# claims

text: Rahul Gandhi claim that each Rafale was Rs 526 Cr, instead of Rs 1,670 cr,
claimant: Rahul Gandhi Speeech
claim_date: 2020-07-31T04:30:43Z
title: Rahul's claim that each Rafale was Rs 526 Cr, instead of Rs 1,670 cr, is FALSE
review_date: 2020-07-31T04:30:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/rahuls-claim-that-each-rafale-fighter-jet-would-have-costed-only-rs-526-crore-instead-of-rs-1670-cr-as-said-by-modi-govt-is-false/


text: Video of Lata Mangeshkar before her demise
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-02-09T13:18:14Z
title: Fact Check: Old footage of Lata Mangeshkar shared as her last video
review_date: 2022-02-09T13:18:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-footage-of-lata-mangeshkar-shared-as-her-last-video-691133


text: Media outlets report the accused of the Delhi ASI stabbing case as Mohammad Anish.
claimant: Media outlets, Social Media
claim_date: 2023-01-12T11:27:43Z
title: Delhi ASI stabbing case: Media outlets falsely claim accused was Mohammad Anish
review_date: 2023-01-12T11:27:43Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/delhi-asi-stabbing-case-media-outlets-falsely-claim-accused-was-mohammad-anish-706477


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-07-04T13:46:37Z
review_date: 2022-07-04T13:46:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
A video of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) attempting to catch a crocodile is from the recent Assam floods.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-this-video-of-ndrf-team-trying-to-catch-a-crocodile-is-not-linked-to-recent-assam-floods-697360

title:
Fact Check: This video of NDRF team trying to catch a crocodile is not linked to recent Assam floods


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-16T05:24:47Z
url: https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/ban-on-old-vehicles-stays-viral-claim-is-fake-708155
title: Ban on old vehicles stays, viral claim is fake
review_date: 2023-02-16T05:24:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has lifted the ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles and 15-year-old petrol vehicles.


text: Telangana man gets tattoo of Cyberabad CP Sajjanar on his arm
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-09-24T04:13:44Z
title: Fact Check: YES, Telangana man gets tattoo of Cyberabad CP Sajjanar on his arm !!
review_date: 2020-09-24T04:13:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-yes-ranga-reddy-farmer-gets-tattoo-of-cyberabad-commissioner-of-police-on-his-arm/


text: Video of Nihang Sikhs vandalizing bus related to farmers’ protest
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-02-06T09:02:08Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Nihang Sikhs vandalizing bus not related to farmers' protest
review_date: 2021-02-06T09:02:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-video-of-nihang-sikhs-vandalizing-bus-not-related-to-farmers-protest-673812


text: Woman was arrested for killing her rapists
claimant: Facebook User
claim_date: 2021-11-29T11:39:35Z
title: FACT CHECK: Woman in viral video arrested for killing her fiancé, not rapists
review_date: 2021-11-29T11:39:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-woman-in-viral-video-arrested-for-killing-her-fianc-not-rapists-687017


text: The video shows Drake playing Lata Mangeshkar’s song at a concert.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-11-12T10:06:07Z
title: Doctored video shows Drake playing Lata Mangeshkar's song at a concert
review_date: 2022-11-12T10:06:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/doctored-video-shows-drake-playing-lata-mangeshkars-song-at-a-concert-703482


text: Protesting farmers removed Indian Flag at Red Fort
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-01-26T12:52:17Z
title: Fact Check: Protesting farmers did not remove Indian Flag at Red Fort
review_date: 2021-01-26T12:52:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-protesting-farmers-did-not-remove-indian-flag-at-red-fort-673336


claimant: Media Organisations
claim_date: 2022-12-19T12:41:18Z
title: Old image of minister Kiren Rijiju passed off as his recent visit to Tawang
review_date: 2022-12-19T12:41:18Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
The photo shows Kiren Rijiju meeting Indian soldiers at Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, following the recent clash between Indian and Chinese troops.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/old-image-of-minister-kiren-rijiju-passed-off-as-his-recent-visit-to-tawang-705247


text: farmer cultivating hop shoots
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-04-05T07:50:35Z
title: Is Bihar farmer cultivating 'hop shoots'? Viral pictures tell different story
review_date: 2021-04-05T07:50:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/is-bihar-farmer-cultivating-hop-shoots-viral-pictures-tell-different-story-676459


text: The video shows the launch of Chandrayaan-3.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-07-18T09:46:47Z
title: Fact Check: Video of SpaceX rocket shared as visuals of Chandrayaan-3 launch
review_date: 2023-07-18T09:46:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-spacex-rocket-shared-as-visuals-of-chandrayaan-3-launch-715161


text: Tata has launched a new taxi service Cab-e in Mumbai and Pune.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-04-04T08:30:24Z
title: Fact Check: Tata has not launched e-taxi service, viral post is false
review_date: 2022-04-04T08:30:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-tata-has-not-launched-e-taxi-service-viral-post-is-false-693806


text: AAP winning upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-10-20T12:32:19Z
title: Digitally altered graphic predicts AAP's victory in Gujarat Assembly polls
review_date: 2022-10-20T12:32:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/digitally-altered-graphic-predicts-aaps-victory-in-gujarat-assembly-polls-702390


text: Flags hoisted atop houses in Jalandhar have Pakistan link
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2019-11-09T07:34:02Z
title: Flagging a dubious claim: Flags hoisted atop houses in Jalandhar have no Pakistan link
review_date: 2019-11-09T07:34:02Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/flagging-a-dubious-claim-flags-hoisted-atop-houses-in-jalandhar-have-no-pakistan-link/


text: Video of Bajrang Dal workers going to Kawardha
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-15T05:30:42Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Punjab rally passed off as Bajrang Dal march in Chhattisgarh
review_date: 2021-10-15T05:30:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-video-of-punjab-rally-passed-off-as-bajrang-dal-march-in-chhattisgarh-684592


text: Popular Sri Lankan singer has been appointed as the cultural ambassador.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-01T03:45:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Indian High Commission appoint Sri Lankan singer Yohani as cultural ambassador?
review_date: 2021-10-01T03:45:00Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-indian-high-commission-appoint-sri-lankan-singer-yohani-as-cultural-ambassador-683981


text: Image of a truck explosion in Myanmar.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-24T11:24:21Z
title: Fact Check: No, image of truck explosion is from California, not Myanmar
review_date: 2021-10-24T11:24:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-no-image-of-truck-explosion-is-from-california-not-myanmar-685056


text: BJP overlooks India's negative GDP estimates for 2020, claims 8% growth
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-01-30T08:28:10Z
title: Fact Check: BJP overlooks India's negative GDP estimates for 2020, falsely claims 8% growth
review_date: 2021-01-30T08:28:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-bjp-overlooks-indias-negative-gdp-estimates-for-2020-falsely-claims-8-growth-673516


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-01-26T03:37:36Z
url: https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-viral-message-about-four-kidney-donations-is-fake-690320
title: Fact Check: Viral message about four kidney donations is fake
review_date: 2022-01-26T03:37:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Message claiming four kidneys are available for donation after two people were killed in an accident.


text: A day of national mourning was declared for Sridevi’s death but not for Bipin Rawat’s death.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-15T04:19:49Z
title: Fact Check: Day of national mourning was not announced after Sridevi's death
review_date: 2021-12-15T04:19:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-day-of-national-mourning-was-not-announced-after-sridevis-death-687931


text: Muslim husband assaulted Hindu wife
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-11-24T13:28:01Z
title: Photo of domestic violence victim from Pakistan shared with 'love jihad' spin
review_date: 2022-11-24T13:28:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/photo-of-domestic-violence-victim-from-pakistan-shared-with-love-jihad-spin-704078


text: Haryana CM in oil-stained kurta after farmers' protest
claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2021-04-11T11:15:35Z
title: Fact Check: Old photo of Haryana CM in oil-stained kurta linked to farmers' protest
review_date: 2021-04-11T11:15:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-photo-of-haryana-cm-in-oil-stained-kurta-linked-to-farmers-protest-676722


claimant: Facebook User
claim_date: 2021-07-14T05:28:11Z
url: https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-picture-of-woman-beaten-up-in-up-goes-viral-680677
title: Fact Check: Old picture of woman beaten up in UP goes viral
review_date: 2021-07-14T05:28:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
A picture of a woman covered in blood is going viral on social media. Users claim that the woman was thrashed by a Samajwadi Party leader in Mainpuri in 2016.


text: The video shows Messi hugging his mother after the FIFA World cup final.
claimant: Social Media users, Media organization
claim_date: 2022-12-21T06:59:52Z
title: Woman Messi hugged after World Cup final is Argentina team chef, not his mom
review_date: 2022-12-21T06:59:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/woman-messi-hugged-after-world-cup-final-is-argentina-team-chef-not-his-mom-705358


text: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is dead
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2021-08-20T13:00:32Z
title: Fact Check: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is not dead, viral claim is hoax
review_date: 2021-08-20T13:00:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-pakistan-prime-minister-imran-khan-is-not-dead-viral-claim-is-hoax-682154


text: Image of oldest Tibetan monk alive in the world, aged 201 years
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-03T05:13:13Z
title: Fact Check: 201YO Tibetan monk was not found alive in Nepal, viral posts are false
review_date: 2021-12-03T05:13:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-201yo-tibetan-monk-was-not-found-alive-in-nepal-viral-posts-are-false-687232


text: The viral video is of a Hindu girl in ISIS custody.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-11-07T11:12:36Z
title: Viral video of Hindu girl joining ISIS is a teaser of upcoming film 'The Kerala story'
review_date: 2022-11-07T11:12:36Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/viral-video-of-hindu-girl-joining-isis-is-a-teaser-of-upcoming-film-the-kerala-story-703248


text: TV actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee starred in The Kerala Story
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-05-20T04:06:47Z
title: No, TV actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee did not star in The Kerala Story
review_date: 2023-05-20T04:06:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/no-tv-actress-devoleena-bhattacharjee-did-not-star-in-the-kerala-story-712545


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-13T11:43:19Z
title: Fact Check: Movie clip shared as Ukrainian soldiers killing elderly during Chechen war
review_date: 2022-03-13T11:43:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
A video showing Ukrainian soldiers mercilessly beating an elderly man to death in Chechnya during the Chechen war.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-movie-clip-shared-as-ukrainian-soldiers-killing-elderly-during-chechen-war-692885


text: Video shows Dr. Sunitha collapsing due to a heart attack at Vinayaka Hospital in Mumbai
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-31T14:19:12Z
title: Fact check: Old video of doctor suffering heart attack in Bengaluru shared as recent
review_date: 2022-03-31T14:19:12Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-video-of-doctor-suffering-heart-attack-in-bengaluru-shared-as-recent-693692


text: Video of electric scooter exploding
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-11-14T10:40:08Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Tamil Nadu accident passed off as electric scooter exploding
review_date: 2021-11-14T10:40:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-video-of-tamil-nadu-accident-passed-off-as-electric-scooter-exploding-686151


text: World Health Organization’s list of seven biggest brain-damaging habits.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-11-13T07:30:58Z
title: Fact Check: Did WHO list 7 biggest brain-damaging habits? Here's the truth
review_date: 2021-11-13T07:30:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-who-list-7-biggest-brain-damaging-habits-heres-the-truth-686071


text: Rahul is eating non-vegetarian food during the Hindu auspicious month of Shravan.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-08-15T09:46:29Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Rahul Gandhi’s non-veg meal is not from Shravan month
review_date: 2023-08-15T09:46:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-rahul-gandhis-non-veg-meal-is-not-from-shravan-month-716460


text: Meme being shared on social media stating Bill Gates tried to get patent of N95 mask
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-07-22T12:26:35Z
title: Fact Check: Meme being shared on social media stating Bill Gates tried to get patent of N95 mask
review_date: 2020-07-22T12:26:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-meme-being-shared-on-social-media-stating-bill-gates-tried-to-get-patent-of-n95-mask-is-false/


text: AIMIM chief denied a room because of his religion
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-01-22T06:30:20Z
title: Fact Check: UP hotel did not deny room to Asaduddin Owaisi because of his faith
review_date: 2022-01-22T06:30:20Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-up-hotel-did-not-deny-room-to-asaduddin-owaisi-because-of-his-faith-690085


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-16T13:30:54Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of police official demonstrating Kavalan app is true
review_date: 2021-10-16T13:30:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Kavalan application for women and children safety can alert police officials during an emergency when the phone is shaken three times

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-viral-video-of-police-official-demonstrating-kavalan-app-is-true-684633


text: Image claims only men from Afghanistan being airlifted.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-24T14:41:54Z
title: Fact Check: Image of Afghan refugees from Turkey shown as 'only men' flight from Kabul
review_date: 2021-08-24T14:41:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-image-of-afghan-refugees-from-turkey-shown-as-only-men-flight-from-kabul-682327


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-08T13:07:14Z
title: Old newspaper clipping about Kerala man burned to death passed off as recent on social media
review_date: 2021-10-08T13:07:14Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Newspaper clipping about Kerala man burned to death by girlfriend’s family members who belonged to different community shared as recent.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/old-newspaper-clipping-about-kerala-man-burned-to-death-passed-off-as-recent-on-social-media-684313


text: Dr. Tarun Kothari has said COVID 19 vaccine is causing more deaths than COVID-19 .
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-03T10:47:59Z
title: Fact Check: Man in viral video is not Dean of Mumbai's Nair Hospital
review_date: 2021-08-03T10:47:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-man-in-viral-video-is-not-dean-of-mumbais-nair-hospital-681480


text: Sudhir Chaudhary has been beaten up in Noida office of Zee News.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-23T07:49:24Z
title: Fact Check: Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary was not beaten up, viral claim is false
review_date: 2021-08-23T07:49:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-zee-news-editor-sudhir-chaudhary-was-not-beaten-up-viral-claim-is-false-682264


text: Sambit Patra’s claim that 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab was fed Biryani in jail
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2020-09-14T10:30:39Z
title: Fact Check: Sambit Patra's claim that 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab was fed Biryani in jail is False
review_date: 2020-09-14T10:30:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-sambit-patras-claim-that-26-11-terrorist-ajmal-kasab-was-fed-biryani-in-jail-is-false/


text: A video showing a number of policemen brutally torturing a man in public
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-08-09T08:25:15Z
title: Fact Check: Movie scene of police torturing man passed off as real incident
review_date: 2023-08-09T08:25:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/movie-scene-of-police-torturing-man-passed-off-as-real-incident-716171


text: Photo of Muslims at a Tamil Nadu’s temple
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-06-13T14:43:39Z
title: Fact Check: Photo of Muslims at a Tamil Nadu's Kilakarai Jumma Mosque mistaken for a temple
review_date: 2022-06-13T14:43:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-photo-of-muslims-at-a-tamil-nadus-kilakarai-jumma-mosque-mistaken-for-a-temple-696527


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-23T04:00:44Z
title: Fact Check: Did TN BJP leader Annamalai seek a ban on biryani? Here's the truth
review_date: 2022-03-23T04:00:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Tamil Nadu BJP leader Annamalai has sought ban on biryani and said those who eat biryani are not real Hindus.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-tn-bjp-leader-annamalai-seek-a-ban-on-biryani-heres-the-truth-693331


text: Video shows a man was doing namaz on the flight and disturbing the co-passengers.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-12-03T11:17:58Z
title: Video of man creating ruckus on plane, punching window is not from India
review_date: 2022-12-03T11:17:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-man-creating-ruckus-on-plane-punching-window-is-not-from-india-704511


text: Rally in Kerala against the violence in Tripura
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-11-10T09:05:33Z
title: Fact Check: Old anti-CAA rally passed off as protest against Tripura violence
review_date: 2021-11-10T09:05:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-anti-caa-rally-passed-off-as-protest-against-tripura-violence-685926


text: Pakistani fans smash TV after Pakistan lost the semi finals
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-11-15T03:07:22Z
title: Fact Check: Old image of Pakistani fans breaking television sets shared as recent
review_date: 2021-11-15T03:07:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-image-of-pakistani-fans-breaking-television-sets-shared-as-recent-686172


text: Video of crocodile is from recent floods in Maharashtra's Chiplun
claimant: Facebook User
claim_date: 2021-08-11T06:58:27Z
title: FACT CHECK: Viral video of crocodile is from Karnataka, not Maharashtra
review_date: 2021-08-11T06:58:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-viral-video-of-crocodile-is-from-karnataka-not-maharashtra-681788


text: Image from Pepsi commercial featuring US actress Kendell Jenner
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-01-07T09:00:40Z
title: Fact Check: Image from Pepsi commercial featuring US actress Kendell Jenner shared with FALSE claim
review_date: 2021-01-07T09:00:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/image-from-pepsi-commercial-featuring-us-actress-kendell-jenner-672611


text: Virat Kohli congratulated Rahul Gandhi on Congress winning the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-05-13T10:25:26Z
title: Virat Kohli did not congratulate Rahul Gandhi as trends show Congress win in Karnataka
review_date: 2023-05-13T10:25:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/virat-kohli-did-not-congratulate-rahul-gandhi-as-trends-show-congress-win-in-karnataka-712263


text: UP chief minister shown black fags, but no media reported the incident
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-13T03:53:01Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of people showing black flags to Yogi Adityanath shared as recent
review_date: 2021-12-13T03:53:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-video-of-people-showing-black-flags-to-yogi-adityanath-shared-as-recent-687805


text: HMWSSB delivering 1kg bleaching powder, chlorine tablets to people’s doorsteps
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-10-16T12:52:15Z
title: Fact Check: Yes, HMWSSB delivering 1kg bleaching powder, chlorine tablets to people's doorsteps
review_date: 2020-10-16T12:52:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-yes-hmwssb-delivering-1kg-bleaching-powder-chlorine-tablets-to-peoples-doorsteps


text: Images from the recent Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha.
claimant: Facebook User
claim_date: 2021-07-15T10:59:03Z
title: Fact Check: Old photos of Odisha Rath Yatra passed off as recent
review_date: 2021-07-15T10:59:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-photos-of-odisha-rath-yatra-passed-off-as-recent-680732


text: Shah Rukh Khan’s doppelganger is Kashmiri boy
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-12-14T06:48:47Z
review_date: 2020-12-14T06:48:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-shah-rukh-khans-doppelganger-is-not-kashmiri-boy-but-digitally-edited-photo-using-faceapp-671729

title:
Fact check: Shah Rukh Khan's doppelganger is not Kashmiri boy, but digitally edited photo using Faceapp


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2023-08-26T11:55:37Z
url: https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/no-chandrayaan-3-rover-has-not-found-aliens-on-moon-717007
title: Fact Check: No, Chandrayaan-3 rover has not found aliens on moon
review_date: 2023-08-26T11:55:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
After the soft landing of Chandrayaan-3’s lander on the lunar surface, its rover Pragyan has found the existence of aliens on the moon.


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-07-17T05:56:21Z
url: https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-news-report-with-communal-overtone-is-fake-680792
title: FACT CHECK: News report with communal overtone is fake
review_date: 2021-07-17T05:56:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Newspaper clipping states an individual named Maulana Jafar Sheikh has said that Muslims should never trust Buddhists.


text: Baba Ramdev's company selling Beef Biryani masala.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-09-22T04:00:20Z
title: Pakistani beef masala pack image digitally altered to defame Baba Ramdev's Patanjali
review_date: 2022-09-22T04:00:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/pakistani-beef-masala-pack-image-digitally-altered-to-defame-baba-ramdevs-patanjali-701029


text: Diet can affect mental and physical abilities of baby.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-12-05T13:20:47Z
title: Can a particular diet affect mental & physical development of the baby in womb?
review_date: 2022-12-05T13:20:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-health/can-a-particular-diet-affect-mental-physical-development-of-the-baby-in-womb-704607


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-03-23T04:02:50Z
title: Newspaper clipping about Sana Khan’s pregnancy statement is digitally altered
review_date: 2023-03-23T04:02:50Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Sana Khan said she became pregnant only because her husband prayed for two years at Ajmer Sharif Dargah.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/newspaper-clipping-about-sana-khans-pregnancy-statement-is-digitally-altered-709799


text: nation-wide lockdown, voice message of former CBI JD
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-04-26T06:19:48Z
title: No nation-wide lockdown, voice message of former CBI JD is fake
review_date: 2021-04-26T06:19:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/no-nation-wide-lockdown-voice-message-of-former-cbi-jd-is-fake-677430


text: Two cops get drunk on duty during the regime of CM Yogi Adityanath
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-07-12T07:20:49Z
title: Video of tipsy cops dates back to 2017 when Akhilesh Yadav was UP CM
review_date: 2021-07-12T07:20:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-tipsy-cops-dates-back-to-2017-when-akhilesh-yadav-was-up-cm-680605


text: Oxford University has revealed information on the crucifixion of Jesus and his injuries
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-23T14:40:06Z
title: Oxford University has not conducted any study on Jesus' crucifixion
review_date: 2022-03-23T14:40:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/oxford-university-has-not-conducted-any-study-on-jesus-crucifixion-693370


text: Sambit Patra has stated that "only gas prices have increased, not the cylinder price."
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-07-16T14:00:40Z
title: Viral statement about gas prices attributed to Sambit Patra is false
review_date: 2022-07-16T14:00:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/viral-statement-about-gas-prices-attributed-to-sambit-patra-is-false-697876


text: Video of cars crashing in air
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-08-25T12:53:33Z
title: Neither supernatural nor ghostly: Video of cars crashing in air is digital creation
review_date: 2022-08-25T12:53:33Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/neither-supernatural-nor-ghostly-video-of-cars-crashing-in-air-is-digital-creation-699731


text: Video shows PM Modi announcing support for SRK’s Pathaan.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-12-17T10:28:57Z
title: Clipped video shared as PM Modi announcing support for SRK's Pathaan
review_date: 2022-12-17T10:28:57Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/clipped-video-shared-as-pm-modi-announcing-support-for-srks-pathaan-705150


text: Shiv Sena MP served tea at a meeting held by Thackeray
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-06-16T05:57:05Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed image makes Sanjay Raut look like he is serving tea to Thackeray
review_date: 2021-06-16T05:57:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-morphed-image-makes-sanjay-raut-look-like-he-is-serving-tea-to-thackeray-679626


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2023-08-31T05:00:39Z
title: Fact Check: PM Modi’s visit to Queen of Denmark passed off as visit to Queen of England
review_date: 2023-08-31T05:00:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
For the first time, the Indian prime minister was invited to a banquet by the Queen of the United Kingdom.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/pm-modis-visit-to-queen-of-denmark-passed-off-as-visit-to-queen-of-england-717228


text: PR stunt by TV channel leads to police warning on phone no. starting with 140
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-09-17T12:52:35Z
title: Fact Check: PR stunt by TV channel leads to police warning on phone no. starting with 140
review_date: 2020-09-17T12:52:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-pr-stunt-by-tv-channel-leads-to-police-warning-on-phone-no-starting-with-140/


text: The person in the video is an ambulance driver sabotaging oxygen supply in Telangana Hospital
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-06-01T08:30:47Z
title: Man in viral video is not Telangana ambulance driver sabotaging hospital oxygen supply
review_date: 2021-06-01T08:30:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/man-in-viral-video-is-not-telangana-ambulance-driver-sabotaging-hospital-oxygen-supply-678997


text: Video shows crowd chanting ‘Kejriwal’ at Modi’s Surat roadshow.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-12-02T11:27:36Z
title: Doctored video shows crowd chanting 'Kejriwal' at Modi's Surat roadshow
review_date: 2022-12-02T11:27:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/doctored-video-shows-crowd-chanting-kejriwal-at-modis-surat-roadshow-704470


text: Image of a man trying to commit suicide with his son.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-04T08:00:07Z
title: FACT CHECK: Old image of man trying to commit suicide falsely linked to ongoing Afghan crisis
review_date: 2021-10-04T08:00:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-image-of-man-trying-to-commit-suicide-falsely-linked-to-ongoing-afghan-crisis-684110


text: Photo shows a healthcare worker at Delhi's RML Hospital making a crude gesture at Narendra Modi.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-24T08:24:10Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed image shows healthcare worker making rude gesture at Modi
review_date: 2021-10-24T08:24:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-morphed-image-shows-healthcare-worker-making-rude-gesture-at-modi-685040


text: Odisha govt selling 35K acres of Jagannath land
claimant: Social Media user
claim_date: 2021-04-11T09:15:00Z
title: Fact Check: Odisha govt not selling 35K acres of Jagannath land
review_date: 2021-04-11T09:15:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-odisha-govt-not-selling-35k-acres-of-jagannath-land-676717


text: Viral clip shows news anchor crying over the screen and apologizing.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-08-11T12:20:40Z
title: Fact Check: Clipped video misinterprets former ABP News anchor’s sorrow over Hyderabad rape
review_date: 2023-08-11T12:20:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/clipped-video-misinterprets-abp-news-anchors-sorrow-over-hyderabad-rape-716283


text: A Raja named ‘mastermind’ in 2G scam.
claimant: Media Outlets
claim_date: 2022-10-06T11:48:03Z
title: Media shares 2011 story of A Raja named 'mastermind' in 2G scam as recent
review_date: 2022-10-06T11:48:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/media-shares-2011-story-of-a-raja-named-mastermind-in-2g-scam-as-recent-701677


claimant: WhatsApp User
claim_date: 2021-06-13T12:01:47Z
title: Fact Check: Will pressing cancel on ATM machine twice prevent PIN theft?
review_date: 2021-06-13T12:01:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
RBI message claims if a person presses the 'cancel' button twice on an ATM, it will prevent PIN theft.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-will-pressing-cancel-on-atm-machine-twice-prevent-pin-theft-679512


claimant: Whatsapp users
claim_date: 2022-07-11T04:59:10Z
title: Fact Check: NIA has not launched helpline to report people supporting beheadings of Hindus
review_date: 2022-07-11T04:59:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
NIA provided a helpline number to report any Muslim or Muslim organisation supporting “Sar Tan Se Juda” against Hindus on social media platforms.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-nia-has-not-launched-helpline-to-report-people-supporting-beheadings-of-hindus-697627


text: Photos from Delhi CAA protests passed off as ongoing farmers' protest
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2020-12-08T10:44:02Z
title: Fact Check: Photos from Delhi CAA protests passed off as ongoing farmers' protest
review_date: 2020-12-08T10:44:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-photos-from-delhi-caa-protests-passed-off-as-ongoing-farmers-protest-671504


text: A quote by Shivpal Singh Yadav reads, “If Akhilesh Yadav asks for blood, I will give it to him.”
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-27T14:11:17Z
title: Fact Check: Shivpal Singh Yadav's remark about Akhilesh from 2016 shared as recent
review_date: 2021-12-27T14:11:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-shivpal-singh-yadavs-remark-about-akhilesh-from-2016-shared-as-recent-688656


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-09-06T14:28:44Z
title: Photo of superstar Yash visiting Trimula ahead of KGF2 release shared as visit to Ram Mandir
review_date: 2022-09-06T14:28:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Kannada superstar Yash visited the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and announced Rs. 50 crores donation for the construction of the temple

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/photo-of-superstar-yash-visiting-trimula-ahead-of-kgf2-release-shared-as-visit-to-ram-mandir-700249


text: Viral image of Swati Maliwal's hunger strike
claimant: Facebook User
claim_date: 2021-09-21T11:00:49Z
title: Viral image of Swati Maliwal's hunger strike dates back to 2018
review_date: 2021-09-21T11:00:49Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/viral-image-of-swati-maliwals-hunger-strike-dates-back-to-2018-683543


text: video really belong to fake Indian currency producing factory from Pakistan
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-01-21T09:25:34Z
title: Does the video really belong to fake Indian currency producing factory from Pakistan?
review_date: 2020-01-21T09:25:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/does-the-video-really-belong-to-fake-indian-currency-producing-factory-from-pakistan/


