Category: Fact Check

The sight was unbelievable: a speeding car became airborne, crashed and burst into flames near the U.S.-Canada border. Two people were killed and another was… Read More

In the weeks since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, violence has also erupted in the West Bank. But some social media users are misconstruing… Read More

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took some heat this summer when he told a group of Iowans how he’d reduce the size of the federal workforce… Read More

A new ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee claims U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin voted to send hundreds of millions of dollars to Iran that… Read More

Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza’s largest hospital and a major shelter for Palestinian civilians, became a focal point in the Israel-Hamas war after Israel Defense Forces raided… Read More

A TikTok user sought to causally connect two hot-button concerns: inflation in the U.S. and overseas wars. The Nov. 18 post features a narrator who… Read More

In his campaign for an open U.S. Senate seat, Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., is trying to portray Republican Gov. Jim Justice, his rival for the… Read More

Nearly three years after the violent breach on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a lawmaker presented FBI director Christopher Wray with a new… Read More

On Oct. 20, PolitiFact and Poynter published a story headlined, “How politicians, media outlets amplified uncorroborated report of beheaded babies.” We explained how reports of… Read More