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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Michigan Proposal 2 Will NOT Allow Imprisoned Felons To Vote
Will Michigan Proposal 2 give "violent felons" the right to vote from prison? No, that's not true: The proposal, which was on the state's ballot and passed during the 2022 midterm election, does not affect imprisoned people's ability to v
PolitiFact→ Why does the Justice Department monitor polling sites?
Monitoring polling places for compliance with federal law is neither a new procedure, nor does it constitute election interference. But Florida opposed the move.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Pennsylvania ballot deadline was 8 p.m. Nov. 8, not Nov. 14
“Pennsylvania judge allows ballots to count that are received up until November 14th.”
PolitiFact→ Where abortion laws stand after the 2022 midterms
Abortion rights supporters cheered a series of pro-abortion results during the 2022 midterm elections. At the same time, voters in many states that passed abortion bans re-elected the governors who enacted them.
PolitiFact→ We fact-checked misinformation about the midterm elections, from Maricopa County to Detroit
There were a few reports of glitches and problems at some polling locations Nov. 8, but none that kept people from voting. That didn’t stop some conservatives from using those incidents to cast doubt on the election.
PolitiFact→ Tucker Carlson – Tucker Carlson wrong about people not being able to vote in Arizona's Maricopa County
“Electronic voting machines didn't allow people to vote” in Maricopa County, Arizona.
FactCheck.org→ Ballot Printer Delayed Maricopa Voting, Contrary to Unfounded Claims
Quick Take Tabulating machines at some polling locations in Maricopa County, Arizona, couldn’t process ballots during part of Election Day, though affected voters could leave their ballots in a secure box or go elsewhere to vote. But some conserv
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photos Of Baby Found Without Mother Are NOT Current — Recycled To Trick People To Share Posts
Was a baby found wandering alone behind someone's home without a parent or guardian, and did she say her mother's name is Wendy? No, that's not true: The child, who was only about 10 months old in the photos, was found at the Minneapolis-
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: US Special Forces Did NOT Arrest Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel
Did U.S. Special Forces arrest Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel to charge him "on many counts of murder" for deaths caused by Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: This claim is made on a website that publishes false claims and ide
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID-19 Deaths In 2020 Were NOT Mislabeled Flu Deaths
Were influenza deaths mislabeled as COVID-19 deaths in 2020 to inflate the toll of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic? No, that's not true: Registered deaths attributed to COVID were categorized separately from influenza and pneumonia by national an
Logically→ Women and men experience different symptoms of heart-attack.
Women present with ‘typical’ heart attack symptoms with roughly the same frequency that men do.
Full Fact→ Bill Gates’s daughter Phoebe Gates did have childhood vaccinations
Several sources of evidence suggest that she has also had the Covid-19 vaccine.
Logically→ An AAP leader’s residence was raided ahead of the assembly polls in Gujarat.
An old video from an Enforcement Directorate raid in Kolkata has been falsely shared as a raid at an AAP leader's residence in Gujarat.
Full Fact→ UK nurses don’t usually take a pledge which might prevent them from going on strike
While the Florence Nightingale Pledge does exist, it is not usually taken by nurses in the UK.
Full Fact→ Nadhim Zahawi didn’t mistakenly pay tribute to a living Birds of a Feather actress
An apparently fake screenshot of a tweet purportedly by Nadhim Zahawi has been shared hundreds of times on social media.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Fetterman lawsuit seeking to count undated ballots not akin to election stealing
John Fetterman “is suing for the right to cheat and steal the election.”
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Detroit voters were not told at polls that they had already voted
In Detroit, “people are showing up to vote only to be told, ‘sorry, you have already voted.’”
Logically→ An outgoing employee suspended Elon Musk’s Twitter account after job cuts at the company.
Elon Musk's Twitter account has not been suspended and remains active. The account that has been suspended belonged to a Musk impersonator.
Logically→ Technical issues at Maricopa County polling locations were due to electoral fraud.
Despite technical issues, there is no evidence of fraud. Officials have stated that nobody was prevented from voting.
Poynter→ No, Maricopa vote tabulators didn’t lead to ballots with ‘no chain of custody’
Soon after polls opened in Arizona’s Maricopa County, a number of automatic vote counting machines, called tabulators, stopped working smoothly. Twitter abounded with claims of election shenanigans. “Democrats running elections […] The po
The Dispatch→ Primary Meddling Pays Off for Democrats
Boosting Trump-aligned candidates ended up working to Democrats’ advantage.The post Primary Meddling Pays Off for Democrats appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The End of ‘Stop the Steal’?
Republicans discover the limits of ignoring the big tent.The post The End of ‘Stop the Steal’? appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Elon Musk’s Twitter Debacle
Will the mountain bluebird become an albatross?The post Elon Musk’s Twitter Debacle appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Why Don’t Republicans Win in Big Cities?
There’s evidence that GOP mayors can get good things done—but local voters just aren’t interested.The post Why Don’t Republicans Win in Big Cities? appeared first on The Dispatch.