Tag: factchecks

Amidst all the chatter about global famine induced by widespread supply chain disruptions, worldwide shortages of fertilizer, and an unfortunate series of coincidental catastrophes that have incapacitated dozens of large food processing facilities across the U.S., some wackos have suggested that the purpose of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault hinges on the occurrence of a […]

Okay, this is one of those really H.O.T. topics.  And that’s H-O-T as in “hot,” not the K-pop wunderkinds who are factually H.O.T.   Check this fact:  There’s been a lot of talk about powerful people, across the world, covertly working with each other to achieve self-serving ends at the expense of the public.  Talk […]

The claim that factcheckers and factchecking organizations lack credibility due to, among other things, conflicts of interest and the practice of employing underqualified factcheckers to check facts is FALSE.  Factcheckers checked.  It’s the debunkers who are biased and untrustworthy, not the factcheckers. Factcheckers check facts.  That’s what they do, and that’s all they do.  Therefore, factcheckers […]

Alarmists have been spouting this nonsense for years: “America is going to hell!  In a handbasket!”  Besides the obvious factual error in that statement (Factcheck has confirmed that there is no hell, only hot rocks underground), the implied message is also incorrect.  In actuality, America cannot and does not “go” anywhere, given its status as […]

Bernie Sanders has again repeated the claim that the U.S. unemployment rate “swelled up to 9.3%.”  This claim is false.  There was no trace of swelling and, furthermore, Mr. Sanders has no medical degree whatsoever, which would be needed to diagnose any kind of swelling, as Factcheck confirmed when that fact was checked. According to […]