Fact-checks | PolitiFact

The Poynter Institute

Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

I would like to contribute

Facebook posts
stated on March 3, 2023 in a video:

“USA gives final warning to Uganda to legalize homosexuality,” or no aid.

By Grace Abels • March 17, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2023 in an image:

"We’re just burning 300 gallons of jet fuel to de-ice this clean energy wind turbine … that needs 80 gallons of synthetic oil to operate."

By Andy Nguyen • March 16, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2023 in a Facebook post:

A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.”

By Amy Sherman • March 15, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Clinton ally mysteriously dies.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 15, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook:

Video shows that certain drinks can “test positive” for COVID-19 when using at-home COVID-19 tests.

By Madison Czopek • March 10, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“The January 6 committee disbanded immediately after the new footage was released.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 8, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 6, 2023 in a Facebook post:

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley made U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland cry at a committee hearing.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 8, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 27, 2023 in a post:

“The five people that died in that plane crash … were supposed to go to Ohio to test the water, the soil and the air quality in East Palestine.”

By Gabrielle Settles • March 7, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.”

By Loreben Tuquero • March 3, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2023 in a post:

“Muslims by the millions are converting to Christianity.”

By Gabrielle Settles • March 3, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“BREAKING Trump preps Marines to stop presidential coup.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows President Joe Biden recalling an alien encounter.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2023 in a video on Facebook:

Drinking or using tap water treated with chlorine is dangerous because “chlorine is a poison.”

By Sara Swann • February 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Clinton aide found dead, tied to tree in apparent murder.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 23, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Big-box stores are refunding and crediting customers for fraud and discrimination.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 23, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2023 in a post:

Photo shows “what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine.”

By Gabrielle Settles • February 23, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The U.S. State Department has started a special immigrants visa “evacuation operation.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 22, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Richard Belzer died because of a COVID-19 vaccine.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 22, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows “the earthquake in Turkey.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The dog dewormer fenbendazole can cure cancer in humans.

By Tom Kertscher • February 20, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 17, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

A photo shows birds that “dropped dead” in Kentucky after the train derailment in Ohio.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 17, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

In Australia, "All joggers must wear a helmet.”

By Jeff Cercone • February 16, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The earthquake in Turkey is a "scripted" use of geo engineering weather modification HAARP

By Jeff Cercone • February 15, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker.

By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2023 in a Facebook post:

A photo shows a deputy U.S. marshal “keeping a close eye” on President Joe Biden at the State of the Union address on Feb. 7.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 10, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 5, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“There are no humans” on the International Space Station.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 9, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 29, 2023 in a video on Facebook:

An ingredient in some of Chick-fil-A’s dipping sauces can cause serious health problems.

By Sara Swann • February 9, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 5, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Mark Zuckerberg launched a platform last month "that allows each user to earn from $500 a day without even leaving home."

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 4, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Unusual cancers” are “exploding right into stage 4" and those cancer cells have “the spike protein."

By Tom Kertscher • February 8, 2023

Next