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Fact-checks (6597)

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
Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.:
"If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010
Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook reel:
There are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real.
By Sofia Ahmed• April 18, 2024
Bloggers stated on March 29, 2018 in a blog post:
NASA Has Just Confirmed Earth Has A New Moon
By Miriam Valverde• March 30, 2018
David Brooks stated on December 09, 2011 in a column in the New York Times:
Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability.
By Louis Jacobson• December 12, 2011
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
Instagram posts stated on May 26, 2024 in Instagram post:
Ronald Reagan’s Federal Communications Commission abolished the Fairness Doctrine and gave rise to Fox News.
By Tatevik Lazaryan• June 18, 2024
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Claims the James Webb Space Telescope is “fakery they got for the masses”
By Andy Nguyen• July 18, 2022
Ron Johnson stated on October 25, 2016 in a radio ad:
Says it’s not possible for some Wisconsin residents to watch Packers games, "they’re forced to watch Viking games," so he "got a law passed to fix" the problem.
By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2016
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
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
Viral image stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:
NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.”
By Grace Abels• July 28, 2022
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
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
Chain email stated on October 25, 2011 in a chain e-mail:
Barack Obama is the "First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space."
By Louis Jacobson• October 28, 2011
Facebook posts stated on January 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Fox News changed its accreditation to "entertainment."  
By Samantha Putterman• January 16, 2020
Russian Ministry of Defense stated on April 03, 2022 in a Telegram post:
A video taken from a car driving through Bucha, Ukraine, shows a corpse “moving his arm,” and then “in the rear view mirror the ‘corpse’ sits down.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 4, 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
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
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

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Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up

By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019

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

Key question in the Jimmy Kimmel case: Does the FCC have the power to regulate speech?

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 18, 2025

Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like?

By Manuela Tobias• August 13, 2018

What you need to know about net neutrality

By John Kruzel• December 13, 2017

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

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

Kamala Harris’ ‘Saturday Night Live’ appearance and ‘equal time’ for Donald Trump: What to know

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• November 4, 2024

What is net neutrality?

By Lauren Carroll• November 13, 2014

Bidding farewell to Newt: our five favorite fact-checks

By Louis Jacobson• May 3, 2012

Bidding farewell to Newt: our five favorite fact-checks

By Louis Jacobson• May 2, 2012

Newt Gingrich and the Truth-O-Meter

By Louis Jacobson• December 29, 2011

Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance?

By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024

Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat?

By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015

Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat?

By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015

Mailbag: Catching up on reader complaints, comments

By Louis Jacobson• March 8, 2012

The facts behind Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ Condition of the State Address

By Natalie Dunlap, Brian Grace, Lyle Muller, Sarah Watson• January 13, 2021

Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines

By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024

Fact-checking claims about the GOP agenda

By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• November 12, 2014

La Tierra no es plana. Aquí te contamos por qué.

By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• April 25, 2023