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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Microsoft Is Investigating Claim Of Smoking Xbox Series X, But Company Doubts It Is Real
Is Microsoft investigating the claim made by some Xbox Series X owners that the console is emitting smoke from the top vent? Yes, it's true: the company is looking into the claim, even though its engineering teams haven't encountered smo
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report That George Soros Owns Parler
Did Fox News confirm that philanthropist George Soros owns the social media platform Parler? No, that's not true: This is a doctored chyron that Fox News never aired. The claim appeared in a Tweet (archived here) published on November 11,
FactCheck.org→ Pennsylvania Postal Worker Waffles on Election Fraud Claim
Quick Take A postal worker in Erie, Pennsylvania, claimed that his superiors were backdating postmarks on ballots, then told federal investigators that he didn’t actually know that — and then went back to his original position. Despite the
AFP Fact Check→ Trump spreads false claim of Pennsylvania vote switching
US President Donald Trump tweeted a claim that 221,000 votes were switched from him to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, and that others were changed or deleted elsewhere. This is false; Pennsylvania’s Department of State
FactCheck.org→ Faulty Claim About ‘Biden-Only’ Ballots in Georgia
Quick Take Campaign officials for President Donald Trump and supporters have promoted the faulty claim that Joe Biden received nearly 100,000 votes in Georgia through ballots that only included selections for president, suggesting it’s “
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wisconsin County Did NOT Transfer Votes From Trump To Biden, An AP Data Feed Made An Error
Did a glitch in the Rock County, Wisconsin, vote-counting system swap Donald Trump's votes for Joe Biden's, giving Biden the lead and ultimately the win in that county? No, that's not true: The Associated Press erred in collection and tra
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Dominion Voting Systems Did NOT Delete 2.7 Million Trump Votes
Does data analysis show that an election software supplier deleted 2.7 million Trump votes and switched 435,000 votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden? No, that's not true. The states using Dominion Voting Systems software have reported tha
The Dispatch→ Is That ‘Definitely Trump’ Posing as an Anonymous Poll Worker in a Laura Ingraham Interview?
A viral social media post showing Fox News host Laura Ingraham interviewing someone who is said to be an anonymous Nevada poll worker is overlaid with text that reads: “this is definitely Trump.”The video, which has been altered and meant t
The Dispatch→ Did Edison Research Find That Dominion Deleted Trump Votes or Switched Votes to Biden?
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Truth or Fiction?→ Did ICE’s Twitter Account Disappear?
Eagle-eyed Twitter users noted on November 12 2020 that the Twitter account for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (also known as ICE) had abruptly disappeared. While a cached version of the @ICEGov account is still available online, going to th
Truth or Fiction?→ Joe Biden ‘Letter to Staff’ on Family Obligations
On November 7 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election; and on that day, Twitter user Dan Barker (@danbarker) shared a purported memo to Biden’s staff from 2014 concerning their “famil
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Debunking the Hammer and Scorecard Conspiracy Theory
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Health Feedback→ Claim that high PCR test sensitivity inflates COVID-19 cases wrongly conflates the issue of contagiousness with the presence of infection
REVIEW An article published by Just the News on 8 November 2020 claims that “many patients may have been receiving false-positive test results” and that “the numbers of COVID-19 cases reported by public health authorities and major COVID track
AllSides→ Trump Baselessly Alleges COVID-19 Vaccine Announcement Was Delayed
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Truth or Fiction?→ Trump Defeat Denialists Use Facebook to Promote ‘MAGA Marches’
Events and groups denying the defeat of outgoing United States President Donald Trump continue to fester on Facebook in November 2020 — despite the platform taking action following a report by activist group Avaaz. We discovered at least one gro
Health Feedback→ Wearing face masks helps reduce the spread of COVID-19, but it only confers partial protection and should be combined with additional public health measures
REVIEW An article published by The Federalist on 29 October 2020 claims that face masks are ineffective at reducing the spread of COVID-19. In support of its claim, the article cites several scientific studies and shows 12 graphs comparing COVID-19
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Votes For Donald Trump In The Trash In Oklahoma
Does a video show votes for President Donald Trump in the trash in Oklahoma? No, that's not true: The discarded ballots were spoiled ballots, according to the Oklahoma State Election Board. When a voter accidentally marks more than one ca
FactCheck.org→ Trump Baselessly Alleges COVID-19 Vaccine Announcement Was Delayed
In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump claimed — without evidence — that the pharma company Pfizer and his own Food and Drug Administration purposely held off on releasing positive interim results about a COVID-19 vaccine candidate u
The Dispatch→ Is Dick Cheney Advising President-Elect Biden?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Judicial Watch Did NOT Publish Bogus Quantum Blockchain System Recount of Votes Story
Did Judicial Watch publish a story titled "Quantum Blockchain System Recount of Votes" that claimed with no evidence elite National Guard units were recounting votes in several states? No, that's not true: there is no trace of the article
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 10,000 Dead People Did NOT Vote In The Presidential Election In Michigan, Officials Say
Did 10,000 dead people vote in Michigan in the November 3, 2020, presidential election? No, that's not true: Election officials in Michigan call it a baseless claim and say it is impossible for dead people to vote in their state. The clai
FactCheck.org→ Falsehood Tells of Withdrawn Pennsylvania Projection
Quick Take Viral social media posts claim that the website RealClearPolitics rescinded a projection that Joe Biden had won Pennsylvania. But the website never called the state in the first place; many other media outlets have made that call. Full Stor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Johnny Depp Did NOT Say Warner Bros. Would Bring Him ‘Back In’ After Studio Forced Him Out Of ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Movie
Did Johnny Depp say Warner Bros. would bring him "back in" if the fans asked for it after the studio forced him out of the "Fantastic Beasts" movie? No, that's not true. A viral meme shows a Tweet from Depp stating that the movie studio c
Truth or Fiction?→ Has RealClearPolitics ‘Rescinded’ Pennsylvania and ‘Uncalled’ the Race?
