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‘Thanks Pfizer’: False Covid vaccine tremor claims spread on social media

People in the US have been sharing videos on social media showing them seemingly trembling and shaking

Evening Standard

The Young Liberals posted a 'renewable superpower scorecard' graphic using WWF research. But they used that research selectively

A graphic shared on social media by the youth wing of the Liberal Party has misappropriated WWF Australia branding to points-score on renewable energy. But there are a few details the Young Liberals left off.

ABC News

Florida leaders misrepresented research before ban on gender-affirming care

Behind Florida’s decision to block clinical services for transgender adolescents is a talking point — repeated by the state’s governor and top medical authorities — that most cases of gender incongruence fade over time.

Tribune News Service

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Fact check: Ad goes too far with claim that Joe Biden promotes surgery for trans teens

A radio ad targeting care for transgender youth began airing in cities around the country this fall — from Spanish-language stations in Corpus Christi, Texas, to sports talk shows in Tennessee to pop radio in Detroit. The ad, paid for by a political advocacy group founded by Stephen Miller, a…

Tribune News Service

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz warns of Pennsylvania election fraud before vote counting starts

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz is warning about the potential for election fraud in Pennsylvania before officials have even started counting ballots.

Tribune News Service

Inside the unhinged midterm election conspiracy theories on Truth Social

Stuffed ballot boxes, ‘BlueAnon’, support for Russia and ‘corporate communists’ are catnip on the rightwing platform

The Guardian - US

Unregulated, unrestrained: era of the online political ad comes to midterms

Parties once focused on TV but now a billion-dollar effort embraces the highly targeted and almost rule-free digital world

The Guardian - US

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Facts come to the rescue in the age of gaslighting

The search for truth is complicated: There are many versions of it, many disagreements about what it even means. The idea of fact is something we feel better prepared to defend on objective grounds.

WEKU

Queen Elizabeth II's death sparked a slew of misinformation. Here's what you need to know

Following the death of the Queen, rumours began to spread online on everything from the nature of her passing to the colour of the BBC's banner.

ABC News

Election-denying 'patriot' groups are trying to stop the use of electronic voting machines across Pa.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Across Pennsylvania, conservative activists are trying to stop the usage of electronic voting machines at the behest of former President Donald Trump and his allies who continue to claim without proof the 2020 election was stolen.

Tribune News Service

Missouri attorney general seeks journalism school records

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed an open records request seeking emails between two journalism professors and a fact-checking organization

The Independent UK

Why is Taiwan now so important to US politicians?

US House Speaker Pelosi’s Taiwan visit led to a crisis between the US and China; now more US officials are visiting.

Al Jazeera

Conspiracists have published a 'frank admission' by Brett Sutton about boosters. Here's what he really said

Anti-lockdown advocates have been claiming online this week that Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton admitted that vaccines never worked. But that's not what he said.

ABC News

Fact-Checking Industry Continues Providing Cover for White House's Unbelievable IRS Claims

"Most" new IRS hires, claims a gullible FactCheck.org, "will provide customer services."

Reason

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Rekha Basu: Don't be swayed by fear-mongering ads from unclear interests

A grim-faced doctor walks into an examining room where an anxious white-haired woman sits on the table, awaiting news. “Mrs. Smith, I have your test results here,” the doctor announces as the woman smiles up at him. “The news isn’t good."

Reason

Don't Believe the White House's Promises About Who the New IRS Will Audit

Media "fact-checkers" are taking administration promises at face value and using them to bludgeon Republicans.

Reason

Facebook, Instagram Posts Flagged as False for Rejecting Biden's Recession Wordplay

"The fact-checking industry has become a partisan arbiter of political disputes," notes Phil Magness.

ABC News

Tasmanian Liberals say younger forests are better at sequestering carbon than old-growth forests. The science says otherwise

Tasmanian Liberal MP Felix Ellis told the state's parliament that old-growth forests are net carbon emitters and that the best carbon sequestration comes from a young growing forest. But is that correct?

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Salon

Rudy: Still out there telling lies

Somehow, Trump's buffoonish former attorney still has a show on one of the biggest radio stations in America

Chicago Sun-Times

Fact-check: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott misfires with half-cocked shots at Chicago’s ‘tougher’ gun laws

While Chicago’s gun laws may be more strict than some states, Abbott’s statement ignores how regulations have been weakened after federal court reversals of the city’s once-tougher restrictions. He also ignores how the majority of firearms in Chicago are coming from neighboring states where gun…

Tribune News Service

‘Surreal moments’: Chuck Edwards reflects on victory over Madison Cawthorn in North Carolina congressional race

FLAT ROCK, N.C. — Chuck Edwards was on his way to his election night watch party about 2 1/2 hours after polls closed when he received the call from Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who had already returned home from his own party and was ready to concede the race.

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Celebrating Obamacare's successes

Former President Barack Obama’s joyous return to the White House marked an occasion many never expected to see: the 12th anniversary of his signature presidential achievement, the Affordable Care Act.

ABC News

Armed children in every Aussie school? Bob Katter misses the mark with gun claim

The independent MP has a novel idea for protecting the country from potential foreign threats: give children guns. Experts say the background to his claim gets our history wrong.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fact-check: Sen. Tammy Duckworth over-hypes specifics of gender pay gap study

The annual Equal Pay Day Coalition study does not separate out white women, and does not examine the same professions nor the qualifications of either gender. The U.S. senator joins a growing number of Democratic politicians who have incorrectly cited the national study of the gender pay gap to…

Chicago Sun-Times

Equal job opportunities will lead to equal pay for women

Equal jobs are the real cause of the gender and minority pay gaps, and it’s time that both sides focus on improving on those opportunities.

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