38 People 22730 Fact-checks 6992 Articles People (38) Majority Forward Majority PAC Major Garrett People's Majority Patriot Majority USA Bling News Republican News WBN News Eco News Just the News Pipo News The Politico News House Majority PAC Patriot Majority PAC Senate Majority PAC Major Gross Profit Fox News Channel Great Lakes News International News Trends NY Evening News Fact-checks (22730) Social Media stated on June 10, 2025 in an ad on Craigslist: Companies called “T-Mellon Events” and “Fight Fite Fight LLC” are offering to pay “seat fillers” in Washington, D.C, on June 14. By Gabrielle Lazor• June 13, 2025 Viral image stated on August 05, 2016 in a viral image: In the 2012 election, there were more votes cast than registered voters in St. Lucie County, and Palm Beach County had 141 percent turnout. By Allison Graves• August 9, 2016 Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview: Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.” By Brandon Mulder• October 30, 2020 National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on September 07, 2016 in a campaign website: Says Patrick Murphy advocated for "cuts to Social Security and Medicare." By Joshua Gillin• September 8, 2016 Steve Cohen stated on November 20, 2011 in appearance on MSNBC's "UP w/Chris Hayes": "The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget." By Zack McMillin• January 13, 2012 Rand Paul stated on August 04, 2014 in comments to reporters: "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past." By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2014 Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away from millions of Americans By Samantha Putterman• April 29, 2019 Bloggers stated on September 24, 2018 in an image on Facebook: Says that Dianne Feinstein said, "When the gunman realizes that nobody else is armed, he will lay down his weapons and turn himself in…. that’s just human nature." By Maryna Dorosh• September 24, 2018 Threads posts stated on August 06, 2025 in a Threads post: The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it. By Samantha Putterman• August 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 30, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook: "Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta, ha retirado la verificación” de Nicolás Maduro en Facebook e Instagram. By Marta Campabadal Graus• August 2, 2024 Viral image stated on October 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: A news report quoted Alec Baldwin saying, “How about I just f----- shoot the both of ya?” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2021 Donald Trump stated on April 16, 2020 in a tweet: Says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi deleted a video of her telling people to go to Chinatown. By Miriam Valverde• April 16, 2020 Hillary Clinton stated on March 04, 2020 in an interview: Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing in line for seven hours.” By Madlin Mekelburg• March 9, 2020 Rick Santorum stated on June 07, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage." By Jon Greenberg• June 7, 2015 Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "when any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns … It no longer trusts its citizens because such a government has evil plans." By Samantha Putterman• September 3, 2019 Viral image stated on May 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: "D.A.R.E. removed cannabis from its list of gateway drugs." By Ciara O'Rourke• May 30, 2019 Tammy Baldwin stated on September 19, 2016 in a statement: Says that except for Donald Trump, "every other major party nominee" for the past 40 years has released their tax returns. By Tom Kertscher• September 28, 2016 Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. By Gabrielle Settles• September 30, 2021 Susan Stimpson stated on December 02, 2014 in a news release.: "Bill Howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in Virginia in the last decade." By Nancy Madsen• December 15, 2014 Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Obama used government funds to pay for his personal vacations for the next 20 years and Trump sent him a bill. By Samantha Putterman• November 25, 2019 Articles (6992) At Thanksgiving, fact-checkers give thanks By Jon Greenberg• November 25, 2020 Were Missouri protesters upset Paris attacks stole their spotlight? By Katherine Knott• November 23, 2015 Election denying candidates sought to undo voting rights. Many lost key races By Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022 No proof tweets about Paris attacks came from Missouri student protesters By Katherine Knott• November 20, 2015 President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story. By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• April 29, 2025 Arizona’s widespread use of mail-in voting and close margins created longer wait for results By Amy Sherman• November 15, 2022 7 steps to better fact-checking By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 20, 2014 Don’t fall for these false claims as you await the 2024 election results By Amy Sherman• November 3, 2024 Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies By Bill McCarthy• June 30, 2021 Israel-Hamas war: What we know about ‘beheaded babies’ By Sara Swann• November 21, 2023 Mike Johnson sought to overturn 2020 election. As House speaker, he'll oversee 2024 certification By Amy Sherman• October 26, 2023 Fact-checking Bill O'Reilly's interview with President Barack Obama By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 7, 2011 PolitiFact’s checklist for thorough fact-checking By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 31, 2022 What’s happening with mailboxes and mail-sorting machines? By Noah Y. 