After the 2020 election was “called” with former United States Vice President Joe Biden as victor, a rumor circulated that a website called RealClearPolitics had “rescinded” Pennsylvania, effectively undoing Biden’s win:
The Dispatch→ Did the Washington Times Run a ‘President Gore’ Cover the Day After the 2000 Election?
On Sunday, shortly after it was announced that Joe Biden defeated President Trump in the 2020 election, Tim Murtaugh, communications director for Trump’s re-election campaign, tweeted a photo of what appears to be the front page of the Washington
The Dispatch→ Did RealClearPolitics Rescind a Projection That Biden Won Pennsylvania?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: RealClearPolitics Did NOT Rescind Call For Biden Winning Pennsylvania
Did Joe Biden lose his status as president-elect after RealClearPolitics rescinded its call of Pennsylvania for Joe Biden? No, that's not true. RealClearPolitics Co-founder and President Tom Bevan tweeted it was false news. A search of we
Health Feedback→ A rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths starting in September 2020 contradicts the claim by Michael Yeadon that “the pandemic is fundamentally over in the U.K.”
REVIEW This video by talkRADIO, a national talk radio station in the U.K., was uploaded to YouTube on 5 November 2020 and went viral on Facebook, receiving more than 93,000 views. The video features a conversation between talk show host Julia Hartle
The Dispatch→ Does Operation Warp Speed Deserve Credit for Pfizer’s Success in Developing a COVID Vaccine?
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Heroic Firefighter Is NOT ‘Sebastian Gates’ And He Did NOT Die After Saving This Child
Did "firefighter Sebastian Gates" die of carbon monoxide poisoning after rescuing a young girl from a fire? No, that's not true: This meme has been circulating since 2013 and contains a mixture of several different stories. The story is s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 132,000 ‘Likely Ineligible’ Ballots Have NOT Been Identified in Fulton County, Georgia
Have 132,000 ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, been identified as likely ineligible? No, that's not true: Officials in that county characterized the claim as "false and baseless." The claim appeared in an article (archived here) publishe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Social Media Site Parler Has NOT Been Sold, Two Co-owners Say
Has social media site Parler been sold? No, that's not true: Co-owner Dan Bongino said on his verified Twitter account that rumors of the sale are false, and another co-owner is reported to have said the same in a Parler post. The claim a
Truth or Fiction?→ Are Brazilian Troops Considering ‘Military Intervention’ on Trump’s Behalf?
A right-wing group based out of San Diego State University in California stoked more conspiracy theories around the 2020 U.S. presidential elections on Twitter, claiming that troops and operatives from other governments may get involved on behalf of i
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Biden Administration: Report’
On November 9 2020, Daily Wire appeared to publish (and then delete) an article headlined, “Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Biden Administration: Report”: Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Bide
FactCheck.org→ Image of Newspaper Doctored to Show ‘President Gore’ Headline
Quick Take President Donald Trump’s campaign pushed an altered image of a Washington Times front page to cast doubt on the 2020 election calls made by news outlets. The newspaper never ran the purported front page, declaring Al Gore the winner of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Does NOT Show Over 14,000 Dead People Voted In Wayne County, Michigan
Does a list show over 14,000 dead people voted in the 2020 presidential election in Wayne County, Michigan? No, that's not true. A video on Facebook claims there is a list showing over 14,000 dead people that either voted or registered to
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Benford’s Law Prove Election Fraud in Biden Votes?
After the 2020 election was called for former Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, “Benford’s Law” — a mathematical principle applied occasionally to the count of votes in any given election — became a hot topic on soci
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hunter Biden Was NOT arrested for possession of Child Porn
Was Hunter Biden arrested for possession of child porn? No, that's not true: The claim provides none of the public documents that accompany an arrest and was made in a story from a fake news website published in Canada. The story originat
AFP Fact Check→ Trump campaign spreads doctored image to cast doubt on election reporting
The day after the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden, the communications director for Donald Trump’s campaign tweeted a photo of a newspaper front page announcing Al Gore’s victory 20 years earlier to highlight an alleged mistake b