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-03T03:53:59Z
title: Fact Check: CFI leader Sarfaraz passed off as deceased Bajrang Dal activist Harsha
review_date: 2022-03-03T03:53:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Bajrang Dal activist Harsha in support of the hijab in an interview with 'TV9' four days before his death.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-cfi-leader-sarfaraz-passed-off-as-deceased-bajrang-dal-activist-harsha-692344


text: Sapna Choudhary passed away in a road accident
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-09-09T06:00:41Z
title: Fact Check: Haryanvi dancer Sapna Choudhary is alive and kicking
review_date: 2021-09-09T06:00:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-haryanvi-dancer-sapna-choudhary-is-alive-and-kicking-683041


text: Incident reported in newspaper clipping is recent.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-09-02T11:31:03Z
title: FACT CHECK: Did upper-caste men strip Dalit woman for entering temple?
review_date: 2021-09-02T11:31:03Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-upper-caste-men-strip-dalit-woman-for-entering-temple-682757


text: Kerala man pinned down by police a la George Floyd is BJP activist
claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2020-09-19T05:10:17Z
title: Fact Check: Kerala man pinned down by police a la George Floyd is Congress worker, not BJP activist
review_date: 2020-09-19T05:10:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-kerala-man-pinned-down-by-police-a-la-george-floyd-is-congress-worker-not-bjp-activist/


text: The video shows the murder of a Christan woman by RSS members in Manipur.
claimant: Twitter and Facebook users
claim_date: 2023-07-29T10:27:14Z
title: Fact Check: Shocking video of woman’s murder is from Brazil, not Manipur
review_date: 2023-07-29T10:27:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/shocking-video-of-womans-murder-is-from-2020-brazil-not-manipur-715665


text: Viral image of signboard with derogatory message
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-06-11T03:54:19Z
title: `No shitting please': Viral image of signboard with derogatory message is morphed
review_date: 2021-06-11T03:54:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/no-shitting-please-viral-image-of-signboard-with-derogatory-message-is-morphed-679412


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-27T11:37:55Z
review_date: 2022-03-27T11:37:55Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
NASA recently launched the world’s smallest satellite designed by 18-year-old Rifath Farooq, a student from Tamil Nadu.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-nasa-recently-launch-the-worlds-smallest-satellite-designed-by-a-tamil-nadu-student-693518

title:
Fact Check: Did NASA recently launch the world's smallest satellite designed by a Tamil Nadu student?


text: Acharya Pramod Krishnam's real name is Gul Shamad Khan
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-03T06:00:57Z
title: Fact Check: Acharya Pramod Krishnam's name is not Gul Shamad Khan, viral claims are false
review_date: 2021-08-03T06:00:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-acharya-pramod-krishnams-name-is-not-gul-shamad-khan-viral-claims-are-false-681470


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-06-21T12:22:27Z
review_date: 2021-06-21T12:22:27Z
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publisher_name: NewsMeter
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text:
Jindal has directed the chief secretaries of all states to extend Rs. 4 lakh ex gratia to the family of COVID-19 victims.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-sanjeev-jindal-did-not-direct-states-to-give-rs-4l-ex-gratia-to-families-of-covid-victims-679851

title:
Fact Check: Sanjeev Jindal did not direct states to give Rs. 4L ex gratia to families of COVID victims


text: Female Afghan pilot stoned to death
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claim_date: 2021-08-21T04:52:01Z
title: Fact Check: Woman stoned to death is not related to Taliban takeover in Afghanistan
review_date: 2021-08-21T04:52:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-woman-stoned-to-death-is-not-related-to-taliban-takeover-in-afghanistan-682185


text: Motera Stadium is renamed Narendra Modi Stadium
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claim_date: 2021-02-26T12:24:14Z
title: FACT CHECK: Yes, Motera Stadium is renamed Narendra Modi Stadium
review_date: 2021-02-26T12:24:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-yes-motera-stadium-is-renamed-narendra-modi-stadium-674765


text: Durga pandal being vandalized by Muslims in West Bengal
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claim_date: 2021-10-18T03:45:49Z
title: Fact Check: No, the viral video is not from West Bengal but from Bangladesh
review_date: 2021-10-18T03:45:49Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-no-the-viral-video-is-not-from-west-bengal-but-from-bangladesh-684696


text: Putin warns India not to interfere between Russia and Ukraine.
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claim_date: 2022-02-27T11:16:37Z
title: Fact Check: Did Putin warn India against interfering in the Ukraine conflict? Here's the truth
review_date: 2022-02-27T11:16:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-putin-warn-india-against-interfering-in-the-ukraine-conflict-heres-the-truth-692168


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-02-14T09:30:06Z
title: Fake news alert: Annamalai did not ask history-sheeter to bomb TN BJP office
review_date: 2022-02-14T09:30:06Z
textual_rating: False
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publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Karuka Vinoth had said that Annamalai had asked him to do the petrol bomb attack at the BJP office in Tamil Nadu.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fake-news-alert-annamalai-did-not-ask-history-sheeter-to-bomb-tn-bjp-office-691364


text: Pakistan Taliban threaten India after Afghanistan takeover
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-30T06:21:08Z
title: Fact Check: Did Pakistani Taliban threaten India in a video post?
review_date: 2021-08-30T06:21:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-pakistani-taliban-threaten-india-in-a-video-post-682607


text: Screenshot of tweet resembling Hindustan Times is 2YO
claimant: social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-24T10:00:46Z
title: Fact check: Screenshot of tweet from a fake account resembling Hindustan Times is 2YO
review_date: 2020-08-24T10:00:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-screenshot-of-tweet-from-a-fake-account-resembling-hindustan-times-is-two-years-old/


text: IIT Delhi has developed plant that grows eggs
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-11-06T06:59:29Z
title: Fact check: NO, IIT Delhi has not developed plant that grows eggs
review_date: 2020-11-06T06:59:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-no-iit-delhi-has-not-developed-plant-that-grows-eggs-670082


text: A viral video of a mermaid on the banks of the Musi river in Damarcharla, Nalgonda.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-07-30T10:30:49Z
title: No mermaid at Damarcharla in river Musi, CGI video shared with false claim
review_date: 2022-07-30T10:30:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/no-mermaid-at-damarcharla-in-river-musi-cgi-video-shared-with-false-claim-698525


text: The Punjab government is halting pension payments for ex-MLAs and ministers.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-27T11:52:10Z
title: Fact Check: Is Punjab CM halting pension for ex-MLAs, ministers?
review_date: 2022-03-27T11:52:10Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-is-punjab-cm-halting-pension-for-ex-mlas-ministers-693521


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-08T05:32:07Z
url: https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/viral-post-about-nda-upa-seats-is-incorrect-685794
title: Viral post about NDA, UPA seats is incorrect
review_date: 2021-11-08T05:32:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) party has won 6 seats in the by-elections and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has won 8.


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-06-24T14:31:44Z
title: Fact Check: Looters marred Yoga Day celebrations in 2019, not 2021
review_date: 2021-06-24T14:31:44Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
A video is being virally circulated on WhatsApp groups that shows people frantically looting yoga mats after Yoga Day celebrations in Rohtak, Haryana. The video has been doing rounds where people are claiming that this occurred on Yoga Day in 2021.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-looters-marred-yoga-day-celebrations-in-2019-not-2021-679970


text: V6 exit poll survey of MLC elections showing TRS leading
claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2021-03-14T08:17:49Z
title: Fact Check: V6 exit poll survey of MLC elections showing TRS leading is fake
review_date: 2021-03-14T08:17:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-v6-exit-poll-survey-of-mlc-elections-showing-trs-leading-is-fake-675487


text: Host can see the application that the participant is using in the background
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-06-11T10:44:39Z
title: Fact Check: Can Zoom or Google Meet Hosts see apps participants are using?
review_date: 2021-06-11T10:44:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-can-zoom-or-google-meet-hosts-see-apps-participants-are-using-679429


text: Photo from anti-BJP rally in Kolkata
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-03-08T15:34:11Z
title: Fact Check: Photo from 2018 journalists' protest passed off as recent anti-BJP rally in Kolkata
review_date: 2021-03-08T15:34:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-photo-from-2018-journalists-protest-passed-off-as-recent-anti-bjp-rally-in-kolkata-675224


text: The video shows puppies being rescued in Turkey.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-02-13T11:20:53Z
title: Old video of puppies being rescued falsely linked to Turkey earthquake
review_date: 2023-02-13T11:20:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/old-video-of-puppies-being-rescued-falsely-linked-to-turkey-earthquake-708024


text: DGs of several CAPF were not invited to the Republic Day Parade this year
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-01-31T14:39:03Z
title: CAPF chiefs were invited to R-Day parade; viral claims are false
review_date: 2022-01-31T14:39:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/capf-chiefs-were-invited-to-r-day-parade-viral-claims-are-false-690630


text: The National Education Policy 2020 has scrapped class X board exams.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-26T04:19:51Z
title: Fact Check: National Education Policy 2020 did not scrap class X board exams
review_date: 2022-03-26T04:19:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-national-education-policy-2020-did-not-scrap-class-x-board-exams-693449


text: A video of Cyclone Asani in Andhra Pradesh or Odisha.
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2022-05-14T13:23:07Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of heavy rains in Hubli shared as Cyclone Asani lashing AP
review_date: 2022-05-14T13:23:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-video-of-heavy-rains-in-hubli-shared-as-cyclone-asani-lashing-ap-695454


text: Photo of Sandhya Marawi, India’s first female porter.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-09-29T05:30:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is the woman in viral post Sandhya Marawi, India's first female coolie?
review_date: 2021-09-29T05:30:00Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-is-the-woman-in-viral-post-sandhya-marawi-indias-first-female-coolie-683909


claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2021-05-29T04:46:36Z
url: https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/has-who-disapproved-bharat-biotechs-covaxin-678843
title: Has WHO disapproved Bharat Biotech's `Covaxin'?
review_date: 2021-05-29T04:46:36Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
The WHO has disapproved COVAXIN and the central government has administered COVAXIN even before completing the third stage of clinical trials.


text: Singer’s murder in Saudi Colonel
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-10-19T04:18:18Z
title: FACT CHECK: Singer's murder in Ecuador passed off as assassination of Saudi Colonel
review_date: 2020-10-19T04:18:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-singers-murder-in-ecuador-passed-off-as-assassination-of-saudi-colonel/


text: UP CM Yogi Adityanath's public meeting in Bihar
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-10-23T06:34:36Z
review_date: 2020-10-23T06:34:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-crowd-at-2014-modis-kolkata-rally-passed-off-as-up-cm-yogi-adityanaths-public-meeting-in-bihar/

title:
Fact check: Crowd at 2014 Modi's Kolkata rally passed off as UP CM Yogi Adityanath's public meeting in Bihar


text: The photo shows a fan supporting Pak’s Babar Azam during recent Ind–NZ match.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-01-31T10:25:35Z
title: Morphed photo shows fan supporting Pak’s Babar Azam during recent Ind–NZ match
review_date: 2023-01-31T10:25:35Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/morphed-photo-shows-fan-supporting-paks-babar-azam-during-recent-indnz-match-707360


text: Image shows the current situation of Minto Bridge being waterlogged.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-07-14T05:49:43Z
title: FACT CHECK: Old image of submerged bus in Delhi goes viral with different spin
review_date: 2021-07-14T05:49:43Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-image-of-submerged-bus-in-delhi-goes-viral-with-different-spin-680680


text: Viral video of UP cop being betten
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2021-03-02T06:09:43Z
title: FACT CHECK: Viral video of UP cop shared with false communal narrative
review_date: 2021-03-02T06:09:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-viral-video-of-up-cop-shared-with-false-communal-narrative-674928


text: This photo shows a Jain monk who was attacked in Karnataka after the Congress victory.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-05-19T12:15:38Z
title: Does this photo show a Jain monk who was attacked in Karnataka after Congress victory?
review_date: 2023-05-19T12:15:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/does-this-photo-show-a-jain-monk-who-was-attacked-in-karnataka-after-congress-victory-712538


text: Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were arrested under PSA
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-27T11:30:56Z
title: Fact Check: Old news about Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti's arrest shared as recent
review_date: 2021-08-27T11:30:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-news-about-omar-abdullah-mehbooba-muftis-arrest-shared-as-recent-682455


text: The object is the debris of Chandrayaan-3.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-07-21T10:48:19Z
title: Fact Check: Does mystery object found on Australian beach belong to Chandrayaan-3?
review_date: 2023-07-21T10:48:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/does-mystery-object-found-on-australian-beach-belong-to-chandrayaan-3-715305


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-09-08T12:00:47Z
title: FACT CHECK: Old thanksgiving image falsely linked to US withdrawal from Afghanistan
review_date: 2021-09-08T12:00:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
US servicemen having a meal at a homeless shelter in Islamabad, Pakistan amidst U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-thanksgiving-image-falsely-linked-to-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-683013


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-04-18T13:46:15Z
title: Viral video of police arresting man shared with communal spin
review_date: 2022-04-18T13:46:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Madhya Pradesh police are beating and arresting a man for throwing stones at the Sri Ramanavami procession

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/viral-video-of-police-arresting-man-shared-with-communal-spin-694418


text: The image shows the recent Israeli raid at the Al-Aqsa mosque.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-04-08T08:52:01Z
title: Fact Check: Old image shared as the recent Israeli raid at the Al-Aqsa mosque
review_date: 2023-04-08T08:52:01Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/old-image-shared-as-the-recent-israeli-raid-at-the-al-aqsa-mosque-710659


text: Statue of Dalit soldier was beheaded in Gujarat
claimant: social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-12T07:00:36Z
title: Fact Check: Viral claim that statue of Dalit soldier was beheaded in Gujarat is false
review_date: 2020-09-12T07:00:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-viral-claim-that-statue-of-dalit-soldier-was-beheaded-in-gujarat-is-false/


text: Ambani has assured his support to the UP CM for the upcoming election.
claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2021-07-11T07:04:08Z
title: Fact Check: Ambani has not promised his support to Yogi for Assembly polls, viral image is morphed
review_date: 2021-07-11T07:04:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-ambani-has-not-promised-his-support-to-yogi-for-assembly-polls-viral-image-is-morphed-680569


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-07-26T16:02:43Z
title: Fact Check: Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi did not wear kurti with `Namo Again' slogan
review_date: 2021-07-26T16:02:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
A picture of Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi is doing the rounds on social media, in which she can be seen wearing a Kurti. A slogan 'Namo again' is inscribed on the picture. It is being claimed that she did this in support of Prime Minister Modi.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-shiv-sena-mp-priyanka-chaturvedi-did-not-wear-kurti-with-namo-again-slogan-681166


text: CBSE board examinations to commence from May 4
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-02-03T09:00:32Z
title: Fact Check: Beware! CBSE has still not announced examination dates for class X, XII
review_date: 2022-02-03T09:00:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-beware-cbse-has-still-not-announced-examination-dates-for-class-x-xii-690763


text: Book exchanged between Shah and Yogi is titled as “Congress-Free India” in Hindi
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-06-12T05:05:39Z
title: Fact Check: No, Yogi's gift to Shah is not a book called 'Congress-free India'
review_date: 2021-06-12T05:05:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-no-yogis-gift-to-shah-is-not-a-book-called-congress-free-india-679450


text: Geelani was conferred the highest civilian award of Pakistan
claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2020-07-30T05:45:26Z
review_date: 2020-07-30T05:45:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-twitter-posts-saying-geelani-was-conferred-the-highest-civilian-award-of-pakistan-are-misleading/

title:
Fact Check: Twitter posts saying Geelani was conferred the highest civilian award of Pakistan are MISLEADING


text: Greta Thunberg was born into a Muslim family
claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2021-02-07T08:48:24Z
title: Fact Check: No, Greta Thunberg was not born into a Muslim family
review_date: 2021-02-07T08:48:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-no-greta-thunberg-was-not-born-into-a-muslim-family-673858


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-07-07T08:08:01Z
title: Fact Check: Did Hyderabad Police Commissioner cap four-wheeler speed
review_date: 2021-07-07T08:08:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
All four-wheelers should be 40 kmph within the GHMC limits, according to an announcement by CP Hyderabad.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-hyderabad-police-commissioner-cap-four-wheeler-speed-680416


text: American soldier holding a baby.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-26T08:04:35Z
title: Fact Check: Not American, but British soldier was pictured rescuing baby in Afghanistan
review_date: 2021-08-26T08:04:35Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-not-american-but-british-soldier-was-pictured-rescuing-baby-in-afghanistan-682398


text: The video shows a woman receiving cash from BJP ahead of Karnataka Assembly polls.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-04-25T12:41:18Z
title: Old video of woman receiving cash falsely linked to Karnataka Assembly polls
review_date: 2023-04-25T12:41:18Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/old-video-of-woman-receiving-cash-falsely-linked-to-karnataka-assembly-polls-711456


text: Old video of Mamata Banerjee is linked to Amit Shah’s visit to West Bengal
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2020-12-23T13:09:48Z
title: FACT CHECK: Old video of Mamata Banerjee falsely linked to Amit Shah's visit to West Bengal
review_date: 2020-12-23T13:09:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-video-of-mamata-banerjee-falsely-linked-to-amit-shahs-visit-to-west-bengal-672102


text: Police attacking saints during Mulayam Singh Yadav’s rule in Uttar Pradesh
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-10T12:20:44Z
title: Fact Check: Viral image of police attacking saint is from Gujarat, not UP
review_date: 2021-12-10T12:20:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-viral-image-of-police-attacking-saint-is-from-gujarat-not-up-687658


text: Video of woman’s charred corpse is from UP
claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2020-11-19T13:20:05Z
title: Fact Check: Video of woman's charred corpse is from Mysore, not UP
review_date: 2020-11-19T13:20:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-video-of-womans-charred-corpse-is-from-mysore-not-up-670657


text: Video showing a medicinal plant from Tamil Nadu
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-09-29T07:45:50Z
title: Fact Check: Is this the video of medicinal plant 'Oodhu Paavai' from Tamil Nadu?
review_date: 2021-09-29T07:45:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-is-this-the-video-of-medicinal-plant-oodhu-paavai-from-tamil-nadu-683911


text: The video shows a Muslim man kicking a photo of Goddess Saraswati.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-01-06T11:49:22Z
title: Video of man kicking photo of Hindu goddess shared with communal twist
review_date: 2023-01-06T11:49:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-man-kicking-photo-of-hindu-goddess-shared-with-communal-twist-706182


text: ‘Netflix is removing all the Christian movies by the 31st of March’.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-03-29T06:20:35Z
title: Ignore viral posts, Christian movies continue to stream on Netflix
review_date: 2021-03-29T06:20:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/ignore-viral-posts-christian-movies-continue-to-stream-on-netflix-676136


text: The image of a man falling from a US aircraft is from the evacuation process in Afghanistan.
claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2021-08-29T10:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed image shows man falling from US military aircraft during Kabul airlift
review_date: 2021-08-29T10:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-morphed-image-shows-man-falling-from-us-military-aircraft-during-kabul-airlift-682573


text: Adani Group register agricultural companies in 2019
claimant: Social Media user
claim_date: 2020-12-14T02:15:03Z
title: Fact Check: Adani Group did not register agricultural companies in 2019
review_date: 2020-12-14T02:15:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-adani-group-did-not-register-agricultural-companies-in-2019-671718


text: Congress MLA Anil Upadhyay in viral video.
claimant: social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-02T11:06:00Z
title: FACT CHECK: Janshakti Party leader passed off as Congress MLA Anil Upadhyay in viral video.
review_date: 2020-09-02T11:06:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-janshakti-party-leader-passed-off-as-congress-mla-anil-upadhyay-in-viral-video/


text: Kareena Kapoor criticised the government over hiked gas prices.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-01-02T10:41:41Z
title: Kareena Kapoor did not criticise the government over hiked gas prices
review_date: 2023-01-02T10:41:41Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/kareena-kapoor-did-not-criticise-the-government-over-hiked-gas-prices-705951


text: Smriti Irani reading a book on Rahul Gandhi.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-11-03T10:24:36Z
title: Morphed photo shows Smriti Irani reading book on Rahul Gandhi
review_date: 2022-11-03T10:24:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/morphed-photo-shows-smriti-irani-reading-book-on-rahul-gandhi-703053


text: K’taka medical officials taking COVID-19 vaccine
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-01-22T11:38:31Z
review_date: 2021-01-22T11:38:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-ktaka-medical-officials-did-not-fake-taking-covid-19-vaccine-video-shared-with-misleading-claims-673145

title:
Fact Check: K'taka medical officials did not 'fake' taking COVID-19 vaccine, video shared with misleading claims


text: Shepherd kid in viral picture is France’s former education minister
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-12T05:28:45Z
title: Fact Check: Shepherd kid in viral picture is not France's former education minister
review_date: 2021-08-12T05:28:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-shepherd-kid-in-viral-picture-is-not-frances-former-education-minister-681819


text: Video of kidnapping of Vikarabad woman
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-09-29T10:48:01Z
title: Fact Check: Video claiming to be kidnapping of Vikarabad woman is indeed of Kolar incident
review_date: 2020-09-29T10:48:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-video-claiming-to-be-kidnapping-of-vikarabad-woman-is-indeed-of-kolar-incident/


text: Biden made statement supporting farmers’ protest in India
claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2021-01-23T13:53:27Z
title: Fact Check: Biden made no statement supporting farmers' protest in India
review_date: 2021-01-23T13:53:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-biden-made-no-statement-supporting-farmers-protest-in-india-673204


text: Image of 15 cows that died in Kerala Devaswom Board’s cowshed.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-02-08T03:37:31Z
review_date: 2022-02-08T03:37:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-2016-photo-from-rajasthan-falsely-shared-as-cows-dying-at-kerala-devaswom-boards-cowshed-691039

title:
Fact Check: 2016 photo from Rajasthan falsely shared as cows dying at Kerala Devaswom Board's cowshed


text: The green building with crescent moon and a star is a Congress office in Wayanad, Kerala.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-06-18T06:14:39Z
title: Fact Check: Viral image of green building is not Congress office in Kerala but IUML's office
review_date: 2021-06-18T06:14:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-viral-image-of-green-building-is-not-congress-office-in-kerala-but-iumls-office-679712


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-06-06T14:02:05Z
title: Fact Check: Image of man driving with mannequin in Egypt falsely shared with communal spin
review_date: 2023-06-06T14:02:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
The image shows a Muslim man carrying the body of a Hindu girl, claiming that the girl is a victim of ‘love jihad.’

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/image-of-man-driving-with-mannequin-in-egypt-falsely-shared-with-communal-spin-713291


text: Drinking Coke or Pepsi increase testicle size & increase testosterone
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-03-13T12:16:23Z
title: Does drinking Coke or Pepsi increase testicle size & increase testosterone?
review_date: 2023-03-13T12:16:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/drinking-coke-or-pepsi-does-not-increase-testicle-size-increase-testosterone-709368


text: Video shows Ukrainian soldier going to war.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-01T06:30:23Z
title: US corporal's reunion with family passed off as Ukrainian soldier going to war
review_date: 2022-03-01T06:30:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/us-corporals-reunion-with-family-passed-off-as-ukrainian-soldier-going-to-war-692240


text: Telugu actor Suman has donated 117 acres of land to the Indian Army.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-02-06T11:16:20Z
title: Fact Check: Telugu actor Suman has not donated 117 acres of land to the Army
review_date: 2022-02-06T11:16:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-telugu-actor-suman-has-not-donated-117-acres-of-land-to-the-army-690968


text: The image of the helicopter crash in Kedarnath.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-10-20T04:02:30Z
title: Old image of helicopter crash passed off as Kedarnath accident
review_date: 2022-10-20T04:02:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/old-image-of-helicopter-crash-passed-off-as-kedarnath-accident-702357


text: Images show cash, jewellery seized during raids at Lalu Prasad Yadav’s house
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-03-14T10:36:20Z
title: Unrelated images passed off as cash, jewellery seized during raids at Lalu Prasad Yadav’s house
review_date: 2023-03-14T10:36:20Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/unrelated-images-passed-off-as-cash-jewellery-seized-during-raids-lalu-prasad-yadavs-house-709408


text: Viral image of Dhoni driving a tractor is related to farmers protest
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-02-04T06:41:17Z
title: Fact Check: Viral image of Dhoni driving a tractor is not related to farmers protest
review_date: 2021-02-04T06:41:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-viral-image-of-dhoni-driving-a-tractor-is-not-related-to-farmers-protest-673721


text: Late actor Dilip Kumar donated all his property to the Wakf Board.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-07-18T13:15:14Z
title: Fact Check: Dilip Kumar has not donated his property to Wakf Board
review_date: 2021-07-18T13:15:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-dilip-kumar-has-not-donated-his-property-to-wakf-board-680846


text: Following the Gandhi pedestal controversy, YSRCP adorn a Sai Baba idol with their flag
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2019-12-02T03:32:44Z
review_date: 2019-12-02T03:32:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-following-the-gandhi-pedestal-controversy-did-ysrcp-adorn-a-sai-baba-idol-with-their-flag/

title:
Fact Check: Following the Gandhi pedestal controversy, did YSRCP adorn a Sai Baba idol with their flag?


