Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: Donald Trump’s rally spotlighted the Biden, Trump economies. We fact-checked the graphics
Before former President Donald Trump spoke for 90 minutes in Durham, New Hampshire, his team compared Trump’s record with President Joe Biden’s record by projecting… Read More
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Fact Check: Looking back at PolitiFact’s Lies of the Year, 2009-2022
Wait a minute … that can’t be true. Through the year, we at PolitiFact say that a lot, as we fact-check false statements from the… Read More
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Fact Check: Here is PolitiFact readers’ pick for 2023 Lie of the Year
It’s time to announce PolitiFact readers’ pick for 2023 Lie of the Year — and it’s a close one. PolitiFact awards the Lie of the… Read More
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Fact Check: Did Wisconsin’s governor reject Iowa modeled redistricting plan he had earlier endorsed?
The State of Wisconsin’s redistricting process has been fraught for years, facing government deadlocks and interventions from the federal courts. The fall 2023 legislative… Read More
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Fact Check: Vivek Ramaswamy says Iowa can’t use eminent domain to build CO2 pipelines. That remains to be seen.
In campaign stops, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has been railing against the government using eminent domain to build carbon capture pipelines on private land. … Read More
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A Video Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary
In December 2003, then-FactCheck.org Director Brooks Jackson published the first articles on our website. At the time, Brooks was the only journalist on staff, and… Read More
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Fact Check: No se ha aprobado un permiso de portación oculta de armas para todos en Estados Unidos
Un video en Facebook asegura que los residentes en Estados Unidos pueden conseguir en cuestión de minutos una licencia para portar armas ocultas. “La administración… Read More
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Fact Check: This video does not prove that Hillary Clinton is a reptile
Old video of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is circulating online, and some social media users are making cold-blooded claims. A Dec. 16 Instagram… Read More
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Fact Check: Este video muestra a actores, y no a pasajero de avión con alzhéimer
Un video popular en TikTok muestra a un pasajero de avión aparentemente desorientado y enojado, pero eventualmente se calma cuando una mujer y otros pasajeros… Read More
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Fact Check: Trump said the Biden administration wants to ‘make our army tanks all electric.’ That’s False
Former President Donald Trump said at a recent New Hampshire rally that President Joe Biden is imposing his climate agenda on the U.S. military. “The… Read More