0 People 610 Fact-checks 194 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (610) Pro-Life Wisconsin stated on November 29, 2010 in a news release: In Wisconsin, "6.2 percent of the population is black yet 24 percent of all state abortions are on African-Americans." By Tom Kertscher• December 6, 2010 Facebook posts stated on December 04, 2013 in a meme on social media: "44% of homeless people are employed." By Louis Jacobson• December 4, 2013 Virginia Tea Party Patriots stated on November 15, 2010 in a letter to Congress.: The dollar "has fallen over 44% since Bernanke began pumping money into the system beginning back in 2002." By Wes Hester• November 19, 2010 Scott Walker stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa: "Last month, 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate." By Louis Jacobson• August 29, 2012 John Bucy III stated on March 27, 2019 in the Texas House: "Right now, 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age are uninsured, totaling 1.5 million Texas women." By Madlin Mekelburg• March 29, 2019 Kelly Ayotte stated on February 19, 2013 in an editorial board meeting: Says of 80,000 people who were denied a firearm in 2012 due to a failed background check, only 44 were prosecuted. By Jake Berry• March 22, 2013 Ted Cruz stated on November 06, 2017 in an interview with Shannon Bream of Fox News: "In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them." By W. Gardner Selby• November 10, 2017 Antonio Villaraigosa stated on March 23, 2017 in a speech at a candidates forum: "When I became mayor of Los Angeles, we had a 44 percent (high school) graduation rate. I said that was unacceptable. I challenged that notion. I said the mayor needs to be involved with our schools. We need to partner together. As I left, after a number of reforms, we grew our graduation rate from 44 percent to 72." By Chris Nichols• May 5, 2017 Fred Smith stated on February 05, 2009 in appearance on ABC's This Week: "The average bonus [on Wall Street] is about $100,000...The bonuses on Wall Street are down 44 percent." By Alexander Lane• February 6, 2009 Rob Portman stated on July 25, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule." By Stephen Koff• July 27, 2011 Libraries Yes! Committee stated on October 21, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Says Multnomah County libraries "are open 44 hours per week … the lowest of any library in the four-county region." By Ian K. Kullgren• October 26, 2012 Cecile Richards stated on December 06, 2013 in an interview with Texas Monthly: The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country." By W. Gardner Selby• February 10, 2014 Instagram posts stated on November 27, 2022 in an Instagram post: Images of a woman having bloody makeup applied show "fake combatant photos” in Ukraine. By Jeff Cercone• November 28, 2022 Hank Johnson stated on March 09, 2011 in an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent. By Willoughby Mariano• March 22, 2011 Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican debate: "In New Hampshire, I spent $3 million. Jeb Bush spent $44 million. He came in five, and I came in number one." By Nick Reid• February 19, 2016 Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Nearly half of pregnant women in Pfizer trial miscarried.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 29, 2022 Donald Trump stated on October 01, 2018 in a midterm rally in Johnson City, Tenn.: Says Republicans "just passed" the Veterans Choice program after 44 years of trying. "They've been trying to pass that one for many, many decades." By Jon Greenberg• October 2, 2018 Mark Warner stated on June 04, 2015 in an interview.: Millennials "will be 75 percent of the workforce in the next 10 years." By Sean Gorman• June 15, 2015 Ann Hudspeth stated on April 26, 2017 in A letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s." By W. Gardner Selby• June 2, 2017 Mitt Romney stated on October 06, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women." By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2012 Articles (194) Fact checking claims about low-income workers By Louis Jacobson• December 5, 2013 It's True! We're two years old! By Tim Murphy• June 25, 2012 Is McCain within margin of error? By Alexander Lane• October 31, 2008 Keeping facts straight on 98% of Catholic women By Becky Bowers• February 17, 2012 Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know By Michael Majchrowicz• November 11, 2022 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally speech in Wisconsin By Tom Kertscher• October 25, 2018 PunditFact fact-checks the Oct. 5 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 5, 2014 The Obama scorecard By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 18, 2011 What does the law say about Donald Trump’s deleted tweets? By John Kruzel• September 27, 2017 Nuke treaty ratification appears out of reach By Martha M. Hamilton, David G. Taylor• August 29, 2011 Some new broken promises on the Obameter By Bill Adair• October 11, 2011 Some new broken promises on the Obameter By Bill Adair• October 10, 2011 A Facebook post with data too good to check By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2011 Fact-checking the Oct. 5 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 5, 2014 Truth-O-Meter checks items on Menendez support of taxes; 1980 Reagan, Carter race By Caryn Shinske• October 2, 2012 Trump: Voter polls show U.S. support for abortion "down a little bit" By Lauren Carroll• June 30, 2015 WCVE News 88.9FM to re-establish PolitiFact Virginia By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 7, 2018 Barack Obama claim about low illegal immigration was our No. 9 fact check from 2016 By W. Gardner Selby• December 26, 2016 FACT SHEET: Clinton. Obama. Votes. By Adriel Bettelheim• February 25, 2008 PunditFact fact-checks the June 28 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• June 28, 2015
