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1 week ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | Chiara Vercellone |McKenzie Sadeghi |Nicole Dirks
Welcome to Reality Check, original reporting that’s your BS detector. Reporting on the false claims and conspiracy theories that shape our world is more essential than ever.
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2 weeks ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | Nicole Dirks |Sarah Komar |McKenzie Sadeghi
Welcome to Reality Check, original reporting that’s your BS detector. Reporting on the false claims and conspiracy theories that shape our world is more essential than ever.
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2 weeks ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi
By McKenzie SadeghiHeadlines in Iranian (left), Russian (middle), and Chinese (right) state media. (Screenshots via NewsGuard)What happened: Since the protests in Los Angeles erupted on June 6, Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state-affiliated sources have jointly published approximately 9,900 posts and articles about the demonstrations, NewsGuard found, a…
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1 month ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi
By McKenzie SadeghiWhat happened: A Scottish blogger named John Dougan has found his hitchhiking trip from Scotland to Hong Kong repeatedly disrupted with border agents mistaking him for a former Florida deputy sheriff turned Russian propagandist with the same name — John Mark Dougan — who was named NewsGuard’s 2024 Disinformer of the Year.
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1 month ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | John Gregory |Sara Badilini |McKenzie Sadeghi
Welcome to Reality Check, original reporting that’s your BS detector. Our work is more important than ever. Please support us by becoming a Premium Member. And forward this email to a friend to spread the word!Follow us on your social media platform of choice: X | LinkedIn | Instagram | BlueskyIn today’s edition, another false health claim ripped from the headlines: No, Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis is not the result of COVID-19 vaccines.
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1 month ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | Sarah Komar |Giulia Pozzi |McKenzie Sadeghi |Eva Maitland
Welcome to Reality Check, original reporting that’s your BS detector. Our work is more important than ever. Please support us by becoming a Premium Member.
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1 month ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi |Eva Maitland
By McKenzie Sadeghi and Eva MaitlandWhat happened: A low-resolution video supposedly showing French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer with a bag of cocaine and a coke spoon on a train ride to Kyiv spread widely among pro-Kremlin and far-right sources, in an apparent attempt to smear European leaders supporting Ukraine.
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1 month ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi
Welcome to Reality Check, original reporting that’s your BS detector. Our work is more important than ever. Please support us by becoming a Premium Member. And forward this email to a friend to spread the word!Follow us on your social media platform of choice: X | LinkedIn | Instagram | BlueskyToday’s newsletter was edited byEric Effron.
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2 months ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | McKenzie Sadeghi
Welcome to Reality Check, original reporting that’s your BS detector. Our work is more important than ever. Please support us by becoming a Premium Member. And forward this email to a friend to spread the word!Follow us on your social media platform of choice: X | LinkedIn | Instagram|BlueskyEdited by Eric Effron and Sofia RubinsonBy McKenzie SadeghiThere was a time when Russia insisted it wasn’t attempting to meddle in U.S. democracy. Now, it’s flaunting its interference efforts. “It’s nonsense.
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2 months ago | 
newsguardrealitycheck.com | Macrina Wang |Sarah Komar |Eva Maitland |McKenzie Sadeghi
Welcome to Reality Check, original reporting that’s your BS detector. Our work is more important than ever. Please support us by becoming a Premium Member. And forward this email to a friend to spread the word!Follow us on your social media platform of choice: X | LinkedIn | Instagram | BlueskyIn today’s edition:After a mass shooting at Florida State University, pro-MAGA accounts rushed to falsely claim the alleged shooter was an anti-Trump leftist.
