25 People 19883 Fact-checks 7021 Articles People (25) Tucker Carlson Margaret Carlson Garland Tucker Pat Carlson Gretchen Carlson AFSCME People People's Majority Students for Trump Vets for Trump The Trump Talks Donald Trump Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump People for the American Way Crystal Peoples-Stokes We the People petition President Trump's lawyers Donald Trump Jr. Fact-checks (19883) Tucker Carlson stated on July 14, 2021 in a TV segment: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” By Bill McCarthy• July 20, 2021 David Perdue stated on March 25, 2022 in a radio interview: The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.” By Amy Sherman• March 29, 2022 Instagram posts stated on February 29, 2024 in an Instagram post: President Joe Biden had a gaffe “in a rally in Michigan on Saturday.” By Loreben Tuquero• March 8, 2024 Sean Duffy stated on December 01, 2016 in an interview: Wisconsin has only one county, Dane, "that's hand counting the votes" in the 2016 presidential recount. By Tom Kertscher• December 9, 2016 Tucker Carlson stated on May 05, 2021 in a TV segment: “Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States … The actual number is almost certainly higher.” By Bill McCarthy• May 6, 2021 Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2023 in a video: "Trump has selected his pick for running mate (and the) news stuns Republican Party.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 28, 2023 Viral image stated on July 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Arizona and Georgia now have the proof,” Joe Biden is “not our elected president!” By Tom Kertscher• July 22, 2021 Social Media stated on September 21, 2024 in a video: Sen. JD Vance admitted he has a ‘rent-a-dog’ from the Trump campaign to make him “seem like a dog person.” By Samantha Putterman• September 22, 2024 Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.” By Amy Sherman• March 17, 2022 Tucker Carlson stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV segment: According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.” By Bill McCarthy• October 15, 2020 Tucker Carlson stated on September 10, 2019 in a TV segment: Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left." By Bill McCarthy• September 13, 2019 Bloggers stated on May 13, 2017 in Internet posts: "Fox star Tucker Carlson in critical condition (then died) after head on collision driving home." By Joshua Gillin• May 15, 2017 Tucker Carlson stated on November 01, 2021 in a documentary film: Federal agents directly incited people on Jan. 6, 2021, and "intentionally entrapped" American citizens. By Samantha Putterman• November 4, 2021 Tucker Carlson stated on November 01, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge": “Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.” By Bill McCarthy• November 2, 2021 Tucker Carlson stated on January 09, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.” By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• January 12, 2023 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on December 06, 2023 in the Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama: “Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.” By Amy Sherman• December 7, 2023 Facebook posts stated on June 19, 2023 in a video: Video shows Tucker Carlson advertising Affordable Care Act subsidies. By Ciara O'Rourke• June 22, 2023 Tucker Carlson stated on February 06, 2023 in in a TV segment: “No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 17, 2023 Byron Donalds stated on July 07, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal. By Louis Jacobson• July 10, 2024 Tucker Carlson stated on February 22, 2021 in a TV segment: "There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.” By Bill McCarthy• February 23, 2021 Articles (7021) 7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 footage By Samantha Putterman• March 8, 2023 What the statistics say about Sweden, immigration and crime By Miriam Valverde• February 20, 2017 Tucker Carlson parts ways with Fox News. These are some of his most consequential falsehoods. By Madison Czopek• April 24, 2023 Fact-check: 8 Pants on Fire statements by Donald Trump about Georgia 2020 election By Amy Sherman• August 15, 2023 As America watched Jan. 6 hearing, Fox viewers heard Tucker Carlson’s alternate reality By Bill McCarthy• June 10, 2022 How Fox News, far-right TV blamed green energy for Texas’ power outages By Bill McCarthy• February 19, 2021 The FBI didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6, but poll shows the false belief has staying power By Madison Czopek• January 5, 2024 Lie of the Year 2021: Readers' Choice Poll By Josie Hollingsworth• December 7, 2021 Did Ron DeSantis change his stance on Ukraine? If so, how much? By Louis Jacobson• March 15, 2023 Here are falsehoods we found in Tucker Carlson’s final Fox show By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• April 25, 2023 Here are our fact-checks about Ray Epps, who is suing Fox News for defamation over Jan. 6 claims By Jeff Cercone• July 13, 2023 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of politicians and pundits in 2023 By Samantha Putterman• December 20, 2023 Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often By Bill McCarthy• May 19, 2022 The facts on advertiser boycotts against cable news networks By Bill McCarthy• July 22, 2019 Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories By Bill McCarthy• November 5, 2021 How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory By Bill McCarthy• January 18, 2022 How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack By Bill McCarthy• December 16, 2021 The DOJ says a US media company promoted ‘Russian interests.’ Who were its 6 content creators? By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2024 2021 Lie of the Year Readers’ Choice poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 15, 2021 The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2021
