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6,704 | 1 | Operating a health care exchange would be "illegal" in Georgia and some states because of legislation passed in those states. | November 9, 2012 | health care | michael cannon | Michael Cannon is the director of the Cato Institute's health policy studies. He previously served as a domestic policy analyst for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee under Chairman Larry E. Craig, according to the institute's website. | georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | an article | To sum up, Cannon wrote that creating a health care exchange under the 2010 federal health care law would be "illegal" in Georgia and 13 other states. He wrote that those states have legislation that precludes "implementing Obamacare’s individual and employer mandates." The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the individual ... |
21,804 | 1 | The government is arming up the IRS because "Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans. | August 4, 2022 | congress;federal budget;military;taxes | matt gaetz | Matt Gaetz was elected to Congress in 2016 representing Florida's 1st District. He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives serving District 4 in 2010. His father is former Sen. Don Gaetz. | florida | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News | Gaetz claimed that the government is arming up the IRS because the president is raising taxes and disarming Americans, citing the amount of money spent on ammunition by the agency this year. But there’s been no significant increase in spending on ammunition, and Gaetz ignores that the IRS Criminal Investigation divisio... |
15,017 | 5 | This year West Virginia produced more AmeriCorps members than any other state. | August 8, 2018 | poverty | joe manchin | Joe Manchin is a U.S. senator from West Virginia. The former governor of West Virginia won a special election in November 2010 to complete the balance of the late Sen. Robert Byrd’s term. | national | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | a tweet | Manchin tweeted, "This year West Virginia produced more AmeriCorps members than any other state." AmeriCorps data confirms West Virginia’s first-place rating per capita for 2018, the first time the state ranked first since the agency began publishing the data in 2015. We rate the statement . |
11,641 | 2 | Today in America, between 40 and 50 percent of all African-American babies, virtually 1-in-2, are killed before they are born. | April 14, 2016 | abortion | trent franks | Trent Franks is a Republican member of the U.S. House representing a district in Arizona. | arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | a legislative hearing | Franks said, "Today in America, between 40 and 50 percent of all African-American babies, virtually 1-in-2 are killed before they are born." Data suggests a disparity in the number of abortions performed on African-American women than other races. But saying that "between 40 and 50 percent of all African-American babie... |
255 | 0 | The Mormon religion has "a plan that will see the Constitution thrown out and replaced by a theocracy. | December 22, 2007 | religion | freedom defense advocates | Freedom Defense Advocates is a political action committee based in Lynchburg, Va. | national | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | null | There is absolutely no place for these attacks in American politics. Governor Romney isn't going to dwell on attacks from his opponents. Rather, his campaign is about the issues that are important to the American people, and bringing conservative change to Washington." As for the facts behind the that the Mormon relig... |
7,795 | 5 | The very first meal on the surface of the moon was the Holy Communion. | July 20, 2013 | history;pop culture;religion;space | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| georgia | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a Facebook post | He asked for a few moments of silence "to invite each person listening in, wherever and whomever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours, and to give thanks in his or her own way." To sum up, a Facebook post claimed that NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin took Communion on the moon. ... |
2,552 | 5 | As CEO of WWE, Linda McMahon "was caught tipping off a ringside physician" about a federal investigation into illegally distributing steroids to wrestlers. | October 21, 2010 | candidate biography;message machine 2010 | democratic senatorial campaign committee | The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee works to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate. | national | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | a TV ad | But again, the ad doesn't say she did. The ad merely says she tipped off the ringside physician about an investigation. She did, according to her own memo. And Zahorian was later convicted of distributing steroids to some of her WWF wrestlers. We rate the ad . |
17,845 | 3 | Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001. | June 8, 2020 | corrections and updates;criminal justice;crime;facebook fact-checks;guns | viral image | Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny b... | null | 4 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 711 | 331 | post on Facebook | A Facebook post compared the number of fatal gun-related police encounters and the length of police training in three Nordic countries and the U.S. "Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require... |
14,356 | 1 | Democrats are nowhere to be found on DACA. | March 5, 2018 | immigration;homeland security | donald trump | Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In N... | national | 36 | 85 | 120 | 194 | 360 | 179 | a tweet | Trump tweeted, "Democrats are nowhere to be found on DACA." This fact-check isn't about assigning blame to a political party for the lack of a DACA deal. In reality, both political parties likely bear some responsibility. But Trump underplays and ignores the efforts of Democrats to reach a solution to help Dreamers, in... |
85 | 2 | If we manufactured 5-million of these 2.5-meg windmills across the country, we could electrify the entire nation — the entire nation. | September 26, 2007 | energy | mike gravel | Mike Gravel is a former senator from Alaska. Gravel served as senator from 1969 until 1981 and ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008.. He is also a former lieutenant in the U.S. Army, serving from 1951 to 1954. Gravel received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Columbia University School of General Studi... | national | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Hanover, N.H | Wiser said scientific studies are still in draft form, but they look promising. Currently, the United States gets between 0.8 and 1 percent of its electricity from wind power. President Bush has spoken approvingly of wind energy, because of its minimal impact on the environment. The Wall Street Journal reported in July... |
9,189 | 3 | Attorney General Eric Holder's own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida. | August 1, 2014 | elections | rick scott | Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024. | florida | 15 | 36 | 42 | 42 | 38 | 8 | a press statement | Scott and his campaign said Florida’s 2011 voting changes were precleared by the Holder’s Justice Department. That statement ignores the fact that the department only signed off on the state’s plan after the state agreed to offer the maximum number of early voting hours in some counties to satisfy a court ruling. So ap... |
16,464 | 1 | Says President Donald Trump has donated $1 million to a relief fund for the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian while no other politicians have contributed any money. | September 8, 2019 | weather;facebook fact-checks | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a Facebook post | Several high-profile companies and celebrities, including Disney and Michael Jordan , have pledged $1 million to Dorian victims. So have cruise brands like Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line. And, following Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Trump did donate $1 million of his own money to charities helping with recovery ... |
