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Hillary Clinton stated on September 01, 2016 in x:
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby• September 1, 2016
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
Viral image stated on June 04, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows “the Sandy Hook girls that did not die like they said they did!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 13, 2024
Facebook posts stated on July 03, 2023 in a Facebook reel:
Bill Gates is behind the five recent cases of malaria in the United States.
By Sara Swann• July 6, 2023
Courageous Conservatives PAC stated on November 06, 2015 in a video ad posted online:
"After Sandy Hook, Ted Cruz stopped Obama’s push for new gun control laws."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 13, 2015
Instagram posts stated on October 16, 2022 in an Instagram post:
A video shows an actor “getting into character before his press interview less than 24 hours after the supposed killing of his 6-year-old daughter."
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 20, 2022
X posts stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts:
The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”
By Gabrielle Settles• May 18, 2022
Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook video:
Video implies talk between Barack Obama and Kamala Harris has coded references to pedophilia.
By Andy Nguyen• August 19, 2022
Instagram posts stated on April 16, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Symbols on Huggies diapers are coded references to pedophilia.
By Sara Swann• April 20, 2023
Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“How many of you still don't know that Michelle Obama was born Michael Lavaughn Robinson and is a man?”
By Madison Czopek• October 31, 2020
Roland Gutierrez stated on July 18, 2018 in a campaign email blast:
Says Pete Gallego canceled a "planned meeting with the families of Sandy Hook victims."
By Jasper Scherer• July 27, 2018
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on June 11, 2014 in an infographic that went viral:
There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."
By Lauren Carroll• June 13, 2014
Bloggers stated on March 14, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
Shoes on the Capitol lawn represent 7,182 students who were killed in U.S. schools since 2012.
By Allison Graves• March 16, 2018
Scott Walker stated on January 10, 2013 in a news conference:
"We just had someone last week in Neenah near a school kill someone with a bow and arrow."
By James B. Nelson• January 28, 2013
GeorgiaCarry.org stated on April 09, 2014 in an interview with Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Since 1999, 440 people have been killed in attacks on church property in the United States.  
By April Hunt• August 1, 2014
Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in Facebook post:
This image shows the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 25, 2022
Jackie Speier stated on December 14, 2016 in a tweet:
"Since the Sandy Hook tragedy, more than seven children PER DAY have died from gun violence."
By Chris Nichols• December 27, 2016
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
Infowars stated on December 23, 2017 in a headline:
"Pier 39 terrorist was an anti-Trump antifa supporter."
By Amy Sherman• December 29, 2017

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By W. Gardner Selby• April 18, 2018

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By Manuela Tobias• August 7, 2018

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

By Daniel Funke• August 8, 2019

How are school shootings defined?

By Chris Nichols• February 28, 2018

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

By Bill McCarthy• September 9, 2021

A fact-checker’s guide to Ginni Thomas’ texts to Trump’s chief of staff

By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• March 25, 2022

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

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• February 8, 2022

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

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

Our No. 2 hit of 2016; checking Hillary Clinton on Alex Jones, child deaths

By W. Gardner Selby• December 31, 2016

Sorting out claims on gun statistics

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 16, 2014

Fact-checking reactions to gun proposal's failure

By Molly Moorhead• April 18, 2013

Top 5 most popular fact-checks for June 2014

By Lauren Carroll• July 11, 2014

Satanic Temple’s fight over abortion rights, Roe v Wade so far is unsuccessful

By Jeff Cercone• May 5, 2022

How many school shooting incidents has the U.S. had since Sandy Hook? PolitiFact Oregon

By Dana Tims• June 11, 2014

The Top Ten of 2013

By Tom Kertscher• December 31, 2013

How Russian trolls exploited Parkland mass shooting on social media

By John Kruzel• February 22, 2018

The facts on guns in 6 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Louis Jacobson• September 30, 2018

Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate

By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022

Fact-checking claims in California’s U.S. Senate race

By Chris Nichols• October 18, 2018

Trump lost. Yet the 2020 election falsehoods live on in Arizona

By Amy Sherman• June 21, 2021