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Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“A Pfizer warehouse full of Covid vaccines was just DESTROYED BY A TORNADO in North Carolina.”
By Sara Swann• July 24, 2023
EmpireSports.co stated on February 28, 2014 in a headline:
"Colorado Rockies baseball team to sell marijuana brownies at their concession stands."
By Joshua Gillin• April 2, 2017
Republican Party of Texas stated on January 22, 2010 in an e-mail.:
"Bill White has presided over the construction of what may be the world's largest abortion clinic."
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2010
Todd Staples stated on August 31, 2010 in an interview.:
"More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 25, 2010
Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Colorado “requires photo ID to vote in person, requires signature verification for mail-in ballots, which Georgia got rid of, and prevents campaign workers from giving food, water to voters within 100 feet if they’re wearing campaign apparel.”
By Tom Kertscher• April 7, 2021
Patricia Fahy stated on January 14, 2019 in a radio interview:
As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, "we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part."   
By Jill Terreri Ramos• January 21, 2019
Bloggers stated on January 30, 2020 in a blog post:
“Colorado school forces students to wear hijabs.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 14, 2020
Megyn Kelly stated on October 21, 2014 in a segment on "The Kelly File":
A new Colorado law "literally allows residents to print ballots from their home computers, then encourages them to turn ballots over to ‘collectors.’ "
By Katie Sanders• October 30, 2014
James Peterson stated on June 23, 2017 in a ruling from the bench:
 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."
By Alan Hovorka• August 18, 2017
Facebook posts stated on October 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Trump as saying, "Fine you boo me DC? Go #Astros, Texas loves me, I get the best kind of love there. I’ll be renaming the White House the Orange House."
By Amy Sherman• October 28, 2019
Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy stated on October 11, 2016 in a political advertisement:
"In one Colorado hospital, 50 percent of newborns tested had marijuana in their system."
By Anthony Cave• November 3, 2016
Facebook posts stated on February 06, 2022 in a post:
“Got the old killdozer loaded up heading for Ottawa.”
By Monique Curet• February 10, 2022
America's Natural Gas Alliance stated on November 18, 2009 in a television ad:
The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
By Catharine Richert• November 18, 2009
Michael Bennet stated on July 11, 2016 in a campaign email :
Says GOP Senate nominee Darryl Glenn said he wants to see Ted Cruz appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Alan Gathright• July 13, 2016
Charles "Chuck" Spahos stated on December 03, 2014 in a joint legislative hearing:
When Colorado  eased its medical marijuana laws, fatal accidents involving pot-using drivers soared while overall traffic fatalities decreased.
By April Hunt• December 15, 2014
Donald Trump stated on June 06, 2018 in a conference call about hurricane season:
Says that people "went out in their boats to watch" Hurricane Harvey.
By W. Gardner Selby• June 7, 2018
Dan Micciche stated on November 04, 2012 in an opinion article in the Dallas Morning News.:
"The poverty level in" the Dallas school district "is one of the highest in the country, higher than New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit and Newark."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 5, 2012
John Barrasso stated on May 26, 2009 in weekly Senate Republican radio address:
There are billions of barrels of oil beneath our oceans and in Alaska, and there is ample oil shale in the Rocky Mountain West, but Democrats "say all this American energy is off limits."
By Catharine Richert• June 4, 2009
Andrew Byrd stated on February 25, 2019 in a legislative debate:
"The states that have passed (campus carry laws) have seen enrollment drop significantly."
By Erica Anderson, Molly DeCarli• April 16, 2019
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife stated on December 12, 2011 in a news story:
Says there have been no cases of wolves killing people in Rocky Mountain states.
By Ian K. Kullgren• December 16, 2011

Articles (7335)

Fact-checking fake news on International Fact-checking Day

By Allison Graves• April 2, 2017

Donald Trump’s misleading complaints about election rigging

By Alan Gathright, Amy Sherman• April 20, 2016

Donald Trump’s misleading complaints about election rigging in Florida

By Alan Gathright, Amy Sherman• April 21, 2016

Bill O'Reilly vs. PunditFact

By Aaron Sharockman• December 18, 2013

You and your neighbors, a virtual power plant? Growing effort is money-saving and climate friendly

By Tom Kertscher• August 8, 2023

From Miami '67 to Donald Trump 2020: The history of 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts'

By Jon Greenberg• May 29, 2020

Photo of Covington students in black paint at a basketball game goes viral. Here's what we know

By Samantha Putterman• January 25, 2019

Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019

Half-truths in the White House half-staff flag controversy

By Linda Qiu• July 22, 2015

No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism'

By Grace Abels• February 26, 2024

Fact-checking Texas Republicans on blackout blame

By Brandon Mulder• February 18, 2021

Wacky spending, even under the sequester?

By Molly Moorhead• March 22, 2013

In Context: Greg Abbott's vow to lift Texas universities into nation's top 10

By Dylan Baddour• January 1, 2015

Did Medicare Part D have the same rollout problems as the Obamacare online marketplaces?

By Steve Contorno• November 14, 2013

What job could be next for the Democratic presidential candidates?

By Louis Jacobson• August 20, 2019

Fact-checking CPAC, the 'Woodstock for conservatives'

By Bill Adair• March 15, 2013

Republicans rolled in Texas; not everyone fact-checked yet

By W. Gardner Selby• November 5, 2014

Greg Abbott warns of George Soros--who has yet to put money into Texas state elections

By W. Gardner Selby• September 11, 2017

Sam Houston says he's practiced law far longer than Greg Abbott did before becoming attorney general

By W. Gardner Selby• December 17, 2013

Texas Capitol placed facing south to honor the heart of capital

By W. Gardner Selby• July 30, 2015