Latest False Fact-checks in Fires 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 April 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Fires at food processing plants are an “attempt to starve us.” X posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a Tweet: “Here is the fire drone video that Twitter, Google, and YouTube didn't want us to see.” Facebook posts stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: West Coast wildfires are due to “bad forest maintenance,” not climate change. Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2020 in a meme: A CNN headline reads: “Members of Crip gang volunteer to fight wildfires after sky turns red.” Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a Twitter account for "Scarsdale NY Antifa" tweeted that "chapters of Antifa around Oregon have collaborated to ignite fires around the state." Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2020 in a text post: "ANTIFA is now carrying chain saws, and cutting down utility poles, and starting more fires." Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2020 in a post: Photo shows “some of the firefighters in California fighting fires 24/7 to save people's lives and property.” Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a post: “KXL Radio in Portland reported today that Firefighters are now being shot at by suspected Antifa and BLM members.” Paul Romero stated on September 9, 2020 in a tweet: “Pallet Company in Oregon City confirmed Antifa arsonist on camera. Douglas County Sheriff has 6 ANTIFA arsonists in custody.” Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2020 in a series of images: Most of the wildfires on the West Coast are “all being started by antifa.” Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in a press conference: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump denies fire assistance to California because they didn't vote for him, but helped Russia with their wildfires in Siberia.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address. Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: "The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson." Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says an image shows a satellite view of fires in Australia. Facebook posts stated on September 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Rihanna hired "five planes that carried 90,000 liters of water to support the fire control" in the Amazon rainforest. Donald Trump stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet: California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2018 in a tweet: "There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2018 in a tweet: "California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean." Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article: An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
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Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Fires at food processing plants are an “attempt to starve us.” X posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a Tweet: “Here is the fire drone video that Twitter, Google, and YouTube didn't want us to see.” Facebook posts stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: West Coast wildfires are due to “bad forest maintenance,” not climate change. Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2020 in a meme: A CNN headline reads: “Members of Crip gang volunteer to fight wildfires after sky turns red.” Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a Twitter account for "Scarsdale NY Antifa" tweeted that "chapters of Antifa around Oregon have collaborated to ignite fires around the state." Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2020 in a text post: "ANTIFA is now carrying chain saws, and cutting down utility poles, and starting more fires." Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2020 in a post: Photo shows “some of the firefighters in California fighting fires 24/7 to save people's lives and property.” Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a post: “KXL Radio in Portland reported today that Firefighters are now being shot at by suspected Antifa and BLM members.” Paul Romero stated on September 9, 2020 in a tweet: “Pallet Company in Oregon City confirmed Antifa arsonist on camera. Douglas County Sheriff has 6 ANTIFA arsonists in custody.” Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2020 in a series of images: Most of the wildfires on the West Coast are “all being started by antifa.” Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in a press conference: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump denies fire assistance to California because they didn't vote for him, but helped Russia with their wildfires in Siberia.” Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address. Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: "The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson." Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says an image shows a satellite view of fires in Australia. Facebook posts stated on September 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Rihanna hired "five planes that carried 90,000 liters of water to support the fire control" in the Amazon rainforest. Donald Trump stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet: California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management." Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2018 in a tweet: "There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2018 in a tweet: "California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean." Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article: An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: Fires at food processing plants are an “attempt to starve us.”
X posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a Tweet: “Here is the fire drone video that Twitter, Google, and YouTube didn't want us to see.”
Facebook posts stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: West Coast wildfires are due to “bad forest maintenance,” not climate change.
Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2020 in a meme: A CNN headline reads: “Members of Crip gang volunteer to fight wildfires after sky turns red.”
Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a Twitter account for "Scarsdale NY Antifa" tweeted that "chapters of Antifa around Oregon have collaborated to ignite fires around the state."
Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2020 in a text post: "ANTIFA is now carrying chain saws, and cutting down utility poles, and starting more fires."
Facebook posts stated on September 7, 2020 in a post: Photo shows “some of the firefighters in California fighting fires 24/7 to save people's lives and property.”
Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a post: “KXL Radio in Portland reported today that Firefighters are now being shot at by suspected Antifa and BLM members.”
Paul Romero stated on September 9, 2020 in a tweet: “Pallet Company in Oregon City confirmed Antifa arsonist on camera. Douglas County Sheriff has 6 ANTIFA arsonists in custody.”
Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2020 in a series of images: Most of the wildfires on the West Coast are “all being started by antifa.”
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in a press conference: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.”
Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump denies fire assistance to California because they didn't vote for him, but helped Russia with their wildfires in Siberia.”
Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address.
Facebook posts stated on January 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: "The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson."
Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says an image shows a satellite view of fires in Australia.
Facebook posts stated on September 2, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Rihanna hired "five planes that carried 90,000 liters of water to support the fire control" in the Amazon rainforest.
Donald Trump stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet: California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management."
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2018 in a tweet: "There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor."
Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2018 in a tweet: "California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean."
Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article: An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
