“Merrick Garland catches Trump planning to flee.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, North Korea did not initiate a military strike against Russia. They are allies
North Korea has taken military action against Russia.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congressman Did NOT Play Video From Hunter Biden’s Laptop
Did Rep. Jim Jordan play a video downloaded from Hunter Biden's laptop that incriminated House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff? No, that's not true: The video with this claim shows Jordan criticizing Schiff over matters that h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Germany Did NOT Declare War On Russia On October 11, 2022
Did Germany declare war on Russia on October 11, 2022? No, that's not true. There are no credible reports or official statements confirming this claim. Even a video posted on Facebook with a headline asserting that Germany had declared wa
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A small study of breastmilk and mRNA vaccines did not show babies are being harmed
A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding.
PolitiFact→ Kari Lake – Arizona GOP governor candidate Kari Lake misleads on opponent’s abortion law vote
“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Consumers Will NOT Get $500 In Walmart Credit For Answering 3 Questions
Will answering three questions for Walmart earn consumers a $500 shopping credit to spend on groceries? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that the big box retailer has such a program. The claim appeared in a September 30, 2022 pos
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ad NOT Realistic In Claiming Jewelry, Including Copper Bracelet, Relieves Gout
Is an online video advertisement realistic in showing people having inflammation reduced due to wearing a piece of jewelry? No, that's not true: Clinical studies that included multiple forms of arthritis, done by credible clinics and medi
Snopes→ Scholar: Challenges to Voters are Growing Before the Midterms – and Pose a Direct Threat to Voting Rights
On Nov. 8, the U.S. may experience a surge of voters intimidated by Election Day challenges to their right to cast a ballot.
Snopes→ Scholar: As Russia Enlists Hundreds of Thousands of Men to Fight Ukraine, Public Support for Putin is Falling
Arik Burakovsky, a scholar of Russia and public opinion, says public approval of the president and the assault on Ukraine is shifting.
Snopes→ Biden Did Not Wear His Pants Backwards in Puerto Rico
TikTok users pushed a rumor about U.S. President Joe Biden supposedly putting his pants on backwards, but the photographic evidence proves otherwise.
Logically→ Obama Foundation stored classified presidential documents in an abandoned furniture warehouse.
The facility was controlled, managed, and used exclusively by National Archives and Records Administration and Obama Foundation had no access to it.
Full Fact→ NHS pay award will increase pay for nurses by 72p per hour
At Prime Minister’s Questions Labour MP Ian Lavery said nurses had been given a '72p a week pay rise'. The pay award offered to most NHS staff actually amounts to an increase of around 72p per hour.
Full Fact→ Evidence for claim that 60% of small boat arrivals are Albanian not yet published
The figure has been used by Priti Patel in Parliament and a number of times in the media, but it isn’t yet supported by published government statistics.
Snopes→ Smashing Success: NASA Asteroid Strike Results in Big Nudge
A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.
PolitiFact→ In Context: What J.D. Vance said about rape, abortion and ‘inconvenience’
During a Senate debate, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, said Republican rival J.D. Vance “called rape inconvenient.” Vance denied that. We reviewed Vance’s comments about abortion in cases of rape.
Logically→ France has enacted a nationwide ban on mosques and madrasas, declaring them to be terrorist bases.
France has enacted legislation to suppress religious extremism but has not banned mosques and madrasas by labeling them terrorist bases.
Full Fact→ Claim that Scotland receives no money from England is missing context
The level of public spending is higher than its level of contribution to the UK economy.
AllSides→ Trump’s Faulty ‘Double Standard’ Document Claim
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/trumps-faulty-double-standard-document-claim/ Former President Donald
Logically→ Survey Junkie is giving a £1000 bonus for signing up.
Survey Junkie has not announced a £1000 signing-up bonus. This message has been shared with fake links to scam people.
Snopes→ 2,560-Pound Pumpkin Wins California Contest; Sets Record
A horticulture teacher from Minnesota set a new U.S. record for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant gourd weighing 2,560 pounds.
Logically→ NATO combatants and 500 Polish soldiers died in the Russian missile strike at a building in Zaporizhzhya on October 8.
