0 People 156 Fact-checks 99 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (156) Harry Reid stated on October 07, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Sharron Angle voted to protect sex offenders." By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2010 WorldNetDaily stated on January 21, 2018 in a headline: "California To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote – Automatically." By Chris Nichols• January 24, 2018 Barack Obama stated on May 26, 2009 in a speech at the White House.: "Walking in the door (Sonia Sotomayor) would bring more experience on the bench, and more varied experience on the bench, than anyone currently serving on the United States Supreme Court had when they were appointed." By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 26, 2009 Viral image stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Only Reuters” reported that the doctor who detected the omicron variant said its symptoms are “very mild.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 30, 2021 Jeff Stone stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release: "Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI." By Chris Nichols• March 6, 2017 Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.” By Samantha Putterman• October 19, 2021 John Cox stated on April 23, 2018 in a campaign TV ad: GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens." By Chris Nichols• May 29, 2018 Club for Growth stated on October 05, 2022 in an ad: As attorney general, Catherine Cortez Masto “opposed tougher laws on methamphetamine dealers.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 14, 2022 Luis Alejo stated on September 25, 2015 in a press release: "Everyone on California’s roads is properly licensed, tested and insured." By Chris Nichols• November 9, 2015 Ron Tusler stated on September 12, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: Wisconsin Republicans are backing “a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. ... Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.” By D.L. Davis• December 8, 2023 Ron DeSantis stated on June 07, 2023 in a roundtable discussion.: “A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 9, 2023 Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook: Video muestra “momento cuando el huracán Otis llegó a Acapulco”. By Maria Briceño• November 2, 2023 Uspoln Website stated on May 23, 2017 in an online article: "Rubio: ‘Rape victims should be in custody if there is suspicion that they’re planning abortion.’ " By Lauren Carroll• June 1, 2017 Jeff Sessions stated on March 07, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento: "California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for." By Chris Nichols• March 7, 2018 Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Aaron Hernandez' daughter is, by Massachusetts law, entitled to the remainder of his $15 million NFL contract because he committed suicide during his appeal, making his conviction "null and void." By Samantha Putterman• January 23, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2024 in a Facebook post: An executive order proves President Joe Biden “isn’t real and isn’t president.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 3, 2024 Facebook posts stated on September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says after Australia passed a "new law" that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies. By Samantha Putterman• January 13, 2020 Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Barabara Walters wrote that Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War." By Ciara O'Rourke• January 13, 2020 Democratic Governors Association stated on July 13, 2018 in a post on Medium: Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations." By Allison Graves• July 18, 2018 Paul Ryan stated on September 02, 2014 in a speech: "Miller Brewing is not a U.S. company any more. Neither is Anheuser-Busch." By James B. Nelson• September 8, 2014 Articles (99) No, police didn’t stop mass shootings in Des Moines and Omaha By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2019 Arnold Schwarzenegger pumps up California’s clean energy debate By Chris Nichols• January 5, 2016 How to fact-check coronavirus misinformation on your timeline By Daniel Funke• May 22, 2020 Gavin Newsom promised to expand homeless services. What has he done? By Chris Nichols• October 4, 2019 Experts warn against accepting link between blood type and coronavirus risk By Madison Czopek• March 23, 2020 About that chain email you got … we check those, too By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 29, 2012 Have fatal shootings by police in California dropped 40 percent since 2015? By Chris Nichols• March 7, 2019 Fact-checking the pro-Clinton super PAC's attack on Donald Trump's comments about women By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2016 Pew study finds Rush Limbaugh least trustworthy news source By Aaron Sharockman• October 21, 2014 March High Five: Our most-clicked items for the month By James B. Nelson• April 6, 2016 Our April High Five includes (surprise!) an election flavor By James B. Nelson• May 9, 2016 What the Equality Act debate gets wrong about gender, sex By Daniel Funke, Miriam Valverde• March 4, 2021 What is ballot harvesting, and why is Trump tweeting about it during an election-year pandemic? By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2020 Fact checking a Ted Cruz campaign appearance in Milwaukee By Tom Kertscher• March 31, 2016 In Context: Laura Pressley’s ‘something was planted’ in World Trade Center By Dylan Baddour• November 14, 2014 Ad Watch: Val Demings’ ad attacks Rubio on abortion By Yacob Reyes• June 30, 2022 RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• July 10, 2023 Donald Trump: Why so low on the meter, so high in the polls? By Tom Kertscher• April 1, 2016 A fact-check guide to Texas' Tuesday primaries By W. Gardner Selby• March 5, 2018 A few words to those who think George Will was right about Ebola going airborne through a sneeze By Aaron Sharockman• October 20, 2014
