17 People 24752 Fact-checks 7746 Articles People (17) Elon Musk Sharon Day Stand for America Leaders for a Better Community New Day for America Stand For Children Tennessee Stand Up To China Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders Gays Against Groomers Americans Against Food Taxes Mayors Against Illegal Guns Citizens Against Rail Taxes Citizens Against Government Waste Mothers Against Drunk Driving Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue No on 60 campaign against condom requirement in adult films Fact-checks (24752) Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2024 in a post: Images show Taylor Swift with Elon Musk promoting a household energy consumption reduction device. By Sara Swann• December 13, 2024 Instagram posts stated on November 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are “part of the World Economic Forum.” By Jeff Cercone• November 13, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 05, 2023 in a Threads post: Elon Musk tweeted that he “just downloaded Threads” and it “sucks.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 6, 2023 Social Media stated on January 19, 2025 in social media posts: Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally. By Loreben Tuquero• January 21, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk sues ‘The View’ and Whoopi Goldberg for $70 million.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2024 Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post: “Donald Trump is reportedly furious with Elon Musk for convincing him to push out the head of the FAA because Musk was mad SpaceX got fined last September by the FAA for license violations.” By Sofia Ahmed• January 31, 2025 Facebook posts stated on May 09, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk confirms — ’The rapture is going to happen VERY soon.’” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 15, 2024 Threads posts stated on February 01, 2025 in a Threads post: “Melania wins $900 million ‘defamation lawsuit’ against The View & Sunny Hostin.” By Sofia Ahmed• February 4, 2025 Susan Crawford stated on March 12, 2025 in TV debate: "Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network." By D.L. Davis• March 28, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2023 in a Facebook post: Fox News reported on “an energy-saving device that can save 90% of electricity” from Elon Musk. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 11, 2023 X posts stated on January 22, 2025 in a post: Elon Musk posted on X that the MAGA movement will “succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed to.” By Sara Swann• January 23, 2025 Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk sues The View and Whoopi Goldberg for $60 million.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 4, 2024 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Riley Gaines won $10 million against Whoopi Goldberg for defaming her reputation.” By Ciara O'Rourke• July 3, 2024 Viral image stated on September 16, 2024 in an X post: The FBI said it would “visit” Elon Musk for writing on X, “No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 17, 2024 Donald Trump stated on May 08, 2025 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": “We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.” By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2025 X posts stated on April 25, 2022 in a tweet: Elon Musk suspended Bill Gates from Twitter. By Bill McCarthy• April 27, 2022 Facebook posts stated on December 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Elon Musk announcing he’s giving away free gold bars. By Sara Swann• December 12, 2023 Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2023 in Facebook posts: Elon Musk developed “Cosmo Heater,” a product that would cut heating costs “to basically $0.” By Loreben Tuquero• January 3, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 06, 2025 in a post: Elon Musk “launches a public campaign to terminate ‘The View.’” By Grace Abels• March 17, 2025 Facebook posts stated on September 30, 2024 in a post: "Elon Musk Declares: ‘Pride flags should be banned from classrooms, forever!’" By Grace Abels• October 4, 2024 Articles (7746) Adam Raine called ChatGPT his ‘only friend.’ Now his family blames the technology for his death By Loreben Tuquero• December 19, 2025 Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents. By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025 Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to cut spending, close agencies? By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2025 Is the United States turning into an oligarchy? What scholars say about Joe Biden’s warning By Samantha Putterman• January 22, 2025 What is generative AI and why is it suddenly everywhere? Here’s how it works By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Jeff Cercone• June 19, 2023 Fact-checking falsehoods about Epstein’s client list, island and involvement with Trump By Amy Sherman• December 17, 2025 Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• June 5, 2025 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Elon Musk’s PAC is paying Wisconsin petition signers before Supreme Court election. Is it legal? By Amy Sherman• March 28, 2025 Would the federal government prosecute Elon Musk for his $1 million lottery? Don’t hold your breath By Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2024 Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk By Amy Sherman• June 6, 2025 Baseless claims of ‘cheating’: Pennsylvania is a magnet for election misinformation By Amy Sherman• November 2, 2024 Republicans push for noncitizen voting ban in Congress. But a federal ban already exists. By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 12, 2024 Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know By Michael Majchrowicz• November 11, 2022 'An environment of distrust': How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2024 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But many of these posts are made-up and feature AI By Loreben Tuquero• November 20, 2024 Trump said the DOJ is suing Virginia to allow noncitizens to vote. But that’s not the case. By Amy Sherman• October 15, 2024 On X, support for American Eagle ads with Sydney Sweeney’s ‘good jeans’ overwhelms criticism By Loreben Tuquero• August 1, 2025
