0 People 447 Fact-checks 181 Articles People (0) Fact-checks (447) 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 Scott Wagner stated on March 28, 2017 in in a State Impact article.: "...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun." By Anna Orso• March 31, 2017 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 August 07, 2022 in posts: “The Earth just started spinning faster than ever before and scientists are gravely concerned.” By Kristin Hugo• August 31, 2022 Bloggers stated on August 23, 2018 in a blog post: "NASA says an asteroid bigger than a football pitch is heading towards Earth." By Lucia Geng• August 24, 2018 Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2024 in a video: Footage “shows a completely flat horizon proving the flat Earth and completely destroying the globe theory.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• May 29, 2024 B.o.B. stated on January 25, 2016 in in a Jan. 25 tweet: "You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat. By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016 Don Zimmerman stated on April 27, 2015 in an Austin City Council briefing: "You don't have to be as smart as a fifth-grader to know what causes the climate is the sun. The sun. I have people tell me, ‘Carbon dioxide warms the Earth.’ No, it doesn't. The sun warms the Earth." By Asher Price• June 5, 2015 Viral image stated on September 13, 2022 in an Instagram post: “The sun is not 93 million miles away … it is local and under a firmament dome.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 14, 2022 Bloggers stated on June 02, 2017 in Internet posts: "NASA confirms Earth will experience 15 days of darkness In November 2017." By Joshua Gillin• June 14, 2017 Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 24, 2021 Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.” By Tom Kertscher• March 5, 2020 Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2014 in a post from Being Liberal: Says Marco Rubio believes the earth is 9,000 years old and that humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction; says Rand Paul believes the earth is 10,000 years old and God removed dinosaurs "to make space for humans." By Tim Ryan• March 25, 2014 Viral image stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photo from “data leak at Elon Musk AND NASA … are said to be from one of Elon Musk’s Space-X satellites.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 18, 2022 Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Claims the James Webb Space Telescope is “fakery they got for the masses” By Andy Nguyen• July 18, 2022 Viral image stated on March 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk tweeted, “The world is flat.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 13, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2023 in an image: The ocean is "flat" and "contained" by land features that jut up from a flat (not spherical) earth. By Andy Nguyen• April 28, 2023 Jesse Kremer stated on May 11, 2017 in a legislative hearing: "The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact." By Tom Kertscher• June 8, 2017 Viral image stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post: NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.” By Grace Abels• July 28, 2022 Instagram posts stated on July 07, 2022 in an Instagram post: Antarctica has “an entrance to a different world” — a “mythic land” with green forests, giant animals, and “extraterrestrial technologies.” By Luiz Romero• July 26, 2022 Articles (181) The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it? By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019 Facebook meme wrongly accuses GOP 2016 hopefuls on dinosaurs By Tim Ryan• March 26, 2014 Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Earth, wind and fire By Robert Farley• February 20, 2009 La Tierra no es plana. Aquí te contamos por qué. By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• April 25, 2023 The pundits, 0 for 3 By Bill Adair• October 28, 2009 PolitiFact's Top 5 fact-checks for March By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 1, 2014 The Truth-O-Meter takes on the polar vortex By Julie Kliegman• January 7, 2014 CO2 is only 0.04% of the atmosphere, but a viral video ignores that it’s a major climate threat By Tom Kertscher• April 21, 2023 Earth Day 2016: 6 things to know about climate change By Linda Qiu• April 21, 2016 Fact-checking recent claims about climate change By Amy Sherman• May 30, 2014 Fact-checking recent claims about climate change By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014 Fifty years after Apollo 11, moon landing hoaxes still thrive online By Daniel Funke• July 18, 2019 Attacks and claims about climate change heat up the Truth-O-Meter By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014 Six fact-checks over Texas, our reader favorites in June By W. Gardner Selby• July 8, 2015 Mailbag: ‘I am now starting to question your perspective’ By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2019 Mailbag: ‘Quit being fanatic left-wing hacks’ By W. Gardner Selby• January 7, 2014 North Koreans correct about nuclear tests By Robert Farley• June 1, 2009 Event to kill 80 to 90 million people, John Sharp says By W. Gardner Selby• September 27, 2012 Fact checking Bernie Sanders' Madison speech By Tom Kertscher• March 28, 2016
