17 People 23706 Fact-checks 7496 Articles People (17) Paul Hipp World Food Program Say Anything Blog Baby Got PAC Food & Water Watch Oregon Food Bank Seattle Police Department Atlanta Police Foundation Memphis Police Association Milwaukee Police Association Americans Against Food Taxes Central Falls Police Department Florida Police Benevolent Association Police Chief Billy Grogan Wisconsin Professional Police Association Broward County Police Benevolent Association New York City Police Benevolent Association Fact-checks (23706) Jim Bohl stated on May 30, 2012 in a news conference: Toothpaste contains "the poison substance of fluoride." By James B. Nelson• July 9, 2012 Adam Putnam stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning": Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis." By Becky Bowers• November 3, 2011 Will Herring stated on March 06, 2017 in a San Antonio Express-News news story: "There’s not one public study, and by public study I mean a study available to the public, that has looked at using the product Kaput to poison feral hogs." By W. Gardner Selby• March 16, 2017 Instagram posts stated on May 17, 2023 in an Instagram reel: Pop-Tarts and other foods “have antifreeze in them.” By Sara Swann• June 1, 2023 Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says pre-cut onion used to cook the following day "becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning." By Samantha Putterman• August 16, 2019 Instagram posts stated on January 16, 2024 in TikTok post: Vaccines that are routinely given to children contain unsafe amounts of aluminum. By Sofia Ahmed• January 19, 2024 Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media: The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. By Sara Swann• May 24, 2022 Paul Hipp stated on September 09, 2009 in a YouTube video: The U.S. ranks 37th in the world for health care. By Louis Jacobson• September 14, 2009 Bloggers stated on February 15, 2016 in Internet posts: "300,000 pounds of rat meat sold as chicken wings across America." By Joshua Gillin• March 6, 2017 Karina Wood stated on February 12, 2015 in testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee: Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 23, 2015 Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a video: Video shows Jordan Peterson making disparaging remarks about Chinese food By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 29, 2024 Instagram posts stated on January 11, 2022 in a post: “Million pounds of rat meat being sold as boneless chicken wings in the U.S.” By Monique Curet• January 19, 2022 Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post: Images show a “beautiful baby boy, estimated to be between 7 months to a year old … found dumped by the roadside” in January 2025. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 30, 2025 Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post: The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines. By April Hunt• July 17, 2015 Ken Cuccinelli stated on January 13, 2012 in an interview. : Says the D.C. city council passed a law banning lethal rat trapping. By Sean Gorman• January 23, 2012 Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2023 in a Reel: Lucky Charms contains an unsafe amount of cleaning compound trisodium phosphate. By Grace Abels• August 25, 2023 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles. By Jeff Cercone• July 21, 2023 John Axford stated on February 14, 2012 in a Tweet: All travelers -- even babies -- arriving in the U.S. by air must have a passport. By James B. Nelson• March 2, 2012 Hank Gilbert stated on December 14, 2009 in in a press release: Says a careless attitude and "poor oversight by the Texas Department of Agriculture" led to deaths and illnesses traced to a Texas peanut plant. By W. Gardner Selby• January 12, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 03, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result. By Samantha Putterman• January 7, 2019 Articles (7496) John Oliver cites PolitiFact on Nevada convention on 'Last Week Tonight’ By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 23, 2016 Casey DeSantis warns of ‘triple-digit' levels of weed killer in bread. Should you be worried? By Samantha Putterman• February 11, 2026 Do copperheads smell like cucumbers? Looking at some spring snake tips By Ciara O'Rourke• April 29, 2022 Singer is pretty much right that U.S. ranks 37th By Louis Jacobson• September 15, 2009 NIH helped fund research involving donated fetal tissue, but Fauci was not directly involved By Madison Czopek• June 17, 2021 Is it toxic? Why you should be wary of the internet’s ‘scary ingredient’ warnings By Grace Abels• August 20, 2025 FDA head Robert Califf battles misinformation — sometimes with fuzzy facts By Darius Tahir• July 24, 2023 Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami By PolitiFact Staff • June 28, 2019 PolitiFact's guide to fake news websites and what they peddle By PolitiFact Staff • April 20, 2017 Kamala Harris made forceful claims on civil rights and immigration. Did she get them right? By Chris Nichols• June 28, 2019 Fact-check: Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ falsehoods about abortion, Jan. 6 security and bacon prices By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 18, 2023 Our wildest and wackiest claims of 2009 By Bill Adair• December 31, 2009 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022 By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022 In context: George Allen's comments on government waste By Nancy Madsen• September 21, 2012 'Transgender monkeys'? Musk highlights misleading posts in push for new Government Efficiency group By Caleb McCullough, Mia Osmonbekov, Amy Sherman• November 18, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: What can parents do if they can't find baby formula in stores? By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2022 In Context: Lawmaker explains food stamps, junk food plan By Tom Kertscher• March 21, 2013 FTC has long said products must back up health claims. A MAHA lawsuit would upend that. By Arthur Allen• August 25, 2025 Donald Trump and the fish food dump: How early reports got it wrong By Louis Jacobson• November 6, 2017 Gaza children face dire starvation risk, but one UN leader’s mistaken timeline caused confusion By Grace Abels• May 23, 2025