19,879 | 1 | The FBI building in Washington is "completely closed. No one's in there. | June 14, 2021 | facebook fact-checks | viral image | Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny b... | null | 4 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 711 | 331 | a Facebook post | The FBI later sent PolitiFact this statement: "The FBI headquarters building at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW is open and fully operational, as are all of our field offices. " The Associated Press reported that a reporter who works near the building confirmed that people were coming and going from the building on June 14... |
19,796 | 2 | 21% of 140,000 ballots were found to be in error in GA. | May 22, 2021 | national;elections | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| georgia | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a Facebook post | Facebook posts said "21% of 140,000 ballots were found to be in error in GA." There has been no official finding to that effect. The appears to be based on uncorroborated allegations by a plaintiffs witness in a lawsuit seeking to inspect absentee ballots cast in Fulton County. The Secretary of State’s office rejected... |
17,185 | 1 | Says the coronavirus can be slowed or stopped with the "immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C. | January 27, 2020 | public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a Facebook post | A Facebook post says that taking high doses of vitamin C will slow or even stop the coronavirus. There’s no that the supplement has any effect on the coronavirus. There is currently no vaccine or medicine recommended for the virus. We rate this . |
8,508 | 2 | (Mary) Burke was a senior member of the Doyle administration that left Wisconsin with 130,000 fewer jobs. | February 13, 2014 | economy;jobs | republican governors association | the gubernatorial campaign arm of the Republican Party. | wisconsin | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | a campaign TV ad | Our rating The Republican Governors Association charged that "Burke was a senior member of the Doyle administration that left Wisconsin with 130,000 fewer jobs." There’s an element of , but the ad ignores the critical fact that Burke also worked in half of Doyle’s first term, when 86,000 jobs were gained . Employment a... |
11,513 | 4 | There have not been any public safety issues" in cities that allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as. | March 17, 2016 | crime;lgbtq;sexuality | chris sgro | Chris Sgro is the executive director of Equality NC. | north carolina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | a speech urging Charlotte's anti-discrimination ordinance be left intact | Chris Sgro, the executive director of Equality NC, said that "There have not been any public safety issues in those other communities" with ordinances allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. We haven’t found any instances of criminals convicted of using transgender protections as cover in the U... |
16,988 | 1 | Says the Chinese Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from 'a lab in Wuhan' linked to its covert biological weapon programs. | January 25, 2020 | public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus | bloggers | Blog posting on the Internet | null | 8 | 18 | 24 | 53 | 233 | 396 | an article | Their findings suggest "a likely single, recent emergence from a virus related to bat coronaviruses and the SARS coronavirus." The disease appears to have originated at a seafood and animal market in Wuhan, and it spread from there to several Asian countries, Australia, France, Canada and the United States. Researchers... |
20,259 | 1 | Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: "It took the loss of lives before help finally came. | August 17, 2021 | military;public safety;states | empower wisconsin | Wisconsin conservative information hub. | wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | TV ad | In an ad, Empower Wisconsin said of Evers and Kenosha violence: "It took the loss of lives before help finally came." But the timeline shows Evers had sent in 250 National Guard troops in the days before the night Rittenhouse shot and killed the two men. We rate this . |
22,472 | 1 | A video shows Rep. Matt Gaetz threatening Robert Mueller with jail time. | December 12, 2022 | facebook fact-checks | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a Facebook post | (Read more about our partnership with Meta , which owns Facebook.) We watched the eight-minute video, and not only does Gaetz not mention Russian President Vladimir Putin, nor suggest that Mueller falsely attributed something to Putin, he doesn’t suggest incarceration for Mueller, who led an investigation into Russian ... |
16,616 | 2 | Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go. | October 21, 2019 | impeachment;foreign policy | matt gaetz | Matt Gaetz was elected to Congress in 2016 representing Florida's 1st District. He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives serving District 4 in 2010. His father is former Sen. Don Gaetz. | florida | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | a tweet | Gaetz said, "Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go." Obama did not permanently stop military aid to Ukraine. The element of in Gaetz's statement is the Obama administration did not provide lethal military aid that Ukraine asked for in 2014. However, it did pr... |
19,403 | 1 | Vitamin D, vitamin C, colloidal silver and black seed oil can kill the coronavirus. | March 9, 2021 | facebook fact-checks;coronavirus | instagram posts | Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters. | null | 3 | 3 | 15 | 51 | 405 | 140 | an Instagram post | A post on Instagram discourages people from getting a COVID-19 vaccine and instead advocates for "naturopathic solutions," including vitamins D and C, colloidal silver and black seed oil. While research into some supplements like vitamin D has seemed promising, subsequent studies have questioned whether it can protect ... |
16,433 | 1 | Says a photo shows Donald Trump holding a sign that says, "No matter who is president, Jesus is still king. | August 28, 2019 | fake news;religion;facebook fact-checks | viral image | Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny b... | null | 4 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 711 | 331 | a post on Facebook | You can see many Associated Press photos from that day here and here . In April, Snopes fact-checked a similar Facebook post that appeared to show Trump holding a T-shirt that said, "No matter who is president Jesus is still king." That one was also doctored. The original image shows the president holding a jersey with... |
9,731 | 4 | Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy. | November 28, 2014 | elections | keisha lance bottoms | Keisha Lance Bottoms took office as mayor of Atlanta, Ga., in 2018. She has previously served as Atlanta City Councilwoman from District 11. | georgia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story | She is not quite right on her that the larger 2006 annexation included Reed’s subdivision, which opened the door to his candidacy. The mayor’s office said, though, that the move did push him to a different house in the same neighborhood so he could be a city resident. To that end, her point is correct. There is some a... |
6,534 | 1 | Says Rep. Jon Runyan "voted to redefine rape. | October 10, 2012 | abortion;crime;voting record;women | shelley adler | Shelley Adler, a Democrat, is running to represent New Jersey's third congressional district. | new jersey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | a campaign event | Adler said Runyan "voted to redefine rape" while listing the reasons "we can’t trust him to stand up for women." The Democratic congressional hopeful distorts the voting record of her Republican rival with this . House Republicans introduced a bill that restricted federal funding for abortions, except in cases of "forc... |
