Correction log
Every correction to our fact checks and articles, newest first. 422 in all · page 2 of 15.
3 November 2026 · Article
Learjet 60 crash in Florida: why a request to climb ended in a descentThis article was updated on Nov. 3, 2026. The first version said no one on the ground was reported injured; the NTSB has since said a man leaving the area hurt his leg. We also moved the time of the crash to the NTSB's, changed "the pilot" to "the crew" because no speaker has been identified, removed a line saying the FAA was sending a team because the NTSB leads, removed our lines on what icing and turbulence can do to an aircraft because they could read as a cause, and added the NTSB's briefing and our reading of the tracking record.
27 October 2026 · Fact check
Melania Trump: Melania Trump successfully negotiated a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the region of Oleshky.We corrected this fact check on 27 October 2026. We first rated the claim False because, on the day of the announcement, neither Russia nor Ukraine had confirmed a deal. A missing confirmation is not evidence that a claim is false, so that rating should have been Unverifiable. Both governments then confirmed the ceasefire, both credited the first lady's team with coordinating it, and it took effect on 27 October. The rating changed from False to Mostly true.
27 October 2026 · Article
Melania Trump's office claims Oleshky truce, but Russia and Ukraine stay silentThis article was updated on Oct. 27, 2026. After it was published, Russia and Ukraine both confirmed the Oleshky ceasefire and credited the first lady's team with coordinating it. The ceasefire took effect at 03:00 Kyiv time on 27 October, two days earlier than the 29 October start the White House first announced.
19 October 2026 · Fact check
Zohran Mamdani: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the architect of a horrific genocide.We corrected this fact check on 19 October 2026. We first rated the claim Unverified because no court has ruled on genocide in Gaza, and we missed the finding of the UN Commission of Inquiry, which concluded in September 2025 that Israel has committed genocide and that Benjamin Netanyahu's statements are direct evidence of genocidal intent. We also dated the remarks to 3 October; they aired on 1 October. The rating changed from Unverified to True.
16 October 2026 · Fact check
Donald Trump: A leak of the 12:07 departure time of the B-2 bombers from Missouri appeared in the New York Times and CNN, so he called off the June 2025 raid on Iran and ran it two days later at the same time.We corrected this fact check on 16 October 2026. We first said Donald Trump claimed he cancelled the June 2025 strike and rated that False because the strike went ahead. He said he called the raid off and ran it two days later at the same time. We restated his claim and changed the rating from False to Unverified.
16 October 2026 · Fact check
Donald Trump: Before the June 2025 strike on its nuclear sites, Iran was about two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon.We corrected this fact check on 16 October 2026. We first checked whether Donald Trump had said it and missed that The Jerusalem Post reported him saying it at his 14 October rally. We checked the claim itself against expert assessments and changed the rating from Unverified to Misleading.
16 October 2026 · Fact check
Donald Trump: Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an energy ceasefire.We corrected this fact check on 16 October 2026. A second fact check of the same claim (published 14 October) rated it False on reports that Russia rejected any pause and kept striking energy sites. We changed this one from Unverified to False so the two agree.
16 October 2026 · Fact check
Jensen Huang: The United States' current strategy is global competition, while China's strategy is to protect its domestic market for local chipmakers.We corrected this fact check on 16 October 2026. We first said nothing independent backed Jensen Huang's account of China's strategy. Reuters reported in September 2025 that China's internet regulator told its biggest tech firms to stop buying Nvidia chips. The rating changed from Partly true to Mostly true.
15 October 2026 · Article
Most Adult Sites Skip US Age Checks, Study Finds; Yoti Disputes Data-Sharing ClaimsThis article was updated on Oct. 15, 2026. The earlier version said Yoti shares users' facial images with third parties, a claim the universities withdrew in June, and used an unrelated image. It now reports the study's published findings and Yoti's response, and lists its sources.
14 October 2026 · Fact check
Brad Smith: AI is currently subject to fewer safety regulations than washing machines and milk.We corrected this fact check on 14 October 2026. We first rated it Unverified and said we found nothing on milk. Milk safety rules are well documented, and the washing machine comparison can be checked too. We changed the rating from Unverified to Partly True.
14 October 2026 · Fact check
Donald Trump: At least 64,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2016, about 175 deaths a day or seven an hour.We corrected this fact check on 14 October 2026. Donald Trump made these remarks on 26 October 2017; a news report of them resurfaced in our tips this week. We first rated the claim Unverified for lack of a figure for October 2017, but he was describing the previous year, and the official 2016 count matches it. The rating changed from Unverified to True.
14 October 2026 · Fact check
Ilhan Omar: Donald Trump has engaged in a campaign of lies and smears against Ilhan Omar for the past ten years.We corrected this fact check on 14 October 2026. We first rated it Unverified after finding only two hostile posts. Fact-checkers have documented false claims Donald Trump made about Ilhan Omar, and his attacks have continued since 2019. The rating changed from Unverified to Mostly True.
14 October 2026 · Fact check
Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump's actions in the Middle East caused diesel prices to rise.We corrected this fact check on 14 October 2026. We first rated it Unverified because our research found older energy reports, not 2026 ones. Price data and reporting from 2026 tie the rise in diesel prices to the war with Iran. The rating changed from Unverified to True.
14 October 2026 · Fact check
Donald Trump: Over 2 million people have been killed in the war between Russia and Ukraine.We corrected this fact check on 14 October 2026. We first rated it Unverified because no source gave a single death toll. The highest published estimates of deaths add up to well under a third of 2 million, and 2 million matches the estimate of people killed, wounded or missing. We changed the rating from Unverified to False and named the speaker in full.