text: Haryana Doctor who ate cow dung got hospitalized.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-16T13:23:46Z
title: Fact Check: Haryana doctor who ate cow dung is hale and hearty, viral claim is false
review_date: 2021-12-16T13:23:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-haryana-doctor-who-ate-cow-dung-is-hale-and-hearty-viral-claim-is-false-688030


text: a red tick in WhatsApp mean govt is taking note of your messages
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-04-10T04:52:58Z
title: Fact Check: Does a red tick in WhatsApp mean govt is taking note of your messages?
review_date: 2020-04-10T04:52:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-does-a-red-tick-in-whatsapp-mean-govt-is-taking-note-of-your-messages/


text: Video of teachers protesting in Punjab for Hijab row
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-02-15T05:07:12Z
title: Old video of teachers protesting in Punjab falsely linked to Hijab row
review_date: 2022-02-15T05:07:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/old-video-of-teachers-protesting-in-punjab-falsely-linked-to-hijab-row-691421


text: Video shows a Covid-19 test kit turning positive when run under tap water.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-02-01T13:02:47Z
title: Covid-19 test kit turning positive under tap water is due to wrong usage
review_date: 2022-02-01T13:02:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/covid-19-test-kit-turning-positive-under-tap-water-is-due-to-wrong-usage-690682


text: Video of the UP police hitting a pregnant woman with sticks is recent.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-01-02T14:51:09Z
title: Fact Check: Video of UP cops hitting pregnant woman is not recent
review_date: 2022-01-02T14:51:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-video-of-up-cops-hitting-pregnant-woman-is-not-recent-688972


text: Corona has been there since 2013 and it cannot be true that it originated from China.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-01-21T05:00:32Z
title: Fact Check: Covid-19 originated from China in 2019; viral reports are misleading
review_date: 2022-01-21T05:00:32Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-covid-19-originated-from-china-in-2019-viral-reports-are-misleading-690015


text: WHO is giving cash awards to 10,000 people every day under the COVID 19 relief plan.
claimant: WhatsApp forwards
claim_date: 2021-05-29T06:02:16Z
title: Fact Check: WHO is not giving cash award under Covid relief plan
review_date: 2021-05-29T06:02:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-who-is-not-giving-cash-award-under-covid-relief-plan-678851


text: India's win is responsible for Justin Langer's anger
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-01-23T15:12:30Z
title: Fact Check: No, India's win is not responsible for Justin Langer's anger
review_date: 2021-01-23T15:12:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-no-indias-win-is-not-responsible-for-justin-langers-anger-673207


text: Elon Musk fires his employees over a zoom call.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-05-25T13:33:38Z
title: Viral video of Elon Musk firing his employees over Zoom is fake
review_date: 2023-05-25T13:33:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/viral-video-of-elon-musk-firing-his-employees-over-zoom-is-fake-712790


text: McDonald's is giving ‘Experimental’ vaccines
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-07-10T04:41:41Z
title: McDonald's is not giving experimental MRNA inoculations to children
review_date: 2021-07-10T04:41:41Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/mcdonalds-is-not-giving-experimental-mrna-inoculations-to-children-680528


text: Elderly person seen dancing in the video is Morarji Desai
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-11T12:29:39Z
title: Fact Check: Does this video show former PM Morarji Desai playing Dandiya?
review_date: 2021-10-11T12:29:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-does-this-video-show-former-pm-morarji-desai-playing-dandiya-684429


text: video of farmers’ protest
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2021-02-02T11:23:58Z
title: Fact Check: 2019 video of pro-CAA rally falsely linked to farmers' protest
review_date: 2021-02-02T11:23:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-2019-video-of-pro-caa-rally-falsely-linked-to-farmers-protest-673647


text: Viral statement about gas prices attributed to Sambit Patra
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-07-20T07:45:46Z
title: Viral statement about gas prices attributed to Sambit Patra is false
review_date: 2022-07-20T07:45:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/viral-statement-about-gas-prices-attributed-to-sambit-patra-is-false-698051


text: man from Uttar Pradesh created Signal App
claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2021-01-11T10:38:06Z
review_date: 2021-01-11T10:38:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-for-the-record-moxie-marlinspike-and-brian-acton-created-signal-not-man-from-uttar-pradesh-672772

title:
Fact check: For the record, Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton created `Signal', NOT man from Uttar Pradesh


text: An image of a former UP CM wearing footwear and serving food during the Navratri Kanya Puja.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-19T03:45:33Z
title: FACT CHECK: Old image of Akhilesh Yadav wearing footwear while serving food shared as recent
review_date: 2021-10-19T03:45:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-image-of-akhilesh-yadav-wearing-footwear-while-serving-food-shared-as-recent-684748


text: Fact Check: IAF pilot Hilal Ahmad Rather fly Rafale jet from France to India
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-08-02T04:30:05Z
title: Fact Check: IAF pilot Hilal Ahmad Rather did NOT fly Rafale jet from France to India
review_date: 2020-08-02T04:30:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-iaf-pilot-hilal-ahmad-rather-did-not-fly-rafale-jet-from-france-to-india/


text: Ravish Kumar questioned why Bipin Rawat's wife was present in the helicopter
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-12T04:01:12Z
title: Fact Check: False statement attributed to journalist Ravish Kumar goes viral
review_date: 2021-12-12T04:01:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-false-statement-attributed-to-journalist-ravish-kumar-goes-viral-687741


text: Video of a woman singing Sanskrit verses for a radio channel in Spain
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-29T04:23:13Z
title: Fact Check: Did British woman recite Sanskrit verses on Spanish radio channel?
review_date: 2021-12-29T04:23:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-british-woman-recite-sanskrit-verses-on-spanish-radio-channel-688744


text: CBSE to prepare final examination question paper for classes 9th and 11th.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-09-13T07:00:52Z
title: Fact Check: Is CBSE setting question papers for Class 9 and 11?
review_date: 2021-09-13T07:00:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-is-cbse-setting-question-papers-for-classes-9-and-11-683195


text: Japan’s new electric train runs at 4800 km per hour
claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2021-02-02T07:16:04Z
title: Fact check: Japan's new fastest train runs at 360 per hour, not 4800 km per hour
review_date: 2021-02-02T07:16:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-japans-new-electric-train-runs-at-360-per-hour-not-4800-km-per-hour-673638


text: WHO chief says vaccines are being used to kill children
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-01-13T12:00:28Z
title: World Health Organization DG didn't say vaccines kill children
review_date: 2022-01-13T12:00:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/world-health-organization-dg-didnt-say-vaccines-kill-children-689620


text: Covid fatalities in Sri Lanka
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-23T04:36:21Z
title: FACT CHECK: Mock bodies used during Thailand protest passed off as Covid fatalities in Sri Lanka
review_date: 2021-08-23T04:36:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-mock-bodies-used-during-thailand-protest-passed-off-as-covid-fatalities-in-sri-lanka-682255


text: Telangana Government class 8th books have islamophobic content in their social studies textbook.
claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2021-09-27T05:14:49Z
title: Fact Check: Did Telangana govt's Class 8 social studies textbook contain Islamophobic content?
review_date: 2021-09-27T05:14:49Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-telangana-governments-class-8-social-studies-textbook-contain-islamophobic-content-683821


text: Central govt launch mid-day meal scheme Akshaya Patra
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claim_date: 2022-08-04T13:27:59Z
title: NGO Akshaya Patra's mid-day meal scheme passed off as Central scheme
review_date: 2022-08-04T13:27:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/ngo-akshaya-patras-mid-day-meal-scheme-passed-off-as-central-scheme-698764


text: Recent video of burqa-clad girls dancing
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claim_date: 2022-02-16T05:21:03Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of burqa-clad girls dancing shared as recent
review_date: 2022-02-16T05:21:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-video-of-burqa-clad-girls-dancing-shared-as-recent-691484


text: Celebratory fireworks in Srinagar after Pakistan defeated India in their second Asia Cup match
claimant: Social Media user
claim_date: 2022-09-05T14:54:20Z
title: Old video shared as celebrations in Srinagar after Pak defeated India in Asia Cup
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textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/old-video-shared-as-celebrations-in-srinagar-after-pak-defeated-india-in-asia-cup-700198


text: Video of Indians celebrating Pakistan’s win against India in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-28T12:30:04Z
title: Fact Check: 2017 video falsely claims to show Indians celebrating Pak win in T20 World Cup
review_date: 2021-10-28T12:30:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-2017-video-falsely-claims-to-show-indians-celebrating-pak-win-in-t20-world-cup-685272


text: The photo shows PM Modi wearing a woman's outfit.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-12-23T11:20:35Z
title: PM Modi is wearing traditional Khasi dress, not a woman's outfit
review_date: 2022-12-23T11:20:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/pm-modi-is-wearing-traditional-khasi-dress-not-a-womans-outfit-705473


text: Amul's 'Rangeela Makhan' ad
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2020-09-18T12:44:07Z
title: Fact Check: Amul's 'Rangeela Makhan' ad from 1995 goes viral after Kangana's remarks about Urmila
review_date: 2020-09-18T12:44:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-amuls-rangeela-makhan-ad-from-1995-goes-viral-after-kanganas-remarks-about-urmila/


text: A public notice allegedly issued by NMC
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-09-30T10:00:11Z
review_date: 2021-09-30T10:00:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-foreign-educated-medicos-can-breathe-easy-nmc-has-not-called-for-eligibility-certificates-683958

title:
Fact Check: Foreign educated medicos can breathe easy; NMC has not called for eligibility certificates


claimant: Facebook User
claim_date: 2021-12-07T06:45:59Z
title: Man talking about Bollywood filmmakers in viral video is not Assam CM
review_date: 2021-12-07T06:45:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Man in video talking about and sharing views on Bollywood filmmakers is Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/man-talking-about-bollywood-filmmakers-in-viral-video-is-not-assam-cm-687454


text: Jammu and Kashmir has issued an advisory to relocate all non-local labourers
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-18T12:45:18Z
title: Fact Check: J&K IGP did not order relocation of non-local labourers in Valley
review_date: 2021-10-18T12:45:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-jk-igp-did-not-order-relocation-of-non-local-labourers-in-valley-684729


text: Pineapple juice is 500% more effective than cough syrup
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-07-13T18:30:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is pineapple juice more effective than cough syrup? –...
review_date: 2021-07-14T17:45:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: THIP Media
publisher_site: thip.media
url:
https://www.thip.media/health-news-fact-check/fact-check-is-pineapple-juice-more-effective-than-cough-syrup/21756/


text: Temple in viral image is from Ayodhya
claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2020-12-19T08:39:53Z
title: Fact Check: Temple in viral image is from Varanasi, not Ayodhya
review_date: 2020-12-19T08:39:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-temple-in-viral-image-is-from-varanasi-not-ayodhya-671936


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-03T06:30:28Z
title: Man addressing students is not Putin, but Indian ambassador to Romania
review_date: 2022-03-03T06:30:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Video shows Russian President Putin having an in-flight talk with the Indian students evacuated from Ukraine

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/man-addressing-students-is-not-putin-but-indian-ambassador-to-romania-692345


text: The video is from West Bengal in India.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-07-18T10:20:30Z
title: Fact Check: Video of protestors blocking army vehicles is from Bangladesh, not West Bengal
review_date: 2023-07-18T10:20:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-protestors-blocking-army-vehicles-is-from-bangladesh-not-west-bengal-715163


text: Visuals of the Pokhara plane crash.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-01-17T12:30:41Z
title: Video of 2021 Russian plane crash shared as recent Yeti crash in Nepal
review_date: 2023-01-17T12:30:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-2021-russian-plane-crash-shared-as-recent-yeti-crash-in-nepal-706668


text: YSRP leaders attack policeman in Andhra Pradesh
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-12-19T05:20:55Z
title: Fact check: No, YSRCP leaders did not attack policeman in Andhra Pradesh
review_date: 2020-12-19T05:20:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-no-ysrp-leaders-did-not-attack-policeman-in-andhra-pradesh-671928


text: BJP leader's claim on Muslims protesting to open mosque at Tolichowki
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-05-04T13:28:28Z
title: Fact Check: BJP leader's claim on Muslims protesting to open mosque at Tolichowki is false
review_date: 2020-05-04T13:28:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-bjp-leaders-claim-that-muslims-are-protesting-in-tolichowki-is-false/


text: News of Zainab Merchant forced to show blood-stained sanitary pad at Boston airport
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-06-25T04:35:43Z
review_date: 2020-06-25T04:35:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-two-year-old-news-of-zainab-merchant-forced-to-show-blood-stained-sanitary-pad-at-boston-airport-resurfaces/

title:
Fact Check: Two-year-old news of Zainab Merchant forced to show blood-stained sanitary pad at Boston airport resurfaces


text: Saudi player convincing Messi to embrace Islam.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-11-25T11:08:43Z
title: Doctored video passed off as Saudi player convincing Messi to embrace Islam
review_date: 2022-11-25T11:08:43Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/doctored-video-passed-off-as-saudi-player-convincing-messi-to-embrace-islam-704119


text: Cambridge University's low ranking is linked to Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the university.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-03-07T11:14:10Z
title: Cambridge University's low ranking not linked to Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit
review_date: 2023-03-07T11:14:10Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/cambridge-universitys-low-ranking-not-linked-to-rahul-gandhis-recent-visit-709099


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-05-18T12:06:55Z
title: This video shows Telangana AIMIM MLA, not newly-elected Congress MLA from Karnataka
review_date: 2023-05-18T12:06:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
The video shows a Congress MLA threatening a police officer after the Congress victory in Karnataka.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/this-video-shows-telangana-aimim-mla-not-newly-elected-congress-mla-from-karnataka-712493


text: Hindu mob attacked Muslim shopkeepers after watching 'The Kashmir Files'.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-29T07:24:33Z
title: Fact Check: Did Hindus attack Muslims after watching 'The Kashmir Files'?
review_date: 2022-03-29T07:24:33Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-hindus-attack-muslims-after-watching-the-kashmir-files-693590


text: Video of Indian soldiers dropping dead after receiving the vaccine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-29T07:03:33Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Indian soldiers dying, fainting after vaccination is false
review_date: 2021-08-29T07:03:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-video-of-indian-soldiers-dying-fainting-after-vaccination-is-false-682561


text: Sambit Patra to replace Ravish Kumar post resignation as NDTV anchor.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-12-06T12:49:46Z
title: Morphed video falsely shows BJP's Sambit Patra replacing Ravish Kumar on NDTV
review_date: 2022-12-06T12:49:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/morphed-video-falsely-shows-bjps-sambit-patra-replacing-ravish-kumar-on-ndtv-704648


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-12-16T06:10:21Z
title: Old photos falsely linked to recent India-China clash in Tawang
review_date: 2022-12-16T06:10:21Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Photos show Indian troops taken captive by China during the recent India-china clash in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/old-photos-falsely-linked-to-recent-india-china-clash-in-tawang-705082


claimant: Former Director at CBI M. Nageswara Rao IPS
claim_date: 2021-10-16T04:47:38Z
url: https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/morphed-picture-communal-narrative-684603
title: Morphed picture, communal narrative
review_date: 2021-10-16T04:47:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Image shows placard carrying communal tone that suggests Hindus and Muslims do not have a sense of brotherhood.


text: Viral picture of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi laughing was clicked during Hathras visit.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-10-10T04:41:43Z
review_date: 2020-10-10T04:41:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-viral-picture-of-rahul-and-priyanka-gandhi-laughing-was-clicked-last-year-not-during-hathras-visit/

title:
Fact check: Viral picture of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi laughing was clicked last year, not during Hathras visit.


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-12-24T09:59:55Z
review_date: 2022-12-24T09:59:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
Video of TTE collapsing goes viral claiming his earphone picked up an electric current through the internet.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-tte-collapsing-goes-viral-falsely-claiming-his-earphone-picked-up-electric-current-through-internet-705517

title:
Video of TTE collapsing goes viral falsely claiming his earphone picked up electric current through internet


text: Images show bodies of Mulsims killed in Kashmir recently.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-13T03:31:51Z
title: Men wearing white shrouds are staging anti CAA protest in Aurangabad, not Kashmir
review_date: 2021-10-13T03:31:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/men-wearing-white-shrouds-are-staging-anti-caa-protest-in-aurangabad-not-kashmir-684490


text: Viral picture of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, PM Narendra Modi
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2020-12-18T05:13:48Z
title: Fact check: Viral picture of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, PM Narendra Modi is morphed
review_date: 2020-12-18T05:13:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-viral-picture-of-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-pm-narendra-modi-is-morphed-671882


text: Viral image claiming that the name Shri Ram is mentioned 2 billion times on Facebook.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-06-22T04:33:37Z
title: Mark Zuckerberg never said Shri Ram is written on Facebook 2 billion times
review_date: 2021-06-22T04:33:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/mark-zuckerberg-never-said-shri-ram-is-written-on-facebook-2-billion-times-679869


text: Video of diamond-studded Shiva lingam is from Ekambaranathar temple in Kanchipuram.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-08-14T03:56:50Z
review_date: 2021-08-14T03:56:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-diamond-studded-shiva-lingam-is-from-murugan-temple-not-kanchipurams-ekambaranathar-temple-681898

title:
Fact Check: Diamond-studded Shiva lingam is from Murugan temple, not Kanchipuram's Ekambaranathar temple


text: The video shows the Bhagwa Love Trap conspiracy.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-06-10T06:31:07Z
title: Fact Check: Video of man inappropriately touching burqa-clad girl is from Bangladesh, not India
review_date: 2023-06-10T06:31:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-man-inappropriately-touching-burqa-clad-girl-is-from-bangladesh-not-india-713436


text: The image belongs to the recent earthquake.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-02-16T13:00:59Z
title: Unrelated photo of an old man linked to recent Turkey earthquake
review_date: 2023-02-16T13:00:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/unrelated-photo-of-an-old-man-linked-to-recent-turkey-earthquake-708180


text: BJP leader arrested in connection with recent Naxal attack
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-04-10T06:30:10Z
title: Fact Check: Fake news claims BJP leader arrested in connection with recent Naxal attack
review_date: 2021-04-10T06:30:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-fake-news-claims-bjp-leader-arrested-in-connection-with-recent-naxal-attack-676665


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-04-12T13:39:11Z
url: https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/viral-picture-of-temple-is-from-maharastra-not-karnataka-694183
title: Viral picture of temple is from Maharastra, not Karnataka
review_date: 2022-04-12T13:39:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
The picture of a temple shows a ruined ancient temple in Karnataka being restored by the locals for worship.


text: Photo showing Lalu's son inaugurating Bahrupiya Kala Kendra
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-09-15T11:30:19Z
title: Fact Check: Photo showing Lalu's son inaugurating Bahrupiya Kala Kendra is morphed
review_date: 2020-09-15T11:30:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-this-photo-showing-lalus-son-inaugurating-bahrupiya-kala-kendra-is-morphed/


text: WhatsApp services being charged and banned
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-06T05:45:06Z
title: Fact Check: WhatsApp has not been banned, viral voice message is hoax
review_date: 2021-10-06T05:45:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-whatsapp-has-not-been-banned-viral-voice-message-is-hoax-684199


text: Video of protestors clashing with the police is from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-11T03:30:17Z
title: Fact Check: Video of protestors clashing with police is from Chhattisgarh not Mathura
review_date: 2021-12-11T03:30:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-video-of-protestors-clashing-with-police-is-from-chhattisgarh-not-mathura-687684


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-10-14T10:15:47Z
title: Fact check: Old Hollywood movie scene passed off as footage of world's first train
review_date: 2021-10-14T10:15:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
text:
A video is of the world’s first train that became operational around 212 years ago on December 24, 1809.

url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-old-hollywood-movie-scene-passed-off-as-footage-of-worlds-first-train-684560


text: No eye drop can stop conjunctivitis.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-07-30T12:49:48Z
title: 'No eye drop can stop conjunctivitis': Viral WhatsApp message debunked Ft. Dr Loknath Mohanty
review_date: 2023-07-30T12:49:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/conjuctivitis-viral-whatsapp-message-debunked-ftdr-loknath-mohanty-715715


text: Refugees crushed French Society France has SURRENDERED…”
claimant: Social Media users, Major Surendra Poonia
claim_date: 2023-07-06T10:24:54Z
title: Fact Check: 2019 video of Algerian protest in Paris falsely linked to recent French riots
review_date: 2023-07-06T10:24:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/2019-video-of-algerian-protest-in-paris-falsely-linked-to-recent-french-riots-714595


text: RSS issued a letter to coax Muslim girls to convert to Hinduism.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-04-13T12:41:19Z
title: Did RSS issue letter to coax Muslim girls to convert to Hinduism?
review_date: 2023-04-13T12:41:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/did-rss-issue-letter-to-coax-muslim-girls-to-convert-to-hinduism-710913


text: 21YO climate activist Disha Ravi is a single mother
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-02-16T11:36:52Z
title: Fact Check: 21YO climate activist Disha Ravi is not a single mother
review_date: 2021-02-16T11:36:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-21yo-climate-activist-disha-ravi-is-not-a-single-mother-674282


text: Disneyland's first customer still uses his lifetime ticket every year since 1955
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-07-09T06:23:41Z
title: Fact Check: Disneyland's first customer still uses his lifetime ticket
review_date: 2021-07-09T06:23:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-disneylands-first-customer-still-uses-his-lifetime-ticket-680491


text: video of young man on hospital bed is from Uttar Pradesh
claimant: social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-29T10:13:45Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of young man on hospital bed is from Pakistan not Uttar Pradesh
review_date: 2020-08-29T10:13:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-viral-video-of-young-man-on-hospital-bed-is-from-pakistan-not-uttar-pradesh/


text: Ratan Tata has pledged his entire wealth to rid India of COVID19
claimant: Social Media Post
claim_date: 2021-05-25T06:31:53Z
title: Fact Check: Ratan Tata has not pledged his entire wealth to rid India of COVID-19
review_date: 2021-05-25T06:31:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/ratan-tata-has-pledged-his-entire-wealth-to-rid-india-of-covid-19-678646


text: Video of a massive protest shows support for Muslims in Tripura.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-08T10:22:31Z
review_date: 2021-11-08T10:22:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-video-from-2020-bangladesh-protest-falsely-passed-off-as-support-rally-for-tripura-muslims-685811

title:
Fact Check: Video from 2020 Bangladesh protest falsely passed off as support rally for Tripura Muslims


text: Video of steam train pulling through snow-capped mountains is from Germany.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-02-06T06:18:06Z
title: Video of steam train pulling through snow-capped mountains is from Germany, not Himachal
review_date: 2023-02-06T06:18:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-steam-train-pulling-through-snow-capped-mountains-is-from-germany-not-himachal-707650


text: Coconut coir-infused water can treat typhoid in two weeks.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-09-27T05:38:08Z
title: Coconut coir-infused water to treat typhoid? This home remedy can be fatal
review_date: 2022-09-27T05:38:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/coconut-coir-infused-water-to-treat-typhoid-this-home-remedy-can-be-fatal-701279


text: PM touches the feet of an IAS officer Aarti Dogra
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-12-23T06:45:11Z
title: Fact Check: Did Prime Minister touch feet of IAS officer Aarti Dogra?
review_date: 2021-12-23T06:45:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-did-prime-minister-touch-feet-of-ias-officer-aarti-dogra-688404


text: Doctored caricature shared online has created by American cartoonist Ben Garrison
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-12-07T08:07:36Z
review_date: 2020-12-07T08:07:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/fact-check-doctored-caricature-shared-online-has-not-been-created-by-american-cartoonist-ben-garrison-671449

title:
Fact check: Doctored caricature shared online has not been created by American cartoonist Ben Garrison


text: IDF made disparaging comments against India
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2021-05-18T07:28:27Z
title: IDF did not make disparaging comments against India, viral tweet is fake
review_date: 2021-05-18T07:28:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/idf-did-not-make-disparaging-comments-against-india-viral-tweet-is-fake-678335


text: Video shows the first Air India flight from India to Canada after the takeover.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2021-11-10T06:33:05Z
title: Video of Bhangra on board Air India flight dates back to 2018
review_date: 2021-11-10T06:33:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/video-of-bhangra-on-board-air-india-flight-dates-back-to-2018-685913


text: Photos show the face of the anti-Brahmin protest at Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU).
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-12-06T06:30:36Z
title: Man wearing saree has nothing to do with anti-Brahmin graffiti in JNU
review_date: 2022-12-06T06:30:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/man-wearing-saree-has-nothing-to-do-with-anti-brahmin-graffiti-in-jnu-704630


text: A mixture of garlic, turmeric, ginger and clove helps women conceive.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-06-18T11:45:49Z
title: Fact Check: Can an herbal mixture of ginger, garlic and cloves help women conceive?
review_date: 2023-06-18T11:45:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check/can-an-herbal-mixture-of-ginger-garlic-and-cloves-help-women-conceive-713807


text: Viral image of Shiv Linga sculpted on hanging rocks
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-10-29T08:16:00Z
title: Fact check: Viral image of Shiv Linga sculpted on hanging rocks is photoshopped
review_date: 2020-10-29T08:16:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: NewsMeter
publisher_site: newsmeter.in
url:
https://newsmeter.in/fact-check-viral-image-of-shiv-linga-sculpted-on-hanging-rocks-is-photoshopped/


claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Grothman falsely claims birthright citizenship doesn’t apply to migrant children born in the US
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Our government, wrongly, is saying if you’re born in this country you’re automatically an American citizen.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/12/glenn-grothman/grothman-falsely-claims-birthright-citizenship-doe/


text: Bloodied Palestinian baby doll was “made in Israel.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2024-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Bloodied Palestinian baby doll wasn’t made by Israel. It was an art protest.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/12/instagram-posts/bloodied-palestinian-baby-doll-wasnt-made-by-israe/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2024-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's claim that millions of immigrants are signing up to vote illegally is Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“That’s why they are allowing these people to come in — people that don’t speak our language — they are signing them up to vote.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/12/donald-trump/trumps-claim-that-millions-of-immigrants-are-signi/


text: In Palm Springs, California, “transgender residents to receive a monthly payment of $900.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2024-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, a California city is not giving all transgender residents $900 a month
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/12/instagram-posts/no-a-california-city-is-not-giving-all-transgender/


text: “The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2024-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: What President Joe Biden got right, and what he missed, about the racial wealth gap
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/12/joe-biden/what-president-joe-biden-got-right-and-what-he-mis/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2024-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jan/11/fact-checking-trumps-iowa-town-hall-wuhan-scientis/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s Iowa town hall: Wuhan scientist, wars, ‘no inflation’ and DeSantis on Fauci
review_date: 2024-01-11T07:59:56Z
textual_rating: Based on unsourced report
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I think (COVID-19) was done out of incompetence. That's what I think, I believe that. A scientist went out, said hello to his girlfriend and that was the end of that. She died and then people started dying all over the place."


text: “Biden’s let in 8 million people just in four years.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2024-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Debate fact-check: Ron DeSantis’ misleading claim that 8 million migrants have come in under Biden
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/11/ron-desantis/debate-fact-check-ron-desantis-misleading-claim-th/


text: “Biden’s let in 8 million people just in four years.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2024-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Analysis | Fact-checking the fifth Republican presidential debate
review_date: 2024-01-11T14:54:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/11/fact-checking-fifth-republican-presidential-debate/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2024-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jan/11/nikki-haley-desantis-republican-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the 2024 Iowa debate between Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley on CNN
review_date: 2024-01-11T14:19:13Z
textual_rating: This is correct
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I'm the only one running for president that served in the armed forces. I deployed to Iraq back in 2007, 2008."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2024-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jan/11/fact-checking-trumps-iowa-town-hall-wuhan-scientis/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s Iowa town hall: Wuhan scientist, wars, ‘no inflation’ and DeSantis on Fauci
review_date: 2024-01-11T07:59:56Z
textual_rating: Missing context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"But if you go back and look at the record, you will see that the biggest fan of Dr. Fauci was Ron DeSanctimonious. He was a big fan. He said, ‘I go by’ — exactly quote — ‘I go by what Dr. Fauci said.’"


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2024-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jan/11/whos-right-on-life-expectancy-ron-desantis-or-nikk/
title: Who’s right on life expectancy, Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley? Both
review_date: 2024-01-11T06:19:15Z
textual_rating: Life expectancy has risen
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Life expectancy is significantly longer today than it was when Social Security was created in the 1930s.


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2024-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jan/11/nikki-haley-desantis-republican-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the 2024 Iowa debate between Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley on CNN
review_date: 2024-01-11T14:19:13Z
textual_rating: Tractor-trailers are heavier
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Electric vehicles are heavy. Our roads and bridges wouldn't be able to handle that … because they're heavy in weight."


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2024-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jan/11/nikki-haley-desantis-republican-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the 2024 Iowa debate between Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley on CNN
review_date: 2024-01-11T14:19:13Z
textual_rating: Partially correct
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On gender-affirming surgery for minors, "(Haley) said she's against (it). That wasn't what she said this summer. She was asked about it. It's on video, and she said the law should stay out of it."


