A post suggesting the team spelt out a message in reference to hostages held following the Hamas-led assault on Israel last October has been shared online.
Full Fact→ Incorrect name for Southport stabbings suspect circulates online
Merseyside Police have not identified the suspect, but say a name being shared on social media is not correct.
Full Fact→ Video of gathering of Christians in Paris filmed well before Olympics
A clip is being shared on social media with false claims it shows Christians filling the streets of Paris in response to a scene from the Olympics opening ceremony.
Full Fact→ Incorrect claims about Muslims in England recirculating on Facebook
Many of these claims are either wrong or unevidenced, but the viral claims have been shared since 2017.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – GOP charge that Kamala Harris backed taxpayer-funded health care for immigrants overlooks key detail
Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.”
Internet Archive→ Campaign 2024 Sen. JD Vance Campaigns in Henderson, NV : CSPAN : July 31, 2024 11:45am-12:18pm EDT
Change was needed in the White House to tackle issues of border security, immigration, and inflation, 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio) told a crowd of supporters at a rally in Henderson, Nevada....This item belongs
The Dispatch→ Kamala Harris Energizes Weary Democrats
Plus: The vice president’s campaign subtly shifts messaging on Donald Trump.
PolitiFact→ JB Pritzker – Pritzker repeats a baseless claim about J.D. Vance and couches. That’s Pants on Fire!
Sen. J.D. Vance is “known for his obsession with couches.”
Full Fact→ ‘Irregular migration’ isn’t a new term
Posts on social media claim Labour has “renamed” or “redefined” illegal migration as “irregular migration”. But that term was also used by the previous government.
Full Fact→ Study does not show that the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine causes cancer
An online post claims that a study has shown that the Pfizer vaccine causes cancer. That’s not the case.
Full Fact→ ‘French government’ has not called for 90% income tax
A claim being shared online says that the new French government has proposed a 90% tax rate on income over €400,000 —but there is currently no ‘French government’ as such, following recent elections.
AllSides→ Netflix Chairman, Not the Company, Reportedly Donated to Super PAC Supporting Harris
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/07/netflix-chairman-not-the-company-reportedly-donated-to-super-pac-supporting-harris/
PolitiFact→ Live: Fact-checking Donald Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists convention
PolitiFact is live fact-checking former President Donald Trump's Q&A session today at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair in Chicago. Follow along here.
The Dispatch→ Harris Out on the Trail Ahead of VP Pick
Plus: Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro claims a dubious electoral victory.
Full Fact→ No, the total percentage of votes in the Venezuelan election did not add up to 109%
The 4.6% figure in a graphic being shared referred to the combined total for several candidates, not that they had each got 4.6% vote share.
The Dispatch→ Reagan on Vacation
Goldberg goes gator.
The Dispatch→ Did Joe Biden Forget About Judicial Independence?
The president's SCOTUS reform proposal puts activist demands over constitutional norms.
The Dispatch→ Trump, Vance, and the Greenland Effect
With his VP pick, Trump doubled down on himself.
The Dispatch→ Debanking Is Just a Tax on Dissent
Progressives are setting a dangerous precedent.
The Dispatch→ Video: Interns Take the Stage
Watch the video of our livestreamed discussion.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Beach ‘Photo’ Of Kamala Harris With Epstein NOT Authentic
Did an authentic photo show Vice President Kamala Harris with Jeffrey Epstein, embracing at the beach? No, that's not true: Lead Stories ran the image through AI detection tool True Media, which found "substantial evidence" the image was
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Labeled ‘Demonic Monster’ Does NOT Show 17-Year-Old Suspected Southport Stabbing Perpetrator — It Predates Attack By Almost Year
Does a viral image show a suspect in the U.K. stabbing that left three little girls dead in July 2024? No, that's not true: Posts on social media recycled an unrelated image from 2023. The police did not disclose the identity of the perso
The Dispatch→ Video: Our Interns Take the Stage
Watch the video of our livestreamed discussion.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 2024 Post-Election Protests In Venezuela — It’s Seven Years Earlier
Does a viral video portray the 2024 mass protests in Venezuela in response to the contested results of this year's presidential election? No, that's not true: The footage has been online since 2017. It showed a different rally in the coun
Internet Archive→ Anderson Cooper 360 : CNNW : July 30, 2024 5:00pm-6:00pm PDT
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Suspect In Southport Knife Attack In UK Was Immigrant
Was the suspect in the Southport, England, knife attack in July 2024 an immigrant? No, that's not true: The 17-year-old suspect was born in Cardiff, Wales, said Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy. Wales is part of the United
Internet Archive→ Erin Burnett OutFront : CNNW : July 30, 2024 4:00pm-5:00pm PDT
Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that's in-depth and informative..This item belongs to: movies/TV-CNNW.This item has files of the following types: Captions Align JSON, Closed Caption Text, Item Tile, JSON, MPEG1, Metadata, S
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, this video doesn’t show Christians praying after the Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Video shows “thousands of Christians in France gathered to pray after Olympics opening mocked Jesus Christ.”
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Project 2025 would not end gay marriage, but it calls heterosexual families 'ideal'
Project 2025 would end gay marriage.
The Dispatch→ Near-Death Experience
The Kamala Harris flip-flops begin.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Simpsons Scene Shows Woman Defeating Trump — Lisa Simpson Defeats ‘Kenny Hitler’ In Real Episode
Does a scene from an episode of "The Simpsons" show that Lisa Simpson would win an election against former President Donald Trump? No, that's not true: An image from an episode in which Trump did not appear was altered to substitute Trump
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say ‘Olympians Are Olympic’
Did Vice President Kamala Harris say, "Today we celebrate the Olympics. Because Olympians are Olympic, & they are at the Olympics being Olympian, so it's more important now than ever to support their Olympianism"? No, that's not true:
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that Netflix stock fell after it donated to Harris campaign is satire
“Netflix stock tumbles almost 40%” after the company donated to Kamala Harris’ campaign.
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Our Interns Take the Stage
Join us tonight at 7:30 ET for our weekly livestreamed conversation.
The Dispatch→ Debunking Claims About Short Sales of Trump Social Stock
A news article raising the possibility that investors knew about the plot against Donald Trump relied on incorrect data.
PolitiFact→ J.D. Vance – Kamala Harris has worked to expand the child tax credit, not end it, as J.D. Vance said
Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”
PolitiFact→ X posts – This video doesn’t show men stealing ballot boxes from Venezuelan voting sites, they’re AC units
Video shows “several masked men stormed a local voting station and stole the ballot boxes” in Venezuela’s 2024 election.
AllSides→ Harris, Trump lob Social Security and Medicare claims
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/30/harris-trump-medicare-social-security-fact-check/ In
Full Fact→ Amnesty International has not produced posters protesting Israel’s participation in Paris Olympics
The organisation told Full Fact the posters weren’t produced or published by Amnesty International.
Full Fact→ Is Labour right to claim the public finances are worse than expected?
The chancellor Rachel Reeves said public finances are facing a shortfall of £21.9 billion this year alone.