Close races and millions of mail ballots means that it takes several days or longer to tabulate unofficial results. But state laws that set earlier deadlines to mail out and return ballots can speed up the process. It also helps if voters submit mail b
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Large social media followings don’t ensure election wins
The number of followers John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz have on Instagram proves the Pennsylvania Senate race was illegitimate.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Deceased lawmaker’s re-election isn’t evidence of fraud, it was too late to withdraw his name
A “dead man on the ballot” is evidence the Democrats cheated in the election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccine Does NOT Increase Stillbirths As Graph Implies
Does a graph show that the COVID-19 vaccine increases stillbirths? No, that is missing context: The graph was published on the U.S. government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) website. As VAERS itself repeatedly explains,
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this graph doesn’t prove Gretchen Whitmer stole her election
Graph shows Gretchen Whitmer stole the Michigan gubernatorial election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Detroit Ballots Arriving After ‘Legal’ Deadline
Do online photographs show absentee ballots arriving at a Detroit processing center on Election Day "hours after the legal deadline" for counting ballots? No, that's not true: Election officials in Detroit say late-night deliveries are th
Health Feedback→ Bill and Melinda Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates is fully vaccinated, including against COVID-19, despite online claims to the contrary
REVIEW As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign unfolded, some social media users began to claim that prominent individuals were in fact unvaccinated, as reported by Reuters and USA Today. Claims that COVID-19 vaccine advocates or those close to them re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CERN Did NOT Admit That ‘They are Communicating With Entities From The Other Side’ in 2022
Did the European Organization for Nuclear Research, most commonly known as CERN, admit in 2022 that it is "communicating with entities from the other side"? No, that's not true: Online speculations about the CERN-managed particle physics
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Map does not prove Pennsylvania election was rigged
Map proves the Pennsylvania Senate election was rigged.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Poll Worker Was NOT Caught ‘Rigging Ballots On Live TV’
Did a poll worker in Dane County, Wisconsin get caught rigging ballots on live television? No, that's not true: The Dane County Clerk, whose office records election information, explained that this poll worker was doing routine work, prep
Full Fact→ MPs’ vaccine debate fact checked
MPs Danny Kruger, Sir Christopher Chope and Andrew Bridgen all made claims about vaccines that need context.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Recirculated 2020 video was a simulation and does not depict fraudulent creation of real ballots
A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Sharpie pens are permitted for in-person voting in Illinois despite false claims
‘No Sharpies on ballots’ permitted for in-person voting in Illinois.
PolitiFact→ Joe Manchin – Is West Virginia set to receive $25 million to cap orphan wells?
West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”
Logically→ Video shows Swedish judge claiming widespread voter fraud in the Brazilian elections.
The video is of singer Agneta Fältskog talking about the joy of being home with her kids. The Brazilian army has ruled out voter fraud in the polls.
Poynter→ False narratives failed to take hold ahead of U.S. midterms
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. The foretold “red tsunami” on Election Day turned out […
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK Medicines Regulator Does NOT Confirm COVID Is Man-Made; Vaccines Were NOT Made With Computer-Generated DNA
Did the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) admit in a series of email exchanges that COVID-19 is man-made and that COVID vaccines were created with computer-generated DNA? No, that's not true: The MHRA told Le
Logically→ Spikes in the number of votes counted in Michigan indicate electoral fraud.
These spikes are not unusual and frequently arise due to the procedures that govern the counting of votes.
Logically→ The Carter Center announced Jimmy Carter’s death on Twitter.
A Twitter post claiming Jimmy Carter's death was from a hoax account posing as the Carter Center. There are no official reports of Carter's death.
AllSides→ The 2022 FactCheck Awards
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/the-2022-factcheck-awards/ We are very serious fact-checkers, but we
Logically→ British leader Nadhim Zahawi misidentified late actor Leslie Phillips.
