Latest Fact-checks by Ciara O'Rourke Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Viral image stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.” Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!” Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice. Viral image stated on February 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Gorilla Glue tweeted, “Do not use our products on your f------ hair.” Viral image stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl. Viral image stated on February 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Joe Biden asleep at his desk. Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House. Facebook posts stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden. Bloggers stated on February 7, 2021 in a blog post: “Military rescues tortured children from tunnel beneath Capitol Hill.” Bloggers stated on January 30, 2021 in a blog post: “Trump assassination foiled, Deep State in panic mode!” Bloggers stated on January 31, 2021 in a blog post: Says Denzel Washington said, “I support police over BLM, don’t put them down!” Viral image stated on January 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: The White House was dark for 10 nights in a row. YouTube videos stated on February 2, 2021 in a YouTube post: “US Capitol raided 2/2/21.” Viral image stated on January 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Rachel Levine’s family. Facebook posts stated on February 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” Viral image stated on January 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: H&M advertised a sweatshirt that said, “Koolest Kid in the Klan.” Bloggers stated on January 25, 2021 in a blog post: “WHO now saying you do not need to wear a mask.” Viral image stated on January 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show Joe Biden with a “Chinese handler.” Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Military tribunals start Jan. 20, 2021.” Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Exotic was pardoned. YouTube videos stated on January 19, 2021 in a YouTube post: “Military brass band plays ‘Hit the Road Jack’ as Trump leaves office.” Bloggers stated on January 20, 2021 in a blog post: Donald Trump’s letter to Joe Biden said, “You know I won.” Viral image stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Let’s begin ‘The Purge’ to roundup all Conservative traitors.” Viral image stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: NPR posted a story about the Capitol breach before it happened. Viral image stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence changed “his Twitter banner photo to Biden and Harris.” Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows man upset because he was added to the no-fly list for storming the Capitol. Viral image stated on January 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Portland’s mayor after demonstrations there “urging him to stick to the proven Democratic Play book.” Viral image stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: A CNN chyron said, “Antifa has just taken responsibility for storming Capital Hill.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence was arrested. Viral image stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The FBI just confirmed that it was ANTIFA, not Trump supporters, who breached the Capitol.”
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Viral image stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.” Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!” Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice. Viral image stated on February 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Gorilla Glue tweeted, “Do not use our products on your f------ hair.” Viral image stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl. Viral image stated on February 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Joe Biden asleep at his desk. Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House. Facebook posts stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden. Bloggers stated on February 7, 2021 in a blog post: “Military rescues tortured children from tunnel beneath Capitol Hill.” Bloggers stated on January 30, 2021 in a blog post: “Trump assassination foiled, Deep State in panic mode!” Bloggers stated on January 31, 2021 in a blog post: Says Denzel Washington said, “I support police over BLM, don’t put them down!” Viral image stated on January 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: The White House was dark for 10 nights in a row. YouTube videos stated on February 2, 2021 in a YouTube post: “US Capitol raided 2/2/21.” Viral image stated on January 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Rachel Levine’s family. Facebook posts stated on February 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.” Viral image stated on January 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: H&M advertised a sweatshirt that said, “Koolest Kid in the Klan.” Bloggers stated on January 25, 2021 in a blog post: “WHO now saying you do not need to wear a mask.” Viral image stated on January 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show Joe Biden with a “Chinese handler.” Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Military tribunals start Jan. 20, 2021.” Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Exotic was pardoned. YouTube videos stated on January 19, 2021 in a YouTube post: “Military brass band plays ‘Hit the Road Jack’ as Trump leaves office.” Bloggers stated on January 20, 2021 in a blog post: Donald Trump’s letter to Joe Biden said, “You know I won.” Viral image stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Let’s begin ‘The Purge’ to roundup all Conservative traitors.” Viral image stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: NPR posted a story about the Capitol breach before it happened. Viral image stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence changed “his Twitter banner photo to Biden and Harris.” Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows man upset because he was added to the no-fly list for storming the Capitol. Viral image stated on January 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Portland’s mayor after demonstrations there “urging him to stick to the proven Democratic Play book.” Viral image stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: A CNN chyron said, “Antifa has just taken responsibility for storming Capital Hill.” Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence was arrested. Viral image stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The FBI just confirmed that it was ANTIFA, not Trump supporters, who breached the Capitol.”
Viral image stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”
Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!”
Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice.
Viral image stated on February 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Gorilla Glue tweeted, “Do not use our products on your f------ hair.”
Viral image stated on February 9, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl.
Viral image stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House.
Facebook posts stated on February 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Shell Oil laying off 9,000 workers” because of Joe Biden.
Bloggers stated on February 7, 2021 in a blog post: “Military rescues tortured children from tunnel beneath Capitol Hill.”
Bloggers stated on January 30, 2021 in a blog post: “Trump assassination foiled, Deep State in panic mode!”
Bloggers stated on January 31, 2021 in a blog post: Says Denzel Washington said, “I support police over BLM, don’t put them down!”
Viral image stated on January 30, 2021 in a Facebook post: The White House was dark for 10 nights in a row.
Facebook posts stated on February 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Myanmar used Dominion Voting Systems.”
Viral image stated on January 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: H&M advertised a sweatshirt that said, “Koolest Kid in the Klan.”
Viral image stated on January 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show Joe Biden with a “Chinese handler.”
Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Military tribunals start Jan. 20, 2021.”
YouTube videos stated on January 19, 2021 in a YouTube post: “Military brass band plays ‘Hit the Road Jack’ as Trump leaves office.”
Bloggers stated on January 20, 2021 in a blog post: Donald Trump’s letter to Joe Biden said, “You know I won.”
Viral image stated on January 12, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Let’s begin ‘The Purge’ to roundup all Conservative traitors.”
Viral image stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: NPR posted a story about the Capitol breach before it happened.
Viral image stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence changed “his Twitter banner photo to Biden and Harris.”
Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Video shows man upset because he was added to the no-fly list for storming the Capitol.
Viral image stated on January 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Portland’s mayor after demonstrations there “urging him to stick to the proven Democratic Play book.”
Viral image stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: A CNN chyron said, “Antifa has just taken responsibility for storming Capital Hill.”
Viral image stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The FBI just confirmed that it was ANTIFA, not Trump supporters, who breached the Capitol.”
