0 People 270 Fact-checks 68 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (270) Threads posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a Threads post: "Apple is … about to start charging us to use the FaceTime feature.” By Jeff Cercone• June 17, 2024 TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post: If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone. By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025 TikTok posts stated on September 02, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.” By Tom Kertscher• September 17, 2021 Instagram posts stated on August 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: Instagram’s "precise location" feature can be used by criminals to target victims. By Gabrielle Settles• August 30, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 30, 2023 in an Instagram post: With Apple’s NameDrop, anyone placing an iPhone near your child’s “will automatically receive their contact information.” By Jeff Cercone• December 1, 2023 X posts stated on November 05, 2024 in a post: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day. By Grace Abels• November 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in an image: Google and Apple “put a covid tracker on every phone.” By Daniel Funke• June 25, 2020 Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Joe Biden as saying “people who have never died before are now dying from coronavirus.” By Samantha Putterman• March 24, 2020 Herb Kohl stated on April 28, 2011 in remarks to reporters: "I’ve been through four campaigns and have not done any negative campaigning." By Dave Umhoefer• May 6, 2011 YouTube videos stated on January 28, 2020 in a YouTube video: Video shows Gianna Bryant in the hospital after helicopter crash. By Emily Venezky• January 28, 2020 TikTok posts stated on April 01, 2021 in a TikTok video: “As of today, no one has the right to film or photograph Mr. Biden as he climbs the flight of stairs. New White House spokesman orders!!?” By Gabrielle Settles• April 2, 2021 Rick Perry stated on May 06, 2013 in video remarks to the Family Research Council: Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery. By Sue Owen• May 22, 2013 Dick Cheney stated on April 08, 2013 in an interview on Fox News: Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly. By Becky Bowers• April 10, 2013 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2024 in Instagram posts: A video of Vice President Kamala Harris talking to a voter on the phone is fake because the camera app was on while she was on the call. By Sofia Ahmed• November 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on June 04, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "a government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." By Samantha Putterman• June 6, 2019 Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game By Eric Litke• June 22, 2020 TikTok posts stated on March 07, 2021 in a TikTok post: A video shows Kim Jong Un calling Joe Biden a "thug," a "coward," and "mentally unstable" in a speech. By Bill McCarthy• April 23, 2021 Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." By Samantha Putterman• July 15, 2019 Ben Carson stated on November 08, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used." By Linda Qiu• November 8, 2015 Raul Torres stated on August 27, 2013 in a campaign video: Says he would be first CPA to serve as Texas comptroller. By Sue Owen• September 9, 2013 Articles (68) Are you ready for Election 2020? 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It probably won’t work By Bill McCarthy• June 16, 2020 Donald Trump's St. Patrick's Day 'Irish proverb' was probably not Irish By Lauren Carroll• March 17, 2017 Trump Administration Approves California Fire Assistance, One Day After Rejecting It By Chris Nichols• October 16, 2020 Making sense of 'bleach' and hammer claims: What really happened with Hillary Clinton's emails? By Samantha Putterman• June 16, 2023 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2020 Who is the ‘Ukraine gas exec’ playing golf with the Bidens in Trump’s Nickelback post? By Daniel Funke• October 3, 2019 Donald Trump cites Ronald Reagan as a protectionist hero. Was he? By Louis Jacobson• July 1, 2016 What we do and don’t know about MI church shooting suspect Thomas Jacob Sanford’s politics By Grace Abels• September 30, 2025 The facts behind Paul Revere's ride, cited by Donald Trump in NRA speech By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2017 Impeach a member of Congress? Over 200 years of history say no By Jon Greenberg• October 7, 2019 Why Donald Trump’s boast that he got ‘delinquent’ NATO allies to ‘pay up’ is misleading By Amy Sherman• February 14, 2024 Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 23, 2019 Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries By Yacob Reyes• April 4, 2023 Donald Trump's accusations about Hunter Biden and a payout from China: A closer look By Louis Jacobson• October 2, 2019
