Latest Articles Following guilty verdict, fact-checking Donald Trump on Biden’s role, being a ‘political prisoner’ By Madison Czopek • May 30, 2024 The UN adjusted its Gaza fatality reporting. Here’s what the data does and doesn’t tell us. By Madison Czopek • May 24, 2024 Fact-checking claims that George Soros is ‘paying student radicals’ involved in campus protests By Madison Czopek • May 2, 2024 Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about HIV/AIDS By Madison Czopek • April 22, 2024 How paid X accounts blamed Israel, Ukraine for the Baltimore bridge collapse By Madison Czopek • April 3, 2024 Can social media platform outages impact U.S. elections? Not likely, experts say By Madison Czopek • March 6, 2024 Who is Alexander Smirnov, and what does his indictment mean for the GOP impeachment inquiry? By Madison Czopek • February 26, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Were the pictures in the Jesus ‘washed feet’ Super Bowl ad AI-generated? By Madison Czopek • February 13, 2024 3 conspiracy theories Putin promoted in his Tucker Carlson interview that Carlson didn’t challenge By Jeff Cercone • February 9, 2024 Taylor Swift: Singer, songwriter, psyop? How conservative pundits spread a wild theory By Madison Czopek • February 2, 2024 DNA fragments in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines won’t harm you, as Florida surgeon general suggests By Madison Czopek • January 11, 2024 Fact-checking Trump’s Iowa town hall: Wuhan scientist, wars, ‘no inflation’ and DeSantis on Fauci By Madison Czopek • January 11, 2024 The FBI didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6, but poll shows the false belief has staying power By Madison Czopek • January 5, 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year By Madison Czopek • December 21, 2023 Hannity said he’d leave his beliefs out of the DeSantis-Newsom debate. His charts hinted otherwise. By Madison Czopek • December 1, 2023 What’s behind Republicans’ claim that Joe Biden received $40,000 of ‘laundered Chinese money’? By Madison Czopek • November 14, 2023 United Facts of America: Looking at the profit motive driving anti-vaccine misinformation By Madison Czopek • November 7, 2023 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek • October 23, 2023 Ramaswamy’s GOP debate rivals tied his business to China, Hunter Biden. What’s behind the attacks? By Madison Czopek • October 2, 2023 ‘Special interest alien’ designation is based largely on a person's country of origin, experts say By Madison Czopek • September 21, 2023
Following guilty verdict, fact-checking Donald Trump on Biden’s role, being a ‘political prisoner’ By Madison Czopek • May 30, 2024 The UN adjusted its Gaza fatality reporting. Here’s what the data does and doesn’t tell us. By Madison Czopek • May 24, 2024 Fact-checking claims that George Soros is ‘paying student radicals’ involved in campus protests By Madison Czopek • May 2, 2024 Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about HIV/AIDS By Madison Czopek • April 22, 2024 How paid X accounts blamed Israel, Ukraine for the Baltimore bridge collapse By Madison Czopek • April 3, 2024 Can social media platform outages impact U.S. elections? Not likely, experts say By Madison Czopek • March 6, 2024 Who is Alexander Smirnov, and what does his indictment mean for the GOP impeachment inquiry? By Madison Czopek • February 26, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: Were the pictures in the Jesus ‘washed feet’ Super Bowl ad AI-generated? By Madison Czopek • February 13, 2024 3 conspiracy theories Putin promoted in his Tucker Carlson interview that Carlson didn’t challenge By Jeff Cercone • February 9, 2024 Taylor Swift: Singer, songwriter, psyop? How conservative pundits spread a wild theory By Madison Czopek • February 2, 2024 DNA fragments in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines won’t harm you, as Florida surgeon general suggests By Madison Czopek • January 11, 2024 Fact-checking Trump’s Iowa town hall: Wuhan scientist, wars, ‘no inflation’ and DeSantis on Fauci By Madison Czopek • January 11, 2024 The FBI didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6, but poll shows the false belief has staying power By Madison Czopek • January 5, 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year By Madison Czopek • December 21, 2023 Hannity said he’d leave his beliefs out of the DeSantis-Newsom debate. His charts hinted otherwise. By Madison Czopek • December 1, 2023 What’s behind Republicans’ claim that Joe Biden received $40,000 of ‘laundered Chinese money’? By Madison Czopek • November 14, 2023 United Facts of America: Looking at the profit motive driving anti-vaccine misinformation By Madison Czopek • November 7, 2023 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek • October 23, 2023 Ramaswamy’s GOP debate rivals tied his business to China, Hunter Biden. What’s behind the attacks? By Madison Czopek • October 2, 2023 ‘Special interest alien’ designation is based largely on a person's country of origin, experts say By Madison Czopek • September 21, 2023
