0 People 335 Fact-checks 246 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (335) Barack Obama stated on September 07, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State. By Steve Contorno• September 7, 2014 Thom Tillis stated on September 30, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Kay Hagan "has missed half of the (Senate Armed Services) Committee's hearings in 2014." By Steve Contorno• October 2, 2014 X posts stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post: C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 30, 2024 Michael Hayden stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on." By Steve Contorno• September 14, 2014 Ben Rhodes stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": When President Barack Obama said ISIS, or ISIL, was contained, he "was responding very specifically to the geographic expansion of ISIL in Iraq and Syria." By Lauren Carroll• November 15, 2015 Jeb Bush stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire: "ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president." By Amy Sherman• May 28, 2015 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 05, 2024 in a statement on his website: On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.” By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024 Florida Democratic Party stated on February 25, 2014 in a press release: Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history." By Amy Sherman• March 3, 2014 Chris Koster stated on September 13, 2016 in a campaign ad: Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens "spent another $600,000 on image consultants" to rebrand his charity, The Mission Continues. By Anna Maples• November 6, 2016 TikTok posts stated on November 12, 2023 in a TikTok video: Video of an Alabama compound shows “Hamas is here and training hidden in plain sight.” By Loreben Tuquero• November 30, 2023 Instagram posts stated on January 17, 2023 in an Instagram post: The Federal Aviation Administration widened its electrocardiogram parameters for pilots because “a substantial number of airline pilots have had serious heart damage” from COVID-19 vaccines. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 20, 2023 Charlie Kirk stated on August 02, 2023 in a video: Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.” By Madison Czopek• August 9, 2023 Tim Walz stated on November 30, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": “I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal. By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2025 Instagram posts stated on December 04, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Trump was impeached for trying to investigate all the crimes that Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter over.” By Loreben Tuquero• December 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2023 in a Facebook post: Hunter Biden’s “prison term announced.” By Loreben Tuquero• December 21, 2023 Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Poll Finds 38% of Americans Say They Will Not Drink Corona Beer Because of Virus." By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2020 The Newly Press stated on April 29, 2018 in a headline: "Smallville star confesses she sold children to Rothschilds and Clintons." By Amy Sherman• May 1, 2018 Catherine Cortez Masto stated on August 18, 2022 in an ad: Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 23, 2022 VoteVets.org stated on October 12, 2018 in an ad: Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program." By Amy Sherman• October 23, 2018 Taxpayer Association of Oregon stated on October 31, 2011 in a newsletter: Says "the City of Portland alone has 84 public relation representatives on payroll which cost taxpayers over $6.2 million (a year)." By Ian K. Kullgren• November 4, 2011 Articles (246) Top 5 most popular fact-checks for September 2014 By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 1, 2014 2014 Readers' Poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 15, 2014 Mailbag: Lie of the Year edition By Louis Jacobson• December 22, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Sept. 7 news shows By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu• September 7, 2014 Fact-checking the Sept. 7 news shows By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu• September 7, 2014 Fact-checking the latest claims about the Islamic State By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• September 11, 2014 The Trump administration is deploying election monitors to California, New Jersey. Is that unusual? By Amy Sherman• October 28, 2025 Villanova University was targeted by ‘swatting.’ What is it, and how does it affect victims? 