President Donald Trump misleadingly said early in the morning after Election Day that ballot counting in states where he was leading had been “called off,” baselessly suggesting there was something suspicious happening. Similar complaints w
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AFP Fact Check→ Donald Trump’s premature declaration of victory
In an early morning address from the White House, after polls had closed but while ballots were still being counted in battleground states, US President Donald Trump falsely declared that he had won re-election.
Snopes→ Biden Wins Wisconsin, Presidency Still Hangs in Balance
Neither candidate has cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, though.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Report 101% Voter Turnout
Were more ballots cast in Wisconsin than the number of registered voters in the state? No, that's not true: There were 3,684,726 "active registered voters" as of November 1, 2020, and there have been 3,297,199 ballots counted as of this w
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Falsehood-Filled Speech on the Election
Before all of the votes in the 2020 election were counted, President Donald Trump wrongly claimed victory, calling for “all voting to stop” and claiming continuing to count legally cast votes would “disenfranchise” the people wh
Snopes→ Did Biden Liken Playing Ball with Black Athletes to ‘The Green Mile’?
The film "The Green Mile" highlights the disparity between the sentencing and treatment of white and Black penitentiary inmates during the Great Depression.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: What ‘DKIM’ Verification Of Hunter Biden Email Proves — And What It Doesn’t
Does the DomainKeys Identified Mail signature within metadata of the New York Post's "smoking gun" Hunter Biden email prove the correspondence is "unquestionably authentic"? That's a stretch: DKIM can validate who sent an email and what t
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Is NO Election Night Coup D’état Plot Coordinated By Sunrise Movement, BLM, Dems
Are the Sunrise Movement, Black Lives Matter, other left-leaning organizations and the Democratic Party caught on tape coordinating a coup if President Trump wins re-election, including the takeover of government buildings like the White
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Accused Pedophile Was NOT Shot Dead After Raping A Girl In Britain
Was an accused pedophile shot dead in Britain the same day after raping a little girl? No, that's not true. A British man wanted in connection with an attack on a teenage girl has been arrested and is not the man who was shot in a posted
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misinterpret Video of North Carolina Voter Rally
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that a video shows get-out-the-vote marchers in North Carolina were pepper-sprayed by police because they were “blocking polls & intimidating voters.” The nearest voting place was a block away
AFP Fact Check→ ‘Quebec Halloween attacker’ video not authentic, police say
A video showing a mysterious white figure is circulating in social media posts that claim to show the man who killed two people and injured five others in a Canadian Halloween rampage. While the footage does show parts of the Old Quebec neighborhood wh
FactCheck.org→ The 2020 FactCheck Awards
Summary It’s Election Day, which our longtime readers know means it’s time for our just-for-fun awards. Here we recognize some of the campaign ads that made an impression on us — good, bad or otherwise — during the 2020 election
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The National Guard Is NOT Only Being Activated In ‘Blue Cities’ — It’s Happening In Red States, Too
Is the National Guard only being activated in "blue (D) cities" to prepare for possible violence during the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: Activations have been reported in both blue and red states, for a total of some 3
FactCheck.org→ Closing Arguments of the Presidential Campaign
After months of campaigning, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made their final pitches to voters at campaign rallies in key swing states and on TV airwaves. Here we fact-check claims the candidates made in rallies on
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: No Such Thing As The ‘Texas Day Of Purge’ Allowing ‘DemSocialist Anarchist’ To Be Chased Down And Legally Shot Under The Insurrection Act
If President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act after the election does it mean that "DemSocialist Anarchists" can be "chased down and legally shot" for the Texas Day of Purge"? No, that's not true: Shooting American citizens beause of th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Administration Did NOT Claim Songwriter Billie Eilish Is ‘Destroying Our Country’ In Leaked Documents
Did the Trump administration state that Billie Eilish, the acclaimed songwriter, is "destroying our country and everything we care about" in leaked documents? No, that is not true. Eilish was the one who said that Trump was ruining the na
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Covid-19 Pandemic Was NOT Planned By Bill Gates And 5G Does NOT Cause It
Was the COVID-19 pandemic pre-planned with help from billionaire Bill Gates and have the illnesses associated with it been spread by 5G technology? No, that's not true: The claims made in the "Covid-19 Genocide of 2020" video are a rehash
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to the Candidates’ Claims
Throughout the presidential campaign we have assessed the accuracy of the claims and assertions of President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Here are some of our articles that first appeared at important campaign junctures. Click
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: COVID Virus NOT Man-made And Vaccine NOT Forced On Unwilling
Is the U.S. pushing an under-tested, dangerous coronavirus vaccine on unwilling people as part of a depopulation agenda? And was the virus man-made and weaponized in U.S. and Chinese labs? No, these claims are untrue. There are no plans t