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2024-01-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jan/11/ron-desantis-said-a-nyc-school-displaced-students/
title: Ron DeSantis said a NYC school displaced students to house migrants. Here’s what happened.
textual_rating: omits key details
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Think about what's happening to our country. Just this week, we saw the news that a school in Brooklyn, New York, had the kids stay home. They were not able to go to school, (were) told, ‘You can’t go get an in-person education.’ Why? Because the city's commandeering the school to house illegal aliens in it."


text: Nikki Haley is ineligible to be president or vice president.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2024-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Birther claims are back, and still wrong. Nikki Haley is eligible to be president.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/10/facebook-posts/birther-claims-are-back-and-still-wrong-nikki-hale/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2024-01-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jan/11/fact-check-haley-calls-out-floridas-property-insur/
textual_rating: Tampa, Miami have high inflation
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Why is it that (Florida) is named the American hotspot for inflation? Why is it that his state is now known to have the highest cost of living increases?"

title:
Fact-check: Haley calls out Florida’s property insurance, inflation rate in CNN debate with DeSantis


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-12-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/jan/09/setting-the-record-straight-on-civil-war-history-f/
title: A primer on Civil War history and what Donald Trump and Nikki Haley got wrong
review_date: 2024-01-09T20:15:42Z
textual_rating: Slavery was at the core
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The central issue of the Civil War was "the role of government and what the rights of the people are."


text: Video of avalanche shows the “power of nature.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: Avalanche video shows power of nature, but it’s from a movie
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/09/instagram-posts/avalanche-video-shows-power-of-nature-but-its-from/


text: Police responded to alien creatures at a Miami mall on Jan. 1, 2024.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2024-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Aliens at a Miami mall? Social media claims about police incident are astronomically wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/08/instagram-posts/aliens-at-a-miami-mall-social-media-claims-about-p/


text: “Nationwide data reveals surging levels of newest COVID strain in water supply.”
claimant: Breitbart
claim_date: 2023-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: Very high COVID-19 viral levels found in wastewater, not in U.S. ‘water supply’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/08/breitbart/very-high-covid-19-viral-levels-found-in-wastewate/


text: Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2024-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump omits context on Nikki Haley’s comments about US retirement age being too low
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-omits-context-on-nikki-haleys-comment/


text: In Florida, “income growth is top of the chart.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2024-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Is income growth in Florida No. 1 in the U.S., as Ron DeSantis said?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/08/ron-desantis/is-income-growth-in-florida-no-1-in-the-us-as-ron/


text: “Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."
claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2024-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Nikki Haley exaggerates rate of federal telework
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/05/nikki-haley/nikki-haley-exaggerates-rate-of-federal-telework/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2024-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s new ‘evidence’ that Biden lost in 2020 is ridiculously wrong (and dusty). We reviewed it.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In actuality, there is no evidence Joe Biden won” the 2020 election, citing a report’s allegations from five battleground states.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/05/donald-trump/trumps-new-evidence-that-biden-lost-in-2020-is-rid/


text: Nikki Haley “opposed Trump’s border wall” and “Trump’s travel ban.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2024-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump ad wrongly describes Nikki Haley’s position on a border wall, travel ban
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/05/donald-trump/donald-trump-ad-wrongly-describes-nikki-haleys-pos/


claimant: TikTok
claim_date: 2023-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: TikTok video falsely links removal of Florida voters and abortion amendment
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Almost a million people, mostly Democrats, have been kicked off the voter roll here in Florida” because of efforts to place a proposed amendment on abortion access on the state’s 2024 ballot.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/05/tiktok-posts/tiktok-video-falsely-links-removal-of-florida-vote/


text: Jimmy Kimmel was on the Jeffrey Epstein list, documents show.
claimant: X post
claim_date: 2024-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Claim this document shows Jimmy Kimmel in Epstein court case is Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/04/tweets/document-showing-jimmy-kimmel-in-epstein-court-cas/


text: Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
claimant: SFA Fund
claim_date: 2023-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: Super PAC supporting Nikki Haley says Ron DeSantis praised China, but he didn't
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/04/sfa-fund/did-ron-desantis-say-china-is-floridas-most-import/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-12-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hillary Clinton didn’t blame Epstein’s death, 2016 election on climate change
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Hillary Clinton blamed various events, including her 2016 election loss and Jeffrey Epstein’s death, on climate change.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/04/instagram-posts/no-hillary-clinton-didnt-blame-epsteins-death-2016/


text: T-Mobile plans to fine its customers up to $3,500 for text messages it doesn't like.
claimant: TikTok video
claim_date: 2023-12-25T00:00:00Z
title: T-Mobile isn’t fining its customers over text messages. Here’s what’s happening.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/04/tiktok-posts/t-mobile-isnt-fining-its-customers-over-text-messa/


text: Dr. Ben Carson endorsed CBD gummies to treat high blood pressure.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ben Carson isn’t hawking CBD gummies to treat high blood pressure
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/03/facebook-posts/no-ben-carson-isnt-hawking-cbd-gummies-to-treat-hi/


text: Elon Musk developed “Cosmo Heater,” a product that would cut heating costs “to basically $0.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: No comfort, just cold: There’s no evidence Elon Musk invented the ‘Cosmo Heater’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/03/facebook-posts/no-comfort-just-cold-theres-no-evidence-elon-musk/


text: “Wisconsin utilities have charged ratepayers more than $1.9 billion of increases since 2019.”
claimant: Americans for Prosperity
claim_date: 2023-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Public Service Commission has approved rate hikes, but not $1.9 billion
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/29/americans-prosperity/wisconsin-public-service-commission-has-approved-r/


claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Did Wisconsin's governor reject Iowa-modeled redistricting plan he had earlier endorsed?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/22/robin-vos/did-wisconsins-governor-reject-iowa-modeled-redist/


text: Video shows Donald Trump advertising $6,400 spending cards.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Trump promoting $6,400 spending cards
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/21/facebook-posts/no-this-video-doesnt-show-trump-promoting-6400-spe/


text: Video is evidence that Hillary Clinton is a reptile.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: This video does not prove that Hillary Clinton is a reptile
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/21/instagram-posts/this-video-does-not-prove-that-hillary-clinton-is/


text: Hunter Biden’s “prison term announced.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Hunter Biden has been indicted twice, but he has not been sentenced to prison
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/21/facebook-posts/hunter-biden-has-been-indicted-twice-but-he-has-no/


text: “They want to make our Army tanks all electric.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Trump said the Biden administration wants to ‘make our Army tanks all electric.’ That’s False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/21/donald-trump/trump-said-the-biden-administration-wants-to-make/


claimant: Julian Bradley
claim_date: 2023-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Has Wisconsin's governor vetoed multiple middle-class tax cuts this year?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/julian-bradley/has-wisconsins-governor-vetoed-multiple-middle-cla/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Texas Children’s Pediatrics clinics don’t have a vaccine mandate for patients
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Texas Children’s Hospital pediatric clinics announce they will no longer treat unvaccinated children.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/instagram-posts/no-texas-childrens-pediatrics-clinics-dont-have-a/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2023-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Christie’s claim on Trump’s China trade deal is on the right track, but hinges on the math
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/chris-christie/christies-claim-on-trumps-china-trade-deal-is-on-t/


text: “We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam Wars, combined.”
claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Haley is correct that fentanyl deaths top casualties from 3 wars combined
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/nikki-haley/haley-is-correct-that-fentanyl-deaths-top-casualti/


text: The Lincoln Project is “using A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)” in its “television commercials.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump claimed the Lincoln Project used AI to make him ‘look bad.’ But the clips are real
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-claimed-the-lincoln-project-used-ai-t/


text: “The U.S. is sending everyone (a) free $16,800 right now.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Promises of $16,800 payments from the U.S. government are a scam
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/18/facebook-posts/promises-of-16800-payments-from-the-us-government/


text: Discussing gender-affirming surgical care for minors, said that Sweden “shut it down.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Why Ron DeSantis’ claim that Sweden ‘shut down’ gender-affirming surgical care is Half True
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/18/ron-desantis/why-ron-desantis-claim-that-sweden-shut-down-gende/


text: “Gasoline prices are now $5, $6, $7 and even $8 a gallon.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Are gasoline prices under Joe Biden ranging from $5 to $8 a gallon, as Donald Trump said?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/15/donald-trump/are-gasoline-prices-under-joe-biden-ranging/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2023-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin senator's claim that Dems used alternative slates of electors 'repeatedly' is false'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Democrats have also used alternate slates of electors "repeatedly in all kinds of different states."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/15/ron-johnson/johnsons-claim-dems-used-alternative-slates-of-ele/


text: China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
claimant: Asa Hutchinson
claim_date: 2023-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Asa Hutchinson’s Mostly True claim that China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
review_date: 2023-12-16T04:46:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/15/asa-hutchinson/asa-hutchinsons-mostly-true-claim-that-china-is-al/


text: Video of a man collapsing while confronting service members is “Palestinian Theater.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Video of man collapsing while confronting Israeli service members happened in 2015
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/14/instagram-posts/video-of-man-collapsing-while-confronting-israeli/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Here’s how much Kevin McCallister’s ‘Home Alone’ shopping trip would cost in 2023
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Macaulay Culkin’s “Home Alone” shopping trip that cost $19.83 in 1990 would cost $72.28 today, up from $44.40 in 2022.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/14/instagram-posts/heres-how-much-kevin-mccallisters-home-alone-shopp/


text: Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: DeSantis said Florida overdose deaths declined year over year. Preliminary data backs that up
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/14/ron-desantis/desantis-said-florida-overdose-deaths-declined-yea/


text: Tyson Foods may put insect protein in your chicken nuggets.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Tyson Foods invests in insects, but not for your chicken nuggets
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/14/facebook-posts/tyson-foods-invests-in-insects-but-not-for-your-ch/


text: “We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on the creation of 800,000 manufacturing jobs
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/13/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-on-manufacturing-jobs/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: 2015 Biden video shared out of context not proof he’ll ‘make a stream of illegal immigrants’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Then-Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks in 2015 video prove he “intentionally” opened U.S. borders to immigrants.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/13/instagram-posts/2015-biden-video-shared-out-of-context-not-proof-h/


text: Nikki Haley “raised taxes.”
claimant: Fight Right
claim_date: 2023-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Campaign ad from DeSantis PAC says Nikki Haley ‘raised taxes.’ That’s Mostly False.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/13/fight-right-inc/campaign-ad-from-desantis-pac-says-nikki-haley-rai/


text: Video shows Elon Musk announcing he’s giving away free gold bars.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, billionaire Elon Musk isn’t giving away free gold bars
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/12/facebook-posts/no-billionaire-elon-musk-isnt-giving-away-free-gol/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post misrepresents photo to falsely connect beaten woman to George Floyd
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/11/instagram-posts/post-misrepresents-photo-this-woman-was-not-kidnap/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: Video of students who drank laxative-laced lemonade is fiction, not real life
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows the aftermath of a school prank in which students drank lemonade containing “horse laxatives.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/11/facebook-posts/video-of-students-who-drank-laxative-laced-lemonad/


text: "Massive f— Joe Biden chant breaks out at Army/Navy game.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Army-Navy football crowd didn’t chant anti-Joe Biden vulgarity. This video is altered.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/11/instagram-posts/army-navy-football-crowd-didnt-chant-anti-joe-bide/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Ron DeSantis’ claim that trans kids can flee to CA and get care without their parents gets it wrong
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/11/ron-desantis/desantiss-claim-that-trans-kids-can-flee-to-ca-and/


claimant: Casey DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-12-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/11/out-of-state-residents-can-participate-in-the-iowa/
title: Out-of-state residents can ‘participate’ in the Iowa caucuses, but they can't vote in them
textual_rating: Can't vote, can support
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’re asking all of these moms and grandmoms to come from wherever it might be, North Carolina, South Carolina and to descend upon the state of Iowa to be a part of the caucus, because you do not have to be a resident of Iowa to be able to participate in the caucus."


text: “Mysterious pneumonia” from China is now in Ohio.
claimant: TikTok video
claim_date: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: No mystery about, or link between, pediatric pneumonia cases in China and Ohio
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/08/tiktok-posts/no-mystery-about-or-link-between-pediatric-pneumon/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-12-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The new Inflation Reduction Act has just been updated to give Americans making less than $50,000 per year up to $6,400 in subsidies every single month."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/08/facebook-posts/scam-alert-us-government-isnt-giving-out-6400-subs/

title:
Scam alert: U.S. government isn’t giving out $6,400 subsidies through Inflation Reduction Act update


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, this airplane stuck in a Munich snowstorm wasn’t bound for the UN Climate Conference in Dubai
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows “heavy snow and ice has frozen jets in Munich bound for Dubai's global warming conference.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/08/facebook-posts/no-this-airplane-stuck-in-a-munich-snowstorm-wasnt/


claimant: Ron Tusler
claim_date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Iowa model’ redistricting was not top priority for Wisconsin GOP until 2023
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wisconsin Republicans will introduce a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. This plan has been hailed as the ‘gold standard’ redistricting model by Democrats and Republicans alike. Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/08/ron-tusler/iowa-model-redistricting-was-not-top-priority-for/


claimant: Katrina Shankland
claim_date: 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Has a Wisconsin Democratic candidate for Congress passed over 170 bills into law?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“I have been a state legislator for 11 years, passing over 170 bills into law and delivering for Wisconsin families.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/08/katrina-shankland/has-a-wisconsin-democratic-candidate-for-congress/


text: U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, the U.S. hasn’t recently changed courts-martial rules to subject civilians to military justice
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/07/facebook-posts/some-civilians-can-already-be-tried-using-military/


claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-12-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/07/fourth-gop-presidential-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate
review_date: 2023-12-07T06:52:01Z
textual_rating: None of the candidates said that
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“These people want to send your sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine, they’ve been arguing for it for a year.”


text: “January 6 now does look like it was an inside job.”
claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Ramaswamy’s Pants on Fire debate claim that Jan. 6 was an ‘inside job’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/07/vivek-ramaswamy/vivek-ramaswamy-said-jan-6-was-an-inside-job-at-al/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-12-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/07/fourth-gop-presidential-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate
review_date: 2023-12-07T06:52:01Z
textual_rating: Needs more context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The idea that (three university presidents) would go and allow that kind of pro-Hamas protest or agree with the genocide of Jews and try and say that they needed context on that? There is no context to that."


claimant: Tom Fitton
claim_date: 2023-12-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/07/fourth-gop-presidential-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate
review_date: 2023-12-07T06:52:01Z
textual_rating: This is accurate, but not new
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans think more highly of the U.S. Postal Service than they do the FBI or Justice Department.”


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-12-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/07/fourth-gop-presidential-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate
review_date: 2023-12-07T06:52:01Z
textual_rating: He pushed one bill, didn't support the other
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
DeSantis "tried to push a law that would stop anonymous people from talking to the press and went so far to say bloggers should have to register with the state if they’re gonna talk about, write about elected officials."


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-12-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/07/fourth-gop-presidential-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate
review_date: 2023-12-07T06:52:01Z
textual_rating: This is misleading and needs context.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nikki Haley said the other day there should be no limits on legal immigration and that corporate CEOs should set the policy on that."


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-12-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/07/fourth-gop-presidential-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate
review_date: 2023-12-07T06:52:01Z
textual_rating: Lots of caveats
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"50% of adults 18 to 25 think that Hamas was warranted in what they did with Israel" in the Oct. 7 attacks.


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2023-12-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/07/fourth-gop-presidential-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate
review_date: 2023-12-07T06:52:01Z
textual_rating: Needs clarification
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that a law that required new guidelines for schools with transgender students “was put into effect in 2018 and regulated in 2018 after I was out of office.”


text: “With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Trump claims he made peace in the Middle East with Abraham Accords. That’s False.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/05/donald-trump/trump-claims-he-made-peace-in-the-middle-east-with/


text: Audio shows breaking news that “Biden approves $5,200 for Americans older than 25.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Sorry, no ‘free money’: Biden did not approve a $5,200 subsidy for Americans older than 25
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/05/facebook-posts/sorry-no-free-money-biden-did-not-approve-a-5200-s/


text: The International Space Station is in a pool, not in space.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Splish, splash, space? No. The International Space Station is not staged in a large swimming pool.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/05/instagram-posts/splish-splash-space-no-the-international-space-sta/


claimant: Jodi Emerson
claim_date: 2023-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Is erasing others’ chalk messages forbidden on University of Wisconsin campuses?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"On most campuses, you cannot destroy a chalked message unless you were the one that wrote it. You can't dump water on it, you can't even walk over it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/05/jodi-emerson/is-erasing-others-chalk-messages-forbidden-on-univ/


text: The Palestinian flag before 1948 included the Star of David.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, a past Palestinian flag didn’t feature the Star of David
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/05/instagram-posts/no-a-past-palestinian-flag-didnt-feature-the-star/


text: "When (Ron DeSantis) was in Congress, he supported amnesty."
claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Gavin Newsom’s Mostly False claim about Ron DeSantis’ support of amnesty for immigrants
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/05/gavin-newsom/gavin-newsoms-mostly-false-claim-about-ron-desanti/


claimant: Bryan Steil
claim_date: 2023-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin lawmaker's claim on immigrants voting in local Washington, D.C., elections is Mostly True
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Washington DC allows non-citizens to vote in (municipal elections)" so a Russian citizen, after living in Washington for 30 days can "vote for mayor in Washington DC. And they don’t even need to show their ID to do it.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/04/bryan-steil/wisconsin-lawmakers-claim-on-immigrants-voting-in/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Is Nikki Haley right in how she measures China’s naval power?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/04/nikki-haley/is-nikki-haley-right-in-how-she-measures-chinas-na/


claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/01/fact-checking-newsom-desantis-debate-migration-boo/
title: Fact-checking Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map
review_date: 2023-12-01T22:44:40Z
textual_rating: One group's count
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"One thousand four hundred and six books have been banned just last year under Ron DeSantis’ leadership."


text: Magnetic “lymphatic earrings” aid weight loss.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Earrings that promote weight loss? That’s fashionably false
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/01/facebook-posts/lobal-warning-earrings-that-promote-weight-loss-th/


claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/01/fact-checking-newsom-desantis-debate-migration-boo/
title: Fact-checking Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map
review_date: 2023-12-01T22:44:40Z
textual_rating: This is accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida "taxes low-income workers more than we tax millionaires and billionaires in the state of California."


claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/dec/01/fact-checking-newsom-desantis-debate-migration-boo/
title: Fact-checking Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map
review_date: 2023-12-01T22:44:40Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You passed an emergency declaration before the state of California did," Newsom said. "You closed down your beaches, your bars, your restaurants. It is a fact."


text: “In Germany, you must be fully vaxxed before your death by assisted suicide.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Germany does not require vaccination before assisted suicide
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/01/instagram-posts/germany-does-not-require-vaccination-before-assist/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Can a stranger steal contact info from iPhone? No, that’s not how Apple’s NameDrop works.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
With Apple’s NameDrop, anyone placing an iPhone near your child’s “will automatically receive their contact information.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/01/instagram-posts/can-a-stranger-steal-contact-info-from-iphone-no-t/


text: Iceland has banned COVID-19 vaccines “amid soaring sudden deaths.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, Iceland hasn’t banned COVID-19 vaccines
review_date: 2023-12-08T20:58:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/30/instagram-posts/no-iceland-hasnt-banned-covid-19-vaccines/


text: Pizzagate “expert” went to jail for child pornography
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2023-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Journalist who pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse images did not debunk Pizzagate
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/30/facebook-posts/journalist-who-pleaded-guilty-to-possession-of-chi/


text: Video shows Black Friday shoppers “in Biden’s thriving economy.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Black Friday a bust under Biden? No, video of lone shopper is from London in 2017
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/30/instagram-posts/black-friday-a-bust-under-biden-no-video-of-lone-s/


text: Video showing “Israeli occupation forces arrest a 2-year-old child” is from the Israel-Hamas war.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: Video of Israeli police detaining Palestinian boy is from 2018, not current war
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/30/instagram-posts/video-of-israeli-police-detaining-palestinian-boy/


text: “8 MINUTES AGO! The largest underwater volcano has SUDDENLY CRACKED OPEN the Earth!”
claimant: Facebook Post
claim_date: 2023-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Did you miss explosive news? No. This volcano erupted last year, not recently
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/30/facebook-posts/did-you-miss-explosive-news-no-this-volcano-erupte/


text: Republicans’ “plan would cut Social Security benefits. … Average benefit cut would be 13%.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Is Joe Biden right that Republicans “would cut Social Security benefits”?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/29/joe-biden/is-joe-biden-right-that-republicans-would-cut-soci/


claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2023-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Do Florida women, doctors face felony charges for abortions? Fact-checking Gavin Newsom ad
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Florida, “any woman who has an abortion after six weeks — and any doctor who gives her care — will be guilty of a felony.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/29/gavin-newsom/do-florida-women-doctors-face-felony-charges-for-a/


claimant: Fight Right Inc.
claim_date: 2023-11-23T00:00:00Z
title: AdWatch: DeSantis super PAC ad misleadingly edits Nikki Haley’s comments about Hillary Clinton
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Clips of Nikki Haley speaking about Hillary Clinton show Haley supports Clinton and is “not who she says she is.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/29/fight-right-inc/adwatch-desantis-super-pac-ad-misleadingly-edits-n/


text: A “brand new financial relief program available for Americans" provides $5,000 in cash.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Ho, ho, ho? No, no, no. Facebook post promises $5,000 cash but connects with loan providers.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/29/facebook-posts/ho-ho-ho-no-no-no-facebook-post-promises-5000-cash/


text: "The U.S. is sending everyone a free $6,400 right now.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for this scam: the U.S. isn’t giving everyone $6,400
review_date: 2023-12-08T20:48:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/29/facebook-posts/dont-fall-for-this-scam-the-us-isnt-giving-everyon/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, COVID-19 vaccinated blood poses no risk, health experts say
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You’re in danger” because the American Red Cross doesn’t label blood donations from donors vaccinated against COVID-19.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/28/instagram-posts/no-covid-19-vaccinated-blood-poses-no-risk-health/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2023-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy’s Pants on Fire claim that U.S. never asked for land after wars
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/28/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthys-pants-on-fire-claim-that-us-never/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-11-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show a military chaplain praying to ‘get rid’ of Joe Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows a military chaplain praying, “Please get rid of Joe Biden and bring back the real president, Donald J. Trump.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/28/instagram-posts/no-this-video-doesnt-show-a-military-chaplain-pray/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: No proof Trump warned of imminent catastrophe affecting ‘300 million Americans’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Audio shows former President Donald Trump warned “300 million Americans” will die from a catastrophe “in a matter of weeks.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/29/facebook-posts/no-proof-trump-warned-of-imminent-catastrophe-affe/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-11-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/nov/27/politifact-road-tests-donald-trumps-claim-about-dr/
title: PolitiFact road-tests Donald Trump’s claim about driving an electric vehicle in New Hampshire
textual_rating: Home chargers should be fine
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You can't get out of New Hampshire in an electric car. Where are you going? ‘I'm going to Massachusetts.’ Well, you better get yourself a gas turbine because this car is not going to get you there. Well, you could, if you stop about four times now."


text: Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Viral video of teacher instructing students about gender pronouns is a skit, not authentic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/27/facebook-posts/viral-video-of-teacher-instructing-students-about/


text: “Terrorist attack confirmed” in Niagara Falls, New York.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-11-22T00:00:00Z
title: FBI said a vehicle explosion at Rainbow Bridge in New York wasn’t a terrorist attack
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/27/social-media/fbi-said-a-vehicle-explosion-at-rainbow-bridge-in/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show Doctors Without Borders medic aiding West Bank fighting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows a Doctors Without Borders medic in Jenin taking a weapon from a wounded person and giving it to someone else.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/27/instagram-posts/video-doesnt-show-doctors-without-borders-medic-ai/


claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “voted to send hundreds of millions to Iran” to bankroll “radicals like Hezbollah and Hamas.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/24/national-republican-senatorial-committee/claim-that-tammy-baldwin-voted-to-send-millions-to/

title:
Claim that Tammy Baldwin voted to send millions to Iran that bankrolled ‘radical’ groups lacks proof


claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a TikTok claim that the government caused inflation to wage war on civilians
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/21/tiktok-posts/debunking-a-tiktok-claim-that-the-government-cause/


text: Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.”
claimant: Alex Mooney
claim_date: 2023-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Did Jim Justice break his pledge not to hike taxes?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/21/alex-mooney/did-jim-justice-break-his-pledge-not-to-hike-taxes/


text: Video shows that “Troy Nehls FORCES Pete Buttigieg to admit that Biden is unfit to serve.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Did Pete Buttigieg say Joe Biden is unfit to serve? No, this video is miscaptioned
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/21/facebook-posts/did-pete-buttigieg-say-joe-biden-is-unfit-to-serve/


claimant: Karine Jean-Pierre
claim_date: 2023-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Karine Jean-Pierre on this year’s Thanksgiving costs
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/21/karine-jean-pierre/fact-checking-karine-jean-pierre-on-this-years-tha/


text: Video shows Israeli soldiers “raising their flag” over al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Israeli flag planted over boys’ school, not al-Shifa hospital
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/21/instagram-posts/video-shows-israeli-flag-planted-over-boys-school/


text: Videos of Nancy Pelosi from Jan. 6, 2021, show the Capitol attack was staged.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Footage of Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6, 2021, doesn’t prove Capitol attack was staged
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/21/instagram-posts/footage-of-nancy-pelosi-on-jan-6-2021-doesnt-prove/


claimant: Clay Higgins
claim_date: 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Why a Republican's claim about ‘ghost buses’ of FBI informants on Jan. 6 is dubious
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A "ghost bus … filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/21/clay-higgins/why-a-republicans-claim-about-ghost-buses-of-fbi-i/


text: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."
claimant: Dean Phillips
claim_date: 2023-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: How familiar are US students with the Holocaust? Checking Dean Phillips’ claim
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/20/dean-phillips/are-half-of-us-high-school-students-unfamiliar-wit/


text: These 13 books “have been banned from schools in Florida.”
claimant: Pink
claim_date: 2023-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Banned books in Florida schools: How accurate is a list Pink shared?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/20/pink/banned-books-in-florida-schools-how-accurate-is-a/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Nikki Haley distorts Ron DeSantis’ Chinese recruitment record in Florida
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “did something six months ago” akin to Nikki Haley recruiting Chinese companies to South Carolina.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/20/nikki-haley/nikki-haley-distorts-ron-desantis-chinese-recruitm/


text: Princess Diana “is still alive” and “possibly could be with Trump.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Princess Diana died in 1997. A conspiracy theory that loops in former President Donald Trump claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/17/viral-image/princess-diana-died-in-1997-a-conspiracy-theory-th/


text: Video shows President Joe Biden falling “on the plane stairs shortly after landing in Poland.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show President Joe Biden falling down plane stairs in Poland
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/17/viral-image/video-doesnt-show-president-joe-biden-falling-down/


text: “Footage from Israeli helicopter shows the IDF killing many people at October 7 concert in Israel.”
claimant: Stew Peters
claim_date: 2023-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Israeli military killing people at Oct. 7 concert in Israel
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/17/stew-peters/no-this-video-doesnt-show-israeli-military-killing/


text: Billboard in New York City shows “Stand with Israel” ad replacing “Stand with Ukraine” ad.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: New York City billboard ad showing ‘Stand with Israel’ replacing Ukraine is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/17/instagram-posts/new-york-city-billboard-ad-showing-stand-with-isra/


text: Video shows “Elon Musk and the Dubai billionaire have unveiled new software called ‘Quantum AI.’”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: More fake ‘Quantum AI’ claims about Elon Musk spread online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/17/facebook-posts/more-fake-quantum-ai-claims-about-elon-musk-spread/


text: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson "opposes Social Security benefits."
claimant: Francesca Hong
claim_date: 2023-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin lawmaker falsely claims US House speaker ‘opposes Social Security’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/17/francesca-hong/wis-lawmaker-says-us-house-speaker-opposes-social/


text: “Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.”
claimant: Markwayne Mullin
claim_date: 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Did Abraham Lincoln challenge a rival to a sword fight?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/16/markwayne-mullin/did-abraham-lincoln-challenge-a-rival-to-a-sword-f/


claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2023-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin lawmaker's claim that young children can receive gender transition treatment is false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Kids who don’t even know what day it is or their colors can decide to permanently change themselves” through medical gender transition.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/15/robin-vos/wis-lawmakers-claim-claim-that-young-children-can/


text: Photo shows “Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wearing a mask in November 2023.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Old photo of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wearing a mask is mischaracterized as new
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/15/viral-image/old-photo-of-pfizer-ceo-albert-bourla-wearing-a-ma/


claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Ramaswamy misses details in debate story about DeSantis donor, Florida anti-China land law
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/15/vivek-ramaswamy/ramaswamy-misses-details-in-debate-story-about-des/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, the first lady didn’t say President Joe Biden is a cheerleader for ‘atrocities’ in Gaza
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows first lady Jill Biden calling President Joe Biden “the world's biggest cheerleader for the atrocities happening now in Gaza."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/15/viral-image/no-the-first-lady-didnt-say-president-joe-biden-is/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: The criminal prosecutions against Trump are not ‘just like the Cuban regime’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Just like the Cuban regime, the Biden administration is trying to put their political opponents in jail, shutting down free speech.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/15/donald-trump/the-criminal-prosecutions-against-trump-are-not-ju/


text: Former President Donald Trump “just told everyone he is commander in chief.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Hail to the commander in chief: It’s President Joe Biden, not former President Donald Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/15/viral-image/hail-to-the-commander-in-chief-its-president-joe-b/


text: New Hampshire has “a worse drug problem per capita than any other state."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: West Virginia, not New Hampshire, ranks first in fatal drug overdoses
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/15/donald-trump/west-virginia-not-new-hampshire-has-the-highest-dr/


text: Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
claimant: Marianne Williamson
claim_date: 2023-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: US military aid isn’t the majority of foreign assistance, contrary to what Marianne Williamson said
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/14/marianne-williamson/us-military-aid-isnt-a-majority-of-foreign-assista/


text: “We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters."
claimant: Marianne Williamson
claim_date: 2023-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Marianne Williamson correct that U.S. is world’s biggest arms exporter
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/14/marianne-williamson/marianne-williamson-correct-that-us-is-worlds-bigg/


text: A “B-2 stealth bomber seen over New York” means “Hezbollah may declare war on Israel.”
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: A stealth bomber recently spotted in New York is unrelated to Israel, contrary to online claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/10/tiktok-posts/a-stealth-bomber-recently-spotted-in-new-york-is-u/


text: “Jews did 9/11.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Al-Qaida terrorists were responsible for Sept. 11 attacks, not ‘Jews’ or Israel
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/10/instagram-posts/al-qaida-terrorists-were-responsible-for-sept-11-a/


text: Video shows Ontario Premier Doug Ford promoting Elon Musk’s “latest project.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video appears to show Canadian politician promoting an Elon Musk project, but it’s fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/10/viral-image/altered-video-appears-to-show-canadian-politician/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Pennsylvania voting machine error did not reveal ‘election fraud’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On Nov. 7, 2023, Pennsylvania voting machines were “flipping votes,” which is evidence of “election fraud.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/11/instagram-posts/pennsylvania-voting-machine-error-did-not-reveal-e/


claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/nov/09/fact-checking-the-third-gop-presidential-debate-in/
title: Fact-checking the third GOP presidential debate in Miami
review_date: 2023-11-09T13:43:40Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There was enough fentanyl that was captured just on the northern border last year to kill 3 million Americans."


