Latest False Fact-checks 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 June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Jamaica becomes the first country to make K-pop illegal.” Sherri Tenpenny stated on June 8, 2021 in an Ohio House hearing: The COVID-19 vaccines make people "magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them, and they can stick." Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Facebook posts stated on June 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “People are dying who have never died before.” Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in Facebook post: Video shows Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system engaged in military combat. Donald Trump stated on June 5, 2021 in a speech to the North Carolina Republican Convention: “Republican state senators” who started an audit of 2020 election results in Maricopa County are “exposing this fraud.” Bloggers stated on June 7, 2021 in a blog post: Video shows man trying to “fill entire pickup bed with fuel amidst last month’s fuel shortage.” Viral image stated on June 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Anthony Bourdain tweeted, “This might be the best bat soup I ever had in my life. Someday everyone’s gonna be talking about Wuhan.” Instagram posts stated on June 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: "920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated." Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Tim Tebow says he is wearing #85 to honor his former friend/teammate and fellow TE Aaron Hernandez, who passed away in 2017.” Instagram posts stated on May 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Airlines are meeting today to discuss the risks of carrying vaxed passengers due to the risk of clots and the liabilities involved.” Viral image stated on May 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “the plane that brings our dead military home. It is made so that when they shoot their salute for their service it looks like an angel carrying them home.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Bruno Mars is Michael Jackson’s son. Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight.” Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Donald Trump gave his big speech today with his pants on backward.” Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Viral immunologist says COVID-19 vaccines’ “spike protein” means people are being inoculated “with a toxin.” Viral image stated on May 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says James Mattis said, “If you burn the American flag you’ll spend two years in the military. I promise you, you’ll be cured of the desire to burn a flag ever again.” TikTok posts stated on May 19, 2021 in a TikTok video: “There is a place in the U.S. where murder is legal.” Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci’s emails leaked.” Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows R. Kelly being released from prison in 2021. Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “In 38 days Pelosi and Schiff are up for reelection. Nadler up June 23.” Viral image stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tom Hanks after “wife Rita exposed his condition after he was spotted in a bad state. Tom will spend the remainder of his life in and out of hospitals.” Derrick Van Orden stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Pentagon killed a man who invented a water-powered fuel cell for cars. Glenn Youngkin stated on May 4, 2021 in TV interview: Terry McAuliffe favors “taking the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4th of July out of the (school) curriculum.” X posts stated on May 24, 2021 in Twitter: "The CDC lowered the PCR threshold while no longer recording asymptomatic cases...but only for the vaccinated." Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Emails show "Fauci's fellow scientist could tell early on that the (coronavirus) looked manufactured." Instagram posts stated on June 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: An email from Dr. Anthony Fauci shows "everyone was lied to" about wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “U.S. military arrests Dr. Deborah Birx.” Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a post: “So the unvaxxed have to wear mask (sic) to protect the vaxxinated.”
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Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Jamaica becomes the first country to make K-pop illegal.” Sherri Tenpenny stated on June 8, 2021 in an Ohio House hearing: The COVID-19 vaccines make people "magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them, and they can stick." Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.” Facebook posts stated on June 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “People are dying who have never died before.” Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in Facebook post: Video shows Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system engaged in military combat. Donald Trump stated on June 5, 2021 in a speech to the North Carolina Republican Convention: “Republican state senators” who started an audit of 2020 election results in Maricopa County are “exposing this fraud.” Bloggers stated on June 7, 2021 in a blog post: Video shows man trying to “fill entire pickup bed with fuel amidst last month’s fuel shortage.” Viral image stated on June 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Anthony Bourdain tweeted, “This might be the best bat soup I ever had in my life. Someday everyone’s gonna be talking about Wuhan.” Instagram posts stated on June 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: "920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated." Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Tim Tebow says he is wearing #85 to honor his former friend/teammate and fellow TE Aaron Hernandez, who passed away in 2017.” Instagram posts stated on May 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Airlines are meeting today to discuss the risks of carrying vaxed passengers due to the risk of clots and the liabilities involved.” Viral image stated on May 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “the plane that brings our dead military home. It is made so that when they shoot their salute for their service it looks like an angel carrying them home.