899 | 2 | It is "the Department of Homeland Security's view that returning military veterans and gun owners are likely to commit terrorist acts. | April 15, 2009 | military;terrorism;veterans | gus bilirakis | Rep. Gus Bilirakis is a Republican Congressman from Florida. He represents the 9th Congressional District, an area north of Tampa Bay. | national | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | a news release | This brings us back to Bilirakis' that DHS thinks that "returning military veterans and gun owners are likely to commit terrorist acts." This is a distortion of what the report actually said. The report said that right-wing extremists would try to recruit veterans, and that they would try to use gun control legislatio... |
5,157 | 4 | Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama. | February 22, 2012 | polls and public opinion | ron paul | Ron Paul, a Texas physician, served two stints in the U.S. House. He also was the Libertarian Party nominee for president in 1988 before later seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2012. He didn't seek re-election to the House in 2012. | texas | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | Arizona | Paul had the largest lead on Obama of any of the major Republicans in matchup polling in Iowa in February 2012. Still, experts raised questions about how statistically certain that conclusion is, considering how close the poll’s results were. To us, that is additional information needed to evaluate Paul’s , and so, his... |
16,707 | 1 | Says Democrats "spent $40,000,000 of YOUR tax dollars trying to impeach Trump. | November 11, 2019 | impeachment;facebook fact-checks | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a Facebook post | A Facebook post claimed, "Democrats spent $40,000,000 of YOUR tax dollars trying to impeach Trump." That number echoes an exaggerated estimate of the cost of the Mueller investigation on Russian interference in the 2016 election. That did not go through the impeachment process. We haven’t seen any estimates of the cos... |
20,315 | 2 | There are 500,000 "missing kids a year. | September 21, 2021 | children;crime;facebook fact-checks | viral image | Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny b... | null | 4 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 711 | 331 | a Facebook post | A viral image that invoked the Gabby Petito case claimed there are 500,000 "missing kids a year." In 2020, there were 365,348 reports of missing children made to law enforcement agencies that were recorded by the FBI’s National Crime Information Center. That’s down from 421,394 in 2019. The number of active missing-ch... |
8,000 | 3 | As CFO, Alex Sink oversaw "a $27 billion loss in the state's pension fund. | October 30, 2013 | economy;pensions;state budget | republican party of florida | The Republican Party of Florida represents Republicans in Florida. | florida | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 4 | a YouTube attack ad | The Republican Party of Florida said there was a loss of pension assets of $27 billion during Sink’s term as the state’s CFO. But that doesn’t represent a permanent loss of funds. We also see no reason why Sink deserves more of the blame than the other two trustees. And, Sink was CFO during a historic recession. Given ... |
1,348 | 3 | Florida still averages more students in its classrooms than any other state in the Southeast. | January 29, 2010 | education | franklin sands | Franklin Sands is Florida's House Democratic Leader. | florida | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a press release | Put another way, if 30 high school juniors were in an English class and 10 high school juniors were in an art class, the calculation for class size would likely be 30 but the calculation for pupil/teacher ratio would be 20. Not all states calculate average class size. (At least Tennessee and Kentucky don't, education o... |
1,735 | 3 | Our school test scores are right at the bottom. | April 29, 2010 | education | thurbert baker | Thurbert Baker is Georgia Attorney General. He is a Democratic candidate for governor. | georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a speech | So overall, Georgia's test scores on the two main college entrance exams paint different pictures. On the SAT, the state ranked 47th. But on the ACT, the state was 38th or 40th. So it's not, as Baker said, "right at the bottom." We find his . |
22,465 | 1 | Elon Musk said, "In some parts of the world, journalists get murdered for crossing the wrong people. | December 18, 2022 | technology;facebook fact-checks | viral image | Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny b... | null | 4 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 711 | 331 | a Facebook post | The tweet doesn’t appear on his account, nor among tweets he deleted that have been archived by PolitiTweet, which tracks the deleted tweets of high-profile figures. We found it posted on Reddit on Dec. 16 with the label "Satire/ Tweet," but not in any forums credibly claiming the tweet is real. Musk’s suspension o... |
2,085 | 0 | Phoenix, Ariz., is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world. | July 16, 2010 | immigration | courtney combs | State Rep. Courtney Combs, a Republican, represents the 54th Ohio House District, which includes the cities of Hamilton, Fairfield, and Ross Township in Butler County. | ohio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | an appearance at the Cleveland City Club | We appreciate that Combs is willing to admit that he didn’t know what he was talking about, but he should have. This has been rated repeatedly as it has made the rounds, yet here it is again. If you repeat a statement that has been proven , it amounts to a reckless disregard for the facts. You may as well touch a mat... |
7,639 | 4 | Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this. | July 30, 2013 | civil rights;congress;homeland security;terrorism;privacy issues | tom cole | Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., was elected to Congress in 2002. He's a fifth-generation Oklahoman and one of the only Native Americans serving in Congress. | national | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | an MSNBC interview | Cole told Morning Joe that when it comes to the NSA program, he’s going to vote with "the people that actually know." He said his support was shared by every member of the House Intelligence Committee, Republican or Democrat. He was close. One Arizona Democrat disagreed. We find his statement only . |
9,800 | 2 | Exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines "has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases. | November 24, 2014 | energy;infrastructure;public health;public safety | patrick lynch | Patrick Lynch served as Rhode Island's attorney general from 2003 to 2010. He was, for a time in 2010, a candidate for governor. He is a big fan of Spider-Man. Divorced, Lynch is the father of two. | rhode island | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | a newspaper commentary | Lynch said exposure to the electromagnetic fields from power lines "has been associated with childhood leukemia and other diseases." Lynch, when questioned, says he's saying there is just an association, and he's not asserting that EMFs cause cancer and other diseases. We believe the average reader would come away beli... |
19,965 | 1 | Charcoal activated tablets "will counteract most date rape drugs. | September 4, 2019 | public health;public safety | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a Facebook post | Experts said that taking a charcoal tablet to block drugs is misguided and could provide people a sense of security. Instead, they said, if someone thinks they have been poisoned, they should seek medical help immediately. A Facebook post claimed that charcoal activated tablets "will counteract most date rape drugs.... |
