0 People 82 Fact-checks 54 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (82) David Rouzer stated on December 03, 2020 in a tweet: The National Institutes of Health “states that regular marijuana use can reduce IQ by 8 points.” By Paul Specht• December 8, 2020 Ruth Marcus stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The best evidence is that you lose -- if you use marijuana as a teenager regularly -- eight IQ points." By Jon Greenberg• July 27, 2014 Viral image stated on May 03, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump scored a 73 on an IQ test administered to him while in high school at New York Military Academy. By Samantha Putterman• May 14, 2019 Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered and sent back to Democrat candidates for re-election." By Caleb McCullough• November 26, 2024 Tim Ryan stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad: “J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.” By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2022 West Virginia Democratic Party stated on July 10, 2020 in a tweet: “Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to person than any other state.” By Patrick Orsagos• July 27, 2020 Facebook posts stated on January 06, 2022 in a post: “Biden announces Medicare stimulus that provides free dental work to all Seniors who need it! Crowns and implants included.” By Monique Curet• January 27, 2022 Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2021 in social media: CDC "will revoke the emergency use authorization" of the PCR COVID tests because those tests don't differentiate between COVID and flu viruses. "Translation: They've been adding flu cases to Covid cases when using that test.” By Victoria Knight• July 30, 2021 Anissa Naouai stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on CNN: "The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined. By Aaron Sharockman• April 16, 2014 Robert Sarvis stated on March 31, 2014 in a tweet.: "Did you know US population growth is at its lowest since the Great Depression?" By Nancy Madsen• April 21, 2014 Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Samuel L. Jackson said, "Maybe if we underpaid these modern mumble rappers and overpaid teachers there would be smarter people in the future and less s----- music." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 27, 2019 Jon Rosenthal stated on January 05, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.” By Brandon Mulder• January 15, 2021 Peter Lavelle stated on July 23, 2014 in a segment on RT's "CrossTalk": "I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I never allow conspiracy theorists on my program." By Katie Sanders• July 30, 2014 American Civil Liberties Union of Florida stated on May 27, 2014 in a news release: Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row." By Amy Sherman• June 2, 2014 Graeme Zielinski stated on March 08, 2012 in a tweet: Says the Wisconsin Republican Party tweeted "Happy International Women's Day! You ladies should get paid less and not be able to make health care decisions." By James B. Nelson• March 28, 2012 Viral image stated on October 31, 2024 in an Instagram post: Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t respond to questions about a cognitive test in a CBS News interview that aired Oct. 28, 2024. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2024 Richard Burr stated on June 08, 2017 in an interview: "This is not the first time (the Russians) have been involved in our elections." By Will Doran• June 20, 2017 Instagram posts stated on January 29, 2022 in an Instagram post: The CDC finally admits its COVID-19 test can’t tell the difference between the virus and the flu By Jeff Cercone• January 3, 2022 Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview on CBS: "General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration." By Lauren Carroll• May 2, 2017 Viral image stated on October 12, 2024 in a Threads post: Says Donald Trump posted on Truth Social it “should be illegal” and is “election interference” for Barack Obama to criticize him. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 17, 2024 Articles (54) PunditFact fact-checks the July 27 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• July 27, 2014 Fact-checking the July 27 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• July 27, 2014 Does fluoride cause cancer, IQ loss and more? Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim By Samantha Putterman• November 8, 2024 The Truth-O-Meter follows Texas politicos on Twitter By • October 14, 2010 Ask PolitiFact: What does Florida’s move to ban fluoride mean for public health? By Maria Briceño• May 2, 2025 United Facts of America: How Russian falsehoods spread to U.S. through faux local news By Loreben Tuquero• November 7, 2023 Mailbag: The Twitter edition By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 17, 2009 OMG! Welfare Death Spiral?! Read before you FWD or RT By Sue Owen• January 11, 2013 Bad report about European Union countries providing airplanes for Ukraine stokes confusion By Monique Curet• March 4, 2022 Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says? By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017 Mailbag: Pandering to "room-temperature IQs" By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 2010 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 RFK Jr. exaggerates share of autistic population with severe limitations By Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2025 How much power does Donald Trump have to change the census and who is counted in it? By Louis Jacobson• August 8, 2025 Russia and its influence on the presidential election By Lauren Carroll• December 1, 2016 Michael Flynn's troubling penchant for conspiracy theories By Lauren Carroll• February 14, 2017 Four things to know about Russia's 2016 misinformation campaign By Lauren Carroll• April 4, 2017 The DOJ says a US media company promoted ‘Russian interests.’ Who were its 6 content creators? By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2024 Ad Watch: Fact-checking a video about Biden’s academic record By Daniel Funke• May 7, 2020 In Nov. 1 Milwaukee rally, Trump offers falsehoods on economy, climate change By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 2024
