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Edited by Eric Effron and Sofia Rubinson
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from tracking Russian disinformation at NewsGuard, it’s that when Moscow makes false claims about the West — whether it’s recruiting terrorists, looting artifacts, or insisting on new elections in democratic countries — it often serves as a foreshadowing of the Kremlin’s own nefarious plans and actions.
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested this week that Ukraine should hold a special election, describing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “a dictator without elections,” and falsely claiming that he has only a four percent approval rating among Ukrainians. (Polls show a Zelensky approval rating above 50 percent.) (Reality Check members can read NewsGuard’s Misinformation Fingerprint here.)
Zelensky held a press conference stating that Trump’s claims are “disinformation” that “comes from Russia.” That appears to be the case. In comments made on Russian state TV, talk show host Vladimir Solovyov suggested that Trump’s claims, which included the four percent approval claim, came from Russian President Vladimir...
The Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago filed a lawsuit last month alleging that a group of conspirators engaged in a racketeering scheme to defraud the archdiocese by falsely claiming priest sexual a...