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.
Full Fact→ Video of protesters pulling down Israel flag not connected to Paris Olympics
Footage of a protest in which a pro-Palestinian demonstrator pulls down an Israeli flag outside a building is being shared with a misleading caption relating it to the Olympic Games.
Health Feedback→ Hashimoto’s disease is a thyroid disorder that can be treated by hormone replacement therapy, contrary to claim by influencer Gary Brecka
REVIEW In July 2024, health influencer Gary Brecka criticized the standard diagnosis and treatment of the autoimmune disorder Hashimoto’s disease. In a Facebook reel that generated more than 200,000 views at the time of writing, Brecka declared th
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Fact-checking Trump’s misleading statement that Kamala Harris ‘wants to defund the police’
Kamala Harris “wants to defund the police.”
The Dispatch→ Questions Surround Arrest of Key Sinaloa Cartel Leaders
‘This is an incredible win in the fight against cartels.’
The Dispatch→ Progressivism and Eugenics in the Court of Justice Holmes
‘All of my life I have sneered at the natural rights of man.’
The Dispatch→ Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order on Homelessness, Explained
The implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson are already being felt in California.
The Dispatch→ ‘The Girls Hate It, So They Love It’
Understanding the shift of young male voters from Democrats to MAGA.
The Dispatch→ Hezbollah Attack Threatens Full-Scale War With Israel
The conflict may be past the point of containment.
The Dispatch→ Don’t Repackage Court-Packing
Tinkering with the Supreme Court’s lifetime tenure is unconstitutional—and impractical.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Torchlight Gathering In France Was NOT Olympics-Related — Annual Feast of The Assumption In Lourdes
Does a video circulating on social media show thousands of Christians in France gathered to pray after the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony purportedly mocked Jesus? No, that's not true: The video shows people gathered in Rosary Squar
The Dispatch→ False Claims About Netflix Go Viral After Chairman’s Donation to a Harris-Aligned PAC
There’s no evidence to suggest the streaming service has lost 6 million subscribers, and its stock price is not down.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Power Outages In Paris Day After Olympics Opening Ceremony Were Small
Did massive power outages occur in Paris on July 27, 2024, the day after the Olympics opening ceremony? No, that's not true: The energy company responsible for the power outages said power was restored within 10 minutes and that 85,000 re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Is NOT Real Campaign Ad Using Kamala Harris’ Voice, It’s Deepfake
Is an online video a real campaign ad using Kamala Harris' voice? No, that's not true: The audio used in the deepfake video is AI-generated, and the video's creator labeled it as a parody from the very start when he posted it on his socia