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Barack Obama stated on September 07, 2014 in an interview on "Meet the Press.": Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State. By Steve Contorno• September 7, 2014 Thom Tillis stated on September 30, 2014 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Kay Hagan "has missed half of the (Senate Armed Services) Committee's hearings in 2014." By Steve Contorno• October 2, 2014 X posts stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post: C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 30, 2024 Michael Hayden stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": "The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on." By Steve Contorno• September 14, 2014 Ben Rhodes stated on November 15, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": When President Barack Obama said ISIS, or ISIL, was contained, he "was responding very specifically to the geographic expansion of ISIL in Iraq and Syria." By Lauren Carroll• November 15, 2015 Jeb Bush stated on May 20, 2015 in a roundtable in New Hampshire: "ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president." By Amy Sherman• May 28, 2015 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 05, 2024 in a statement on his website: On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.” By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024 Florida Democratic Party stated on February 25, 2014 in a press release: Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history." By Amy Sherman• March 3, 2014 Chris Koster stated on September 13, 2016 in a campaign ad: Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens "spent another $600,000 on image consultants" to rebrand his charity, The Mission Continues. By Anna Maples• November 6, 2016 TikTok posts stated on November 12, 2023 in a TikTok video: Video of an Alabama compound shows “Hamas is here and training hidden in plain sight.” By Loreben Tuquero• November 30, 2023 Instagram posts stated on January 17, 2023 in an Instagram post: The Federal Aviation Administration widened its electrocardiogram parameters for pilots because “a substantial number of airline pilots have had serious heart damage” from COVID-19 vaccines. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 20, 2023 Charlie Kirk stated on August 02, 2023 in a video: Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.” By Madison Czopek• August 9, 2023 Tim Walz stated on November 30, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": “I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal. By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2025 Instagram posts stated on December 04, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Trump was impeached for trying to investigate all the crimes that Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter over.” By Loreben Tuquero• December 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2023 in a Facebook post: Hunter Biden’s “prison term announced.” By Loreben Tuquero• December 21, 2023 Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: "Poll Finds 38% of Americans Say They Will Not Drink Corona Beer Because of Virus." By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2020 The Newly Press stated on April 29, 2018 in a headline: "Smallville star confesses she sold children to Rothschilds and Clintons." By Amy Sherman• May 1, 2018 Catherine Cortez Masto stated on August 18, 2022 in an ad: Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 23, 2022 VoteVets.org stated on October 12, 2018 in an ad: Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program." By Amy Sherman• October 23, 2018 Taxpayer Association of Oregon stated on October 31, 2011 in a newsletter: Says "the City of Portland alone has 84 public relation representatives on payroll which cost taxpayers over $6.2 million (a year)." By Ian K. Kullgren• November 4, 2011
Top 5 most popular fact-checks for September 2014 By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 1, 2014 2014 Readers' Poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 15, 2014 Mailbag: Lie of the Year edition By Louis Jacobson• December 22, 2014 PunditFact fact-checks the Sept. 7 news shows By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu• September 7, 2014 Fact-checking the Sept. 7 news shows By Steve Contorno, Linda Qiu• September 7, 2014 Fact-checking the latest claims about the Islamic State By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• September 11, 2014 The Trump administration is deploying election monitors to California, New Jersey. Is that unusual? By Amy Sherman• October 28, 2025 Villanova University was targeted by ‘swatting.’ What is it, and how does it affect victims? By Loreben Tuquero• August 22, 2025 Trump’s pardon comments omit why former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was prosecuted By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Who is Jack Smith, the special counsel in the Trump classified documents case? By Amy Sherman• June 9, 2023 Who is Jack Smith, special counsel for Trump classified documents, 2020 election indictments? By Amy Sherman• August 1, 2023 Why Steve Bannon’s and Hunter Biden’s subpoena disputes differ By Sara Swann• June 10, 2024 Previewing the North Carolina U.S. Senate debate By Bill Adair• October 6, 2014 What do we know about a smuggling network affiliated with the Islamic State group? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 9, 2025 The Readers' Choice poll: Comments from readers By Steve Contorno• December 18, 2014 Elon Musk claims ‘massive' Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 12, 2025 Why does the Justice Department monitor polling sites? By Yacob Reyes• November 9, 2022 PunditFact fact-checks the Sept. 14 news shows By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• September 14, 2014 Fact-checking the Sept. 14 news shows By Steve Contorno, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• September 14, 2014 Sorting out the truth about "the porn lawyer" By Robert Farley• February 6, 2009
