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Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform

Tech - ABC News - 7 hours ago

Fact-Checking Harris’s Closing Argument

The vice president has stuck largely to the facts when highlighting the words of her rival, former President Donald J. Trump, but has on occasion omitted context or erred when describing policies ...

Top stories - The New York Times - 16 hours ago

Fact-checking claims about California's Proposition 36: What it means for drug arrests

CBS News California takes a closer look at the drug component of the high-profile Proposition 36 to fact-check claims about the ballot measure from supporters and opponents.

GOP pushes false claims about migrant voting: What are the facts?

Top Republicans are laying the groundwork to claim the 2024 election isn’t secure and fair because of noncitizen voting, a theory that has lived in conservative circles since President Biden’s 2020 ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Podz offers matter-of-fact perspective on Klay's Warriors exit

Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski shared how he's approaching a 2024-25 NBA season without Golden State icon Klay Thompson.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 20

Harris claims Trump lost manufacturing jobs. Is that true? Here's a fact check.

Harris often cites accurate figures but omits that the pandemic caused manufacturing job losses in Trump's final year in office.

Politics - CBS News - October 21

Hasan Minhaj addresses fact-checking controversy in new Netflix special

In his new Netflix special, Hasan Minhaj touched on the fact-checked jokes scandal that led to him losing his job as the new host of the “The Daily Show.”

Fact or Fiction: Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers are in for a painfully long season

Let's take a deeper dive into one of the league’s biggest storylines this week: a troubling trend for the 2023 MVP.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 5 days ago

Trump defends Detroit criticism at Michigan rally, saying he was saying ‘the facts’

Former President Trump defended his earlier criticism of Detroit at another event in Michigan on Friday, saying he was not “disparaging” the city but only stating the facts. Following a three-hour ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts

Donald Trump used a lengthy interview with podcaster Joe Rogan to dig in on his false claims about voting, election fraud and his loss in the 2020 presidential election

Election fact check: Noncitizens can't vote, and instances are 'vanishingly rare'

Despite Donald Trump spreading allegations of widespread voting by noncitizens, audits of state voter rolls have uncovered very few instances of noncitizen voting.

Fox News offers fact-check of Trump's 2020 election claims

Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner offered a fact-check of former President Trump's false claims that Democrats "stole" the 2020 election from him after the network finished airing his remarks from ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Trump falsely claims noncitizen voter fraud is widespread. Here are 5 facts.

Voter fraud by noncitizens is very rare and does not occur in numbers that could swing a federal election, studies show.

Politics - CBS News - 14 hours ago

Fact check: Trump, allies push allegations of election 'cheating' in Pennsylvania

Election officials in Pennsylvania have pushed back on allegations of voter fraud or misconduct made by former President Trump and his allies.

Sources: Embiid's participation to be investigated

The NBA is likely to begin an investigation later this week into the Philadelphia 76ers surrounding the player participation of All-NBA center Joel Embiid, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

Sports - ESPN - October 23

Sources: Middleton expected to miss opener

Bucks star Khris Middleton, who is rehabbing from offseason ankle surgeries, is expected to miss Wednesday's season opener against the 76ers, sources told ESPN.

Sports - ESPN - October 21

College helmet comms not secure, sources say

Coach-to-player in-game communications during Power 4 college football games this season have been occurring on unencrypted frequencies, sources told ESPN.

Sports - ESPN - 4 hours ago

Trump claims Justice Dept. sued to add "illegal voters" in Virginia. Here's a fact check.

Republicans mischaracterized a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department to protect voters from being removed from voting lists too close to Election Day, CBS News' election law expert says.

Fantasy Football Fact or Fluke: Chase Brown among players who prove that patience pays off

Fantasy football analyst and neuroscientist Renee Miller delivers a reverse-Panic Meter now that we're through six weeks of the season.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 15

Karl Rove fact-checks viral post: 'I have not been rallying for Kamala Harris'

Republican strategist Karl Rove on Tuesday sought to counter claims that he's been rallying for Vice President Harris in Pennsylvania, an allegation made in various viral posts on the social ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Harris says violent crime is down. Trump says it's up. Here's a fact check.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both point to different crime data sources, but experts say Harris' claim is closer to reality.

Super Bowl rematch: 10 facts about the 49ers facing Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in Week 7

Kansas City and San Francisco face off again eight months after Super Bowl LVIII

Sports - CBS Sports - October 18

Steelers celebrate 50th anniversary of first Super Bowl: 50 facts about Pittsburgh's 1974 championship team

The team will be honored during Sunday night's game against the Jets

Sports - CBS Sports - October 18

Blind date: ‘He strongly believed in the fact that we have a second, pudding stomach’

Richard, 31, an architectural designer, meets Rosa, 31, who works in domestic abuse support services. What were you hoping for? Good food with good company and a let’s see where things go from ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

What's fact vs. fiction in Netflix's 'Dating Game' killer film 'Woman of the Hour'

Was the 'Dating Game' killer an L.A. Times employee? Did Cheryl Bradshaw and Rodney Alcala really go out for a drink? Your questions about Anna Kendrick's new film, answered.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 21

Fantasy Football Fact or Fluke: Key tips for the 2nd half of the season, whether you're 7-0 or 0-7

With the midpoint of the fantasy football season here, Dr. Renee Miller examines what fantasy managers should do next.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 22

Musk shares fake image of The Atlantic, bringing fact-checking and condemnation from the magazine

The Atlantic magazine has found itself in the crosshairs of Elon Musk after it fact-checked a fake image shared by the tech billionaire.

