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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Take Down Donald Trump’s Border Wall
Has President Joe Biden taken down the southern border wall that former President Donald Trump built? No, that's not true: On Biden's first day in office, January 20, 2021, he ordered a "pause in construction and obligation of funds" rela
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Misuse VAERS Data to Make False Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines
SciCheck Digest Social media posts repeatedly misuse unverified data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System to falsely claim that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous, and even lethal. But the government database is not designed to determine if vac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Georgia Voting Law Does NOT Include A Non-Water Loophole Allowing People To Give Tea, Soda Pop, Milk To Voters Standing In Line
Does Georgia's new voting law allow people to hand out drinks to voters waiting in line, so long as the drink isn't water? No, that's not true: The text of the law says "food and drink," which would include beverages like iced tea, chocol
Snopes→ Italy Orders 2 Russian Embassy Officials Expelled for Spying
Police arrested an Italian Navy captain on spying charges after they caught the officer allegedly giving classified documents to one of the Russians in exchange for money.
The Dispatch→ The Paradox That Fuels Our Divided Politics
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Homeless Shelter In San Diego Is NOT Being Closed to US Citizens To Make Room For Asylum Seekers
Are U.S. citizens in San Diego being displaced from a homeless shelter because asylum seekers are being moved in? No, that's not true: Although the post does not specify the San Diego Convention Center, that was the city's temporary shelt
Truth or Fiction?→ Comedian Reveals Himself as Creator of Viral ‘Darla From Amazon’ Twitter Account
A Chicago comedian revealed on March 30 2021 that he was the creator of at least one Twitter account that had users wondering whether it was a real “ambassador” for Amazon, as the tech megacorporation faced both a unionization vote and more
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Minimum Wage Would Be $44 [in 2021] If It Grew at the Same Pace as Wall Street Bonuses’
On March 29 and 30 2021, social media posts claiming the minimum wage would be $44 in 2021 if it had risen at the same rate as “Wall Street bonuses” were enormously, virally popular on Twitter and Imgur: Had the minimum wage increased at
The Dispatch→ The Sweep: The Eyes of Texas Are Upon the 6th District
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The Dispatch→ Did the Nevada Attorney General Admit to ‘Changing Signature Verifications’?
Months into Joe Biden’s presidency, viral allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election continue to spread on social media. A widely shared Facebook post, for example, is claiming that Nevada’s attorney general admitted to “changing
The Dispatch→ Did the Nevada Attorney General Admit to ‘Changing Signature Verifications’?
Months into Joe Biden’s presidency, viral allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election continue to spread on social media. A widely shared Facebook post, for example, is claiming that Nevada’s attorney general admitted to “changing
Full Fact→ Government asylum claims based on unpublished data
“No, our system is broken on asylum and it’s broken for a range of reasons. Sixty percent of people that have come to the country illegally are within that system.” Priti Patel, 24 March 2020 Last week, Home Secretary Pr
The Dispatch→ Uphill: Freshman Vibe Check
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The Dispatch→ Can an Anti-Trump Republican Win a Special Election in Texas?