Pro-Life Wisconsin stated on November 29, 2010 in a news release: In Wisconsin, "6.2 percent of the population is black yet 24 percent of all state abortions are on African-Americans." By Tom Kertscher• December 6, 2010 Facebook posts stated on December 04, 2013 in a meme on social media: "44% of homeless people are employed." By Louis Jacobson• December 4, 2013 Virginia Tea Party Patriots stated on November 15, 2010 in a letter to Congress.: The dollar "has fallen over 44% since Bernanke began pumping money into the system beginning back in 2002." By Wes Hester• November 19, 2010 Scott Walker stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa: "Last month, 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate." By Louis Jacobson• August 29, 2012 John Bucy III stated on March 27, 2019 in the Texas House: "Right now, 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age are uninsured, totaling 1.5 million Texas women." By Madlin Mekelburg• March 29, 2019 Kelly Ayotte stated on February 19, 2013 in an editorial board meeting: Says of 80,000 people who were denied a firearm in 2012 due to a failed background check, only 44 were prosecuted. By Jake Berry• March 22, 2013 Ted Cruz stated on November 06, 2017 in an interview with Shannon Bream of Fox News: "In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them." By W. Gardner Selby• November 10, 2017 Antonio Villaraigosa stated on March 23, 2017 in a speech at a candidates forum: "When I became mayor of Los Angeles, we had a 44 percent (high school) graduation rate. I said that was unacceptable. I challenged that notion. I said the mayor needs to be involved with our schools. We need to partner together. As I left, after a number of reforms, we grew our graduation rate from 44 percent to 72." By Chris Nichols• May 5, 2017 Fred Smith stated on February 05, 2009 in appearance on ABC's This Week: "The average bonus [on Wall Street] is about $100,000...The bonuses on Wall Street are down 44 percent." By Alexander Lane• February 6, 2009 Rob Portman stated on July 25, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC: "Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule." By Stephen Koff• July 27, 2011 Libraries Yes! Committee stated on October 21, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Says Multnomah County libraries "are open 44 hours per week … the lowest of any library in the four-county region." By Ian K. Kullgren• October 26, 2012 Cecile Richards stated on December 06, 2013 in an interview with Texas Monthly: The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country." By W. Gardner Selby• February 10, 2014 Instagram posts stated on November 27, 2022 in an Instagram post: Images of a woman having bloody makeup applied show "fake combatant photos” in Ukraine. By Jeff Cercone• November 28, 2022 Hank Johnson stated on March 09, 2011 in an article published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Studies have shown that in the absence of federal reproductive health funds, we are going to see the level of abortion in Georgia increase by about 44 percent. By Willoughby Mariano• March 22, 2011 Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican debate: "In New Hampshire, I spent $3 million. Jeb Bush spent $44 million. He came in five, and I came in number one." By Nick Reid• February 19, 2016 Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: “Nearly half of pregnant women in Pfizer trial miscarried.” By Ciara O'Rourke• August 29, 2022 Donald Trump stated on October 01, 2018 in a midterm rally in Johnson City, Tenn.: Says Republicans "just passed" the Veterans Choice program after 44 years of trying. "They've been trying to pass that one for many, many decades." By Jon Greenberg• October 2, 2018 Mark Warner stated on June 04, 2015 in an interview.: Millennials "will be 75 percent of the workforce in the next 10 years." By Sean Gorman• June 15, 2015 Ann Hudspeth stated on April 26, 2017 in A letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman: "Texas leads the country in animal deaths by sodium cyanide M-44s." By W. Gardner Selby• June 2, 2017 Mitt Romney stated on October 06, 2012 in a campaign ad: "Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women." By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2012
Fact checking claims about low-income workers By Louis Jacobson• December 5, 2013 It's True! We're two years old! By Tim Murphy• June 25, 2012 Is McCain within margin of error? By Alexander Lane• October 31, 2008 Keeping facts straight on 98% of Catholic women By Becky Bowers• February 17, 2012 Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know By Michael Majchrowicz• November 11, 2022 Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally speech in Wisconsin By Tom Kertscher• October 25, 2018 PunditFact fact-checks the Oct. 5 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 5, 2014 The Obama scorecard By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 18, 2011 What does the law say about Donald Trump’s deleted tweets? By John Kruzel• September 27, 2017 Nuke treaty ratification appears out of reach By Martha M. Hamilton, David G. Taylor• August 29, 2011 Some new broken promises on the Obameter By Bill Adair• October 11, 2011 Some new broken promises on the Obameter By Bill Adair• October 10, 2011 A Facebook post with data too good to check By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2011 Fact-checking the Oct. 5 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 5, 2014 Truth-O-Meter checks items on Menendez support of taxes; 1980 Reagan, Carter race By Caryn Shinske• October 2, 2012 Trump: Voter polls show U.S. support for abortion "down a little bit" By Lauren Carroll• June 30, 2015 WCVE News 88.9FM to re-establish PolitiFact Virginia By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 7, 2018 Barack Obama claim about low illegal immigration was our No. 9 fact check from 2016 By W. Gardner Selby• December 26, 2016 FACT SHEET: Clinton. Obama. Votes. By Adriel Bettelheim• February 25, 2008 PunditFact fact-checks the June 28 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• June 28, 2015
