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Tucker Carlson stated on August 09, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends Weekend.":

"Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns."

By Jon Greenberg• August 15, 2014

Nathan Deal stated on June 03, 2015 in press conference:

"Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke."

By Nancy Badertscher• June 5, 2015

Now8News.com stated on April 10, 2017 in a headline:

"United Airlines flight attendant slaps crying baby during flight."

By Joshua Gillin• April 18, 2017

Michael Burgess stated on June 24, 2019 in an MSNBC interview:

Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of."

By Miriam Valverde• July 10, 2019

worldnewsdailyreport.com stated on March 03, 2017 in a headline:

"Morgue employee cremated by mistake while taking a nap."

By Amy Sherman• December 14, 2017

Edward Flynn stated on April 14, 2015 in a news conference:

In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."

By Tom Kertscher• April 15, 2015

Bill O'Reilly stated on April 13, 2010 in a segment on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor:

"We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever said it."

By Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2010

John McCain stated on July 08, 2008 in an appearance on Fox News' "Fox and Friends":

"I investigated Abramoff and people ended up in jail."

By Adriel Bettelheim• July 15, 2008

Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Media outlets reported that the same boy died 3 times from the coronavirus, in 3 countries.

By Samantha Putterman• May 7, 2020

Andrew Cuomo stated on October 16, 2018 in a campaign advertisement:

"He even supports putting a female inmate in shackles during childbirth."

By Jill Terreri Ramos• October 19, 2018

Bloggers stated on June 12, 2018 in a blog post:

"Burka clad woman runs over baby, gets away with crime for one stunning reason ..."

By Bill McCarthy• June 26, 2018

Viral image stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the health problems featured in recent news reports.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 19, 2022

Lauren Boebert stated on May 19, 2021 in an interview:

“Since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one."

By Brandon Mulder• May 25, 2021

Cavalier Johnson stated on December 21, 2021 in News release:

“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”

By D.L. Davis• February 4, 2022

Maria Sachs stated on October 01, 2013 in a press conference at AutoNation in Fort Lauderdale:

"In 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths."

By Rochelle Koff• October 29, 2013

Sloan Roach stated on November 06, 2014 in a television interview:

Georgia has led the nation in student fatalities caused by motorists illegally passing stopped school buses.

By Nancy Badertscher, April Hunt• November 11, 2014

John Stockton stated on January 23, 2022 in an interview:

“There’s 150 I believe now – it’s over 100 professional athletes dead, professional athletes, the prime of their life, dropping dead that are vaccinated, right on the pitch, right on the field, right on the court."

By Samantha Putterman• January 26, 2022

Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.

By Tom Kertscher• May 19, 2020

Philip Levine stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."

By Allison Graves• February 23, 2018

Jim Sensenbrenner stated on May 09, 2013 in an interview:

An 11-year-old girl was investigated by the FBI and had to pay a $500 federal criminal fine "because she found an injured woodpecker and put it in a cage to make sure that the bird was OK."

By Tom Kertscher• May 28, 2013

“Boys, boys!”: Repetition doesn’t improve Rauner, Pritzker sniping

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• October 14, 2018

There's sunshine and darkness in Virginia's open-government laws

By Sean Gorman, Nancy Madsen• March 24, 2014

Claims mislead about California forcing jail time for using wrong transgender pronoun

By Chris Nichols• September 26, 2017

Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• January 20, 2021

What Illinois’ ‘red flag’ gun law means after the Highland Park shooting

By Hana Stepnick• July 12, 2022

The scariest misinformation of 2020

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 31, 2020

What is the ‘boyfriend loophole,’ and how does the new gun law close it?

By Jon Greenberg• June 30, 2022

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

By Miriam Valverde• January 3, 2019

There’s no evidence that the Clintons were involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s death

By Daniel Funke• August 12, 2019

Donald Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos from far-right Britain First

By Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• November 29, 2017

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

By Bill McCarthy• November 5, 2021

Sorting the facts on Jay-Z and Beyonce’s Cuba jaunt

By Molly Moorhead• April 12, 2013

Do protection orders really protect? The answer isn’t clear

By Tom Feran• May 30, 2013

Who were the victims of illegal immigrants Trump named at the RNC?

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 22, 2016

RFK Jr. wants to delay the hepatitis B vaccine. Here’s what parents need to know.

By Jackie Fortiér• December 2, 2025

Who is Fani Willis, the prosecutor in Trump’s Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case?

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 31, 2023

Top 5 falsehoods about the health care law

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 27, 2012

Key takeaways from the Jan. 6 committee’s prime time hearing

By Jon Greenberg• June 10, 2022

There’s no evidence the Trump administration had a role in Jeffrey Epstein’s death

By John Kruzel• August 13, 2019

Ask PolitiFact: Children are far less likely to die from COVID-19. Why do they need vaccination?

By Amy Sherman• October 27, 2021

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