A CNN headline shows Uganda’s president saying he doesn’t support Ukraine because it would be “disgusting.”
Snopes→ Helmet Camera Footage Reportedly Shows Russian Pilot Ejecting from Downed Fighter Jet
Russian government sources report that the incident occurred in June 2022, and that the pilot was unharmed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Atlantic Magazine Did NOT Run ‘Cover Story’ Linking Muslim Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, To White Supremacists
Did The Atlantic magazine publish a cover story titled "The Evolution of White Supremacy" arguing that Muslim Americans represent "the new face of the far right," as a screenshot circulating on social media claims? No, that's not true: A
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP ‘Commitment To America’ Does NOT Say It Will Take Social Security From Disabled Veterans, Raise Medicare Age To 75
Does the Republican "Commitment to America" say they will take Social Security away from disabled veterans, and raise the age for Medicare to 75 and take it away at 90? No, that's not true: The image of the plan proposed by Republicans le
Snopes→ Scam Email: ‘You Have Been Selected’ for ‘Who’s Who in America’
If an unsolicited email shows one big image of text, it might be a scam.
PolitiFact→ Cheri Beasley – Beasley cherry-picks appropriations bill to attack Budd over police funding
Ted Budd “on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.”
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Plenty of photos of Biden in the Oval Office since early 2021, despite social media claims
There are no photos of “Biden in the Oval Office” from after early 2021.
PolitiFact→ A Better Wisconsin Together – Better Wisconsin Together on target with ad on Michels and gun law loophole
Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Uber Does NOT Have A ‘Walking Buddy’ Service
Did Uber add a "walking buddy" option to its usual ridesharing services? No, that's not true: An Uber spokesperson denied that claim in an email to Lead Stories. The claim appeared in a tweet on October 19, 2022 (archived here), that open
PolitiFact→ We fact check claims in the U.S. Senate race between Ron Johnson and Mandela Barnes
True or false? We fact check claims in the U.S. Senate race between Ron Johnson and Mandela Barnes.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sen. Josh Hawley Did NOT Refuse To Use ‘Liberal General’s’ Pronoun In Congress
Did Sen. Josh Hawley say the phrase "I will not use your pronoun" while questioning a "liberal general" at a U.S. Senate hearing? No, that's not true: Neither a video published on Facebook under this attention-grabbing headline nor the fu
PolitiFact→ Marco Rubio dijo que alguien podría hacer estallar un buzón electoral, ignorando el historial seguro
La advertencia de Marco Rubio de que alguien podría hacer estallar un buzón electoral ignora que se han utilizado de manera segura durante décadas en algunas ciudades y estados. La ley de Florida requiere múltiples medidas de seguridad para protege
Snopes→ Is Crime on the Rise? A Criminologist Explains Why the Answer Can Vary
Despite the apparently confident assertions of politicians, it’s not so easy to make sense of fluctuations in the crime rate, writes this associate professor.
Snopes→ Is the Kroll Settlement Administration LLC Text Message a Scam or Legit?
The genuine text message mentioned a T-Mobile data breach from 2021 and said recipients were "eligible for benefits from a class action settlement."
Full Fact→ Claims that Pfizer vaccine wasn’t tested on preventing transmission need context
Post-trial studies showed the Covid-19 vaccine offered some protection against transmission of early variants.
Snopes→ Scholar: Halloween Celebrations Have Roots in Ancient Celtic Celebrations of Samhain
A folklorist explains how Halloween continues an ancient Celtic tradition of celebrating the dead.
AllSides→ Did Dr. Oz Win the Nobel Prize in Medicine?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dr-oz-nobel-prize-in-medicine/ Dr. Mehmet Oz, television personality
AllSides→ Has Biden Sold Off More Oil Than Every Past President Combined?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-has-biden-sold-off-more-oil-every-past-president-combined-1754084 P
Full Fact→ Viral picture is not of cameras that can detect drivers on mobile phones
National Highways confirmed that the cameras pictured were to monitor all lane running smart motorways.
Logically→ The FBI raided Donald Trump’s home because he has been leading Biden in polls.
There is no evidence to support claims that law enforcement officials are motivated by partisan efforts to undermine the former president.
PolitiFact→ Kathy Hochul – Shootings in New York are down, but comparison to U.S. is flawed
New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.
