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Megyn Kelly stated on February 02, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor":

Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism.

By Jon Greenberg• February 3, 2015

Paul Ryan stated on January 09, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com:

"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."

By Louis Jacobson• January 19, 2016

Facebook posts stated on October 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The military raided Hunter Biden’s home.

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 26, 2021

Tom Ganley stated on July 06, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:

"The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law."

By Sabrina Eaton• July 24, 2010

Bloggers stated on December 17, 2021 in a blog post:

"Electromagnetic radiation from wireless technologies, including and especially 5G, can cause the same symptoms as COVID-19!"

By Vivian Lam• December 21, 2021

Facebook posts stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Polar bears have increased 400% in 45 years; whales are nearly fully recovered; extinctions are down 90% past century. Koalas are doing fine. If we could ban wind turbines we could save 85,000 birds of prey/yr in US alone."

By Gabrielle Settles• December 23, 2021

Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system."

By Taylor Goldenstein• March 26, 2021

WorldNetDaily stated on February 01, 2021 in an article:

“New evidence ties COVID-19 creation to research funded by Fauci"

By Noah Y. Kim• February 8, 2021

Tennessee Republican Party stated on February 25, 2008 in in a press release:

"You don't even have to go outside Obama's campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel."

By Robert Farley• March 14, 2008

Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Ivermectin sterilizes the majority (85%) of the men who take it."

By Andy Nguyen• September 9, 2021

Al Gore stated on June 11, 2013 in a keynote address:

The ocean is now "much more acidic . . . than it has been for many millions of years."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 22, 2013

Facebook posts stated on September 12, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

"55,000 years ago the world was 2 degrees warmer Celsius than it is today.”

By Kristin Hugo• October 10, 2022

Louie Gohmert stated on January 23, 2014 in an interview on Fox News:

"Forty years ago, hardly anybody in the country had health insurance."

By Louis Jacobson• January 24, 2014

Facebook posts stated on August 03, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud” in the 2020 election.

By Amy Sherman• August 16, 2022

X posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a videos, articles and screenshots:

Says Joe Biden and Barack Obama “directly participated in a plot to have #SealTeam6 MURDERED, then arranged a massive cash deal as part of a cover up.”

By Daniel Funke• October 14, 2020

Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Burisma admitted in a Ukrainian court to paying Joe Biden $900,000.

By Michael Majchrowicz• March 19, 2021

Facebook posts stated on September 03, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "freedom is lost gradually from uninterested, uninformed and uninvolved people."

By Samantha Putterman• October 4, 2019

Marc Short stated on May 07, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":

“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”

By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2023

Bernie Sanders stated on June 11, 2015 in an interview on PBS:

"A black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail."

By Louis Jacobson• June 15, 2015

Facebook posts stated on April 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“The President of Ukraine owns a $35 million home in Florida and has $1.2 billion in a overseas bank account.”

By Andy Nguyen• May 2, 2022

George Floyd did not die of a drug overdose. Why does misinformation about his death persist?

By Madison Czopek• May 23, 2025

Have vaccine lotteries worked? Studies so far show mixed results

By Louis Jacobson, Kelsey Sena Tamakloe• August 19, 2021

How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory

By Bill McCarthy• January 18, 2022

Do police officers have a shorter life expectancy than the general public?

By Louis Jacobson• June 8, 2021

Explaining what Rand Paul said about vaccines for people who had COVID-19

By Victoria Knight• June 17, 2021

George Washington’s lessons and the future of political civility

By Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2018

Fact-checking vaccines and measles

By Steve Contorno• February 13, 2015

Fact-checking the California governor's debate with John Cox and Gavin Newsom

By Kyra Haas, Manuela Tobias• October 8, 2018

House hearings about the Jan. 6 insurrection begin this week. Here's what to watch

By Jon Greenberg• June 7, 2022

What to know about the study on lockdowns and COVID-19 deaths by economists

By Samantha Putterman• February 7, 2022

What Barack Obama said about autism and vaccines in 2008

By Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2015

Much has changed since Jimmy Carter’s report on fraud in mail voting

By Amy Sherman• September 22, 2021

Keystone attacks

By Bill Adair• March 12, 2008

Fact-checking Joe Biden on the American Rescue Plan

By Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight, Amy Sherman• March 12, 2021

Florida leaders misrepresented research before ban on gender-affirming care

By Yacob Reyes• December 2, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: Is Florida’s current COVID-19 case spike a result of seasonality?

By Miriam Valverde• August 18, 2021

Debating the origins of the COVID-19 virus: What we know, what we don’t know

By Tom Kertscher, Noah Y. Kim• May 17, 2021

Taking stock of Elena Kagan's scholarly work

By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• May 18, 2010

United Facts of America: Woodruff, Stirewalt discuss media’s role in fighting disinformation

By Tori Gantz• September 29, 2022

Fact-checking the movie The Post, Oscar nominee for best picture

By John Kruzel• February 26, 2018

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