There’s no evidence of a cyberattack in the Baltimore bridge crash Officials are still investigating why the cargo ship lost power before it slammed into Maryland's Francis Scott Key Bridge March 28, 2024 Jeff Cercone
Nickelodeon’s splat logo is a nod to its past, not Jeffrey Epstein’s island The logo, part of the network’s 2023 rebranding, was created to create a sense of nostalgia for the network’s early branding March 27, 2024 Jeff Cercone
Old news about a CNN anchor’s exit is being repackaged as ‘breaking’ news The post includes a photo featuring Dana Bash and Jake Tapper. Neither has left the network. It also shows a Univision anchor who does not work at CNN March 26, 2024 Ciara O'Rourke
What are ‘sex’ and ‘gender’? How these terms have changed and why states now want to define them Although they’re sometimes used synonymously, ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ have different meanings to medical professionals. March 25, 2024 Grace Abels
No, a grainy image doesn’t show a Princess Kate stunt double A Facebook post included what looked like a screengrab from a widely shared TMZ video, but the image has been altered. March 22, 2024 Ciara O'Rourke
AI detection tools for audio deepfakes fall short. How 4 tools fare and what we can do instead Technology for deepfake detection is improving, but experts say tools for audio deepfake detection lag behind. March 21, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
Who owns TikTok’s parent company? Despite what Brian Kilmeade says, it’s not the Chinese government A spokesperson told PolitiFact that 60% of parent company ByteDance Ltd. is owned by global investors, 20% by co-founders and 20% by employees March 20, 2024 Jeff Cercone
What Trump said about a ‘bloodbath’ and Biden’s actions on the car industry, in context Politicians, pundits and social media users have debated Trump’s ‘bloodbath’ remark in the days following his speech in Ohio. March 19, 2024 Amy Sherman
Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists False claims about vaccines are still prevalent despite multiple studies showing they saved lives and do not cause deaths or other illness March 18, 2024 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
What experts say happened with Princess Kate’s photo and how to spot manipulated content online As generative AI and other digital editing tools become more sophisticated, experts say it will be more difficult to spot fake or manipulated content March 15, 2024 Samantha Putterman
No, Mel Gibson didn’t release a video of satanic rituals on Jeffrey Epstein’s island We found no evidence to support the claim, including credible news reports or statements from Gibson. March 13, 2024 Ciara O'Rourke
Did Biden ban TikTok for US workers but start a campaign account? Fact-checking Sen. Britt In 2022, Biden banned the use of TikTok by federal government employees on devices owned by agencies. Biden’s campaign posted its first TikTok in Feb. March 12, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
A Tucker Carlson clip of a Biden gaffe is 4 years old, not from ‘Saturday’ Biden did stumble over his words, but the incident isn’t recent; it’s from an excerpt of a ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ episode that aired in 2020. March 11, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
The economy is strong, data shows. Why do so many Americans think otherwise? Unemployment is near record lows. Job creation is robust. The economy is growing, driven by consumer spending. The stock market has hit record highs. March 8, 2024 Louis Jacobson
Can social media platform outages impact US elections? Not likely, experts say Election officials in multiple jurisdictions told PolitiFact the March 5 Meta outages outages did not affect voting. March 7, 2024 Madison Czopek