David Rouzer stated on December 03, 2020 in a tweet: The National Institutes of Health “states that regular marijuana use can reduce IQ by 8 points.” By Paul Specht• December 8, 2020 Ruth Marcus stated on July 27, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The best evidence is that you lose -- if you use marijuana as a teenager regularly -- eight IQ points." By Jon Greenberg• July 27, 2014 Viral image stated on May 03, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump scored a 73 on an IQ test administered to him while in high school at New York Military Academy. By Samantha Putterman• May 14, 2019 Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered and sent back to Democrat candidates for re-election." By Caleb McCullough• November 26, 2024 Tim Ryan stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad: “J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.” By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2022 West Virginia Democratic Party stated on July 10, 2020 in a tweet: “Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to person than any other state.” By Patrick Orsagos• July 27, 2020 Facebook posts stated on January 06, 2022 in a post: “Biden announces Medicare stimulus that provides free dental work to all Seniors who need it! Crowns and implants included.” By Monique Curet• January 27, 2022 Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2021 in social media: CDC "will revoke the emergency use authorization" of the PCR COVID tests because those tests don't differentiate between COVID and flu viruses. "Translation: They've been adding flu cases to Covid cases when using that test.” By Victoria Knight• July 30, 2021 Anissa Naouai stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on CNN: "The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined. By Aaron Sharockman• April 16, 2014 Robert Sarvis stated on March 31, 2014 in a tweet.: "Did you know US population growth is at its lowest since the Great Depression?" By Nancy Madsen• April 21, 2014 Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Samuel L. Jackson said, "Maybe if we underpaid these modern mumble rappers and overpaid teachers there would be smarter people in the future and less s----- music." By Ciara O'Rourke• March 27, 2019 Jon Rosenthal stated on January 05, 2021 in a tweet: Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.” By Brandon Mulder• January 15, 2021 Peter Lavelle stated on July 23, 2014 in a segment on RT's "CrossTalk": "I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I never allow conspiracy theorists on my program." By Katie Sanders• July 30, 2014 American Civil Liberties Union of Florida stated on May 27, 2014 in a news release: Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row." By Amy Sherman• June 2, 2014 Graeme Zielinski stated on March 08, 2012 in a tweet: Says the Wisconsin Republican Party tweeted "Happy International Women's Day! You ladies should get paid less and not be able to make health care decisions." By James B. Nelson• March 28, 2012 Viral image stated on October 31, 2024 in an Instagram post: Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t respond to questions about a cognitive test in a CBS News interview that aired Oct. 28, 2024. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2024 Richard Burr stated on June 08, 2017 in an interview: "This is not the first time (the Russians) have been involved in our elections." By Will Doran• June 20, 2017 Instagram posts stated on January 29, 2022 in an Instagram post: The CDC finally admits its COVID-19 test can’t tell the difference between the virus and the flu By Jeff Cercone• January 3, 2022 Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview on CBS: "General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration." By Lauren Carroll• May 2, 2017 Viral image stated on October 12, 2024 in a Threads post: Says Donald Trump posted on Truth Social it “should be illegal” and is “election interference” for Barack Obama to criticize him. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 17, 2024
PunditFact fact-checks the July 27 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• July 27, 2014 Fact-checking the July 27 news shows By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• July 27, 2014 Does fluoride cause cancer, IQ loss and more? Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim By Samantha Putterman• November 8, 2024 The Truth-O-Meter follows Texas politicos on Twitter By • October 14, 2010 Ask PolitiFact: What does Florida’s move to ban fluoride mean for public health? By Maria Briceño• May 2, 2025 United Facts of America: How Russian falsehoods spread to U.S. through faux local news By Loreben Tuquero• November 7, 2023 Mailbag: The Twitter edition By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 17, 2009 OMG! Welfare Death Spiral?! Read before you FWD or RT By Sue Owen• January 11, 2013 Bad report about European Union countries providing airplanes for Ukraine stokes confusion By Monique Curet• March 4, 2022 Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says? By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017 Mailbag: Pandering to "room-temperature IQs" By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 2010 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 RFK Jr. exaggerates share of autistic population with severe limitations By Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2025 How much power does Donald Trump have to change the census and who is counted in it? By Louis Jacobson• August 8, 2025 Russia and its influence on the presidential election By Lauren Carroll• December 1, 2016 Michael Flynn's troubling penchant for conspiracy theories By Lauren Carroll• February 14, 2017 Four things to know about Russia's 2016 misinformation campaign By Lauren Carroll• April 4, 2017 The DOJ says a US media company promoted ‘Russian interests.’ Who were its 6 content creators? By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2024 Ad Watch: Fact-checking a video about Biden’s academic record By Daniel Funke• May 7, 2020 In Nov. 1 Milwaukee rally, Trump offers falsehoods on economy, climate change By Louis Jacobson• November 2, 2024
