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Infowars stated on July 24, 2018 in a post:

"Revealed: UN plan to flood America with 600 million migrants."

By Miriam Valverde• August 1, 2018

Bloggers stated on June 13, 2016 in an article:

Says Hillary Clinton’s "State Department blocked investigation into Orlando killer’s mosque."

By Allison Graves• June 23, 2016

Infowars stated on September 13, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600.

By Tom Kertscher• September 15, 2021

Infowars stated on November 05, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"Election fraud: Democrats are voting twice in Maryland"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 8, 2018

Infowars stated on June 14, 2017 in a website article:

Says Loretta Lynch was part of "a stunning collection of calls to violence and murder from the intolerant, unhinged leftists in the Democrat party."

By Jon Greenberg• June 16, 2017

Infowars stated on December 23, 2017 in a headline:

"Pier 39 terrorist was an anti-Trump antifa supporter."

By Amy Sherman• December 29, 2017

Infowars stated on February 20, 2021 in an article:

“Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm”

By Daniel Funke• February 22, 2021

Instagram posts stated on December 30, 2022 in a post:

“Ray Epps confessed to Jan. 6 Committee he ‘orchestrated’ attack on Capitol”

By Gabrielle Settles• January 6, 2023

Alex Jones stated on November 14, 2021 in an InfoWars video:

"Fauci admits Covid vax doesn't work"

By Vivian Lam• November 23, 2021

TikTok posts stated on November 14, 2021 in a post:

The COVID-19 vaccines “failed miserably” in animal trials and are “a type of gene therapy that several top scientists warn will kill you.”

By Monique Curet• November 17, 2021

Alex Jones stated on October 24, 2018 in in a blog post:

Says explosive devices mailed to prominent Democrats and Trump critics confirm the "deep state (is) launching false flag against (mainstream media)/Dems to blame Trump & pro-America forces."

By John Kruzel• October 25, 2018

Bloggers stated on November 14, 2016 in an article on InfoWars:

"Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens."

By Allison Graves• November 18, 2016

Bloggers stated on September 15, 2014 in a post on InfoWars.com:

"The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread" of the virus.

By Derek Tsang• September 19, 2014

Viral image stated on August 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Tulsi Gabbard Venmos Nancy Pelosi $600.01 forcing the IRS to audit Pelosi’s finances.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 19, 2022

The Gateway Pundit stated on October 06, 2021 in articles and social media:

Dr. Anthony Fauci and U.S. health officials plotted “for a new avian flu virus to enforce universal flu vaccination.”

By Tom Kertscher• October 14, 2021

Infowars stated on November 04, 2021 in a video:

“Sending your child to school” on a day when vaccines are being administered “is implied consent” for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

By Kayla Steinberg• November 10, 2021

Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows that Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigators determined that “dozens of wildfires in Canada” were caused by arson in 2023.

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 20, 2023

Instagram posts stated on October 16, 2022 in Instagram post:

“Millions” of people from International Monetary Fund member countries are at risk of being placed in “COVID camps.”

By Michael Majchrowicz• October 21, 2022

Bloggers stated on June 15, 2020 in a blog post:

“Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.”

By Bill McCarthy• June 18, 2020

Instagram posts stated on December 02, 2021 in an Instagram post:

COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy and a recent Forbes article proves that.

By Tom Kertscher• December 3, 2021

Why Infowars’ Alex Jones was banned from Apple, Facebook, Youtube and Spotify

By Manuela Tobias• August 7, 2018

Midterm Facebook misinformation: Pipe bombs, menacing caravans and rampant voter fraud

By Jon Greenberg• November 21, 2018

The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine

By Bill McCarthy• April 1, 2022

Conspiracy claims that Syrian gas attack was 'false flag' are unproven

By Joshua Gillin• April 7, 2017

Alex Jones said Sandy Hook slayings 'pretty much didn't happen'

By W. Gardner Selby• April 18, 2018

Anatomy of a statistic: Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities?

By Louis Jacobson• February 24, 2017

Hoaxes, fake news about the Las Vegas massacre

By Louis Jacobson, Emily Tanaka, Miriam Valverde• October 2, 2017

How a rumor about Justice Alito in 'hiding' jumped to primetime TV

By Bill McCarthy• May 11, 2022

Fact-checking distorted video Sarah Sanders used to bar a CNN White House reporter

By Manuela Tobias• November 8, 2018

United Facts of America: How Russian falsehoods spread to U.S. through faux local news

By Loreben Tuquero• November 7, 2023

Welcome, Anthony Scaramucci! Here's some research on illegal voting

By Louis Jacobson• July 21, 2017

PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• December 11, 2018

Why do some people think mass shootings are staged every time?

By Daniel Funke• August 8, 2019

How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry

By Bill McCarthy• September 9, 2021

Why Barack Obama's sexuality became a news story, and then a conspiracy theory

By Grace Abels• October 17, 2023

PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021

By Amy Sherman• December 21, 2021

Fact-checking Jade Helm 15

By Christian Belanger• July 14, 2015

False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• February 8, 2022

What is Jade Helm 15?