7,963 | 2 | In 45 out of 50 states, on average men are seeing their premiums double, going up 99 percent. Women up 62 percent. | October 21, 2013 | health care;pundits | sean hannity | Sean Hannity is a conservative political commentator and hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, as well as two television shows on the Fox News Channel. In a 2013 interview Hannity said that he is a “registered Conservative” and ”not a Republican, though people often mistake me for one.” Hannity has authored three b... | national | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | a broadcast of the Sean Hannity Show on WBAP AM | Hannity said premiums are skyrocketing and the average man would pay twice as much, while the increase for the average woman would be 62 percent. That relies on a study that focused on the individual marketplaces for insurance set up under Obamacare, a subset of people who purchase insurance. Regardless of the accura... |
5,775 | 0 | Says 97 cents of every dollar played "represents over $500 million dollars that is returned to Oregonians every year to help support job creation, schools, state parks and watersheds. | June 17, 2012 | lottery;state budget | oregon lottery | The Oregon Lottery provides money for economic development and schools. | oregon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | an advertisement | We think it’s more than a matter of misconstruing meaning. For nearly two years, the Oregon Lottery has been running a disingenuous ad campaign that tries to paint playing the Lottery as giving back to schools, parks and other economic development projects. Yes, a piece of the revenue goes there -- but not 97 cents of ... |
4,071 | 3 | I built the last nuclear plant — not only in the state, but in the country. | August 1, 2011 | energy;nuclear | tom kean | Tom Kean is a former governor of New Jersey and a former chairman of the 9/11 Commission. | new jersey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Star-Ledger | So he’s right there. But, a spokesman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Hope Creek isn’t the last nuclear power plant to be built in the United States. Kean would be correct if he had said he built one of the last nuclear power plants of its kind in the United States. But he didn’t specify, so we rate the... |
14,541 | 4 | Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics. | March 14, 2018 | elections;labor;unions;workers | randy bryce | Democrat Randy Bryce, an Army veteran, union leader and iron worker, lives in Caledonia in Racine County, Wisconsin. In November 2018, he lost a bid for Wisconsin's 1st District congressional seat, which had been held by U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Janesville Republican. Bryce also lost races for the Wisconsin Legi... | wisconsin | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | an interview | The Office and Professional Employees International Union wasn’t able to help us and we didn’t hear back from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Our rating Bryce says: "Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics." The dozen experts we consul... |
12,710 | 4 | Says Nevadans will have a "double-digit hike in their Obamacare premiums for the year" and "10 of Nevada's 16 counties will only have one Obamacare...exchange insurer | October 30, 2016 | health care | donald trump | Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In N... | nevada | 36 | 85 | 120 | 194 | 360 | 179 | a campaign speech | Trump said Nevadans will see a "double-digit hike in their Obamacare premiums for the year" and "10 of Nevada’s 16 counties will only have one Obamacare...exchange insurer" Trump is correct, but his rhetoric is a little overstated. Nevadans who get health insurance through the exchange will see their unsubsidized prem... |
19,802 | 2 | Police defunding is to blame for "skyrocketing murder rates" in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. | May 26, 2021 | crime;public safety;facebook fact-checks | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a Facebook post | The statement contains an element of : Homicides are up in these cities and police funding is down. But it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, including the details of numerous other potential contributing factors, such as poverty, joblessness and housing insecurity, all of which have been ex... |
5,187 | 1 | When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits. | February 29, 2012 | city budget;county budget;families;federal budget;history;pensions;poverty;retirement;state budget;veterans;welfare;workers | rick santorum | Rick Santorum is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. He is a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and was a Republican presidential candidate in 2012. | national | 6 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 5 | a campaign speech | Contrary to what Santorum said, millions of Americans in 1925 would have either qualified for benefits directly, such as payments to veterans, or have been protected by workers' compensation laws that provided benefits to those who became disabled by their jobs. And state and local governments had the longstanding role... |
22,650 | 4 | Energy costs are the highest in 15 years. | January 10, 2023 | energy | morgan luttrell | Morgan Luttrell was elected in 2022 to serve Texas' 8th Congressional District. The district includes San Jacincto and Polk counties, as well as parts of Motgomery, Walker, and Harris counties. | texas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a tweet | Luttrell said, "Energy costs are the highest in 15 years." Luttrell’s statistic — which he pulled from an article citing the National Energy Assistance Directors Association — holds with the data available and analyzed at the time. EIA data provided to PolitiFact show that average household heating costs are higher no... |
17,263 | 1 | Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus. | March 9, 2020 | facebook fact-checks;coronavirus | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | an image | In the United States, there have been 938 confirmed cases and 31 deaths . According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the best ways to prevent the 2019 coronavirus are to wash your hands with soap and water, avoid touching your face, avoid close contact with sick people, cover your coughs and sneezes,... |
11,616 | 1 | The Human Rights Campaign is "more powerful than the NRA. | April 17, 2016 | campaign finance;lgbtq;sexuality | pat mccrory | Pat McCrory, a Republican, was governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. Previously, he served as mayor of Charlotte. | north carolina | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | interview on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd | McCrory said the main group against HB2, the Human Rights Campaign, is "more powerful than the NRA." It’s a strong , given the NRA’s reputation for power and influence, and even the HRC spokesman was unwilling to embrace it. That’s not to say the HRC isn’t powerful. It’s a multimillion-dollar organization and the count... |
13,924 | 3 | Abortion in the U.S. "is at an all time legal low. | October 11, 2017 | abortion;women | kevin cahill | Kevin Cahill is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly from Kingston. | new york | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a radio interview on The Capitol Pressroom | The 14.6 abortions for every 1,000 women in 2014 is an all-time low. But his statement is when counting the number. The number of abortions has gone down since its peak in 1988, but has not dropped below the 1973 count. The statement is partially accurate. We rate it . |
9,041 | 3 | The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year. | July 6, 2014 | immigration;children | raul labrador | Raul Labrador, a Republican, was elected in 2010 to represent a district in Idaho in the U.S. House of Representatives. | national | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | an interview on "Meet the Press" | Labrador said the administration’s own estimates predicted that 150,000 to 200,000 unaccompanied children would show up at the southern border. Labrador’s spokesman pointed to an internal memo that suggested 142,000 children might arrive in 2015. But that’s a smaller amount than 150,000 and much smaller than 200,000, a... |
12,364 | 5 | When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate. | September 6, 2016 | history | tim kaine | Tim Kaine is a U.S. senator representing Virginia, elected to the Senate in 2012. He was the 2016 Democratic nominee for vice president.
