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Jon Greenberg

By Jon Greenberg September 16, 2014

Angie Drobnic Holan

By Angie Drobnic Holan September 16, 2014

This video explains some of the new features of PolitiFact's redesign.

PolitiFact

stated on November 8, 2022 in election night coverage on Fox News:

“Electronic voting machines didn't allow people to vote” in Maricopa County, Arizona.

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false

stated on November 8, 2022 in a tweet:

“There is no chain of custody” for ballots placed in Box No. 3 at Maricopa, Arizona, polling sites.

false

false

stated on November 1, 2022 in a town hall event:

“J.D. Vance said nothing about” the attack on Paul Pelosi.

false

false

stated on October 26, 2022 in a newspaper interview:

Blake Masters “wants to privatize” Social Security.

barely-true

barely-true

Instagram posts

stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The documentary “2,000 Mules proves” Democrats “cheated on the 2020 elections.”

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false

stated on October 15, 2022 in a tweet:

Immigrants illegally in the country are treated “better than military veterans.”

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false

stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:

Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.”

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:

“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”

barely-true

barely-true

stated on September 27, 2022 in a campaign ad:

“I voted with Trump on trade.”

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on September 22, 2022 in a Secretary of State debate:

Ballot harvesting “altered the outcome” of a city council election in Yuma County, Arizona.

false

false

Saving Arizona PAC

stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad:

“Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.”

barely-true

barely-true

Elizabeth Warren

stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”

true

true

Hillary Clinton

stated on September 6, 2022 in a tweet.:

“I had zero emails that were classified.”

half-true

half-true

stated on August 10, 2022 in an interview on Fox News:

“The Congressional Budget Office says 90% of the revenue generated from the new IRS agents will come from people making less than $200,000 … and the revenue generated will be $300-plus billion.”

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false

stated on August 10, 2022 in a tweet.:

“Democrats are voting to add an army of 87,000 IRS agents who will target middle class taxpayers and conduct at least 1 million more audits each year. ”

barely-true

barely-true

Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

"Estudiantes de la Universidad de Harvard cambiaron la bandera estadounidense por la de Palestina".

By Sara Swann • May 3, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 29, 2024 in a Facebook post:

An executive order proves President Joe Biden “isn’t real and isn’t president.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 3, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Dr. Mehmet Oz promoting his “exclusive pills” to lose weight.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 3, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2024 in a Facebook post:

U.S. News & World Report reported that actor Keanu Reeves rejected a “‘woke’ movie offer.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 3, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Hacker Hamza Bendelladj was executed.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 3, 2024
Threads posts
stated on May 1, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Donald Trump wants to build an ‘iron dome’ at the border of our country to ‘defend us’ from Canada.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 3, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 30, 2024 in a Facebook reel:

Video shows “protesters at Harvard replace American flag with Palestinian flag.”

By Sara Swann • May 3, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on May 1, 2024 in a campaign event:

Former President Donald Trump told Time magazine that “states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 3, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on May 2, 2024 in remarks to reporters:

“I’m not allowed to testify” because of a gag order.

By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2024
Viral image
stated on April 27, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Four people “tested positive” after a Texas pool was “infected with AIDS.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 3, 2024