# claims

claimant: Ralph Abraham
claim_date: 2016-06-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/07/distorting-the-asthma-ozone-link/
title: Distorting the Asthma-Ozone Link
review_date: 2016-07-07T14:54:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Says there are “thousands of studies” that refute the EPA's conclusion that ground-level ozone, a component of smog, exacerbates asthma attacks.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/trumps-misleading-blame-opioids/
title: Trump's Misleading Blame on Opioids
review_date: 2017-08-10T13:31:27Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Cited a 23 percent decline in federal drug prosecutions between 2011 and 2016 to claim that the Obama administration ignored the opioid crisis.


claimant: Bill Clinton
claim_date: 2016-05-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/05/bill-clintons-economic-exaggerations/
title: Bill Clinton's Economic Exaggerations
review_date: 2016-05-18T22:17:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“There are three states in America that get over a third of their electricity from wind. One of them is Texas."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/trump-revises-history-on-mexicos-wall-payment/
title: Trump Revises History on Mexico's Wall Payment
review_date: 2019-01-11T20:46:30Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"When during the campaign, I would say 'Mexico is going to pay for it.' Obviously, I never said this, and I never meant they’re gonna write out a check."


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-08-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/phony-tweet-targets-aoc/
title: Phony Tweet Targets AOC
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A fake tweet claims Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars."


claimant: Mick Mulvaney
claim_date: 2019-03-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/the-preexisting-conditions-debate-isnt-over/
title: The Preexisting Conditions Debate Isn't Over
review_date: 2019-04-02T20:39:04Z
textual_rating: ACA Has Broader Coverage
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Every single plan that Republicans in the House voted on in the previous Congress covered preexisting conditions. Every single plan considered by the Senate covers preexisting conditions."


claimant: Internet posts
claim_date: 2020-10-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/bogus-claims-of-debate-moderator-bias/
title: Bogus Claims of Debate Moderator Bias
review_date: 2020-10-22T19:11:20Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A 2012 photo of Kristen Welker with President Barack Obama proves that the presidential debate moderator is biased against President Donald Trump.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/09/trumps-bungled-twitter-attack-on-obama/
title: Trump's Bungled Twitter Attack on Obama
review_date: 2018-09-10T22:17:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claimed that former President Obama once said, “President Trump would need a magic wand to get to 4% GDP.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-11-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/trump-repeatedly-errs-on-california-wildfires/
title: Trump Repeatedly Errs on California Wildfires
review_date: 2018-11-20T22:16:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s overly simplistic and false claim on California’s wildfires
review_date: 2018-11-13T18:56:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/12/donald-trump/trumps-overly-simplistic-and-false-claim-californi/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-02-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/fake-newspaper-clip-about-buttigieg-circulates-on-social-media/
title: Fake Newspaper Clip About Buttigieg Circulates on Social Media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"A local teen, Peter Buttigieg, has been arrested on suspicion of the recent killings of at least 5 dogs."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/11/trump-cherry-picks-sondland-testimony/
title: Trump Cherry-Picks Sondland Testimony
textual_rating: Cherry Picks
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“I turned off the television” after Ambassador Gordon Sondland testified that I told him in a phone call, “I want nothing [from Ukraine]. I want no quid pro quo.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/the-white-house-spins-trumps-disinfectant-remarks/
title: The White House Spins Trump's Disinfectant Remarks
textual_rating: You Be the Judge
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Said of his comments about injections of disinfectant: "I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen."


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/republican-convention-night-3/
title: Republican Convention Night 3
review_date: 2020-08-27T09:34:32Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"When asked whether he’d support cutting funding to law enforcement, Joe Biden replied, 'Yes, absolutely.'”


text: A photo shows Magic Johnson donating blood for people with COVID-19.
claimant: -
claim_date: 2022-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Social Media Posts Falsely Claim Magic Johnson Donated Blood for People with COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/scicheck-social-media-posts-falsely-claim-magic-johnson-donated-blood-for-people-with-covid-19/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/factchecking-trumps-fox-news-sunday-interview/
title: FactChecking Trump's 'Fox News Sunday' Interview
review_date: 2020-07-20T23:44:18Z
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"There’s no reason for California to be doing what they’re doing -- except for Nov. 3," which is Election Day.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/trumps-distortions-of-federal-indictment/
title: Trump's Distortions of Federal Indictment
review_date: 2023-06-14T10:32:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“The subpoena was there, and [Hillary Clinton] decided to delete, acid wash and then smash and destroy her cell phones with a hammer."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/sanders-didnt-call-for-52-tax-on-29000-incomes/
title: Sanders Didn't Call for 52% Tax on $29,000 Incomes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Sen. Bernie Sanders said at a debate that his solution for paying for "free health care for all" was to "raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year."


claimant: Brian Kemp
claim_date: 2022-04-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/04/distorted-graphic-in-georgia-governor-race/
title: Distorted Graphic in Georgia Governor Race
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Uses a skewed bar graph to show Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's polling advantage over Republican rival David Perdue in a hypothetical general election matchup with Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2021-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/viral-post-misrepresents-facts-in-rittenhouse-trial/
title: Viral Post Misrepresents Facts in Rittenhouse Trial
review_date: 2021-12-01T18:11:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The gas station where it all started and where Kyle [Rittenhouse] stayed up until they started attacking him, is owned by his grandparents."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/trump-repeats-falsehoods-in-celebrating-acquittal/
title: Trump Repeats Falsehoods in Celebrating Acquittal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page "deleted all of their emails and text messages. ... They illegally deleted."


text: COVID-19 is equivalent to the common cold.
claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2021-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 Far More Lethal Than a Cold, Contrary to Suggestion in Viral Video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/scicheck-covid-19-far-more-lethal-than-a-cold-contrary-to-suggestion-in-viral-video/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-10-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/putting-a-viral-video-clip-of-biden-in-context/
title: Putting a Viral Video Clip of Biden in Context
textual_rating: We Provide The Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Video clip shows Joe Biden saying, "They’re saying, 'Jeez, the reason I was able to stay sequestered in my home is because some black woman was able to stack the grocery shelf.'"


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/meme-recycles-conspiracy-theory-on-california-wildfires/
title: Meme Recycles Conspiracy Theory on California Wildfires
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A meme claims to show images that "were captured during the wildfires in California" and suggests they could be "evidence that powerful lasers were used to cause" the fires.


claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2018-08-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/08/the-cost-of-medicare-for-all/
title: The Cost of 'Medicare-for-All'
review_date: 2018-08-10T21:46:34Z
textual_rating: Not What Study Says
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"A Koch brothers-funded study ... shows that Medicare-for-all is actually much cheaper than the current system that we pay right now.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/trump-blurs-facts-on-london-embassy/
title: Trump Blurs Facts on London Embassy
review_date: 2018-05-02T18:22:37Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The U.S. sold its embassy in "the best site in all of London" and ended up building a new one in a "lousy location" at a loss to taxpayers of about $750 million.


text: "A Pfizer Warehouse Full of Covid Vaccines Was Just DESTROYED BY A TORNADO in North Carolina."
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Pfizer Facility Damaged in Tornado Didn't Produce COVID-19 Vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/07/scicheck-pfizer-facility-damaged-in-tornado-didnt-produce-covid-19-vaccines/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook Posts Distort Robert E. Lee's Actions and Views on Slavery
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
When Robert E. Lee "inherited slaves from his father in law, he educated them and set them free, and he referred to slavery as ‘a political and moral evil.’"

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/facebook-posts-distort-robert-e-lees-actions-and-views-on-slavery/


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2020-07-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/false-claims-follow-old-portland-mugshots/
title: False Claims Follow Old Portland Mugshots
textual_rating: Mugshots are from 2017
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Mug shots of Antifa members arrested in Portland!! 13 out of 20 are TEACHERS!! This should be a 'wake up call'."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/07/trump-on-tim-kaines-gifts/
title: Trump on Tim Kaine's Gifts
review_date: 2016-07-25T16:05:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Bob McDonnell took a fraction of what [Tim] Kaine took" in gifts when they were governors of Virginia.


claimant: "Plandemic" video
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/the-falsehoods-of-the-plandemic-video/
title: The Falsehoods of the 'Plandemic' Video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Plandemic" video says the novel coronavirus was "manipulated," the flu vaccine contains coronaviruses, and that wearing a mask "activates your own virus."


text: “Colorado now says its ok for hospitals to refuse to treat the unvaccinated.”
claimant: Instagram Post
claim_date: 2021-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Colorado Order Addresses Surge in Hospitalizations, Not Vaccination Status
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/scicheck-colorado-order-addresses-surge-in-hospitalizations-not-vaccination-status/


claimant: Verified Politics
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/10/fake-letterman-story-vegas-shooting/
title: Fake Letterman Story on Vegas Shooting
review_date: 2017-10-02T21:40:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Says comedian David Letterman responded to the mass shooting in Las Vegas by tweeting, “End white privilege today.”


claimant: Sen. Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2017-01-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/02/groundhog-day/
title: Groundhog Day
review_date: 2017-02-03T00:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims "millions of Americans ... lost jobs," have "been forced into part-time work," and "lost their health care" because of the Affordable Care Act.


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-07-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/07/a-false-claim-about-h-r-8-and-a-firearms-registry/
title: A False Claim About H.R. 8 and a 'Firearms Registry'
review_date: 2019-07-11T19:52:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A meme accuses the five Republican co-sponsors of H.R. 8 of joining Democrats “to institute a firearms registry.”


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Why It's Easy to Misinterpret Numbers of Deaths Among the Vaccinated
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
In September, "the vast majority of people (7 out of 10) who died from the COVID-19 virus in the UK were fully vaccinated."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/scicheck-why-its-easy-to-misinterpret-numbers-of-deaths-among-the-vaccinated/


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-04-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/phony-ben-carson-quote-about-public-assistance/
title: Phony Ben Carson Quote About Public Assistance
review_date: 2019-04-17T21:56:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A meme claims Ben Carson said, "My mother raised me with no help from the government. We had food stamps and welfare and Section 8 housing, but we made it on our own."


claimant: @AOCPress
claim_date: 2019-02-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/parody-ocasio-cortez-tweet-mistaken-as-real/
title: Parody Ocasio-Cortez Tweet Mistaken as Real
review_date: 2019-02-25T20:34:06Z
textual_rating: Parody Twitter Account
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
@AOCPress: "We must block Trump from stopping the return of the heroic Alabama mother from ISIS. In many ways she is more of a hero then our veterans. Welcome home sister!”


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-08-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/cdc-did-not-admit-only-6-of-recorded-deaths-from-covid-19/
title: CDC Did Not 'Admit Only 6%' of Recorded Deaths from COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"This week the CDC quietly updated the Covid number to admit that only 6% of all the 153,504 deaths recorded actually died from Covid."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/06/trumps-new-twist-on-false-voter-fraud-claim/
title: Trump's New Twist on False Voter Fraud Claim
review_date: 2019-06-25T16:42:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Suggested California admitted that "a million votes" were cast as part of "much illegal voting" in that state during the 2016 presidential election.


text: "Democrats just destroyed" statue of Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump Jr. Shares Unsupported Claim that 'Democrats' Vandalized Statue
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/donald-trump-jr-shares-unsupported-claim-that-democrats-vandalized-statue/


claimant: Various websites
claim_date: 2018-06-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/fake-sandra-bullock-quote-about-trump/
title: Fake Sandra Bullock Quote About Trump
review_date: 2018-06-29T17:32:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Actress Sandra Bullock: 'Donald Trump Is Doing Everything To Improve Our Nation, If You Don’t Like Him Just…'"


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2021-08-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/posts-show-manipulated-image-of-t-shirt-held-by-desantis/
title: Posts Show Manipulated Image of T-Shirt Held by DeSantis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was photographed holding a shirt reading, "Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-10-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/bidens-comment-on-delawares-puerto-rican-population/
title: Biden's Comment on Delaware's Puerto Rican Population
textual_rating: We Explain the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"But we have a very, in relative terms, large Puerto Rican population in Delaware — relative to our population. ... I was sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-02-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/bidens-minimum-wage-exaggeration/
title: Biden's Minimum Wage Exaggeration
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"No one should work 40 hours a week and live below the poverty wage. And if you’re making less than $15 an hour, you’re living below the poverty wage.”


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2019-08-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/pences-politically-correct-obama-va-claim/
title: Pence's 'Politically Correct' Obama VA Claim
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"[U]nder the last administration, VA hospitals were removing Bibles and even banning Christmas carols in an effort to be politically correct."


claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/factchecking-the-january-democratic-debate/
title: FactChecking the January Democratic Debate
review_date: 2020-01-15T08:33:03Z
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"I’m the one person on this debate stage on the first night of the very first debate when we were asked what we saw as the biggest threat to our world, I said China on the economy but I said Iran because of Donald Trump."


claimant: Mark Green
claim_date: 2018-12-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/rep-elect-green-wrong-about-vaccines-cdc-fraud/
title: Rep.-elect Green Wrong About Vaccines, CDC Fraud
review_date: 2018-12-21T17:57:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"There is some concern that the rise in autism is the result of the preservatives that are in our vaccines."


claimant: The Lincoln Project
claim_date: 2023-06-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/ad-misleads-trump-not-charged-as-spy/
title: Ad Misleads: Trump Not Charged as Spy
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Donald Trump "joins a select list of Americans also indicted ... for violating the Espionage Act with the prison terms that traitors and spies against America deserve."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/social-posts-share-fake-schumer-tweet/
title: Social Posts Share Fake Schumer Tweet
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Posts claim that Sen. Chuck Schumer tweeted, "The premature travel ban to and from China by the current administration is just an excuse to further his ongoing war against immigrants. There must be a check and Balance on these restrictions."


claimant: Pennsylvania Conservative Fund
claim_date: 2022-03-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/misleading-defund-the-police-attack-on-dr-oz/
title: Misleading 'Defund the Police' Attack on Dr. Oz
review_date: 2022-03-23T23:55:27Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"[Pennsylvania Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mehmet] Oz was a spokesman for a group who wanted to defund the police.”


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/06/obama-oversells-u-s-economy/
title: Obama Oversells U.S. Economy
review_date: 2016-06-03T21:36:32Z
textual_rating: Spinning the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Says family health insurance premiums are “$2,600 less” on average than they would have been “if premiums had kept on going up at the pace before Obamacare.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-01-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/01/factchecking-bidens-press-conference/
title: FactChecking Biden’s Press Conference
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Thanks to the bipartisan infrastructure bill,” workers will be “removing lead pipes” so that “every American can turn on a faucet and drink clean water.”