Kaine was governor from 2006 to 2010, lieutenant governor from 2002 to 2006, mayor of Richmond from 1998 to 2001, and city councilman of Richmond beginning in 1994. He was also the c... | virginia | 14 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | a speech | Kaine said, "When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate." There’s no doubt Gadhafi rented space at Trump’s estate to put up his tent. Trump acknowledges now that he lea... |
17,954 | 3 | The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it "has nothing to do with" the backlog. | June 21, 2020 | jobs;states | chris kapenga | Republican Chris Kapenga, a certified public accountant and small-business owner, was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2010. He represents the Delafield area west of Milwaukee. | wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | a radio interview | What’s more, there were several changes made to the system, including new payments and the waiver of a one-week waiting period. That’s where Kapenga is to say the computer system had no role in delays. The decades-old system had to be reprogrammed to accommodate those changes -- and news reports note only coders famil... |
10,272 | 1 | The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years. | April 29, 2015 | consumer safety;criminal justice;drugs;economy;history;crime;government regulation;public health;public safety;recreation;regulation;small business;taxes;marijuana | kathleen sullivan | Kathleen Sullivan is the town of Warren’s substance abuse coordinator. She is also program director for The BAY Team, Barrington’s Prevention Coalition. | rhode island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | testimony before the House Judiciary Committee | Kathleen Sullivan said the proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment, primarily for marijuana, has reached its highest point in 20 years. Her documentation shows a peak in 2009, but then admissions decline through 2011. More recent data show the decline has continued. Further, our trend analysis ... |
15,349 | 5 | Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high. | September 29, 2018 | economy;race and ethnicity | donald trump | Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In N... | west virginia | 36 | 85 | 120 | 194 | 360 | 179 | Wheeling, W.Va | Trump said that "household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high." Census Bureau data confirms a new record high for inflation-adjusted, Hispanic household income in 2017, the most recent year for which data is available. This continues a rise that began under Obama, but Trump did not specifica... |
2,217 | 5 | Says state Rep. Diana Maldonado of Round Rock uses Craigslist to hire campaign block walkers. | August 31, 2010 | campaign finance;workers | larry gonzales | Larry Gonzales was initially elected in 2010 to represent Texas House District 52 in the Texas House. | texas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | an e-mail to supporters | "When it is even more rare is 60 days out." Using Craigslist to recruit campaign workers is "unconventional," said Wilbanks, but Young had a different take. "In these big cities, with all the high-tech stuff, people are using all kinds of high-tech techniques," Young said. Maldonado's campaign confirmed using Craigslis... |
12,076 | 4 | The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. | July 25, 2016 | economy;income;wealth;taxes | bernie sanders | Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large Distr... | national | 21 | 62 | 48 | 26 | 18 | 0 | Philadelphia | Sanders said, "The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent." His repeats a finding from a study by two internationally respected economists, and others back up the study’s results. But the study has been criticized, for example, for not including Social Security in the wealth... |
11,142 | 2 | In Houston, Texas, today, there are no homeless veterans. | December 28, 2015 | homeless | jeb bush | Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush. | texas | 14 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | remarks at a Florida campaign stop | Bush said that "In Houston, Texas today, there are no homeless veterans." Houston is one of a handful of cities nationwide that have "effectively" ended veteran homelessness by revamping their resources and systems to handle all veterans who seek support. The city’s success in that regard has been measured by benchmark... |
18,176 | 5 | Says the U.S. Senate is "dominated by millionaires" and that he is "not one of them. | July 30, 2020 | new jersey;coronavirus | cory booker | Cory Booker is a senator from New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2013, making him the first African-American senator from New Jersey and the first African-American elected to the Senate since Barack Obama in 2004. Booker served as mayor of Newark from 2006 until 2013. He has a bachelor's degree in politi... | national | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | an interview | Booker said that the Senate is "dominated by millionaires" and that he is "not one of them." Roughly two-thirds of U.S. senators are millionaires, and no, Booker isn’t one of them, data show. We rate this statement . |
6,004 | 2 | Says U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has 'no problem with raising taxes.' | July 13, 2012 | federal budget;message machine 2012;taxes | club for growth | The Club for Growth is an anti-tax group. | wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | a television ad | In the current campaign, Hovde has made it clear he wants dramatically lower taxes and would not raise rates, while staying open to a net revenue increase from loophole elimination as part of a massive spending-and-tax-cut deal. That doesn’t square with the breezy portrayal of Hovde as having "no problem raising taxes.... |
9,549 | 2 | Republicans "made it easier to buy a gun" in states they won in 2010. | October 10, 2014 | punditfact;guns | mark shields | Mark Shields is a syndicated columnist and an analyst for the PBS NewsHour. | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | a broadcast of PBS' "Newshour" | Shields said that when Republicans took control of state legislatures in 2010 they made it easier to buy a gun. Out of 16 states won by the GOP, three passed laws that relaxed the rules for some gun buyers. The experts we reached said the changes were modest and not as widespread as Shields implied. We rate the . |
13,778 | 3 | Since I've been the state treasurer, we've increased the building, construction of affordable housing by 80 percent. | August 13, 2017 | housing;the 2018 california governor's race | john chiang | John Chiang is California's state treasurer. He is also a Democratic candidate for the 2018 governor's race. | california | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | a Facebook live video | California State Treasurer John Chiang recently claimed he’s helped boost "the building, construction of affordable housing by 80 percent" since he took office in 2015. Data from the treasurer’s office show an 83 percent increase in the construction -- and rehabilitation -- of affordable housing units from 2014 through... |
20,227 | 1 | All" Americans in Afghanistan who "have wanted to come out have come out. | September 3, 2021 | afghanistan;foreign policy | charles schumer | Charles Schumer is a Democratic senator from New York and the Senate majority leader. | null | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | an interview with WSYR-TV | Schumer said that among Americans in Afghanistan, "all" who "have wanted to come out have come out." That’s ; the State Department has acknowledged that there are still "somewhere around 100" American citizens who want to leave Afghanistan. Schumer’s office later said that he had misspoken. We rate the statement . |
4,398 | 0 | The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer" Obama's health care mandate. | October 11, 2011 | health care;new hampshire 2012 | jon huntsman | Jon Huntsman was the governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. He served as ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011. He is a Republican candidate for president in 2012. | national | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Hanover, N.H | Huntsman’s estimates the IRS employees, rather than IRS agents, that will be tied to the health care bill. But Huntsman when he says the IRS plans for almost 20,000 employees to administer the mandate. Really it was Ways and Means Committee Republicans, taking only the high end of the CBO's cost predictions, which fl... |
9,005 | 4 | Republican candidate for governor Allan Fung "donated to Democrats like Congressman David Cicilline, disgraced (House) speaker Gordon Fox and even Mr. Obamacare, Harry Reid. | June 17, 2014 | bipartisanship;campaign finance;candidate biography;debates | kenneth block | Kenneth Block is a software engineer and president of Simpatico Software Systems. He founded Rhode Island's Moderate Party and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2010. He switched to the Republican Party in 2013 and made an unsuccessful run for Rhode Island Governor in 2014. | rhode island | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | a debate | Ken Block said Allan Fung "donated to Democrats like Congressman David Cicilline, disgraced [House] speaker Gordon Fox and even Mr. Obamacare, Harry Reid." His statement is to the extent that Fung donated once to each of those politicians. But his characterizations of the recipients were . He referred to Cicilline as ... |
