48 People 22359 Fact-checks 7734 Articles People (48) Stokes County school teacher Texas Association of School Boards Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck Students for Trump Portland Association of Teachers Ohio Federation of Teachers Progress Texas Texas GOP Texas Values Battleground Texas Texas Future Clayton County Schools Coalition for Public Schools Portland Public Schools School Freedom Fund The Coalition for Public Schools Fix Austin Schools Chicago Public Schools Safe Routes to Schools Florida Badass Teachers Association Fact-checks (22359) Viral image stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023 Philip Levine stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad: "Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation." By Allison Graves• February 23, 2018 Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.” By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2021 Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance." By Miriam Valverde• November 26, 2019 Jeff Greenfield stated on February 14, 2018 in a tweet: "In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1." By Tom Kertscher• February 15, 2018 Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a post: The Uvalde, Texas, mass shooter was an “illegal alien.” By Monique Curet• May 25, 2022 Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 25, 2022 Rahm Emanuel stated on July 26, 2016 in a press event: Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains." By Madeleine Doubek• August 25, 2016 Shannon Watts stated on May 21, 2018 in a tweet: "Trained police hit their targets less than 30 percent of the time." By John Kruzel• May 25, 2018 Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.” By Madison Czopek• May 26, 2022 Donald Trump stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech at the CPAC conference: "The people that went to school with (Barack Obama), they never saw him, they don't know who he is." By Robert Farley• February 14, 2011 Barack Obama stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks at the White House: "This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency." By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2015 Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop: Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving." By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2018 Gwen Graham stated on May 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: "So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones." By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2018 Viral image stated on August 05, 2019 in a Facebook post: The Dayton, Ohio, shooting suspect died in 2014. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2019 Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post: “The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting. By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2023 X posts stated on September 04, 2024 in an X post: “BREAKING: Apalachee High School shooter has been identified as non-binary trans girl Samantha Hyde.” By Loreben Tuquero• September 5, 2024 Jackie Speier stated on December 14, 2016 in a tweet: "Since the Sandy Hook tragedy, more than seven children PER DAY have died from gun violence." By Chris Nichols• December 27, 2016 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2024 in a video: Thomas Matthew Crooks worked for BlackRock "in the past" and BlackRock owned the building Crooks stood on when he shot at the Trump campaign rally. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 26, 2024 Bloggers stated on April 04, 2017 in a headline: "Texas law enforcement officer fatally shot upon arriving for work by 3 Muslim refugee." By Joshua Gillin• April 17, 2017 Articles (7734) How are school shootings defined? By Chris Nichols• February 28, 2018 Reader hits were topped by a faulty shot at Rick Perry By W. Gardner Selby• November 3, 2010 Ask PolitiFact: What does the data show on deadly shootings by 18-to-20-year-olds? By Samantha Putterman• February 6, 2024 What counts as a “mass shooting”? The definition varies By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• February 14, 2023 Vallas, Emanuel point fingers over Chicago teacher pension freefall By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• May 14, 2018 Why does federal law make it easier for 18-year-olds to buy AR-15s than handguns? By Madison Czopek• July 1, 2022 Here’s how to avoid misinformation as you read about Uvalde and other mass shootings By Bill McCarthy• May 25, 2022 Rick Perry revisits claims about job gains, graduation rates By W. Gardner Selby• July 18, 2016 Fact-checking claims about Kyle Rittenhouse, shooter in Kenosha, Wis., protests By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2021 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022 By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022 How likely are you to be struck by lightning? By Ciara O'Rourke• April 7, 2011 Contrary to reports, Virginia's student-to-teacher ratios are stable By Nancy Madsen• March 13, 2012 How many school shooting incidents has the U.S. had since Sandy Hook? PolitiFact Oregon By Dana Tims• June 11, 2014 Guests at President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress By Miriam Valverde• March 1, 2017 Fact-checking the March For Our Lives By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 24, 2018 What are the facts on police shootings following death of Stephon Clark? By Chris Nichols• March 29, 2018 Celebrate International Fact-checking Day: Avoid falling for fake news By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2018 Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting By Madison Czopek• May 27, 2022 Comparing the Breonna Taylor and Justine Damond cases By Ciara O'Rourke• September 24, 2020 Ahead of March for Our Lives, our gun-related fact checks since Parkland By Tom Kertscher• March 23, 2018