text: Joe Rogan spoke about a child being abducted into a secret Disneyland tunnel.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Video showing Joe Rogan talking about Disneyland child abduction is a deepfake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/09/instagram-posts/video-showing-joe-rogan-talking-about-disneyland-c/


text: Videos show singer Kelly Clarkson promoting diet products.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Singer Kelly Clarkson keeps appearing in videos promoting diet drugs, but they’re fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/09/viral-image/singer-kelly-clarkson-keeps-appearing-in-videos-pr/


text: "Acapulco destroyed by yet another directed weather attack!”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Blame Mother Nature, not Mexican government, on Hurricane Otis hitting Acapulco
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/09/instagram-posts/blame-mother-nature-not-mexican-government-on-hurr/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/nov/09/fact-checking-the-third-gop-presidential-debate-in/
title: Fact-checking the third GOP presidential debate in Miami
review_date: 2023-11-09T13:43:40Z
textual_rating: This is accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Haley "welcomed" China into South Carolina, "gave them land near a military base (and) wrote the Chinese ambassador a love letter saying what a great friend they were."


text: “Taylor Swift pulls ‘Eras’ film screenings in Israel.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Taylor Swift fans in Israel can still see ‘The Eras Tour’ film there
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/09/viral-image/taylor-swift-fans-in-israel-can-still-see-the-eras/


text: Video shows someone wearing a Donald Trump mask appeared in court instead of the former president.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump recently testified in his civil fraud trial, not someone in a Trump mask
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/09/viral-image/donald-trump-recently-testified-in-his-civil-fraud/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/nov/09/fact-checking-the-third-gop-presidential-debate-in/
title: Fact-checking the third GOP presidential debate in Miami
review_date: 2023-11-09T13:43:40Z
textual_rating: Misleading impression
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We had Floridians that were over there after the attack. He (Biden) left them stranded; they couldn't get flights out. So I scrambled resources in Florida. I sent planes over to Israel and I brought back over 700 people to safety."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Mel Gibson didn’t post about ‘the end’ of Israel
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Mel Gibson posted about “the end” of Israel and said the country wants “to destroy everything in the way.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/09/viral-image/no-mel-gibson-didnt-post-about-the-end-of-israel/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2023-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Chris Christie on U.S. security obligations toward Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/09/chris-christie/fact-checking-chris-christie-on-us-security-obliga/


text: Video shows TV personalities promoting a diabetes cure.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Altered videos appear to show Wolf Blitzer, Dr. Mehmet Oz promoting diabetes cure
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/09/viral-image/altered-videos-appear-to-show-wolf-blitzer-dr-mehm/


text: Elon Musk is dead.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Social media reports of Elon Musk’s death are greatly exaggerated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/09/viral-image/social-media-reports-of-elon-musks-death-are-great/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video appears to show Jimmy Fallon interviewing Kelly Clarkson about weight loss
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows late night host Jimmy Fallon interviewing singer Kelly Clarkson about a weight loss product.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/08/viral-image/altered-video-appears-to-show-jimmy-fallon-intervi/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show New York Attorney General Letitia James criticizing President Joe Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
New York Attorney General Letitia James said President Joe Biden “is an embarrassment to all that we stand for.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/08/facebook-posts/no-this-video-doesnt-show-new-york-attorney-genera/


text: “NASA admits space and planets are fake.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, NASA didn’t admit space and planets are fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/08/viral-image/no-nasa-didnt-admit-space-and-planets-are-fake/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Palestinian protest video shows flags of an Indian political party, not Italy’s
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Protesters in Kerala India accidentally brought the Italian flag instead of the Palestine flag to pro-Hamas protest.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/08/viral-image/pro-palestinian-protest-video-shows-flags-of-an-in/


text: Video shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom falling down airplane stairs.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Gov. Gavin Newsom can’t be seen slipping down airplane stairs in viral video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/08/viral-image/no-gov-gavin-newsom-cant-be-seen-slipping-down-air/


claimant: Mike Johnson
claim_date: 2023-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Despite Mike Johnson’s claim, some spending cuts can increase deficits
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Only in Washington can you cut funding, add a pay-for to a new spending measure, and they say it's terrible for the deficit.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/07/mike-johnson/can-the-federal-government-spend-less-yet-still-se/


text: Video shows “Israel Zionist blowing up people in hospitals” in 2023.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Video does not show Israel bombing hospitals; footage predates the current crisis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/07/viral-image/video-does-not-show-israel-bombing-hospitals-foota/


text: Video shows someone impersonating President Joe Biden visiting Israel in October 2023.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: President Joe Biden, not an impersonator, visited Israel in October
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/07/viral-image/president-joe-biden-not-an-impersonator-visited-is/


text: Video shows Hoda Kotb interviewing Kelly Clarkson about “her weight loss journey.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Altered videos appear to show Kelly Clarkson 'Today' show interview about weight
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/07/viral-image/altered-videos-appear-to-show-kelly-clarkson-today/


text: Some individuals or businesses in Wisconsin are charging $2 or $2.25 an hour for child care.
claimant: Rachael Cabral-Guevara
claim_date: 2023-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Cabral-Guevara says some Wisconsin child care providers’ rates are as low as $2.25 an hour
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/07/rachael-cabral-guevara/cabral-guevara-says-some-wisconsin-child-care-prov/


text: Photos are evidence actor Courteney Cox uses adrenochrome from kidnapped children.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Altered photo of actor Courteney Cox is not evidence of adrenochrome use
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/07/instagram-posts/altered-photo-of-actor-courteney-cox-is-not-eviden/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Did Americans lose the farm? Fact-checking Joe Biden on farmland loss
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/07/joe-biden/did-americans-lose-the-farm-fact-checking-joe-bide/


text: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “has surrendered.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hasn’t surrendered to Russia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/06/instagram-posts/no-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-hasnt-s/


text: Israel bombed Palestinian children trying to get water.
claimant: TikTok video
claim_date: 2023-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Video of bomb strike on crowd is from Sudan conflict, not Israel-Hamas war
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/06/tiktok-posts/video-of-bomb-strike-on-crowd-is-from-sudan-confli/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Photo does not depict US soldiers praying before being deployed to ‘defend Israel’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows “American soldiers praying for their country, for Israel before being deployed to defend Israel” in 2023.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/06/facebook-posts/photo-does-not-depict-us-soldiers-praying-before-b/


claimant: Melissa Agard
claim_date: 2023-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: It's true: You don’t have to pay taxes on KitKat bars and Viagra in Wisconsin
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Potato chips, KitKat bars and Viagra are not taxed in Wisconsin because they are considered "essential."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/melissa-agard/its-true-you-dont-have-to-pay-taxes-on-kit-kat-bar/


text: Video shows “rioters rush people’s houses” Oct. 28 in Washington D.C.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows 2020 protesters invited into someone’s home, not 2023 rioters breaking in
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/viral-image/video-shows-2020-protesters-invited-into-someones/


text: “New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, this deposition transcript doesn’t prove George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/instagram-posts/no-this-deposition-transcript-doesnt-prove-george/


text: U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson is the 45th speaker of the House.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson is the 56th speaker of the House
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/facebook-posts/us-rep-mike-johnson-is-the-56th-speaker-of-the-hou/


text: Switzerland’s distribution of iodine tablets means the government is worried about nuclear war.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Switzerland has distributed iodine tablets to residents for years, and not because of nuclear war
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/facebook-posts/switzerland-has-distributed-iodine-tablets-to-resi/


text: Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Do Republican spending cuts threaten federal HIV funding? Some programs, yes.
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/joe-biden/do-republican-spending-cuts-threaten-federal-hiv-f/


text: 1936 in the United States was “much hotter than 2023.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: It’s getting hot in here: the U.S. is warmer now than it was in 1936
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/facebook-posts/its-getting-hot-in-here-the-us-is-warmer-now-than/


text: Bill Gates wrote a 2011 article titled “Depopulation Through Forced Vaccination.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Gates didn’t write an article called ‘Depopulation Through Forced Vaccination’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/viral-image/no-bill-gates-didnt-write-an-article-called-depopu/


text: Ohio’s Issue 1 “allows for abortion after viability for…financial reasons.”
claimant: Protect Woman Ohio
claim_date: 2023-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Ohio’s Issue 1 would allow for late abortions for “financial reasons”
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/protect-women-ohio/no-evidence-that-ohios-issue-1-would-allow-for-lat/


text: “Because of our economic policies we now are reducing inflation.”
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2023-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Do Biden’s policies get the credit for the decline in inflation, as Kamala Harris said?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/03/kamala-harris/do-bidens-policies-get-the-credit-for-the-decline/


text: “Gen Z is divided 50-50 on whether they support Hamas or Israel.”
claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Vivek Ramaswamy says 50% of Gen Z Americans support Hamas. We say that’s Mostly False
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/02/vivek-ramaswamy/do-half-of-gen-z-americans-support-hamas/


text: “Dr. Fauci doesn’t exist!”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Dr. Anthony Fauci exists, contrary to social media claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/02/instagram-posts/dr-anthony-fauci-exists-contrary-to-social-media-c/


text: “Every President we ever had in the United States of America was a draconian reptilian.”
claimant: Facebook Posts
claim_date: 2023-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Snakes in the White House? No, US presidents aren’t reptiles.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/01/facebook-posts/snakes-in-the-white-house-no-us-presidents-arent-r/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Is Nikki Haley right that China is largest developer of ‘neuro-strike weapons’?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/01/nikki-haley/what-is-nikki-haley-talking-about-when-she-cites-c/


text: Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.”
claimant: MAGA Inc
claim_date: 2023-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Ron DeSantis in 2018 backed a bill drafting a path for Puerto Rico statehood, but did not author it
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/01/maga-inc/ron-desantis-in-2018-backed-a-bill-drafting-a-path/


text: “The Republicans and Trump funded $400 million in March of 2020 for mail ballots.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: DeSantis’ critique of Trump election spending omits that not all $400 million went for mail ballots
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/ron-desantis/desantis-critique-of-trump-election-spending-omits/


text: Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2023-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott warns about fentanyl in Halloween candy, but experts say there’s no connection
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/rick-scott/rick-scott-warns-about-fentanyl-in-halloween-candy/


text: Photos show Gaza on Oct. 27.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Old photos, including one from 2019, don’t show Gaza on Oct. 27
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/instagram-posts/old-photos-including-one-from-2019-dont-show-gaza/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Old footage of Palestinians’ deaths shared amid current violence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Palestinian journalist films the moment an Israeli strike kills him and a fellow medic on live TV” in October 2023.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/viral-image/old-footage-of-palestinians-deaths-shared-amid-cur/


text: Video shows singer Kelly Clarkson discussing a “weight loss formula.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: This ad wears thin: Don’t fall for a deepfake of Kelly Clarkson hawking diet pills
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/viral-image/this-ad-wears-thin-dont-fall-for-a-deepfake-of-kel/


text: Video shows Elon Musk said South Africans no longer have to work with access to his “platform.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Supposed Elon Musk promise that South Africans don’t have to work isn’t authentic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/viral-image/supposed-elon-musk-promise-that-south-africans-don/


text: “Haaretz investigation reveals discrepancies in Israel’s reporting on October 7th death toll.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Haaretz rebuts claims about its reporting on Israeli casualties
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/instagram-posts/haaretz-rebuts-claims-about-its-reporting-on-israe/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Contrary to social media claims, the media covered this historic moment (when it happened in 2018)
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The media didn’t cover “new history” when North Korea and South Korea’s leaders crossed the border for the first time.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/viral-image/contrary-to-social-media-claims-the-media-covered/


text: “In UCLA hundreds of students chanting: ‘Israel Israel you can’t hide, we want Jewish genocide.’”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: UCLA protesters didn’t advocate for ‘Jewish genocide’ at Oct. 25 rally
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/instagram-posts/ucla-protesters-didnt-advocate-for-jewish-genocide/


text: “Joe Biden confirms WW3 live on TV.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Biden urged aid for Israel, Ukraine. He didn’t declare World War III
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/facebook-posts/biden-urged-aid-for-israel-ukraine-he-didnt-declar/


text: “Wisconsin has historically…and I think largely continues to be, a blue state.”
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2023-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Although Wisconsin voted for Biden in the 2020 election, it’s far from a blue state
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/scott-walker/while-wisconsin-did-vote-for-biden-in-the-last-ele/


text: Russian President Vladimir Putin suffered a heart attack Oct. 22, 2023.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin suffered a heart attack is unfounded
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/social-media/claim-that-russian-president-vladimir-putin-suffer/


text: The lifespan of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Wind turbine generators typically don’t fail after three to four years. That’s just hot air.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/30/facebook-posts/wind-turbine-generators-typically-dont-fail-after/


text: Video shows Palestinians pretending to be corpses amid the Israel-Hamas war.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Old video mischaracterized as showing Palestinians pretending to be dead
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/30/viral-image/old-video-mischaracterized-as-showing-palestinians/


text: Matthew Perry died because of a COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that Matthew Perry died because of COVID-19 vaccine are unfounded, lack evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/30/instagram-posts/claims-that-matthew-perry-died-because-of-covid-19/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Bad day, errant flight? Don’t expect relief at the Salzburg Airport
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The airport in Salzburg, Austria, has a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/30/instagram-posts/bad-day-errant-flight-dont-expect-relief-at-the-sa/


claimant: New York Citizens Audit
claim_date: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, difference in voter roll data and election results does not indicate crime
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A discrepancy in the number of ballots and voters in the 2022 general election in New York “appears to be a federal crime.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/29/new-york-citizens-audit/no-difference-in-voter-roll-data-and-election-resu/


text: “It is harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15 in Maine.”
claimant: Shannon Watts
claim_date: 2023-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: In Maine, is it harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15? It depends
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/27/shannon-watts/in-maine-is-it-harder-to-buy-sudafed-than-an-ar-15/


text: McDonald’s changed its food wrappers to support Israel amid the war.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: McDonald’s didn’t introduce blue-and-white food wrappers to support Israel, company says
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/27/viral-image/mcdonalds-didnt-introduce-blue-and-white-food-wrap/


text: Video shows a President Joe Biden impostor.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a President Joe Biden impostor
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/27/viral-image/no-this-isnt-a-president-joe-biden-impostor/


text: U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer “is a dual Israeli citizen.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Sen. Chuck Schumer isn’t an Israeli citizen
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/27/viral-image/no-sen-chuck-schumer-isnt-an-israeli-citizen/


claimant: Chris Larson
claim_date: 2023-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin state senator’s tweet on Milwaukee Brewers stadium funding Mostly False and lacks context
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Milwaukee Brewers “are complaining about a lack of transit going to the ballpark at the same time as they are testifying in favor (of) taking $135 million away from Milwaukee County”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/27/chris-larson/larsons-tweet-on-brewers-stadium-funding-mostly-fa/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Iran’s foreign reserves plummeted on Trump’s watch, but his figures are off
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/26/donald-trump/iran-foreign-reserves-plummeted-trump-watch/


text: "95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.
claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Vivek Ramaswamy offers dubious figure for China’s role in supplying pharmaceutical ingredients
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/26/vivek-ramaswamy/vivek-ramaswamy-offers-dubious-figure-for-chin/


claimant: Mike Johnson
claim_date: 2023-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Have prices increased by over 17% in two years, as new Speaker Mike Johnson said?
review_date: 2023-10-26T22:07:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In the time it’s going to take me to deliver this speech, we’ll go up another $20 million in debt.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/26/mike-johnson/have-prices-increased-by-over-17-in-two-years/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, Greta Thunberg didn’t urge people to use vegan hand grenades
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Greta Thunberg urged people to use “vegan grenades” because “no animals should have to give their life for all this mayhem and chaos.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/25/viral-image/no-greta-thunberg-didnt-urge-people-to-use-vegan-h/


claimant: Melissa Agard
claim_date: 2023-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Agard correct that GOP Senate more than doubled firings of governor’s appointees in one day
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Since 1981, the state Senate has only rejected five executive appointments. The GOP today is more than doubling that number.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/25/melissa-agard/agard-correct-that-gop-senate-more-than-doubled-fi/


text: Video shows protesters attacking Israel’s embassy in Bahrain with molotov cocktails.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows protesters outside a police station in 2012, not Israel’s embassy in Bahrain
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/25/instagram-posts/video-shows-protesters-outside-a-police-station-in/


text: Photo shows President Joe Biden lounging on the beach in October 2023 amid the Israel-Hamas war.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: President Joe Biden recently visited his Delaware beach home, but this photo was taken in August
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/25/viral-image/president-joe-biden-recently-visited-his-delaware/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: This video shows Lebanese protesters supporting Palestinians in 2021, not 2023
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows protesters in Lebanon “storming the border with Palestine in support of Gaza” in October 2023.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/25/viral-image/this-video-shows-lebanese-protesters-supporting-pa/


text: A video proves that the United Nations is “setting up shop in U.S. states.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Video isn’t proof that United Nations is ‘setting up’ in U.S.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/25/facebook-posts/video-isnt-proof-that-united-nations-is-setting-up/


claimant: Opportunity Wisconsin
claim_date: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin’s abortion restrictions may have role in decline in applications to OB-GYN programs
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/25/opportunity-wisconsin/wisconsins-abortion-restrictions-may-have-role-in/


claimant: X posts
claim_date: 2023-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Quotation about Trump administration’s ‘incredible’ accomplishments taken out of context
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Writer Bari Weiss wrote that what the Trump administration did “was pretty incredible in hindsight.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/25/tweets/quotation-about-trump-administrations-incredible-a/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show Palestinian crisis actors. It’s from a 2017 film project
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows crisis actors in Palestine “working overtime to fool the world” during the current Israel-Hamas war.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/24/instagram-posts/video-doesnt-show-palestinian-crisis-actors-its-fr/


text: Video shows University of Pennsylvania students chanting, “We want Jewish genocide.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, UPenn rally did not call for ‘Jewish genocide’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/24/viral-image/no-upenn-rally-did-not-call-for-jewish-genocide/


text: Jim Justice "opposes the Right to Work”
claimant: Alex Mooney
claim_date: 2023-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Does Gov. Jim Justice oppose the “right-to-work” policy?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/24/alex-mooney/does-gov-jim-justice-oppose-the-right-to-work-poli/


claimant: One Nation
claim_date: 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Petition critical of Joe Manchin exaggerates number of W.Va. fossil fuel jobs at risk
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Sen. Joe Manchin’s “support for the (Inflation Reduction Act) could cost West Virginia 100,000 fossil fuel jobs.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/24/one-nation/petition-critical-of-joe-manchin-exaggerates-numbe/


text: Jim Justice “supports banning sporting rifles for law-abiding citizens.”
claimant: Alex Mooney
claim_date: 2023-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Alex Mooney on whether Jim Justice supports banning sporting rifles?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/24/alex-mooney/fact-checking-alex-mooney-on-whether-jim-justice-s/


text: Video shows CNN interviewing “actors.”
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Unfounded claims about crisis actors amid Israel-Hamas war spread online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/23/tiktok-posts/unfounded-claims-about-crisis-actors-amid-israel-h/


text: Video shows Russia attacking Israel in October 2023.
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Russia attacking Israel in October 2023
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/23/tiktok-posts/no-this-video-doesnt-show-russia-attacking-israel/


text: Black flag hoisted over a mosque in Iran is a “call to all of Islam for war.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: A shrine in Iran raised a black flag in mourning, not to call for war
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/23/facebook-posts/a-shrine-in-iran-raised-a-black-flag-in-mourning-n/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un delivered this speech in October 2020. He didn’t name Trump, Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows North Korean President Kim Jong Un blaming President Joe Biden for the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and saying, “I support Donald Trump for President in 2024.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/20/instagram-posts/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-delivered-this-speech-in/


text: “2022 was the biggest tourism year ever in West Virginia”
claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Is Gov. Jim Justice right that West Virginia had its biggest tourism year in 2022?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/20/jim-justice/is-gov-jim-justice-right-that-west-virginia-had-it/


text: "Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Vivek Ramaswamy claims Russia leads the US in hypersonic missiles. That's Half True.
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/20/vivek-ramaswamy/vivek-ramaswamy-claims-russia-leads-the-us-in-hype/


text: “Nikki Haley argues in support of bringing Gaza refugees to America.”
claimant: Never Back Down
claim_date: 2023-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nikki Haley didn't say she wants the U.S. to take in Gaza refugees, as DeSantis PAC claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/20/never-back-down-pac/no-nikki-haley-didnt-say-she-wants-the-us-to-take/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2023-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie’s math on apprehensions and detention space is mostly right, but omits context
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? 38,000."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/20/chris-christie/chris-christies-math-on-apprehensions-and-detentio/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Car that disrupted traffic in New York waved Puerto Rican flag, not Palestinian flag
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video shows “a car carrying men waving the Palestinian flag abruptly and dangerously stopping traffic to run ‘donuts.’”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/20/instagram-posts/car-that-disrupted-traffic-in-new-york-waved-puert/


text: "Credit card debt is above $1 trillion for the FIRST TIME EVER."
claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2023-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Does national credit card debt exceed $1 trillion for the first time ever? And what does that mean?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/19/jim-justice/does-national-credit-card-debt-exceed-1-trillion-f/


text: “The Inflation Reduction Act led to higher taxes.”
claimant: Americans for Prosperity
claim_date: 2023-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking how much the Inflation Reduction Act affects taxes
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/19/americans-prosperity/fact-checking-how-much-the-inflation-reduction-act/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: The Wall Street Journal didn’t report that an American missile caused deadly Gaza hospital blast
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Oct. 17 Gaza hospital explosion was caused by an American missile.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/social-media/the-wall-street-journal-didnt-report-that-an-ameri/


text: There are "about a half dozen" transgender athletes competing in Wisconsin K-12 schools.
claimant: Barbara Dittrich
claim_date: 2023-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Lawmaker estimated there were six transgender athletes competing in Wis. sports, but lacks evidence
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/barbara-dittrich/lawmaker-estimated-there-were-six-transgender-athl/


text: “Thousands of U.S. troops make their way to Israel” in video.
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Old footage mischaracterized as showing U.S. troops deployed to Israel
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/tiktok-posts/old-footage-mischaracterized-as-showing-us-troops/


text: Video shows “Egyptians delivering food and water to Gaza” in October 2023.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Supposed video of Egyptians delivering supplies to Gaza predates the current conflict
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/instagram-posts/supposed-video-of-egyptians-delivering-supplies-to/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Good Enough to Be True: Lego donated model MRI scanners to comfort children
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/instagram-posts/good-enough-to-be-true-lego-donated-model-mri-scan/


text: President Joe Biden declared a federal emergency and deployed the National Guard in October.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Old video about emergency declaration in Vermont stirs online anxiety
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/facebook-posts/old-video-about-emergency-declaration-in-vermont-s/


text: The Democrats are pushing “to take in a million Palestinian refugees”
claimant: Andy Biggs
claim_date: 2023-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Democrats want to accept '1 million' Gaza refugees
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/18/andy-biggs/no-evidence-democrats-want-to-accept-1-million-gaz/


text: A video shows President Joe Biden invoking the Selective Service Act.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Biden did not announce a military draft. This video is AI-generated.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/17/facebook-posts/biden-did-not-announce-a-military-draft-this-video/


text: “Egypt is now at war with Israel.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Egypt hasn’t started a war with Israel
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/16/facebook-posts/no-egypt-hasnt-started-a-war-with-israel/


text: Video shows U.S. Navy pilots arriving in Palestine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Pentagon: Video doesn’t show U.S. pilots arriving in Palestine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/viral-image/pentagon-video-doesnt-show-us-pilots-arriving-in-p/


text: A video shows red flares and fireworks going off in Gaza.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Gates of hell’ in Gaza? No, a viral video shows fireworks in Algeria
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/social-media/gates-of-hell-in-gaza-no-a-viral-video-shows-firew/


text: A CNN reporter “faked” being near the Israel-Gaza border.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, a CNN reporter didn’t ‘fake’ being near the Israel-Gaza border
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/instagram-posts/no-a-cnn-reporter-didnt-fake-being-near-the-israel/


claimant: Brian Krassenstein
claim_date: 2023-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Why do Americans have to pay for a State Department evacuation from Israel? It’s the law
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
It has been U.S. policy “for at least 79 years" to require Americans who intend to be evacuated from overseas to sign a promissory note.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/brian-krassenstein/why-do-americans-have-to-pay-for-a-state-departmen/


text: Video shows recent violence in Israel and Gaza is “fake.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Video from 2020 isn’t evidence that recent violence in Israel and Gaza is ‘fake’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/viral-image/video-from-2020-isnt-evidence-that-recent-violence/


text: Video shows an “inflatable decoy plane” at the Kabul airport in 2021.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Cargo plane that evacuated people from Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021 is real, not a decoy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/viral-image/cargo-plane-that-evacuated-people-from-kabul-afgha/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that there’s ‘zero footage from the Ukraine war’ ignores countless photos and videos
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Less than 48 hours after Israel was attacked “we have hundreds of hours worth of footage but zero footage from the Ukraine war.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/instagram-posts/claim-that-theres-zero-footage-from-the-ukraine-wa/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Reports of 260 Israeli music fest deaths aren’t unsubstantiated. Photos, videos document toll
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There isn't a single video or photo suggesting that 250 people were killed (by Hamas) at a concert or that a mass shooting took place” on Oct. 7 in Israel.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/instagram-posts/reports-of-260-deaths-at-israeli-music-fest-are-no/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: The UN isn’t paying military service members to invade the U.S. Cash aid helps some asylum seekers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A debit card issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is being used to pay for a U.S. invasion.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/instagram-posts/the-un-isnt-paying-military-service-members-to-inv/


text: The 2023 Israel-Hamas war is a “false flag.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: False flag claims amid Israel-Hamas violence lack evidence
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/instagram-posts/false-flag-claims-amid-israel-hamas-violence-lack/


text: The Las Vegas Sphere displayed an Israeli flag.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Altered image shows Las Vegas Sphere displaying Israeli flag. That didn’t happen
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/13/tweets/altered-image-shows-las-vegas-sphere-displaying-is/


claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/13/us-may-not-have-iron-dome-but-military/
title: The US may not have an Iron Dome, but the military is spending on this technology. Here’s how.
textual_rating: This is misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We don’t have an Iron Dome in this country, yet, we’re vulnerable to nuclear missile attacks any given day."


