0 People 1165 Fact-checks 547 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (1165) Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows the state of “Great Britain now,” with “78,000 people under the water.” By Loreben Tuquero• August 30, 2023 Facebook posts stated on September 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Merrick Garland is investigating Donald Trump’s “tax evasion case.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 29, 2020 TikTok posts stated on September 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: Says 86% of COVID-19 cases in Israel in July were in fully vaccinated individuals. By Jon Greenberg• October 5, 2021 Libertarian Party of Broward County stated on August 22, 2013 in the Libertarian Party of Broward website: The Libertarian Party "is the third-largest political party in the U.S." By Amy Sherman• September 9, 2013 Charlie Crist stated on August 17, 2013 in a speech to Louisiana Democrats: In 2012, the state "put together a list of over 100,000 people that they thought were ineligible to vote. Came out there were less than 10." By Amy Sherman• September 12, 2013 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 Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.” By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on July 17, 2013 in an interview: On average, college students "are taking six years to get a four-year degree." By Tom Kertscher• August 11, 2013 Social Media stated on November 20, 2025 in social media posts: The Trump administration removed nursing from the list of professional degree programs, affecting aspiring nurses’ student loan access. By Madison Czopek, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2025 Tom Luce stated on November 15, 2017 in testimony before the House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness: "Only 20 percent of our current graduates from Texas high schools go ahead and achieve either a national certificate or a community college degree -- or a college degree." By W. Gardner Selby• December 5, 2017 Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release: “Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.” By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023 Andrew White stated on January 11, 2018 in a public interview with Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune: "Fifty percent of our new" Texas "teachers don’t have college degrees." By W. Gardner Selby• January 17, 2018 Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech: "Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree." By Dave Umhoefer• January 21, 2013 John McCain stated on April 26, 2013 in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America." By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2013 Marco Rubio stated on September 13, 2016 in a TV ad: Says Patrick "Murphy embellished, according to reports, his University of Miami academic achievement." By Amy Sherman• September 15, 2016 Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University: Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars." By Aaron Marshall• August 30, 2011 Rick Santorum stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.": Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree." By Katharina Fiedler• April 8, 2015 Andy Brown stated on February 22, 2011 in a web post.: Says nobody in higher education believes Gov. Rick Perry’s proposal to "serve up $10,000 college degrees" is possible. By W. 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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 7 questions about Obama's Supreme Court nomination By Lauren Carroll, C. 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Facebook posts stated on August 26, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows the state of “Great Britain now,” with “78,000 people under the water.” By Loreben Tuquero• August 30, 2023 Facebook posts stated on September 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Merrick Garland is investigating Donald Trump’s “tax evasion case.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 29, 2020 TikTok posts stated on September 18, 2021 in a TikTok video: Says 86% of COVID-19 cases in Israel in July were in fully vaccinated individuals. By Jon Greenberg• October 5, 2021 Libertarian Party of Broward County stated on August 22, 2013 in the Libertarian Party of Broward website: The Libertarian Party "is the third-largest political party in the U.S." By Amy Sherman• September 9, 2013 Charlie Crist stated on August 17, 2013 in a speech to Louisiana Democrats: In 2012, the state "put together a list of over 100,000 people that they thought were ineligible to vote. Came out there were less than 10." By Amy Sherman• September 12, 2013 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 Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN: "40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.” By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2022 Ron Johnson stated on July 17, 2013 in an interview: On average, college students "are taking six years to get a four-year degree." By Tom Kertscher• August 11, 2013 Social Media stated on November 20, 2025 in social media posts: The Trump administration removed nursing from the list of professional degree programs, affecting aspiring nurses’ student loan access. By Madison Czopek, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2025 Tom Luce stated on November 15, 2017 in testimony before the House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness: "Only 20 percent of our current graduates from Texas high schools go ahead and achieve either a national certificate or a community college degree -- or a college degree." By W. Gardner Selby• December 5, 2017 Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release: “Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.” By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023 Andrew White stated on January 11, 2018 in a public interview with Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune: "Fifty percent of our new" Texas "teachers don’t have college degrees." By W. Gardner Selby• January 17, 2018 Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech: "Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree." By Dave Umhoefer• January 21, 2013 John McCain stated on April 26, 2013 in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America." By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2013 Marco Rubio stated on September 13, 2016 in a TV ad: Says Patrick "Murphy embellished, according to reports, his University of Miami academic achievement." By Amy Sherman• September 15, 2016 Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University: Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars." By Aaron Marshall• August 30, 2011 Rick Santorum stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.": Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree." By Katharina Fiedler• April 8, 2015 Andy Brown stated on February 22, 2011 in a web post.: Says nobody in higher education believes Gov. Rick Perry’s proposal to "serve up $10,000 college degrees" is possible. By W. Gardner Selby• March 8, 2011
Noncitizen voter purge makes a comeback in Florida By Amy Sherman• September 12, 2013 President Trump's Supreme Court Pick: Brett Kavanaugh By Lucia Geng• July 10, 2018 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 7 questions about Obama's Supreme Court nomination By Lauren Carroll, C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 16, 2016 No, Patrick Murphy, PolitiFact did not debunk every attack against you By Katie Sanders• October 27, 2016 Is the U.S. economy working for everyone? What the data shows By Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2019
