19 People 23541 Fact-checks 7398 Articles People (19) Kevin Downing YouTube videos The Charlie Kirk Show Never Back Down PAC Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Clayton County Schools Coalition for Public Schools Portland Public Schools School Freedom Fund The Coalition for Public Schools Fix Austin Schools Chicago Public Schools Safe Routes to Schools Hal Turner Radio Show Stokes County school teacher Austin Independent School District Our Portland, Our Schools Texas Association of School Boards Video for Atlanta Super Bowl bid presentation Fact-checks (23541) Social Media stated on July 24, 2024 in in social media posts: ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump. By Jeff Cercone• July 26, 2024 Instagram posts stated on February 04, 2023 in an Instagram post: A vigilante “shot down the Chinese spy balloon in an extraordinary act.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 6, 2023 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2024 in a video: Thomas Matthew Crooks worked for BlackRock "in the past" and BlackRock owned the building Crooks stood on when he shot at the Trump campaign rally. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 26, 2024 Viral image stated on August 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Since Israel started training teachers with guns, "there have only been two school shootings in 44 years and both shooters were killed by teachers." By Ciara O'Rourke• October 2, 2019 X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in X posts: Video shows Trump gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks yelling “slash Republican throats” By Ranjan Jindal• July 15, 2024 Viral image stated on March 01, 2024 in an Instagram post: Video shows Oklahoma students “sucking on the toes of adults.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 7, 2024 Instagram posts stated on April 24, 2023 in a post: “An 11-year-old boy saved the lives of two people on the same day.” By Gabrielle Settles• June 7, 2023 Paul Saldaña stated on January 13, 2016 in a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV: A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote." By W. Gardner Selby• January 29, 2016 Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance." By Miriam Valverde• November 26, 2019 Rahm Emanuel stated on July 26, 2016 in a press event: Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains." By Madeleine Doubek• August 25, 2016 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Viral image stated on August 05, 2019 in a Facebook post: The Dayton, Ohio, shooting suspect died in 2014. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2019 Michael O'Neill stated on April 26, 2016 in a legislative hearing : "There’s no data that says a gun-free zone has saved lives." By Jacqueline Tempera• May 8, 2016 Mike Pence stated on August 18, 2023 in comments at a conference: “After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.” By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2023 Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 25, 2022 Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2019 in Facebook posts: The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state." By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2019 Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 21, 2022 Patricia Pike stated on April 11, 2019 in a legislative debate: "Over 30 states passed the legislation to ban powdered alcohol," and Missouri is not one of them By Gaëlle Fournier• May 10, 2019 Shirley Franklin stated on July 09, 2011 in a television interview: "95 percent of teachers and principals are not implicated in the [Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal] report at all." By Willoughby Mariano• July 15, 2011 Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2018 in an exchange with reporters: Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs." By Jon Greenberg• October 23, 2018 Articles (7398) Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting By Madison Czopek• May 27, 2022 How many mass shootings have occurred since Uvalde tragedy? By Nusaiba Mizan• June 10, 2022 Some viral videos of Texas flooding might be fake. Here’s how to spot them. By Grace Abels• July 7, 2025 Why does federal law make it easier for 18-year-olds to buy AR-15s than handguns? By Madison Czopek• July 1, 2022 How do we prevent school shootings? By Amy Sherman• February 15, 2018 What's true, what's not about Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting By John Kruzel, Amy Sherman• May 18, 2018 Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' video includes footage from non-US protests By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• July 20, 2023 How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments By Bill McCarthy• April 12, 2022 Two ships colliding with bridges in the same week? That’s not unusual, reports show By Jeff Cercone• April 4, 2024 A look at Susan Rice, Benghazi, and unmasking By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2020 What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong By Bill McCarthy• April 22, 2021 In uncertain times, fact-checkers are working with special urgency By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2026 PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• December 11, 2018 What we know about the NSA surveillance program By Katie Sanders• April 30, 2014 Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023 In context: Donald Trump's $1 million offer to Elizabeth Warren By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2018 Oklahoma teacher pay dispute: Does cost of living make a difference? By Jon Greenberg• April 4, 2018 Fact-checking misinformation after the El Paso, Dayton shootings By Daniel Funke, John Kruzel• August 5, 2019 Are Americans being 'targeted' for surveillance? By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2013 Texas-born Carly Fiorina on the Truth-O-Meter By W. Gardner Selby• August 10, 2015