Zahawi's Twitter feed has been digitally altered to claim that the Conservative MP made a mistake in identifying Leslie Phillips.
Logically→ Italy’s Ministry for Ecological Transition has banned people from heating their homes at night.
The Italian government has a rationing plan in place for heating. There is no ban on heating homes at night.
The Dispatch→ Where Does the Pro-Life Movement Go From Here?
Election Night was not exactly a triumph for the opponents of abortion.The post Where Does the Pro-Life Movement Go From Here? appeared first on The Dispatch.
Poynter→ Detroit voters were not told at polls that they had already voted
On the afternoon of Election Day, former President Donald Trump suggested that problems at polling places in Michigan’s largest city, a Democratic stronghold, were preventing voters from casting their ballots […] The post Detroit voters were no
The Dispatch→ Election Deniers Denied—Mostly
Voters repudiated many of Donald Trump’s favored 'Stop the Steal' candidates in state-level races.The post Election Deniers Denied—Mostly appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Bill Gates’s daughter Phoebe has not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and other diseases.
Bill Gates' daughters have both been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to their own public statements. Melinda Gates has also announced the same.
Logically→ Survey Voices offers a $1000 sign-up bonus.
Survey Voices is an aggregator of surveys rather than a survey panel. Fake URLs have been spread to scam users with a Survey Voices sign-up message.
Logically→ The common cold is a way for the body to detox plastics and chemicals from the body.
The common cold is caused by a virus spread through aerosol droplets or physical contact. It is not a way for the human body to detox itself.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mike Lindell’s 2022 Midterm Election Graphs Do NOT Prove Races Were Stolen
Do midterm election graphs of unofficial, private election tallies used by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell on social media and on his Frank Speech website prove 2022 elections were stolen? No, that's not true: Spikes in the vote counts are a n
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, the Michigan attorney general’s race wasn’t ‘stolen’
The Michigan attorney general’s race was “stolen in the middle of the night from Matt DePerno.”
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims That ‘It Should Take One Day’ to Count Ballots
A viral tweet from Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar claims,“It shouldn’t take days or weeks to count all legal votes in an election. It should take one day, and one day is all it took until very recently.” It shouldn't take days or weeks to co
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About Voting in Detroit
A claim by Donald Trump is misleading. The post Fact Checking Claims About Voting in Detroit appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No evidence of fraud in case of NY man who incorrectly used ballot-marking device
Video shows a faulty New York voting machine invalidated a GOP vote in governor’s race.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Scott Jensen conceded the Minnesota gubernatorial race. It wasn't 'stolen'
“Minnesota was stolen from Scott Jensen.”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Do outsized voter rolls signify fraud? No, experts say
It’s a sign of fraud that “in 244 counties across the United States, there are more registered voters than there are people legally eligible to vote.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, five children didn’t disappear from a Chuck E. Cheese
USA Today reported that “5 children have gone missing inside a Chuck E. Cheese.”
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Reduce, Not Increase, Risk of Stillbirth
SciCheck Digest There is no link between COVID-19 vaccination and an increased risk of stillbirth, despite such claims online. In fact, vaccination has been shown in multiple studies to reduce the risk of stillbirth by protecting pregnant people
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – Charlie Kirk is wrong, Maricopa County did not reduce polling places in 2022 elections
“Maricopa County intentionally reduced the polling places.”
FactCheck.org→ Bogus ‘Sharpiegate’ Claim Resurfaces in Pennsylvania Election
Quick Take Dominion voting machines have had no issues reading ballots filled out with Sharpie pens. But an Instagram video spread the false claim that ballots filled out with Sharpies could not be counted by voting machines in Pennsylvania’s 202
PolitiFact→ Election denying candidates sought to undo voting rights. Many lost key races
Many election deniers who sought to undo voting rights lost in pivotal races including Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania and Kristina Karamo in Michigan. The 2022 election was a blow – but not necessarily a fatal one – to election denialism.