text: Video shows CNN “faking attack in Israel on the camera.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, CNN didn’t stage an attack near the Israel-Gaza border
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/12/viral-image/no-cnn-didnt-stage-an-attack-near-the-israel-hamas/


text: Video shows President Joe Biden telling a child, “You’re one sexy kid.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video appears to show President Joe Biden calling a child “sexy.” He didn’t.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/12/instagram-posts/altered-video-appears-to-show-president-joe-biden/


text: “Kamala Harris is not a ‘natural born citizen’” and “can’t be president.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Vice President Kamala Harris is a natural-born citizen and eligible for the presidency
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/12/viral-image/vice-president-kamala-harris-is-a-natural-born-cit/


text: “Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”
claimant: West Virginia Republican Party
claim_date: 2023-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Are West Virginia Republicans correct that real wages have fallen since Joe Biden took office?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/12/west-virginia-republican-party/are-wva-republicans-correct-that-real-wages-have-f/


text: Video shows the Secret Service failing to protect Kamala Harris after she became vice president.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris was a senator, not vice president, during this confrontation with a protester
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/12/instagram-posts/kamala-harris-was-a-senator-not-vice-president-dur/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Hamas militants ‘pouring’ across U.S. southern border? Donald Trump's claim is Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/12/donald-trump/hamas-militants-pouring-across-us-southern-border/


claimant: Rebecca Cooke
claim_date: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Derrick Van Orden is one of the only members of Congress who participated in the deadly January 6th insurrection. He now serves in the building he tried to burn down."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/11/rebecca-cooke/van-orden-seen-at-jan-6-rally-but-theres-scant-evi/

title:
Wisconsin representative seen at Jan. 6 rally, but there’s scant evidence he joined the insurrection


text: Russian President Vladimir Putin “warns ‘global terrorist’ Klaus Schwab his ‘days are numbered.’”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Blog post fabricates Russian president’s remarks in recent speech
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/11/facebook-posts/blog-post-fabricates-russian-presidents-remarks-in/


text: “Klaus Schwab announces the end of car ownership.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Klaus Schwab can’t and didn’t end car ownership
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/11/instagram-posts/klaus-schwab-cant-and-didnt-end-car-ownership/


text: Video shows Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith advertising “$5,600 health spending cards.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Jada Pinkett Smith promoting free health spending cards
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/11/facebook-posts/no-this-video-doesnt-show-jada-pinkett-smith-promo/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong that US tax dollars went to Iran, Hamas
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-that-us-tax-dollars-went-to-ira/


text: Video shows Israel’s Iron Dome intercepting rockets Hamas fired in October 2023.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Israel’s Iron Dome intercepts rockets, but this video is from 2021, not October 2023
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/11/viral-image/israels-iron-dome-intercepts-rockets-but-this-vide/


text: “The U.S. is sending $8 billion worth of military aid to Israel.”
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Memo showing White House approved $8 billion to Israel is altered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/11/social-media/memo-showing-white-house-approved-8-billion-to-isr/


text: Video shows Hamas launching a “rocket attack.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Video game footage mischaracterized as showing a rocket attack in Israel
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/11/facebook-posts/video-game-footage-mischaracterized-as-showing-a-r/


text: The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas.
claimant: Tim Scott
claim_date: 2023-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Tim Scott on Biden administration's early response to Hamas attacks in Israel
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/10/tim-scott/fact-checking-tim-scott-on-biden-administration-wa/


claimant: Paula Congelio
claim_date: 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Has West Virginia University increased unfunded aid to students?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
West Virginia University has “increased the amount of unfunded institutional aid provided to students and expects this amount to exceed $134 million in 2024.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/10/paula-congelio/has-west-virginia-university-increased-unfunded-ai/


text: Video shows “second night of missiles attacks against Israel.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Old video mischaracterized as showing Hamas attacking Israel in 2023
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/10/viral-image/old-video-mischaracterized-as-showing-hamas-attack/


text: Video shows Hamas militants “dressing up as Jewish soldiers” to create propaganda.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Behind-the-scenes footage of short film isn’t Hamas propaganda
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/10/instagram-posts/behind-the-scenes-footage-of-short-film-isnt-hamas/


text: Video shows pro-Palestine march in Chicago on Oct. 8.
claimant: TikTok video
claim_date: 2023-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Widely shared video of pro-Palestinian rally in Chicago is from 2021
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/10/tiktok-posts/widely-shared-video-of-pro-palestinian-rally-in-ch/


claimant: E. Gordon Gee
claim_date: 2023-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Are less than 2% of WVU students affected by the elimination of majors?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Fewer than 2% of students are impacted whatsoever by the decisions we're making” to cut the budget.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/10/e-gordon-gee/are-less-than-2-of-wvu-students-impacted-by-the-el/


text: E. Gordon Gee’s university projects have increased “WVU’s debt load by 55%.”
claimant: West Virginia University Faculty Senate
claim_date: 2023-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Has President E. Gordon Gee increased West Virginia University’s debt load by 55%?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/10/west-virginia-university-faculty-senate/has-president-e-gordon-gee-increased-west-virginia/


text: Former President Donald Trump said, “Israel has hypnotized the world.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump was quoting U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar when he said Israel hypnotized the world
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/10/viral-image/donald-trump-was-quoting-us-rep-ilhan-omar-when-he/


text: 1,609 scientists signed a declaration saying “There is no climate emergency.”
claimant: Tweet
claim_date: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Did 1,609 scientists sign a declaration saying ‘there is no climate emergency’? Not quite
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/tweets/did-1609-scientists-sign-a-declaration-saying-ther/


text: Video shows Hamas “paraglided amongst Israeli citizens and proceeded to massacre them.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Video that predates Hamas October 2023 attack mischaracterized amid violence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/viral-image/video-that-predates-hamas-october-2023-attack-misc/


text: Video shows footage of recent violence in Israel.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Viral clip shows video game footage, not violence in Israel
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/facebook-posts/viral-clip-shows-video-game-footage-not-violence-i/


text: Video shows Iranian lawmakers chanting “death to America” in 2023.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Iranian lawmakers chanting ‘death to America’ in 2020, not 2023
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/instagram-posts/video-shows-iranian-lawmakers-chanting-death-to-am/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/oct/09/fact-check-trump-on-about-bidens-6-billion-to-iran/
title: Fact-check: What Trump said about ‘$6 billion to Iran,’ immigration, economy at New Hampshire rally
review_date: 2023-10-09T22:57:18Z
textual_rating: Lacks context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under my administration, we reduced drug overdose deaths in New Hampshire by 19% … under Biden they are up over 15%"


text: Video of howling people in Germany shows “trans species rights” protest.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Video of people dressed as dogs is part of a fetish festival, not a ‘trans-species rights’ protest
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/instagram-posts/video-of-people-dressed-as-dogs-is-part-of-a-fetis/


text: Footage shows “Palestinian freedom fighters shot down 4 Israelis fighter jets.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Video clip of aircraft shot down is from video game, not Israel-Hamas conflict
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/facebook-posts/video-clip-of-aircraft-shot-down-is-from-video-gam/


text: Video shows “Israeli Air Force…striking terror targets in Gaza” in October.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Airstrike video predates October Hamas attack on Israel
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/facebook-posts/airstrike-video-predates-october-hamas-attack-on-i/


text: “Israel just bombed and destroyed” Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: As of Oct. 9, Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza wasn’t destroyed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/instagram-posts/lies-and-fakes-news-saint-porphyrius-church-in-gaz/


claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Moore’s claim seniors are paying “no more than 35 cents” for prescription drugs is off base
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Thanks to negotiating drug prices, "our seniors, instead of paying $500 a month for drugs, are paying no more than 35 cents."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/gwen-moore/moores-claim-seniors-are-paying-no-more-than-35-ce/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Nikki Haley’s claim that Joe Biden added 20 million ineligible people to Medicaid is wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden "put 20 million people on Medicaid who aren’t even eligible, then stopped states from taking them off."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/06/nikki-haley/nikki-haleys-claim-that-joe-biden-added-20-million/


text: New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron valued Mar-a-Lago at $18 million.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: New York officials didn’t value Mar-a-Lago at $18 million. A Palm Beach property appraiser did.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/06/facebook-posts/new-york-officials-didnt-value-mar-a-lago-at-18-mi/


text: “Gas prices have skyrocketed since Joe Biden took office and continue to do so everyday.”
claimant: Carol Miller
claim_date: 2023-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Rep. Carol Miller on gasoline prices under Joe Biden
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/06/carol-miller/fact-checking-rep-carol-miller-on-gasoline-prices/


claimant: George Zimmerman
claim_date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking college enrollment trends in West Virginia
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The percentage of students that are going to college (in West Virginia) has been declining for five years.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/06/george-zimmerman/fact-checking-college-enrollment-trends-in-west-vi/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Biden said Obama spent hundreds of millions to bury Florida power lines. That lacks evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Under the Obama-Biden administration, we invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the state of Florida replacing wooden power poles with steel poles and we buried these electric lines."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/06/joe-biden/biden-said-obama-spent-hundreds-of-millions-to-bur/


text: China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.”
claimant: Mike Gallagher i
claim_date: 2023-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Gallagher misrepresents China’s role in US fentanyl crisis
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/06/mike-gallagher/gallagher-misrepresents-chinas-role-in-us-fentanyl/


text: Foreign languages are “not a high priority” nationally
claimant: E. Gordon Gee
claim_date: 2023-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Is E. Gordon Gee right that foreign languages aren’t a high priority nationally?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/06/e-gordon-gee/is-gordon-gee-right-that-foreign-languages-arent-a/


text: "Bill Gates mRNA 'air vaccine' approved for use against non-consenting humans"
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Bill Gates-funded COVID-19 vaccine won’t be released into the air
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/06/instagram-posts/no-a-bill-gates-funded-covid-19-vaccine-wont-be-re/


claimant: Jesse Watters
claim_date: 2023-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: In GOP impeachment inquiry, texts don’t prove that Joe Biden was ‘in business’ with Hunter Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
James Biden’s text message to Hunter Biden that says, “I can work with you(r) father alone,” shows that Joe Biden was “in business” with Hunter Biden.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/06/jesse-watters/in-gop-impeachment-inquiry-texts-dont-prove-that-j/


text: “Trump controls U.S. military.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Former President Donald Trump doesn’t control the military, but not everyone believes it
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/facebook-posts/former-president-donald-trump-doesnt-control-the-m/


text: “CDC admits it faked 99% of COVID deaths to scare public into taking vaccine.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Misinterpretation of CDC COVID-19 data leads to misinformation about vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/viral-image/misinterpretation-of-cdc-covid-19-data-leads-to-mi/


text: California Gov. Gavin Newsom is “not human.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a human, despite what social media posts say
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/instagram-posts/california-gov-gavin-newsom-is-a-human-despite-wha/


text: “FDA wants to replace salt with Bill Gates’ new mRNA fake salt.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: You can pass the salt: Bill Gates and the FDA aren’t coming for it
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/instagram-posts/you-can-pass-the-salt-bill-gates-and-the-fda-arent/


text: “A new deadly pandemic is at our doorstep.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Video falsely claims the next deadly global pandemic is here
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/facebook-posts/video-falsely-claims-the-next-deadly-global-pandem/


claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2023-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Has West Virginia received a record amount of federal funding over the last four years?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/joe-manchin/has-west-virginia-received-a-record-amount-of-fede/


claimant: West Virginia University Faculty Senate
claim_date: 2023-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Has WVU enrollment “steadily decreased” under E. President Gordon Gee?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
During Gordon Gee's presidency of West Virginia University, "student enrollments have steadily decreased."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/west-virginia-university-faculty-senate/has-wvu-enrollment-steadily-decreased-under-presid/


text: “#Bidenomics has led to mortgage rates hitting a 21-year high → over 7%.”
claimant: Shelley Moore Capito
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Shelley Moore Capito on high mortgage rates and their causes
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/shelley-moore-capito/fact-checking-shelley-moore-capito-on-high-mortgag/


text: Fact-check: Donald Trump’s repeated falsehood that he saved the U.S. auto industry
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Donald Trump’s repeated falsehood that he saved the U.S. auto industry
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/donald-trump/fact-check-trumps-repeated-falsehood-that-he-saved/


text: Former President Donald Trump is commander in chief.
claimant: Instagram psots
claim_date: 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Former President Donald Trump isn’t the commander in chief
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/instagram-posts/former-president-donald-trump-isnt-the-commander-i/


text: Video shows President Joe Biden admitting “shady role in Maui fires.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, President Joe Biden didn’t admit to a ‘shady role’ in the Hawaii wildfires
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/facebook-posts/no-president-joe-biden-didnt-admit-to-a-shady-role/


text: “Bill Gates: People who resist ‘mRNA tsunami’ will be excluded from society.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Gates didn’t warn of an ‘mRNA tsunami’ that will exclude people from society
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/instagram-posts/no-bill-gates-didnt-warn-of-an-mrna-tsunami-that-w/


text: “Oprah FREAKS OUT after 15 kids are finally found on Maui.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t freak out: This claim about Oprah Winfrey and missing children in Maui, Hawaii, is unfounded
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/facebook-posts/dont-freak-out-this-claim-about-oprah-winfrey-and/


text: “Man cuts off wife’s head after DNA test proved none of 6 kids are his own.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news about a DNA test-related beheading recirculates on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/05/facebook-posts/fake-news-about-a-dna-test-related-beheading-recir/


text: “Burisma Energy accountant, who blew the whistle on Biden bribery scheme, found dead.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fake story about death of Burisma 'whistleblower' started on site known for misinformation
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/03/instagram-posts/fake-story-about-death-of-burisma-whistleblower-st/


text: “Katie Hobbs no longer governor of Arizona.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Katie Hobbs is still Arizona’s governor, despite online claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/04/facebook-posts/katie-hobbs-is-still-arizonas-governor-despite-onl/


text: Video shows magnetic meat for sale in U.S. grocery stores.
claimant: Facebook video
claim_date: 2023-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: No metal detector needed. Magnetic meat is not for sale in the U.S.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/04/facebook-posts/no-metal-detector-needed-magnetic-meat-is-not-for/


text: A fact-check proves Michelle Obama is “a he.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: New supposed evidence that former first lady Michelle Obama is a man is anything but
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/03/facebook-posts/new-supposed-evidence-that-former-first-lady-miche/


text: Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Ron DeSantis exaggerates number of migrants in US illegally under President Joe Biden
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/04/ron-desantis/ron-desantis-exaggerates-number-of-migrants-in-us/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fani Willis had over 200 anonymous campaign contributions. Here’s why that’s not fraudulent.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Campaign finance disclosures showed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took part in a “massive money laundering and election fraud” scheme.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/03/facebook-posts/fani-willis-had-over-200-anonymous-campaign-contri/


text: “NATO troops deployed to Ukraine.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: No NATO troops in Ukraine, NATO says
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/03/facebook-posts/no-nato-troops-in-ukraine-nato-says/


text: Sen. Dianne Feinstein tweeted about getting COVID-19 and flu vaccines days before her death.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Sen. Dianne Feinstein didn’t tweet about getting a COVID-19 vaccine before her death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/viral-image/no-sen-dianne-feinstein-didnt-tweet-about-getting/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video appears to show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pelosi, Biden discussing Jan. 6
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi discussing Jan. 6 with President Joe Biden.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/viral-image/altered-video-appears-to-show-alexandria-ocasio-co/


claimant: Matt Gaetz
claim_date: 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Matt Gaetz oversells role of budgetary dysfunction in adding to the federal debt
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in debt."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/matt-gaetz/matt-gaetz-oversells-role-of-budgetary-dysfunction/


text: Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying on CNN.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no crying in Congress, at least not from AOC on CNN
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/02/facebook-posts/theres-no-crying-in-congress-at-least-not-from-aoc/


text: A Sept. 20 video shows President Joe Biden’s body double.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Two-year old video claims to show Biden body double, but offers no evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/29/instagram-posts/two-year-old-video-claims-to-show-biden-body-doubl/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Biden and UN official did not warn of a planned disaster
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
At a United Nations summit, President Joe Biden and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned of a planned disaster.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/facebook-posts/biden-and-un-official-did-not-warn-of-a-planned-di/


claimant: Mike Oliverio
claim_date: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Has the high school stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., been voted America’s best?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A few years back,” Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., “was voted the best high school football field in America.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/mike-oliverio/has-the-high-school-stadium-in-bluefield-wva-been/


text: “We are more energy independent today” under President Joe Biden.
claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2023-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom told Sean Hannity about energy independence
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/gavin-newsom/fact-checking-what-gavin-newsom-told-sean-hannity/


text: President Joe Biden and his son snorted cocaine in the White House.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Cocaine was discovered at the White House, but claims connecting the drug to Biden are unfounded
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/29/instagram-posts/cocaine-was-discovered-at-the-white-house-but-clai/


text: Video shows “everyone will be wiped out in 21 days.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Apocalypse no. Fear-mongering Facebook post provides no evidence for claims.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/29/facebook-posts/apocalypse-no-fear-mongering-facebook-post-provide/


text: Being transgender is a "mental health disorder."
claimant: Vivek Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2023-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Vivek Ramaswamy got it wrong; being trans isn’t a mental health disorder.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/vivek-ramaswamy/vivek-ramaswamy-got-it-wrong-being-trans-isnt-a-me/


text: “Three minutes ago Trump cries after losing everything after new evidence exposed.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/29/facebook-posts/clickbait-post-promises-former-president-donald-tr/

title:
Clickbait post promises former President Donald Trump crying ‘after losing everything.’ That doesn’t


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: The World Economic Forum is not planning to seize control of everything through ‘the Great Reset’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
World Economic Forum “elites” are pushing the Great Reset, which aims to control people by taking all their possessions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/instagram-posts/world-economic-forum-elites-are-pushing-the-great/


text: “Klaus Schwab admits agenda 2030 is failing as millions rise up against new world order.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Klaus Schwab said United Nations’ 2030 Agenda is failing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/viral-image/no-evidence-klaus-schwab-said-united-nations-2030/


text: “Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling”
claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Nikki Haley’s debate attack on Ron DeSantis about fracking, drilling
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/nikki-haley/fact-checking-nikki-haleys-debate-attack-on-ron-de/


text: A video shows children disappearing from inside a school bus.
claimant: Facebook Post
claim_date: 2023-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ms. Frizzle, this isn’t a Magic School Bus, it is just a religious skit.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/29/facebook-posts/no-ms-frizzle-this-isnt-a-magic-school-bus-it-is-j/


text: “Donald Trump exposes why 9/11 was an inside job.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s 9/11 speculation is not evidence of an ‘inside job’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/28/instagram-posts/donald-trumps-911-speculation-is-not-evidence-of-a/


text: “Pentagon releases NASA footage of 2,000 mile long UFO near Saturn.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Pentagon didn’t release footage of a gigantic UFO
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/29/facebook-posts/no-the-pentagon-didnt-release-footage-of-a-giganti/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Low attendance at Biden’s 2021 inauguration? This video omits key context
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“They brought in 25,000 (National Guard members) because Biden couldn't get enough people to his inauguration.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/27/instagram-posts/low-attendance-at-bidens-2021-inauguration-this-vi/


text: Image shows Sen. Rand Paul in a bathrobe on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
claimant: Facebook Post
claim_date: 2023-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Casual Friday at the U.S. Capitol? Perhaps. But this isn’t Sen. Rand Paul in a bathrobe.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/25/facebook-posts/casual-friday-at-the-us-capitol-perhaps-but-this-i/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2023-09-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/sep/28/second-gop-presidential-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-check: Republican candidates spar on immigration, crime, economy in second debate
review_date: 2023-09-28T16:44:10Z
textual_rating: This needs more context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Linn-Mar Community Schools in Iowa had a policy where "you could get a gender transition plan without notifying your parents."


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Ukraine support during a shutdown does not mean an end for essential services in the U.S.
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
U.S. aid to Ukraine will continue during a government shutdown, but programs for food stamps, transportation, education, justice, environmental protection and homelessness will not.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/26/instagram-posts/ukraine-support-during-a-shutdown-does-not-mean-an/


text: A greeting message for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “Glory to Urine.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for this supposed anti-Ukrainian billboard declaring ‘Glory to Urine’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/27/viral-image/dont-fall-for-this-supposed-anti-ukrainian-billboa/


text: "Trump just bought a handgun!”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Donald Trump admiring a Glock handgun, not buying one
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/27/instagram-posts/video-shows-donald-trump-admiring-a-glock-handgun/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2023-09-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/sep/28/second-gop-presidential-debate-fact-check/
title: Fact-check: Republican candidates spar on immigration, crime, economy in second debate
review_date: 2023-09-28T16:44:10Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ron (DeSantis), you talk a really good game about cutting spending, but you've increased spending in Florida by 30%."


text: Video shows all highways closed in Berlin “right now.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Video clips of extreme weather don’t support claim about current Berlin highway closures
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/27/facebook-posts/video-clips-of-extreme-weather-dont-support-claim/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: A video claims to show Merrick Garland facing a ‘lying charge.’ That’s not true.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video proves U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland faces “a lying charge” after giving a fake number to Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., at a hearing.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/26/facebook-posts/a-video-claims-to-show-merrick-garland-facing-a-ly/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, this project isn’t proof your money will be confiscated and replaced with a ‘digital dollar’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under Project Hamilton, “every dollar you hold in your bank account, your wallet and even your retirement” will be confiscated and “replaced with a dangerous new totally digital dollar.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/26/facebook-posts/no-this-project-isnt-proof-your-money-will-be-conf/


text: “Under Jim Justice,” West Virginia had “the lowest unemployment rate in state history.”
claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Did West Virginia’s unemployment rate hit a record low on Jim Justice’s watch?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/26/jim-justice/did-west-virginia-unemployment-rate-hit-record-low/


text: “Joe Biden grants voting rights to 500,000 invaders.”
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Offering Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan migrants does not ‘grant voting rights’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/26/tiktok-posts/offering-temporary-protected-status-to-venezuelan/


text: "Poland declares war on Russia.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Poland hasn’t declared war on Russia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/21/facebook-posts/no-poland-hasnt-declared-war-on-russia/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Tales of ‘unearthed and documented’ giant human skeletons don't have a leg to stand on
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Giant human skeletons as large as 36 feet have been “unearthed and documented” in historical records.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/22/facebook-posts/tales-of-unearthed-and-documented-giant-human-skel/


text: Princess Diana, actor Heath Ledger and musician John Lennon were “killed for exposing the truth.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post recasts celebrity deaths as part of conspiracy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/21/facebook-posts/social-media-post-recasts-celebrity-deaths-as-part/


text: Since Joe Biden “has taken office, unemployment in our (Latino) community has been cut in half."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden claims that Hispanic unemployment has been cut in half. That’s Mostly True.
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/22/joe-biden/joe-biden-claims-that-hispanic-unemployment-has-be/


text: Video shows an April 2023 clown attack in Paris.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t believe the social media circus. A clown attack didn’t happen in Paris.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/20/facebook-posts/dont-believe-the-social-media-circus-a-clown-attac/


text: Video shows Republican Missouri state senators using flamethrowers to burn books.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Video of Missouri lawmakers using flamethrowers ignites false book burning claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/21/instagram-posts/video-of-missouri-lawmakers-using-flamethrowers-ig/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts exaggerate real stories about plasma transfusions to suggest something sinister
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“World leaders & elite businessmen are ingesting the blood of young children in order to achieve ‘eternal youth,’ a CBS report warns.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/20/instagram-posts/social-media-posts-exaggerate-real-stories-about-p/


text: “CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker.”
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2023-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Do CEOs today earn 400 times more than their typical workers, as Bernie Sanders said?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/21/bernie-sanders/do-ceos-earn-400-times-more-than-their-typical-wor/


text: Photo shows Hillary Clinton on a “lethal injection medical table.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wasn’t executed, but these zombie claims won’t die
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/21/facebook-posts/former-secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-wasnt-ex/


text: “People who took the jab are technically ‘non human species.’”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Did you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Good news: You’re still a human
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/20/instagram-posts/did-you-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-good-news-youre-sti/


text: “Janet Yellen arrested for treason.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wasn’t arrested
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/21/facebook-posts/no-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-wasnt-arrested/


text: Video shows Elon Musk promising $45,000 in Canadian currency for participating Canadian citizens.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video puts words in the mouths of Elon Musk and a Canadian journalist
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/21/facebook-posts/altered-video-puts-words-in-the-mouths-of-elon-mus/


text: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi was arrested.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wasn’t arrested, despite online claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/20/facebook-posts/former-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-wasnt-arrested-d/


text: "Texas teacher fired for reading Diary of Anne Frank to class.”
claimant: Randi Weingarten
claim_date: 2023-09-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/22/randi-weingarten/texas-teacher-fired-for-assigning-illustrated-adap/

title:
Texas teacher fired for assigning illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary, not the diary itself


text: “Navy SEALs Save Missing Maui Children” who were padlocked in cages.
claimant: TikTok User
claim_date: 2023-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Story about Navy SEALs saving missing kids in Maui is fabricated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/20/tiktok-posts/story-about-navy-seals-saving-missing-kids-in-maui/


text: Video shows New York City police “arrest two young people for sleeping on concrete blocks.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Viral NYC arrest video connected to theft, not sleeping in public, police say
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/21/instagram-posts/viral-nyc-arrest-video-connected-to-theft-not-slee/


text: Video shows a Federal Emergency Management Agency “concentration camp” in Hawaii.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows tiny homes for homeless residents, not FEMA concentration camps
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/21/facebook-posts/video-shows-tiny-homes-for-homeless-residents-not/


text: Former President Donald Trump called Michelle Obama “Mike” in this tweet.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump didn’t call Michelle Obama ‘Mike’ in a tweet
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/19/viral-image/no-donald-trump-didnt-call-michelle-obama-mike-in/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Largest share of foreign payments went to Biden associates, not kin, House GOP memos show
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We know the bank records show that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/18/kevin-mccarthy/largest-share-of-foreign-payments-went-to-biden-as/


text: Elon Musk said President Joe Biden “has one month left to live.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Elon Musk predicted President Joe Biden will die in a month
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/11/facebook-posts/no-evidence-elon-musk-predicted-president-joe-bide/


text: Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, “in the last five years, spending has gone up 30%" in Florida.
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2023-09-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/08/chris-christie/chris-christie-knocks-ron-desantis-for-floridas-ri/

title:
Chris Christie knocks Ron DeSantis for Florida’s increased spending. But he omits revenue rose, too.


text: “Hillary Clinton in trouble as her dark web video leaked.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Old baseless rumors about Clinton snuff film persist on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/14/facebook-posts/old-baseless-rumors-about-clinton-snuff-film-persi/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: No proof of Oprah Winfrey hiring a private firefighting team before Maui wildfires
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Oprah Winfrey “managed to hire a private firefighting team” to protect her Maui properties before the August wildfires occurred.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/15/instagram-posts/no-proof-of-oprah-winfrey-hiring-a-private-firefig/


text: Video shows Vice President Kamala Harris discussing how women should “get ahead.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: This isn’t an authentic video of Vice President Kamala Harris saying how women should ‘get ahead’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/13/viral-image/this-isnt-an-authentic-video-of-vice-president-kam/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no CNN report saying Joe Biden’s family confirmed he died
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
CNN reported Sept. 7, 2023, that President Joe Biden’s family admitted “he died and was replaced by an actor in 2019.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/08/facebook-posts/theres-no-cnn-report-saying-joe-bidens-family-conf/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, CNN did not break news about a Pentagon ‘plan to implant Americans with nanotech particles’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
CNN reported “breaking news” that the Pentagon announced a plan to “implant Americans with nanotech particles.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/13/facebook-posts/no-cnn-did-not-break-news-about-a-pentagon-plan-to/


text: The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Sizzle, fizzle. Donald Trump off on bacon price increase under Joe Biden.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/18/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-that-bacon-is-five-times-more-e/


text: “Shocking video shows Biden wearing a skin mask.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t confuse President Joe Biden with Leatherface; claims he’s wearing a ‘skin mask’ are unfounded
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/13/viral-image/dont-confuse-president-joe-biden-with-leatherface/


text: A new photo shows Queen Elizabeth II on the day she died.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: New photo of Queen Elizabeth II issued on her death anniversary, but it wasn’t this one
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/13/instagram-posts/new-photo-of-queen-elizabeth-ii-issued-on-her-deat/


text: “Walmart must pay $500 to customers who made purchases in the last 180 days.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for social media posts promising free money from Walmart
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/19/facebook-posts/dont-fall-for-social-media-posts-promising-free-mo/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: CNN didn’t suggest former President Barack Obama is a serial killer, despite social media claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
CNN reported that “Barack Obama’s ex-boyfriend admits he was ‘prime suspect’ in gay serial killer case.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/11/facebook-posts/cnn-didnt-suggest-former-president-barack-obama-is/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, this California bill doesn’t make it illegal for employees to confront shoplifters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“California Democrats have proposed Bill 553, which makes it ILLEGAL to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/19/instagram-posts/no-this-california-bill-doesnt-make-it-illegal-for/


text: “Whoopi, Joy and Sunny Threaten To Resign ‘Immediately’ If Candace Owens Joins The Panel.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that ‘The View’ hosts threatened to resign if Candace Owens joined started as satire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/14/facebook-posts/claim-that-the-view-hosts-threatened-to-resign-if/


text: “I taught at the University of Pennsylvania for four years.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: What Biden omits in his repeated claim about teaching at the University of Pennsylvania
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/19/joe-biden/what-biden-omits-in-his-repeated-claim-about-teach/


text: A FEMA office in Chicago is proof of a conspiracy.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: FEMA set up Chicago offices to help residents affected by flooding, not to plan a disaster
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/11/facebook-posts/fema-set-up-chicago-offices-to-help-residents-affe/


text: “Obama finally reveals how personal chef drowned in mysterious pond accident.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, former President Barack Obama didn’t reveal how his personal chef died
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/18/facebook-posts/no-former-president-barack-obama-didnt-reveal-how/


text: Video shows “someone who tried to escape Burning Man.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Supposed video of a car trapped at Burning Man was shot before the festival even started
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/08/instagram-posts/supposed-video-of-a-car-trapped-at-burning-man-was/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-09-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/sep/18/fact-check-trumps-meet-the-press-falsehoods-about/
title: Fact-check: Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ falsehoods about abortion, Jan. 6 security and bacon prices
review_date: 2023-09-18T22:49:40Z
textual_rating: This lacks evidence.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have thousands of essentially motion pictures of people stuffing the ballot boxes. Tens of thousands."