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Media Didn't Misuse Boy's Photo in Deaths of Three COVID-19 Victims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
News outlets are misusing a boy’s image to report the same child died of COVID-19 in three different countries.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/media-didnt-misuse-boys-photo-in-deaths-of-three-covid-19-victims/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Crude Oil Prices Down Due to Recession Fears, Contributing to Lower Gasoline Prices
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Gas prices are coming down. They’re down almost a dollar a gallon ... from where they were just a month ago. And, you know, we’re making progress."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/crude-oil-prices-down-due-to-recession-fears-contributing-to-lower-gasoline-prices/


claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2020-11-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/thin-allegations-of-dead-people-voting/
title: Thin Allegations of 'Dead People' Voting
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“We’re going to be looking at dead persons’ ballots, which may actually be very, very substantial" in Pennsylvania.


text: "It is the decision of the President," not governors, to "open up the states."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s false claim that it’s up to him — not governors — to open states
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/donald-trump/trumps-false-claim-its-him-not-governors-open-stat/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 Vaccine Opponents Misrepresent CDC Webcast on Causes of Blood Clots
textual_rating: Increase not related to vaccines
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The CDC expects "the number of people to suffer from blood clots to double -- double! -- right after the [COVID-19] jabs."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/scicheck-covid-19-vaccine-opponents-misrepresent-cdc-webcast-on-causes-of-blood-clots/


claimant: Ask FactCheck
claim_date: 2016-06-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/06/clintons-1975-rape-case/
title: Clinton's 1975 Rape Case
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Did Hillary Clinton volunteer in 1975 to defend a rapist, who was found not guilty, and laugh about it in 1980?


claimant: Social media post
claim_date: 2022-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Latest CDC Data: Unvaccinated Adults 97 Times More Likely to Die from COVID-19 Than Boosted Adults
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The CDC's death rate estimates for COVID-19 are "classifying people who have 1 or 2 jabs as ‘unvaccinated.'"

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/scicheck-latest-cdc-data-unvaccinated-adults-97-times-more-likely-to-die-from-covid-19-than-boosted-adults/


text: A large rainbow has been physically installed and “defaced” the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Posts Misrepresent Virtual Rainbow on Arc de Triomphe for Pride Month
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/posts-misrepresent-virtual-rainbow-on-arc-de-triomphe-for-pride-month/


claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/ballot-curing-in-pennsylvania/
title: Ballot 'Curing' in Pennsylvania
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
In Pennsylvania, "it was voters in the Democrat counties that were contacted saying, your ballot has been canceled, you need to come fix it," while others in "Republican-leaning counties" had "no opportunity to fix it."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/factchecking-the-first-trump-biden-debate/
title: FactChecking the First Trump-Biden Debate
review_date: 2020-09-30T08:57:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Joe, you agree with Bernie Sanders — who’s far left — on the manifesto, we call it, and that gives you socialized medicine. Are you saying you didn’t agree?:


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-false-statement-about-counting-ballots-in-pennsylvania/
title: Trump's False Statement About Counting Ballots in Pennsylvania
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"You saw what happened in Pennsylvania. Some state Supreme Court justice just ruled that they can take as long as they want to count the ballots."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/06/trumps-repeated-falsehood-on-auto-plants/
title: Trump's Repeated Falsehood on Auto Plants
review_date: 2019-06-21T18:33:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Many, many [auto] plants are now under construction in Michigan and Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida. They hadn't built one in decades."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-02-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/bidens-one-sided-attack-on-republican-budgeting/
title: Biden's One-Sided Attack on Republican Budgeting
textual_rating: Cherry Picks
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"If you add up" Republican budget proposals, they "would add more than $3 trillion to the debt over 10 years."


claimant: Russell Brand
claim_date: 2022-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Some Posts About NIH Royalties Omit Fauci Statement That He Donates His Payments
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Seems to me that [Dr. Anthony Fauci] may accept [royalty] payments” for treatments he developed while working for the National Institutes of Health.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/scicheck-some-posts-about-nih-royalties-omit-that-fauci-said-he-donates-his-payments/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/trumps-false-claims-about-dairy-farms/
title: Trump's False Claims About Dairy Farms
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Wisconsin dairy farms were decimated under the Obama and Biden nightmare. ... Under the USMCA our dairy exports to Canada are expected to surge by at least 100%."


claimant: Larry Kudlow
claim_date: 2020-06-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/ahead-of-trump-rally-republicans-spin-covid-19-metrics/
title: Ahead of Trump Rally, Republicans Spin COVID-19 Metrics
review_date: 2020-06-16T22:49:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
In an interview about COVID-19, he said "hospitalizations may be going up, but that's because elective procedures are now permitted."


text: “Hiroshima and Nagasaki were never Nuked.”
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Video Misrepresents Lasting Effects of Nuclear Bombs Dropped on Japan During World War II
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/video-misrepresents-lasting-effects-of-nuclear-bombs-dropped-on-japan-during-world-war-ii/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-08-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/final-night-of-the-democratic-convention/
title: Final Night of the Democratic Convention
textual_rating: Not Worst Per Capita
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Five million Americans infected by COVID-19. More than 170,000 Americans have died. By far the worst performance of any nation on Earth.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/11/trumps-economic-falsehoods/
title: Trump's Economic Falsehoods
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"In 2016, the Department of Labor predicted that Americans would continue dropping out of the workforce in record numbers."


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2021-05-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/cruz-distorts-nominees-defund-police-positions/
title: Cruz Distorts Nominees' Defund Police Positions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Every single Democratic member of the United States Senate is now on record supporting abolishing the police."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-01-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/posts-distort-democrats-positions-on-venezuela-china-iran/
title: Posts Distort Democrats' Positions on Venezuela, China, Iran
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Democrats stood with" the repressive regimes in Venezuela, China and Iran rather than with the people in those countries.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/factchecking-trumps-el-paso-rally/
title: FactChecking Trump's El Paso Rally
review_date: 2019-02-14T21:57:16Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"You know, I haven’t been here very long, the trade deficit really went down very big this last month, and people are saying, 'Whoa.' I told you so. That’s what I do. That’s what I do."


claimant: French Hill for Congress
claim_date: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/republican-closing-ads-immigration/
title: Republican Closing Ads: Immigration
review_date: 2018-11-02T23:13:04Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Clarke Tucker “attended an anti-ICE rally” and “refused to take a position” on calls to "abolish ICE."


claimant: Viral photo
claim_date: 2019-04-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/sign-of-the-times-phony-photo-politicizes-school/
title: Sign of the Times: Phony Photo Politicizes School
review_date: 2019-05-03T16:32:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A photo claims to show a sign that says: "Congratulations to President Donald Trump on reaching his 10,000th lie!!!!"


claimant: Meme
claim_date: 2023-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Bogus Norm Macdonald Tweet Circulates in Aftermath of Nashville Shooting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Norm Macdonald tweeted in 2016: "What terrifies me is if a tranny were to shoot up a school full of children and kill a bunch of innocent kids."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/bogus-norm-macdonald-tweet-circulates-in-aftermath-of-nashville-shooting/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/factchecking-trumps-tax-speech/
title: FactChecking Trump's Tax Speech
review_date: 2017-08-31T22:45:11Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“The tax code is so complicated that more than 90 percent of Americans need professional help to do their own taxes.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking President Trump’s speech on his tax plan
review_date: 2017-08-31T14:53:52Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
“The tax code is so complicated that more than 90 percent of Americans need professional help to do their own taxes.”

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/31/fact-checking-president-trumps-speech-on-his-tax-plan/


text: “Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs."
claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2018-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s media blitz
review_date: 2018-08-10T11:12:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/08/10/fact-checking-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-media-blitz/


text: North Carolina medical institutions are "transitioning toddlers."
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Young Children Do Not Receive Medical Gender Transition Treatment
review_date: 2023-05-23T17:41:22Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/scicheck-young-children-do-not-receive-medical-gender-transition-treatment/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/trumps-falsehood-filled-save-america-rally/
title: Trump's Falsehood-Filled 'Save America' Rally
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Vice President Mike Pence "has the absolute right" to "send it back to the states to recertify, and we become president.”


text: “While Ukrainians bled and died … Congressman Budd excused their killer.”
claimant: Pat McCrory
claim_date: 2022-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: TV Ad Features Cherry-Picked Comments from Rep. Ted Budd About Putin
textual_rating: Cherry Picks
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/tv-ad-features-cherry-picked-comments-from-rep-ted-budd-about-putin/


claimant: Sen. Rick Scott
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/the-facts-on-sen-scotts-claim-that-biden-is-a-tax-cheat/
title: The Facts on Sen. Scott's Claim That Biden Is a 'Tax Cheat'
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
President Joe Biden "cheated on his taxes. ... Biden improperly used a loophole to dodge half a million dollars in taxes that should have gone to Medicare."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/trumps-misguided-tweet-on-california-gasoline-prices/
title: Trump's Misguided Tweet on California Gasoline Prices
textual_rating: No Link Between Them
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Said California's proposed fuel efficiency standards for cars "just aren’t doing the trick,” linking them to higher gas prices in the state.


claimant: Robert O’Brien
claim_date: 2019-10-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/not-twitter-intel/
title: Not 'Twitter Intel'
textual_rating: Trump Admin. Provided Number
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
When asked about reports of at least 100 ISIS fighters that escaped: "I think that’s Twitter intel. I’ve seen that on Twitter as well."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2021-09-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/posts-spread-baseless-claims-about-cause-of-cargo-ship-backups/
title: Posts Spread Baseless Claims About Cause of Cargo Ship Backups
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The Biden administration is "orchestrating more shortages" by stopping cargo ships from unloading at U.S. ports.


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-03-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/daylight-saving-time-spoof-story-not-real/
title: Daylight Saving Time Spoof Story Not Real
review_date: 2019-03-27T16:28:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"AOC opposes Daylight Savings Time because 'the extra hour of sunlight drastically speeds up climate change.'"


text: A photo shows a Trump rally held on Aug. 5 in Wisconsin attracted a “massive” crowd.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump Rally Photo Is From 2020, Not Recent Wisconsin Rally, as Social Media Posts Claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/trump-rally-photo-is-from-2020-not-recent-wisconsin-rally-as-social-media-posts-claim/


claimant: Social media post
claim_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/stay-at-home-policies-treat-mosques-same-as-churches/
title: Stay-at-Home Policies Treat Mosques Same as Churches
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"City officials allow MOSQUES to stay open … while arresting Christian pastors... Double standard anyone?????"


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-05-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/two-views-of-american-families-plan/
title: Two Views of American Families Plan
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“And here’s what the American Families Plan doesn’t do: It doesn’t add a single penny to our deficit."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/trumps-spin-on-aids-epidemic/
title: Trump's Spin on AIDS Epidemic
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The previous administration spent no money on [ending the AIDS epidemic] and we’re spending a lot."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Kathy Griffin Shares Satirical Trump Tweet, But Not Everyone Is in on the Joke
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Donald Trump Jr. tweeted, "While my Father loves almost all his supporters, please do not come to Mar-a-Lago to support President Trump. We have many important people coming through the club and need to keep it clean."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/kathy-griffin-shares-satirical-trump-tweet-but-not-everyone-is-in-on-the-joke/


claimant: Various websites
claim_date: 2018-07-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/07/home-explosion-spawns-clinton-conspiracy-theory/
title: Home Explosion Spawns Clinton Conspiracy Theory
review_date: 2018-07-13T19:31:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Federal Witness Due To Testify Against Hillary Clinton For Drug Crimes Killed In Massive Explosion"


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2019-11-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/11/interview-prompts-erroneous-claim-of-vindman-firing/
title: Interview Prompts Erroneous Claim of Vindman Firing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
President Donald Trump "has fired Lt Col Vindman," a witness who testified before House committees in the impeachment inquiry.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/06/ms-13-gang-nonsense/
title: More MS-13 Gang Nonsense
review_date: 2017-06-29T19:53:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claimed that his administration has removed “pretty much” half of MS-13 gang members living in the U.S.


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: More than 100 Protesters Arrested in Ottawa, Despite Claims in Facebook Video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Freedom Convoy protesters in Ottawa, Ontario were arrested and released “in the middle of nowhere” because the arrests were “illegal.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/more-than-100-protesters-arrested-in-ottawa-despite-claims-in-facebook-video/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/06/anti-trump-protests-in-london-not-fake-news/
title: Anti-Trump Protests in London Not 'Fake News'
review_date: 2019-06-05T21:30:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Said news reports of large anti-President Trump protests during his United Kingdom state visit are "fake news."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/the-facts-on-the-born-alive-debate/
title: The Facts on the Born-Alive Debate
review_date: 2019-03-04T21:15:49Z
textual_rating: We Explain the Bill
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Senate Democrats just voted against legislation to prevent the killing of newborn infant children. The Democrat position on abortion is now so extreme that they don’t mind executing babies AFTER birth."


text: Pfizer “Director Concerned Over Women’s Reproductive [Health] After COVID-19 Vaccinations.”
claimant: Project Veritas
claim_date: 2023-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 Vaccines Can Slightly Alter Menstrual Cycle Temporarily, But Don’t Harm Fertility
textual_rating: Studies Found No Concerns
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/covid-19-vaccines-can-slightly-alter-menstrual-cycle-temporarily-but-dont-harm-fertility/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/11/trumps-exaggerated-judicial-boasts/
title: Trump's Exaggerated Judicial Boasts
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The average age of my newly appointed circuit court judges is less than 50. They’re young, smart. That’s 10 years younger than President Obama’s nominees."


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/12/factchecking-the-december-democratic-debate/
title: FactChecking the December Democratic Debate
review_date: 2019-12-20T07:51:58Z
textual_rating: Trump Signed Two Bills
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"But when folks out there standing up for democracy hear not a peep from the president of the United States, what message is that sending to the Chinese Communist Party?"


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on paying down the federal debt
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“My Treasury Department is planning to pay down the national debt this quarter, which never happened under my predecessor."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/13/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-paying-down-federal-debt/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/trumps-inaccurate-claims-about-his-perfect-call/
title: Trump's Inaccurate Claims About His 'Perfect' Call
review_date: 2019-10-03T23:31:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The White House-released memo on President Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president was “an exact word-for-word transcript of the conversation … taken by very talented stenographers.”


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/06/image-shows-85-live-aid-concert-not-trump-rally/
title: Image Shows '85 Live Aid Concert, Not Trump Rally
review_date: 2019-06-20T17:08:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A meme claims that a photo of a massive crowd "is not Live Aid" but a "Trump rally in downtown Philly yesterday."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/the-hhs-inspector-general-report/
title: The HHS Inspector General Report
textual_rating: Report Gave Survey Results
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Said an HHS inspector general report on a survey of hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic was “wrong.”


