Labour leader Keir Starmer is unpopular and must contend with divisions within his own party. The post Even as the Tories Struggle, U.K.’s Labour Party Has Its Own Big Problems appeared first on The Dispatch.
Washington Post→ Stephen Miller’s disingenuous ad charging ‘anti-White’ racism
A group founded by a former Trump aide is flooding Georgia airwaves with highly misleading messages.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Of Earth From Space Are NOT All Computer Generated
Is it impossible to find a "real photo" of Earth taken from space that is not computer generated? No, that's not true: Seventy-six years ago, on October 24, 1946, the first photo of Earth was taken from a V-2 rocket 65 miles above the New
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook post wrongly says court ordered Pennsylvania to finish ballot counting on Election Day
“Pennsylvania is under a court order to count their ballots on election day and not after!!”
PolitiFact→ Adam Laxalt – Nevada Senate GOP candidate Adam Laxalt falsely claims Biden has ‘dismantled border security’
“Biden and Democrats have dismantled border security.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Tulsa Donut Hole Firebombed After Hosting Drag Event
On November 3 2022, a viral tweet with video indicated that Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Donut Hole was firebombed “after hosting a drag show”: The Donut Hole in Tulsa, Oklahoma was firebombed after it hosted a drag show. This is the inevitabl
PolitiFact→ Kari Lake – Katie Hobbs backed bill to double Arizona gas taxes
Katie Hobbs “has voted to double our gas tax.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Pelosi didn’t buy millions of shares of cannabis stock before Biden’s marijuana reform announcement
Reuters reported that Nancy Pelosi bought 10 million shares of cannabis stock.
Truth or Fiction?→ Ottawa’s Right-Wing ‘Freedom Convoy’ Was Assisted by Canadian Police and Federal Officials
The right-wing trucker “convoy” protesting vaccination mandates in Canada in early 2022 received information from personnel in both local and federal law enforcement, according to their attorney. The Toronto Star reported that the attorney,
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Why Ron DeSantis' claim about 'stolen land' is wrong
It's not true that "the United States was built on stolen land."
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Story about TikTok dances to help Ukraine is satire
The media reported on “5 TikTok dances you can do to help Ukraine fight Russia.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pennsylvania Is NOT Under Court Order To Count Ballots Only On Election Day
Is Pennsylvania under a court order to only count ballots on Election Day? No, that's not true: The post provided no evidence of such a court order. Under current election law, unofficial results will be available within a few days of the
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did a Phoenix TV Station Air Results From the State’s Gubernatorial Election?
Viral social media posts are claiming that Fox 10 Phoenix aired election results of the Arizona gubernatorial race prior to the election, showing Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs winning in favor of her Republican opponent, Kari Lake. An Instagram post
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Ray Epps and Nancy Pelosi did not talk on the phone a week before Capitol insurrection
“Freedom of Information Act requests show a dozen phone calls between the cell phone of Ray Epps and the office of Speaker Pelosi in the week before #January6th”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Audio Of Paul Pelosi’s 911 Call Has NOT Been Leaked As Of November 3, 2022
Has a recording of Paul Pelosi's October 28, 2022, phone call to emergency dispatchers leaked? No, that's not true: The San Francisco Police Department, which responded to the attack on the 82-year-old husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelos
FactCheck.org→ Bodybuilder Died from COVID-19, Not the Vaccine as Social Media Posts Claim
SciCheck Digest A 62-year-old bodybuilder who had heart disease died after contracting COVID-19. But vaccine opponents are falsely suggesting that he died from the COVID-19 vaccine. He didn’t. He’d been vaccinated 18 months before his death
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump falsely said Democrats are playing ‘games’ with ‘unverified’ ballots in Pennsylvania
"Over 240,000 'unverified' ballots have already been sent out in Pennsylvania, a total mess. The Democrats are playing games again.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Off-Duty Pentagon Cop NOT ‘Caught Dealing Fentanyl To Children During Trick Or Treating’ – Headline Altered
Was an off-duty Pentagon police officer caught dealing fentanyl to children during trick-or-treating? No, that's not true: Officer Eric Welch was arrested, but the arrest was on charges related to cocaine, not fentanyl, and the arrest too
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking DSCC’s Abortion Ad in Nevada Senate Race
Adam Laxalt, the Republican candidate for Senate in Nevada, opposes abortion and has called the overturning of Roe v. Wade a “historic victory.” But he has not voiced support for criminalizing abortion for women, as the Democratic Senatorial Campa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Seedless Limes Are NOT GMO
Are seedless limes a product of bioengineering that involves technology to alter plants' DNA? No, that's not true: Seedlessness occurs in nature, and farmers may use traditional breeding techniques to maintain this quality. That does not
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, mRNA vaccines aren’t being used on livestock in Australia
Australian officials “are giving cows mRNA vaccines."