text: Video shows Hawaiians being evicted after Maui wildfires.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Decades-old video doesn’t show police evicting Hawaiians after Maui wildfires
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/13/instagram-posts/decades-old-video-doesnt-show-police-evicting-hawa/


text: On moving forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden with a House vote.
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy’s Full Flop on opening Joe Biden impeachment inquiry with a House vote
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/13/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthys-full-flop-on-moving-ahead-on-biden/


text: In Westport, Connecticut, drones are “scanning (people) for COVID-19 symptoms.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, there aren’t COVID-19 monitoring drones in Connecticut. Pilot program was scrapped in 2020.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/18/instagram-posts/no-there-arent-covid-19-monitoring-drones-in-conne/


text: Video shows a missile hitting the Pentagon on 9/11.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show a missile hitting the Pentagon on 9/11
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/12/instagram-posts/no-this-video-doesnt-show-a-missile-hitting-the-pe/


text: “Ground Zero in New York — I remember standing there the next day.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden visited ground zero nine days after 9/11, not ‘the next day’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/12/joe-biden/joe-biden-visited-ground-zero-nine-days-after-911/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Does Trump support punishments for women who get abortions? Biden ad uses old, retracted remark
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/19/joe-biden/does-trump-support-punishments-for-women-who-get-a/


text: Hawaii wildfire was intentionally set because there’s “120 million tons of lithium in Maui.”
claimant: TikTok video
claim_date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Hawaii isn’t home to tons of lithium, despite baseless claims linking wildfires and lithium access
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/14/tiktok-posts/hawaii-isnt-home-to-tons-of-lithium-despite-basele/


text: Video proves Sen. John Fetterman has a body double.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Sen. John Fetterman, not a body double, with tattoos intact
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/20/social-media/video-shows-sen-john-fetterman-not-a-body-double-w/


text: “Congress say they will start printing 2024 ballot without Trump name in October 2023.”
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Congress isn’t printing election ballots without Donald Trump's name
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/13/tiktok-posts/no-congress-isnt-printing-election-ballots-without/


text: “Walmart must pay $500 to U.S. families who made purchases in 2022.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Walmart isn’t refunding $500 to anyone who shopped there last year, despite online claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/18/facebook-posts/walmart-isnt-refunding-500-to-anyone-who-shopped-t/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, CNN didn’t report on a supposed Cash App bankruptcy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“CNN just said Cash App went bankrupt and any funds you had in your account would have to be awarded to you through bankruptcy court.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/08/facebook-posts/no-cnn-didnt-report-on-a-supposed-cash-app-bankrup/


claimant: Benny Johnson
claim_date: 2023-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Was Trump ‘marching into a war zone of fire and ashes’ on 9/11 to ‘save Americans’?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Donald Trump spent 9/11 marching into a war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/18/benny-johnson/fact-check-was-trump-marching-into-a-war-zone-of-f/


text: "Modified mosquitoes have officially made it to Ohio.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Pesky conspiracy theory about GMO mosquitoes is back. Here’s why they aren’t in Ohio.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/12/instagram-posts/pesky-conspiracy-theory-about-gmo-mosquitoes-is-ba/


claimant: LaKeshia Myers
claim_date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: It’s true, Wis. voters did not have standard notice of polling places in spring 2020 election
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
During the spring 2020 election in Milwaukee, a reduction to only five polling locations “came days before the election and was done without proper notice to voters.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/08/lakeshia-myers/its-true-wis-voters-did-not-have-standard-notice-o/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/14/donald-trump/trump-said-under-desantis-florida-demanded-everybo/

title:
Ron DeSantis mandated COVID-19 vaccines in Florida? No, that Donald Trump claim rates Pants on Fire!


text: “Over 1,000 missing children in Maui.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: More than 60 people missing after Maui fires, not 1,000 children
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/13/viral-image/on-maui-66-people-are-still-missing-after-the-wild/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Biden’s remarks about extreme weather events were taken out of context
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Joe Biden’s comments confirm that the government is going to “increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/14/instagram-posts/bidens-remarks-about-extreme-weather-events-were-t/


text: “I really don’t know who gave (Dr. Anthony Fauci) the commendation.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/14/donald-trump/trump-said-he-doesnt-know-who-gave-fauci-a-commend/

title:
Trump said he didn’t know who gave Fauci a commendation. Trump’s White House website says Trump did.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-09-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/sep/18/fact-check-trumps-meet-the-press-falsehoods-about/
title: Fact-check: Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ falsehoods about abortion, Jan. 6 security and bacon prices
review_date: 2023-09-18T22:49:40Z
textual_rating: Said it on video
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump says he "didn’t say" he would order the Defense Department to use special forces against drug cartels.


text: Video shows Pope Francis slapping former President Donald Trump’s hand.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Did Pope Francis swat then-President Donald Trump’s hand? No, that video is altered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/11/viral-image/did-pope-francis-swat-then-president-donald-trumps/


text: 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Investigators say 30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate likely caused by leak, not by a grand conspiracy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/01/facebook-posts/investigators-say-30-tons-of-lost-ammonium-nitrate/


text: "Bloomberg says he wants to ban guns holding more than three rounds."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post overplays Bloomberg’s reference to 3-round limit for guns
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/24/facebook-posts/facebook-post-misinterprets-bloombergs-reference-3/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge in the documents case, wasn't pictured in a Team Trump hat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo of woman in Team Trump attire is Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the classified documents case.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/12/tweets/aileen-cannon-the-trump-appointed-judge-in-the-doc/


claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2016-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Bruce Rauner's school funding cut charge no more accurate today than in 2014
review_date: 2016-10-14T17:19:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Democrats "are cutting our school funding. Four times in the last 10 years before we came into office."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/01/bruce-rauner/bruce-rauner-resurrects-school-funding-cut-charge-/


claimant: David Perdue
claim_date: 2017-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: GOP Sen. David Perdue blames Obamacare for leaving behind 300,000 Georgians
review_date: 2017-08-03T18:06:23Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the poverty line will still not have access to the insurance Obamacare promised."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/03/david-perdue/gop-senator-david-perdue-blames-obamacare-leaving-/


text: "Thousands of Americans have been killed by illegal immigrants."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Trump leaves out context in claim about immigrants and crime
review_date: 2016-11-03T19:19:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/03/donald-trump/trump-leaves-out-context-claim-about-immigrants-an/


claimant: Richard Ojeda
claim_date: 2021-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Did the U.S. spend $2 trillion to support the Afghan military?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United States spent “2 trillion dollars to train and equip the Afghan military over the past 20 years. They fell in a week.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/21/richard-ojeda/did-us-spend-2-trillion-support-afghan-military/


text: "Texas mothers are dying during childbirth at the highest rates in the nation."
claimant: Shawn Thierry
claim_date: 2017-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Shawn Thierry says Texas leads nation in rate of mothers dying in childbirth
review_date: 2017-06-29T19:38:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/29/shawn-thierry/shawn-thierry-says-texas-leads-nation-mothers-dyin/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/may/06/donald-trumps-4-biggest-falsehoods-abc-news/
title: Donald Trump’s 4 biggest falsehoods on ABC News
review_date: 2020-05-06T19:43:01Z
textual_rating: Misrepresents what they said
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nancy Pelosi was out there at the end of February, talking about let's go dancing in Chinatown in San Francisco, because she wanted to prove that there was no problem. But there was a problem. Schumer was talking in March, about there’s no problem. I banned people from coming in, in January."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Viral rumor about a Pelosi Ukrainian ‘legislative aide’ twists facts, exaggerates connection
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s "legislative aide … is from the Ukraine and is connected to the Ukrainian Embassy, the Ukrainian military, the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian party life"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/09/facebook-posts/viral-rumor-about-pelosi-ukrainian-legislative-aid/


claimant: Mike DeWine
claim_date: 2018-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mike DeWine ad blames Rich Cordray for raising taxes and job losses, but that's misleading
review_date: 2018-10-29T19:46:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "during the Strickland-Cordray era taxes were raised by $800 million dollars and Ohio lost 400,000 jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/29/mike-dewine/mike-dewine-ad-blames-rich-cordray-raising-taxes-a/


text: "The use of ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting is illegal.”
claimant: Kevin Nicholson
claim_date: 2022-01-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/11/kevin-nicholson/wisconsin-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-kevin-nichol/

title:
Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Kevin Nicholson jumps gun on calling ballot drop boxes illegal


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/17/fact-checking-joe-biden-coronavirus-vaccine/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on a coronavirus vaccine
review_date: 2020-09-17T17:52:30Z
textual_rating: Children may be last
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"One thing that hasn’t happened yet….There have been no tests yet on children. Children ironically may be the last people to get the vaccine."


claimant: Beverly Boswell
claim_date: 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: NC Republican: March for Our Lives speakers said they want to murder gun owners
review_date: 2018-03-29T20:49:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Many March for Our Lives speakers called for "the murder of those who would not turn over their guns to the government."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/29/beverly-boswell/nc-republican-march-our-lives-speakers-said-they-w/


claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2019-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Is Joe Manchin the only senator to consistently vote against the nuclear option?
review_date: 2019-04-25T05:59:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I was the only member of the Senate – Republican or Democrat – who has consistently voted against efforts to use the so called ‘nuclear option’ to change the rules of the Senate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/24/joe-manchin/joe-manchin-only-senator-consistently-vote-against/


text: “Clearly, the Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this.”
claimant: Mitch McConnell
claim_date: 2020-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Evidence counters McConnell claim that Obama team left no pandemic ‘game plan’ for Trump
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/14/mitch-mcconnell/evidence-counters-mcconnell-claim-obama-team-left-/


text: Says the California flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear.
claimant: Breitbart
claim_date: 2015-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, a pear was not the original symbol of California
review_date: 2017-09-30T13:38:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/jun/18/breitbart/no-pear-was-not-original-symbol-california/


claimant: A quote on Melania Trump's image
claim_date: 2019-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Stop likening Melania Trump's quote on family separation to Eva Braun
review_date: 2019-01-08T20:08:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Melania Trump echoed Hitler’s wife when she said: "I hate to see children separated from their parents like this . . . but we can hardly blame Donald."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/08/blog-posting/stop-likening-melania-trumps-quote-family-separati/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: At debate, Hillary Clinton tax claim ignores years when Donald Trump reportedly paid federal taxes
review_date: 2016-09-27T04:47:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The only years that anybody's ever seen" of Donald Trump’s tax returns "showed he didn't pay any federal income tax."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/hillary-clinton/debate-hillary-clinton-tax-claim-ignores-years-whe/


text: Under Obamacare, "premiums have doubled and tripled" in Wisconsin
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2016-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Testing Ron Johnson claim that under Obamacare, “premiums have doubled and tripled” in Wisconsin
review_date: 2016-12-13T15:08:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/13/ron-johnson/testing-ron-johnson-claim-under-obamacare-premiums/


text: Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."
claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2018-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke says U.S. blacks have 10 times less wealth than whites
review_date: 2018-08-23T17:11:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/23/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-says-us-blacks-have-10-times-less-wea/


claimant: One Nation
claim_date: 2022-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Warnock, Cortez Masto voted for COVID-19 relief bill, but not for leisure projects it helped fund
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds” to be spent on leisure projects.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/28/one-nation/warnock-cortez-masto-voted-covid-19-relief-bill-no/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence old Christmas tradition had women ‘begging’ for husbands’ forgiveness
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a photo shows an old Christmas tradition of women apologizing "to their husbands for all the mistakes they made during the year and beg for forgiveness."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/11/facebook-posts/no-evidence-old-christmas-tradition-had-women-begg/


claimant: Devin Nunes
claim_date: 2018-02-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/aug/02/fact-checking-fox-news-analysts-pro-trump-book-rus/
title: Fact-checking Fox News analyst’s pro-Trump book ‘The Russia Hoax’
review_date: 2018-02-05T23:55:22Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "


claimant: Devin Nunes
claim_date: 2018-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Nunes memo twists James Comey's words on Steele dossier
review_date: 2018-02-05T23:55:22Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/05/devin-nunes/nunes-memo-twists-james-comeys-words-steele-dossie/


text: "Caravan Violence: Invaders Shoot At Police, Set Fire To Immigration Checkpoint"
claimant: Conservative Daily Post
claim_date: 2018-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Lone gunman, burned mattresses fuel violent caravan claim
review_date: 2018-11-13T18:04:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/13/blog-posting/guns-burned-mattresses-fuel-violent-caravan-claim/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong that a winner has to be announced Election Night
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Counting ballots for weeks after Election Day “is totally inappropriate, and I don't believe that's by our laws."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/28/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-winner-has-be-announced-electio/


text: Says Sen. John McCain was "caught making highly illegal phone call to foreign country."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Did John McCain violate Logan Act with call to Australian ambassador?
review_date: 2017-02-21T21:12:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/21/blog-posting/did-john-mccain-violate-logan-act-call-australian-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Fauci wasn’t on the Clinton Foundation board for two decades
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Anthony Fauci was on the Clinton Foundation board for 20 years and “currently serves on Gates Foundation.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/19/facebook-posts/no-fauci-wasnt-clinton-foundation-board-two-decade/


text: Deceased Ukrainian fighter pilot Col. Oleksandr Oksanchenko was the “Ghost of Kyiv.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2022-03-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/14/facebook-posts/ukraine-recognized-downed-pilot-hero-claims-he-was/

title:
Ukraine recognized downed pilot as ‘hero,’ but claims he was the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ are unsubstantiated


text: Says caravans of people are coming to cross the Mexico-U.S. border.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says caravans of people coming through Mexico to cross U.S. border
review_date: 2018-04-02T22:29:44Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-caravans-people-coming-through-m/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/30/hillary-clintons-latest-email-controversy-what-we-/
title: Hillary Clinton's latest email controversy, what we know
review_date: 2016-10-30T15:56:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says FBI Director James Comey’s letter about new developments in the investigation into her emails "only" went "to Republican members of the House."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden said there is no 'game plan' to distribute coronavirus vaccine. Is he right?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If the vaccine came out tomorrow, how in the heck would we get it to people? There is no game plan.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/11/joe-biden/joe-biden-said-there-no-game-plan-distribute-coron/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: No sign that tax moves by Trump or Biden affected Ford car plans in Ohio, Mexico
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ford agreed to invest $900 million at an Ohio plant because Donald Trump “lowered taxes” and is now moving the project to Mexico because Joe Biden is “increasing taxes.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/06/facebook-posts/no-sign-tax-moves-trump-or-biden-affected-ford-car/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post sharing newspaper story of Trump having a 73 IQ is fake
review_date: 2019-05-14T21:26:56Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump scored a 73 on an IQ test administered to him while in high school at New York Military Academy.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/14/viral-image/social-media-post-sharing-newspaper-story-trump-ha/


text: The Simpsons predicted the Capitol riots.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Simpsons didn’t predict the Capitol riots. Those images are edited
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/facebook-posts/no-simpsons-didnt-predict-capitol-riots-those-imag/


text: "Texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in America."
claimant: Charley Wilkison
claim_date: 2016-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Texas top state for law enforcement deaths in line of duty
review_date: 2016-09-19T18:37:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/19/charley-wilkison/texas-top-state-law-enforcement-deaths-line-duty/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Barack Obama: Trans-Pacific Partnership eliminates 18,000 tariffs on American goods
review_date: 2016-08-04T18:29:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership "knocks out 18,000 tariffs that other countries place on American products and goods."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/04/barack-obama/barack-obama-trans-pacific-partnership-eliminates-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Why Trump is wrong to suggest Obama personally kept ‘33 million pages of documents’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/12/donald-trump/why-trump-wrong-suggest-obama-personally-kept-33-m/


text: A photo shows students in Lviv celebrating Adolf Hitler’s birthday.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a picture of Ukrainian students celebrating Hitler’s birthday
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/20/tweets/no-isnt-picture-ukrainian-students-celebrating-hit/


text: “Biden agrees to Pelosi's request to resign.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden isn’t resigning, and Nancy Pelosi didn’t ask him to
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/26/facebook-posts/joe-biden-isnt-resigning-and-nancy-pelosi-didnt-as/


claimant: Diamond and Silk
claim_date: 2020-05-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/may/14/michael-flynns-unmasking-what-you-need-know/
title: Michael Flynn’s unmasking: What you need to know
review_date: 2020-05-14T22:14:26Z
textual_rating: Document doesn't prove hoax
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Obama knew. Clinton knew. Biden knew. Comey knew. Brennan knew. McCabe knew. Strzok knew. Clapper knew. Rosenstein knew. FBI knew. DOJ knew. CIA knew. State knew. They all knew it was a lie, a witch-hunt, a scandal, a plot, a conspiracy, a hoax."


text: "$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget."
claimant: Florida Democratic Party
claim_date: 2019-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Florida Democrats spin about Trump's Medicare budget ahead of Villages visit
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/03/florida-democratic-party/trump-visit-florida-state-democrats-mislead-about-/


claimant: Charlie Kirk
claim_date: 2022-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Some university endowments are taxed. There are limits on how endowment funds can be spent
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/charlie-kirk/some-university-endowments-are-taxed-there-are-lim/


text: Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County
claimant: Ed Cox
claim_date: 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Race for Governor: Molinaro's record on taxes and spending
review_date: 2018-05-24T12:43:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/24/edward-cox/race-governor-molinaros-record-taxes-and-spending/


text: “Donald J. Trump’s signature is on the new stimulus checks.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump’s signature won’t be on the new stimulus checks; Biden’s won’t, either
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/16/facebook-posts/no-trumps-signature-wont-be-new-stimulus-checks-bi/


text: “Republicans want to raise the voting to age 28.”
claimant: Sunny Hostin
claim_date: 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: 'View' host Sunny Hostin has scant evidence for claiming GOP wants to raise voting age to 28
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/17/sunny-hostin/no-republicans-dont-want-to-raise-voting-age-to-28/


text: "I have not called for impeachment" of President Donald Trump.
claimant: Maxine Waters
claim_date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Maxine Waters wrong to say she has 'not called for' Trump's impeachment
review_date: 2017-04-20T00:50:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/19/maxine-waters/maxine-waters-wrong-say-she-has-not-called-trumps-/


claimant: Brett Giroir
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, at least five randomized controlled studies say hydroxychloroquine doesn’t help
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/05/brett-giroir/yes-least-five-randomized-controlled-studies-say-h/


text: Says Gov. Tony Evers has declared Wisconsin “permanently closed” for business.
claimant: Rebecca Kleefisch
claim_date: 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Evers didn’t say Wisconsin was 'permanently closed'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/04/rebecca-kleefisch/no-evers-didnt-say-wisconsin-was-permanently-close/


text: “‘The Simpsons' predicted Tom Hanks getting coronavirus in 2007.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: ‘The Simpsons’ did not predict Tom Hanks’ illness from coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/facebook-posts/simpsons-did-not-predict-tom-hanks-illness-coronav/


text: "Biden supports reparations. Bernie supports reparations."
claimant: Republican National Committee
claim_date: 2020-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Is there no policy daylight between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, as RNC says?
review_date: 2020-03-11T14:01:25Z
textual_rating: Both back study only
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/10/republican-national-committee-republican/there-no-daylight-between-joe-biden-and-bernie-san/


claimant: Tim Scott
claim_date: 2023-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Tim Scott said Black homeownership has been static since 1968 housing law. He’s right.
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/19/tim-scott/sen-tim-scott-said-black-homeownership-has-been-st/


claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2017-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: TRUE: During campaign, Trump pledged to leave marijuana legalization up to states
review_date: 2017-03-03T19:56:16Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
During his campaign for president, Donald Trump "committed to honoring states' rights when it comes to marijuana legalization."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/28/gavin-newsom/true-campaign-trump-said-states-should-decide-lega/


text: "Miss Universe Guyana 2017 arrested at London Heathrow airport with 2 kilograms of cocaine."
claimant: states-news.com
claim_date: 2017-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Headline about Miss Universe Guyana and cocaine bust is recycled fake news
review_date: 2017-12-06T15:33:43Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/06/states-newscom/headline-about-miss-universe-guyana-and-cocaine-bu/


claimant: Jesse Watters
claim_date: 2022-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Jesse Watters spins facts beyond recognition with claims Hillary Clinton paid to hack, frame Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/17/jesse-watters/jesse-watters-spins-facts-beyond-recognition-claim/


text: "Malia Obama just got arrested buying cocaine"
claimant: TheAmericanNews.co
claim_date: 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Hoax wrongly claims Malia Obama arrested for cocaine
review_date: 2018-09-14T12:15:24Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/14/blog-posting/hoax-wrongly-claims-malia-obama-arrested-cocaine/


claimant: Social media
claim_date: 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Does Melania Trump's security detail cost more than federal arts budget?
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:24:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/08/social-media/does-melania-trumps-security-detail-cost-more-fede/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Trump shares manipulated toddler video targeting CNN
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
CNN aired a video of a toddler running away from another toddler with the headlines “Terrified toddler runs from racist baby” and “Racist baby probably voted for Trump.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/19/donald-trump/trump-shares-manipulated-toddler-video-targeting-c/


text: "Poll after poll after poll shows me beating Hillary."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: National surveys show Ted Cruz isn't beating Hillary Clinton in poll after poll after poll
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:30:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/11/ted-cruz/national-surveys-show-ted-cruz-isnt-beating-hillar/


claimant: RevolutionRadio.org
claim_date: 2018-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: California lawmaker called for assault weapons ban, but not total gun confiscation
review_date: 2018-05-10T14:21:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Democrats go full tyranny: now demand nationwide gun confiscation from law-abiding Americans ... at gunpoint, of course."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/10/revolution-radio/california-lawmaker-called-assault-weapons-ban-not/


text: A photo shows Jeffrey Epstein smirking as Donald Trump inappropriately touches a young girl.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: This image of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is doctored
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/10/viral-image/image-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epstein-doctored/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, CDC did not admit a mistake, did not reduce its COVID-19 Florida case count
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The CDC said it “made a mistake” and reduced its count of Florida COVID-19 cases from 90,000 to 11,000.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/27/viral-image/no-cdc-did-not-admit-mistake-did-not-reduce-its-co/


text: Video shows that “George Soros is going bankrupt.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence George Soros ‘going bankrupt,’ as a recent Facebook post claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/20/facebook-posts/no-evidence-george-soros-going-bankrupt-as-a-recen/


text: "I did not support the war in Iraq … The record shows that I’m right."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: At first debate, Donald Trump claims, again, that he was against war in Iraq
review_date: 2016-09-27T03:32:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-claims-again-he-was-against-war-iraq/


claimant: Bill Nelson
claim_date: 2018-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking statistics about Puerto Rico’s storm recovery
review_date: 2018-02-07T15:45:05Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Violent crime in Puerto Rico is on the rise as nearly one-third of the island remains without power."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/07/bill-nelson/fact-checking-statistics-about-puerto-ricos-storm-/


claimant: Rob Swearingen
claim_date: 2019-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: State rep exaggerates claim on Gov. Tony Evers veto of school technology program
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a school computer program, "saying it would be better spent in urban districts like Madison and Milwaukee."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/27/rob-swearingen/state-rep-exaggerates-claim-gov-tony-evers-veto-sc/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2016-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nike and Steph Curry didn’t split over Bible verses
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Steph Curry decided to split with Nike because the company wouldn’t allow him to write Bible scriptures in his shoes.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/18/facebook-posts/no-steph-currys-split-nike-had-nothing-do-religion/


claimant: Alan Grayson
claim_date: 2016-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: LeBron James pays Social Security taxes before halftime of first game, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson says
review_date: 2016-04-28T14:45:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/28/alan-grayson/lebron-james-pays-social-security-taxes-halftime-f/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Record-low unemployment and record-high number of people working due to Scott Walker's policies?
review_date: 2018-04-18T13:36:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/18/scott-walker/record-low-unemployment-and-record-high-number-peo/


claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2017-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Were the 7 nations identified in Donald Trump's travel ban named by Barack Obama as terror hotbeds?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The seven nations identified in Donald Trump's travel ban were "identified by the Obama administration as the seven most dangerous countries in the world in regard to harboring terrorists."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/07/reince-priebus/were-7-nations-identified-donald-trumps-travel-ban/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Rick Scott misrepresents COVID-19’s toll on state finances
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/05/rick-scott/sen-rick-scott-misrepresents-covid-19s-toll-state-/


text: "1928 was last time Republicans had the White House, the House and the Senate."
claimant: Ann Coulter
claim_date: 2016-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Ann Coulter history tweet forgets George W. Bush presidency
review_date: 2016-11-11T20:47:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/11/ann-coulter/ann-coulter-history-tweet-forgets-bush-presidency/


text: Republican "sabotage" cost 3.2 million people coverage in 2017.
claimant: Protect Our Care
claim_date: 2018-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: Did Republican sabotage cost 3.2 million their health coverage?
review_date: 2018-06-02T18:29:36Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/01/protect-our-care/did-republican-sabotage-cost-32-million-their-heal/


claimant: Eric Hargan
claim_date: 2018-05-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/29/sorting-out-facts-about-nearly-1500-lost-children-/
title: Sorting out the facts about nearly 1,500 lost children, Trump family separation policy
review_date: 2018-05-29T18:55:28Z
textual_rating: No contact
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"These children are not ‘lost’; their sponsors — who are usually parents or family members and in all cases have been vetted for criminality and ability to provide for them — simply did not respond or could not be reached when this voluntary call was made."


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2017-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Scott Walker says Wisconsin property taxes, as percentage of income, are lowest since end of WWII
review_date: 2017-01-13T16:41:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wisconsin property taxes, as a percentage of personal income, "are the lowest that they've been since the end of World War II."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/12/scott-walker/scott-walker-says-wisconsin-property-taxes-percent/


text: The Orlando shooter used "a weapon of war."
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2016-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Was gun used by Orlando shooter a 'weapon of war'?
review_date: 2016-07-01T15:52:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/01/tammy-baldwin/was-gun-used-orlando-shooter-weapon-war/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post misleads on congressional health care, benefits
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Congressional benefits include “free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/01/facebook-posts/facebook-post-misleads-congressional-health-care-b/


text: mRNA technology in COVID-19 vaccines was never tested in humans.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were tested in humans, have proven to be safe, effective
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/25/instagram-posts/mrna-covid-19-vaccines-were-tested-humans-have-pro/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Is all gender-affirming care for children ‘experimental’? Experts say no
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/17/instagram-posts/is-all-gender-affirming-care-for-children-experime/


text: Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2022-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Democrats aren’t responsible for rising gas prices
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/29/ron-johnson/no-democrats-arent-responsible-rising-gas-prices/


claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2017-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Do Joe Manchin and Evan Jenkins support Clinton, cap-and-trade, Planned Parenthood and tax hikes?
review_date: 2017-11-06T21:36:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Evan "Jenkins has the same positions on the issues as Joe Manchin: supporting Hillary (Clinton), supporting cap-and-trade, supporting Planned Parenthood, many tax increases."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/06/patrick-morrisey/do-joe-manchin-and-evan-jenkins-support-clinton-ca/


text: The Odessa shooter "had a Beto sticker on his truck."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence the Odessa shooter had a sticker on his vehicle supporting Beto O’Rourke
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/viral-image/no-evidence-odessa-shooter-had-sticker-his-vehicle/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-02-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/02/ted-cruz/yes-donald-trump-has-been-linked-mob/
title: Yes, Donald Trump has been linked to the mob
review_date: 2017-04-12T18:46:55Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia."