Harry Reid stated on October 07, 2010 in a campaign commercial: "Sharron Angle voted to protect sex offenders." By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2010 WorldNetDaily stated on January 21, 2018 in a headline: "California To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote – Automatically." By Chris Nichols• January 24, 2018 Barack Obama stated on May 26, 2009 in a speech at the White House.: "Walking in the door (Sonia Sotomayor) would bring more experience on the bench, and more varied experience on the bench, than anyone currently serving on the United States Supreme Court had when they were appointed." By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 26, 2009 Viral image stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Only Reuters” reported that the doctor who detected the omicron variant said its symptoms are “very mild.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 30, 2021 Jeff Stone stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release: "Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI." By Chris Nichols• March 6, 2017 Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.” By Samantha Putterman• October 19, 2021 John Cox stated on April 23, 2018 in a campaign TV ad: GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens." By Chris Nichols• May 29, 2018 Club for Growth stated on October 05, 2022 in an ad: As attorney general, Catherine Cortez Masto “opposed tougher laws on methamphetamine dealers.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 14, 2022 Luis Alejo stated on September 25, 2015 in a press release: "Everyone on California’s roads is properly licensed, tested and insured." By Chris Nichols• November 9, 2015 Ron Tusler stated on September 12, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: Wisconsin Republicans are backing “a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. ... Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.” By D.L. Davis• December 8, 2023 Ron DeSantis stated on June 07, 2023 in a roundtable discussion.: “A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 9, 2023 Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2023 in en una publicación en Facebook: Video muestra “momento cuando el huracán Otis llegó a Acapulco”. By Maria Briceño• November 2, 2023 Uspoln Website stated on May 23, 2017 in an online article: "Rubio: ‘Rape victims should be in custody if there is suspicion that they’re planning abortion.’ " By Lauren Carroll• June 1, 2017 Jeff Sessions stated on March 07, 2018 in a speech in Sacramento: "California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for." By Chris Nichols• March 7, 2018 Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Aaron Hernandez' daughter is, by Massachusetts law, entitled to the remainder of his $15 million NFL contract because he committed suicide during his appeal, making his conviction "null and void." By Samantha Putterman• January 23, 2020 Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2024 in a Facebook post: An executive order proves President Joe Biden “isn’t real and isn’t president.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 3, 2024 Facebook posts stated on September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says after Australia passed a "new law" that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies. By Samantha Putterman• January 13, 2020 Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Barabara Walters wrote that Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War." By Ciara O'Rourke• January 13, 2020 Democratic Governors Association stated on July 13, 2018 in a post on Medium: Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations." By Allison Graves• July 18, 2018 Paul Ryan stated on September 02, 2014 in a speech: "Miller Brewing is not a U.S. company any more. Neither is Anheuser-Busch." By James B. Nelson• September 8, 2014
No, police didn’t stop mass shootings in Des Moines and Omaha By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2019 Arnold Schwarzenegger pumps up California’s clean energy debate By Chris Nichols• January 5, 2016 How to fact-check coronavirus misinformation on your timeline By Daniel Funke• May 22, 2020 Gavin Newsom promised to expand homeless services. What has he done? By Chris Nichols• October 4, 2019 Experts warn against accepting link between blood type and coronavirus risk By Madison Czopek• March 23, 2020 About that chain email you got … we check those, too By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 29, 2012 Have fatal shootings by police in California dropped 40 percent since 2015? By Chris Nichols• March 7, 2019 Fact-checking the pro-Clinton super PAC's attack on Donald Trump's comments about women By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2016 Pew study finds Rush Limbaugh least trustworthy news source By Aaron Sharockman• October 21, 2014 March High Five: Our most-clicked items for the month By James B. Nelson• April 6, 2016 Our April High Five includes (surprise!) an election flavor By James B. Nelson• May 9, 2016 What the Equality Act debate gets wrong about gender, sex By Daniel Funke, Miriam Valverde• March 4, 2021 What is ballot harvesting, and why is Trump tweeting about it during an election-year pandemic? By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2020 Fact checking a Ted Cruz campaign appearance in Milwaukee By Tom Kertscher• March 31, 2016 In Context: Laura Pressley’s ‘something was planted’ in World Trade Center By Dylan Baddour• November 14, 2014 Ad Watch: Val Demings’ ad attacks Rubio on abortion By Yacob Reyes• June 30, 2022 RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• July 10, 2023 Donald Trump: Why so low on the meter, so high in the polls? By Tom Kertscher• April 1, 2016 A fact-check guide to Texas' Tuesday primaries By W. Gardner Selby• March 5, 2018 A few words to those who think George Will was right about Ebola going airborne through a sneeze By Aaron Sharockman• October 20, 2014