There is no evidence that NATO combatants and Polish soldiers died in the Zaporizhzhia missile attack on October 8.
Full Fact→ Labour claims about a £500 rise in mortgage payments lack important context
Sir Keir Starmer said mortgages are going up as “a direct consequence” of the mini-Budget. But much of the rise estimated by Labour is due to rates climbing earlier.
The Dispatch→ Herschel Walker’s Hypocrisy Matters
Maybe not now, for the GOP faithful. But politics is a long game. The post Herschel Walker’s Hypocrisy Matters appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The Taliban’s Gender Apartheid Regime
Two decades of advances for women have disappeared in 13 months.The post The Taliban’s Gender Apartheid Regime appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ What We’ve Learned in Previous January 6 Hearings
The work of the House committee investigating the Capitol attack is wrapping up. The post What We’ve Learned in Previous January 6 Hearings appeared first on The Dispatch.
Poynter→ Are we closer to nuclear Armageddon than any time since 1962, as Biden suggested?
It’s not every day that an American president warns of nuclear disaster and draws on Biblical imagery to do so. But President Joe Biden did just that Oct. 6 when he […] The post Are we closer to nuclear Armageddon than any time since 1962, as
The Dispatch→ Video: Dispatch Live for October 11
Watch the video of our weekly livestreamed conversation.The post Video: Dispatch Live for October 11 appeared first on The Dispatch.
Logically→ Volodymyr Zelenskyy said NATO should consider a preemptive nuclear strike against Russia.
Zelenskyy did not call on NATO countries to use nuclear weapons against Russia. His statement about preventive action has been taken out of context.
Logically→ Modi issued an order to rename the Madurai airport after freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar at a celebration in his honor.
Modi issued no such order, and the celebration, or Guru puja, in Thevar's honor is scheduled for October 30.
Logically→ PM Narendra Modi’s election rally in Gujarat had very few attendees.
The video making rounds was shot after the event ended, and Modi's speech was replayed for those exiting the venue. His rally was well-attended.
Logically→ India will shut down banks for 20 days in October to introduce cryptocurrency.
Banks in India will remain closed on weekends and on account of festivities. No bank will be shut for three weeks straight.
PolitiFact→ The facts about Iowa’s 2nd District congressional candidates and abortion
Those who have followed the near 50-year aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade, a 1973 r
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove World Economic Forum Plotting To Force Public To Wear ‘Brain Implants’ So The Elite Can Read Their Minds
Will the World Economic Forum (WEF) soon force people to wear "brain implants" so that the global elite can read their minds? No, that's not true: This claim turns a speculative conversation about possible future technologies into a plot
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: V-Safe CDC Data Does NOT Prove ‘Stunning Amount’ Of ‘Severe’ COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects
Does a "massive study" of "v-safe" data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prove that the COVID-19 vaccine caused a "stunning amount" of severe side effects? No, that's not true: No such study occurred, and
Snopes→ Report: Democrat Katie Hobbs May Have Organized ‘Slave Day’ in High School
Hobbs is running for the governorship of the state of Arizona and is being challenged by Republican Kari Lake, who was endorsed by former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Brazilian Presidential Hopeful ‘Lula’ Holding Statue Of A Pagan Idol
Does an image of Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva show Brazil's former leader holding a statuette of the pagan deity Baphomet? No, that's not true: The photograph has been digitally manipulated to place the figu
Snopes→ Good Faith and the Honor of Partisan Election Officials Used To Be Enough To Ensure Trust in Voting Results – But Not Anymore
As midterm elections approach, some Americans express a lack of confidence in the accuracy of the vote count.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Man Was NOT Cutting Catalytic Converters In Multiple Cities — The Post Is Ruse To Trick People To Share
Was a man in a photo suspected of "cutting" catalytic converters in multiple cities? No, that's not true: The man in the photo was listed as a suspect of catalytic converter theft in 2021 but it was in a town over 250 miles away from the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Arrest US Ambassador To Ukraine Bridget Brink
Did the military arrest the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink? No, that's not true: Real Raw News, the website that posted the story, has a disclaimer saying that their articles are "humor, parody and satire." The site has a histor