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: No guns seized at home of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
After pushing through a red flag law in the New Mexico Senate, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham “has had the firearms of her guards and household seized.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/11/facebook-posts/no-guns-seized-home-new-mexico-gov-michelle-lujan-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Republicans support Donald Trump, but not as much as he said
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I’ve had tremendous Republican support. I have a 90% — 94% approval rating, as of this morning, in the Republican Party. That’s an all-time record."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/06/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-republican-voters-him-more-they-/


text: A facial recognition firm “confirmed antifa infiltrated the Trump rally in D.C.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, facial recognition didn’t confirm antifa infiltrated Trump supporters at the Capitol
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/07/facebook-posts/no-facial-recognition-didnt-confirm-antifa-infiltr/


claimant: Kris Kobach
claim_date: 2017-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's commission vice chair Kris Kobach says immigration data not bounced against voter rolls
review_date: 2017-05-23T21:07:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Department of Homeland Security’s database of legal immigrants has "never" been "bounced against a state’s voter rolls."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/23/kris-kobach/trumps-election-commission-chair-kris-kobach-says-/


text: “NASA discovers THC on meteorite fragment.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, NASA didn’t discover THC on a meteorite fragment
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/viral-image/no-nasa-didnt-discover-thc-meteorite-fragment/


claimant: Pam Bondi
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/26/fact-checking-pam-bondis-rnc-attacks-about-hunter-/
title: Fact-checking Pam Bondi’s RNC attacks about Hunter Biden
review_date: 2020-08-26T04:56:15Z
textual_rating: Misrepresents his remarks
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“And Joe Biden has done more than look the other way on China. He's said, ‘The Chinese aren't our competition. Come on man, they're not bad folks.’"


text: “34 percent of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”
claimant: Democratic Party of Wisconsin
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, high percentage of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/12/state-democratic-party-wisconsin/yes-high-percentage-wisconsin-renters-are-risk-evi/


text: Says truck drivers are being turned away from fast-food restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Some fast-food chains turn away truckers at drive-thru windows. One has offered a solution
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/26/facebook-posts/some-fast-food-chains-turn-away-truckers-drive-thr/


claimant: Lupe Valdez
claim_date: 2017-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Unauthorized immigrants account for few crimes, but precise percentage seems elusive
review_date: 2017-12-22T00:24:03Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/22/lupe-valdez/lupe-valdez-says-unauthorized-immigrants-account-1/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/sep/26/fact-checking-donald-trump-hurricane-maria-puerto-/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump on Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
review_date: 2017-09-26T22:41:02Z
textual_rating: Reviews were mixed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We've had tremendous reviews from government officials. This morning the government made incredible statements about how well we're doing.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says N95 masks can be sterilized for reuse. Only in a pinch, experts warn.
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/29/donald-trump/trump-says-n95-masks-can-be-sterilized-reuse-only-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that Tyre Nichols was dating a police officer’s wife, girlfriend or ex are unsubstantiated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/02/facebook-posts/claims-that-tyre-nichols-was-dating-a-police-offic/


text: On Oct. 19, Donald Trump tweeted, “Thank you Elon Musk, I’m back!!!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Trump still didn’t tweet his thanks to Elon Musk, and isn’t back on Twitter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/20/viral-image/trump-still-didnt-tweet-his-thanks-to-elon-musk-an/


text: "We need an ID" to "buy a beer."
claimant: Brad Schimel
claim_date: 2018-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Despite Brad Schimel's claim, in Wisconsin you don't need an ID to buy a beer like you do to vote
review_date: 2018-08-22T16:21:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/22/brad-schimel/despite-brad-schimels-claim-wisconsin-you-dont-nee/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Chelsea Clinton didn’t tweet this about Bill Gates
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Chelsea Clinton tweeted, “The more I hear about Bill Gates behavior the more ashamed for him I feel. What kind of man pursues a physical relationship with an underling and has relations with her in their office???”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/24/viral-image/no-chelsea-clinton-didnt-tweet-about-bill-gates/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/27/hillary-clintons-top-10-most-misleading-claims/
title: Hillary Clinton’s top 10 most misleading claims
review_date: 2016-08-01T22:03:19Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says, regarding the presence of classified information in her email, FBI Director James "Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people."


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton's wrong claim that FBI director Comey called her comments about email 'truthful'
review_date: 2017-04-11T20:06:19Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says, regarding the presence of classified information in her email, FBI Director James "Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/01/hillary-clinton/hillary-clintons-wrong-claim-fbi-director-comey-ca/


text: "Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today."
claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2019-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke says race is No.1 indicator for location of toxic facilities. Is it true?
review_date: 2019-05-14T15:15:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/14/beto-orourke/beto-orourkes-climate-change-plan-says-race-no1-in/


text: "Right now we’re the highest taxed country in the world."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump calls U.S. 'the highest taxed country in the world'
review_date: 2016-04-18T14:17:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/07/donald-trump/trump-calls-us-highest-taxed-country-world/


text: “Navy SEALs arrest Hillary Clinton.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Navy SEALs didn’t arrest Hillary Clinton
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/11/blog-posting/no-navy-seals-didnt-arrest-hillary-clinton/


text: Says Barack Obama "founded ISIS. I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-pants-fire-claim-obama-founded-isis-c/

title:
Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that Barack Obama 'founded' ISIS, Hillary Clinton was 'cofounder'


text: Jim Jordan told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “You’re just dumb.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show Jim Jordan insulting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/19/viral-image/video-doesnt-show-jordan-insulting-aoc/


claimant: Charles Payne
claim_date: 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fox Business host wrongly claimed market crashed as 'instant reaction' to Obama’s 2008 election
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/25/charles-payne/fox-business-host-wrongly-claimed-market-crashed-i/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, the photo of a parade in England was not for Donald Trump – it was for Liverpool’s soccer team
review_date: 2019-06-17T15:58:26Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a photo taken in England shows "thousands of English Trump supporters" celebrating the president’s visit.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/17/viral-image/no-photo-parade-england-was-not-donald-trump-it-wa/


claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2016-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Rudy Giuliani on Meet the Press
review_date: 2016-10-02T21:18:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Hillary Clinton has "taken hundreds of millions from those countries" where "women are stoned, where women are killed for adultery and women can't drive."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/02/rudy-giuliani/fact-checking-rudy-giuliani-meet-press/


claimant: v
claim_date: 2022-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a real video of Nadal and Federer laughing at Djokovic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer laughing at Novak Djokovic after he was stuck in an Australian airport.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/13/viral-image/no-isnt-real-video-nadal-and-federer-laughing-djok/


text: "In 2016, an officer was assaulted in America on an average of every 10 minutes."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Is a police officer assaulted every 10 minutes in the United States, as Donald Trump said?
review_date: 2018-05-15T20:37:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/15/donald-trump/police-officer-assaulted-every-10-minutes/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Titanic sinking was an accident that caused over 1,500 deaths, not an inside job to kill three men
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The sinking of the Titanic was orchestrated by the Rothschilds and J.P. Morgan to kill prominent businessmen who opposed the creation of the Federal Reserve.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/26/instagram-posts/titanic-sinking-was-accident-caused-over-1500-deat/


text: "Our economy is not growing."
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Florida Gov. Rick Scott is wrong about the U.S. economy not growing
review_date: 2016-07-21T01:20:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/rick-scott/florida-gov-rick-scott-wrongly-says-economy-not-gr/


claimant: Georgians for Bernie Sanders for President
claim_date: 2016-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Sanders group on target about their candidate's polling against Trump
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Polls show Bernie Sanders would do better than Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head battle against Donald Trump.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/08/georgians-bernie-sanders-president/pro-sanders-group-target-about-their-candidates-po/


claimant: Cynthia Nixon
claim_date: 2018-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Cynthia Nixon says she had more small donors in one day than Cuomo in seven years
review_date: 2018-03-22T21:17:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In one day of fundraising I received more small donor (contributions) than Andrew Cuomo received in seven years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/22/cynthia-nixon/cynthia-nixon-claims-she-had-more-small-donors-one/


claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2016-08-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/sep/01/fact-checking-clinton-foundation-controversy/
title: Fact-checking the Clinton Foundation controversy
review_date: 2016-08-25T14:54:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The fact is" the Clinton Foundation has "got about 80 percent in overhead and 20 percent of the money is actually getting into the places it should."


claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2016-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Reince Priebus' False claim that 80% of Clinton Foundation costs are overhead
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The fact is" the Clinton Foundation has "got about 80 percent in overhead and 20 percent of the money is actually getting into the places it should."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/25/reince-priebus/reince-priebus-false-claim-80-clinton-foundation-c/


text: Amazon’s Alexa confirms Michelle Obama “was born Michael LaVaughn Robinson.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Alexa doesn’t confirm Michelle Obama was born Michael. This is Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/15/viral-image/no-alexa-doesnt-confirm-michelle-obama-was-born-mi/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-22T00:00:00Z
title: Biden stumbled in December speech, but altered video removes context and clarity
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Joe Biden said, “To the Ukrainian people, I say to them all, you might you might they they might be able to make right and they’re not able to.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/30/viral-image/biden-stumbled-december-speech-altered-video-remov/


text: “A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing.”
claimant: Robin Hayes
claim_date: 2018-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: NC GOP: a gerrymander is 'a strange looking monster drawing'
review_date: 2018-01-10T23:56:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/10/robin-hayes/nc-gop-gerrymander-strange-looking-monster-drawing/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the claim that Ida B. Wells was ignored because she was a Republican
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat 71 years before Rosa Parks did. At age 33, she owned the first African-American newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. Why do you never hear about her? Because she was a Republican."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/06/viral-image/fact-checking-ida-b-wells-ignored-republican/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, CNN didn’t report that the same man died in Afghanistan and Uvalde
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
CNN is recycling crisis actors in reports about a man dying in Afghanistan in 2021 and at the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/27/facebook-posts/no-cnn-didnt-report-same-man-died-afghanistan-and-/


text: The Obama administration "didn't do anything about” swine flu.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong saying Barack Obama did nothing about swine flu
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/06/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-saying-barack-obama-did-nothing/


text: “Seattle police begin gun confiscations: no laws broken, no warrant, no charges.”
claimant: Liberty Headlines
claim_date: 2018-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Seattle police didn't use a 'red flag' law to seize a man's gun with no warrant
review_date: 2018-03-14T21:55:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/14/liberty-headlines/no-seattle-police-didnt-use-red-flag-law-seize-man/


text: “American coronavirus vaccine killed five Ukrainians.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence that a US COVID-19 vaccine killed 5 Ukrainians
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/30/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-us-covid-19-vaccine-killed-5-uk/


text: "When asked about equal pay for women, (Rubio’s) quote was that it was a waste of time."
claimant: Patrick Murphy
claim_date: 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio called equal pay for women 'a waste of time,' Patrick Murphy says
review_date: 2016-10-18T20:20:07Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/18/patrick-murphy/rubio-called-equal-pay-women-waste-time-murphy-say/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/15/fact-checking-seventh-democratic-presidential-deba/
title: Fact-checking the seventh Democratic presidential debate in Iowa
textual_rating: Opposed war after start
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I said 13 years ago it was a mistake to give the president the authority to go to war if, in fact, he couldn’t get inspectors in Iraq to stop what was thought to be the attempt to get a nuclear weapon. It was a mistake, and I acknowledge that."


text: Kevin McCarthy said Nancy Pelosi “should be prosecuted and jailed.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, McCarthy didn’t say Pelosi should be prosecuted, jailed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/14/facebook-posts/no-mccarthy-didnt-say-pelosi-should-be-prosecuted-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Gates didn’t say this about COVID-19 vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bill Gates said, “We need to develop a digital certificate that shows who has received all the vaccinations. Only those with all the required vaccinations may travel, visit churches, participate in sports and music events, get a job, etc.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/04/viral-image/bill-gates-didnt-say-about-covid-19-vaccines/


text: My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat
claimant: Robyn Vining
claim_date: 2020-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, because of gerrymandering only one Republican Assembly seat has flipped Democratic since 2013
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/29/robyn-vining/yes-because-gerrymandering-only-one-republican-ass/


claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2018-05-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/09/can-robert-mueller-subpoena-donald-trump/
title: Can Robert Mueller subpoena Donald Trump? A look at the legal precedents
review_date: 2018-05-09T15:09:18Z
textual_rating: Legal rules unclear
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump doesn’t have to comply with a subpoena because “he’s the president of the United States.”


text: DJ Mighty Mouse died because of a COVID-19 booster vaccine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Claims about DJ Mighty Mouse death made without evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/27/instagram-posts/claims-about-dj-mighty-mouse-death-made-without-ev/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/mar/13/did-donald-trump-pay-hundreds-workers-help-search-/
title: Did Donald Trump pay hundreds of workers to help in search-and-rescue efforts days after 9/11?
review_date: 2019-03-13T18:00:50Z
textual_rating: Not clear
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump went to Ground Zero two days after the 9/11 attacks with hundreds of workers who he paid out of pocket to help identify victims.


text: "Nearly 200,000 Florida voters may not be citizens."
claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2018-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump Jr. tweets misleading 2012 headline about Florida noncitizen voters
review_date: 2018-11-13T22:17:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/13/donald-trump-jr/donald-trump-jrs-misleading-tweet-about-noncitizen/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Election workers didn’t ‘find’ Biden votes overnight. They counted and reported mail in ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Overnight, election workers “found” 140,000 mail in ballots in Wisconsin; 200,000 in Michigan and 1 million in Pennsylvania. “All for Biden. None for Trump.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/10/facebook-posts/election-workers-didnt-find-biden-votes-overnight-/


text: Photo shows an anti-Israel activist holding a photo of Adolf Hitler.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn't show an anti-Israel activist holding a photo of Hitler
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/18/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-anti-israel-activist-holding-/


claimant: Colin Van Ostern
claim_date: 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Was Colin Van Ostern the deciding vote for Medicaid expansion in NH?
review_date: 2016-09-08T17:31:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I cast the deciding vote extending Medicaid health care coverage to 50,000 of our fellow citizens,"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/08/colin-van-ostern/was-colin-van-ostern-deciding-vote-medicaid-expans/


claimant: Jerry Brown
claim_date: 2018-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: Has the rate of California’s prison spending nearly tripled since 1970?
review_date: 2018-01-26T02:26:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/25/jerry-brown/has-rate-californias-prison-spending-nearly-triple/


text: Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: TikTok video miscaptioned as part of Kabul airport turmoil
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/19/viral-image/tiktok-video-miscaptioned-part-kabul-airport-turmo/


text: "Chinese communist” troops on the ground at U.S. southern border.
claimant: TikTok video
claim_date: 2023-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Chinese immigrants at U.S. southern border are ‘troops’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/19/tiktok-posts/no-evidence-that-chinese-immigrants-at-us-southern/


text: “The (COVID-19) cases are going up, but it's because the testing is going up.”
claimant: Chris Kapenga
claim_date: 2020-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin senator wrong to attribute rising COVID cases to testing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/02/chris-kapanga/wisconsin-senator-wrong-attribute-rising-covid-cas/


text: Video of Hunter Biden at the White House was taken on the “same day they found cocaine.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fourth of July video featuring Hunter Biden wasn’t taken same day cocaine discovered at White House
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/13/instagram-posts/fourth-of-july-video-featuring-hunter-biden-wasnt/


text: Year after year, countless Americans are murdered by criminal illegal aliens.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: 2019 State of the Union fact check of President Trump's speech to Congress
review_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False per Cato Institute.
language_code: en
publisher_name: CBS News
publisher_site: cbsnews.com
url:
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/2019-state-of-the-union-fact-checking-trump-state-of-the-union-address-2019-02-04-live-updates/


text: "What is the proper collective noun for a group of baboons? Believe it or not . . . a Congress!
claimant: Chain email
claim_date: 2011-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Chain e-mail claims that when baboons congregate, it's called a 'congress.'
review_date: 2016-05-24T13:15:36Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jan/02/chain-email/chain-e-mail-claims-when-baboons-congregate-its-ca/


text: Says Russian President Vladimir Putin "calls me brilliant."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did Vladimir Putin call Trump 'brilliant'?
review_date: 2018-07-16T14:27:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/08/donald-trump/did-vladimir-putin-call-trump-brilliant/


text: “President Trump signs bill returning prayer in schools.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn’t sign a bill returning prayer to schools
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/18/facebook-posts/no-trump-didnt-sign-bill-returning-prayer-schools/


claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2021-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Some migrants being tested for COVID at Southern border, but only if they’re sick
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/14/glenn-grothman/some-migrants-being-tested-covid-southern-border-o/


text: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Allegation of racial bias in Wisconsin Amber Alerts unfounded, data shows
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/13/facebook-posts/says-amber-alerts-are-issued-white-kids-not-black-/


text: Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: How do you count school shootings in Canada? Depends on how you classify the incidents
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/viral-image/how-do-you-count-school-shootings-canada-depends-h/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/23/fact-checking-donald-trump-joe-biden-final-preside/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump, Joe Biden in the final presidential debate
review_date: 2020-10-23T05:51:14Z
textual_rating: Inaccurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Not one single person with private insurance" lost their insurance "under Obamacare … unless they chose they wanted to go to something else."


claimant: Ban Ki-moon
claim_date: 2016-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Paris Agreement sees largest number of countries to sign on during any single day
review_date: 2016-04-26T18:25:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/26/ban-ki-moon/paris-agreement-sees-largest-number-countries-sign/


text: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "doesn't even believe that there's a man-made role in climate change."
claimant: Russ Feingold
claim_date: 2016-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Russ Feingold says Ron Johnson doesn't believe 'there's a man-made role in climate change'
review_date: 2016-10-31T19:57:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/31/russ-feingold/russ-feingold-says-ron-johnson-doesnt-believe-ther/


text: "BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi Was Just Taken From Her Office In Handcuffs"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Websites spread fake news that Nancy Pelosi was ‘arrested' over ‘coup attempt’
review_date: 2017-04-02T12:14:27Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/websites-spread-fake-news-nancy-pelosi-was-arreste/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2020-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Pence uses outdated numbers to tout Wisconsin job gains and unemployment numbers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says since he and President Trump took office, their policies "led to an unemployment rate of 3.1% in Wisconsin and 61,000 Wisconsin jobs, including 15,000 manufacturing jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/mike-pence/pence-uses-outdated-numbers-tout-wisconsin-job-gai/


claimant: Roy Moore
claim_date: 2017-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Alabama's Roy Moore says whole communities in Midwest are under Sharia law
review_date: 2017-08-16T21:50:50Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are communities under Sharia law right now in our country. Up in Illinois. ... There’s Sharia law, as I understand it, in Illinois, Indiana -- up there. I don't know."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/16/roy-moore/alabamas-roy-moore-says-whole-communities-midwest-/


text: Says "96 percent of (Google News) results on ‘Trump News’ are from National Left-Wing Media."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, 96% of Google news stories on Trump aren't from left-wing outlets
review_date: 2018-08-29T17:20:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/29/donald-trump/no-96-google-news-stories-trump-arent-left-wing-ou/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2015-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio: At least three sectors of the border are 'completely insecure'
review_date: 2016-06-27T15:54:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are at least three sectors of the border, one in particular, that are just completely insecure."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/mar/05/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-least-three-sectors-border-are-complet/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: Viral Wisconsin welcome sign image warning visitors of its gun-carrying residents is photoshopped
review_date: 2019-05-30T15:42:03Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a Wisconsin welcome sign includes a message warning "criminals and terrorists" that over "170,000 Wisconsin residents have a legal permit to carry a handgun."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/30/viral-image/viral-wisconsin-welcome-sign-image-warning-visitor/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-10-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/16/fact-checking-head-head-town-halls-joe-biden-donal/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump, Joe Biden in head-to-head town halls
review_date: 2020-10-16T04:26:51Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he didn’t label the Green New Deal a "crucial framework," but instead used that term to describe his own plan, which he said was different from the Green New Deal.


text: “59 people die as pastor gives them dettol to drink in church to prevent coronavirus.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence 59 people died from drinking disinfectant to prevent coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/08/viral-image/no-evidence-59-people-died-drinking-disinfectant-p/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Comparing news coverage of confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
News networks covered Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing live but not Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/24/facebook-posts/comparing-news-coverage-confirmation-hearings-keta/


text: "Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2017-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Rauner's right: Illinois budget balancing act an ongoing production
review_date: 2017-09-20T12:19:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/20/bruce-rauner/rauners-right-illinois-budget-balancing-act-ongoin/


text: “Drunk” Nancy Pelosi “was removed from the House floor for cursing at Republicans.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Claim of Nancy Pelosi drunk on House floor is fabricated
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/29/facebook-posts/claim-nancy-pelosi-drunk-house-floor-fabricated/


text: Photo shows Joe Biden “doesn’t wear a mask on a plane.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Biden on plane without face mask is from before the pandemic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/02/tweets/photo-biden-plane-without-face-mask-pandemic/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden oversimplifies his school busing record in Miami debate
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/28/joe-biden/joe-biden-oversimplifies-his-record-school-busing-/


claimant: Rex Tillerson
claim_date: 2017-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Rex Tillerson misleads on Russian sanctions opposition
review_date: 2017-01-13T20:47:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I have never lobbied against sanctions personally... to my knowledge, Exxon never directly lobbied against sanctions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/12/rex-tillerson/tillerson-misleads-russian-sanctions-opposition/


text: The federal tax code includes "deductions for birds flying across America."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump mentions tax deductions 'for birds flying across America,' and he should know
review_date: 2017-05-15T16:07:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/15/donald-trump/donald-trump-mentions-tax-deductions-birds-flying-/


text: “Fewer people get hurt playing rugby” than American football.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on whether rugby is safer than football
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/14/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-whether-rugby-more-dangero/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Graph showing rising human trafficking arrests under Trump draws on bogus data
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A graph shows the number of human trafficking arrests increased dramatically under President Donald Trump.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/12/viral-image/graph-showing-rising-human-trafficking-arrests-und/


text: The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.”
claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson’s unfounded claim that Brazil’s election was rigged
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/12/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlsons-unfounded-claim-that-brazils-elect/


text: “Hundreds and hundreds of labs are ready, willing, and able.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump exaggerates number of untapped coronavirus testing labs
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/donald-trump/donald-trump-exaggerates-number-untapped-coronavir/


text: Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "
claimant: Mandela Barnes
claim_date: 2022-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: High probability that Barnes plan to end cash bail would have kept parade suspect in jail
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/22/mandela-barnes/barnes-plan-end-cash-bail-wouldnt-necessarily-have/


text: “This year, it's going to be over $1.5 trillion (that we’ve) reduced the debt."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden leaves out context in ‘60 Minutes’ comment on debt reduction
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/20/joe-biden/joe-biden-leaves-out-context-60-minutes-comment-de/


text: Quotes Michelle Obama as saying, "White folks are what’s wrong with America."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Michelle Obama did not say white folks are what is wrong with America
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/03/facebook-posts/did-michelle-obama-once-say-white-folks-are-whats-/


claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2017-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Jeff Sessions claims asylum system rampant with fraud and abuse
review_date: 2017-10-19T19:13:26Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/19/jeff-sessions/jeff-sessions-claim-about-asylum-system-fraudulent/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/jun/14/fact-checking-donald-trumps-bedminster-speech-foll/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Bedminster speech following documents indictment
review_date: 2023-06-14T03:42:31Z
textual_rating: This is inaccurate.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"According to the Presidential Records Act, which was a big deal, I was supposed to negotiate with NARA, which is exactly what I was doing until Mar-a-Lago was raided by gun-toting FBI agents."


claimant: JD Wooten
claim_date: 2018-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Wooten says blocked Medicaid affected half a million North Carolinians and veterans
review_date: 2018-09-06T13:35:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
My opponent, Rick Gunn, blocked the expansion of Medicaid — costing half a million people health insurance, including at least 23,000 veterans.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/05/jd-wooten/wooten-says-blocked-medicaid-affected-half-million/


text: Says Rep. Mike Coffman "is the one who said" he would support Trump.
claimant: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committtee
claim_date: 2016-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: DCCC ad says Mike Coffman said he would "support' Trump, but he's condemned GOP nominee
review_date: 2016-08-09T20:40:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/09/democratic-congressional-campaign-committee/dccc-ads-says-rep-coffman-said-youd-support-trump-/


claimant: Patricia Fahy
claim_date: 2019-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fahy claim about 'disappointing' marijuana revenue is wrong
review_date: 2019-01-23T17:52:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, "we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/21/patricia-fahy/fahy-claims-marijuana-revenue-disappointing/


text: The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."
claimant: Republican Party of Florida
claim_date: 2019-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: This GOP talking point that the Green New Deal will cost every household $600,000 is False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/27/republican-party-florida/gop-talking-point-green-new-deal-will-cost-every-h/


text: “Michelle Obama’s mother dies, leaves inheritance to ‘My son Michael.’”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Satirical story about Michelle Obama’s mother repackaged as real news
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/08/viral-image/satirical-story-about-michelle-obamas-mother-repac/


text: NPR posted a story about the Capitol breach before it happened.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, NPR didn’t write about the Capitol breach before it happened
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/12/viral-image/no-npr-didnt-write-about-capitol-breach-it-happene/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-05-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/22/timeline-donald-trumps-talk-about-nonexistent-jame/
title: A timeline of Donald Trump’s talk about nonexistent James Comey tapes
review_date: 2017-08-17T15:40:53Z
textual_rating: No tapes, Trump admits
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says James Comey "better hope there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!"


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/02/6-claims-donald-trump-got-wrong-today-ukraine-whis/
title: 9 things Donald Trump got wrong today on Ukraine, a whistleblower and the media
review_date: 2019-10-02T18:58:39Z
textual_rating: Did not say perfect
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I heard Rick Scott today say that was a perfect conversation. How can they impeach him on that conversation?"


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Story about man spreading HIV to more than 200 people is fake
review_date: 2017-04-02T12:49:38Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A New York man has allegedly infected 240 people with the HIV virus by sleeping with men and women."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/story-about-man-spreading-hiv-more-200-people-fake/


text: "Republicans want to restore #gunrights to felons"
claimant: Jose Serrano
claim_date: 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Are Republicans trying to allow convicted felons to own guns?
review_date: 2017-09-22T12:45:59Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/22/jose-serrano/are-republicans-trying-allow-convicted-felons-own-/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2019-03-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/mar/29/are-new-yorkers-really-fleeing-florida-over-taxes/
title: Are New Yorkers really fleeing to Florida over taxes?
review_date: 2019-03-29T13:48:08Z
textual_rating: Family, weather top reasons
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Want to know why hundreds of thousands of people have left New York and moved to Florida? I’ll be joining @SquawkCNBC at 7:45AM to talk about it. (Hint: lower taxes)."


text: Black Lives Matter demonstrators attack “elderly man wearing oxygen.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Older man reportedly struck at demonstration but he was not ‘wearing oxygen’
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/facebook-posts/older-man-was-struck-demonstration-not-oxygen/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/05/fact-checking-2020-state-union-address/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union address
review_date: 2020-02-05T06:44:04Z
textual_rating: Correct back to 1992
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Workers without a high school diploma have achieved the lowest unemployment rate recorded in United States history."


text: "A duck’s quack doesn’t echo and nobody can figure out why."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: A duck’s quack echoes — but you might not hear it
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/10/viral-image/ducks-quack-echoes-you-might-not-hear-it/


text: "I am roughly being paid $53 a day to educate your child."
claimant: Stokes County public school teacher
claim_date: 2018-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: NC teacher: I make $53 per day. Records show he's wrong.
review_date: 2018-05-17T15:49:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/16/stokes-county-school-teacher/nc-teacher-i-make-53-day-records-show-hes-wrong/


text: "Crime is rising."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump said, 'Crime is rising.' It's not (and hasn't been for decades)
review_date: 2016-06-09T22:16:37Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-said-crime-rising-its-not-and-hasnt-b/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post cites wrong fast-food CEO as big Trump donor
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The CEO of the company that owns Wendy’s, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut donated $400,000 towards Trump’s re-election campaign.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/04/facebook-posts/facebook-post-cites-wrong-fast-food-ceo-big-trump-/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Directed energy weapons weren’t used to start the fires in Hawaii and these photos don’t rebut that
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Images of burned cars in Lahaina, Hawaii, are evidence wildfires there were started by directed energy weapons.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/instagram-posts/directed-energy-weapons-werent-used-to-start-the-f/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2013-08-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/05/viral-image/dial-911-if-theres-emergency-not-112/
title: Dial 911 if there’s an emergency, not 112
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If an unmarked car tries to pull you over, you should dial 112 to confirm it’s actually a police officer because the number provides "a direct link to state trooper info," and that "this applies in all 50 states."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely claims Michigan illegally sent ballots to all voters
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Rogue” Michigan official sent absentee ballots to 7.7 million people “illegally and without authorization” ahead of the primaries and general election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/20/donald-trump/trump-falsely-claims-michigan-sent-ballots-all-vot/


text: Says Donald Trump wants to deport "our Dreamers."
claimant: Priorities USA Action
claim_date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Clinton Super PAC says Trump wants to deport millions, including 'Dreamers'
review_date: 2016-11-01T16:08:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/01/priorities-usa-action/pro-clinton-pac-says-trump-wants-deport-millions-i/


claimant: News360-tv.com
claim_date: 2017-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Celebrity donations of tens of millions of dollars to Harvey victims are fake news
review_date: 2017-09-01T17:43:29Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Manny Pacquiao, Usain Bolt and Princes William and Harry have donated tens of millions of dollars to Hurricane Harvey victims.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/01/blog-posting/celebrity-donations-tens-millions-dollars-harvey-v/


