2 People 2138 Fact-checks 1137 Articles People (2) Russian Embassy in Canada Russian Ministry of Defense Fact-checks (2138) Bloggers stated on May 22, 2018 in a headline: "USA: Mysterious Nazi submarine from WWII discovered in Great Lakes!" By Amy Sherman• May 24, 2018 TikTok posts stated on April 14, 2022 in a TikTok post: A video shows the Russian warship Moskva exploding. By Bill McCarthy• April 25, 2022 Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post: “Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva. By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022 Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post: The sinking of the Titanic was orchestrated by the Rothschilds and J.P. Morgan to kill prominent businessmen who opposed the creation of the Federal Reserve. By Samantha Putterman• January 26, 2023 Mitt Romney stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.': President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon." By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2012 Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2024 in a Facebook post: "The famed ship at the bottom of the North Atlantic is actually not The Titanic. It is her near-identical sister ship The Olympic." By Marta Campabadal Graus• December 4, 2024 Facebook posts stated on December 08, 2023 in a video: A river in Russia turned red in a biblical omen or divine “retribution.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 13, 2023 Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: In 1988, in response to Iran’s attack on the U.S.S. Samuel Roberts, President Ronald Reagan "destroyed half of Iran’s Navy." By Tom Kertscher• January 15, 2020 Bill O'Reilly stated on February 20, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor": "I never said I was on the Falkland Islands." By Jon Greenberg• March 3, 2015 Facebook posts stated on June 21, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Titan submersible was found June 21 with all five passengers alive. By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2023 Instagram posts stated on December 16, 2024 in an Instagram post: New Jersey drones are searching for missing radioactive material. By Jeff Cercone• December 18, 2024 Facebook posts stated on July 04, 2024 in a Facebook post: Official Navy photographs show an unidentified flying object in the Arctic Ocean in 1971. By Mia Penner• July 11, 2024 John McCain stated on June 02, 2008 in a speech in Nashville, Tenn.: "The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we've never had an accident." By Robert Farley• June 9, 2008 Viral image stated on June 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: Video shows “U.S. Navy deploys in Miami due to Russian warships 6/12.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 14, 2024 Laurence Tribe stated on March 02, 2018 in a tweet: President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia." By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2018 Dick Cheney stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": In the Georgia-Russia conflict, "we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers" from Iran to Georgia and "sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies." By Jon Greenberg• May 19, 2014 Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2022 in a Facebook video post: Video claims Moscow turned into “sea of fire after being attacked by two mysterious missiles.” By Andy Nguyen• June 30, 2022 Russia Today stated on March 04, 2014 in a posting on their website: The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances." By Jon Greenberg• March 5, 2014 Nathan Deal stated on April 13, 2011 in a speech: "Over the last 10 years, Georgia's public health has declined." By Willoughby Mariano• April 25, 2011 Facebook posts stated on January 18, 2023 in a post: Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved. By Gabrielle Settles• January 31, 2023 Articles (1137) Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a look back at yellow journalism and the Spanish-American War By Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2022 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 Chris Wallace asked why Vladimir Putin’s critics end up dead. Here are the details By Manuela Tobias• July 19, 2018 Baltimore bridge collapse: A cyberattack, a movie and other false claims about the ship accident By Jeff Cercone• March 27, 2024 With time and money, US can replace banned Russian imports with domestic oil By Madison Czopek• March 9, 2022 Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2022 How paid X accounts blamed Israel, Ukraine for the Baltimore bridge collapse By Madison Czopek• April 3, 2024 Introducing PolitiFact’s Mueller Report book club By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 6, 2019 Case study: How Facebook pages exploit Russia’s war in Ukraine with false videos By Grace Abels• July 27, 2022 What legal experts say about Donald Trump Jr. meeting with Russian lawyer By John Kruzel• July 11, 2017 Does Vladimir Putin kill journalists? By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2016 Four questions about when senators meet with ambassadors By Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2017 Could a strike by Russia on Poland trigger Article 5 and bring NATO into war? By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2022 Was the Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer ‘totally legal,’ as Trump said? By John Kruzel• August 7, 2018 Who is Robert Mueller? New special counsel leading Russian investigation By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2017 What you need to know about Donald Trump, Russia and Ukraine By Linda Qiu• August 4, 2016 The Mueller report: What you need to know By John Kruzel• April 18, 2019 Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons? By Loreben Tuquero• April 28, 2026 Fact-checking the Dec. 20 Sunday shows By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• December 20, 2015 PolitiFact fact-checks the Dec. 20 Sunday shows By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• December 20, 2015