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2019-08-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/08/social-media-posts-treat-fictional-harris-quote-as-fact/
title: Social Media Posts Treat Fictional Harris 'Quote' as Fact
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Facebook posts claim that Sen. Kamala Harris told a crowd at a rally that she will seek "vengeance" against supporters of President Donald Trump.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/clintons-connection-to-fbi-official/
title: Clinton's Connection to FBI Official
review_date: 2016-10-26T14:28:39Z
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims Hillary Clinton knew about $675,000 in donations to the campaign of an FBI official's wife and implies they were made to influence an FBI investigation of Clinton’s private email system.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/07/trumps-and-millers-attacks-on-the-squad/
title: Trump's and Miller's Attacks on 'The Squad'
review_date: 2019-07-23T18:37:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Reps. Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Pressley "can’t talk about 'evil Jews,' which is what they say: 'evil Jews.'"


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-03-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/fake-elizabeth-warren-quote-about-rape/
title: Fake Elizabeth Warren Quote About Rape
review_date: 2019-03-29T21:01:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Meme claims Sen. Elizabeth Warren said: "If women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/02/trumps-misguided-comparison/
title: Trump's Misguided Comparison
review_date: 2018-02-21T19:19:01Z
textual_rating: Compares Apples to Oranges
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Compares Obama’s criticism of Trump’s voter fraud claims with Democratic acceptance of “the Russian excuse.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/04/factchecking-trumps-immigration-tweets/
title: FactChecking Trump's Immigration Tweets
review_date: 2018-04-03T20:28:10Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump’s claim that Democrats created ‘catch and release’ policies
review_date: 2018-04-04T16:38:31Z
textual_rating: Three Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release."

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/04/04/president-trumps-claim-that-democrats-created-catch-and-release-policies/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/06/meme-puts-words-in-eric-trumps-mouth/
title: Meme Puts Words in Eric Trump's Mouth
review_date: 2019-06-05T20:06:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A meme claims Eric Trump said on Fox News that the “President should be able to choose Governors, Senators, and Congressmen.”


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2022-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Misrepresentation of Germany’s Data on Unverified COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Germany’s Ministry of Health found that 1 in 5,000 Germans have suffered ‘serious side effects after a COVID-19 vaccine.'"

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/scicheck-misrepresentation-of-germanys-data-on-unverified-covid-19-vaccine-side-effects/


claimant: Mike Bloomberg
claim_date: 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/trump-and-the-new-hoax/
title: Trump and the 'New Hoax'
textual_rating: Lacks Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“I find it incomprehensible that the president would do something as inane as calling [the novel coronavirus] a hoax, which he did [Friday] night in South Carolina.”


claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: In Viral Video, Doctor Falsely Touts Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 'Cure'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A viral video claims of COVID-19, "Nobody needs to get sick. This virus has a cure. It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/in-viral-video-doctor-falsely-touts-hydroxychloroquine-as-covid-19-cure/


claimant: Tom Fitton
claim_date: 2022-02-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/former-presidents-are-not-allowed-to-take-home-official-records/
title: Former Presidents Are Not Allowed to Take Home Official Records
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"[T]he law allows Trump to tear up documents, shred them, and take documents when he left the White House."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/trumps-false-military-equipment-claim/
title: Trump's False Military Equipment Claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“We’ve totally rebuilt the military — $2.5 trillion. ... We’ve invested the $2.5 trillion in all of the greatest equipment in the world."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/10/factchecking-trumps-medicare-op-ed/
title: FactChecking Trump's Medicare Op-Ed
review_date: 2018-10-10T23:27:07Z
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Dishonestly called 'Medicare for All,' the Democratic proposal ... would cost an astonishing $32.6 trillion during its first 10 years."


claimant: Rep. Adam Schiff
claim_date: 2019-09-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/schiff-wrong-on-whistleblower-contact/
title: Schiff Wrong on Whistleblower Contact
textual_rating: There Was Contact
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower" before the complaint against President Donald Trump was filed.


claimant: Elise Stefanik
claim_date: 2021-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Analyzing Republican Attacks on Biden for Increase in Fentanyl Seized
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Over 800 pounds of fentanyl were seized at our Southern Border in October. This is Biden’s Border Crisis."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/analyzing-republican-attacks-on-biden-for-increase-in-fentanyl-seized/


claimant: Marjorie Tayor Greene
claim_date: 2023-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: The Problem with Greene's Warning About 'Communist Takeover' of Judicial System
textual_rating: Judge Appointed By Trump
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
On the sentencing of the former national leader of the Proud Boys to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol: “We are witnessing a communist takeover of our judicial system to target political enemies and destroy their lives."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/09/the-problem-with-greenes-warning-about-communist-takeover-of-judicial-system/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2021-02-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/posts-spread-fake-biden-tweet-about-coca-cola-diversity-training/
title: Posts Spread Fake Biden Tweet About Coca-Cola, Diversity Training
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
President Joe Biden tweeted, "Black people communicate a certain way and me and my staff know how those kinds of people talk."


claimant: Various Websites
claim_date: 2018-01-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/03/trey-gowdy-not-given-highest-security-clearance/
title: Trey Gowdy Not Given Highest Security Clearance
review_date: 2018-03-13T16:39:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Rep. Trey Gowdy “has been given the highest level of security clearance possible, granted with an executive order from the President himself.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-04-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/04/bidens-earth-day-exaggerations/
title: Biden's Earth Day Exaggerations
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The bipartisan infrastructure law “gives communities the money they need to get forever chemicals, PFAS off, out of the water. ... [W]e’re going to get rid of it all.”


claimant: Illinois Family Action
claim_date: 2022-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Illinois Law Doesn't 'Eliminate All Restrictions on Abortions,' Contrary to Ad from Advocacy Group
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Democrats voted to “eliminate all restrictions on abortions up until the day of birth.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/illinois-law-doesnt-eliminate-all-restrictions-on-abortions-contrary-to-ad-from-advocacy-group/


claimant: Gov. Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2021-02-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/wind-turbines-didnt-cause-texas-energy-crisis/
title: Wind Turbines Didn't Cause Texas Energy Crisis
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The power outage in Texas "shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/trumps-hollow-complaint/
title: Trump's Hollow Complaint
review_date: 2018-05-18T21:04:00Z
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
On Senate confirmation of judicial nominees, “the Democrats are holding them up beyond anything -- beyond comprehension, they're holding them up.”


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2021-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Senator Johnson Distorts Report on Violence in Defense of His Remarks on BLM, Antifa
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Cited the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project to "push back" at "leftists" who claim that last year's protests were “mostly peaceful."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/senator-johnson-distorts-report-on-violence-in-defense-of-his-remarks-on-blm-antifa/


claimant: Mike Lindell
claim_date: 2021-02-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/mypillow-ceos-video-rehashes-debunked-election-fraud-claims/
title: MyPillow CEO's Video Rehashes Debunked Election Fraud Claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
There is "absolute proof of the biggest cyberattack in history" and that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen."


claimant: Restoration Action
claim_date: 2021-03-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/04/tv-ad-distorts-facts-on-federal-voting-rights-bill/
title: TV Ad Distorts Facts on Federal Voting Rights Bill
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The "For the People Act" means: "No more voter ID. Signature verification on absentee ballots virtually eliminated. And effectively allowing noncitizens to vote."


claimant: Marjorie Taylor Greene
claim_date: 2023-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Republicans Oversell Archer's Testimony About Hunter and Joe Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer, "told us in his transcribed [congressional] interview that he heard Hunter Biden speak to Joe Biden more than 20 times about their business deals."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/republicans-oversell-archers-testimony-about-hunter-and-joe-biden/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Posts Incorrectly Cite Map as Showing Future Effects of Climate Change
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Scientists say this map represents the United States in 30 years if we don’t reverse climate change.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/posts-incorrectly-cite-map-as-showing-future-effects-of-climate-change/


claimant: Club for Growth
claim_date: 2021-09-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/ads-distort-how-much-bidens-tax-plans-could-cost-your-family/
title: Ads Distort How Much Biden's Tax Plans Could Cost 'Your Family'
textual_rating: 10-Year Average Tax Cut
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
TV ads targeting Democratic Texas Reps. Filemon Vela, Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar say President Biden's tax plans “could cost your family $6,800.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/timeline-of-national-guard-deployment-to-capitol/
title: Timeline of National Guard Deployment to Capitol
textual_rating: Disputed
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/dueling-trump-biden-claims-on-covid-19-vaccination-distribution/
title: Dueling Trump, Biden Claims on COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution
review_date: 2020-08-07T19:37:31Z
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The president, as we speak, should be starting and should have started three months ago to put someone in charge of" planning to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. "How are you going to distribute the vaccine when it arrives, when it arrives, when it’s there?"


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-07-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/covid-19-data-reporting-changed-but-not-floridas-case-count/
title: COVID-19 Data-Reporting Changed, But Not Florida's Case Count
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "just came out & said they made another ‘mistake’" in Florida. "And they’ve also been counting Pneumonia & Flu as Covid– dropping their [number] from approx 90,000 to 11,000."


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2018-12-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/the-fake-clinton-quote-that-wont-go-away/
title: The Fake Clinton Quote That Won't Go Away
review_date: 2018-12-05T18:10:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Hillary Clinton in 2013: 'I would like to see people like Donald Trump run for office; they’re honest and can’t be bought.'"


claimant: Building America's Future
claim_date: 2021-10-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/gop-groups-ad-spins-biden-tax-plan-on-family-farms/
title: GOP Group's Ad Spins Biden Tax Plan on Family Farms
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Biden's liberal plan would force many family farms and ranches to be sold off to pay his higher capital gains taxes."


text: "Forty percent of the guns in this country are sold without any background checks."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2018-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders repeats false claim about gun sales without background checks
review_date: 2018-02-20T22:10:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/20/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-repeats-false-claim-about-backgroun/


text: "Forty percent of the guns in this country are sold without any background checks."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2018-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders resurrects a ‘zombie’ claim on gun sales without background checks
review_date: 2018-02-20T12:07:16Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/02/20/bernie-sanders-resurrects-a-zombie-claim-on-gun-sales-without-background-checks/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/factchecking-chris-christies-presidential-announcement/
title: FactChecking Chris Christie's Presidential Announcement
review_date: 2023-06-08T22:54:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Trump promised during the 2016 campaign that he would build a wall "across the entire Mexico border."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Vice Presidential Vacancy Isn't Automatically Filled by House Speaker
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
If Joe Biden becomes president and later "steps down, Harris becomes president ! Makes Pelosi vice president."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/vice-presidential-vacancy-isnt-automatically-filled-by-house-speaker/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/biden-exaggerates-cdc-cuts-in-china/
title: Biden Exaggerates CDC Cuts in China
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"We had over 44, if I'm not mistaken, people from the CDC in China. ... The president brought home the vast majority of them and I think left only four in place."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-11-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/false-quote-attributed-to-rep-elect-ilhan-omar/
title: False Quote Attributed to Rep.-Elect Ilhan Omar
review_date: 2018-11-20T19:51:26Z
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A meme claims Ilhan Omar said that "all white men should be put in chains as slaves because they will never submit to Islam.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-02-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/bidens-misleading-vaccine-boasts/
title: Biden's Misleading Vaccine Boasts
review_date: 2021-02-23T23:10:06Z
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"We’re now at a point where we’ve seen the average daily number of people vaccinated nearly double, from the week before I took office, to about 1.7 million average per day getting a shot."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/trumps-faulty-wind-power-claims/
title: Trump's Faulty Wind Power Claims
review_date: 2019-04-04T16:03:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75 percent in value. And they say the noise causes cancer."


claimant: Hal Turner Radio Show
claim_date: 2020-08-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/baseless-claim-turns-fake-ids-story-into-voter-fraud-tale/
title: Baseless Claim Turns Fake IDs Story into Voter Fraud Tale
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Feds Seize 19,888 Fake State Driver Licenses (Made in China) in Chicago O'Hare Airport - ALL Registered to Vote -- ALL Democrat"


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2016-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/spinning-trumps-taxes/
title: Spinning Trump's Taxes
review_date: 2016-10-04T11:54:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims Donald Trump "already promised in his tax plan to change many of these special interest loopholes and get rid of them so you don’t have this kind of situation."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-03-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/coronavirus-prank-falsely-tells-of-workplace-school-closings/
title: Coronavirus Prank Falsely Tells of Workplace, School Closings
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“The Government have announced measures that all workplaces with 10 employees or more are to have paid mandatory leave to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus starting from March 6, 2020."


claimant: Club for Growth Action
claim_date: 2016-04-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/05/club-flub-in-pa-senate-race/
title: Club Flub in PA Senate Race
review_date: 2016-05-05T17:41:45Z
textual_rating: Twists the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims Democratic Senate candidate Katie McGinty “gave millions in grants to her husband’s company” when she worked for the state, and that the couple “pocketed thousands.”


claimant: Kris Kobach
claim_date: 2017-09-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/09/kobachs-bogus-proof-voter-fraud/
title: Kobach's Bogus 'Proof' of Voter Fraud
review_date: 2017-09-11T22:14:30Z
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
There is “proof” that a U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire “was likely changed through voter fraud on November 8, 2016.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/factchecking-bidens-scotus-speech-and-repeats/
title: FactChecking Biden's SCOTUS Speech and Repeats
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A Supreme Court nominee has never been “nominated and installed while a presidential election is already underway.”


text: Insurance companies "have made a fortune with Obamacare."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says insurers made fortune off Obamacare. They didn't.
review_date: 2017-10-23T21:39:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/23/donald-trump/trump-says-insurers-made-fortune-obamacare-they-di/


claimant: White Coat Waste Project
claim_date: 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/answering-questions-about-beaglegate/
title: Answering Questions About #BeagleGate
textual_rating: Didn't Fund That Project
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Fauci’s NIH division shipped part of a $375,800 grant to a lab in Tunisia ... to drug beagles and lock their heads in mesh cages filled with hundreds of infected sand flies."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says some DACA recipients are ‘very tough, hardened criminals.’ That’s False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from 'angels.' Some are very tough, hardened criminals."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/14/donald-trump/donald-trumps-label-some-daca-recipients-very-toug/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/trumps-misdirection-on-criminal-aliens/
title: Trump's Misdirection on 'Criminal Aliens'
review_date: 2019-02-26T23:39:15Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Suggests percentage of "illegal aliens" in federal prisons supports the need for a national emergency to build a border wall.


text: "NOAA makes it official. Last 8 years... global cooling."
claimant: Steve Milloy
claim_date: 2023-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Viral Tweet Misrepresents NOAA Report on Rising Global Temperature
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/scicheck-viral-tweet-misrepresents-noaa-report-on-rising-global-temperature/


claimant: Republican National Committee
claim_date: 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/job-openings-bunk/
title: Job Openings Bunk
review_date: 2018-11-15T18:40:15Z
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"For the first time in our nation’s history, there is more than one job opening for every American who’s looking for work."


claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2022-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccination Outweigh the Rare Risk of Myocarditis, Even in Young Males
textual_rating: Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risk
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“We now have the scientific evidence that shows the risk of myocarditis for young males is greater for the vaccine than it is for the disease.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/scicheck-benefits-of-covid-19-vaccination-outweigh-the-rare-risk-of-myocarditis-even-in-young-males/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-05-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/viral-tweet-alert-wasnt-from-antifa/
title: Viral Tweet 'Alert' Wasn't From Antifa
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Antifa tweeted, "Tonight… we move into the residential areas… the white hoods…. and we take what’s ours."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/doctored-photo-adds-biden-smooch/
title: Doctored Photo Adds Biden Smooch
review_date: 2019-05-22T21:57:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A viral image shows Joe Biden kissing a woman protesting the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2019-12-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/12/social-posts-distort-facts-on-trump-charities/
title: Social Posts Distort Facts on Trump Charities
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The Trump family was disallowed from operating ANY charity in the State of New York because they stole from a kids cancer charity."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/trump-overstates-status-of-covid-19-antibody-drugs/
title: Trump Overstates Status of COVID-19 Antibody Drugs
textual_rating: Lacks Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"I know they call them therapeutic, but to me it wasn’t therapeutic, it just made me better. OK, I call that a cure," referring to an antibody cocktail made by Regeneron to treat COVID-19.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/groundhog-friday-14/
title: Groundhog Friday
review_date: 2016-10-14T19:37:12Z
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Says Hillary Clinton “lied” when she said she was not secretary of state when President Obama issued his “red line” threat to use military force if Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people.


text: Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is “brain dead” and he hasn’t been seen in public.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fetterman Working on Legislation While in Hospital, Contrary to Social Media Claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/fetterman-working-on-legislation-while-in-hospital-contrary-to-social-media-claims/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/12/factchecking-trumps-nato-remarks/
title: FactChecking Trump's NATO Remarks
review_date: 2019-12-03T23:11:10Z
textual_rating: Under Trump: 24% Increase
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The U.S. trade deficit with the European Union "for many, many years, has been astronomical … [a]nd I’m changing that, and I’m changing it fairly rapidly."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-08-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/trump-and-boeberts-oil-spin/
title: Trump and Boebert's Oil Spin
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. "didn’t need the Middle East" oil, and now “we’re going back to them asking them for help.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-repeated-false-attacks-on-mail-in-ballots/
title: Trump's Repeated False Attacks on Mail-In Ballots
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"And if foreign countries want to, this is an easy system to break into because they'll do counterfeit ballots. They'll do counterfeit ballots by the millions."


claimant: YouTube Video
claim_date: 2020-01-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/impeachment-social-security-hoax-resurfaces-in-video/
title: Impeachment-Social Security Hoax Resurfaces in Video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Pelosi Steals Closer To $5 Billion From Social Security To Pay For Impeachment – Not $2.4 Billion."


text: “We haven’t seen a single American mega church offer anything to the Ukrainians."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Megachurches in U.S. Are Supporting Ukraine Relief, Contrary to Social Media Posts
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/megachurches-in-u-s-are-supporting-ukraine-relief-contrary-to-social-media-posts/


claimant: Jenna Ellis
claim_date: 2020-12-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/video-doesnt-show-suitcases-of-illegal-ballots-in-georgia/
title: Video Doesn't Show 'Suitcases' of Illegal Ballots in Georgia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
There is "VIDEO EVIDENCE" of election workers in Georgia pulling and scanning "thousands of ballots" from "suitcases"—proving "FRAUD."


claimant: InfoWars
claim_date: 2020-01-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/new-coronavirus-wasnt-predicted-in-simulation/
title: New Coronavirus Wasn't 'Predicted' In Simulation
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION & OTHERS PREDICTED UP TO 65 MILLION DEATHS VIA CORONAVIRUS — IN SIMULATION RAN 3 MONTHS AGO!”


claimant: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
claim_date: 2017-03-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/03/examining-trumps-wiretap-claim/
title: Examining Trump's Wiretap Claim
review_date: 2017-03-06T16:46:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Everybody acts like President Trump is the one that came up with this idea and just threw it out there. There are multiple news outlets that have reported this."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Posts Baselessly Link Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome to COVID-19 Vaccines
textual_rating: Not Related to Vaccine
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Young people are dropping dead" from Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, or SADS, after COVID-19 vaccines were introduced.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/06/scicheck-posts-baselessly-link-sudden-arrhythmic-death-syndrome-to-covid-19-vaccines/


claimant: Dr. Deborah Birx
claim_date: 2020-03-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/birx-spins-extraordinarily-low-numbers-of-coronavirus-cases/
title: Birx Spins 'Extraordinarily Low Numbers' of Coronavirus Cases
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"We do have 19 out of our 50 states, to be reminded, that had early cases but have persistently low level of cases and, at this point, have less than 200 cases. So that’s almost 40% of the country with extraordinarily low numbers."


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-05-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/meme-distorts-gillibrands-immigration-idea/
title: Meme Distorts Gillibrand's Immigration Idea
review_date: 2019-05-17T21:43:24Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A meme claims: "Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says that she wants to give Social Security benefits to illegal aliens."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/trump-retweets-dated-racially-charged-post/
title: Trump Retweets Dated, Racially Charged Post
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Retweeted a video, which had been posted under the heading “Black Lives Matter/Antifa,” of a Black man shoving a white woman into a stopped subway car.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-05-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/trump-wrong-on-china-trade-again/
title: Trump Wrong on China Trade, Again
review_date: 2019-05-07T16:18:15Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"We’re charging China tariffs. We’ve never taken in 10 cents from China, and now we’re taking in billions and billions of dollars."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/trump-misleads-on-hydroxychloroquine-again/
title: Trump Misleads on Hydroxychloroquine, Again
textual_rating: No Evidence It Works
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“A couple of weeks ago, I started taking" hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19. “Because I think it’s good. I’ve heard a lot of good stories."


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-09-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/09/kaine-twists-words-of-gop-rivals/
title: Kaine Twists Words of GOP Rivals
review_date: 2016-09-17T22:01:19Z
textual_rating: Cherry Picks
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims Donald Trump was “dissing 2 million young men and women” soldiers when he called the U.S. military "a disaster."


text: "Four British Airways Pilots have DIED of the COVID-19 Vaccine n past 7-days"
claimant: Facebook Post
claim_date: 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z
title: Unsubstantiated Claims Follow Deaths of British and Indian Airline Pilots
review_date: 2021-07-01T14:21:20Z
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/07/scicheck-unsubstantiated-claims-follow-deaths-of-british-and-indian-airline-pilots/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/11/trump-misrepresents-impeachment-exchange/
title: Trump Misrepresents Impeachment Exchange
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
".@RepRatcliffe asked the two 'star' witnesses, 'where is the impeachable event in that call?' Both stared straight ahead with a blank look on their face, remained silent, & were unable to answer the question."


text: "While Americans struggle to get ahead, he [Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis] increases taxes.”
claimant: DW PAC
claim_date: 2023-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: DeSantis' Law Requiring Online Vendors to Charge Sales Tax Wasn't a New Tax
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/desantis-law-requiring-online-vendors-to-charge-sales-tax-wasnt-a-new-tax/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-03-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/05/groundhog-friday/
title: Groundhog Friday
review_date: 2016-05-20T11:22:44Z
textual_rating: Wrong on Both
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"With China we’re going to lose $505 billion dollars in terms of trades. ... Every country we lose money with."


claimant: Elise Stefanik
claim_date: 2022-05-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/border-patrol-required-to-provide-formula-to-detained-infants/
title: Border Patrol Required to Provide Formula to Detained Infants
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Joe Biden continues to put America LAST by shipping pallets of baby formula to the southern border as American families face empty shelves."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-09-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/inaccurate-story-about-trump-supporter-spreads-again/
title: Inaccurate Story About Trump Supporter Spreads Again
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Viral photo shows President Trump touching the face of a "veteran wounded so badly that he had no arms."


text: COVID-19 "is an act of biological and chemical warfare perpetrated on the human race."
claimant: David Martin
claim_date: 2023-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Video Distorts Early Coronavirus Research To Promote Baseless Bioweapon Conspiracy Theory
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/video-distorts-early-coronavirus-research-to-promote-baseless-bioweapon-conspiracy-theory/


claimant: Michael Cohen
claim_date: 2019-02-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/cohen-trump-at-odds/
title: Cohen, Trump at Odds
review_date: 2019-02-28T18:19:36Z
textual_rating: Disputed
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Mr. Stone told Mr. Trump that he had just gotten off the phone with [WikiLeaks founder] Julian Assange and that Mr. Assange told Mr. Stone that, within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign."


claimant: Adam Schiff
claim_date: 2018-05-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/schiff-shanks-trump-golf-cart-story/
title: Schiff Shanks Trump Golf Cart Story
review_date: 2018-05-17T18:07:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The federal government has spent over $150,000, just the Secret Service alone, for the privilege of renting Donald Trump golf carts to protect Donald Trump on his rounds."


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-12-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/12/meme-politicizes-progressive-insurance/
title: Meme Politicizes Progressive Insurance
textual_rating: Peter Lewis is dead
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Are you aware that Progressive Insurance is owned by Peter Lewis who donates millions to the ACLU, the Democratic Party, MoveOn.org and is close friends with leftist George Soros?"


claimant: Internet post
claim_date: 2020-07-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/08/false-claims-on-corporate-donations-to-black-lives-matter/
title: False Claims on Corporate Donations to Black Lives Matter
review_date: 2020-08-25T17:16:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Bank of America just pledged one billion dollars to BLM. That's war money ladies and gentleman. It's coming."


text: About 50 migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard in September were "deported ... the next day."
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Migrants DeSantis Flew to Martha's Vineyard Were Not 'Deported the Next Day,' as He Claimed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/migrants-desantis-flew-to-marthas-vineyard-were-not-deported-the-next-day-as-he-claimed/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2022-11-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/posts-misrepresent-how-florida-arrived-at-quick-election-results/
title: Posts Misrepresent How Florida Arrived at Quick Election Results
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Florida counted all of its more than 7 million votes in five hours on Election Day and states that took longer committed “voter fraud.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly blames Barack Obama for former Guantanamo detainees returning to terrorism
review_date: 2017-03-07T19:50:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/07/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-blames-barack-obama-former-gu/


claimant: Florida Department of Health
claim_date: 2022-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Florida’s COVID-19 Vaccination Analysis Is Flawed, Experts Say
textual_rating: Analysis Is Flawed
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Florida surgeon general recommends men ages 18 to 39 not get an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, based on an analysis that found “an 84% increase in the relative incidence of cardiac-related death ... within 28 days following mRNA vaccination.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/scicheck-floridas-covid-19-vaccination-analysis-is-flawed-experts-say/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-02-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/02/trump-britains-universal-health-care/
title: Trump on Britain's Universal Health Care
review_date: 2018-02-08T19:24:47Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"[T]housands of people are marching in the UK because their U[niversal] system is going broke and not working."


claimant: Sen. Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2017-04-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/04/sanders-wrong-voter-turnout/
title: Sanders Wrong on Voter Turnout
review_date: 2017-04-17T22:32:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"In the last presidential election, when [Donald] Trump won, we had the lowest voter turnout ... in 20 years."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/solitaire-image-is-old-out-of-context/
title: Solitaire Image is Old, Out of Context
review_date: 2019-05-17T16:04:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A meme implies that a photo of lawmakers playing solitaire while in session shows members of Congress.


claimant: Rep. Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2019-12-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/12/pelosis-bipartisanship-boast/
title: Pelosi's Bipartisanship Boast
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Over 275 bipartisan bills" passed by the House are "sitting on the desk" of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2023-03-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/what-to-know-about-trump-era-bank-deregulation-and-bank-failures/
title: What to Know About Trump-Era Bank Deregulation and Bank Failures
textual_rating: Experts Are Divided
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Let’s be clear. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank is a direct result of an absurd 2018 bank deregulation bill signed by Donald Trump that I strongly opposed."


claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2021-05-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/scicheck-vaccine-ingredient-sm-102-is-safe/
title: Vaccine Ingredient SM-102 Is Safe
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
SM-102, an ingredient in the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna, is not meant for "human or veterinary use."


claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2020-06-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/video-presents-flawed-test-on-masks-oxygen-levels/
title: Video Presents Flawed Test on Masks, Oxygen Levels
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A gas detector test on face masks shows that "no matter what you choose — head sock, neoprene type fancy mask, cheap mask, N95, the best available — none of them allow you to breathe in the required oxygen level."


claimant: Dr. Simone Gold
claim_date: 2021-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Social Media Post on Use of Ivermectin for Refugees Lacks Context
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “officially recommends administering ivermectin as presumptive therapy (giving medication without a diagnosis) to refugees.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/scicheck-facebook-post-on-use-of-ivermectin-for-refugees-lacks-context/


claimant: Internet posts
claim_date: 2020-10-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/bogus-claims-of-debate-moderator-bias/
title: Bogus Claims of Debate Moderator Bias
review_date: 2020-10-22T19:11:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Presidential debate moderator Kristen Welker "gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden."


text: "Italy drastically reduced the country's official Covid-19 death count by over 97%."
claimant: America's Frontline Doctors
claim_date: 2021-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Posts Misrepresent Data to Falsely Claim Italy Reduced Its COVID-19 Death Count
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/scicheck-posts-misrepresent-data-to-falsely-claim-italy-reduced-its-covid-19-death-count/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/factchecking-trumps-tax-speech/
title: FactChecking Trump's Tax Speech
review_date: 2017-08-31T22:33:29Z
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Large U.S. companies that do business overseas have "anywhere from $3 trillion to $5 trillion" in offshore accounts to avoid paying U.S. taxes.


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/false-claim-that-pelosi-withheld-coronavirus-funds-over-abortion/
title: False Claim That Pelosi Withheld Coronavirus Funds Over Abortion
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t release 8.5 billion for Coronavirus without abortion funding, so Trump went around her to declare a National Emergency and got 50 billion."


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2019-01-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/examining-shutdown-claims-from-democrats/
title: Examining Shutdown Claims from Democrats
review_date: 2019-01-18T23:10:54Z
textual_rating: Most Secret Service Working
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Cited “security concerns” due to the shutdown as a reason to suggest postponing the State of the Union address.