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 Scott Wagner stated on March 28, 2017 in in a State Impact article.: "...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun." By Anna Orso• March 31, 2017 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 August 07, 2022 in posts: “The Earth just started spinning faster than ever before and scientists are gravely concerned.” By Kristin Hugo• August 31, 2022 Bloggers stated on August 23, 2018 in a blog post: "NASA says an asteroid bigger than a football pitch is heading towards Earth." By Lucia Geng• August 24, 2018 Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2024 in a video: Footage “shows a completely flat horizon proving the flat Earth and completely destroying the globe theory.” By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• May 29, 2024 B.o.B. stated on January 25, 2016 in in a Jan. 25 tweet: "You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat. By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016 Don Zimmerman stated on April 27, 2015 in an Austin City Council briefing: "You don't have to be as smart as a fifth-grader to know what causes the climate is the sun. The sun. I have people tell me, ‘Carbon dioxide warms the Earth.’ No, it doesn't. The sun warms the Earth." By Asher Price• June 5, 2015 Viral image stated on September 13, 2022 in an Instagram post: “The sun is not 93 million miles away … it is local and under a firmament dome.” By Ciara O'Rourke• September 14, 2022 Bloggers stated on June 02, 2017 in Internet posts: "NASA confirms Earth will experience 15 days of darkness In November 2017." By Joshua Gillin• June 14, 2017 Viral image stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 24, 2021 Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.” By Tom Kertscher• March 5, 2020 Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2014 in a post from Being Liberal: Says Marco Rubio believes the earth is 9,000 years old and that humans hunted dinosaurs to extinction; says Rand Paul believes the earth is 10,000 years old and God removed dinosaurs "to make space for humans." By Tim Ryan• March 25, 2014 Viral image stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post: Photo from “data leak at Elon Musk AND NASA … are said to be from one of Elon Musk’s Space-X satellites.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 18, 2022 Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Claims the James Webb Space Telescope is “fakery they got for the masses” By Andy Nguyen• July 18, 2022 Viral image stated on March 11, 2023 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk tweeted, “The world is flat.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 13, 2023 Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2023 in an image: The ocean is "flat" and "contained" by land features that jut up from a flat (not spherical) earth. By Andy Nguyen• April 28, 2023 Jesse Kremer stated on May 11, 2017 in a legislative hearing: "The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact." By Tom Kertscher• June 8, 2017 Viral image stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post: NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.” By Grace Abels• July 28, 2022 Instagram posts stated on July 07, 2022 in an Instagram post: Antarctica has “an entrance to a different world” — a “mythic land” with green forests, giant animals, and “extraterrestrial technologies.” By Luiz Romero• July 26, 2022
The Earth has rapidly warmed over the past century. Can politics slow it? By Daniel Funke• October 28, 2019 Facebook meme wrongly accuses GOP 2016 hopefuls on dinosaurs By Tim Ryan• March 26, 2014 Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Earth, wind and fire By Robert Farley• February 20, 2009 La Tierra no es plana. Aquí te contamos por qué. By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• April 25, 2023 The pundits, 0 for 3 By Bill Adair• October 28, 2009 PolitiFact's Top 5 fact-checks for March By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 1, 2014 The Truth-O-Meter takes on the polar vortex By Julie Kliegman• January 7, 2014 CO2 is only 0.04% of the atmosphere, but a viral video ignores that it’s a major climate threat By Tom Kertscher• April 21, 2023 Earth Day 2016: 6 things to know about climate change By Linda Qiu• April 21, 2016 Fact-checking recent claims about climate change By Amy Sherman• May 30, 2014 Fact-checking recent claims about climate change By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014 Fifty years after Apollo 11, moon landing hoaxes still thrive online By Daniel Funke• July 18, 2019 Attacks and claims about climate change heat up the Truth-O-Meter By Amy Sherman• May 29, 2014 Six fact-checks over Texas, our reader favorites in June By W. Gardner Selby• July 8, 2015 Mailbag: ‘I am now starting to question your perspective’ By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2019 Mailbag: ‘Quit being fanatic left-wing hacks’ By W. Gardner Selby• January 7, 2014 North Koreans correct about nuclear tests By Robert Farley• June 1, 2009 Event to kill 80 to 90 million people, John Sharp says By W. Gardner Selby• September 27, 2012 Fact checking Bernie Sanders' Madison speech By Tom Kertscher• March 28, 2016
