Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of politicians and pundits in 2023
Before we turn the calendar to 2024, we want to reflect. From its beginnings, PolitiFact has focused on examining politicians’ statements and rating them for… Read More
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Fact Check: No hay evidencia de que un influencer palestino sea un ‘actor de crisis’ en Gaza
Un influencer en las redes sociales ha publicado videos desde la Franja de Gaza sobre sucesos de la guerra entre Israel y Hamas. Saleh Aljafarawi,… Read More
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Post Spreads Misleading Information About Texas Abortion Case
SciCheck Digest Kate Cox petitioned to be allowed to have an abortion in Texas to “protect her life, health, and future fertility,” after receiving news… Read More
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Fact Check: ‘How is this not a Pants on Fire?’: What PolitiFact readers thought of recent fact-checks
Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire are preparing to cast ballots in the presidential primary in January. At PolitiFact, we fact-checked the Republican candidates… Read More
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Fact Check: PolitiFact en Español: 5 cosas Ridículas y Falsas que verificamos en 2023
PolitiFact en Español verificó más de 125 declaraciones en 2023, calificando algunas como Ridículas y Falsas por su nivel de absurdidad. Nosotros determinamos la calificación de… Read More
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Fact Check: Christie’s claim on Trump’s China trade deal is on the right track, but hinges on the math
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Republican presidential candidates on the 2024 campaign trail are unwaveringly critical of China, and often of U.S. policy toward the economic giant.… Read More
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Fact Check: Donald Trump claimed the Lincoln Project used AI to make him ‘look bad.’ But the clips are real
Truth Social post by Donald Trump (archived), Dec. 5, 2023 The Lincoln Project, “Feeble,” Dec. 4, 2023 The Lincoln Project, “Welcome to the clown show…,”… Read More
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Fact Check: Biden’s net worth is around $10 million, not $41 million
Before he was vice president or president, Joe Biden was one of Congress’ least wealthy members. Now one critic says Biden’s net worth more than… Read More
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Fact Check: Haley is correct that fentanyl deaths top casualties from 3 wars combined
ATKINSON, N.H. — Addressing a conference room full of New Hampshire voters, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley shared a grave statistic about the synthetic opioid… Read More
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Fact Check: No, all Gaza school children have not been killed in Israel-Hamas war
The Israel Hamas war has been particularly deadly for Gaza’s children, but one social media post overstated the toll in a claim about children’s deaths. … Read More