MBFC Fact-Check: Jim Jordan Flight Delays Claim
FALSE Claim By Jim Jordan (R): Don’t remember seeing this many flight delays during the Trump Administration. Don’t remember seeing this many flight delays…
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Fact Check: NFL Player Damar Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest Triggers Unfounded Social Media Claims
By Jessica McDonald – factcheck.org SciCheck Digest Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and suffered a cardiac arrest moments after taking a hit…
Fact Check: The Whoppers of 2022
Factcheck.org’s annual review of the year’s worst political and viral deceptions. By D’Angelo Gore, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, Jessica McDonald, Saranac Hale Spencer, Eugene Kiely, and Alan Jaffe Summary The midterm elections are…
Fact-Check: Blood Transfusion Doesn’t Transfer COVID-19 Vaccine
By Saranac Hale Spencer – factcheck.org SciCheck Digest A blood transfusion from a vaccinated person doesn’t transfer the inoculation to an unvaccinated person. But high-profile purveyors…
‘Died Suddenly’ Pushes Bogus Depopulation Theory
By Saranac Hale Spencer, Jessica McDonald and Catalina Jaramillo – factcheck.org SciCheck Digest What appear to be ordinary postmortem blood clots are held up in a viral online video…
FactChecking Trump’s Presidential Bid Announcement
Summary Here we go again. Donald Trump’s official bid to get back to the White House had us at FactCheck.org feeling a bit of déjà…
Fact Check: Ballot Printer Delayed Maricopa Voting, Contrary to Unfounded Claims
Quick Take Tabulating machines at some polling locations in Maricopa County, Arizona, couldn’t process ballots during part of Election Day, though affected voters could leave…
Biden’s Numbers (Second Quarterly Update)
Summary Since President Joe Biden took office: The economy regained nearly 9 million jobs, coming within about half a million of the pre-pandemic peak. Unemployment…
What Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett Said About Roe at Confirmation Hearings
By Lori Robertson, D’Angelo Gore and Robert Farley (05/10/2022) In the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that indicates the court could overturn Roe v. Wade, some lawmakers have…
FactChecking Biden’s State of the Union Address
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Robert Farley, D’Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald, Catalina Jaramillo, Cecelia Vieira and Lucía Osses – Factcheck.org Summary In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden focused on…