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Social Media stated on June 10, 2025 in an ad on Craigslist: Companies called “T-Mellon Events” and “Fight Fite Fight LLC” are offering to pay “seat fillers” in Washington, D.C, on June 14. By Gabrielle Lazor• June 13, 2025 Viral image stated on August 05, 2016 in a viral image: In the 2012 election, there were more votes cast than registered voters in St. Lucie County, and Palm Beach County had 141 percent turnout. By Allison Graves• August 9, 2016 Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview: Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.” By Brandon Mulder• October 30, 2020 National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on September 07, 2016 in a campaign website: Says Patrick Murphy advocated for "cuts to Social Security and Medicare." By Joshua Gillin• September 8, 2016 Steve Cohen stated on November 20, 2011 in appearance on MSNBC's "UP w/Chris Hayes": "The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget." By Zack McMillin• January 13, 2012 Rand Paul stated on August 04, 2014 in comments to reporters: "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past." By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2014 Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Mitch McConnell was cured of polio when he was a child by government-funded care and now he’s trying to take that same care away from millions of Americans By Samantha Putterman• April 29, 2019 Bloggers stated on September 24, 2018 in an image on Facebook: Says that Dianne Feinstein said, "When the gunman realizes that nobody else is armed, he will lay down his weapons and turn himself in…. that’s just human nature." By Maryna Dorosh• September 24, 2018 Threads posts stated on August 06, 2025 in a Threads post: The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it. By Samantha Putterman• August 7, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 30, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook: "Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta, ha retirado la verificación” de Nicolás Maduro en Facebook e Instagram. By Marta Campabadal Graus• August 2, 2024 Viral image stated on October 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: A news report quoted Alec Baldwin saying, “How about I just f----- shoot the both of ya?” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2021 Donald Trump stated on April 16, 2020 in a tweet: Says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi deleted a video of her telling people to go to Chinatown. By Miriam Valverde• April 16, 2020 Hillary Clinton stated on March 04, 2020 in an interview: Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing in line for seven hours.” By Madlin Mekelburg• March 9, 2020 Rick Santorum stated on June 07, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage." By Jon Greenberg• June 7, 2015 Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "when any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns … It no longer trusts its citizens because such a government has evil plans." By Samantha Putterman• September 3, 2019 Viral image stated on May 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: "D.A.R.E. removed cannabis from its list of gateway drugs." By Ciara O'Rourke• May 30, 2019 Tammy Baldwin stated on September 19, 2016 in a statement: Says that except for Donald Trump, "every other major party nominee" for the past 40 years has released their tax returns. By Tom Kertscher• September 28, 2016 Instagram posts stated on September 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: VAERS reports show that babies whose mothers got the COVID-19 vaccine died after breastfeeding. By Gabrielle Settles• September 30, 2021 Susan Stimpson stated on December 02, 2014 in a news release.: "Bill Howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in Virginia in the last decade." By Nancy Madsen• December 15, 2014 Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Obama used government funds to pay for his personal vacations for the next 20 years and Trump sent him a bill. By Samantha Putterman• November 25, 2019
At Thanksgiving, fact-checkers give thanks By Jon Greenberg• November 25, 2020 Were Missouri protesters upset Paris attacks stole their spotlight? By Katherine Knott• November 23, 2015 Election denying candidates sought to undo voting rights. Many lost key races By Amy Sherman• November 9, 2022 No proof tweets about Paris attacks came from Missouri student protesters By Katherine Knott• November 20, 2015 President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story. By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• April 29, 2025 Arizona’s widespread use of mail-in voting and close margins created longer wait for results By Amy Sherman• November 15, 2022 7 steps to better fact-checking By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 20, 2014 Don’t fall for these false claims as you await the 2024 election results By Amy Sherman• November 3, 2024 Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies By Bill McCarthy• June 30, 2021 Israel-Hamas war: What we know about ‘beheaded babies’ By Sara Swann• November 21, 2023 Mike Johnson sought to overturn 2020 election. As House speaker, he'll oversee 2024 certification By Amy Sherman• October 26, 2023 Fact-checking Bill O'Reilly's interview with President Barack Obama By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 7, 2011 PolitiFact’s checklist for thorough fact-checking By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 31, 2022 What’s happening with mailboxes and mail-sorting machines? By Noah Y. Kim• August 19, 2020 Mailbag: Bipartisan bouquets and brickbats By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 3, 2010 Voting machine malfunctions are typical, not evidence of ‘stealing’ the election By Samantha Putterman• November 4, 2020 What we know about Detroit’s absentee ballot processing errors By Clara Hendrickson• August 27, 2020 Suspended from social media, Donald Trump turns to traditional media avenues to push falsehoods By Miriam Valverde• July 14, 2021 The history of the filibuster as 'Jim Crow relic' By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2020 Not knowing all the results on election night is normal. Here's why. By Amy Sherman• October 30, 2024
