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  • Mike Lindell's WMD Online Detection Viewer: Dennis Montgomery And A Cryptic Message

    Analysis

    Mike & Dennis At Lead Stories we have a long history of looking at Mike Lindell's election fraud claims. Readers will remember our fact checks about Lindell's four conspiracy-filled election fraud "documentaries" here, here, here and here, or our coverage of his Cyber Symposium here. We also warned him about Dennis Montgomery, a man with a long history of providing…

    • Aug 25, 2023
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Mike Lindell's WMD Online Detection Viewer: Dennis Montgomery And A Cryptic Message Him Again?
  • Fact Check: Michigan Police Did NOT Find 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Fake Voter Registration Applications

    Fact Check

    Did Michigan State Police find "tens of thousands of fake registrations" in an October 2020 voter fraud investigation? No, that's not true: The assertion made in the headline of the article making the claim is not supported in the body of the story, nor in the police report it's based on. The Michigan Department of Attorney General told Lead Stories…

    • Aug 8, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Michigan Police Did NOT Find 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Fake Voter Registration Applications Unsupported
  • Fact Check: Postal Service Report Did NOT Confirm Driver's Claims Of Missing Ballots

    Fact Check

    Did a U.S. Postal Service report confirm a driver's claims of missing ballots from the 2020 presidential election? No, that's not true: The report released did not corroborate the driver's claims and instead noted that "Investigators confirmed data records indicated all mail contents were properly transported, accounted for, and processed." The claim appeared in an article published by The Gateway…

    • Jun 9, 2023
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Postal Service Report Did NOT Confirm Driver's Claims Of Missing Ballots Counterfactual
  • 2022 At Lead Stories: Debunking Claims About War, Vaccines and Elections; Debunking In Three New Languages & Defeating Lawsuits

    Analysis

    The year is almost over, so it is good to look back. First, the numbers, as of December 15, 2022. This year we have published 1,555 fact checks in English (so far ...) 283 fact checks about COVID misinformation; 244 debunks of Russian propaganda and false claims about the invasion of Ukraine; 140 debunks of false claims about election fraud,…

    • Dec 15, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    2022 At Lead Stories: Debunking Claims About War, Vaccines and Elections; Debunking In Three New Languages & Defeating Lawsuits 2022
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence That Brazil's Military Killed Red Command Cartel Leaders Or 'Prepares Take Over' As Of December 14, 2022

    Fact Check

    Did the Brazilian military kill the leaders of the Red Command cartel in early December 2022, and prepare to "take over" the country? No, that's not true: The article circulating on social media that makes these claims contains multiple factual inaccuracies and recycled false claims. The claim appeared in an article published by thegatewaypundit.com on December 5, 2022 (archived here.)…

    • Dec 14, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Evidence That Brazil's Military Killed Red Command Cartel Leaders Or 'Prepares Take Over' As Of December 14, 2022 Fact Check: NO Evidence That Brazil's Military Killed Red Command Cartel Leaders Or 'Prepares Take Over' As Of December 14, 2022 Did Not Happen
  • Fact Check: Maggie Hassan Did NOT Win 1,100 Votes From 700-Person Town -- It Was 'Human Error'

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    Did Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat who ran for Senate in the 2022 midterms, win 1,100 votes from a town with only 700 people? No, that's not true: The New Hampshire Secretary of State told Lead Stories the inflated vote tally was the result of "human error" and had since been corrected. Election results for New Hampshire can be…

    • Nov 18, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Maggie Hassan Did NOT Win 1,100 Votes From 700-Person Town -- It Was 'Human Error' Typo
  • Fact Check: Arizona Ballots Did NOT Make Unsupervised Stop At Runbeck Company On Way To Counting Room

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    Did Maricopa County, Arizona ballots make a stop with no observers at "Runbeck Printing Company" to be sorted before they were sent to the county for counting? No, that's not true: The claim was made without direct evidence. Maricopa County's spokesperson said bipartisan teams of election workers took sealed envelope packets to Runbeck Election Services, where envelope signatures are scanned…

    • Nov 16, 2022
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Arizona Ballots Did NOT Make Unsupervised Stop At Runbeck Company On Way To Counting Room Secure Process
  • Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Detroit Ballots Arriving After 'Legal' Deadline

    Fact Check

    Do online photographs show absentee ballots arriving at a Detroit processing center on Election Day "hours after the legal deadline" for counting ballots? No, that's not true: Election officials in Detroit say late-night deliveries are the normal -- and legal -- part of the process of collecting absentee ballots for verification and tabulation. The claim appeared in a November 9,…

    • Nov 10, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Detroit Ballots Arriving After 'Legal' Deadline Legal Ballots
  • Fact Check: 'Dozens Of Boxes' With 'Zero Bolsonaro votes' Do NOT Prove Election Fraud - Brazil Votes Electronically

    Fact Check

    Do allegedly discovered "dozens of boxes" with "zero Bolsonaro votes" offer evidence confirming election fraud in Brazil? No, that's not true: Brazil doesn't use paper ballots -- voters cast ballots electronically. The claim appeared a tweet (archived here) published on November 7, 2022. It said: Update from Brazilian leaders: Military audit of the election will now be released Wednesday. Dozens…

    • Nov 8, 2022
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: 'Dozens Of Boxes' With 'Zero Bolsonaro votes' Do NOT Prove Election Fraud - Brazil Votes Electronically Only E-Ballots
  • Fact Check: Differences Between Private Election Data Stream And Official Count Do NOT Prove 'Something Is Very Wrong' With 2020 Election Results

    Fact Check

    Do differences between an unofficial election data stream provided by Edison Research and official sources prove "Something Is Very Wrong" with the 2020 election results? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that anything is wrong with the official data even if there were problems with the privately supplied data results from Edison, which delivers unofficial vote tallies to…

    • Jul 19, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Differences Between Private Election Data Stream And Official Count Do NOT Prove 'Something Is Very Wrong' With 2020 Election Results Data ≠ Official
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