0 People 1178 Fact-checks 551 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (1178) Winning Our Future stated on January 12, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town": Mitt Romney’s and Bain Capital’s profits from KB Toys, which later went out of business, were "described by the Boston Herald as ‘disgusting.’" By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2012 Winning Our Future stated on January 11, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town" : Says Romney and Bain Capital drove KB Toys into bankruptcy by loading it up with debt. By Becky Bowers• January 13, 2012 David Rible stated on November 30, 2013 in an interview on NJTV's 'On the Record' with Michael Aron program: "This governor has given us continual balanced budgets without raising taxes." By Caryn Shinske• December 29, 2013 Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent. By Samantha Putterman• March 21, 2019 Instagram posts stated on January 24, 2024 in an Instagram post: Photo shows explosives disguised as food cans. By Sara Swann• February 1, 2024 Chain email stated on October 12, 2010 in a chain e-mail: "Many of the companies bankrolling the ad campaign against Amendment 4 are recipients of a congressional bailout, in the form of humongous tax refunds earlier this year." By Becky Bowers• October 27, 2010 Rhode Island Senate stated on January 15, 2014 in a Senate resolution: "The (New England) Patriots were led by an explosive offense that scored the second most points in the NFL." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 17, 2014 Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2023 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Hillary Clinton on a “lethal injection medical table.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023 Instagram posts stated on February 08, 2023 in an Instagram post: Winston Churchill didn’t mention the Holocaust in his memoirs because it didn’t happen. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023 Instagram posts stated on September 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: A new photo shows Queen Elizabeth II on the day she died. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 13, 2023 Viral image stated on April 03, 2022 in a tweet: Photo shows someone in a swastika shirt giving a Nazi salute at a recent Donald Trump rally. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 8, 2022 Alan Grayson stated on September 25, 2010 in a TV ad.: Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands. By Aaron Sharockman• September 28, 2010 Kitty Boitnott stated on January 23, 2012 in a news conference.: Public education has been permanently cut "by $1.6 billion through changes in the Standards of Quality funding formula." By Sean Gorman• February 7, 2012 Barack Obama stated on May 14, 2012 in a TV ad: After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy." By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead• May 16, 2012 Peter DeFazio stated on February 12, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: "Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides. By Lauren Carroll• February 17, 2015 Workers' Voice stated on September 17, 2012 in a mailer: Says Mitt Romney’s investments created zero jobs. By Becky Bowers• October 1, 2012 Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows floods in Spain and France. By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 20, 2024 Rick Scott stated on March 04, 2014 in his State of the State speech: "All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000." By Julie Kliegman• March 4, 2014 Mike Parson stated on January 24, 2019 in an interview on KCUR: "We are always going to need architects, doctors, we’re going to need professionals with four-year degrees. But 65 to 70 percent of the people in Missouri don’t have degrees." By Magdaline Duncan• March 22, 2019 Sheldon Whitehouse stated on April 09, 2013 in a Senate speech published on YouTube: "Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 28, 2013 Articles (551) Checking the facts about Romney and Bain Capital By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 17, 2012 How factual is the 'King of Bain' video? By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2012 The PolitiFact guide to the anti-Romney 'King of Bain' video By Molly Moorhead• January 12, 2012 Mitt Romney's job creator claim short on evidence By Becky Bowers• January 9, 2012 Rick Perry’s count of $10,000 college degrees By W. Gardner Selby• June 4, 2013 Immigrant deaths and the science behind temperatures rising inside parked cars, trucks By W. Gardner Selby• July 25, 2017 By the numbers: Is college worth the cost? By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s CNN drive-in town hall in Pennsylvania By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2020 Drilling down on the state economy By April Hunt• January 13, 2015 The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it? By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019 All about education By April Hunt• January 28, 2015 Barack Obama, Lyndon Johnson, 6.1 billion hours of tax preparation: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• April 15, 2014 McDonnell sums up his term By Sean Gorman, Nancy Madsen• January 9, 2014 Who is Robert Mueller? New special counsel leading Russian investigation By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2017 Bill Powers says UT places second only to Berkeley nationally in PhDs awarded each year By W. Gardner Selby• October 10, 2012 The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained By Bill McCarthy• April 20, 2021 The Senate takes up immigration By Molly Moorhead• May 9, 2013 The Senate takes up immigration By Molly Moorhead• May 9, 2013 Primary preview: Checking Santorum's college claim By Robert Higgs, Louis Jacobson• February 29, 2012 No, Patrick Murphy, PolitiFact did not debunk every attack against you By Katie Sanders• October 27, 2016
