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Instagram posts stated on July 03, 2023 in a video.:

“French President Macron has declared a total ban on social media reporting of events in France.”

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa• July 14, 2023

Viral image stated on January 04, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows former French education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem herding sheep as a child in Morocco.

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 6, 2022

Pink Pony stated on May 13, 2013 in an interview:

The Pink Pony club in DeKalb County has never been cited for any violation of an ordinance or state law.

By Eric Stirgus• June 14, 2013

Facebook posts stated on August 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 10, 2021

Sid Miller stated on November 09, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."

By Madlin Mekelburg• November 15, 2019

Facebook posts stated on July 02, 2023 in a Facebook post:

France said it would shut down internet services “to control the riots.”

By Tom Kertscher• July 5, 2023

Viral image stated on December 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “MAYHEM in Oregon!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 11, 2020

Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet:

"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• April 18, 2017

TikTok posts stated on September 05, 2021 in a TikTok post:

“Paris police beat a woman for shopping at a mall with no vaccine passport.”

By Gabrielle Settles• October 12, 2021

Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2020 in Facebook posts:

Say Joe Biden is a pedophile.

By Samantha Putterman• August 12, 2020

Barack Obama stated on September 28, 2016 in a CNN town hall:

"Since I came into office … we have increased the VA budget by 85 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• September 30, 2016

Young, Gifted and Black Coalition stated on January 09, 2015 in an open letter:

"Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison.

By Tom Kertscher• March 9, 2015

Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Haiti, Tanzania and Madagascar refused the COVID-19 vaccines and now all three of their presidents have died unexpectedly.

By Samantha Putterman• July 12, 2021

Donald Trump stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."

By Lauren Carroll• January 24, 2016

Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post:

A photograph shows Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy.

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 14, 2019

Edward Flynn stated on February 09, 2012 in an interview:

Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve "people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records."

By Tom Kertscher• March 19, 2012

Viral image stated on July 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Anthony Fauci “is married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 7, 2020

Jay Hottinger stated on January 11, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives:

"Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes. I think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death."

By Tom Feran• January 21, 2011

Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:

“I have ended seven unendable wars.”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2025

Donald Trump stated on October 05, 2025 in a statement to the media:

“Portland is burning to the ground.”

By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman• October 7, 2025

Rumors surrounding John McAfee’s death linked to QAnon conspiracy

By Madison Czopek• June 25, 2021

Fake news website starts as joke, gains 1 million views within 2 weeks

By Joshua Gillin• March 9, 2017

Truth-O-Meter burrows for the truth

By Willoughby Mariano• February 6, 2011

Fact-checking Trump, Sanders on the Jan. 24 shows

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• January 24, 2016

Did Donald Trump inherit $100 million?

By Amy Sherman• March 7, 2016

Guests at President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress

By Miriam Valverde• March 1, 2017

How has Joe Biden fared on the Truth-O-Meter?

By Louis Jacobson• September 29, 2020

Mailbag: The Mitt Romney edition

By Louis Jacobson• March 9, 2012

City officials and residents say there is no Venezuelan gang “takeover” in Aurora, Colorado

By Sofia Ahmed• September 9, 2024

PolitiFact fact-checks the Jan. 24 shows

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• January 24, 2016

Retiring Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn on the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher• January 8, 2018

Were the founding fathers 'ordinary people'?

By Tom Kertscher• July 2, 2015

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Univision town hall with Latino voters

By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus, Louis Jacobson• October 17, 2024

Fact-checking Donald Trump's Feb. 16 press conference

By Lauren Carroll• February 16, 2017

PunditFact: Dropping questions on marriage from the census

By Jon Greenberg• December 8, 2014

Fact-checking claims about Border Patrol’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina

By Will Doran, Paul Specht• November 24, 2025

Did Trump inherit a mess? 8 charts show otherwise

By Louis Jacobson• March 1, 2017

The big picture: Niger and what we know about what happened to U.S. troops

By Allison Graves, Angie Drobnic Holan, Sophie Kaplan• October 22, 2017

Ted Cruz's father may have embroidered revolutionary acts, Times story says

By W. Gardner Selby• November 10, 2015

Were migrant children who died very sick before taken into U.S. custody, as Trump claimed?

By Miriam Valverde• January 3, 2019

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