41 People 24737 Fact-checks 7986 Articles People (41) Zack Space Other Space The Palmer Report Bipartisan Report Drudge Report Resistance Report The Patriot Report Burnt Orange Report Daily Washington Report Viral media reports Various media reports 2 Choose: New Jersey Environment New Jersey New Century Times New York Post New Leadership PAC New Approach Oregon New Day for America New Georgia Encyclopedia New York Times Fact-checks (24737) Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post: “Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva. By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022 Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post: Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump. By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024 TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post: If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone. By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025 Bloggers stated on September 06, 2022 in a blog post: “The U.S. & Elon Musk reveal new hypersonic jet to help Ukraine.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 7, 2022 Social Media stated on October 04, 2024 in social media posts: FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas. By Madison Czopek• October 8, 2024 Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post: “Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 29, 2025 Viral image stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photo from “data leak at Elon Musk AND NASA … are said to be from one of Elon Musk’s Space-X satellites.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 18, 2022 Marco Rubio stated on February 04, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.: China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites." By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2016 Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2024 in a Facebook post: Aurora borealis sightings a “fabricated light show” created by a HAARP experiment. By Jeff Cercone• May 13, 2024 John McCain stated on January 27, 2016 in a committee hearing: "Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground." By Anthony Cave• January 30, 2016 Viral image stated on September 06, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video proves “space is fake.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022 Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House: The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally." By Jon Greenberg• March 12, 2018 Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.” By Jeff Cercone• August 11, 2023 Instagram posts stated on October 02, 2024 in Instagram posts: Vice President Kamala Harris' comments in Augusta, Georgia, show the Biden administration is offering Hurricane Helene victims only $750 in relief. By Loreben Tuquero• October 4, 2024 Other Space stated on July 14, 2015 in in a Change.org petition: "By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does." By Anna Bruzgulis• July 21, 2015 Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk said, “The Boeing Starliner’s stranded astronauts are not with us anymore,” and “they won’t come back.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 8, 2025 Threads posts stated on December 11, 2024 in a post on Threads: Photos show mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in November and December 2024. By Madison Czopek• December 13, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Mass media destroyed! Blackout for mass arrests event!” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 20, 2021 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2023 in a Facebook reel: NASA warns of “internet apocalypse,” which “means they can execute the Great Reset in silence without anyone knowing it.” By Sara Swann• June 29, 2023 Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2023 in an Instagram post: “‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.” By Sara Swann• February 7, 2023 Articles (7986) Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024 Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like? By Manuela Tobias• August 13, 2018 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2010 Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023 Antisemitic claims about Brooklyn synagogue tunnel spread on social media By Sofia Ahmed, Jeff Cercone• January 12, 2024 Elon Musk calls for accountability in media, donates to PolitiFact By Josie Hollingsworth• May 24, 2018 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 Ohio derailment is just the latest serious industrial accident in the U.S. By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2023 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 Nevada Republican goofs at RNC, wrongly claims Las Vegas is capital of Nevada By Riley Snyder• July 20, 2016 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• February 21, 2025 What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires? By Jeff Cercone• September 12, 2023 In Context: Laura Pressley’s ‘something was planted’ in World Trade Center By Dylan Baddour• November 14, 2014 Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019 PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for September 2019 By D.L. Davis• October 2, 2019
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Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post: “Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva. By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022 Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a post: Elon Musk’s Starlink technology manipulated votes in the 2024 election to benefit Donald Trump. By Madison Czopek, Sara Swann• November 12, 2024 TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post: If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone. By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025 Bloggers stated on September 06, 2022 in a blog post: “The U.S. & Elon Musk reveal new hypersonic jet to help Ukraine.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 7, 2022 Social Media stated on October 04, 2024 in social media posts: FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas. By Madison Czopek• October 8, 2024 Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post: “Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 29, 2025 Viral image stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photo from “data leak at Elon Musk AND NASA … are said to be from one of Elon Musk’s Space-X satellites.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 18, 2022 Marco Rubio stated on February 04, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.: China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites." By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2016 Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2024 in a Facebook post: Aurora borealis sightings a “fabricated light show” created by a HAARP experiment. By Jeff Cercone• May 13, 2024 John McCain stated on January 27, 2016 in a committee hearing: "Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground." By Anthony Cave• January 30, 2016 Viral image stated on September 06, 2022 in an Instagram post: Video proves “space is fake.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022 Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House: The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally." By Jon Greenberg• March 12, 2018 Instagram posts stated on August 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: Photos are proof that Hawaii fires were caused by a “direct energy weapon assault on the people.” By Jeff Cercone• August 11, 2023 Instagram posts stated on October 02, 2024 in Instagram posts: Vice President Kamala Harris' comments in Augusta, Georgia, show the Biden administration is offering Hurricane Helene victims only $750 in relief. By Loreben Tuquero• October 4, 2024 Other Space stated on July 14, 2015 in in a Change.org petition: "By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does." By Anna Bruzgulis• July 21, 2015 Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk said, “The Boeing Starliner’s stranded astronauts are not with us anymore,” and “they won’t come back.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 8, 2025 Threads posts stated on December 11, 2024 in a post on Threads: Photos show mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in November and December 2024. By Madison Czopek• December 13, 2024 Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Mass media destroyed! Blackout for mass arrests event!” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 20, 2021 Facebook posts stated on June 25, 2023 in a Facebook reel: NASA warns of “internet apocalypse,” which “means they can execute the Great Reset in silence without anyone knowing it.” By Sara Swann• June 29, 2023 Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2023 in an Instagram post: “‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.” By Sara Swann• February 7, 2023
Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024 Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like? By Manuela Tobias• August 13, 2018 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2010 Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023 Antisemitic claims about Brooklyn synagogue tunnel spread on social media By Sofia Ahmed, Jeff Cercone• January 12, 2024 Elon Musk calls for accountability in media, donates to PolitiFact By Josie Hollingsworth• May 24, 2018 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 Ohio derailment is just the latest serious industrial accident in the U.S. By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2023 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 Nevada Republican goofs at RNC, wrongly claims Las Vegas is capital of Nevada By Riley Snyder• July 20, 2016 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• February 21, 2025 What are 'smart cities' and why are conspiracy theorists linking them to wildfires? By Jeff Cercone• September 12, 2023 In Context: Laura Pressley’s ‘something was planted’ in World Trade Center By Dylan Baddour• November 14, 2014 Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019 PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for September 2019 By D.L. Davis• October 2, 2019
