Facebook Announces Official End Date For Fact-Checking Program
Meta will shutter fact-checking programs across Facebook, Instagram and threads on Monday, showing a major shift in the company’s content moderation strategy. The announcement follows a January pledge by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, which will retreat censorship and restore “free speech” on a meta-owned platform. In the future, Meta will adopt a system modeled after X’s […]
CNN Steps On A Rake After ‘Fact-Checking’ Trump’s ‘Transgender Mice’ Funding Claim
CNN issued an amendment after the network inaccurately claimed that President Donald Trump “misconfirmed” that the Biden administration had spent $8 million to make mice transgender. In a joint speech to Congress Tuesday, Trump cited several examples of “crissing waste,” including $8.2 million in a NIH-funded study on “gender-affirming” hormone-treated mice. CNN’s Deidre McPhillips was […]
FACT CHECK: Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim That Thousands Of Illegal Ballots Have Been Cast In Virginia
2024 Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump spoke during an Oct. 25 interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.” claimed Thousands of illegal votes were cast in Virginia. 🚨Praise Donald Trump @VAGovernor before claiming that thousands of illegal votes were cast in Virginia. Trump: “So we have a lawsuit.” [in Virginia] There […]
Fact-Checking Vance And Walz’s Exchange On Minnesota’s Abortion Law
At the vice presidential debate on October 1, Republican vice presidential candidate and Ohio senator J.D. Vance sparred with Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota governor Tim Walz. That’s all Minnesota Abortion Law. Vance: “I read the Minnesota law that you signed into law that says a doctor who presides over an abortion in which […]
FACT CHECK: Fact-Checking Walz’s Claim That Reagan Was The Last Union Member On A National Ticket
2024 Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during a campaign event in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on September 21st. claimed President Ronald Reagan was “the last union member to get a national ticket.” Verdict: False Former President Donald Trump was a member of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) […]
FACT CHECK: Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Claim That Kamala Harris Wants To Bring Back The Military Draft
Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 13. Claimed Vice President Kamala Harris, a 2024 Democratic candidate, wants to reinstate military conscription. Verdict: False Harris' 2024 campaign website does not include any language suggesting she would like to reinstate the draft, and […]
Fact-Checking The First Debate Between Donald Trump And Kamala Harris
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris Met The debate covered topics including foreign policy, economic policy and abortion at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here is a fact check of some of their claims. “But what Donald Trump did with COVID, let's talk about this, he actually thanked President Xi […]
‘Disgraceful’: ABC News Roasted For Repeatedly Fact-Checking Trump While Letting Kamala Slide
Viewers called out ABC News debate hosts Lindsey Davis and David Muir on Tuesday for showing bias against former President Donald Trump during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris and Trump faced off in the first, and so far only, scheduled debate as the race remains close, and viewers on “X” criticized the […]
FACT CHECK: Fact-Checking Harris’ Claim That Trump Wants To Impose A ‘National Sales Tax’
At a campaign event in Pittsburgh on September 2, 2024 Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris Claimed Former President Donald Trump, a 2024 Republican candidate, wants to impose a nationwide sales tax on everyday items, which would cost the typical American family about $4,000 a year. Verdict: No evidence According to multiple sources and comments […]
FACT CHECK: Fact-Checking Harris’ Claim About The SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling
At a campaign rally in Michigan on August 7, 2024 Democratic candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris Claimed Former President and 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump will now be “immune from anything he does in the White House” due to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Verdict: No evidence While some experts […]