1 People 7299 Fact-checks 2635 Articles People (1) Reader Fact-checks (7299) J.B. Van Hollen stated on March 18, 2010 in written testimony to a Wisconsin Senate committee: "Over 22,000 unique Internet Protocol addresses -- in Wisconsin alone -- have downloaded child pornography." By Tom Kertscher• September 15, 2010 John Lee stated on September 28, 2011 in in a press release : Says "Clackamas County has more urban renewal debt than all the other Oregon counties combined." By Janie Har• November 1, 2011 James Lankford stated on May 04, 2022 in a Senate hearing: “The vast majority of individuals that we’re releasing out are not showing up for hearings.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 17, 2022 Chris Koster stated on April 22, 2016 in a tweet: "Closing our state’s wage gap would make a $9 billion difference to Missouri women." By Conner Smith• May 18, 2016 Occupy Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media: Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus." By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2015 Chris Bollwage stated on January 15, 2012 in a speech at the Cuban Club in Elizabeth: "Our jobless rate, our unemployment rate, is the lowest of all of the big cities in New Jersey." By Erin O'Neill• January 27, 2012 Fran Lebowitz stated on February 20, 2015 in a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher": "Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years. By Katie Sanders• April 1, 2015 Instagram posts stated on June 18, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.” By Madison Czopek• June 28, 2024 Ron Paul stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa: The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world." By Louis Jacobson• September 14, 2011 Herman Cain stated on November 03, 2014 in a blog post: "More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured." By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2014 James Crowley stated on December 06, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol." By Katie Mulvaney• December 21, 2014 Bloggers stated on November 23, 2013 in blog posts: "Obamacare Medical Codes Confirm: Execution by Beheading To Be Implemented in America." By Louis Jacobson• January 2, 2014 Matthew Cooke stated on December 10, 2014 in a Huffington Post column: The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined." By Katie Sanders• December 16, 2014 Roy Blunt stated on September 08, 2017 in a tweet: "Our tax code has nearly doubled since 1985." By Katelyn Brown• October 17, 2017 Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on December 12, 2011 in an interview on CNN’s ‘Out Front’: Says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million. By Sue Owen• January 6, 2012 Donald Trump stated on March 04, 2023 in a post on Truth Social: Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level." By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• March 24, 2023 Facebook posts stated on November 03, 2013 in an image shared on Facebook: Medicare Part D "was far more expensive than the Affordable Care Act and unlike" the act, "was never budgeted." By Sue Owen• November 18, 2013 Mike Villarreal stated on August 06, 2011 in a Texas Capitol rally.: Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent." By W. Gardner Selby• August 24, 2011 Michael Bloomberg stated on July 22, 2012 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "There's a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check … 40 percent of guns are sold that way" at gun shows and over the Internet. By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead• July 25, 2012 Chain email stated on October 21, 2014 in a chain email: The Affordable Care Act says that "at age 76 when you most need it most, you are not eligible for cancer treatment. … Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patient's age." By Lauren Burns• October 21, 2014 Articles (2635) Fact check of Census Bureau mandate proves No. 1 in reader views in 2014 By W. Gardner Selby• December 26, 2014 What’s at stake as Michigan approaches census deadline? By Clara Hendrickson• August 26, 2020 Behind the rhetoric: Does Wisconsin or Illinois have the higher tax rate on businesses? By Dave Umhoefer• July 22, 2012 PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 for March By Amy Sherman• April 9, 2015 No sanctuary cities in Florida? That’s not as settled as Andrew Gillum claims By Miriam Valverde• February 22, 2018 Mailbag: "Do you even check your own facts?" By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2012 State budget allocates ‘flexible’ funding for migrant support in New York City By Jill Terreri Ramos• May 30, 2024 Tracking federal debt change, Truman into Obama By W. Gardner Selby• August 3, 2012 A promise or a projection on unemployment? By Robert Farley• July 9, 2009 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 All of the people facing charges from Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling By Amy Sherman• March 25, 2019 Bird flu: What to know about latest outbreaks after U.S. reports first severely infected person By Sara Swann• December 19, 2024 Filter bubbles be gone! SmartNews and PolitiFact team up to get news consumers the facts By Josie Hollingsworth• May 12, 2021 The Russia investigation and Donald Trump: a timeline from on-the-record sources (updated) By John Kruzel• July 16, 2018 In Context: ‘Never going to learn how safe this vaccine is unless we start giving it’ By Tom Kertscher• November 1, 2021 Critics accuse President Donald Trump of insider trading. Experts say that’s a stretch. By Louis Jacobson• April 10, 2025 Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies By Bill McCarthy• June 30, 2021 RFK Jr. wants to delay the hepatitis B vaccine. Here’s what parents need to know. By Jackie Fortiér• December 2, 2025 Health care gets heated on night 2 of the Democratic presidential debate By Shefali Luthra• June 28, 2019 What are fentanyl patches? Does Narcan work for fentanyl overdoses? Here's what to know By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 8, 2023
