Did a Bon Jovi performance at a Biden campaign event in Dallas, Pennsylvania draw a mere 12 people? No, that's not true: There were far more than 12 people in attendence. The exact crowd size is hard to discern because people attended the
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Poynter→ How to consume information about ballot errors
Ballot and printing errors are nothing new. In 2018, some voters in Wisconsin received incorrect ballots. In 2016, the Spanish version of ballots in New York City had an error. In 2012, a printing error led to problems with nearly 30,000 absentee ballo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wind Turbines Do NOT Need Their Oil Changed Every 500 Hours, Some Can Go Years
Do wind turbines need the oil in their gearboxes changed every 500 hours? No, that's not true: Based on model types and in what geographical areas the turbines are located, oil change intervals can range from three to 10 years. The claim
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Snopes Did NOT Fact Check The Claim That There Are Leaked Pornographic Videos Of Hunter Biden
Did the fact-checking website Snopes rate as "Mostly False" the claim that pornographic videos of Hunter Biden have been leaked online? No, that's not true: Snopes never wrote that article. The screenshot that makes the claim that Snopes
Snopes→ Barrett Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice in Partisan Vote
Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Nancy Pelosi’s Son Abusing A Little Girl — And Is NOT from Purported Hunter Biden Laptop
Does a photo posted to social media show Nancy Pelosi's son abusing a little girl? And is the image one of those purported to have been on Hunter Biden's laptop? No, that's not true: The photo is not new. It was published last year as par
FactCheck.org→ Biden Hasn’t Suspended In-Person Campaigning
Quick Take A false claim on social media suggests former Vice President Joe Biden has stopped all in-person campaigning until the election. He has plans to visit several states before Nov. 3. Full Story Conservative websites and social media accounts
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Joe Biden Call Trump ‘George’ During a Live Video?
A tweet from an official for United States President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign highlighted a widespread disinformation campaign that hinged on attempting to manufacture a “gaffe” to pin on Democratic Party presidential nomi
Snopes→ Did Dem Voters Receive ‘Vote for Trump or Else’ Emails Linked to Overseas Servers?
The 2020 presidential election was rife with misinformation campaigns aimed at increasing voter distrust.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Malia Obama Credit Card Photo Is NOT New — There Is NO Proof It Was Found On Hunter Biden’s ‘Laptop’
Was a "new" photograph of Malia Obama's credit card with a white powdery substance in lines found on Hunter Biden's laptop? No, that's not true. A picture circulating showing a "Malia Obama" Visa card near lines of white powder has been o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Belgian Mayor Did NOT Refuse To Entertain Demands From Muslim Parents To Remove Pork From School Lunch Menu
Did a Mayor in Ath, Belgium (or Dorval, Quebec, Canada; the London, England, borough of Harrow; Maryborough, Victoria, Australia; the Perth suburb of Joondalup; or a number of cities in France) write a lengthy letter in response to Muslim
Snopes→ Did Biden ‘Admit’ to Voter Fraud?
Was the Democratic U.S. presidential nominee caught red-handed confessing to large-scale voter fraud less than two weeks before Election Day? Hardly.
Snopes→ Exclusive: Russian Echoes Abide in Still-Active ‘Pennsylvania for Trump’ Facebook Group From 2016
A likely Russian administrative account had been active in the swing state group since well before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and only disappeared in October 2020 after we contacted Facebook with questions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Suspend All In-Person Campaign Events
Did Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden suspend all in-person campaign events only eight days before election day, as multiple articles and President Trump are claiming? No, that's not true: Biden has announced plans to travel to Ge
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democrats Did NOT Try To Slip A Law Banning The Pledge Of Allegiance Into Aid Package
Did Democrats try to slip a law banning the Pledge of Allegiance into an aid package? No, that's not true: This story is a trolling fiction from a notorious satire website. The story originated in an article (archived here) published by B
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mail-In Ballots And Other Mail WERE Stolen From Locked Mailboxes, Dumped In A Park In Washington State — But Police Suggest Motive Was Financial, NOT Political
Is it true that mailboxes in Camas, Washington, were broken into and that mail including election ballots was taken and dumped at a local park, where the mail was then rained upon? Yes, this is true. Camas police confirmed the incident an
AllSides→ Did Kamala Harris’s Husband Say He’s ‘Married to the Next President of the United States’?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-kamala-harriss-husband-say-hes Viral tweets this week claimed t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That Hunter Biden Is Dead
Did Hunter Biden die of a crack overdose? No, that's not true: There is absolutely zero evidence to support the claim that the son of the Democratic presidential nominee is dead. Reporters closely watching the movements of his father Joe
Full Fact→ Teflon in masks does not pose a health risk, unless you get it extremely hot
A post on Facebook has claimed that disposable masks are sprayed with Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) - also known as Teflon - and that exposure to this can lead to symptoms including fever, chest tightness, shortness of breath, headache, cough, c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Breitbart Did NOT Report Daughter Of Sen. Coons And 7 Underaged Girls Were ‘Featured’ On Hunter Biden’s Laptop
Did Breitbart News report that the daughter of Delaware Democratic Senator Chris Coons and seven other underaged girls were "featured" on Hunter Biden's laptop? No, that's not true: The claim cannot be found anywhere on Breitbart.com and
