Has television personality and bounty hunter Duane Lee Chapman, also known as "Dog the Bounty Hunter," passed away as of December 13, 2022? No, that's not true: Chapman's publicist told Lead Stories on December 13, 2022, that he is "alive
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hillary Clinton Did NOT Tweet About ‘Elon Musk’s Suicide’ On December 2, 2022
Did Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, tweet about "Elon Musk's suicide" in response to the Twitter CEO releasing corporate discussions, now known as "The Twitter Files," about Tw
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Response Coordinator Was NOT Arrested By Military On December 12, 2022
Was Jeff Zients, a former White House coordinator for COVID-19 response under President Joe Biden, arrested by the military on December 12, 2022? No, that's not true: The Department of Defense told Lead Stories that the claim, which was p
Full Fact→ Unemployment in the UK is currently low by historic standards
The shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves claimed that Britain has “high unemployment” after 12 years of Conservative government. But by historic standards, the unemployment rate is currently very low.
Logically→ Adani Group signed a deal with Chinese firms to invest $300 million in Gujarat despite the recent clash in Tawang.
Adani Group signed a deal with Chinese firm East Hope Group in 2017, years before the Tawang clash took place. However, the deal did not materialize.
The Dispatch→ Has President Biden Visited the Southern Border Since Taking Office?
(Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images.) White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre appeared to claim during a press briefing last Wednesday that President Joe Biden has visited the United States’ southern border since taking office. No re
Logically→ Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has resigned from his post, admitting that mRNA vaccines are unsafe.
Albert Bourla has not said that the mRNA vaccines are unsafe, nor has he resigned as CEO. Ample evidence shows vaccines are safe and effective.
Full Fact→ You can still pay for Amazon Prime on a monthly basis
We’ve looked into claims that Amazon is moving Prime members in the UK to annual subscriptions.
Logically→ If CO2 increased five times, it would still not increase the global temperature by more than 1 degree Celsius.
Global temperatures have already increased by 1 degree Celsius with only a 45% increase in atmospheric Co2.
PolitiFact→ Kevin Brady – Biden’s $36 billion to save Teamsters fund from insolvency is largest-ever private pension bailout
Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”
PolitiFact→ Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee – Slavery in Virginia was not 'erased' from Youngkin's proposed history standards
“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”
Full Fact→ Labour’s analysis on five million ‘denied’ GP appointments fact checked
This widely reported figure is an estimate, based on several assumptions that may not be right.
Climate Feedback→ Wind turbines can kill birds, but not as many as fossil fuels and other anthropogenic impacts
Wind energy is the largest source of renewable energy in the United States, and second largest in the world after hydropower.[1] A commonly reported critique of wind energy is that birds sometimes die from collision with its associated infrastructure,
AllSides→ Blood Transfusion Doesn’t Transfer COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/scicheck-blood-transfusion-doesnt-transfer-covid-19-vaccine/ A blood
Logically→ Photos show Doha’s Stadium 974 being dismantled after the Brazil vs. South Korea World Cup match on December 6.
Older images of the stadium under construction are being circulated. The dismantling of Stadium 974 may begin after the World Cup final.
The Dispatch→ The GOP’s Hope for a Flipped Senate Script
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media Wednesday inside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)As Senate Democrats face a tough map in 2024, Republicans recalibrate their strategy. The post The GOP’s Hope for a Fli
Logically→ China killed 300 Indian personnel in Tawang during the December 09, 2022 clashes.
According to the Indian government, India did not suffer any fatalities. No official source has so far confirmed any deaths on either side.
The Dispatch→ Living Under ‘Marshall Law’
Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images)We’ve been sentenced to government by illiterates.The post Living Under ‘Marshall Law’ appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Can Men Still Bring Home the Bacon?