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Partisan Spin on Reopening States
As President Donald Trump tells it, state COVID-19 restrictions are a partisan ploy, with Democratic governors purposely keeping their stated closed, while Republican governors are opening. In campaign speeches in states with Democratic governors, he i
FactCheck.org→ False Claim About ‘Pre-Filled Out Ballots’ in Queens
Quick Take A false claim circulating on social media alleges that mail-in ballots already filled out with votes for Democrats, including Joe Biden, were sent to voters in a New York City borough. A spokesperson for the New York City Board of Elections
FactCheck.org→ Trump Spins ER Statistic to Claim U.S. Is in ‘Great Shape’ on COVID-19
At recent campaign rallies, President Donald Trump has made the misleading boast that the U.S. is in “great shape” because 97% of emergency room visits were for something other than COVID-19. But the number is not as impressive as it sounds
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut Remarks Do NOT Mean He ‘Will Take Away Your Social Security’
Did President Donald Trump signal that he will "take away your Social Security" with his remarks that he may make a payroll tax deferment permanent? No, that's not true: President Trump signed an order for the deferral of some payroll tax
The Dispatch→ Did Kayleigh McEnany Give Lesley Stahl a ‘Binder of Blank Pages’?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Toddler Lost Amid ‘Violent Riots’ In Philadelphia — Child Was Pulled From SUV During A Police Stop
Does a photograph show a police officer rescuing a toddler wandering alone amid "violent riots" in Philadelphia? No, that's not true: Officers pulled the barefoot child from the backseat of an SUV after smashing its windows and removing t
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s ‘Super V’ Recovery
President Donald Trump has been boasting for weeks of a “super V” economic recovery. But figures released today show an economy still far from fully recovered. The “super V” phrase is now a staple at his campaign rallies. On Oct
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Ban This ‘President Trump Campaign Ad’ — Which Isn’t Really A Trump Ad
Did Facebook ban this "President Trump campaign ad"? No, that's not true. It goes without saying that videos playing on a platform proclaiming they are banned by that platform have not been banned. Those behind such posts use them as a wa
FactCheck.org→ Revived Political Post Falsely Attributed, Again, to Clint Eastwood
Quick Take Facebook users falsely claim a post critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was written by actor Clint Eastwood. A nearly identical post aimed at former President Barack Obama — and also misattributed to Eastwood —
Truth or Fiction?→ As U.S. Election Looms, Agitprop Floods Social Media Platforms
In the days leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the disinformation that has been a hallmark of the Trump campaign, then administration, then campaign again reached new heights with political smears, Soviet-style weaponized conspiracy t
FactCheck.org→ Viral Posts Take Biden Quote on Voter Fraud Out of Context
Quick Take Social media posts shared by Eric Trump and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro take a quote by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden out of context to claim he “admits to voter fraud.” Biden was actually describing his efforts to
Truth or Fiction?→ Did the Trump Administration Claim Credit for ‘Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic’ in October 2020?
On October 27 2020, rumors appeared that the Trump administration credited themselves in a press release with “ending the COVID-19 pandemic” as a first-term achievement: WTF headline of the year? The White House science office listed &q
Snopes→ Are These Nazi/American Flags Real?
Neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups have a long history in the United States.
FactCheck.org→ In Pennsylvania Rallies, Trump Distorts Voting Issues
In the swing state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump repeatedly rattled off false and misleading claims about ballots and voting in arguing to his supporters “the only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.” On Oct. 26, Tru
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Over 220 Million Americans Have NOT Died From COVID-19 In The Last Several Months
Did over 220 million Americans die in the last several months from COVID-19? No, that's not true: That number is way too high. According to data provided by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Johns Hopkins University
Lead Stories→ Student’s Chart Explaining Wild Conspiracies Trolled To Spread More Conspiracies
Abbie Richards, a climate science student in the Netherlands, was looking with bewilderment at the state of her home country of the United States. So many conspiracy theories echoing, particularly ahead of the election. Struggling to wran
Truth or Fiction?→ “As Trump Attacks Lesley Stahl, Remember He Said: ‘I Do It to Discredit [and] Demean You All So … No One Will Believe You’”
In late October 2020, just after United States President Donald Trump abruptly walked out of an election with longtime broadcast journalist Lesley Stahl, an older statement of his appeared: As Trump attacks Lesley Stahl now, remember his comments to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CDC Data Do NOT ‘Reveal’ Hospitals Have Counted Heart Attacks as COVID-19 Deaths
Does Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data "reveal" that COVID-19 death totals have been exaggerated by hospitals counting heart attacks as COVID deaths? No, that's not true: Hospitals don't fill out death certificates, doctors
Full Fact→ A video claiming to be from 1956 did not predict Covid-19
We’ve been asked to look into a Facebook post which claims to show a film from 1956 which apparently predicts the Covid-19 pandemic. This video is not from 1956, nor was it made prior to the pandemic starting. It was first posted online in Februa
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