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Viral image stated on April 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows Muslims laughing in front of a burning Notre Dame.
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 16, 2019
Hal Turner Radio Show stated on May 20, 2021 in a blog post:
People with the COVID-19 vaccine are being "tracked in real time via 5G cellular, and all that data can be hacked into to track you."
By Andy Nguyen• May 28, 2021
Viral image stated on September 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows fighting in Ukraine.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 22, 2022
Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.:
Says Sidney Blumenthal wrote that the Benghazi attack was "almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect U.S. personnel and an American consulate in Libya."
By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2016
Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Photos show “Ukrainian farmers are slowly starting to build their own army.”
By Yacob Reyes• March 21, 2022
Paul Manafort stated on August 14, 2016 in an interview on "State of the Union":
Says there was a "NATO base in Turkey being under attack by terrorists."
By Linda Qiu• August 16, 2016
Bloggers stated on March 04, 2023 in a blog post:
Vladimir Putin “orders destruction of all COVID-19 vaccines in Russia.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 9, 2023
Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2022 in a blog post shared on Facebook:
“‘Monkeypox’ is only circulating in countries where the Pfizer vaccine has been distributed and is being used to advance a Technocratic Great Reset."
By Madison Czopek• July 29, 2022
Instagram posts stated on March 14, 2021 in a video caption:
Aluminum “is in the vaccine” and will hurt the brain.
By Andy Nguyen• March 22, 2021
Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2022 in a post:
Russia unveiled a nuclear weapon, "Satan 2," that is "capable of destroying everything breathing in the world."
By Monique Curet• March 2, 2022
Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.”
By Sara Swann• February 7, 2023
Social Media stated on October 24, 2023 in social media posts:
Russian President Vladimir Putin suffered a heart attack Oct. 22, 2023.
By Sara Swann• October 31, 2023
Barack Obama stated on February 17, 2009 in a bill signing ceremony in Denver.:
"We are making the largest investment in education in our nation’s history."
By Alexander Lane• February 27, 2009
Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
En NASA estaban “investigando el mar y dejaron de investigarlo y se fueron para el espacio”.
By Maria Briceño• February 21, 2024
Bloggers stated on November 24, 2016 in posts on the Internet:
CNN accidentally aired 30 minutes of pornography in Boston on Thanksgiving night.
By Joshua Gillin• November 29, 2016
Whoopi Goldberg stated on March 08, 2023 in remarks on ABC's "The View":
"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."
By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2023
Donald Trump stated on September 07, 2016 in NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum:
Says Russian President Vladimir Putin "calls me brilliant." 
By Linda Qiu• September 8, 2016
Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2018 in a tweet:
"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"
By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• February 20, 2018
Bill Posey stated on February 14, 2011 in a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.:
"The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort..."
By Laura Figueroa• February 23, 2011
Viral image stated on August 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 24, 2021

Articles (4430)

“Muslims laughing” at Notre Dame and fact-checking photos in the era of false news

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 28, 2019

Fact-checking vaccine claims in alleged disinformation campaign by Russian intelligence

By Noah Y. Kim• March 9, 2021

Four things to know about Russia's 2016 misinformation campaign

By Lauren Carroll• April 4, 2017

2017 Lie of the Year: Russian election interference is a 'made-up story'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 12, 2017

Russia and its influence on the presidential election

By Lauren Carroll• December 1, 2016

3 conspiracy theories Putin promoted in his Tucker Carlson interview that Carlson didn’t challenge

By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• February 9, 2024

Looking at news coverage of the Hunter Biden story in other countries

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 30, 2020

Anatomy of a statistic: Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities?

By Louis Jacobson• February 24, 2017

How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda

By Luiz Romero• August 8, 2022

The possible ties between Trump and Russia, explained

By Lauren Carroll• February 22, 2017

PolitiFact wins two Green Eyeshade awards

By Josie Hollingsworth• June 4, 2018

Seth Rich: Separating fact and speculation

By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2017

The media's definition of fake news vs. Donald Trump's

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 18, 2017

The more outrageous, the better: How clickbait ads make money for fake news sites

By Joshua Gillin• October 4, 2017

Coming Soon: PolitiFact New York!

By Aaron Sharockman• March 4, 2016

Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News: What to know before the trial

By Madison Czopek• April 17, 2023

How Fox News, Newsmax vote-rigging coverage squares with defamation law

By Jon Greenberg• December 23, 2020

Fighting back against fake news

By Aaron Sharockman• December 15, 2016

Sid Miller defends unfactual Facebook posts

By W. Gardner Selby• December 8, 2016

2016 Lie of the Year: Fake news

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 13, 2016