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Tucker Carlson stated on July 14, 2021 in a TV segment: “It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.” By Bill McCarthy• July 20, 2021 David Perdue stated on March 25, 2022 in a radio interview: The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.” By Amy Sherman• March 29, 2022 Instagram posts stated on February 29, 2024 in an Instagram post: President Joe Biden had a gaffe “in a rally in Michigan on Saturday.” By Loreben Tuquero• March 8, 2024 Sean Duffy stated on December 01, 2016 in an interview: Wisconsin has only one county, Dane, "that's hand counting the votes" in the 2016 presidential recount. By Tom Kertscher• December 9, 2016 Tucker Carlson stated on May 05, 2021 in a TV segment: “Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States … The actual number is almost certainly higher.” By Bill McCarthy• May 6, 2021 Facebook posts stated on November 21, 2023 in a video: "Trump has selected his pick for running mate (and the) news stuns Republican Party.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 28, 2023 Viral image stated on July 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Arizona and Georgia now have the proof,” Joe Biden is “not our elected president!” By Tom Kertscher• July 22, 2021 Social Media stated on September 21, 2024 in a video: Sen. JD Vance admitted he has a ‘rent-a-dog’ from the Trump campaign to make him “seem like a dog person.” By Samantha Putterman• September 22, 2024 Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.” By Amy Sherman• March 17, 2022 Tucker Carlson stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV segment: According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.” By Bill McCarthy• October 15, 2020 Tucker Carlson stated on September 10, 2019 in a TV segment: Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left." By Bill McCarthy• September 13, 2019 Bloggers stated on May 13, 2017 in Internet posts: "Fox star Tucker Carlson in critical condition (then died) after head on collision driving home." By Joshua Gillin• May 15, 2017 Tucker Carlson stated on November 01, 2021 in a documentary film: Federal agents directly incited people on Jan. 6, 2021, and "intentionally entrapped" American citizens. By Samantha Putterman• November 4, 2021 Tucker Carlson stated on November 01, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge": “Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.” By Bill McCarthy• November 2, 2021 Tucker Carlson stated on January 09, 2023 in in a broadcast: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.” By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• January 12, 2023 Vivek Ramaswamy stated on December 06, 2023 in the Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama: “Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.” By Amy Sherman• December 7, 2023 Facebook posts stated on June 19, 2023 in a video: Video shows Tucker Carlson advertising Affordable Care Act subsidies. By Ciara O'Rourke• June 22, 2023 Tucker Carlson stated on February 06, 2023 in in a TV segment: “No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 17, 2023 Byron Donalds stated on July 07, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday: Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal. By Louis Jacobson• July 10, 2024 Tucker Carlson stated on February 22, 2021 in a TV segment: "There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.” By Bill McCarthy• February 23, 2021
7 false claims from Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s segments on Jan. 6 footage By Samantha Putterman• March 8, 2023 What the statistics say about Sweden, immigration and crime By Miriam Valverde• February 20, 2017 Tucker Carlson parts ways with Fox News. These are some of his most consequential falsehoods. By Madison Czopek• April 24, 2023 Fact-check: 8 Pants on Fire statements by Donald Trump about Georgia 2020 election By Amy Sherman• August 15, 2023 As America watched Jan. 6 hearing, Fox viewers heard Tucker Carlson’s alternate reality By Bill McCarthy• June 10, 2022 How Fox News, far-right TV blamed green energy for Texas’ power outages By Bill McCarthy• February 19, 2021 The FBI didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6, but poll shows the false belief has staying power By Madison Czopek• January 5, 2024 Lie of the Year 2021: Readers' Choice Poll By Josie Hollingsworth• December 7, 2021 Did Ron DeSantis change his stance on Ukraine? If so, how much? By Louis Jacobson• March 15, 2023 Here are falsehoods we found in Tucker Carlson’s final Fox show By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• April 25, 2023 Here are our fact-checks about Ray Epps, who is suing Fox News for defamation over Jan. 6 claims By Jeff Cercone• July 13, 2023 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of politicians and pundits in 2023 By Samantha Putterman• December 20, 2023 Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often By Bill McCarthy• May 19, 2022 The facts on advertiser boycotts against cable news networks By Bill McCarthy• July 22, 2019 Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories By Bill McCarthy• November 5, 2021 How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory By Bill McCarthy• January 18, 2022 How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack By Bill McCarthy• December 16, 2021 The DOJ says a US media company promoted ‘Russian interests.’ Who were its 6 content creators? By Madison Czopek• September 16, 2024 2021 Lie of the Year Readers’ Choice poll results By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 15, 2021 The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2021