(Photo by Getty Images.)A new report on the marriageability of men counters populist conventional wisdom.The post Can Men Still Bring Home the Bacon? appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Video: A Lame Duck Congress
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Video: A Lame Duck Congress appeared first on The Dispatch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Antwerp Handjes Sweets Are NOT A Tribute To The Congo Atrocities Of King Leopold II of Belgium
Do people in Belgium honor King Leopold II by making chocolates and cookies in the form of human hands, representing the severed limbs of Congolese people and children who were brutally punished or killed in the colonial era for not meeti
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Voter Fraud When Herschel Walker’s Numbers Go Down On Fox News
Does a sudden decrease in the displayed vote tally for U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker during Fox News coverage of Georgia's December 6, 2022, runoff election prove that voter fraud occurred? No, that's not true: Human error by the
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Instagram post misleads about lithium mining and Tesla cars
Large machinery is “required to move 500,000 pounds of earth in order to get the minerals needed for one single Tesla car battery.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Ex-WWE Head Vince McMahon Planning ‘Comeback’: Report
The disgraced former public face of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is mulling over a return to public life even as sexual assault allegations against him persist, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The newspaper reported that representativ
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Toxin-Laced Tissue Was Placed In Georgia Gas Pump Handle By Human Traffickers
Did police in Kennesaw, Georgia, investigate a toxin-laced tissue that was reportedly placed on a gas pump handle by human traffickers to incapacitate their victims? No, that's not true: Lead Stories contacted two law enforcement agencies
FactCheck.org→ Blood Transfusion Doesn’t Transfer COVID-19 Vaccine
SciCheck Digest A blood transfusion from a vaccinated person doesn’t transfer the inoculation to an unvaccinated person. But high-profile purveyors of misinformation have been promoting the long-standing false claim that it does.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Say Ex-Twitter CEO Took Millions In Censorship Kickbacks From Democrats
Did Elon Musk tweet that Democrats paid former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey millions of dollars to block or delete the pages of people who posted about Hunter Biden's laptop during the 2020 election? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could fin
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, the war in Ukraine isn’t over
The war in Ukraine is “all over.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this isn’t a video of Chuck Grassley telling Joe Biden to resign
This video shows Chuck Grassley demanding Joe Biden’s “resignation.”
AllSides→ Is ‘Merchant of Death’ Viktor Bout a Terrorist?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2022/12/13/fact-check-is-merchant-of-death-viktor-bout-a-terrorist-n2617054
AllSides→ Post falsely claims that Maricopa County lost 291,390 Election Day votes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/12/13/fact-check-false-claim-maricopa-county-lost-291-390-votes/10841984002/
AllSides→ Hunter Biden’s Laptop and ‘Twitter Files’—What We Do Know, What We Don’t
https://www.newsweek.com/hunter-biden-laptop-twitter-files-1765395 The recent release of a trove of em
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Murdered US Senate Aide Harold Rosenthal Did NOT Expose Jewish Plot For World Domination Before His Death
Did Harold Rosenthal, a U.S. Senate aide killed in a 1976 terrorist attack, expose before he died a clandestine Jewish plot to become global "task masters"? No, that's not true: The claim is part of an antisemitic hoax that white supremac
FactCheck.org→ Bernie Sanders Overstates Number of Americans Without Health Insurance
Explaining why he is likely to vote against an $858 billion defense spending bill, Sen. Bernie Sanders wrongly stated that there are “85 million Americans who have no health insurance.” The government estimate is about 27 million. The Ve
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Vote count changes after polls closed in Georgia aren’t evidence of election fraud
Early vote counts after the polls closed in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff are evidence of election fraud.
PolitiFact→ Bernie Sanders – Bernie Sanders said 85 million Americans have no health insurance. That includes underinsured
“We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: WEF Is NOT Calling For Slaughter Of Millions Of Pet Cats, Dogs To Fight Climate Change
Is the World Economic Forum (WEF) calling for a new initiative to "slaughter" millions of cats and dogs in order to decrease the effects of climate change? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that this is a real WEF initiative. News
Truth or Fiction?→ Study Contrasts COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Traffic Crash Risk
On December 13 2022, a post to Reddit’s r/science posted a link to a study examining a possible link between COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and the likelihood of car crashes: Adults who neglect COVID-19 health recommendations may also neg
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – There’s no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccine to these athletes’ strokes, blood clots
Recent blood clots or strokes in four major athletes are an unwanted effect of COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jen Psaki Did NOT Announce ‘Inflation Relief’ In December 2022 For Americans Making Less Than $50,000
Did Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary for President Joe Biden, announce in December 2022 that the U.S. Senate has approved "Monthly Health Credits" or "Inflation Relief For Americans Making Less Than $50 000/year"? No, that's