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/exaggerated-claims-about-girl-scout-cookies/
title: Exaggerated Claims About Girl Scout Cookies
review_date: 2019-02-25T22:20:11Z
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Before you buy Girl Scout cookies, be aware that they support Planned Parenthood, which now endorses full term abortions."


claimant: Larry Kudlow
claim_date: 2018-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Trump economic chief Larry Kudlow wrong about CBO report on tax cuts
review_date: 2018-07-31T12:21:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Even the CBO numbers show now that the entire $1.5 trillion tax cut is virtually paid for by higher revenues and better nominal GDP."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/31/larry-kudlow/wh-economic-chief-kudlow-wrongly-says-cbo-agrees-t/


claimant: Preserve America PAC
claim_date: 2020-09-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/reviewing-the-facts-in-anti-harris-ad-on-accused-child-rapist/
title: Reviewing the Facts in Anti-Harris Ad on Accused Child Rapist
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Sen. Kamala Harris "helped raise money that got a man out of jail after he allegedly sexually penetrated a child."


claimant: DSCC
claim_date: 2016-10-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/a-false-attack-on-toomey/
title: A False Attack on Toomey
review_date: 2016-10-28T21:32:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims a bank co-founded by GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania used a “controversial” loan tactic that forced "21 small-business owners out of their homes."


claimant: Social media post
claim_date: 2023-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Post Retreads False Claim About Biden's Funding for Historically Black Colleges
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
President Joe Biden just revoked the 250 million United Negro College fund that Trump pledged to give historical black colleges for the next 10 years.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/post-retreads-false-claim-about-bidens-funding-for-historically-black-colleges/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-12-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/bidens-wage-claims-mostly-malarkey/
title: Biden's Wage Claims: Mostly Malarkey
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Americans on average have about $100 more in their pockets each month than they did last year, after accounting for inflation.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/trumps-inaccurate-claims-about-his-perfect-call/
title: Trump's Inaccurate Claims About His 'Perfect' Call
review_date: 2019-10-03T23:31:15Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The whistleblower never saw the conversation. He got his information, I guess, second and third hand. He wrote something that was total fiction.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-03-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/old-and-new-claims-in-trumps-cpac-address/
title: Old and New Claims in Trump's CPAC Address
review_date: 2019-03-05T23:26:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Then, in 1913, they ended tariffs, okay? They [U.S. officials] ended tariffs. Somebody got stupid and they ended tariffs."


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/the-facts-on-the-born-alive-debate/
title: The Facts on the Born-Alive Debate
review_date: 2019-03-04T21:13:26Z
textual_rating: We Explain the Bill
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A 2002 born-alive bill had “reaffirmed” that “infanticide is already illegal in every state. ... There is no need for additional federal legislation on this topic."


claimant: Internet posts
claim_date: 2022-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 Vaccination Doesn’t Increase Miscarriage Risk, Contrary to Naomi Wolf's Spurious Stat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"[C]hilling data showing 44 percent* of pregnant women participating in Pfizer’s mRNA COVID vaccine trial suffered miscarriages."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/scicheck-covid-19-vaccination-doesnt-increase-miscarriage-risk-contrary-to-naomi-wolfs-spurious-stat/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/trump-twists-facts-on-wikileaks/
title: Trump Twists Facts on WikiLeaks
review_date: 2016-10-13T16:27:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claimed Hillary Clinton told a private audience that “she wants to knock the hell out of your Social Security … [and] your Medicare/Medicaid.”


claimant: Various websites
claim_date: 2018-02-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/02/florida-shooter-not-registered-dem/
title: Florida Shooter Not Registered Dem
review_date: 2018-02-20T15:16:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Don’t Let The MAGA Hat Fool You, Hispanic Shooter ‘Nicolas de Jesus Cruz’ Was A Registered Democrat."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-03-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/trumps-hollow-complaint/
title: Trump's Hollow Complaint
review_date: 2018-05-18T21:07:04Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“You know, when I got in, we had over 100 federal judges that weren’t appointed. Now, I don’t know why Obama left that. It was like a big, beautiful present to all of us. Why the hell did he leave that? Maybe he got complacent.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-09-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/trump-distorts-facts-in-pennsylvania-rally/
title: Trump Distorts Facts in Pennsylvania Rally
review_date: 2022-09-07T22:39:31Z
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Hillary Clinton’s private server, which she used while secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, was "plundered by foreign hackers."


text: President Joe Biden announced he has cancer during a speech on climate change,
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Posts on Social Media Misinterpret Biden's Quote on Previous Cancer
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/posts-on-social-media-misinterpret-bidens-quote-on-previous-cancer/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-06-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/factchecking-bidens-campaign-style-speeches/
title: FactChecking Biden's Campaign-Style Speeches
review_date: 2023-06-30T22:30:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"We’ve appointed more African American women ... to the federal bench than ... every other president combined."


text: Fox News showed a chyron that read: “SHOOTER DESCRIBED AS ‘MOSTLY WHITE ASIAN MALE.'”
claimant: Social media post
claim_date: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Posts Share Altered Image from Fox News' Coverage of Fatal Shooting at UNC-Chapel Hill
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/posts-share-altered-image-from-fox-news-coverage-of-fatal-shooting-at-unc-chapel-hill/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Posts Spread Unfounded Claims About Disney Company's Financial Health
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The Disney company is losing subscribers, visitors and stock value for opposing Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” law.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/04/posts-spread-unfounded-claims-about-disney-companys-financial-health/


text: Pope Francis is dying.
claimant: Facebook Post
claim_date: 2021-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Pope Francis Continues to be Active, Despite Unsupported Report of Declining Health
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/pope-francis-continues-to-be-active-despite-unsupported-report-of-declining-health/


text: The UN wants to decriminalize sex between minors and adults.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Posts Misrepresent U.N. Panel's Guidance on Consensual Sex Between Adolescents
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/04/posts-misrepresent-u-n-panels-guidance-on-consensual-sex-between-adolescents/


claimant: Rep. Mo Brooks
claim_date: 2018-05-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/scientist-schools-congressmen-on-climate/
title: Scientist Schools Congressmen on Climate
review_date: 2018-05-25T19:53:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Over the history of planet Earth, far and away the #1 cause of sea level rise has been erosion and its resulting deposits of sediment and rocks into the world’s seas and oceans."


claimant: Meme
claim_date: 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: White House and HHS Employees Aren't 'Exempt' from Vaccine Mandate
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Exempt from Biden's vaccine mandates: Congress/legislative branch, Congressional staff, Judicial branch, White House staff, CDC employees, FDA employees, USPS employees, NIAID employees, Pfizer employees, Moderna employees, Illegal aliens."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/scicheck-white-house-and-hhs-employees-arent-exempt-from-vaccine-mandate/


text: Lady Gaga announced her "endorsement of Donald J. Trump for President of the United States!"
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: Social Media Posts Fabricate a Political Endorsement by Altering Lady Gaga Photo
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/07/social-media-posts-fabricate-a-political-endorsement-by-altering-lady-gaga-photo/


text: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely says Democrats don’t want to protect people from evictions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-says-democrats-dont-want-prot/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/06/pageants-and-foreign-policy/
title: Pageants and Foreign Policy
review_date: 2016-06-10T13:20:28Z
textual_rating: False: Distorts Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"He was asked about his foreign-policy experience. He said, 'Well, he had taken the Miss Universe contest to Moscow.'"


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/trump-wrongly-blames-protests-mexico-for-covid-19-spread/
title: Trump Wrongly Blames Protests, Mexico for COVID-19 Spread
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Black Lives Matter protesters and Mexicans have contributed to the rise of coronavirus cases in the U.S.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil Stocks Declined Under Trump, Contrary to His Claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"So after 50 years of being virtually empty, I built up our oil reserves during my administration ... to 100% full. It’s called the Strategic National Reserves, and it hasn’t been full for many decades."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/04/strategic-petroleum-reserve-oil-stocks-declined-under-trump-contrary-to-his-claim/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/closing-arguments-of-the-presidential-campaign/
title: Closing Arguments of the Presidential Campaign
review_date: 2020-11-03T00:28:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“We brought back your car industry [in Michigan]. Your car industry was finished. You would’ve had nothing left.”


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/kamala-harris-honest-abe-and-the-supreme-court/
title: Kamala Harris, Honest Abe and the Supreme Court
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
President Abraham Lincoln said filling a Supreme Court vacancy just before the 1864 election was "not the right thing to do."


claimant: Senate Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2022-08-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/fettermans-commutation-vote-on-convicted-murderer/
title: Fetterman's Commutation Vote on Convicted Murderer
textual_rating: We Provide Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Over the pleas of the victim’s family, John Fetterman was the only vote to release the murderer, the only one."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2021-06-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-soccer-stars-collapse-was-unrelated-to-covid-19-vaccine/
title: Soccer Star's Collapse Was Unrelated to COVID-19 Vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Inter Milan Chief Medic and Cardiologist confirmed that Christian Eriksen "received the Pfizer vaccine" days before his collapse during a soccer match.


text: COVID-19 vaccine “shedding” causes reproductive issues in unvaccinated people.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: No Scientific Basis for Vaccine 'Shedding' Claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/scicheck-covid-19-vaccines-spike-protein-only-get-into-those-who-receive-it-no-shedding/


claimant: Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Article Makes Unfounded Claims Linking Athletes' Injuries, Deaths to Vaccines
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A list of athletes injured by COVID-19 vaccines "shows that there may be something wrong with the vaccine."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/scicheck-article-makes-unfounded-claims-linking-athletes-injuries-deaths-to-vaccines/


claimant: Jim Inhofe
claim_date: 2016-11-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/12/more-false-claims-about-fracking/
title: More False Claims About Fracking
review_date: 2016-12-02T22:26:34Z
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims a study of water-supply wells in Pavillion "confirms what we’ve known all along: hydraulic fracturing has not impacted drinking water resources."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-01-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/meme-misquotes-virginia-governor-on-abortion-bill/
title: Meme Misquotes Virginia Governor on Abortion Bill
textual_rating: Not His Quote
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Meme quotes Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam as saying, “The infant Would be Delivered, kept Comfortable Then terminated.”


claimant: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
claim_date: 2023-06-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/scicheck-what-rfk-jr-gets-wrong-about-autism/
title: What RFK Jr. Gets Wrong About Autism
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"1989 is the year the [autism] epidemic began. It’s a red line. And 1989 was the year the vaccine schedule exploded. That doesn’t mean that’s a correlation. It does not mean causation, but it is something that should be looked at.”


claimant: Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/scicheck-viral-posts-distort-who-guidance-on-covid-19-tests/
title: Viral Posts Distort WHO Guidance on COVID-19 Tests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“An Hour After Joe Biden Is Sworn In, WHO Admits Their Testing Grossly Overstates Individuals Testing Positive for COVID."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/11/meme-falsely-attributes-quote-to-cnn-anchor/
title: Meme Falsely Attributes Quote to CNN Anchor
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A meme claims that CNN anchor Don Lemon referred to the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the killing of an "unarmed father of three.”


claimant: Michigan Families United
claim_date: 2022-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Dixon Ad Uses 'Joke' About Drag Queens in a Misleading Attack on Whitmer
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Under Gretchen Whitmer, the radicals want a drag queen in every classroom, indoctrinating our children."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/pro-dixon-ad-uses-joke-about-drag-queens-in-a-misleading-attack-on-whitmer/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Post Mischaracterizes GOP Opposition to Oregon Bill on Reproductive Health Care for Minors
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Oregon Republicans are arguing that 10-year-old girls should be allowed to be forced to give birth to their rapist's baby if the rapist is their father."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/post-mischaracterizes-gop-opposition-to-oregon-bill-on-reproductive-health-care-for-minors/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-02-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/bidens-factual-distortions/
title: Biden's Factual Distortions
review_date: 2020-02-24T23:36:40Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Sen. Bernie Sanders "was opposed to Obamacare, didn’t like the fact we didn’t push a single-payer option."


claimant: Sarah Sanders
claim_date: 2018-11-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/trump-administration-distorts-the-facts-on-climate-report/
title: Trump Administration Distorts the Facts On Climate Report
review_date: 2018-12-26T14:11:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Said of the National Climate Assessment: "And you have to look at the fact that this report is based on the most extreme modeled scenario."


claimant: AmericanThinker.com
claim_date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/antifa-false-flag-flyer-is-an-old-hoax/
title: Antifa 'False Flag' Flyer Is an Old Hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Antifa flyer" is proof that left-wing activists are "gearing up for false flag violence disguised as Trump-supporters."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-04-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/stimulus-checks-wont-reduce-future-tax-refunds/
title: Stimulus Checks Won't Reduce Future Tax Refunds
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Collecting a stimulus payment means, "[n]ext year, you’re automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/trump-spreads-distorted-claim-on-wuhan-lab-funding/
title: Trump Spreads Distorted Claim on Wuhan Lab Funding
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Wuhan Institute of Virology received "$7.5 million in 2014 ... by the Obama administration early on. … I ended it."


text: "Why is the Taliban banning the [COVID-19] vaccines?"
claimant: Candace Owens
claim_date: 2021-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Social Media Posts Mislead on COVID-19 Vaccines, Deaths in Afghanistan
textual_rating: There is currently no such ban
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/scicheck-social-media-posts-mislead-on-covid-19-vaccines-deaths-in-afghanistan/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/clearing-up-the-facts-behind-trumps-clean-coal-catchphrase/
title: Clearing Up the Facts Behind Trump’s 'Clean Coal' Catchphrase
review_date: 2018-11-09T22:31:06Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"I just left Montana, and I looked at those trains and they’re loaded up with clean coal — beautiful clean coal."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/04/factchecking-bidens-address-to-congress/
title: FactChecking Biden's Address to Congress
review_date: 2021-04-29T06:42:29Z
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
I "inherited a nation, we all did, that was in crisis. ... The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-02-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/factchecking-bidens-town-hall-3/
title: FactChecking Biden's Town Hall
review_date: 2021-02-18T01:15:36Z
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"This is the first time in my career ... that there is a consensus among economists left, right, and center" that "we can’t spend too much" on COVID-19 relief.


claimant: Republican Party of Florida
claim_date: 2022-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Florida GOP Attacks Crist with Misleading Claims About the IRS and Police
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Democratic candidate for governor Charlie Crist and President Biden "teamed up" to "hire 87,000 new IRS agents to audit the middle class," and Crist "supported Biden's agenda to defund the police."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/florida-gop-attacks-crist-with-misleading-claims-about-the-irs-and-police/


text: COVID-19 vaccines could cause men to become "impotent."
claimant: Nicki Minaj
claim_date: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Experts: No Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines and Erectile Dysfunction
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/scicheck-experts-no-link-between-covid-19-vaccines-and-erectile-dysfunction/


text: "Now Democrats want to spy on anything you buy that costs $600 or more."
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2021-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Republicans Mischaracterize Proposed Financial Reporting Requirement
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/republicans-mischaracterize-proposed-financial-reporting-requirement/


claimant: Committee to Defend the President
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/a-misleading-anti-biden-ad-from-trump-backers/
title: A Misleading Anti-Biden Ad from Trump Backers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Suggests former President Barack Obama criticized his former vice president, Joe Biden, for lying to African American communities.


