17 People 21909 Fact-checks 6941 Articles People (17) John Heard The Walking Dead The Palmer Report Bipartisan Report Drudge Report Resistance Report The Patriot Report Stop 57 campaign Stop Gillnetting Now Burnt Orange Report Stop Deceptive Amendments Daily Washington Report Viral media reports Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Various media reports 2 Florida Stop Common Core Coalition Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment Fact-checks (21909) Bloggers stated on August 28, 2017 in a series of tweets: Photo shows severe flooding at a Houston airport. By Joshua Gillin• August 29, 2017 Instagram posts stated on August 14, 2022 in an Instagram post: Anne Heche was murdered by the illuminati because she was working on a movie about Jeffrey Epstein. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 16, 2022 Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video: The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 7, 2025 Instagram posts stated on December 14, 2024 in a video: Video shows a drone crashed in New Jersey. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 17, 2024 Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn." By Yacob Reyes• July 30, 2022 TikTok posts stated on November 11, 2021 in a post: Actor Macaulay Culkin died from a heroin overdose. By Monique Curet• November 16, 2021 John Boehner stated on February 19, 2010 in a press release: In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165." By Robert Farley• February 19, 2010 Instagram posts stated on April 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: Kobe Bryant was killed “as a setup to stop him from testifying.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 5, 2023 Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past." By Jon Greenberg• May 18, 2015 Bill Johnson stated on July 05, 2011 in an online news story: On opposition to earmarks By Tom Feran• July 20, 2011 Tim Pawlenty stated on January 11, 2011 in his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story": "Ultimately, after an exhaustive investigation," the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in 2007 "because of an original design flaw dating back to the 1960s." By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2011 X posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.” By Loreben Tuquero• March 27, 2024 Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2020 in a text post: "ANTIFA is now carrying chain saws, and cutting down utility poles, and starting more fires." By Daniel Funke• September 14, 2020 Facebook posts stated on August 03, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.: “We’re seeing two massive explosions on U.S. critical infrastructure in the past 24 hours that have caused power outages.” By Madison Czopek• August 7, 2023 Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2025 in an Instagram post: “Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew.” By Sofia Ahmed• February 21, 2025 Bloggers stated on October 02, 2017 in a fake news post: A flight crew took a knee and stranded the New Orleans Saints on an airport runway. By Emily Tanaka• October 3, 2017 Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in an Instagram post: FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights. By Jeff Cercone• October 7, 2024 Viral image stated on January 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kobe Bryant tweeted, "I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton." By Ciara O'Rourke• January 27, 2020 Tom McCarey stated on June 06, 2016 in In a Penn Live editorial: "Never mind that no red light camera, no speed camera, nor any radar gun has ever stopped one accident from occurring." By Mark Dent• June 14, 2016 X posts stated on July 12, 2025 in an X post: The Kerr County, Texas, sheriff “said he would apply for a green card for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family.” By Maria Briceño• July 14, 2025 Articles (6941) Are there more plane accidents happening this year? That’s not what federal data shows By Loreben Tuquero• February 24, 2025 Social media feeds are awash with Iran war misinformation. Here’s how to identify false imagery By Loreben Tuquero• March 12, 2026 How misinformation about Kobe Bryant’s death spread online By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke• January 28, 2020 Reports of 2 girls rescued from a tree fueled false hope after Texas storms. Here's how it spread. By Angela Fu, Loreben Tuquero• July 7, 2025 What we know about opioids, declared by Trump as a public health emergency By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2017 Fact checks: Austin’s vote on Uber background checks By W. Gardner Selby• May 4, 2016 Dog in overhead bin? Feds let airlines set pet travel policies By W. Gardner Selby• March 14, 2018 Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump, about water management By Jeff Cercone, Caleb McCullough• January 10, 2025 March 16 shows to talk latest news on Ukraine, missing Malaysian plane By Katie Sanders• March 14, 2014 What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories By Daniel Funke• February 2, 2021 The stimulus is funding what? By Robert Farley• February 19, 2010 Are red light cameras a ‘scam,’ as Marco Rubio says? By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• June 9, 2015 What is hantavirus? What we know about the fatal cruise ship outbreak By Louis Jacobson• May 4, 2026 Here’s why Georgia’s Republican officials are confident in their presidential election results By Bill McCarthy• January 5, 2021 Fact-checking Tim Pawlenty's 'Courage to Stand' By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 12, 2011 Social media posts are making claims about a Biden family tragedy. Here are the facts By Ciara O'Rourke• October 4, 2020 Examining Jerry Brown’s veto of California wildfire legislation and the criticism of it By Chris Nichols• November 16, 2018 Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings? By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2021 Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ CNN town hall in Pennsylvania By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2024 Here’s what we know about LA fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked By Grace Abels, Jeff Cercone• January 17, 2025