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The Dispatch→ The EU Is Missing a Chance to Address Its Problems With Turkey
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence LAPD Pilots Are The Voices Caught Saying To Dump Gas On Protesters And Light It On Fire
Were Los Angeles Police Department pilots caught talking about dumping gas and lighting it on fire on protesters and homeless people? No, there's no evidence the people speaking in a recording posted on social media were staff of the Los
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New York And Delaware Do NOT Prohibit Giving Food And Water To Voters In Line
Do New York and Delaware prohibit giving food and water to voters in line? No, that's not true: In New York it is not illegal to provide refreshment to voters, as long as the value of the refreshment is less than $1, and the person or ent
The Dispatch→ The Curious Case of Roxanne Torres
On today’s podcast, our hosts discuss the Supreme Court’s March 25 ruling in Torres v. Madrid, a Fourth Amendment case involving a failed attempt by police officers to restrain suspect Roxanne Torres using physical force. “She
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking President Biden’s Claims on Immigration
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The Dispatch→ Fact Checking President Biden’s Claims on Immigration
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The Dispatch→ The Passing of A Diplomatic Legend and a Master of Grand Strategy
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The Dispatch→ ‘They Aren’t Who You Think They Are’
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The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff From the First Full Week of Spring
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The Dispatch→ American Psycho at 30
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: New ‘X22 Report’ Video Does NOT Offer Evidence That Proves Claims About Mass Shootings, Election Fraud, Suez Ship
Does a new "X22 Report" video contain only factual and proven statements? No, that's not true: The video recycles familiar conspiracy theories, including disproven claims about a mass shooting and voter fraud in the 2020 election. It repe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Speaker Pelosi Uses Air Force Jets For Flights Home
Does Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi use an Air Force jet every Friday to fly "home from Washington D.C. to San Francisco, and then back to DC on Mondays"? No, there's no evidence that's true: When Pelosi began her current tenure as spe
FactCheck.org→ Pfizer CEO Got Vaccinated, Contrary to Claim in Video
SciCheck Digest A video making the false claim that the Pfizer CEO “refuses” to get a COVID-19 vaccine has been circulating on Facebook. But the pharmaceutical company’s chief executive has said that he’s gotten his first shot.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘It’s Now Illegal to Offer Someone Water in a Voting Line in Georgia’
On March 26 2021, Imgur user ZUXUX shared a screenshot of a tweet by journalist Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller), claiming it was “now illegal to offer someone water in a voting line in Georgia”: Good morning. It’s now illegal to offer someone
Truth or Fiction?→ Facebook’s Zuckerberg Falsely Tells Lawmakers ‘We Don’t Allow’ Disinformation in Ads
Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg misrepresented his company’s disinformation policy on advertising while testifying to federal lawmakers on March 25 2021. Zuckerberg made the false claim — which flies in the face of his comp
Full Fact→ Covid-19: Behind the death toll
We see the scale of this pandemic in another way if we look at the death toll alongside how many years of life are being lost—including among people who don’t die. Readers have been asking us different versions of the same question for man
AFP Fact Check→ This photo was taken at a rally in Bulgaria in 2013
An image of a tearful woman gazing into the eyes of a police officer in riot gear has been shared in multiple Facebook posts which claim the picture was taken in the Netherlands in March 2021 amid protests against coronavirus lockdown restrictions. The
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Behind Claims Tying Hillary Clinton, Human Trafficking And Cargo Ship Stuck In Suez Canal
Is a ship that blocked traffic in the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021, used for human and sex trafficking? Is there a connection between the ship and Hillary Clinton? No, that's not true: There's no publicly available evidence the container
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s First Press Conference
In his first press conference since being inaugurated 64 days ago, President Joe Biden got some facts wrong: Biden claimed that former President Donald Trump “eliminated” over $700 million in aid that Biden helped get for Central American countrie
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Nose Only Mask for Eating’ Purportedly Developed by Mexican Researchers
On March 25 2021 a Rumble.com post went viral, titled “ABSURD: Researchers Design New Mask to Wear While EATING.” What followed was not a news item, nor a video. After a lengthy advertisement played, the “content” of the post wa
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Abe Lincoln Statue Vandalized with Poop, Paint; Arrested Suspect is a Black Lives Matter Leader’
On March 24 2021, the disinformation-friendly Daily Wire published an item with the headline, “Abe Lincoln Statue Vandalized With Poop, Paint; Arrested Suspect Is A Black Lives Matter Leader.” It began: A Black Lives Matter activist in Boi
Snopes→ Biden Says It’s His ‘Expectation’ to Run Again
Biden is 78 and already the oldest president to hold office. He would be 82 at the start of a second term.
Full Fact→ Police have recommended the Hollie Guard app
Posts on social media have shared an image of a police flyer which encourages use of a personal security app called Hollie Guard. It is correct that police forces have been recommending the app. The flyer has the South Yorkshire Police logo at the top
The Dispatch→ Has the Biden Administration Issued a ‘Gag Order’ on Border Guards?
Viral Facebook posts claim that the Biden administration has issued a “gag order” to prevent the U.S. Customs and Border Protection from giving interviews unless they are arranged through the White House. a.image2.image-link.image
The Dispatch→ Has the Biden Administration Issued a ‘Gag Order’ on Border Guards?
Viral Facebook posts claim that the Biden administration has issued a “gag order” to prevent the U.S. Customs and Border Protection from giving interviews unless they are arranged through the White House. a.image2.image-link.image