claimant: Scott Perry
claim_date: 2023-01-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/factchecking-the-house-speaker-election/
title: FactChecking the House Speaker Election
review_date: 2023-01-05T18:29:57Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“As a matter of fact, you probably also know that Frederick Douglass, who went and worked with Abraham Lincoln to emancipate the people of color in this country, said he would never be anything but a Republican."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/prank-posts-falsely-suggest-second-stimulus-payment-is-approved/
title: Prank Posts Falsely Suggest Second Stimulus Payment Is Approved
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The government has approved a second round of coronavirus stimulus payments to everyone who signs up — and the money will be forthcoming in “5-7 business days.”


claimant: Sen. Ed Markey
claim_date: 2019-02-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/how-much-will-the-green-new-deal-cost/
title: How Much Will the 'Green New Deal' Cost?
review_date: 2019-03-14T17:55:00Z
textual_rating: Lacks Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"According to the Trump admin's National Climate Assessment, with no action, climate change will result in 10% GDP loss by 2090."


claimant: Mike Bloomberg
claim_date: 2020-01-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/bloomberg-trump-spar-on-preexisting-conditions/
title: Bloomberg, Trump Spar on Preexisting Conditions
review_date: 2020-01-14T20:06:56Z
textual_rating: We Explain the Number
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Trump repeatedly tried to undermine coverage for 134 million Americans with preexisting conditions."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-11-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/11/meme-resurrects-and-distorts-2009-airport-scuffle/
title: Meme Resurrects, and Distorts, 2009 Airport Scuffle
review_date: 2018-11-21T18:00:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Meme claims Brenda Lee, a newspaper contributor, was “physically removed from Air Force One in 2009 by Obama’s order.”


claimant: Jay Sekulow
claim_date: 2020-01-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/false-and-misleading-claims-at-impeachment-trial/
title: False and Misleading Claims at Impeachment Trial
review_date: 2020-01-22T23:26:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"During the proceedings that took place before the Judiciary Committee, the president was denied the right to cross-examine witnesses, the president was denied the right to access evidence, and the president was denied the right to have counsel present at hearings."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-12-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/quote-falsely-tied-to-ocasio-cortez/
title: Quote Falsely Tied to Ocasio-Cortez
review_date: 2018-12-14T23:38:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Meme quotes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying, "Under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it’s the other way around."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2019-06-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/06/falsehood-swirls-about-biden-seals/
title: Falsehood Swirls About Biden, SEALs
review_date: 2019-06-13T17:58:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Never forget it was Biden who leaked the names of SEAL Team 6 family’s to Al Qaeda and cannot be trusted!”


claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2018-08-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/08/facts-dont-support-gop-corruption-claim/
title: Facts Don't Support GOP Corruption Claim
review_date: 2018-08-10T18:04:29Z
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is profiting from “a corrupt Washington subsidy.”


claimant: Meme
claim_date: 2021-08-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/biden-issued-proclamation-to-fly-flags-at-half-staff/
title: Biden Issued Proclamation to Fly Flags at Half-Staff
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"No one has called for flags to be flown at Half Mast in honor of our Marines that lost their lives."


claimant: Sen. Rick Scott
claim_date: 2022-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: What Vice President Harris Said - And Didn't Say - About Hurricane Relief
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Vice President Kamala “Harris said yesterday that — or day before yesterday — that, you know, if you have a different skin color, you’re going to get relief."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/what-vice-president-harris-said-and-didnt-say-about-hurricane-relief/


claimant: Rep. Jim Jordan
claim_date: 2023-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: No Evidence Scientists Received Grant for Changing Opinion on Pandemic Origins, Contrary to Claims
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Dr. Anthony Fauci pressured virologists to change their minds on the origin of COVID-19 in exchange for a $9 million grant.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/scicheck-no-evidence-scientists-received-grant-for-changing-opinion-on-pandemic-origins-contrary-to-claims/


text: "I never said Russia did not meddle in the election."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely says he never denied Russian meddling
review_date: 2018-02-19T19:23:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-denies-he-denied-russian-medd/


text: "I never said Russia did not meddle in the election."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Trump’s error-filled tweetstorm about the Russia investigation
review_date: 2018-02-18T18:02:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/02/18/fact-checking-trumps-error-filled-tweet-storm-about-the-russia-investigation/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/bricks-were-placed-for-construction-not-to-incite-protesters/
title: Bricks Were Placed for Construction, Not to Incite Protesters
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Piles of bricks are being staged ahead of the protests over the death of George Floyd "to destroy” property and to incite violence.


claimant: Gov. Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/scicheck-misinformation-about-face-masks/
title: Misinformation About Face Masks
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“It’s not healthy for these students to be sitting there all day, 6-year-old kids in kindergarten covered in masks."


text: “Hydroxychloroquine is why Uganda, with a population of 43M, has only 15 COVID-19 deaths.”
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Uganda's Low COVID-19 Cases Due to Restrictions, Not Hydroxychloroquine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/ugandas-low-covid-19-cases-due-to-restrictions-not-hydroxychloroquine/


text: The IRS will now hire “87,000 new agents” to investigate average citizens.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: IRS Will Target 'High-Income' Tax Evaders with New Funding, Contrary to Social Media Posts
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/irs-will-target-high-income-tax-evaders-with-new-funding-contrary-to-social-media-posts/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2020-01-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/pence-links-irans-soleimani-to-9-11-attacks/
title: Pence Links Iran's Soleimani to 9/11 Attacks
textual_rating: Lacks Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani "[a]ssisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States."


claimant: Sen. Chuck Schumer
claim_date: 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/09/kavanaugh-files-the-affordable-care-act/
title: Kavanaugh Files: The Affordable Care Act
review_date: 2018-09-05T22:08:17Z
textual_rating: We Review His Record
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Judge Kavanaugh has written opinions skeptical of our health care law, reproductive rights, and even the contraception coverage requirement.”


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-03-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/baseless-attack-on-news-media-over-photo-of-coffins/
title: Baseless Attack on News Media Over Photo of Coffins
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A photo of coffins in the 2017 movie "Unlocked" is being used by news media "telling us that this is ITALY right now because of COVID 19 virus!!”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/trump-twists-facts-on-murder-case/
title: Trump Twists Facts on Murder Case
review_date: 2016-10-14T22:19:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"One foreign national and convicted killer who should have been sent back to his home country in 2012 was instead set free by [Hillary] Clinton’s watch. "


claimant: Liz Wheeler
claim_date: 2021-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Flawed Paper on COVID-19 Vaccines, Deaths Spreads Widely Before Retraction
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"This peer-reviewed scientific study shows that COVID-19 vaccine causes two deaths for every three lives it saves."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/07/scicheck-flawed-paper-on-covid-19-vaccines-deaths-spreads-widely-before-retraction/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-02-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/pace-of-u-s-vaccinations-vs-the-world/
title: Pace of U.S. Vaccinations vs. the World
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"America will be the first country -- perhaps the only one" -- to administer 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.


text: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated."
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2019-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence wrong that ISIS has been defeated
review_date: 2019-01-17T22:58:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/17/mike-pence/mike-pence-wrong-isis-has-been-defeated/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/09/groundhog-friday-11/
title: Groundhog Friday
review_date: 2016-08-26T19:17:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims Hillary Clinton would "end virtually all immigration enforcement and thus create totally open borders for the United States."


text: "Russian president Vladimir Putin meets with South Korean President."
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Old, Mislabeled Video Circulating Amid Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/old-mislabeled-video-circulating-amid-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-04-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/what-kissinger-has-said-about-trump/
title: What Kissinger Has Said About Trump
review_date: 2019-04-15T22:16:59Z
textual_rating: Some Right, Some Wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A Facebook post attributes several quotes about President Donald Trump to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.


claimant: Dr. Robert Malone
claim_date: 2022-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Scientist Misleads on COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Vaccine Safety for Children
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"On average, between 1 in 2,000 and 1 in 3,000 children that receive these vaccines will be hospitalized in the short term with vaccine-caused damage."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/scicheck-scientist-misleads-on-covid-19-vaccine-effectiveness-and-vaccine-safety-for-children/


text: "Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Faulty Research Paper Leads to Unfounded Claims About Health of Atlantic Ocean
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/faulty-research-paper-leads-to-unfounded-claims-about-health-of-atlantic-ocean/


text: Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro received about $20,000 in federal loan forgiveness.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Commentator Ben Shapiro Didn't Receive $20K in Federal Loan Forgiveness
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/08/commentator-ben-shapiro-didnt-receive-20k-in-federal-loan-forgiveness/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-03-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/kennedy-center-didnt-contribute-to-democrats/
title: Kennedy Center Didn't Contribute to Democrats
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The Kennedy Center launders taxpayer money for the Democrats" and donated $5 million to the party after getting $25 million in the COVID-19 stimulus package.


text: Dominion Voting Systems “deleted 2.7 million Trump votes nationwide.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s tweet about 2.7 million deleted votes is baseless
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/12/donald-trump/trumps-tweet-about-27-million-deleted-votes-basele/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2021-08-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/scicheck-migrants-not-responsible-for-latest-covid-19-surge/
title: Migrants Not Responsible for Latest COVID-19 Surge
textual_rating: Migrants Not Driving Surge
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"No elected official is doing more to enable the transmission of COVID in America than Joe Biden with his open borders policies.”


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2021-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Analysis | DeSantis’s effort to blame Biden for the covid surge in Florida
textual_rating: Three Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"No elected official is doing more to enable the transmission of COVID in America than Joe Biden with his open borders policies.”

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/06/desantiss-effort-blame-biden-covid-surge-florida/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Unraveling Trump's Unsubstantiated Claim of 'Crooked' Nursing Home Votes
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
In Wisconsin nursing homes, there were "thousands and thousands and thousands of crooked votes" in the 2020 election.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/unraveling-trumps-unsubstantiated-claim-of-crooked-nursing-home-votes/


claimant: Terrence K. Williams
claim_date: 2019-10-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/outburst-at-aoc-town-hall-was-staged/
title: Outburst at AOC Town Hall Was Staged
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A woman talking about "eating babies" at a town hall event with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the congresswoman's "looney supporter."


claimant: Dr. Robert Malone
claim_date: 2022-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Flu Vaccines Given to Prevent Disease, Not Just to Support Pandemic Vaccine Manufacturing
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“The annual influenza vaccine program ... it’s wrapped around the idea that we should force … the population to take a product on an annual basis so that we can maintain warm base manufacturing in case something like 1918 ever happens again.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/scicheck-flu-vaccines-given-to-prevent-disease-not-just-to-support-pandemic-vaccine-manufacturing/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2021-11-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/12/social-media-posts-misrepresent-old-biden-tweet-on-travel-ban/
title: Social Media Posts Misrepresent Old Biden Tweet on Travel Ban
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
An old tweet from Joe Biden shows he's a "hypocrite" for criticizing former President Donald Trump for issuing the "same [pandemic-related] travel ban."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/trump-misquotes-fauci-on-coronavirus-threat/
title: Trump Misquotes Fauci on Coronavirus Threat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was saying in late February of the coronavirus: “This is no problem. This is going to blow — this is going to blow over.”


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Social Media Posts Use Old Video of White House Official to Make False Claim About Stimulus Checks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A White House official said a fourth round of stimulus payments are being made to eligible American.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/social-media-posts-use-old-video-of-white-house-official-to-make-false-claim-about-stimulus-checks/


claimant: Aaron Rodgers
claim_date: 2021-11-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/scicheck-aaron-rodgers-inaccurate-covid-19-claims/
title: Aaron Rodgers' Inaccurate COVID-19 Claims
review_date: 2021-11-09T23:53:18Z
textual_rating: Not a Side Effect
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"There’s been zero long-term studies around sterility or fertility issues around the [COVID-19] vaccines."


claimant: Rep. Ilhan Omar
claim_date: 2020-02-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/omars-state-of-the-union-trivia-tweet/
title: Omar's State of the Union Trivia Tweet
textual_rating: Answer: Yes, Clinton
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Have we ever had an impeached President, deliver the State of the Union address while he is on trial in the Senate? Given the audience in the room will be both his prosecutors and jurors on said trial."


text: President Joe Biden "has just officially filed for Reelection with the Federal Election Committee."
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Biden Hasn't Officially Filed for Reelection, Contrary to Social Media Claims
textual_rating: Not As of Now
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/biden-hasnt-officially-filed-for-reelection-contrary-to-social-media-claims/


text: "mRNA Vaccine Exposed! Bayer Admits COVID-19 Vaccine is Gene Therapy."
claimant: Internet posts
claim_date: 2022-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Website Peddles Old, Debunked Falsehood About COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/06/scicheck-website-peddles-old-debunked-falsehood-about-covid-19-mrna-vaccines/


claimant: Keith Ellison
claim_date: 2018-06-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/trumps-travel-ban-doesnt-affect-all-muslims/
title: Trump's 'Travel Ban' Doesn't Affect All Muslims
review_date: 2018-06-30T17:26:41Z
textual_rating: Trump's Quote, Not Reality
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The US Supreme Court just ratified Donald Trump’s 'total and complete shutdown' of Muslims entry into the United States."


text: "I have never seen the CDC coming out saying" children should get four doses of the polio vaccine.
claimant: Marjorie Taylor Greene
claim_date: 2022-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Polio Vaccine Is a Four-Shot Series, Contrary to Greene Comments
textual_rating: CDC Endorses Four Doses
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/scicheck-polio-vaccine-is-a-four-shot-series-contrary-to-greene-comments/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/10/trump-stump-speeches-immigration/
title: Trump Stump Speeches: Immigration
review_date: 2018-10-25T20:44:33Z
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Sayfullo Saipov — the Uzbekistan national who has been charged in a terrorist attack in New York City -- used “chain migration” to bring 22 relatives to the United States.


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/08/groundhog-friday-8/
title: Groundhog Friday
review_date: 2016-08-19T16:53:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claimed previous “secretaries of state” did the “same thing" in using personal email for government business.


