Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: Gavin Newsom’s Mostly False claim about Ron DeSantis’ support of amnesty for immigrants
Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, “lacks any credibility” on immigration,” California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, said during a Fox News debate in Alpharetta, Georgia. Although… Read More
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Fact Check: How generative AI could help foreign adversaries influence U.S. elections
We’ve seen it before: Foreign adversaries, seeking to influence U.S. elections, deploy bots and trolls to infiltrate social media platforms. In 2016 and 2019, the… Read More
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Biden Spins the Facts in Campaign Speech
At a campaign reception in Denver, President Joe Biden distorted some of the facts and the position of his predecessor: Biden claimed that the U.S.… Read More
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Fact Check: Wisconsin lawmaker’s claim on immigrants voting in local DC elections is “Mostly True”
One of the perks of being a citizen is voting in local elections, but recent election cycles have put regulations under scrutiny. One such regulation… Read More
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Fact Check: Readers’ choice: Vote for PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year
It’s time for one of PolitiFact’s favorite traditions: learning what our readers think we should pick as the annual Lie of the Year. PolitiFact awards… Read More
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Fact Check: El papa Francisco no usó, ni inventó una cruz LGBT
Una imagen en X declara que el papa Francisco acaba de inventar una cruz LGBT. Pero la imagen del papa con una cruz multicolor fue… Read More
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Fact Check: ¿Quiere Ron DeSantis recortar el Seguro Social y Medicare? Acá su récord y declaraciones
Un anuncio en español reproducido en las estaciones de radio del sur de la Florida retrata la conversación de una madre e hija que lamentan… Read More
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Post Misrepresents Condition of Israeli Hostages Released by Hamas
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take More than 100 hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack on… Read More
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Fact Check: Johnson’s line on how to register to be a poll worker is Mostly True
With the 2024 presidential contest less than one year away, parties are beginning to mobilize voters and clerks are starting their election preparations. That includes… Read More
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Our Annual Fundraising Appeal
FactCheck.org started 20 years ago this month with one journalist, and a part-time assistant, who had a mission to serve as a “consumer advocate” for… Read More