4,483 | 3 | Says Texas unemployment is dire in various ways such as a doubling in the jobless rate during Rick Perry's governorship. Also, the Texas rate has increased faster than the national rate during Barack Obama's presidency. | October 26, 2011 | economy;jobs | mitt romney | Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. ... | texas | 31 | 33 | 58 | 35 | 32 | 19 | a press release | Each of Romney’s Texas-tied jobless claims is factually supported, yet his claims fuel a impression — that the Texas governor has guided its economy into a ditch. To the contrary, the Texas economy has fared relatively well for more than 20 years. Besides, it’s unreasonable to blame, or credit, a state’s governor for ... |
17,765 | 4 | Says President Donald Trump "took more than a month to allocate Congress' emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued. | May 21, 2020 | economy;health care;public health;coronavirus | joe biden | Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee.... | null | 25 | 64 | 65 | 52 | 55 | 7 | a statement | Mehta said he would not give the Treasury department a deadline for disbursing the rest of the funds, but if it took the department double the amount of time Congress directed for the disbursement, "then the question of egregiousness becomes a closer one than it is today." Biden said Trump "took more than a month to al... |
2,219 | 3 | Proposed tax changes are a "handout" to BP. | September 2, 2010 | environment;cap and trade;climate change;corporations;energy;foreign policy;message machine 2010;oil spill | national taxpayers union | The National Taxpayers Union is an advocacy group that supports "lower taxes and smaller government at all levels" | national | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | a television commercial | According to BP's website, it is the largest oil and gas producer and one of the largest gasoline retailers in the United States, as well as the largest non-U.S. company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. And U.S.-based subsidiaries of foreign companies, including BP's U.S. subsidiaries, qualify for Section 199 cre... |
8,770 | 4 | The Cathedral of Christ the King is one of the Archdiocese of Atlanta's largest and fastest-growing parishes. | March 31, 2014 | religion | wilton gregory | Wilton Gregory is the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. He was installed on January 17, 2005. In November 2001, he was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops following three years as vice president. Gregory is originally from Chicago. | georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | the Georgia Bulletin, the Catholic newspaper | And is it one of the diocese’s fastest-growing churches. The data we were provided say yes. But they allowed only a limited comparison, and the information could not be independently verified. We rate the archbishop’s statement . Top 10 parishes in 2013 1997 Registration Data 2013 Registration Data % Growth # Growth St... |
17,317 | 3 | Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns. | January 20, 2020 | history;guns | eric burlison | Eric Burlison, a Republican, is a Missouri state senator. Previously, he served in the state House. | missouri | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a tweet | Our ruling Burlison tweeted that "the American Revolution began when they came for the guns. " His tweet was a dramatic simplification of history There were many factors at play that sparked the American Revolution. It was caused by a lack of economic freedom and representation in the government and more. That said... |
16,726 | 1 | Says Nancy Pelosi said, "It is dangerous to let the voters decide Trump's fate. | November 19, 2019 | fake news;impeachment;facebook fact-checks | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a Facebook post | Emanuel did not say he was quoting Pelosi directly, but his paraphrase is distorted. Pelosi said waiting for the election is dangerous because she believes the president is "jeopardizing the integrity of the 2020 elections." She did not say it’s "dangerous to allow voters to decide Trump’s fate." Emanuel, Trump’s tweet... |
1,254 | 0 | President Obama "doesn't ... want to admit we're at war. | December 30, 2009 | terrorism | dick cheney | Dick Cheney served as Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 in the administration of George W. Bush. | national | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | a statement to Politico | His remarks here go beyond opinion because he repeatedly says that Obama won't acknowledge that the United States is at war. But even a cursory examination of Obama's statements shows this one is preposterous. Obama has often said the United States is at war against terrorist organizations -- and has ordered a massive ... |
2,417 | 3 | Said state insurance commissioner candidate Ralph Hudgens "fights hard" to strip women of life-saving coverage such as mammograms. | October 5, 2010 | health care;women | mary squires | Mary Squires, a former state senator, is running for state Insurance Commissioner.
| georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a newspaper interview | Women could have to pay a premium to buy it. But saying Hudgens fought to "strip women of life-saving coverages like mammograms" is an overstatement. He fought to take away mandatory coverage. Squires' statement is accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. That means it meets PolitiFact'... |
8,824 | 1 | Under David Dewhurst's leadership, the Texas "Senate passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants. | April 28, 2014 | immigration;education;health care;voting record | dan patrick | As a Houston state senator, Dan Patrick won election as lieutenant governor of Texas in November 2014 after earlier defeating incumbent David Dewhurst for his party's nomination. Patrick also has hosted a daily talk show on AM700 in Houston. | texas | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | a TV ad | Patrick said the Dewhurst-led Senate "passed an expansion of in-state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants." Block that kick. First of all, lawmakers signed off on in-state tuition for undocumented students in 2001--before Dewhurst became lieutenant governor--while the 2005 legislation cited by Patrick la... |
11,045 | 4 | In France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States. | December 6, 2015 | homeland security;terrorism | rand paul | Rand Paul, a U.S. senator from Kentucky elected in 2010. He ran for president in 2016 before dropping out to seek re-election to the Senate. Paul is a medical doctor and an ophthalmologist. His father is Ron Paul, a 2008 presidential candidate and a former member of Congress from Texas. | national | 12 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 4 | an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press' | Paul said that "in France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States.’ " The term "a thousandfold" is impossible to measure and is presumably a rhetorical flourish on Paul’s part. Still, we found five notable areas in which the French system offers law enforcement and gover... |
14,101 | 4 | Missouri "is leading the country when it comes to improving services for mental and behavioral health. Innovation is happening right here. | October 13, 2017 | health care | roy blunt | Roy Blunt is the junior U.S. senator from Missouri. He was formerly a U.S. representative from Missouri’s 7th district, and served for six years as the Republican whip in that chamber. | missouri | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | a speech | Blunt said Missouri "is leading the country when it comes to improving services for mental and behavioral health." Under the demonstration program sponsored by Blunt, Missouri will start reporting real behavioral health measures to the federal government. The reports will include information regarding time between requ... |
14,364 | 1 | When I was campaigning, I was talking about 18 and 20 years (when) wages effectively went down. Now, for the first time in a long time, they're starting to go up for people. | March 8, 2018 | economy;workers | donald trump | Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In N... | national | 36 | 85 | 120 | 194 | 360 | 179 | remarks before a Cabinet meeting | Trump said, "When I was campaigning, I was talking about 18 and 20 years (when) wages effectively went down. Now, for the first time in a long time, they're starting to go up for people." Wage growth during the two-decade period Trump is referencing was modest, even sluggish, but wages didn’t go down over that period, ... |
5,651 | 2 | Says Tom Barrett "voted to ban 15 different kinds of guns, even a lot of common deer rifles. | May 16, 2012 | animals;message machine 2012;public safety;guns | national rifle association | An advocacy group that fights restrictions on the right to bear arms. | wisconsin | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | a radio ad | The statement holds an element of in that some deer hunters used some of the weapons. But the statement ignores facts that create a different impression. Experts agreed that the once-banned weapons were not commonly used for deer hunting. We rate the . (You can comment on this item on the Journal Sentinel's web page ... |
21,603 | 2 | Recent research suggests that 15% of abortions are the result of coercion. | May 25, 2022 | abortion;women | tweets | Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets. | national | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 98 | 39 | a tweet | Tweets claimed that research suggests that 15% of abortions are the result of coercion. The figure is based on a survey of about 1,000 women in the U.K. About 15% of the survey’s participants said they had experienced pressure to terminate a pregnancy when they didn't want to. Contrary to the tweet, the women did not ... |