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2022-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: FactChecking GOP's Censorship Claim in Arizona Over Deleted Tweets
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs “worked with Big Tech to censor ... voters” of her opponent, Republican Kari Lake.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/factchecking-gops-censorship-claim-in-arizona-over-deleted-tweets/


claimant: Not One Penny
claim_date: 2017-11-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/11/tax-cut-ad-lacks-context/
title: Tax Cut Ad Lacks Context
review_date: 2017-11-16T20:06:36Z
textual_rating: Lacks Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The Trump-Republican tax plan delivers a huge tax cut to millionaires, billionaires and wealthy corporations. And the middle class gets stuck with the tab."


claimant: Internet posts
claim_date: 2020-11-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/nine-election-fraud-claims-none-credible/
title: Nine Election Fraud Claims, None Credible
review_date: 2020-12-11T23:19:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"In Pennsylvania, 23,000 absentee ballots have impossible postal return dates and another 86,000 have such extraordinary return dates they raise serious questions."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/trumps-false-claim-about-syrian-safe-zone/
title: Trump's False Claim about Syrian 'Safe Zone'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"You know, we call it a safe zone. But it was anything but a safe zone. Turkey has lost thousands and thousands of people from that safe zone."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-12-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/audit-in-michigan-county-refutes-dominion-conspiracy-theory/
title: Audit in Michigan County Refutes Dominion Conspiracy Theory
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Forensics report" determined that the "Dominion Software Was Intentionally Designed To Influence Election Results."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/trumps-false-no-collusion-tweet/
title: Trump's False 'No Collusion' Tweet
review_date: 2018-05-01T21:26:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
There are "No questions on Collusion" on the list of questions the special counsel reportedly has for the president.


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-11-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/11/blowing-the-whistle-on-a-misinforming-meme/
title: Blowing the Whistle on a Misinforming Meme
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A viral meme identifies a White House staffer from the Obama administration as the whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump's actions regarding Ukraine.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/09/trump-still-off-on-immigration/
title: Trump Still Off on Immigration
review_date: 2016-09-02T21:36:14Z
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Says the U.S. has admitted about 100,000 immigrants from Iraq and Afghanistan over the last five years.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/11/trump-muddies-impeachment-timeline/
title: Trump Muddies Impeachment Timeline
review_date: 2019-11-11T22:45:23Z
textual_rating: Memo Was Released First
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Rep. Adam Schiff "made up a conversation. And then we caught him. … He did it and then I released the transcript. ... So, he’s very embarrassed."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-03-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/03/trump-takes-too-much-credit-on-isis/
title: Trump Takes Too Much Credit on ISIS
review_date: 2018-03-22T22:29:04Z
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"We’ve taken back almost 100 percent, in a very short period of time, of the land that [ISIS] took. And it all took place since our election."


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/05/groundhog-friday/
title: Groundhog Friday
review_date: 2016-05-20T12:11:48Z
textual_rating: Lacks Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The 20 richest people in our country own more wealth than the bottom half of the American population."


claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2020-12-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/nrscs-dual-attack-on-warnock-and-ossoff/
title: NRSC's Dual Attack on Warnock and Ossoff
review_date: 2020-12-04T23:32:27Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The Rev. Raphael Warnock "supports cashless bail for criminals," which "puts the most violent right back into our neighborhoods."


claimant: Scott Pruitt
claim_date: 2017-03-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/03/pruitt-on-climate-change-again/
title: Pruitt on Climate Change, Again
review_date: 2017-03-10T00:02:45Z
textual_rating: Science Says He's Wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Says human activity, or carbon dioxide emissions, is not the “primary contributor” to global warming.


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-04-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/11/misleading-meme-on-first-three-bills-by-democrats/
title: Misleading Meme on First Three Bills by Democrats
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“[T]he first 3 bills introduced in the House by Democrats” sought to “impeach the president,” “ban the Electoral College” and give “$54 billion in foreign aid.”


claimant: Social media post
claim_date: 2019-05-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/decades-old-video-doesnt-show-congresswoman/
title: Decades-Old Video Doesn't Show Congresswoman
review_date: 2019-05-31T17:56:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Text with a viral video about "making America Muslim" identifies the speaker as “the new congresswoman from Michigan.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-10-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/oecd-data-conflict-with-bidens-educational-attainment-claim/
title: OECD Data Conflict With Biden's Educational Attainment Claim
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“According to one study, America ranks ... 33rd out of the 44 advanced economies when it comes to the percentage of our young people who have attained a post-high-school degree."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/09/trumps-misleading-boast-on-premiums/
title: Trump's Misleading Boast on Premiums
review_date: 2018-09-28T20:16:35Z
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Affordable Care Act 2019 premiums "are far lower than they would have been under the previous administration ... because we're managing it very, very carefully."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/factchecking-trumps-immunity-claims/
title: FactChecking Trump’s Immunity Claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"So in the old days they said, 'Well, if you have [COVID-19], you’re immune for life,' right? Once I got it, they give you four months. ... It’s anybody else but me, you’re immune for life."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/trump-yanks-steyer-quote-out-of-context/
title: Trump Yanks Steyer Quote Out of Context
textual_rating: Out of Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Retweets a video clip of Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer saying, "Democrats are going to destroy the economy in 15 minutes if they get in control."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/trump-and-the-coronavirus-death-projections/
title: Trump and the Coronavirus Death Projections
textual_rating: Estimate Known Since March 16
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Said of the coronavirus outbreak: "I just want to reiterate, because a lot of people have been asking, 'Well, what would have happened if we did nothing? Did nothing — we just rode it out.' ... And I think we got our most accurate study today, or certainly most comprehensive. Think of the number: 2.2 — potentially 2.2 million people if we did nothing."


text: "CNN To Permanently Close Its Doors As Ratings Plunge 30 Percent"
claimant: Your News Wire
claim_date: 2018-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, CNN isn't closing after ratings drop
review_date: 2018-05-23T13:50:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/23/yournewswirecom/no-cnn-isnt-closing-after-ratings-drop/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/is-illegal-immigration-linked-to-more-or-less-crime/
title: Is Illegal Immigration Linked to More or Less Crime?
review_date: 2018-06-27T20:17:20Z
textual_rating: Most Research Disputes
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
It's "not true" that immigrants in the U.S. illegally are "safer than the people that live in the country" in terms of crimes committed.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/trumps-evidence-free-attempt-to-link-scarborough-to-aides-death/
title: Trump's Evidence-Free Attempt to Link Scarborough to Aide's Death
textual_rating: Baseless Claim
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder?"


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/07/trumps-false-claims-about-rep-ilhan-omar/
title: Trump's False Claims About Rep. Ilhan Omar
review_date: 2019-07-16T21:39:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims Rep. Ilhan Omar talked about “how great al Qaeda is," and said, "When I think of al Qaeda, I can hold my chest out."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/factchecking-bidens-town-hall-4/
title: FactChecking Biden's Town Hall
review_date: 2021-10-22T22:00:59Z
textual_rating: Many Reasons for Drop
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Look, when we had community policing initially in the late ’90s, violent crimes dropped significantly, significantly. And the reason it did is because we had significant number of police."


claimant: Freedom Daily
claim_date: 2017-11-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/12/sham-sharia-stories/
title: Sham Sharia Stories
review_date: 2017-12-06T21:31:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Sharia law now in full effect in one state after what judge gave Muslim rapist special permission to do.”


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Planned Parenthood Centers Remain Open Following the Ruling on Roe v. Wade
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Planned Parenthood clinics have been "closing down all over the country" since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/planned-parenthood-centers-remain-open-following-the-ruling-on-roe-v-wade/


claimant: Sen. Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-01-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/harris-campaign-kickoff-claims/
title: Harris' Campaign Kickoff Claims
review_date: 2019-01-29T22:58:19Z
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"I did not oppose the bill" to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate police shootings that involved the death of a civilian.


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Meme Misrepresents Florida Surgeon General's Position on Face Masks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“The Florida Surgeon General has issued a Public Health Advisory. Everyone should STOP wearing masks as they have now been found to be harmful to your health.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/meme-misrepresents-florida-surgeon-generals-position-on-face-masks/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/trump-on-the-stump-2/
title: Trump on the Stump
textual_rating: Cases Are Rising
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Think of it, as we’re rounding the turn and we are, they go crazy when I say we’re rounding the turn on the pandemic."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2019-10-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/posts-put-words-in-thomas-jeffersons-mouth/
title: Posts Put Words in Thomas Jefferson's Mouth
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Posts claim that President Thomas Jefferson said, “The government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars, and the people will flock to the one who tells the truth."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/01/trumps-aviation-boast/
title: Trump's Aviation Boast
review_date: 2018-01-02T23:22:02Z
textual_rating: Needs Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation. Good news – it was just reported that there were Zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!”


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-01-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/social-media-posts-spread-bogus-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory/
title: Social Media Posts Spread Bogus Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“The new fad disease called the ‘coronavirus’ is sweeping headlines. Funny enough, there was a patent for the coronavirus was filed in 2015 and granted in 2018.”


text: “Don’t forget Pfizer just admitted to using gain of function to create bio weapons”
claimant: Social media post
claim_date: 2023-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: No Evidence Pfizer Conducting Any Inappropriate Coronavirus Experiments
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/scicheck-no-evidence-pfizer-conducting-any-inappropriate-coronavirus-experiments/


claimant: Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2021-06-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/scicheck-viral-posts-pundits-distort-fauci-emails/
title: Viral Posts, Pundits Distort Fauci Emails
review_date: 2021-06-04T23:30:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"SMOKING GUN: FAUCI LIED, MILLIONS DIED — Fauci Was Informed of Hydroxychloroquine Success in Early 2020 But Lied to Public Instead Despite the Science."


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Social Media Posts Misleadingly Edit and Misrepresent Biden Remarks from Teleprompter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
President Joe Biden mistakenly read the cues off the teleprompter when he said “end of quote” and “repeat the line."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/social-media-posts-misleadingly-edit-and-misrepresent-biden-remarks-from-teleprompter/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-12-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/12/trumps-misleading-paris-agreement-tweets/
title: Trump's Misleading Paris Agreement Tweets
review_date: 2018-12-06T20:27:01Z
textual_rating: No Evidence Macron Agrees
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Suggests French President Emmanuel Macron "agreed with the conclusion I reached two years ago. The Paris Agreement is fatally flawed ..."


claimant: Raj Shah
claim_date: 2018-02-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/02/spinning-russian-indictment/
title: Spinning the Russian Indictment
review_date: 2018-02-19T22:14:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"All these efforts [by the Russians] were about sowing confusion in the electoral process and undermining the next president, not about supporting one candidate over the other."


claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2019-05-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/05/manipulated-pelosi-video-take-2/
title: Manipulated Pelosi Video, Take 2
review_date: 2019-05-31T20:41:24Z
textual_rating: It's a Doctored Video
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
A social media video appears to show Nancy Pelosi slurring her words during a speaking engagement at the Commonwealth Club.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/trump-inherited-more-ventilators-than-have-been-distributed/
title: Trump Inherited More Ventilators Than Have Been Distributed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“[W]hen we came here, you had very few ventilators in this country. … [W]e stocked up those shelves. The cupboard was empty, and we filled up the cupboards.”


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-04-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/one-photo-two-stories-but-no-deceit-by-news-websites/
title: One Photo, Two Stories - But No Deceit by News Websites
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Viral post shows same picture with different headlines on COVID-19 stories, asking, "That's weird the exact same people who visited the beach in Florida are now at the beaches in California?"


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-01-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/no-clorox-and-lysol-didnt-already-know-about-new-coronavirus/
title: No, Clorox and Lysol Didn’t Already ‘Know’ About New Coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"[T]he label of the popular Lysol already show that the product Kill the Coronavirus, so that means that this Virus is nothing new.”


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-09-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/09/pences-obsolete-poverty-point/
title: Pence's Obsolete Poverty Point
review_date: 2016-09-21T14:25:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Today there are more than 7 million Americans more living in poverty than the day that Barack Obama became president of the United States."


claimant: Social media post
claim_date: 2022-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Altered Video of Exchange Between White House Press Secretary and Reporter on Gas Prices Goes Viral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre ignored a question about oil companies and gas prices asked by Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/10/altered-video-of-exchange-between-white-house-press-secretary-and-reporter-on-gas-prices-goes-viral/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/09/trumps-false-tweets-on-hurricane-marias-death-toll/
title: Trump's False Tweets on Hurricane Maria's Death Toll
review_date: 2018-09-13T21:36:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Said Democrats manufactured a death toll of 3,000 for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico to make him "look as bad as possible."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/10/sinemas-taliban-comment-in-context/
title: Sinema's Taliban Comment in Context
review_date: 2018-10-22T22:16:37Z
textual_rating: Lacks Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"But while Martha [McSally] was bravely fighting the Taliban, Kyrsten Sinema said she had no problems with Americans defecting from our country to join the Taliban.”


claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2018-08-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2018/08/giuliani-misleads-on-trump-tower-meeting/
title: Giuliani Misleads on Trump Tower Meeting
review_date: 2018-08-20T19:37:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
When Donald Trump Jr. and other Trump campaign officials agreed to meet Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower in June 2016 “they didn’t know she was a representative of the Russian government.”


claimant: Donald J. Trump for President
claim_date: 2020-10-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/deceptive-trump-ad-attacks-biden-on-guns/
title: Deceptive Trump Ad Attacks Biden on Guns
textual_rating: Out of Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The ad shows CNN's Anderson Cooper saying to Joe Biden: "To gun owners out there who say, well, a Biden administration means they're going to come for my guns." After that, Biden is shown saying, "Bingo. You're right."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/trump-biden-spin-china-travel-restrictions/
title: Trump, Biden Spin China Travel Restrictions
review_date: 2020-04-06T22:43:33Z
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Banning dangerous foreign travel" from China on Jan. 31 was one of the actions the Trump administration took to combat the coronavirus “far earlier than anyone would have thought and way ahead of anybody else.”


claimant: Online posts
claim_date: 2022-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Post Omits Paxlovid’s Ability to Protect Against Severe COVID-19, Death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Ivermectin “has been very effective against COVID-19 and shown to outperform at least 10 other drugs, including Paxlovid.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/11/scicheck-post-omits-paxlovids-ability-to-protect-against-severe-covid-19-death/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/trump-administrations-shifting-statements-on-soleimanis-death/
title: Trump Administration's Shifting Statements on Soleimani's Death
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“I can reveal that I believe it would have been four embassies," explaining why the U.S. killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and how the U.S. mission disrupted "imminent" attacks.


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Viral Meme Misrepresents Sanders' Stance During Iran Hostage Crisis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Socialist Workers Party leader Bernie Sanders supported Ayatollah Khomeini against the US, condemned president Carter for imperialism, and accused the hostages of being CIA spies.”

