Category: Fact Check
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Fact Check: This video from George Floyd’s death isn’t new, as Megyn Kelly said in a Facebook post
A Facebook post from Megyn Kelly’s SiriusXM podcast, “The Megyn Kelly Show” promises to show viewers “new police bodycam footage” of George Floyd’s arrest “that… Read More
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Fact Check: Fact-checking Karine Jean-Pierre on this year’s Thanksgiving costs
On the same day Joe Biden held the annual presidential “turkey pardon,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre used Thanksgiving to make a point about… Read More
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Fact Check: Did Pete Buttigieg say Joe Biden is unfit to serve? No, this video is miscaptioned
A viral video on Facebook showed a heated exchange between U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a Democrat. In a 2022… Read More
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Fact Check: How viable is Donald Trump’s 2024 immigration plan?
Building mass detention camps, suspending the refugee program and invoking a centuries-old law to deport people without due process. A key adviser told The New… Read More
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Fact Check: No, Israel has not changed its barcode
Are innocuous black and white bar codes on consumer product packages telling a story of political deception? That’s what one TikTok video claims. Above a… Read More
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Fact Check: Footage of Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6, 2021, doesn’t prove Capitol attack was staged
Following news that House Speaker Mike Johnson would release 44,000 hours of footage from Jan. 6, 2021, social media users are claiming pre-existing videos of… Read More
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The Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner with a Side of Partisan Spin
As Americans gather for the Thanksgiving holiday, both the White House and the Republican National Committee have served up some political spin: They claimed this… Read More
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Fact Check: Israel-Hamas war: What we know about ‘beheaded babies’
Editor’s note: This story contains references and links to graphic images and videos. The story is a revised version of one we published Oct. 20.… Read More
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Cruz Distorts Facts on Biden Support for Israel
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. In a Fox News interview about the Israel-Hamas war, Sen. Ted Cruz said “literally from… Read More
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Fact Check: How you can support PolitiFact’s independent fact-checking this giving season
This Thanksgiving at PolitiFact, we’re giving thanks for fact-checking. We believe strongly that accountability fact-checking is at the heart of an informed public and a… Read More