Alec Dent
Alec Dent is a former culture editor and staff writer for The Dispatch.
Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Jr. Tell Supporters Not to Come to Mar-a-Lago?
An image of an alleged tweet is fake.
Fact Check: Ron DeSantis Did Not Defend FBI Search at Mar-a-Lago
A viral video was edited to make it appear as if he did on Fox News.
Fact Checking a Viral Photo of Melania Trump
An image depicting her posing with a shovel on the grave of Ivana Trump is digitally altered.
The New Right Finds a Home at the Intersection of Populism and Elitism
Rising stars of the new right publicly bash elites for being disconnected from 'real America' while privately maintaining exclusive social lives.
Fact Check: Does Monkeypox Have 99.97 Survival Rate?
A claim from former OAN anchor Liz Wheeler is false.
Fact Check: Biden Exaggerated Vaccine Claim
Video from a 2021 resurfaces after the president’s COVID-19 diagnosis.
Fact Check: Trump Statement on Biden’s COVID Diagnosis a Fake
The former president did not make the widely shared statement.
Fact Check: Was a Woman Denied Entry Into the U.S. Because of an Abortion?
No, but Customs and Border Protection officials are investigating questions officers asked her at an airport.
Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Say He Has Cancer?
Viral claims are accurate, though a spokesman clarified that Biden was referring to a past diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer.
Fact Check: Pete Buttigieg Didn’t Say ‘High Gas Prices Are Forcing People to Electric Vehicles’
A viral tweet provides a misleading summary of the transportation secretary’s comments during an interview.