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What America Do We Want to Be?

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By Henry A. Brechter, 27 January, 2025

Misinformation Watch: Did COVID-19 Leak From a Chinese Lab?

Misinformation Watch

Facts And Fact Checking

Wuhan Lab

Coronavirus

Misinformation And Disinformation

China

Science

Misinformation Watch

Almost immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic began, people speculated about how it started. Most of this focused on China, where the pandemic began, and specifically on the city of Wuhan.

By andygorel, 9 January, 2025

The Guardian’s Misleading Fundraising Plea

The Guardian claims it's “fiercely independent” and "without a billionaire bankrolling" it, yet it's owned by an endowment fund valued at $1.5 billion.

By Henry A. Brechter, 19 November, 2024

Misinformation Watch: Did Elon Musk Break a Federal Law?

The New York Times reported Musk met with Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. days after the 2024 presidential election.

By Clare Ashcraft, 18 November, 2024

Misinformation Watch: Misleading Election ‘Vote Gap’ Theory Goes Viral

Misinformation Watch

2024 Presidential Election

Voting

Voting Rights And Voter Fraud

Misinformation Watch

Misinformation And Disinformation

Facts And Fact Checking

A graph from ZeroHedge (Lean Right bias) posted on X circulated to tens of millions of people, purporting that in the 2012, 2016, and 2024 presidential elections, Democrats only received about 66 million votes in each presidential election, but received 81 million votes in 2020. The graph is misleading and implies the 2024 vote count is complete, which it’s not.

By andygorel, 1 October, 2024

Misinformation Watch: Israel-Gaza Conflict

Israel Hamas Violence

Middle East

Journalism

Hamas

Facts And Fact Checking

With Israel and Hamas at war, conflicting, confusing, and misinformed reports are spreading quickly. Here are some major storylines that need a bit of clarification.

By evanwagner, 24 September, 2024

Did Georgia’s Abortion Law Lead to Two Women’s Deaths?

ProPublica tied the deaths of two women in Georgia to an abortion-restricting state law. Was this accurate?

By Clare Ashcraft, 16 August, 2024

Misinformation Watch: What is the Real Death Toll in Gaza?

Misinformation Watch

Gaza

Israel Hamas Violence

Palestine

Misinformation Watch

The United Nations recently updated how it shows data on the Palestinian death toll in Gaza, making some figures appear to decrease by nearly half. Here’s a breakdown of the numbers and some contradictory and misleading narratives to be aware of.

By ISAnthony, 11 July, 2024

Misinformation Watch: Does Immigration Lead to More Crime?

Misinformation Watch

Immigration

Border Crisis

Unauthorized Immigration

Crime

Do migrants really commit crimes at a higher rate than citizens? Does the data support the claim, or is it misinformation? What explains the partisan divide in perception?

The Petrodollar Is Dead, Long Live the Petrodollar

The petrodollar died this month -- or so I learnt via the financial blogosphere. In the past fortnight, Google searches for “petrodollar” have spiked to a record, and viral posts about Saudi Arabia ditching the greenback have ricocheted throughout commodity and currency trading rooms. Apparently, a cataclysmic event has ended American economic hegemony.

Epochal stuff — and completely false. Nonsense on stilts.

By ISAnthony, 26 June, 2024

Misinformation Watch: Did Trump and Biden Collude with CNN to Exclude RFK Jr. From the Debate Stage?

Misinformation Watch

Politics

2024 Presidential Election

Robert F Kennedy Jr

Donald Trump

Joe Biden

In a recent Instagram post, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden “colluded with CNN to rig the debate rules and block my participation so they don’t have to answer tough questions about the lockdowns, the $34 trillion national debt, the chronic disease epidemic, or the toxic polarization that drives their campaigns.”

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