Elon Musk Sharon Day Stand for America Leaders for a Better Community New Day for America Stand For Children Tennessee Stand Up To China Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders Gays Against Groomers Americans Against Food Taxes Mayors Against Illegal Guns Citizens Against Rail Taxes Citizens Against Government Waste Mothers Against Drunk Driving Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue No on 60 campaign against condom requirement in adult films
Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2024 in a post: Images show Taylor Swift with Elon Musk promoting a household energy consumption reduction device. By Sara Swann• December 13, 2024 Instagram posts stated on November 12, 2024 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are “part of the World Economic Forum.” By Jeff Cercone• November 13, 2024 Threads posts stated on July 05, 2023 in a Threads post: Elon Musk tweeted that he “just downloaded Threads” and it “sucks.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 6, 2023 Social Media stated on January 19, 2025 in social media posts: Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally. By Loreben Tuquero• January 21, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk sues ‘The View’ and Whoopi Goldberg for $70 million.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2024 Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post: “Donald Trump is reportedly furious with Elon Musk for convincing him to push out the head of the FAA because Musk was mad SpaceX got fined last September by the FAA for license violations.” By Sofia Ahmed• January 31, 2025 Facebook posts stated on May 09, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk confirms — ’The rapture is going to happen VERY soon.’” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 15, 2024 Threads posts stated on February 01, 2025 in a Threads post: “Melania wins $900 million ‘defamation lawsuit’ against The View & Sunny Hostin.” By Sofia Ahmed• February 4, 2025 Susan Crawford stated on March 12, 2025 in TV debate: "Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network." By D.L. Davis• March 28, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2023 in a Facebook post: Fox News reported on “an energy-saving device that can save 90% of electricity” from Elon Musk. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 11, 2023 X posts stated on January 22, 2025 in a post: Elon Musk posted on X that the MAGA movement will “succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed to.” By Sara Swann• January 23, 2025 Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk sues The View and Whoopi Goldberg for $60 million.” By Ciara O'Rourke• June 4, 2024 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Riley Gaines won $10 million against Whoopi Goldberg for defaming her reputation.” By Ciara O'Rourke• July 3, 2024 Viral image stated on September 16, 2024 in an X post: The FBI said it would “visit” Elon Musk for writing on X, “No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 17, 2024 Donald Trump stated on May 08, 2025 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": “We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.” By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2025 X posts stated on April 25, 2022 in a tweet: Elon Musk suspended Bill Gates from Twitter. By Bill McCarthy• April 27, 2022 Facebook posts stated on December 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Elon Musk announcing he’s giving away free gold bars. By Sara Swann• December 12, 2023 Facebook posts stated on December 18, 2023 in Facebook posts: Elon Musk developed “Cosmo Heater,” a product that would cut heating costs “to basically $0.” By Loreben Tuquero• January 3, 2024 Facebook posts stated on March 06, 2025 in a post: Elon Musk “launches a public campaign to terminate ‘The View.’” By Grace Abels• March 17, 2025 Facebook posts stated on September 30, 2024 in a post: "Elon Musk Declares: ‘Pride flags should be banned from classrooms, forever!’" By Grace Abels• October 4, 2024
Adam Raine called ChatGPT his ‘only friend.’ Now his family blames the technology for his death By Loreben Tuquero• December 19, 2025 Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents. By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025 Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to cut spending, close agencies? By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2025 Is the United States turning into an oligarchy? What scholars say about Joe Biden’s warning By Samantha Putterman• January 22, 2025 What is generative AI and why is it suddenly everywhere? Here’s how it works By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Jeff Cercone• June 19, 2023 Fact-checking falsehoods about Epstein’s client list, island and involvement with Trump By Amy Sherman• December 17, 2025 Trump and Musk’s public attacks on each other add to questions about DOGE’s accomplishments, future By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• June 5, 2025 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Elon Musk’s PAC is paying Wisconsin petition signers before Supreme Court election. Is it legal? By Amy Sherman• March 28, 2025 Would the federal government prosecute Elon Musk for his $1 million lottery? Don’t hold your breath By Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2024 Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk By Amy Sherman• June 6, 2025 Baseless claims of ‘cheating’: Pennsylvania is a magnet for election misinformation By Amy Sherman• November 2, 2024 Republicans push for noncitizen voting ban in Congress. But a federal ban already exists. By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 12, 2024 Is Elon Musk under federal investigation? Here’s what we know By Michael Majchrowicz• November 11, 2022 'An environment of distrust': How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2024 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But many of these posts are made-up and feature AI By Loreben Tuquero• November 20, 2024 Trump said the DOJ is suing Virginia to allow noncitizens to vote. But that’s not the case. By Amy Sherman• October 15, 2024 On X, support for American Eagle ads with Sydney Sweeney’s ‘good jeans’ overwhelms criticism By Loreben Tuquero• August 1, 2025