17,052 | 1 | Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black "is Romney's national security advisor" and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan. | January 31, 2020 | candidate biography;corrections and updates;foreign policy;facebook fact-checks | committee to defend the president | The Committee to Defend the President is a political action committee that supports President Donald Trump's re-election. | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | a Facebook post | A Facebook post says that Romney voted against convicting Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black "is Romney’s national security advisor" and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan. The meme mixes a few facts with several inaccuracies to make an unsupported assertion. Black was an advisor to R... |
6,462 | 2 | We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes. | September 13, 2012 | message machine 2012;negative campaigning;voting record | josh mandel | Josh Mandel, a Republican from Lyndhurst, is a Marine veteran who served two tours in Iraq. He served as Ohio treasurer from 2011 to 2019. Before that, he was a state representative from the 17th Ohio House District. He unsuccessfully challenged Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in the 2012 US Senate race. Mandel is ... | ohio | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | a campaign commercial | It doesn’t mention those missed votes were spread over more than 19 years that includes Brown’s time in the U.S. House of Representatives and during that time more than 10,000 votes occurred. Brown’s voting attendance record throughout his congressional career - including time missed because of car crash injuries - is ... |
669 | 2 | Palin "stopped the Bridge to Nowhere. | September 8, 2008 | transportation | john mccain | John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona, a post he held from 1987 to his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. McCain was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent his career in the military, as his father did. He was a combat pilo... | national | 37 | 37 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 8 | a TV ad | So, no, Palin wasn't the only one who stopped the bridge. The project was facing nationwide opposition and the state, which could have built the bridge anyway, had already spent much of the money on higher priorities. Palin didn't kill it, she just performed the last rites. And the ad is because it cites a newspaper a... |
4,047 | 2 | Tax increases under Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm led to state unemployment going from 6.8 percent to 15.3 percent. | July 31, 2011 | economy;jobs;state budget;states;taxes | raul labrador | Raul Labrador, a Republican, was elected in 2010 to represent a district in Idaho in the U.S. House of Representatives. | national | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" | Even though Labrador ignored the revised numbers, we consider his recap of the arc of Michigan unemployment to be fair. However, while higher taxes may have boosted unemployment on the margins, most of the available suggests that Michigan’s rise in unemployment tracked the course of the national recession, simply to a... |
7,833 | 3 | Unlike you and me, Congress gets to keep up to $11,000 a year in taxpayer subsidies" under Obamacare. | September 6, 2013 | health care | karen handel | Karen Handel is the former secretary of state of Georgia. She is also the former chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Handel, a Republican, lost the runoff for the GOP nomination for Georgia governor in 2010. | georgia | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | a radio ad | Millions of Americans could get them, based on their incomes. Members of Congress and the high-paid members of their staffs are unique in one important sense. They far exceed the income caps put on the subsidies for average Americans. Handel’s statement is partially accurate, but it needs a lot of context to be fully u... |
5,744 | 3 | When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average, and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom. | June 4, 2012 | economy;jobs | barack obama | Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his l... | new hampshire | 124 | 165 | 163 | 71 | 71 | 9 | New Hampshire and around the U.S | Obama used accurate figures for the number and rate of manufacturing job losses in Massachusetts under Romney. He also gives the correct ranking for Massachusetts’ job creation during Romney’s tenure. But Obama exaggerated Romney’s impact on the Bay State job market, an impact that experts stress is minor at best. Also... |
21,175 | 1 | Photo shows Nicole Kidman reacting to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. | March 27, 2022 | facebook fact-checks | viral image | Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny b... | null | 4 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 711 | 331 | a Facebook post | The photo was taken by Los Angeles Times photographer Myung Chun . Vulture reported that it was posted to Getty Images hours before the altercation between Smith and Rock happened, during the untelevised first hour of the ceremony. Chun told Vulture that Kidman appeared to be excited to spot actress Jessica Chastain ... |
10,532 | 2 | I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent. | June 4, 2015 | immigration;criminal justice;crime | rick perry | Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016. | texas | 26 | 24 | 43 | 30 | 31 | 18 | his speech declaring his candidacy for president | Perry said: "I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent." His statistic holds up, but Perry didn’t provide nor did we find proof the decrease resulted from the Texas surge. To be specific, Border Patrol apprehensions in the ta... |
14,953 | 1 | Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is "very unpopular. | August 13, 2018 | elections;polls and public opinion | donald trump | Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In N... | ohio | 36 | 85 | 120 | 194 | 360 | 179 | a tweet | Trump said in a tweet that Kasich is "very unpopular." Polls have consistently shown that Kasich has had a positive approval rating for years. His current approval rating in Ohio is 52 percent approval, with 36 percent disapproval. We rate this . |
2,323 | 4 | On Lee Fisher's watch, "almost nine out of 10" jobs that Ohio lost were lost to other states, "not to other countries. | September 14, 2010 | economy | rob portman | Rob Portman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is a former Republican congressman who also was a U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George H.W. Bush. | ohio | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | an appearance at The Plain Dealer | It lost 1,125 more when companies closed operations in one part of the state but relocated elsewhere in Ohio. And it lost 842 jobs when companies moved operations abroad. This is out of 264,016 jobs counted as lost altogether in this particular series of reports -- reports that ODJFS spokesman Ben Johnson say capture j... |
13,664 | 4 | We're spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent. | July 9, 2017 | economy;health care;public health | mike gallagher | Republican Mike Gallagher of Green Bay was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2016. He is the senior global market strategist at Breakthrough Fuel, a Green Bay supply chain fuel management company. Gallagher previously served as a human intelligence and counterintelligence officer in the U.S. Mari... | wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | a TV interview | Gallagher said "We're spending 18 percent of our GDP on health care while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent." His number for the U.S. spending is on target, but the one he uses for other industrialized nations is a bit low. That said, he's right about his major point: The U.S. has long o... |
18,821 | 1 | Any votes counted after midnight" on Election Day in Michigan "are fraud. | November 4, 2020 | elections;facebook fact-checks | viral image | Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny b... | michigan | 4 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 711 | 331 | a Facebook post | "Workers who have been counting them throughout the night continue to count them today," she said. By about 8 p.m. that day, all of Michigan’s votes had been tabulated, Benson said, and counties were in the final stages of reporting them out for the canvassing process to begin, the Detroit Free Press reported . W... |
1,264 | 1 | Says Bill White is for gay marriage. | December 2, 2009 | lgbtq;marriage | republican party of texas | The Republican Party of Texas says it promotes a conservative government philosophy in the Lone Star state. | texas | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | a Web ad | "As mayor, I avoid commenting on state and federal laws and policies I do not influence. I intend to vote 'no' on the proposed state constitutional amendment to protest its use as a wedge issue," White told Houston's GLBT Political Caucus Political Action Committee, according to a 2005 Houston Chronicle article that th... |
3,626 | 1 | In the U.S. Constitution, "there's a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. | May 21, 2011 | history | herman cain | Herman Cain is an author, columnist and talk radio host. Cain, a former pizza franchise CEO, ran for president as a Republican in 2012. | georgia | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | a speech announcing his presidential run | "No court makes a legal decision based on the Declaration of Independence," Wilkes said. With his first speech as a bona fide candidate, Cain joins a long, bipartisan line of presidential hopefuls who have succumbed to foot-in-mouth disease. They include Cain’s foe, President Barack Obama, who accidentally said there w... |
3,522 | 4 | America owns 3 percent of the world's oil but consumes 25 percent of its global reserves. | May 3, 2011 | energy | gerry connolly | Gerald E. “Gerry” Connolly, a Democrat, has represented Virginia's 11th Congressional District in Congress since 2009. The district encompasses Fairfax County, Prince William County, and Fairfax City in Northern Virginia.
