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‘How is this not a Pants on Fire?’: What PolitiFact readers thought of recent fact-checks

‘How is this not a Pants on Fire?’: What PolitiFact readers thought of recent fact-checks

By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2023
Amid images and news of actual war, false and misleading claims about Israel-Hamas thrive

Amid images and news of actual war, false and misleading claims about Israel-Hamas thrive

By Sara Swann • October 11, 2023
From farming to doomsday prepping: How one YouTube channel changed to fuel misinformation

From farming to doomsday prepping: How one YouTube channel changed to fuel misinformation

By Madison Czopek • September 5, 2023
Fact-checking conspiracy theories about death of Obamas’ personal chef

Fact-checking conspiracy theories about death of Obamas’ personal chef

By Jeff Cercone • August 2, 2023
La Tierra no es plana. Aquí te contamos por qué.

La Tierra no es plana. Aquí te contamos por qué.

By Maria Briceño • April 25, 2023
How to detect deepfake videos like a fact-checker

How to detect deepfake videos like a fact-checker

By Gabrielle Settles • April 19, 2023
Did Ohio train derailment cause CDC to update its vinyl chloride toxicology info? No

Did Ohio train derailment cause CDC to update its vinyl chloride toxicology info? No

By Madison Czopek • February 24, 2023
Here’s what you should know about the claim that Tyre Nichols was ‘reckless driving’

Here’s what you should know about the claim that Tyre Nichols was ‘reckless driving’

By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2023
Group says tax returns show Trump paid what he owed, but only audits can confirm that

Group says tax returns show Trump paid what he owed, but only audits can confirm that

By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2023
PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022

By Sara Swann • December 26, 2022
Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know

Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 11, 2022
How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users

How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users

By Gabrielle Settles • October 25, 2022
What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview

What George Soros said about Ukraine in a 2014 CNN interview

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 20, 2022
The most outlandish claims we’ve fact-checked about Queen Elizabeth II

The most outlandish claims we’ve fact-checked about Queen Elizabeth II

By Gabrielle Settles • September 12, 2022
How will social media platforms respond to election misinformation? It isn’t clear

How will social media platforms respond to election misinformation? It isn’t clear

By Hana Stepnick • August 1, 2022
Case study: How Facebook pages exploit Russia’s war in Ukraine with false videos

Case study: How Facebook pages exploit Russia’s war in Ukraine with false videos

By Grace Abels • July 27, 2022
Bombing of controversial Georgia Guidestones fuels online conspiracy theories

Bombing of controversial Georgia Guidestones fuels online conspiracy theories

By Madison Czopek • July 13, 2022
Doctors ‘strongly discourage’ using herbs to induce a miscarriage

Doctors ‘strongly discourage’ using herbs to induce a miscarriage

By Jeff Cercone • July 6, 2022
Fact-checking conspiracy theories about the death of Michael Stenger, former Senate sergeant-at-arms

Fact-checking conspiracy theories about the death of Michael Stenger, former Senate sergeant-at-arms

By Bill McCarthy • June 29, 2022
Mailbag: The Uvalde shooting and gun control, Roe v. Wade, open borders, and more

Mailbag: The Uvalde shooting and gun control, Roe v. Wade, open borders, and more

By Jon Greenberg • May 27, 2022