Latest Articles A history of PolitiFact's Lie of the Year, from 2009 to 2025 By Maria Briceño • December 15, 2025 Pope Francis defended truth as misinformation trailed him By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2025 City officials and residents say there is no Venezuelan gang “takeover” in Aurora, Colorado By Sofia Ahmed • September 9, 2024 A poll found 1 in 5 believe in covert Taylor Swift effort to help Biden win. What does that mean? By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2024 Divisions in Cyprus amplify fact-checking challenges By Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2023 QAnon ideas proliferate in 2022 midterms, raising continued concerns of violence By Madison Czopek • November 7, 2022 Misinformation fuels false narratives about attack on Paul Pelosi By Madison Czopek • October 31, 2022 False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2022 An enduring tradition: False claims about attacks on Christmas By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2021 Seven spooky things that people say are in the COVID-19 vaccines but definitely aren’t By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2021 Hangings, guillotines and Gitmo: Going behind Real Raw News’ sensational (and fabricated) headlines By Bill McCarthy • September 24, 2021 How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry By Bill McCarthy • September 9, 2021 United Facts of America: Fact-checkers seen as blunting threat of disinformation By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2021 What the HBO QAnon documentary series revealed about the identity of ‘Q’ By Samantha Putterman • April 9, 2021 Steve Scalise won’t say election was not stolen. Who else won’t? By Jon Greenberg • February 24, 2021 A look back at Lie of the Year, 2009 to 2019 By PolitiFact Staff • December 16, 2020 The scariest misinformation of 2020 By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 31, 2020 The misinformation campaign against Kamala Harris, what you need to know By Samantha Putterman • October 7, 2020 Fact-checking attacks against Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate By Ciara O'Rourke • August 20, 2020 NBA bubble keeps virus contained, but not misinformation By Bill McCarthy • August 5, 2020
A history of PolitiFact's Lie of the Year, from 2009 to 2025 By Maria Briceño • December 15, 2025 Pope Francis defended truth as misinformation trailed him By Katie Sanders • April 24, 2025 City officials and residents say there is no Venezuelan gang “takeover” in Aurora, Colorado By Sofia Ahmed • September 9, 2024 A poll found 1 in 5 believe in covert Taylor Swift effort to help Biden win. What does that mean? By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2024 Divisions in Cyprus amplify fact-checking challenges By Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2023 QAnon ideas proliferate in 2022 midterms, raising continued concerns of violence By Madison Czopek • November 7, 2022 Misinformation fuels false narratives about attack on Paul Pelosi By Madison Czopek • October 31, 2022 False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2022 An enduring tradition: False claims about attacks on Christmas By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2021 Seven spooky things that people say are in the COVID-19 vaccines but definitely aren’t By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2021 Hangings, guillotines and Gitmo: Going behind Real Raw News’ sensational (and fabricated) headlines By Bill McCarthy • September 24, 2021 How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry By Bill McCarthy • September 9, 2021 United Facts of America: Fact-checkers seen as blunting threat of disinformation By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2021 What the HBO QAnon documentary series revealed about the identity of ‘Q’ By Samantha Putterman • April 9, 2021 Steve Scalise won’t say election was not stolen. Who else won’t? By Jon Greenberg • February 24, 2021 A look back at Lie of the Year, 2009 to 2019 By PolitiFact Staff • December 16, 2020 The scariest misinformation of 2020 By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 31, 2020 The misinformation campaign against Kamala Harris, what you need to know By Samantha Putterman • October 7, 2020 Fact-checking attacks against Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate By Ciara O'Rourke • August 20, 2020 NBA bubble keeps virus contained, but not misinformation By Bill McCarthy • August 5, 2020