Health Feedback→ Study by German researchers didn’t find significant safety concerns with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to claim by Alex Berenson
REVIEW The claim that German researchers found the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to cause more side effects in young children began circulating in October 2022. Journalist Alex Berenson made this claim in a Substack post and an Instagram post, while Will J
Poynter→ CDC committee’s vote did not make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for schoolchildren
A routine meeting of a group of vaccine experts who advise the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention became the target of a storm of misinformation after unfounded rumors […] The post CDC committee’s vote did not make COVID-19 vac
The Dispatch→ The Problem Is Us, Not Our Technologies
We were conquered by electronic media before we started carrying computers in our pockets.The post The Problem Is Us, Not Our Technologies appeared first on The Dispatch.
Snopes→ Does Pic Show Milky Way Galaxy Framed By Karnak Egyptian Temple?
If it looks too cool to be real, it probably is.
Health Feedback→ COVID-19 vaccine boosters reduce the risk of infection and hospitalization, they don’t increase the risk contrary to claims of vaccines “negative efficacy”
REVIEW Data from clinical trials and safety surveillance indicate that COVID-19 vaccines approved in the U.S. are safe and effective at preventing severe illness and death. Nevertheless, false and misleading claims downplaying the vaccines’ ef
Snopes→ Did US Confederates Flee to Brazil Where Descendants Still Celebrate Confederacy?
Americana was the name of one of their settlements.
Snopes→ Is Vinegar Safer Than Bleach for Preserving Carved Pumpkins?
A common piece of Halloween lore pertains to fears over carved pumpkins killing wildlife.
Snopes→ No Evidence Freud Made This Snark About the Irish
The quote is shared widely.
The Dispatch→ Saving Liberalism from Itself
A new book from Francis Fukuyama is a timely defense of liberalism.The post Saving Liberalism from Itself appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ A Simple Solution to Major League Baseball’s Problems
Good on MLB for at long last taking steps to address what ails it. But the treatments it has prescribed only address the symptoms.The post A Simple Solution to Major League Baseball’s Problems appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The Rise and Fall of the Lincoln Project
A review of Showtime's Lincoln Project documentary.The post The Rise and Fall of the Lincoln Project appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag with Rachael Larimore
How she likes working remotely, tips on being a boy mom, what beer she likes the best (and the worst), and more.The post The Dispatch Monthly Mailbag with Rachael Larimore appeared first on The Dispatch.
Snopes→ Photo Shows Dog Peeing on Sign for Biden, Not Trump
Here's how we figured out that this popular picture had been doctored.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Government Did NOT Patent Luciferase ‘Mark’ To Serve As COVID Vaccine Tracker
Did the U.S. government file a patent to use an enzyme called luciferase to track the vaccination status of individuals? No, that's not true: While the patent is authentic it was filed on September 16, 2019, predating the COVID-19 pandemi
Truth or Fiction?→ Arizona Alerts DOJ After Complaints About Right-Wing Ballot ‘Watchers’
As election deniers and conspiracy theorists appeared to set their sights on Arizona (among other states), both state and federal officials have been alerted regarding possible voter intimidation in Phoenix in October 2022. According to KNXV-TV reporte
Truth or Fiction?→ Lara Logan Rant Results in Newsmax Ban, Statement
Former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was banned from far-right American cable network Newsmax in October 2022 after a bizarre antisemitic rant on October 19 2022 — the latest in a long string of appearances featuring escalating, fully conspi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Treasury Official Did NOT Voluntarily Surrender To JAG Investigators
Did Shannon Corless, assistant secretary for intelligence and analysis for the Department of the Treasury, voluntarily surrender to "Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) investigators" for committing a crime? No, that's not true: A Pentag
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Sophia Stewart Did NOT Win $2.5 Billion Lawsuit Over Ideas For Terminator, Matrix Movies
Did Sophia Stewart win a $2.5 billion lawsuit against Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox and other Hollywood filmmakers for stealing ideas from her manuscripts to make "The Terminator" and "The Matrix" movies? No, that's not true: Stewar
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Claims Misrepresent Boston U. Study of What Causes Severity of COVID-19 Strains
SciCheck Digest To study the role of the spike protein in the severity of COVID-19 illnesses, researchers exposed 10 mice prone to develop severe disease to a hybrid version of the virus. Eight mice died. Social media posts say researchers created a da