FactCheck.org→ Photo of Man in Halloween Costume Isn’t Mark Kelly
Quick Take Social media posts, including one retweeted by Donald Trump Jr., falsely claim that a yearbook photo shows Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly dressed as Hitler for Halloween. Kelly’s campaign and several of his former classmates to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Twitter Warning NOT Just For Biden Retweets; New Policy Applies To All Retweeted Material
Did Twitter place a warning about retweeting solely on recent tweets about Joe Biden and fracking? No, that's not true: The new warnings are being added for all Twitter users, not just Biden critics. Twitter automatically warns when the u
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Contradict Himself By Saying He Was Raised In A ‘Black Church’ And A Lifelong Catholic When Referring To His Civil Rights Work
Did Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden say he was raised in a "Black Baptist Church," despite also saying he has been a "practicing" Catholic all his life? That claim is partially true, but it's missing context: Although Biden has
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hunter Biden Did NOT Admit To Doing Naked FaceTimes Nor Keeping Sexually Explicit Photos Of 14-Year-Old
Did Hunter Biden admit to doing naked video calls on FaceTime and keeping sexually explicit photos of a 14-year-old? No, that's not true. There is no record Hunter Biden has confirmed having done either of those things. The person making
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BLM Does NOT Want To Keep Black Men From Raising Their Children, Nor Does Biden
Does Black Lives Matter want to keep Black men from raising their children and has Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden endorsed the organization? No, there is no evidence to support either claim: A political ad attacking Biden relie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Say ‘Good’ After Joe Biden Said 525 Immigrant Kids Can’t Find Their Parents
Did President Trump say "Good" after Joe Biden said 525 immigrant kids can't find their parents because they were separated under Trump's orders? No, that's not true: President Trump said "Go ahead," which was a signal to presidential deb
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Coyotes’ Is NOT A Xenophobic Term For Parents Illegally Bringing Children Into The U.S.
When President Trump said some undocumented children were brought across the southern border into the U.S. by "coyotes" was he using a xenophobic term for the parents of those children? No, that's not true: Trump was using the border regi
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Misquote Trump on Immigrant Family Separations
Quick Take President Donald Trump didn’t say “‘GOOD’ about the kids being separated from the parents” at the southern border during the final presidential debate, as social media posts wrongly claim. He said “go ahea
FactCheck.org→ Trump Misleads on Ballots Again
In early October, about 2,100 voters in Los Angeles County accidentally received mail-in ballots that were missing the presidential race entirely. The county sent corrected ballots to them. But President Donald Trump appears to have twisted the episode
FactCheck.org→ Video: FactChecking the Final Debate
In this video, we review several false and misleading claims that President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden made at the final presidential debate on Oct. 22. Here are the claims that we cover in the video: Trump accused Biden of re
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Call Black Criminals ‘Super Predators.’
Did Joe Biden call young Black criminals "super predators"? No, that's not true: He used the term "predators" multiple times when giving speeches in support of the The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which he co-aut
FactCheck.org→ Posts Target Trump With False Claim on MAGA Hats
Quick Take Social media posts erroneously suggest that President Donald Trump’s campaign hats are made in China, while those for former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign are made in the U.S. The official hats sold by both campaigns are ma
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Use An iPad To Feed Him Answers During The Debate
Did Joe Biden use an iPad to feed him answers during the debate? No, that's not true. A video posted to social media claims to show an aide picking up an iPad from the podium where Biden stood during the debate with Donald Trump on Octobe
AllSides→ Biden Lies Again and Again
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-lies-again-and-again Joe Biden is a career liar and he lied
AllSides→ Toned-down Trump continues his onslaught of falsehoods
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/22/politics/fact-check-final-presidential-election-debate/index.html Donald
AllSides→ FactChecking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/factchecking-the-final-2020-presidential-debate/ President Donald Tru
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate
Summary President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in the final presidential debate of the campaign. We found: Trump accused Biden of receiving “$3.5 million from Russia.” There’s no evidence of that. Biden said there
AFP Fact Check→ The final 2020 presidential debate
President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden sparred over the coronavirus response, US policy on China, and race in America in their second and final debate of the 2020 election.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump, Congress DID End Tax Penalty For Non-Insured, But $10,000 Penalty NOT Likely
Did someone who couldn't afford health care under Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act get penalized $10,000, which was then used to pay for others' free health care? And is it true that Trump "ended that theft?" This is a mixture of false
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Trump Campaign Send Armed Men to a Polling Location in Florida?
A pair of armed security guards’ appearance near a voting location in St. Petersburg, Florida drew concern from observers both on the scene and online, as the story mushroomed on social media into a sign of something more sinister. According to