J.B. Van Hollen stated on March 18, 2010 in written testimony to a Wisconsin Senate committee: "Over 22,000 unique Internet Protocol addresses -- in Wisconsin alone -- have downloaded child pornography." By Tom Kertscher• September 15, 2010 John Lee stated on September 28, 2011 in in a press release : Says "Clackamas County has more urban renewal debt than all the other Oregon counties combined." By Janie Har• November 1, 2011 James Lankford stated on May 04, 2022 in a Senate hearing: “The vast majority of individuals that we’re releasing out are not showing up for hearings.” By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 17, 2022 Chris Koster stated on April 22, 2016 in a tweet: "Closing our state’s wage gap would make a $9 billion difference to Missouri women." By Conner Smith• May 18, 2016 Occupy Democrats stated on March 31, 2015 in a meme on social media: Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus." By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2015 Chris Bollwage stated on January 15, 2012 in a speech at the Cuban Club in Elizabeth: "Our jobless rate, our unemployment rate, is the lowest of all of the big cities in New Jersey." By Erin O'Neill• January 27, 2012 Fran Lebowitz stated on February 20, 2015 in a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher": "Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years. By Katie Sanders• April 1, 2015 Instagram posts stated on June 18, 2024 in an Instagram post: The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.” By Madison Czopek• June 28, 2024 Ron Paul stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa: The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world." By Louis Jacobson• September 14, 2011 Herman Cain stated on November 03, 2014 in a blog post: "More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured." By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2014 James Crowley stated on December 06, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal: "Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol." By Katie Mulvaney• December 21, 2014 Bloggers stated on November 23, 2013 in blog posts: "Obamacare Medical Codes Confirm: Execution by Beheading To Be Implemented in America." By Louis Jacobson• January 2, 2014 Matthew Cooke stated on December 10, 2014 in a Huffington Post column: The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined." By Katie Sanders• December 16, 2014 Roy Blunt stated on September 08, 2017 in a tweet: "Our tax code has nearly doubled since 1985." By Katelyn Brown• October 17, 2017 Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on December 12, 2011 in an interview on CNN’s ‘Out Front’: Says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million. By Sue Owen• January 6, 2012 Donald Trump stated on March 04, 2023 in a post on Truth Social: Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level." By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Yacob Reyes• March 24, 2023 Facebook posts stated on November 03, 2013 in an image shared on Facebook: Medicare Part D "was far more expensive than the Affordable Care Act and unlike" the act, "was never budgeted." By Sue Owen• November 18, 2013 Mike Villarreal stated on August 06, 2011 in a Texas Capitol rally.: Says that before Rick Perry became governor, "only 4 percent of our total labor force was a minimum wage job ... Today, that number has more than doubled (to) 9.5 percent." By W. Gardner Selby• August 24, 2011 Michael Bloomberg stated on July 22, 2012 in an interview on "Face the Nation": "There's a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check … 40 percent of guns are sold that way" at gun shows and over the Internet. By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead• July 25, 2012 Chain email stated on October 21, 2014 in a chain email: The Affordable Care Act says that "at age 76 when you most need it most, you are not eligible for cancer treatment. … Cancer hospital will ration care according to the patient's age." By Lauren Burns• October 21, 2014
Fact check of Census Bureau mandate proves No. 1 in reader views in 2014 By W. Gardner Selby• December 26, 2014 What’s at stake as Michigan approaches census deadline? By Clara Hendrickson• August 26, 2020 Behind the rhetoric: Does Wisconsin or Illinois have the higher tax rate on businesses? By Dave Umhoefer• July 22, 2012 PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 for March By Amy Sherman• April 9, 2015 No sanctuary cities in Florida? That’s not as settled as Andrew Gillum claims By Miriam Valverde• February 22, 2018 Mailbag: "Do you even check your own facts?" By W. Gardner Selby• March 15, 2012 State budget allocates ‘flexible’ funding for migrant support in New York City By Jill Terreri Ramos• May 30, 2024 Tracking federal debt change, Truman into Obama By W. Gardner Selby• August 3, 2012 A promise or a projection on unemployment? By Robert Farley• July 9, 2009 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 All of the people facing charges from Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling By Amy Sherman• March 25, 2019 Bird flu: What to know about latest outbreaks after U.S. reports first severely infected person By Sara Swann• December 19, 2024 Filter bubbles be gone! SmartNews and PolitiFact team up to get news consumers the facts By Josie Hollingsworth• May 12, 2021 The Russia investigation and Donald Trump: a timeline from on-the-record sources (updated) By John Kruzel• July 16, 2018 In Context: ‘Never going to learn how safe this vaccine is unless we start giving it’ By Tom Kertscher• November 1, 2021 Critics accuse President Donald Trump of insider trading. Experts say that’s a stretch. By Louis Jacobson• April 10, 2025 Misinformation and the Jan. 6 insurrection: When ‘patriot warriors’ were fed lies By Bill McCarthy• June 30, 2021 RFK Jr. wants to delay the hepatitis B vaccine. Here’s what parents need to know. By Jackie Fortiér• December 2, 2025 Health care gets heated on night 2 of the Democratic presidential debate By Shefali Luthra• June 28, 2019 What are fentanyl patches? Does Narcan work for fentanyl overdoses? Here's what to know By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 8, 2023