Threads posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a Threads post: "Apple is … about to start charging us to use the FaceTime feature.” By Jeff Cercone• June 17, 2024 TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post: If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone. By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025 TikTok posts stated on September 02, 2021 in a TikTok video: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.” By Tom Kertscher• September 17, 2021 Instagram posts stated on August 25, 2022 in an Instagram post: Instagram’s "precise location" feature can be used by criminals to target victims. By Gabrielle Settles• August 30, 2022 Instagram posts stated on November 30, 2023 in an Instagram post: With Apple’s NameDrop, anyone placing an iPhone near your child’s “will automatically receive their contact information.” By Jeff Cercone• December 1, 2023 X posts stated on November 05, 2024 in a post: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. deliberately shut off power “on Republican voters” in California on Election Day. By Grace Abels• November 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on June 24, 2020 in an image: Google and Apple “put a covid tracker on every phone.” By Daniel Funke• June 25, 2020 Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Quotes Joe Biden as saying “people who have never died before are now dying from coronavirus.” By Samantha Putterman• March 24, 2020 Herb Kohl stated on April 28, 2011 in remarks to reporters: "I’ve been through four campaigns and have not done any negative campaigning." By Dave Umhoefer• May 6, 2011 YouTube videos stated on January 28, 2020 in a YouTube video: Video shows Gianna Bryant in the hospital after helicopter crash. By Emily Venezky• January 28, 2020 TikTok posts stated on April 01, 2021 in a TikTok video: “As of today, no one has the right to film or photograph Mr. Biden as he climbs the flight of stairs. New White House spokesman orders!!?” By Gabrielle Settles• April 2, 2021 Rick Perry stated on May 06, 2013 in video remarks to the Family Research Council: Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery. By Sue Owen• May 22, 2013 Dick Cheney stated on April 08, 2013 in an interview on Fox News: Says it’s "an old wives’ story" that Margaret Thatcher told George H.W. Bush not to go wobbly. By Becky Bowers• April 10, 2013 Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2024 in Instagram posts: A video of Vice President Kamala Harris talking to a voter on the phone is fake because the camera app was on while she was on the call. By Sofia Ahmed• November 6, 2024 Facebook posts stated on June 04, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "a government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." By Samantha Putterman• June 6, 2019 Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game By Eric Litke• June 22, 2020 TikTok posts stated on March 07, 2021 in a TikTok post: A video shows Kim Jong Un calling Joe Biden a "thug," a "coward," and "mentally unstable" in a speech. By Bill McCarthy• April 23, 2021 Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." By Samantha Putterman• July 15, 2019 Ben Carson stated on November 08, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week": "Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used." By Linda Qiu• November 8, 2015 Raul Torres stated on August 27, 2013 in a campaign video: Says he would be first CPA to serve as Texas comptroller. By Sue Owen• September 9, 2013
Are you ready for Election 2020? Test yourself on the facts with PolitiTruth By Josie Hollingsworth• October 13, 2020 Test yourself with our new free game: PolitiTruth By Aaron Sharockman• November 16, 2017 New York Times calls PolitiFact app 'fun, fascinating and at times depressing' By Louis Jacobson• September 19, 2014 The security risks of Pokémon Go, explained By Nadia Pflaum• July 14, 2016 Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say By Louis Jacobson• June 23, 2025 Behind the rhetoric: Why Scott Walker was able to raise unlimited funds By Dave Umhoefer• May 7, 2012 People are reserving tickets to Trump’s Tulsa rally to leave empty seats. It probably won’t work By Bill McCarthy• June 16, 2020 Donald Trump's St. Patrick's Day 'Irish proverb' was probably not Irish By Lauren Carroll• March 17, 2017 Trump Administration Approves California Fire Assistance, One Day After Rejecting It By Chris Nichols• October 16, 2020 Making sense of 'bleach' and hammer claims: What really happened with Hillary Clinton's emails? By Samantha Putterman• June 16, 2023 Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death By Amy Sherman• June 8, 2020 Who is the ‘Ukraine gas exec’ playing golf with the Bidens in Trump’s Nickelback post? By Daniel Funke• October 3, 2019 Donald Trump cites Ronald Reagan as a protectionist hero. Was he? By Louis Jacobson• July 1, 2016 What we do and don’t know about MI church shooting suspect Thomas Jacob Sanford’s politics By Grace Abels• September 30, 2025 The facts behind Paul Revere's ride, cited by Donald Trump in NRA speech By Jon Greenberg• May 3, 2017 Impeach a member of Congress? Over 200 years of history say no By Jon Greenberg• October 7, 2019 Why Donald Trump’s boast that he got ‘delinquent’ NATO allies to ‘pay up’ is misleading By Amy Sherman• February 14, 2024 Trump’s Ukraine call, a whistleblower and the Bidens: What we know, what we don’t By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• September 23, 2019 Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries By Yacob Reyes• April 4, 2023 Donald Trump's accusations about Hunter Biden and a payout from China: A closer look By Louis Jacobson• October 2, 2019