Stokes County school teacher Texas Association of School Boards Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck Students for Trump Portland Association of Teachers Ohio Federation of Teachers Progress Texas Texas GOP Texas Values Battleground Texas Texas Future Clayton County Schools Coalition for Public Schools Portland Public Schools School Freedom Fund The Coalition for Public Schools Fix Austin Schools Chicago Public Schools Safe Routes to Schools Florida Badass Teachers Association
Viral image stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023 Philip Levine stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad: "Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation." By Allison Graves• February 23, 2018 Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.” By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2021 Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance." By Miriam Valverde• November 26, 2019 Jeff Greenfield stated on February 14, 2018 in a tweet: "In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1." By Tom Kertscher• February 15, 2018 Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a post: The Uvalde, Texas, mass shooter was an “illegal alien.” By Monique Curet• May 25, 2022 Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 25, 2022 Rahm Emanuel stated on July 26, 2016 in a press event: Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains." By Madeleine Doubek• August 25, 2016 Shannon Watts stated on May 21, 2018 in a tweet: "Trained police hit their targets less than 30 percent of the time." By John Kruzel• May 25, 2018 Ted Cruz stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media: “We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.” By Madison Czopek• May 26, 2022 Donald Trump stated on February 10, 2011 in a speech at the CPAC conference: "The people that went to school with (Barack Obama), they never saw him, they don't know who he is." By Robert Farley• February 14, 2011 Barack Obama stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks at the White House: "This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency." By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2015 Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop: Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving." By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2018 Gwen Graham stated on May 18, 2018 in a Facebook post: "So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones." By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2018 Viral image stated on August 05, 2019 in a Facebook post: The Dayton, Ohio, shooting suspect died in 2014. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2019 Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post: “The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting. By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2023 X posts stated on September 04, 2024 in an X post: “BREAKING: Apalachee High School shooter has been identified as non-binary trans girl Samantha Hyde.” By Loreben Tuquero• September 5, 2024 Jackie Speier stated on December 14, 2016 in a tweet: "Since the Sandy Hook tragedy, more than seven children PER DAY have died from gun violence." By Chris Nichols• December 27, 2016 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2024 in a video: Thomas Matthew Crooks worked for BlackRock "in the past" and BlackRock owned the building Crooks stood on when he shot at the Trump campaign rally. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 26, 2024 Bloggers stated on April 04, 2017 in a headline: "Texas law enforcement officer fatally shot upon arriving for work by 3 Muslim refugee." By Joshua Gillin• April 17, 2017
How are school shootings defined? By Chris Nichols• February 28, 2018 Reader hits were topped by a faulty shot at Rick Perry By W. Gardner Selby• November 3, 2010 Ask PolitiFact: What does the data show on deadly shootings by 18-to-20-year-olds? By Samantha Putterman• February 6, 2024 What counts as a “mass shooting”? The definition varies By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• February 14, 2023 Vallas, Emanuel point fingers over Chicago teacher pension freefall By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• May 14, 2018 Why does federal law make it easier for 18-year-olds to buy AR-15s than handguns? By Madison Czopek• July 1, 2022 Here’s how to avoid misinformation as you read about Uvalde and other mass shootings By Bill McCarthy• May 25, 2022 Rick Perry revisits claims about job gains, graduation rates By W. Gardner Selby• July 18, 2016 Fact-checking claims about Kyle Rittenhouse, shooter in Kenosha, Wis., protests By Tom Kertscher• November 17, 2021 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022 By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022 How likely are you to be struck by lightning? By Ciara O'Rourke• April 7, 2011 Contrary to reports, Virginia's student-to-teacher ratios are stable By Nancy Madsen• March 13, 2012 How many school shooting incidents has the U.S. had since Sandy Hook? PolitiFact Oregon By Dana Tims• June 11, 2014 Guests at President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress By Miriam Valverde• March 1, 2017 Fact-checking the March For Our Lives By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 24, 2018 What are the facts on police shootings following death of Stephon Clark? By Chris Nichols• March 29, 2018 Celebrate International Fact-checking Day: Avoid falling for fake news By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2018 Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting By Madison Czopek• May 27, 2022 Comparing the Breonna Taylor and Justine Damond cases By Ciara O'Rourke• September 24, 2020 Ahead of March for Our Lives, our gun-related fact checks since Parkland By Tom Kertscher• March 23, 2018