Bloggers stated on May 22, 2018 in a headline: "USA: Mysterious Nazi submarine from WWII discovered in Great Lakes!" By Amy Sherman• May 24, 2018 TikTok posts stated on April 14, 2022 in a TikTok post: A video shows the Russian warship Moskva exploding. By Bill McCarthy• April 25, 2022 Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post: “Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva. By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022 Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post: The sinking of the Titanic was orchestrated by the Rothschilds and J.P. Morgan to kill prominent businessmen who opposed the creation of the Federal Reserve. By Samantha Putterman• January 26, 2023 Mitt Romney stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.': President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon." By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2012 Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2024 in a Facebook post: "The famed ship at the bottom of the North Atlantic is actually not The Titanic. It is her near-identical sister ship The Olympic." By Marta Campabadal Graus• December 4, 2024 Facebook posts stated on December 08, 2023 in a video: A river in Russia turned red in a biblical omen or divine “retribution.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 13, 2023 Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: In 1988, in response to Iran’s attack on the U.S.S. Samuel Roberts, President Ronald Reagan "destroyed half of Iran’s Navy." By Tom Kertscher• January 15, 2020 Bill O'Reilly stated on February 20, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor": "I never said I was on the Falkland Islands." By Jon Greenberg• March 3, 2015 Facebook posts stated on June 21, 2023 in a Facebook post: The Titan submersible was found June 21 with all five passengers alive. By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2023 Instagram posts stated on December 16, 2024 in an Instagram post: New Jersey drones are searching for missing radioactive material. By Jeff Cercone• December 18, 2024 Facebook posts stated on July 04, 2024 in a Facebook post: Official Navy photographs show an unidentified flying object in the Arctic Ocean in 1971. By Mia Penner• July 11, 2024 John McCain stated on June 02, 2008 in a speech in Nashville, Tenn.: "The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we've never had an accident." By Robert Farley• June 9, 2008 Viral image stated on June 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: Video shows “U.S. Navy deploys in Miami due to Russian warships 6/12.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 14, 2024 Laurence Tribe stated on March 02, 2018 in a tweet: President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia." By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2018 Dick Cheney stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": In the Georgia-Russia conflict, "we flew a brigade of Georgian soldiers" from Iran to Georgia and "sent U.S. ships into the Black Sea and provided various kinds of supplies." By Jon Greenberg• May 19, 2014 Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2022 in a Facebook video post: Video claims Moscow turned into “sea of fire after being attacked by two mysterious missiles.” By Andy Nguyen• June 30, 2022 Russia Today stated on March 04, 2014 in a posting on their website: The new Ukrainian government "introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances." By Jon Greenberg• March 5, 2014 Nathan Deal stated on April 13, 2011 in a speech: "Over the last 10 years, Georgia's public health has declined." By Willoughby Mariano• April 25, 2011 Facebook posts stated on January 18, 2023 in a post: Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved. By Gabrielle Settles• January 31, 2023
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a look back at yellow journalism and the Spanish-American War By Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2022 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be alive, details of their captivity unclear By Monique Curet• March 3, 2022 Chris Wallace asked why Vladimir Putin’s critics end up dead. Here are the details By Manuela Tobias• July 19, 2018 Baltimore bridge collapse: A cyberattack, a movie and other false claims about the ship accident By Jeff Cercone• March 27, 2024 With time and money, US can replace banned Russian imports with domestic oil By Madison Czopek• March 9, 2022 Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2022 How paid X accounts blamed Israel, Ukraine for the Baltimore bridge collapse By Madison Czopek• April 3, 2024 Introducing PolitiFact’s Mueller Report book club By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 6, 2019 Case study: How Facebook pages exploit Russia’s war in Ukraine with false videos By Grace Abels• July 27, 2022 What legal experts say about Donald Trump Jr. meeting with Russian lawyer By John Kruzel• July 11, 2017 Does Vladimir Putin kill journalists? By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2016 Four questions about when senators meet with ambassadors By Louis Jacobson• March 2, 2017 Could a strike by Russia on Poland trigger Article 5 and bring NATO into war? By Louis Jacobson• March 14, 2022 Was the Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer ‘totally legal,’ as Trump said? By John Kruzel• August 7, 2018 Who is Robert Mueller? New special counsel leading Russian investigation By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2017 What you need to know about Donald Trump, Russia and Ukraine By Linda Qiu• August 4, 2016 The Mueller report: What you need to know By John Kruzel• April 18, 2019 Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons? By Loreben Tuquero• April 28, 2026 Fact-checking the Dec. 20 Sunday shows By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• December 20, 2015 PolitiFact fact-checks the Dec. 20 Sunday shows By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• December 20, 2015
