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Alex Jones stated on November 14, 2021 in an InfoWars video:
"Fauci admits Covid vax doesn't work"
By Vivian Lam• November 23, 2021
Alex Jones stated on March 11, 2025 in a podcast episode:
Deceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.”
By Sara Swann• March 14, 2025
Infowars stated on February 20, 2021 in an article:
“Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm”
By Daniel Funke• February 22, 2021
Dana Rohrabacher stated on September 14, 2017 in a news article:
Democrats "setup" and "manipulated" the political violence in Charlottesville
By Chris Nichols• September 16, 2017
Alex Jones stated on October 03, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“President Trump is in great danger. Evidence is mounting that he’s being deliberately killed at Walter Reed Military Hospital.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2020
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
Alex Jones stated on October 24, 2018 in in a blog post:
Says explosive devices mailed to prominent Democrats and Trump critics confirm the "deep state (is) launching false flag against (mainstream media)/Dems to blame Trump & pro-America forces."
By John Kruzel• October 25, 2018
Alex Jones stated on April 20, 2017 in a court hearing:
Says police officers smoke marijuana once a year as part of their jobs.
By Joshua Gillin• May 5, 2017
Facebook posts stated on September 06, 2023 in a Facebook post:
CNN reported “breaking news” that the Pentagon announced a plan to “implant Americans with nanotech particles.”
By Loreben Tuquero• September 13, 2023
Alex Jones stated on August 13, 2017 in a video on his website:
Emails show Democrats, Hillary Clinton and George Soros instigated and orchestrated racial protests in Charlottesville by trying to "control" and keep people "desperate."
By Aaron Sharockman• August 14, 2017
Infowars stated on November 05, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"Election fraud: Democrats are voting twice in Maryland"
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 8, 2018
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
Alex Jones stated on December 13, 2017 in a broadcast of the "Alex Jones Show":
Says there won't be a recount in Alabama because a Democratic judge said "we're going to erase all the computer files ... on Wednesday morning."
By Jon Greenberg• December 14, 2017
Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says 2010 video clip showing coffins in a field proves “COVID was planned.”
By Gabrielle Settles• September 16, 2021
Alex Jones stated on March 23, 2024 in an X post:
“It is a fact that Obama created ISIS.”
By Sara Swann• March 28, 2024
Infowars stated on July 24, 2018 in a post:
"Revealed: UN plan to flood America with 600 million migrants."
By Miriam Valverde• August 1, 2018
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
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
Infowars stated on June 14, 2017 in a website article:
Says Loretta Lynch was part of "a stunning collection of calls to violence and murder from the intolerant, unhinged leftists in the Democrat party."  
By Jon Greenberg• June 16, 2017
Kanye West stated on December 01, 2022 in an interview:
Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.”
By Gabrielle Settles• December 5, 2022

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Why Infowars’ Alex Jones was banned from Apple, Facebook, Youtube and Spotify

By Manuela Tobias• August 7, 2018

Alex Jones said Sandy Hook slayings 'pretty much didn't happen'

By W. Gardner Selby• April 18, 2018

The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine

By Bill McCarthy• April 1, 2022

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

By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2022

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

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• February 8, 2022

Fact-checking Jade Helm 15

By Christian Belanger• July 14, 2015

What is Jade Helm 15?

By Christian Belanger• July 14, 2015

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

By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• March 25, 2022

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

By Bill McCarthy• September 9, 2021

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally for Mike Braun in Evansville, Indiana

By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias• August 31, 2018

The most outlandish, Pants On Fire! claims we fact-checked in 2017

By Chris Nichols, Kathryn Palmer• December 27, 2017

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

By Daniel Funke• August 8, 2019

Shadow banning: Did Twitter try to boost Dems and hurt GOP?

By Jon Greenberg• July 26, 2018

Fact-checking hoaxes and conspiracies about the coronavirus

By Daniel Funke, Tom Kertscher• January 24, 2020

Midterm Facebook misinformation: Pipe bombs, menacing caravans and rampant voter fraud

By Jon Greenberg• November 21, 2018

Conspiracy claims that Syrian gas attack was 'false flag' are unproven

By Joshua Gillin• April 7, 2017

Look who’s not talking: Key figures who aren’t cooperating with Jan. 6 investigators

By Jon Greenberg• January 10, 2022

Martial law in Texas? Hold that thought

By W. Gardner Selby• April 29, 2015

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

By W. Gardner Selby• December 31, 2016

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

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