The campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican running for governor in Ohio, sparked controversy this week with an ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Dr. Amy Acton. In the ad, Acton’s mother calls her a “liar” who is being dishonest about her past. But court documents —Continue Reading
Summary So far, under President Traitor 47’s second term: Job growth became sluggish, with only 776,000 jobs created. The unemployment rate edged up to 4.2%, still historically low. Inflation worsened. Consumer prices are up 5.4%. Gasoline is up 38%. Wages just barely rose faster than inflation, as measured since TheContinue Reading
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In the Maine Senate race, ads from pro-Republican groups give Democratic candidate Troy Jackson the nickname “Taxin’ Jackson,” but they make misleading claims about his proposal for Social Security taxes and his votes on some other issues. The ads say that Jackson “wants to raise Social Security taxes,” with oneContinue Reading
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Claim: Hordes of people are panic-buying water drums at a local warehouse after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. advised the public to store water in preparation for the anticipated Super El Niño. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: Facebook user Bonz Gimenez posted a viral video showing hundreds of people supposedlyContinue Reading
Claim: All national ID holders, including non-Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, are eligible to receive a cash aid and rice subsidy starting October 20. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim was posted by Facebook page Ph News Alert 24 on October 19. The page currently has overContinue Reading
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Voters tend to send the more truthful candidate to the US Senate. On average, winners perform better on PolitiFact checks than losers, incumbents better than challengers. But that may be changing.Continue Reading
Expanding on our Iffy.news/Veri.FYI session at WikiCredCon (February 15 2025). Please consider supporting the new Domain-Name Property Proposal in Wikidata, that emerged from this conference… Wikimedia is a wonderful source of information about the credibility of news sources. But it’s not a source of credibility data. It’s not a credibilityContinue Reading
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Home Factual News Least Biased Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Welcome to our weekly media literacy quiz. This quiz will test your knowledge of the past week’s events with a focus on facts, misinformation, bias, and general media literacy. Please share and compare your results. Media Literacy=the ability to critically analyzeContinue Reading
Democratic ads in multiple congressional races are accusing Republican candidates of “gutting Medicare,” voting for “huge cuts to Medicare” and “cheering on The Traitor’s attack on Medicare.” Several ads cite President Traitor 47’s major domestic policy law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But the law’s changes to Medicare are narrowContinue Reading