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Bruno Mars is Michael Jackson’s son. Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight.” Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Donald Trump gave his big speech today with his pants on backward.” Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Viral immunologist says COVID-19 vaccines’ “spike protein” means people are being inoculated “with a toxin.” Viral image stated on May 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says James Mattis said, “If you burn the American flag you’ll spend two years in the military. I promise you, you’ll be cured of the desire to burn a flag ever again.” TikTok posts stated on May 19, 2021 in a TikTok video: “There is a place in the U.S. where murder is legal.” Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci’s emails leaked.” Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows R. Kelly being released from prison in 2021. Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “In 38 days Pelosi and Schiff are up for reelection. Nadler up June 23.” Viral image stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tom Hanks after “wife Rita exposed his condition after he was spotted in a bad state. Tom will spend the remainder of his life in and out of hospitals.” Derrick Van Orden stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Pentagon killed a man who invented a water-powered fuel cell for cars. Glenn Youngkin stated on May 4, 2021 in TV interview: Terry McAuliffe favors “taking the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4th of July out of the (school) curriculum.” X posts stated on May 24, 2021 in Twitter: "The CDC lowered the PCR threshold while no longer recording asymptomatic cases...but only for the vaccinated." Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Emails show "Fauci's fellow scientist could tell early on that the (coronavirus) looked manufactured." Instagram posts stated on June 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: An email from Dr. Anthony Fauci shows "everyone was lied to" about wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “U.S. military arrests Dr. Deborah Birx.” Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a post: “So the unvaxxed have to wear mask (sic) to protect the vaxxinated.”
Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Jamaica becomes the first country to make K-pop illegal.”
Sherri Tenpenny stated on June 8, 2021 in an Ohio House hearing: The COVID-19 vaccines make people "magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them, and they can stick."
Chuck Grassley stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”
Facebook posts stated on June 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “People are dying who have never died before.”
Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in Facebook post: Video shows Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system engaged in military combat.
Donald Trump stated on June 5, 2021 in a speech to the North Carolina Republican Convention: “Republican state senators” who started an audit of 2020 election results in Maricopa County are “exposing this fraud.”
Bloggers stated on June 7, 2021 in a blog post: Video shows man trying to “fill entire pickup bed with fuel amidst last month’s fuel shortage.”
Viral image stated on June 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Anthony Bourdain tweeted, “This might be the best bat soup I ever had in my life. Someday everyone’s gonna be talking about Wuhan.”
Instagram posts stated on June 4, 2021 in an Instagram post: "920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated."
Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Tim Tebow says he is wearing #85 to honor his former friend/teammate and fellow TE Aaron Hernandez, who passed away in 2017.”
Instagram posts stated on May 30, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Airlines are meeting today to discuss the risks of carrying vaxed passengers due to the risk of clots and the liabilities involved.”
Viral image stated on May 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “the plane that brings our dead military home. It is made so that when they shoot their salute for their service it looks like an angel carrying them home.”
Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight.”
Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Donald Trump gave his big speech today with his pants on backward.”
Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Viral immunologist says COVID-19 vaccines’ “spike protein” means people are being inoculated “with a toxin.”
Viral image stated on May 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says James Mattis said, “If you burn the American flag you’ll spend two years in the military. I promise you, you’ll be cured of the desire to burn a flag ever again.”
TikTok posts stated on May 19, 2021 in a TikTok video: “There is a place in the U.S. where murder is legal.”
Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows R. Kelly being released from prison in 2021.
Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “In 38 days Pelosi and Schiff are up for reelection. Nadler up June 23.”
Viral image stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tom Hanks after “wife Rita exposed his condition after he was spotted in a bad state. Tom will spend the remainder of his life in and out of hospitals.”
Derrick Van Orden stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII
Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the Pentagon killed a man who invented a water-powered fuel cell for cars.
Glenn Youngkin stated on May 4, 2021 in TV interview: Terry McAuliffe favors “taking the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4th of July out of the (school) curriculum.”
X posts stated on May 24, 2021 in Twitter: "The CDC lowered the PCR threshold while no longer recording asymptomatic cases...but only for the vaccinated."
Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Emails show "Fauci's fellow scientist could tell early on that the (coronavirus) looked manufactured."
Instagram posts stated on June 2, 2021 in an Instagram post: An email from Dr. Anthony Fauci shows "everyone was lied to" about wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a post: “So the unvaxxed have to wear mask (sic) to protect the vaxxinated.”
