Latest Fact-checks by Tom Kertscher 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 Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination. TikTok posts stated on September 2, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.” Infowars stated on September 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600. Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: "The top 1% pays 90% of income taxes.” Breitbart stated on September 13, 2021 in an article: “Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election. Viral image stated on September 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change." Viral image stated on September 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Bidens own 10% of” a Chinese firm whose stock is up almost 300%” since Joe Biden was elected. Instagram posts stated on September 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: “President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.” Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a demonstration with an air quality monitor shows that cloth masks are dangerous for children. The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.” The Gateway Pundit stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.” Viral image stated on August 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: The U.S. left the Taliban an “arsenal” in Afghanistan, including 358,530 assault rifles and 22,174 Humvees. Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.” TikTok posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Tik Tok post: The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.” Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake. Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.” Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2015 in a viral image: Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.” Instagram posts stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a viral image: The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.” Instagram posts stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “continuously questioned the vaccine during the campaign” but now “they support vaccine cards and forced vaccinations.” Democratic Underground stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The second-largest investor in Regeneron” is a firm whose CEO is Ron DeSantis’ “number one political donor.” Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.” Occupy Democrats stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan. Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.” Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car." Dan Stock stated on August 9, 2021 in a viral image: Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines. Viral image stated on August 7, 2021 in a viral image: Suggests a suspicious link between the COVID-19 delta variant and company named Delta that works in 5G. Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19. Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?" TikTok posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine.
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Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination. TikTok posts stated on September 2, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.” Infowars stated on September 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600. Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: "The top 1% pays 90% of income taxes.” Breitbart stated on September 13, 2021 in an article: “Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election. Viral image stated on September 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change." Viral image stated on September 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Bidens own 10% of” a Chinese firm whose stock is up almost 300%” since Joe Biden was elected. Instagram posts stated on September 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: “President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.” Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a demonstration with an air quality monitor shows that cloth masks are dangerous for children. The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.” The Gateway Pundit stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.” Viral image stated on August 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: The U.S. left the Taliban an “arsenal” in Afghanistan, including 358,530 assault rifles and 22,174 Humvees. Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.” TikTok posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Tik Tok post: The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.” Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake. Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.” Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2015 in a viral image: Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.” Instagram posts stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a viral image: The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.” Instagram posts stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “continuously questioned the vaccine during the campaign” but now “they support vaccine cards and forced vaccinations.” Democratic Underground stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The second-largest investor in Regeneron” is a firm whose CEO is Ron DeSantis’ “number one political donor.” Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.” Occupy Democrats stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan. Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.” Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car." Dan Stock stated on August 9, 2021 in a viral image: Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines. Viral image stated on August 7, 2021 in a viral image: Suggests a suspicious link between the COVID-19 delta variant and company named Delta that works in 5G. Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19. Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?" TikTok posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine.
Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hundreds of thousands died after taking the advice of these celebrities,” who are “aiding and abetting mass murder” by advocating COVID-19 vaccination.
TikTok posts stated on September 2, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.”
Infowars stated on September 13, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600.
Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: "The top 1% pays 90% of income taxes.”
Breitbart stated on September 13, 2021 in an article: “Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election.
Viral image stated on September 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change."
Viral image stated on September 5, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Bidens own 10% of” a Chinese firm whose stock is up almost 300%” since Joe Biden was elected.
Instagram posts stated on September 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: “President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.”
Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a demonstration with an air quality monitor shows that cloth masks are dangerous for children.
The Gateway Pundit stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post: “New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.”
The Gateway Pundit stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.”
Viral image stated on August 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: The U.S. left the Taliban an “arsenal” in Afghanistan, including 358,530 assault rifles and 22,174 Humvees.
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.”
TikTok posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Tik Tok post: The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.”
Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.
Facebook posts stated on August 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “80% of women who have been jabbed have lost their children in the first trimester.”
Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2015 in a viral image: Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.”
Instagram posts stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.”
Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a viral image: The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.”
Instagram posts stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “continuously questioned the vaccine during the campaign” but now “they support vaccine cards and forced vaccinations.”
Democratic Underground stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: “The second-largest investor in Regeneron” is a firm whose CEO is Ron DeSantis’ “number one political donor.”
Fox News Channel stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Fauci doesn’t trust new vaccine research as delta variant surges.”
Occupy Democrats stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.
Instagram posts stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”
Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car."
Dan Stock stated on August 9, 2021 in a viral image: Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines.
Viral image stated on August 7, 2021 in a viral image: Suggests a suspicious link between the COVID-19 delta variant and company named Delta that works in 5G.
Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.
Viral image stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"
TikTok posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: “The Vaccine Adverse Event Recording System shows that 5,946 people have died because of the” COVID-19 vaccine.