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Jim Bohl stated on May 30, 2012 in a news conference: Toothpaste contains "the poison substance of fluoride." By James B. Nelson• July 9, 2012 Adam Putnam stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning": Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis." By Becky Bowers• November 3, 2011 Will Herring stated on March 06, 2017 in a San Antonio Express-News news story: "There’s not one public study, and by public study I mean a study available to the public, that has looked at using the product Kaput to poison feral hogs." By W. Gardner Selby• March 16, 2017 Instagram posts stated on May 17, 2023 in an Instagram reel: Pop-Tarts and other foods “have antifreeze in them.” By Sara Swann• June 1, 2023 Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says pre-cut onion used to cook the following day "becomes highly poisonous for even a single night and creates toxic bacteria which may cause adverse stomach infections because of excess bile secretions and even food poisoning." By Samantha Putterman• August 16, 2019 Instagram posts stated on January 16, 2024 in TikTok post: Vaccines that are routinely given to children contain unsafe amounts of aluminum. By Sofia Ahmed• January 19, 2024 Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media: The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. By Sara Swann• May 24, 2022 Paul Hipp stated on September 09, 2009 in a YouTube video: The U.S. ranks 37th in the world for health care. By Louis Jacobson• September 14, 2009 Bloggers stated on February 15, 2016 in Internet posts: "300,000 pounds of rat meat sold as chicken wings across America." By Joshua Gillin• March 6, 2017 Karina Wood stated on February 12, 2015 in testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee: Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 23, 2015 Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2024 in a video: Video shows Jordan Peterson making disparaging remarks about Chinese food By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 29, 2024 Instagram posts stated on January 11, 2022 in a post: “Million pounds of rat meat being sold as boneless chicken wings in the U.S.” By Monique Curet• January 19, 2022 Facebook posts stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post: Images show a “beautiful baby boy, estimated to be between 7 months to a year old … found dumped by the roadside” in January 2025. By Ciara O'Rourke• January 30, 2025 Jim Carrey stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post: The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines. By April Hunt• July 17, 2015 Ken Cuccinelli stated on January 13, 2012 in an interview. : Says the D.C. city council passed a law banning lethal rat trapping. By Sean Gorman• January 23, 2012 Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2023 in a Reel: Lucky Charms contains an unsafe amount of cleaning compound trisodium phosphate. By Grace Abels• August 25, 2023 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post: Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles. By Jeff Cercone• July 21, 2023 John Axford stated on February 14, 2012 in a Tweet: All travelers -- even babies -- arriving in the U.S. by air must have a passport. By James B. Nelson• March 2, 2012 Hank Gilbert stated on December 14, 2009 in in a press release: Says a careless attitude and "poor oversight by the Texas Department of Agriculture" led to deaths and illnesses traced to a Texas peanut plant. By W. Gardner Selby• January 12, 2010 Facebook posts stated on January 03, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result. By Samantha Putterman• January 7, 2019
John Oliver cites PolitiFact on Nevada convention on 'Last Week Tonight’ By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 23, 2016 Casey DeSantis warns of ‘triple-digit' levels of weed killer in bread. Should you be worried? By Samantha Putterman• February 11, 2026 Do copperheads smell like cucumbers? Looking at some spring snake tips By Ciara O'Rourke• April 29, 2022 Singer is pretty much right that U.S. ranks 37th By Louis Jacobson• September 15, 2009 NIH helped fund research involving donated fetal tissue, but Fauci was not directly involved By Madison Czopek• June 17, 2021 Is it toxic? Why you should be wary of the internet’s ‘scary ingredient’ warnings By Grace Abels• August 20, 2025 FDA head Robert Califf battles misinformation — sometimes with fuzzy facts By Darius Tahir• July 24, 2023 Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami By PolitiFact Staff • June 28, 2019 PolitiFact's guide to fake news websites and what they peddle By PolitiFact Staff • April 20, 2017 Kamala Harris made forceful claims on civil rights and immigration. Did she get them right? By Chris Nichols• June 28, 2019 Fact-check: Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ falsehoods about abortion, Jan. 6 security and bacon prices By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 18, 2023 Our wildest and wackiest claims of 2009 By Bill Adair• December 31, 2009 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022 By Sara Swann• December 26, 2022 In context: George Allen's comments on government waste By Nancy Madsen• September 21, 2012 'Transgender monkeys'? Musk highlights misleading posts in push for new Government Efficiency group By Caleb McCullough, Mia Osmonbekov, Amy Sherman• November 18, 2024 Ask PolitiFact: What can parents do if they can't find baby formula in stores? By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2022 In Context: Lawmaker explains food stamps, junk food plan By Tom Kertscher• March 21, 2013 FTC has long said products must back up health claims. A MAHA lawsuit would upend that. By Arthur Allen• August 25, 2025 Donald Trump and the fish food dump: How early reports got it wrong By Louis Jacobson• November 6, 2017 Gaza children face dire starvation risk, but one UN leader’s mistaken timeline caused confusion By Grace Abels• May 23, 2025