Winning Our Future stated on January 12, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town": Mitt Romney’s and Bain Capital’s profits from KB Toys, which later went out of business, were "described by the Boston Herald as ‘disgusting.’" By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2012 Winning Our Future stated on January 11, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town" : Says Romney and Bain Capital drove KB Toys into bankruptcy by loading it up with debt. By Becky Bowers• January 13, 2012 David Rible stated on November 30, 2013 in an interview on NJTV's 'On the Record' with Michael Aron program: "This governor has given us continual balanced budgets without raising taxes." By Caryn Shinske• December 29, 2013 Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent. By Samantha Putterman• March 21, 2019 Instagram posts stated on January 24, 2024 in an Instagram post: Photo shows explosives disguised as food cans. By Sara Swann• February 1, 2024 Chain email stated on October 12, 2010 in a chain e-mail: "Many of the companies bankrolling the ad campaign against Amendment 4 are recipients of a congressional bailout, in the form of humongous tax refunds earlier this year." By Becky Bowers• October 27, 2010 Rhode Island Senate stated on January 15, 2014 in a Senate resolution: "The (New England) Patriots were led by an explosive offense that scored the second most points in the NFL." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 17, 2014 Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2023 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Hillary Clinton on a “lethal injection medical table.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023 Instagram posts stated on February 08, 2023 in an Instagram post: Winston Churchill didn’t mention the Holocaust in his memoirs because it didn’t happen. By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023 Instagram posts stated on September 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: A new photo shows Queen Elizabeth II on the day she died. By Ciara O'Rourke• September 13, 2023 Viral image stated on April 03, 2022 in a tweet: Photo shows someone in a swastika shirt giving a Nazi salute at a recent Donald Trump rally. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 8, 2022 Alan Grayson stated on September 25, 2010 in a TV ad.: Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands. By Aaron Sharockman• September 28, 2010 Kitty Boitnott stated on January 23, 2012 in a news conference.: Public education has been permanently cut "by $1.6 billion through changes in the Standards of Quality funding formula." By Sean Gorman• February 7, 2012 Barack Obama stated on May 14, 2012 in a TV ad: After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy." By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead• May 16, 2012 Peter DeFazio stated on February 12, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC: "Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides. By Lauren Carroll• February 17, 2015 Workers' Voice stated on September 17, 2012 in a mailer: Says Mitt Romney’s investments created zero jobs. By Becky Bowers• October 1, 2012 Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Video shows floods in Spain and France. By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 20, 2024 Rick Scott stated on March 04, 2014 in his State of the State speech: "All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000." By Julie Kliegman• March 4, 2014 Mike Parson stated on January 24, 2019 in an interview on KCUR: "We are always going to need architects, doctors, we’re going to need professionals with four-year degrees. But 65 to 70 percent of the people in Missouri don’t have degrees." By Magdaline Duncan• March 22, 2019 Sheldon Whitehouse stated on April 09, 2013 in a Senate speech published on YouTube: "Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 28, 2013
Checking the facts about Romney and Bain Capital By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 17, 2012 How factual is the 'King of Bain' video? By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2012 The PolitiFact guide to the anti-Romney 'King of Bain' video By Molly Moorhead• January 12, 2012 Mitt Romney's job creator claim short on evidence By Becky Bowers• January 9, 2012 Rick Perry’s count of $10,000 college degrees By W. Gardner Selby• June 4, 2013 Immigrant deaths and the science behind temperatures rising inside parked cars, trucks By W. Gardner Selby• July 25, 2017 By the numbers: Is college worth the cost? By Bill McCarthy• September 5, 2019 Fact-checking Joe Biden’s CNN drive-in town hall in Pennsylvania By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy, Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2020 Drilling down on the state economy By April Hunt• January 13, 2015 The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it? By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019 All about education By April Hunt• January 28, 2015 Barack Obama, Lyndon Johnson, 6.1 billion hours of tax preparation: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup By Dana Tims• April 15, 2014 McDonnell sums up his term By Sean Gorman, Nancy Madsen• January 9, 2014 Who is Robert Mueller? New special counsel leading Russian investigation By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2017 Bill Powers says UT places second only to Berkeley nationally in PhDs awarded each year By W. Gardner Selby• October 10, 2012 The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained By Bill McCarthy• April 20, 2021 The Senate takes up immigration By Molly Moorhead• May 9, 2013 The Senate takes up immigration By Molly Moorhead• May 9, 2013 Primary preview: Checking Santorum's college claim By Robert Higgs, Louis Jacobson• February 29, 2012 No, Patrick Murphy, PolitiFact did not debunk every attack against you By Katie Sanders• October 27, 2016