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Bill Adair

By Bill Adair October 8, 2007

Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Chris Satullo gives us a nice plug in his Sunday column , saying our site is "done with both class and sass. PolitiFact renders serious reporting with a sense of humor that helps even dry issue assessments stick in the voter's mind."

The debate will be shown live at 4 p.m. on CNBC on Tuesday, Oct. 9 and shown again on MSNBC at 9 p.m.

stated on October 7, 2014 in a debate :

"The Common Core was not put together by the Department of Education in Washington. It was put together by governors and by states."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on October 3, 2014 in a news release:

Says Thom Tillis "refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS."

mostly-true

mostly-true

Protect Oregon Driver Licenses

stated on April 21, 2013 in a campaign website statement:

Gov. Kitzhaber oversaw creation of the Oregon driver card law "behind closed doors without allowing any input from citizens who represent the public interest."

barely-true

barely-true

stated on July 18, 2014 in a campaign debate:

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

false

false

stated on February 26, 2016 in a test of the fact-checking widget:

"This is a test of the fact-checking widget."

false

false

Donald Rumsfeld

stated on February 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post":

Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on September 6, 2012 in a test:

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on August 22, 2012 in a statement:

true

true

stated on June 26, 2012 in a message forwarded to many people:

Says "a lip-reading instructor at the River School, a Washington, D.C., school for the deaf" has determined that during 9/11 ceremonies, Michelle Obama said, "All this for a damn flag."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:

Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."

pants-fire

pants-fire

Michele Bachmann

stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:

Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.

true

true

18% of the American public

stated on November 3, 2016 in a test conducted on an obscure PolitiFact site.:

"This is a test of the Share the Facts widget."

true

true

Republican Party of Florida

stated on March 19, 2010 in a news release:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on March 2, 2010 in the State of the State address:

Cover Florida "is available to any Floridian, offering basic coverage for about $150 a month, instead of the typical $600 a month."

barely-true

barely-true

C.W. Bill Young

stated on February 20, 2010 in a speech to Pinellas County Republicans.:

The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of our health programs."

pants-fire

pants-fire

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