My mother was told I’d died in a house fire at 10 days old. In fact, I was kidnapped

Delimar Vera spent her early years with the woman who snatched her. Then came a chance encounter with her real mother at a birthday party .... When Delimar Vera was six years old, the woman she ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Leonardo DiCaprio backs Harris, says Trump 'continues to deny the facts' about climate change

Leonardo DiCaprio says he's voting for Vice President Harris in the White House race because "we need a bold step forward to save our economy, our planet and ourselves," while former President ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Musk's election falsehoods travel hundreds of times further on X than fact-checks from officials

As Elon Musk continues to aggressively share conspiracy theories and misinformation about elections on X, election officials are fighting back.

Fantasy Football Fact or Fluke: Now that dust has settled from 3 big WR trades, who's winning?

Amari Cooper, DeAndre Hopkins and Davante Adams all went to different teams the past few weeks. Fantasy football analyst and neuroscientist Renee Miller investigates the fallout now that recency ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - Yesterday

Sources: Neymar in line for shock injury return

Brazil forward Neymar has made significant improvement on his knee recovery and could be fit to play on Oct. 21, sources told ESPN Brasil on Monday.

Sports - ESPN - October 15

Sources: Lonzo Ball plans to return vs. Wolves

After missing two straight NBA seasons, Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is expected to make his return to basketball in Wednesday night's preseason home game against the Timberwolves, sources told ESPN.

Sports - ESPN - October 14

Commanders lose standout DT Allen for season

Commanders defensive tackle Jonathan Allen will sit out the rest of the season after tearing his left pectoral muscle Sunday.

Sports - ESPN - October 14

Sources: Kings' Fox bypasses extension, eyes '25

Kings star De'Aaron Fox is passing up the offer of a three-year, $165 million extension, positioning himself for a larger deal in the 2025 offseason.

Sports - ESPN - October 14

Sources: FA eye Pep, Tuchel for England job

Pep Guardiola and Thomas Tuchel are among several candidates sounded out by the FA to become the next England manager, sources have told ESPN.

Sports - ESPN - October 15

Source: Man Utd end Ferguson's ambassador deal

Sir Alex Ferguson is set to step back from his ambassadorial role at Manchester United at the end of the season, a source told ESPN.

Sports - ESPN - October 16

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Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

Fact-Checking Harris’s Closing Argument

Fact-checking claims about California's Proposition 36: What it means for drug arrests

GOP pushes false claims about migrant voting: What are the facts?

Podz offers matter-of-fact perspective on Klay's Warriors exit

Harris claims Trump lost manufacturing jobs. Is that true? Here's a fact check.

Hasan Minhaj addresses fact-checking controversy in new Netflix special

Fact or Fiction: Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers are in for a painfully long season

Trump defends Detroit criticism at Michigan rally, saying he was saying ‘the facts’

Trump repeated election lies in his interview with Joe Rogan. Here are the facts

Election fact check: Noncitizens can't vote, and instances are 'vanishingly rare'

Fox News offers fact-check of Trump's 2020 election claims

Trump falsely claims noncitizen voter fraud is widespread. Here are 5 facts.

Fact check: Trump, allies push allegations of election 'cheating' in Pennsylvania

Sources: Embiid's participation to be investigated

Sources: Middleton expected to miss opener

College helmet comms not secure, sources say

Trump claims Justice Dept. sued to add "illegal voters" in Virginia. Here's a fact check.

Fantasy Football Fact or Fluke: Chase Brown among players who prove that patience pays off

Karl Rove fact-checks viral post: 'I have not been rallying for Kamala Harris'

Harris says violent crime is down. Trump says it's up. Here's a fact check.

Super Bowl rematch: 10 facts about the 49ers facing Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in Week 7

Steelers celebrate 50th anniversary of first Super Bowl: 50 facts about Pittsburgh's 1974 championship team

Blind date: ‘He strongly believed in the fact that we have a second, pudding stomach’

What's fact vs. fiction in Netflix's 'Dating Game' killer film 'Woman of the Hour'

Fantasy Football Fact or Fluke: Key tips for the 2nd half of the season, whether you're 7-0 or 0-7

Musk shares fake image of The Atlantic, bringing fact-checking and condemnation from the magazine

My mother was told I’d died in a house fire at 10 days old. In fact, I was kidnapped

Leonardo DiCaprio backs Harris, says Trump 'continues to deny the facts' about climate change

Musk's election falsehoods travel hundreds of times further on X than fact-checks from officials

Fantasy Football Fact or Fluke: Now that dust has settled from 3 big WR trades, who's winning?

Sources: Neymar in line for shock injury return

Sources: Lonzo Ball plans to return vs. Wolves

Commanders lose standout DT Allen for season

Sources: Kings' Fox bypasses extension, eyes '25

Sources: FA eye Pep, Tuchel for England job

Source: Man Utd end Ferguson's ambassador deal

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