos In RSBN Graphic Are NOT Evidence Of Election Fraud In PA Gov Race
Do incorrect numbers posted to on-screen graphics during a live streamer's coverage of Election Night prove there was election fraud in the 2022 Pennsylvania governor's race? No, that's not true: Those graphics are not produced by electio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Klaus Schwab And ‘Elites’ Planning ‘New World Order’ And ‘To Microchip The Human Race’
Does a viral video prove that the founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, and other speakers at WEF events planned to establish the "new world order" and "microchip human race"? No, that's not true: The heavily edited social me
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: IRS Did NOT Donate To Katie Hobbs Campaign — Government Agencies Can NOT Donate To Political Campaigns
Did the Internal Revenue Service donate thousands of dollars to the campaign of Katie Hobbs, the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona? No, that's not true: The U.S. government agency told Lead Stories in an email that "it does not
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these photos aren’t evidence of voter fraud in Detroit
Photo shows “late-night operatives moving van-loads of suspicious ballots way after legal deadline in Detroit.”