Latest Fact-checks in Science 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 Jerry Jones stated on March 22, 2016 in remarks to reporters at NFL annual meeting: Says it’s "absurd" to say there’s enough data to establish a link between playing football and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Jeff Bridges stated on March 28, 2016 in a Facebook video: "Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists." Don Beyer stated on March 24, 2016 in a website post.: "Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change." Samir Chachoua stated on January 29, 2016 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher": Says he cured Charlie Sheen and the island of Comoros of HIV with "milk from goats, which had arthritis." B.o.B. stated on January 25, 2016 in in a Jan. 25 tweet: "You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat. Bernie Sanders stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2." Terry McAuliffe stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio show.: "All (Maryland) crabs are born in Virginia." Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post: The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines. David Cicilline stated on May 1, 2015 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: Annual precipitation "has increased in Rhode Island by over 12 inches in the last century." Ron Fournier stated on May 10, 2015 in a pundit panel on "Face the Nation": Says Mike Huckabee appeared in diabetes infomercials to endorse "cures and treatments that no health agency supports." Dino Baccari stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.: A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes." SeaWorld stated on March 24, 2015 in an ad: "Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild. Donna Nesselbush stated on March 6, 2015 in a commentary: "In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs." Ted Cruz stated on March 17, 2015 in an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers": "Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming." Raw Story stated on February 11, 2015 in headline over an article on the Raw Story website: "Georgia lawmaker pushes bill banning creation of ‘glow in the dark’ human-jellyfish hybrids." Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2014 in a Senate floor speech: "January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded." John Stossel stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people." Jesse Ventura stated on December 2, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com: "Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!" Mother Jones stated on November 24, 2014 in a Facebook post: "Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds." Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters stated on October 8, 2014 in in a mailer: "Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’" Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com: "The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus. Marco Rubio stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate." Madison Action Fund stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign ad in Idaho: Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson is a "liberal" who voted with Nancy Pelosi to "fund sex study programs of San Francisco prostitutes" and "to regulate the sale of firearms." Michael Solomon stated on April 3, 2014 in a news release: "Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent." Lamar Smith stated on March 26, 2014 in a committee hearing: The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical. Heidi Heilman stated on March 13, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear." Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2014 in a post from Being Liberal: Says Marco Rubio believes the earth is 9,000 years old and that humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction; says Rand Paul believes the earth is 10,000 years old and God removed dinosaurs "to make space for humans."
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Jerry Jones stated on March 22, 2016 in remarks to reporters at NFL annual meeting: Says it’s "absurd" to say there’s enough data to establish a link between playing football and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Jeff Bridges stated on March 28, 2016 in a Facebook video: "Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists." Don Beyer stated on March 24, 2016 in a website post.: "Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change." Samir Chachoua stated on January 29, 2016 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher": Says he cured Charlie Sheen and the island of Comoros of HIV with "milk from goats, which had arthritis." B.o.B. stated on January 25, 2016 in in a Jan. 25 tweet: "You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat. Bernie Sanders stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air." Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2." Terry McAuliffe stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio show.: "All (Maryland) crabs are born in Virginia." Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post: The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines. David Cicilline stated on May 1, 2015 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: Annual precipitation "has increased in Rhode Island by over 12 inches in the last century." Ron Fournier stated on May 10, 2015 in a pundit panel on "Face the Nation": Says Mike Huckabee appeared in diabetes infomercials to endorse "cures and treatments that no health agency supports." Dino Baccari stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.: A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes." SeaWorld stated on March 24, 2015 in an ad: "Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild. Donna Nesselbush stated on March 6, 2015 in a commentary: "In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs." Ted Cruz stated on March 17, 2015 in an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers": "Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming." Raw Story stated on February 11, 2015 in headline over an article on the Raw Story website: "Georgia lawmaker pushes bill banning creation of ‘glow in the dark’ human-jellyfish hybrids." Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up." Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2014 in a Senate floor speech: "January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded." John Stossel stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people." Jesse Ventura stated on December 2, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com: "Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!" Mother Jones stated on November 24, 2014 in a Facebook post: "Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds." Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters stated on October 8, 2014 in in a mailer: "Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’" Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com: "The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus. Marco Rubio stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate." Madison Action Fund stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign ad in Idaho: Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson is a "liberal" who voted with Nancy Pelosi to "fund sex study programs of San Francisco prostitutes" and "to regulate the sale of firearms." Michael Solomon stated on April 3, 2014 in a news release: "Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent." Lamar Smith stated on March 26, 2014 in a committee hearing: The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical. Heidi Heilman stated on March 13, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear." Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2014 in a post from Being Liberal: Says Marco Rubio believes the earth is 9,000 years old and that humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction; says Rand Paul believes the earth is 10,000 years old and God removed dinosaurs "to make space for humans."
Jerry Jones stated on March 22, 2016 in remarks to reporters at NFL annual meeting: Says it’s "absurd" to say there’s enough data to establish a link between playing football and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
Jeff Bridges stated on March 28, 2016 in a Facebook video: "Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."
Don Beyer stated on March 24, 2016 in a website post.: "Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change."
Samir Chachoua stated on January 29, 2016 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher": Says he cured Charlie Sheen and the island of Comoros of HIV with "milk from goats, which had arthritis."
B.o.B. stated on January 25, 2016 in in a Jan. 25 tweet: "You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat.
Bernie Sanders stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher: The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.: "The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
Terry McAuliffe stated on July 21, 2015 in a radio show.: "All (Maryland) crabs are born in Virginia."
Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post: The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines.
David Cicilline stated on May 1, 2015 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: Annual precipitation "has increased in Rhode Island by over 12 inches in the last century."
Ron Fournier stated on May 10, 2015 in a pundit panel on "Face the Nation": Says Mike Huckabee appeared in diabetes infomercials to endorse "cures and treatments that no health agency supports."
Dino Baccari stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.: A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."
SeaWorld stated on March 24, 2015 in an ad: "Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild.
Donna Nesselbush stated on March 6, 2015 in a commentary: "In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."
Ted Cruz stated on March 17, 2015 in an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers": "Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming."
Raw Story stated on February 11, 2015 in headline over an article on the Raw Story website: "Georgia lawmaker pushes bill banning creation of ‘glow in the dark’ human-jellyfish hybrids."
Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2015 in a meme on social media: Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up."
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2014 in a Senate floor speech: "January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded."
John Stossel stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."
Jesse Ventura stated on December 2, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com: "Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!"
Mother Jones stated on November 24, 2014 in a Facebook post: "Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."
Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters stated on October 8, 2014 in in a mailer: "Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’"
Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com: "The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus.
Marco Rubio stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week": Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
Madison Action Fund stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign ad in Idaho: Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson is a "liberal" who voted with Nancy Pelosi to "fund sex study programs of San Francisco prostitutes" and "to regulate the sale of firearms."
Michael Solomon stated on April 3, 2014 in a news release: "Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."
Lamar Smith stated on March 26, 2014 in a committee hearing: The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
Heidi Heilman stated on March 13, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear."
Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2014 in a post from Being Liberal: Says Marco Rubio believes the earth is 9,000 years old and that humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction; says Rand Paul believes the earth is 10,000 years old and God removed dinosaurs "to make space for humans."