FactCheck.org→ What Republican Officials Have Said About the Violent Attack on Paul Pelosi
Many Republicans have condemned or spoken out against the violent assault on Paul Pelosi, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 82-year-old husband, who was knocked unconscious by an intruder at the couple’s San Francisco home the morning of Oct. 2
Truth or Fiction?→ U.S. President Joe Biden’s Speech on Threats to Democracy
On November 2 2022, United States President Joe Biden gave a speech ahead of the November 8 2022 U.S. midterm elections decrying a spike in political violence and urging voters to participate at the polls. Some Twitter users claimed that Biden’s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Soursop Fruit Has NOT Been Proven To Be 10,000 Times Stronger Than Chemotherapy And Is NOT In Use As Cancer Treatment
Is soursop fruit 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy? No, that's not true: Soursop has not been proven in any clinical trials to be stronger than chemotherapy to any degree. According to a cancer professor at Harvard, this is "not a p
PolitiFact→ Tweets – No, Phillies fans at Citizens Bank Park did not trigger seismic activity
Thunderous crowd at Philadelphia Phillies game “literally registering on the Penn State University Brandywine seismograph station.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report Trump Died Of Autoerotic Asphyxiation
Did CNN report that Donald Trump died of autoerotic asphyxiation? No, that's not true: "It's a fabricated image and not anything CNN reported," a CNN spokesperson told Lead Stories. The post appears to be a joke since former President Don
Full Fact→ ‘New’ UK trade deals don’t account for ‘over £800 billion worth of new global trade’
Michael Gove tweeted a graphic claiming the UK has signed new trade deals with more than 70 countries, worth over £800 billion in new global trade. But the majority of these mirror previous EU deals.
Logically→ There are 47,000 homeless veterans in the U.K.
The figure stated in the post is taken from a 2015 report from the U.S., and does not reflect the number of homeless veterans in the U.K.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Donald Trump isn’t dead, and CNN didn’t say he was
CNN reported Donald Trump died on Nov. 1.
PolitiFact→ Tim Ryan – Ohio’s Tim Ryan said J.D. Vance was silent on Pelosi attack
“J.D. Vance said nothing about” the attack on Paul Pelosi.
PolitiFact→ Citizens for Sanity – Ad comparing spending on Ukraine, US children is ridiculously wrong
President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."
Health Feedback→ Japan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths
REVIEW A preprint (a study that hasn’t been peer-reviewed yet), uploaded to the server medRxiv, claimed that relative to pre-pandemic years, “SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death, not only in young adults b
AllSides→ Social Security Increase Due to Inflation, Not Presidential Action
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/social-security-increase-due-to-inflation-not-presidential-action/ A
Full Fact→ No evidence for Irish passport numbers among MPs and peers
Widely shared figures about the number of UK parliamentarians with Irish passports appear to have no source.
FactCheck.org→ Social Security Increase Due to Inflation, Not Presidential Action
A deleted tweet from the White House and remarks by President Joe Biden could leave the false impression that Biden’s policies have something to do with an increase in Social Security payments. But the increase is set by law and is linked to inf
PolitiFact→ Senate Majority PAC – Ad on Sen. Ron Johnson's Jan. 6 comments makes a point but comes with caveat
Says "Ron Johnson is making excuses for rioters who tried to overthrow our government, even calling them ‘peaceful protests.’”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Smithsonian didn’t admit to destroying giant human skeletons
“Smithsonian admits to destruction of thousands of giant human skeletons in early 1900s.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, a leaked 911 call doesn’t contradict reports about Pelosi attack
“Leaked audio tape of the 911 call from the Paul Pelosi attack has surfaced. The call proves that the liberal media has lied about what really happened.”
PolitiFact→ Georgia Gun Owners – Raphael Warnock, Stacey Abrams are not communists, nor trying to take guns from all Georgians
"Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams are radical communists and, if they get their way, gun owners here in Georgia will be completely disarmed."
AllSides→ White House Deletes Misleading Tweet Giving Biden Credit For Social Security Check Raise
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/11/02/white-house-deletes-misleading-tweet-giving-biden-credit-for-social-security-check-raise/?sh=495977be1750