14 October 2026 · Fact check
Donald Trump: Russia and Ukraine have agreed to stop striking each other's energy infrastructure.We corrected this fact check on 14 October 2026. We first rated it Unverified and leaned on a 2025 agreement. Reports from 12 and 13 October 2026 show Russia rejected a pause, Ukraine learned of the plan from the media, and strikes on energy sites went on. We removed the word "formal", which Donald Trump did not use, and changed the rating from Unverified to False.
14 October 2026 · Fact check
Jon Boutcher: The PSNI determined that the parade could not be safely undertaken without a major public order operation involving substantial risk of injury and disorder.We corrected this fact check on 14 October 2026. We first rated it Unverified while saying the public record backed both parts of the claim. The claim is about the assessment the PSNI made, and the government's published statement records it. The rating changed from Unverified to True.
13 October 2026 · Fact check
Scott Bessent: Iran currently has no oil being transported by sea and is experiencing negative cash flow.We corrected this fact check on 13 October 2026. We first dated the remarks to 12 October 2026; Scott Bessent said this on Fox & Friends on 11 October 2026. The rating is unchanged.
13 October 2026 · Fact check
Thom Tillis: President Trump is not complying with the 2022 law banning Russian oil imports regarding the Russian diesel deal.We corrected this fact check on 13 October 2026. We first dated the remarks to 12 October 2026; Thom Tillis said this on NBC's Meet the Press on 11 October 2026. The rating is unchanged.
13 October 2026 · Fact check
Andy Burnham: Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum, and officials gave him a clear answer that it did when he arrived in Downing Street.We corrected this fact check on 13 October 2026. We first rated it False because a 2020 report found no official confirmation. That missed the point: Andy Burnham is the prime minister and said officials had now given him an answer. We restated the claim, dated it to the podcast's release on 11 October 2026, and changed the rating from False to Unverified.
13 October 2026 · Fact check
Andy Burnham: Small boat crossings are coming down under this government, and the opposite happened when Robert Jenrick was immigration minister.We corrected this fact check on 13 October 2026. We first rated it Unverified, saying the figures could not be compared by minister. They can: published totals cover both periods. We dated the remarks to 12 October 2026, when they were made, and changed the rating from Unverified to Partly True.
13 October 2026 · Fact check
Mairav Zonszein: The Trump administration is split over Benjamin Netanyahu, with people like JD Vance coming out against his role in pushing the US to strike Iran.We corrected this fact check on 13 October 2026. We first said a CBS News report quoted JD Vance as "extremely skeptical" about a US strike on Iran. That was wrong: he was sceptical of Iranian claims that a US strike had hit a wedding party. We removed that finding and others we could not stand behind, and restated the claim in her words. The rating is unchanged.
13 October 2026 · Fact check
Andy Burnham: The suspected plot targeting the RAF Fairford air base was coordinated in Iran and directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.We corrected this fact check on 13 October 2026. We first dated the remarks to 13 October 2026; Andy Burnham made them in parliament on 12 October 2026. The rating is unchanged.
13 October 2026 · Fact check
Sarah Pochin: There are 10,700 foreign national offenders currently housed in British prisons.We corrected this fact check on 13 October 2026. We first said official statistics do not count prisoners by nationality. They do, and the latest count is 10,134. The rating changed from Unverified to Mostly True.
11 October 2026 · Fact check
Steve Moore: Current U.S. inflation rates are at their highest levels in 30 to 40 years.We corrected this fact check on 11 October 2026. We first dated the remarks to 9 October 2026; Fox Business published them on 31 May 2022, so we re-checked the claim against inflation at that time. The rating changed from False to True.
11 October 2026 · Fact check
JD Vance: Individuals holding H-1B visas are completely subordinate to their employers and must leave the United States if they lose their jobs.We corrected this fact check on 11 October 2026. On review, the H-1B rules do tie a worker's status to their employer, but give them up to 60 days to find a new one. The rating changed from False to Misleading.
11 October 2026 · Fact check
Eric Deters: Kimberly Guilfoyle requested $100,000 from donor Eric Deters to pay off a personal credit card balance prior to her Senate confirmation hearing.We corrected this fact check on 11 October 2026. We first credited the claim to JD Vance, but he did not make it: it was made by Eric Deters, a Kentucky donor, and reported by the Wall Street Journal. The rating has not changed.
11 October 2026 · Article
New Book Traces Healthcare Racism to Jim Crow Laws, Urges Spiritual VigilanceThis article was updated on Oct. 11, 2026. The earlier version did not name the book, gave details of its contents and bibliography that the publisher's announcement does not support, and used an unrelated photo. It now names the book, keeps to what the publisher states, adds the documented Hill-Burton history, and lists its sources.
11 October 2026 · Article
Odido only learned of 6.2 million-record breach when hackers told itThis article was updated on Oct. 11, 2026: the breach took place in February 2026, not 2024; Odido learned of it when the hackers contacted the company, not when they published the data, and the headline now says so. Police findings from July and sources were added.
11 October 2026 · Fact check
Steve Moore: Oil prices have exceeded $118 per barrel.We corrected this fact check on 11 October 2026. We first dated the remarks to 9 October 2026; Fox Business published them on 31 May 2022, so we re-checked the claim against oil prices at that time. The rating has not changed.
11 October 2026 · Fact check
Donald Trump: Tariffs and strong borders have reduced the fentanyl coming into the United States by 30%.We corrected this fact check on 11 October 2026. We first dated the remarks to 11 October 2026 and wrongly said the transcript did not contain the claim; Trump made it on 20 February 2026. We re-checked it against border seizure data. The rating changed from False to Misleading.