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Social Media stated on September 24, 2024 in social media posts:

Vice President Kamala Harris responded, “Next question please,” when asked about the economy during an Aug. 29 CNN interview.

By Sofia Ahmed • September 27, 2024

Lizzo stated on July 26, 2023 in a post on X, formerly Twitter:

“The government just stated under oath that they are in possession of UFOs and nonhuman alien bodies.”

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz, Jeff Cercone • July 28, 2023

Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.”

By Gabrielle Settles • October 25, 2021

Viral image stated on January 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Kobe Bryant tweeted, "I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton."

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 27, 2020

Charles Payne stated on June 17, 2019 in a TV appearance:

"When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street."

By Bill McCarthy • June 25, 2019

Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2017 in a tweet:

"Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!"

By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2017

Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2016 in a press conference:

"The Nordic countries are some of the few countries" that meet development aid goals.

By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2016

X posts stated on November 1, 2026 in post:

Footage of the Nov. 1 plane crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, “was 100%” generated with artificial intelligence.

By Maria Briceño • November 2, 2026

Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2026 in a rally:

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is "a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member."

By Caleb McCullough • October 27, 2026

Instagram posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a post on Instagram:

CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”

By Madison Czopek • February 4, 2025

Instagram posts stated on December 14, 2024 in a video:

Video shows a drone crashed in New Jersey.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 17, 2024

Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2024 in a Facebook reel:

Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.”

By Sara Swann • April 2, 2024

Instagram posts stated on March 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

A March 26 bridge fire in Ohio is related to the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.

By Jeff Cercone • March 29, 2024

X posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post:

Maryland bridge collapse was a false flag operation to distract from other events.

By Jeff Cercone • March 26, 2024

Social Media stated on November 22, 2023 in social media posts:

“Terrorist attack confirmed” in Niagara Falls, New York.

By Loreben Tuquero • November 27, 2023

Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in an image shared on Instagram:

Footage NASA shared from the DART spacecraft just before it crashed itself into an asteroid isn’t real.

By Madison Czopek • September 29, 2022

Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2022 in an image shared on Facebook:

The FBI “spent more time investigating” the Jan. 6 Capitol attack than 9/11.

By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2022

Facebook posts stated on April 17, 2019 in a viral image:

Prominent Democrats were born in April 1948, "nine months after" a UFO crashed near Roswell, N.M.

By Madison Czopek • May 7, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Joe Biden was involved in a plot to kidnap JFK Jr. according to the just declassified FBI files, and also made several threats."

By Bill McCarthy • April 27, 2020

Elizabeth Warren stated on March 12, 2019 in a press release:

The Boeing 737 Max 8, the type of plane that crashed in Ethiopia, continues to fly in the United States, despite the FAA saying "software updates are likely coming."

By Jon Greenberg • March 12, 2019

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Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a "Trump won" mask

What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories

By Daniel Funke • February 2, 2021

How misinformation about Kobe Bryant’s death spread online

By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke • January 28, 2020

The list of 78 terror attacks the White House says the media didn’t cover — but they did

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu • February 8, 2017

A closer look at Donald Trump’s comments about refinancing U.S. debt

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2016

Trying to pin down what Donald Trump thinks about abortion, the minimum wage, taxes, and U.S. debt

By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2016

No, these aren’t images of the B-52 bomber crash at Edwards Air Force Base

By Maria Briceño • June 16, 2026

Plane crash at DCA with flag in foreground

Did Donald Trump’s firing of aviation officials make the DC crash likelier? Doubtful, experts say

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • January 30, 2025

Asheville, N.C., after Hurricane Helene, 09-30-24

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

By Jeff Cercone • December 26, 2024

Was Joe Biden’s uncle eaten by cannibals after World War II crash? Experts say it’s highly unlikely

By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2024

Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse, May 1980

Two ships colliding with bridges in the same week? That’s not unusual, reports show

By Jeff Cercone • April 4, 2024

Hillary Clinton says of Libya, ‘We did not lose a single American in that action’

By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2016

Fact-checking the GOP Fox News debate in Michigan

By Lauren Carroll • March 4, 2016

Live fact-checking the second GOP presidential debate

By Linda Qiu • September 15, 2015

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By Aaron Sharockman • July 20, 2014

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By Aaron Sharockman • June 8, 2014

Fact-checks of Gov. Rick Scott cross the 100 mark

By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2014

Mailbag: PolitiFact Texas’s pants are on fire

By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2013

In Context: Biden on ‘buried’ middle class

By Tom Kertscher • October 9, 2012

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