Kevin Downing YouTube videos The Charlie Kirk Show Never Back Down PAC Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Clayton County Schools Coalition for Public Schools Portland Public Schools School Freedom Fund The Coalition for Public Schools Fix Austin Schools Chicago Public Schools Safe Routes to Schools Hal Turner Radio Show Stokes County school teacher Austin Independent School District Our Portland, Our Schools Texas Association of School Boards Video for Atlanta Super Bowl bid presentation
Social Media stated on July 24, 2024 in in social media posts: ABC News reporter said “government tried to kill” former President Donald Trump. By Jeff Cercone• July 26, 2024 Instagram posts stated on February 04, 2023 in an Instagram post: A vigilante “shot down the Chinese spy balloon in an extraordinary act.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 6, 2023 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2024 in a video: Thomas Matthew Crooks worked for BlackRock "in the past" and BlackRock owned the building Crooks stood on when he shot at the Trump campaign rally. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 26, 2024 Viral image stated on August 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Since Israel started training teachers with guns, "there have only been two school shootings in 44 years and both shooters were killed by teachers." By Ciara O'Rourke• October 2, 2019 X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in X posts: Video shows Trump gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks yelling “slash Republican throats” By Ranjan Jindal• July 15, 2024 Viral image stated on March 01, 2024 in an Instagram post: Video shows Oklahoma students “sucking on the toes of adults.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 7, 2024 Instagram posts stated on April 24, 2023 in a post: “An 11-year-old boy saved the lives of two people on the same day.” By Gabrielle Settles• June 7, 2023 Paul Saldaña stated on January 13, 2016 in a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV: A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote." By W. Gardner Selby• January 29, 2016 Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance." By Miriam Valverde• November 26, 2019 Rahm Emanuel stated on July 26, 2016 in a press event: Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains." By Madeleine Doubek• August 25, 2016 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Viral image stated on August 05, 2019 in a Facebook post: The Dayton, Ohio, shooting suspect died in 2014. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2019 Michael O'Neill stated on April 26, 2016 in a legislative hearing : "There’s no data that says a gun-free zone has saved lives." By Jacqueline Tempera• May 8, 2016 Mike Pence stated on August 18, 2023 in comments at a conference: “After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.” By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2023 Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2022 in a Facebook post: The Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 25, 2022 Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2019 in Facebook posts: The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state." By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2019 Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post: There were two shooters in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 21, 2022 Patricia Pike stated on April 11, 2019 in a legislative debate: "Over 30 states passed the legislation to ban powdered alcohol," and Missouri is not one of them By Gaëlle Fournier• May 10, 2019 Shirley Franklin stated on July 09, 2011 in a television interview: "95 percent of teachers and principals are not implicated in the [Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal] report at all." By Willoughby Mariano• July 15, 2011 Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2018 in an exchange with reporters: Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs." By Jon Greenberg• October 23, 2018
Fact-checking misinformation about the Uvalde school shooting By Madison Czopek• May 27, 2022 How many mass shootings have occurred since Uvalde tragedy? By Nusaiba Mizan• June 10, 2022 Some viral videos of Texas flooding might be fake. Here’s how to spot them. By Grace Abels• July 7, 2025 Why does federal law make it easier for 18-year-olds to buy AR-15s than handguns? By Madison Czopek• July 1, 2022 How do we prevent school shootings? By Amy Sherman• February 15, 2018 What's true, what's not about Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting By John Kruzel, Amy Sherman• May 18, 2018 Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' video includes footage from non-US protests By Jeff Cercone, Madison Czopek• July 20, 2023 How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments By Bill McCarthy• April 12, 2022 Two ships colliding with bridges in the same week? That’s not unusual, reports show By Jeff Cercone• April 4, 2024 A look at Susan Rice, Benghazi, and unmasking By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2020 What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong By Bill McCarthy• April 22, 2021 In uncertain times, fact-checkers are working with special urgency By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2026 PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: Online smear machine tries to take down Parkland students By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman• December 11, 2018 What we know about the NSA surveillance program By Katie Sanders• April 30, 2014 Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023 In context: Donald Trump's $1 million offer to Elizabeth Warren By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2018 Oklahoma teacher pay dispute: Does cost of living make a difference? By Jon Greenberg• April 4, 2018 Fact-checking misinformation after the El Paso, Dayton shootings By Daniel Funke, John Kruzel• August 5, 2019 Are Americans being 'targeted' for surveillance? By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2013 Texas-born Carly Fiorina on the Truth-O-Meter By W. Gardner Selby• August 10, 2015
