0 People 18660 Fact-checks 6478 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (18660) 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 Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post: “Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva. By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022 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 TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post: If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone. By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025 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 Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post: “Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 29, 2025 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 Social Media stated on October 04, 2024 in social media posts: FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas. By Madison Czopek• October 8, 2024 Bloggers stated on September 06, 2022 in a blog post: “The U.S. & Elon Musk reveal new hypersonic jet to help Ukraine.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 7, 2022 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 Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2024 in a Facebook post: NASA is “shooting three rockets at three moons” on the day of the solar eclipse. By Loreben Tuquero• April 4, 2024 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 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 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 October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Mass media destroyed! Blackout for mass arrests event!” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 20, 2021 Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2025 in Facebook posts: Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE. By Sofia Ahmed• February 13, 2025 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 Social Media stated on February 24, 2025 in in social media posts: Zero votes for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Rockland County, New York, precinct proves Elon Musk hacked 2024 presidential election. By Jeff Cercone• February 26, 2025 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 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 Articles (6478) Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023 Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024 Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2010 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say By Louis Jacobson• June 23, 2025 Cell phone showdown. 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Open-source intelligence contradicted that By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026 Fact-checking Marco Rubio’s statements about the Iran nuclear deal By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2017
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 Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2022 in a post: “Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva. By Monique Curet• May 5, 2022 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 TikTok posts stated on March 05, 2025 in a TikTok post: If you update your iPhone to iOS 18.3, you are going to have Starlink automatically installed in your phone. By Maria Briceño• March 31, 2025 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 Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post: “Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 29, 2025 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 Social Media stated on October 04, 2024 in social media posts: FEMA, FAA are “blocking” delivery of Starlink devices and supplies to North Carolina’s hurricane-hit areas. By Madison Czopek• October 8, 2024 Bloggers stated on September 06, 2022 in a blog post: “The U.S. & Elon Musk reveal new hypersonic jet to help Ukraine.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 7, 2022 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 Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2024 in a Facebook post: NASA is “shooting three rockets at three moons” on the day of the solar eclipse. By Loreben Tuquero• April 4, 2024 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 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 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 October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Mass media destroyed! Blackout for mass arrests event!” By Ciara O'Rourke• October 20, 2021 Facebook posts stated on February 08, 2025 in Facebook posts: Elon Musk spent $40 million to buy five Super Bowl Commercial ads to promote DOGE. By Sofia Ahmed• February 13, 2025 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 Social Media stated on February 24, 2025 in in social media posts: Zero votes for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Rockland County, New York, precinct proves Elon Musk hacked 2024 presidential election. By Jeff Cercone• February 26, 2025 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 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
Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Fact-checking claims about the Chinese spy balloon By Sara Swann, Loreben Tuquero• February 7, 2023 Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024 12 fact-checks from Donald Trump's all-women Fox News town hall By Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 16, 2024 Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2010 A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year By Jeff Cercone• December 26, 2024 Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say By Louis Jacobson• June 23, 2025 Cell phone showdown. MSNBC takes on Fox News' Sean Hannity over obstruction of justice talk By John Kruzel• June 12, 2018 In uncertain times, fact-checkers are working with special urgency By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2026 Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like? By Manuela Tobias• August 13, 2018 Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 A look back at our climate-change fact-checks By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2013 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 A look back at our climate-change fact-checks By Louis Jacobson• June 25, 2013 PolitiFact and Florida NBC and Telemundo stations announce bilingual fact-checking partnership By PolitiFact Staff • May 25, 2023 Trump blamed Iran for a strike that hit a girls’ school. Open-source intelligence contradicted that By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Loreben Tuquero• March 11, 2026 Fact-checking Marco Rubio’s statements about the Iran nuclear deal By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2017
