Did the U.S. military find "evidence of election fraud amid fizzled red wave"? No, that's not true: This claim was made on a website known for publishing fabricated content. The claim originated in an article published by Real Raw News on
Full Fact→ Fake alerts for missing pensioners are circulating online
The names, pictures and locations of those being sought are false.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump falsely claims Nevada and Arizona election officials ‘want more time to cheat’
Election results in Clark County, Nevada, and Arizona are not yet known because those places “want more time to cheat.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dutch Government Is NOT Planning To Quit The World Economic Forum
Is the Dutch government planning to cancel its membership in the World Economic Forum, the Swiss-based international public policy organization? No, that's not true: The claim is based on a press release by a radical-right opposition part
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence Bexar County election calls were made fraudulently
“Many elections in Bexar are being called with 0% of precincts reporting! I smell MAJOR FRAUD!”
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Democrats didn’t steal ‘every election in the country’ with mail ballots
Democrats used “47 million mail-in ballots” to steal “every election in the country.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t video evidence of election fraud in Philadelphia
Video shows a Philadelphia poll worker committing election fraud.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Shapiro had more than a million votes in PA with 36% reporting, despite viral image
When 36% of the vote was in, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro had 370,706 votes and 56.6% of the vote while Doug Mastriano had 844,669 and 41.6%.
Full Fact→ Wetherspoons ‘meal for two’ deal is fake
Thousands of people have shared a Facebook post which claims that Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin is retiring.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, this isn’t a photo of Katie Hobbs in a Maricopa County ballot tabulation room
Image shows Arizona gubernatorial candidate and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in the room where ballots were being counted in Maricopa County.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these aren’t photos of trashed 2022 election ballots
Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.”
PolitiFact→ Julie Gunnigle – Democratic Maricopa County attorney candidate says Arizona has world’s eighth-highest incarceration
"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Technology issues in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are not proof of a rigged election
Glitches with voting in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are proof the election is rigged.
Logically→ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met with an activist who shouted pro-Pakistan slogans at a rally.
Rahul Gandhi is seen meeting a student named Miva Jolly in the viral post. The activist who raised pro-Pakistan slogans is Amulya Leona.
Logically→ Just Stop Oil is funded by the World Economic Forum.
The video makes false claims about the associations between particular individuals and organizations to support the ‘Great Reset’ conspiracy theory.
Logically→ Photo shows Brazilians holding a protest following Jair Bolsonaro’s loss in the presidential polls.
The photo shows an Independence Day celebration held at Brazil's Copacabana beach in September, weeks before the result of the election was declared.
Poynter→ Why does the Justice Department monitor polling sites?
Justice Department election monitors traveled to voting sites in 24 states on Election Day to watch for violations of federal voting laws. Florida did not welcome them. State officials blocked federal […] The post Why does the Justice Department
The Dispatch→ When Notoriety Won’t Win Elections
Democratic candidates such as Beto O’Rourke and Stacey Abrams get lots of attention and millions in donations but keep coming up short.The post When Notoriety Won’t Win Elections appeared first on The Dispatch.
PolitiFact→ Glenn Youngkin – Youngkin overstates his 2021 vote from Virginia cities
In his election as governor, “We won cities that no Republican had ever won.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Democratic Candidate for AZ Governor, Katie Hobbs, In Ballot Counting Center
Does a photograph show the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, walking through a ballot-counting center in Maricopa County, the state's largest voting district? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Maricopa County t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Eating Seed Oils Is NOT The ‘#1 Cause Of Blindness In The World’
Is the consumption of seed oils the leading cause of blindness in the world? No, that's not true: The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) told Lead Stories that eating seed oils does not cause blindness, and there are no definitively
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Typos In RSBN Graphic Are NOT Evidence Of Election Fraud In PA Gov Race
Do incorrect numbers posted to on-screen graphics during a live streamer's coverage of Election Night prove there was election fraud in the 2022 Pennsylvania governor's race? No, that's not true: Those graphics are not produced by electio
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Klaus Schwab And ‘Elites’ Planning ‘New World Order’ And ‘To Microchip The Human Race’
Does a viral video prove that the founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, and other speakers at WEF events planned to establish the "new world order" and "microchip human race"? No, that's not true: The heavily edited social me
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: IRS Did NOT Donate To Katie Hobbs Campaign — Government Agencies Can NOT Donate To Political Campaigns
Did the Internal Revenue Service donate thousands of dollars to the campaign of Katie Hobbs, the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona? No, that's not true: The U.S. government agency told Lead Stories in an email that "it does not
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, these photos aren’t evidence of voter fraud in Detroit
Photo shows “late-night operatives moving van-loads of suspicious ballots way after legal deadline in Detroit.”
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: What would speed up election results?
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.