Fact Checking Claims About Pennsylvania Voting DeadlinesA viral Instagram post, sharing a screenshot of a tweet, claims: “This just in: Pennsylvania Judge allows ballots to count that are received up until November 14. This is unconstitutional.” This is a false claim. The deadline for Pennsylvania ballots… Nov 16 22November 16, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Is Billionaire Bill Gates on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors?A viral Instagram post suggests that billionaire Bill Gates is on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. Maricopa County is governed by five elected district supervisors. According to the official Maricopa County website, the board of supervisors:… Nov 15 22November 15, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Checking Claims That ‘It Should Take One Day’ to Count BallotsA viral tweet from Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar claims,“It shouldn’t take days or weeks to count all legal votes in an election. It should take one day, and one day is all it took until very recently.” Gosar’s claim is false. Douglas Jones, a… Nov 10 22November 10, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Did a Phoenix TV Station Air Results From the State’s Gubernatorial Election?Viral social media posts are claiming that Fox 10 Phoenix aired election results of the Arizona gubernatorial race prior to the election, showing Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs winning in favor of her Republican opponent, Kari Lake. An Instagram… Nov 03 22November 03, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Do Booster Shots Increase a Person’s Likelihood of Getting COVID?There is no evidence to support such claims. An article from The Defender claims that getting more COVID boosters increases a person’s likelihood of getting COVID. The article is written by Dr. Joseph Mercola, a frequent purveyor of vaccine… Nov 02 22November 02, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Checking Tucker Carlson’s Claims About Vaccines and School AttendanceIn a segment of his Fox News show on October 18, Tucker Carlson claimed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to… Nov 02 22November 02, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Did Pelosi Reject Trump’s Request for National Guard Troops on January 6?A viral Instagram post from Donald Trump Jr. claims that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused Donald Trump’s “request for a national guard presence” during the January 6 Capitol insurrection. This isn’t the first time this particular claim has gone… Oct 25 22October 25, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Did Sen. Mark Kelly Say Katie Hobbs Should ‘Run a Better Campaign’?An NBC News interview segment featuring Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly speaking about his decision not to campaign with Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, his party’s gubernatorial nominee, is going viral on Twitter. The original tweet was posted… Oct 20 22October 20, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Checking Claims That Republicans Want to ‘Abandon Ukraine’A tweet from the Lincoln Project claims that “Republicans want America to abandon Ukraine.” Republicans want America to abandon Ukraine, a sovereign nation invaded by a tyrannical dictator. They’d rather we support a man who’s killed thousands and… Oct 18 22October 18, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Checking Claims About Ivermectin From Rep. Paul GosarA viral tweet from Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar, a frequent purveyor of misinformation, claims that: “Ivermectin worked as a therapeutic treatment for Covid.” Ivermectin WORKED as a therapeutic treatment for Covid. Anthony Fauci lied about that fact… Oct 05 22October 05, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Did Pope Francis Swat Away Trump’s Hand When They Met?A viral Facebook video appears to show Pope Francis swatting away Donald Trump’s hand, as Trump attempts to touch the pope’s finger. The viral video has a CNN logo in the bottom corner, making it seem like the footage is from the network. Sydney… Sep 30 22September 30, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Oath Keepers Face Trial This Week for Seditious Conspiracy in January 6 PlotOath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes and four co-defendants will become the first Americans in a decade tried for seditious conspiracy when their trial begins Tuesday. All were charged days after the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Federal prosecutors… Sep 26 22September 26, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Nancy Pelosi Not Resigning From CongressA viral Facebook video featuring clips of Donald Trump speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference and footage of Fox News host Tucker Carlson is accompanied by a caption that reads, “Nancy Pelosi set to resign from Congress as Trump… Sep 22 22September 22, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Checking Claims About COVID Vaccines for Kids in the U.K.There is no credible evidence to support a claim about concerns over developmental side effects. A viral tweet from Dr. Simone Gold, which has been shared more than 17,000 times and liked more than 45,000 times, claims that “children in the UK aged… Sep 20 22September 20, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: NIH Not Recommending Ivermectin for COVIDA viral tweet, which has been shared more than 17,000 times, claims that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is recommending ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19. “Suddenly Ivermectin shows up on the NIH website for treating Covid,” the tweet… Sep 06 22September 06, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Did 44 Percent of Pregnant Women in a COVID Vaccine Trial Miscarry?An article from the Florida Standard falsely claims that 44 percent of pregnant women who took part in Pfizer’s COVID vaccine trial miscarried. The claim, the article notes, comes from a now-deleted blog post from the Daily Clout, a website run by… Sep 02 22September 02, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Checking a Viral Photo of Dr. Mehmet OzA viral image purports to show Trump-endorsed Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz, standing next to a person holding an Oz campaign sign flipped sideways. It appears as though the person in the image is holding a sign that says “no,” instead of “Oz.” The… Aug 31 22August 31, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Is the CDC Advocating for a Hybrid ‘CovidPox’ Vaccine?An article from Real Raw News, a self-described “independent publisher” that “explores content often avoided by the mainstream media,” claims: “CDC Pushes for Hybrid ‘CovidPox’ Vaccine.” The article claims that the Centers for Disease Control and… Aug 30 22August 30, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Checking Tucker Carlson’s Claim That the CIA Seized Records From Mar-a-LagoIn a segment of his Fox News show Monday in which he discussed a “weaponized” Department of Justice, Tucker Carlson spoke about how the “DOJ is purging every figure in Trump’s orbit.” At one point in the segment, Carlson claimed that the “CIA seized… Aug 17 22August 17, 2022Article at The Dispatch
Fact Check: Barack Obama Did Not Keep Millions of Classified DocumentsIn an attempt to defend himself against reports that he has classified documents in his Florida residence, Donald Trump in a statement on Friday (since deleted from his website) said Barack Obama “kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them… Aug 15 22August 15, 2022Article at The Dispatch