John Heard The Walking Dead The Palmer Report Bipartisan Report Drudge Report Resistance Report The Patriot Report Stop 57 campaign Stop Gillnetting Now Burnt Orange Report Stop Deceptive Amendments Daily Washington Report Viral media reports Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Various media reports 2 Florida Stop Common Core Coalition Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment
Bloggers stated on August 28, 2017 in a series of tweets: Photo shows severe flooding at a Houston airport. By Joshua Gillin• August 29, 2017 Instagram posts stated on August 14, 2022 in an Instagram post: Anne Heche was murdered by the illuminati because she was working on a movie about Jeffrey Epstein. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 16, 2022 Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video: The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 7, 2025 Instagram posts stated on December 14, 2024 in a video: Video shows a drone crashed in New Jersey. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• December 17, 2024 Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post: You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn." By Yacob Reyes• July 30, 2022 TikTok posts stated on November 11, 2021 in a post: Actor Macaulay Culkin died from a heroin overdose. By Monique Curet• November 16, 2021 John Boehner stated on February 19, 2010 in a press release: In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165." By Robert Farley• February 19, 2010 Instagram posts stated on April 27, 2023 in a Facebook post: Kobe Bryant was killed “as a setup to stop him from testifying.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 5, 2023 Megyn Kelly stated on May 13, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File": The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past." By Jon Greenberg• May 18, 2015 Bill Johnson stated on July 05, 2011 in an online news story: On opposition to earmarks By Tom Feran• July 20, 2011 Tim Pawlenty stated on January 11, 2011 in his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story": "Ultimately, after an exhaustive investigation," the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in 2007 "because of an original design flaw dating back to the 1960s." By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2011 X posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.” By Loreben Tuquero• March 27, 2024 Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2020 in a text post: "ANTIFA is now carrying chain saws, and cutting down utility poles, and starting more fires." By Daniel Funke• September 14, 2020 Facebook posts stated on August 03, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.: “We’re seeing two massive explosions on U.S. critical infrastructure in the past 24 hours that have caused power outages.” By Madison Czopek• August 7, 2023 Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2025 in an Instagram post: “Delta plane that crashed in Toronto operated by Endeavor Air with all-female flight crew.” By Sofia Ahmed• February 21, 2025 Bloggers stated on October 02, 2017 in a fake news post: A flight crew took a knee and stranded the New Orleans Saints on an airport runway. By Emily Tanaka• October 3, 2017 Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in an Instagram post: FEMA “blocked a runway” at a South Carolina airport and “halted” hurricane relief flights. By Jeff Cercone• October 7, 2024 Viral image stated on January 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kobe Bryant tweeted, "I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton." By Ciara O'Rourke• January 27, 2020 Tom McCarey stated on June 06, 2016 in In a Penn Live editorial: "Never mind that no red light camera, no speed camera, nor any radar gun has ever stopped one accident from occurring." By Mark Dent• June 14, 2016 X posts stated on July 12, 2025 in an X post: The Kerr County, Texas, sheriff “said he would apply for a green card for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family.” By Maria Briceño• July 14, 2025
Are there more plane accidents happening this year? That’s not what federal data shows By Loreben Tuquero• February 24, 2025 Social media feeds are awash with Iran war misinformation. Here’s how to identify false imagery By Loreben Tuquero• March 12, 2026 How misinformation about Kobe Bryant’s death spread online By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke• January 28, 2020 Reports of 2 girls rescued from a tree fueled false hope after Texas storms. Here's how it spread. By Angela Fu, Loreben Tuquero• July 7, 2025 What we know about opioids, declared by Trump as a public health emergency By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2017 Fact checks: Austin’s vote on Uber background checks By W. Gardner Selby• May 4, 2016 Dog in overhead bin? Feds let airlines set pet travel policies By W. Gardner Selby• March 14, 2018 Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump, about water management By Jeff Cercone, Caleb McCullough• January 10, 2025 March 16 shows to talk latest news on Ukraine, missing Malaysian plane By Katie Sanders• March 14, 2014 What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories By Daniel Funke• February 2, 2021 The stimulus is funding what? By Robert Farley• February 19, 2010 Are red light cameras a ‘scam,’ as Marco Rubio says? By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• June 9, 2015 What is hantavirus? What we know about the fatal cruise ship outbreak By Louis Jacobson• May 4, 2026 Here’s why Georgia’s Republican officials are confident in their presidential election results By Bill McCarthy• January 5, 2021 Fact-checking Tim Pawlenty's 'Courage to Stand' By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 12, 2011 Social media posts are making claims about a Biden family tragedy. Here are the facts By Ciara O'Rourke• October 4, 2020 Examining Jerry Brown’s veto of California wildfire legislation and the criticism of it By Chris Nichols• November 16, 2018 Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings? By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2021 Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ CNN town hall in Pennsylvania By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 24, 2024 Here’s what we know about LA fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked By Grace Abels, Jeff Cercone• January 17, 2025