Connolly serves on the House Budget Committee, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Ho... | national | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | a House floor speech | That works out to 22 percent -- a little low, but once again, in the right ballpark. When we checked with Connolly’s office, they sent us a few documents with figures more in line with the ones the congressman had cited, but when we looked at them, we noticed that they cited statistics from between 1999 and 2004. So we... |
11,193 | 0 | Obamacare "is the biggest job-killer in this country -- millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work. | January 28, 2016 | health care | ted cruz | Ted Cruz is a U.S. Senator from Texas, first elected in 2012. Cruz also was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney... | national | 8 | 22 | 21 | 48 | 47 | 11 | comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate | Cruz said that Obamacare cost the country millions of jobs and had forced millions into working part-time. The government’s employment surveys show no sign of that occurring. By every measure, millions more people are working and millions fewer are stuck unwillingly in part-time work since the time the Affordable Care ... |
5,824 | 5 | Says the federal health care law upheld by the Supreme Court "has improved or saved the lives of more than 4,000 Texans" otherwise prevented from obtaining health coverage due to pre-existing conditions. | June 28, 2012 | health care | becky moeller | Becky Moeller, head of the 235,000-member Texas AFL-CIO labor federation since 2007, became the first female statewide elected official in the group in 2003 by becoming its secretary-treasurer, according to biographical information posted by the group. She announced in 2014 plans to step down in July 2015. Before comi... | texas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a statement reacting to the Supreme Court decision upholding the law | Moeller’s count of the Texans benefiting from newly having insurance despite pre-existing conditions is a bit understated. And while there’s no certainty that every beneficiary saw their lives improved or saved, we agree that's a reasonable supposition. We rate the . |
21,238 | 1 | 2004 video shows Anthony Fauci is ignoring science on natural immunity with regard to COVID-19. | April 1, 2022 | public health;science;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus | facebook posts | Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 | a post | Social media users are using a 2004 video of Fauci praising the strength of natural immunity to influenza to suggest he’s ignoring that science when it comes to COVID-19. Fauci’s comments in that video were specific to a question from a woman who was suffering from influenza. COVID-19 is a different and more deadly vir... |
20,077 | 4 | When Terry McAuliffe was governor, "Unemployment went down in every single county, including rural Virginia by nearly 50%. | July 23, 2021 | economy;jobs | joe biden | Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee.... | virginia | 25 | 64 | 65 | 52 | 55 | 7 | a speech | Biden is right on the first part; each Virginia locality did see a drop in unemployment during McAuliffe’s term from 2014 to 2018. McAuliffe governed during boom years and unemployment rates fell in every state. The second part of Biden’s statement, that unemployment decreased by almost 50 percent in rural Virginia, is... |
23,275 | 0 | U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "How can the Titanic submersible run out of air if you breathe both in and out? I feel like this is more fake news BS. | July 12, 2023 | facebook fact-checks | viral image | Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny b... | null | 4 | 13 | 35 | 53 | 711 | 331 | an Instagram post | But searching Twitter for that account reveals it’s not actually from Greene’s press shop. Its bio makes clear that it’s a parody account. Searching for news reports or other sources corroborating that Greene actually made such a statement, we found none. We also found no that Greene’s authentic Twitter accounts... |
9,262 | 0 | Obamacare "prevents (Florida) from regulating insurance. | August 6, 2014 | health care;regulation | republican party of florida | The Republican Party of Florida represents Republicans in Florida. | florida | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 4 | a Facebook Q&A with Charlie Crist | The Republican Party of Florida said Obamacare "prevents (Florida) from regulating insurance." That’s not at all the case. The Affordable Care Act says if states can regulate premiums, they should. States only have to bring laws up to minimum Obamacare requirements. The federal government only intervenes in states that... |
4,627 | 3 | U.S. Rep. Connie Mack "voted to raise his own pay several times. | October 27, 2011 | federal budget;income | george lemieux | George LeMieux is a former U.S. Senator from Florida. He was appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist in 2009 to fill the unexpired term of Sen. Mel Martinez and served until January 2011. | florida | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | a press release | LeMieux is to say Mack voted to raise his pay, because he never did. Instead, Mack cast procedural votes that effectively allowed automatic pay raises to stand in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The practical effect of those votes meant Mack saw raises. On the flip side, LeMieux omitted that in 2009 and 2010 Mack took some votes... |
17,226 | 1 | Says "every time" the DSCC endorsed someone in North Carolina's U.S. Senate primary, "and the person they didn't support was black, the candidate they picked ended up losing. | February 20, 2020 | elections;party support | william barber | Rev. William Barber is the president of the North Carolina NAACP. | north carolina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | a tweet | Barber said that "every time" the Democratic establishment overlooked a black candidate and endorsed someone else in the U.S. Senate primary, that candidate went on to lose. Records show that there was a black candidate, Marcus Williams, in the 2008 U.S. Senate race. That year, the DSCC backed Kay Hagan in the primary... |
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