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/viral-meme-misrepresents-sanders-stance-during-iran-hostage-crisis/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking ties between Bernie Sanders, Socialist Workers Party during Iran hostage crisis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Socialist Workers Party leader Bernie Sanders supported Ayatollah Khomeini against the US, condemned president Carter for imperialism, and accused the hostages of being CIA spies.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/facebook-posts/fact-checking-ties-between-bernie-sanders-socialis/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/08/kaine-vs-pence-on-unemployment/
title: Kaine vs. Pence on Unemployment
review_date: 2016-08-05T18:20:15Z
textual_rating: Out of Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Says "unemployment doubled" when Tim Kaine was Virginia's governor, and Indiana has seen "great job growth" under Gov. Mike Pence.


text: Gen. Mark A. Milley "never served in combat."
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-02-10T00:00:00Z
title: Gen. Milley Has Long Combat History, Contrary to Social Media Posts
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/gen-milley-has-long-combat-history-contrary-to-social-media-posts/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/mccarthy-misleads-on-state-and-local-revenue/
title: McCarthy Misleads on State and Local Revenue
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Here’s the truth about state and local funding that Democrats don’t want you to know about: State and local government tax receipts have never been higher. Ever.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-11-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/biden-stretches-evidence-for-universal-pre-k/
title: Biden Stretches Evidence for Universal Pre-K
textual_rating: We Review The Research
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"[U]niversal pre-K for every 3- and 4-year-old child in America" will "increase academic achievement in all children."


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-05-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/05/clinton-still-spinning-emails/
title: Clinton Still Spinning Emails
review_date: 2016-05-11T14:08:59Z
textual_rating: Spinning the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Says exclusively using a private email account and server for government business as secretary of state was "absolutely permitted."


claimant: The Last Line of Defense
claim_date: 2016-12-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/01/phony-prayer-rug-story/
title: Phony Prayer Rug Story
review_date: 2017-01-25T16:10:42Z
textual_rating: Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Did the Obama White House hold Islamic prayer five times a day, and provide prayer rugs for Muslim employees and visitors?


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/05/obama-childhood-obesity-rates/
title: Obama on Childhood Obesity Rates
review_date: 2017-05-12T22:32:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Let’s Move actually helped bring down America’s obesity rates for our youngest kids for the first time in 30 years."


claimant: Stephen Miller
claim_date: 2019-02-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/spinning-trumps-national-emergency-declaration/
title: Spinning Trump's National Emergency Declaration
review_date: 2019-02-19T23:31:48Z
textual_rating: Spins the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Says, in making the case for the border wall, "the reality is that more than half the people crossing the border are what we call non-impactable. They can’t be turned around."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/08/politics-of-gun-violence/
title: Politics of Gun Violence
review_date: 2019-08-06T21:24:58Z
textual_rating: We Review Research
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“[W]e must stop the glorification of violence in our society. This includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace. It is too easy today for troubled youth to surround themselves with a culture that celebrates violence.”


claimant: Viral meme
claim_date: 2019-09-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/meme-misleads-on-walmart-gun-sales/
title: Meme Misleads on Walmart Gun Sales
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"10,874 people killed by drunk drivers in 2017, and 403 by rifles. Walmart stops selling rifles. Still sells alcohol…"


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/post-distorts-florida-school-policy-on-romeo-and-juliet/
title: Post Distorts Florida School Policy on 'Romeo and Juliet'
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Florida high schools are now removing Shakespeare, including the full text of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ to comply with Republicans’ new law restricting ‘sexual content.'”


text: CNN identified "Bernie Gores" as the “first American casualty of the Ukraine crisis.”
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Bogus Tweet Spreads False Account of 'First American Casualty' in Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/02/bogus-tweet-spreads-false-account-of-first-american-casualty-in-ukraine/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-09-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/schiffs-parody-and-trumps-response/
title: Schiff's 'Parody' and Trump's Response
review_date: 2019-10-01T22:17:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Rep. Adam Schiff’s characterization of President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “bore NO relationship to what I said on the call.”


claimant: Put Michigan First
claim_date: 2022-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Late Ad Misleadingly Claims Republican Candidate for Governor Could 'Slash' State Police Funding
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Tudor Dixon’s dangerous budget plan could slash up to $500 million from state police across Michigan, threatening funding for thousands of law enforcement jobs."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/late-ad-misleadingly-claims-republican-candidate-for-governor-could-slash-state-police-funding/


claimant: Ourlandofthefree.com
claim_date: 2017-07-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/trump-didnt-pass/
title: Trump Didn't Pass Out
review_date: 2017-08-08T15:16:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Wrote that President Donald Trump was rushed to the hospital after collapsing while giving a speech in New Jersey.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/trumps-inaccurate-claims-about-his-perfect-call/
title: Trump's Inaccurate Claims About His 'Perfect' Call
review_date: 2019-10-03T23:31:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testified that President Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian president was “very normal.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/03/trumps-tennessee-tale/
title: Trump's Tennessee Tale
review_date: 2017-03-18T13:22:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Under Obamacare in Tennessee, "half of the state has no insurance company and the other half is gonna lose the insurance company."


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2020-01-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/video-of-clinton-on-iran-taken-out-of-context/
title: Video of Clinton on Iran Taken Out of Context
textual_rating: Out of Context
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Posts show video clips that begin with Hillary Clinton saying, "If I’m the president, we will attack Iran.”


claimant: Project Veritas
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/pennsylvania-postal-worker-waffles-on-election-fraud-claim/
title: Pennsylvania Postal Worker Waffles on Election Fraud Claim
textual_rating: Distorts the Facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Pennsylvania USPS Whistleblower Exposes Anti-Trump Postmaster's Illegal Order To Back-Date Ballots."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/06/lawyers-group-not-pro-mexican/
title: Lawyers Group Not 'Pro-Mexican'
review_date: 2016-06-08T20:50:02Z
textual_rating: Not Accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claims the federal judge presiding over a lawsuit against Trump University is a “member of a club or society very strongly pro-Mexican.”


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/covid-19-the-unvaccinated-pose-a-risk-to-the-vaccinated/
title: COVID-19: The Unvaccinated Pose a Risk to the Vaccinated
textual_rating: We Explain How
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"If the [COVID-19] vaccine works — and they assure us adamantly that it does work and they punish us if we question how well it works — then how can the unvaccinated possibly pose a threat to the vaccinated?"


text: "Failed Silicon Valley Bank Gave Black Lives Matter over $73 Million."
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Diversity Programs Supported by SVB Wrongly Labeled as Donations to BLM
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/03/diversity-programs-supported-by-svb-wrongly-labeled-as-donations-to-blm/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/11/trumps-falsehood-filled-speech-on-the-election/
title: Trump's Falsehood-Filled Speech on the Election
textual_rating: Law Is Being Followed
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So we’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Post Offers Misleading Advice on Mandatory Vaccines and Unemployment Benefits
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
If an employer mandates COVID-19 vaccination, don't quit. "Make them fire you. That way, you get unemployment benefits."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/scicheck-post-offers-misleading-advice-on-mandatory-vaccines-and-unemployment-benefits/


claimant: Kellyanne Conway
claim_date: 2019-03-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/conways-spin-on-trumps-obstructive-conduct/
title: Conway's Spin on Trump's 'Obstructive Conduct'
review_date: 2019-03-26T21:43:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"[W]hat we know from the Mueller report, through the Barr memo, is instructive not so much for what it says, but for what it doesn’t say, ... no — quote — 'obstructive conduct.'”


claimant: Jen DePice
claim_date: 2022-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook Video Misrepresents CDC Report on COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"It hasn't been mandatory that any adverse events are reported" to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System following COVID-19 vaccination.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/scicheck-facebook-video-misrepresents-cdc-report-on-covid-19-vaccine-boosters/


claimant: Byram Bridle
claim_date: 2021-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 Vaccine-Generated Spike Protein is Safe, Contrary to Viral Claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The spike protein in COVID-19 vaccines is a "toxin" that accumulates "in a number of tissues" and could lead to cardiovascular and neurological damage.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/07/scicheck-covid-19-vaccine-generated-spike-protein-is-safe-contrary-to-viral-claims/


text: "BREAKING: Bipartisan group of senators SINGLE OUT TRUMP for inciting the January 6th riots."
claimant: Occupy Democrats
claim_date: 2021-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook Post Misleads on Bipartisan Capitol Attack Report and Interview
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/06/facebook-post-misleads-on-bipartisan-capital-attack-report-and-interview/


claimant: Eric Nepute
claim_date: 2021-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Chiropractor Again Peddles False, Misleading COVID-19 Claims
review_date: 2021-08-26T20:20:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
In Australia, "they’re already taking children out of homes that there’s possible risk of COVID in — they’re putting them in detainment camps."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/scicheck-chiropractor-again-peddles-false-misleading-covid19-claims/


claimant: Dan Bongino
claim_date: 2023-04-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"It appears the White House used this special access request ... stunt to get this Mar-a-Lago raid."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/04/fbi-access-request-is-not-evidence-white-house-lied-about-not-being-involved-in-mar-a-lago-raid/

title:
FBI Access Request Is Not Evidence White House 'Lied' About Not Being 'Involved' in 'Mar-a-Lago Raid'


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2016/11/trump-repeats-criminal-alien-claim/
title: Trump Repeats 'Criminal Alien' Claim
review_date: 2016-11-14T18:16:13Z
textual_rating: Exagerated
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Claimed that there are “probably 2 million” or “even 3 million” criminals living illegally in the U.S.


claimant: One America News Network
claim_date: 2021-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: OAN Report Features Baseless Assertion of Election Fraud by Algorithm
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Computer software must have used an algorithm to change the votes" in Georgia, according to a mathematician.

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/oan-report-features-baseless-assertion-of-election-fraud-by-algorithm/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2019-03-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/factchecking-clintons-voter-suppression-claims/
title: FactChecking Clinton's Voter Suppression Claims
review_date: 2019-03-07T21:25:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"Between 2012, the prior presidential election, where we still had the Voting Rights Act, and 2016, when my name was on the ballot, there were fewer voters registered in Georgia than then there had been those prior four years."


claimant: Jim Jordan
claim_date: 2019-12-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/12/republicans-cherry-pick-facts-on-impeachment/
title: Republicans Cherry-Pick Facts on Impeachment
review_date: 2019-12-05T19:46:57Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
"The Ukrainians never started, never promised to start and never announced an investigation in the time that the aid was paused. Never once."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2017/10/trump-irans-multiple-violations/
title: Trump on Iran's 'Multiple Violations'
review_date: 2017-10-14T14:45:46Z
textual_rating: Not the Whole Story
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Iran "has committed multiple violations" of the nuclear deal, specifically on heavy water limits, military inspections and advanced centrifuges.


claimant: Bill Cassidy
claim_date: 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/02/both-sides-spin-cbo-report-in-covid-19-relief-debate/
title: Both Sides Spin CBO Report in COVID-19 Relief Debate
review_date: 2021-02-06T00:00:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The president “wants $400; we gave $300 [in supplemental unemployment insurance payments]. And we phase out in June. Why? Because the Congressional Budget Office says they expect employment to be back to pre-COVID levels by June.”


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-04-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2022/04/bidens-deficit-spin/
title: Biden's Deficit Spin
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
“Don’t listen to my Republican friends in Congress — last year, we reduced — my budget reduced the — the deficit by $350 billion."


claimant: Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund
claim_date: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Everytown's Misleading Ad on Johnson's Votes 'Against Funding for the Police'
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
Sen. Ron Johnson voted "against funding for the police, preventing local departments from hiring more officers."

url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/everytowns-misleading-ad-on-johnsons-votes-against-funding-for-the-police/


text: Suggests Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest was due to COVID-19 vaccination.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: NFL Player Damar Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest Triggers Unfounded Social Media Claims
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
url:
https://www.factcheck.org/2023/01/scicheck-nfl-player-damar-hamlins-cardiac-arrest-triggers-unfounded-social-media-claims/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2019-03-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/factchecking-clintons-voter-suppression-claims/
title: FactChecking Clinton's Voter Suppression Claims
review_date: 2019-03-07T21:28:45Z
textual_rating: No Evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheck.org
publisher_site: factcheck.org
text:
The “best studies” show that “somewhere between 40[000] and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls” in Wisconsin in 2016 because of the state’s voter ID law.


claimant: Paul Gosling
claim_date: 2023-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Can Northern Ireland landlords get larger rates reductions than renters and owner-occupiers?
review_date: 2024-01-11T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Renters and owner-occupiers may have to pay their rates in full, while landlords can get a 10% allowance off their own rates bills. Since 1996, the private rental sector has grown significantly – from negligible size to around 13% of homes today, a similar proportion to the Housing Executive and all housing associations combined.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/can-northern-ireland-landlords-get-larger-rates-reductions-than-renters-and-owner-occupiers/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION.Landlords are entitled to a 10% allowance if they settle their bill by a given deadline. However, renters and owner-occupiers can also secure lower rates for prompt payments – albeit with only a 4% relief. In 1996, only 5% of homes in NI were privately rented. Today, that figure is around 13%, which is indeed the same as Housing Executive and housing association homes combined.


claimant: Jamie Bryson
claim_date: 2023-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Did the Executive promise equal cash to rebuild Windsor Park, Casement Park and Ravenhill?
review_date: 2023-12-11T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/did-the-executive-promise-equal-cash-to-rebuild-windsor-park-casement-park-and-ravenhill/

textual_rating:
Following the collapse of plans to build a single national stadium on the site of the former Maze/Long Kesh prison, the NI Executive agreed to support redevelopment of stadiums for football, GAA and rugby, individually. This was never agreed as a financial “equal split” between three sports or three sporting associations. From the start, estimated costs for development varied significantly.It is worth noting that the projected spend for redeveloping Casement Park is now much higher than when the allocation was first agreed.


claimant: Belfast Telegraph
claim_date: 2023-10-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/articles/have-social-housing-waiting-lists-almost-doubled-in-20-years/
title: Have social housing waiting lists almost doubled in 20 years?
review_date: 2023-10-26T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000

textual_rating:
Official data for the past two quarters shows that over 45,000 applicants are on Northern Ireland’s social housing waiting list. Annual figures for 2002-03 say that 26,248 people were waiting at that time.Stats for the last two decades indicate a general trend of growing waiting lists.


text: [The] average tenure of a PSNI Chief Constable is about the same as those in England and Wales
claimant: Prof John Tonge
claim_date: 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Do PSNI chief constables have the same average tenure as other top cops in the UK?
review_date: 2023-09-27T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/do-psni-chief-constables-have-the-same-average-tenure-as-other-top-cops-in-the-uk/

textual_rating:
PSNI chief constables have averaged 5.2 years in post. Looking only at chief constables who finished their tenure this century, and at the 15 largest forces across the UK, we found that chief constables average 5.7 years in their role. The average tenure for such forces in England and Wales specifically is 5.8 years. For extra context, in the same period Garda Commissioners have averaged 4.1 years in position.


text: Public spending in Northern Ireland is 45% higher than it is in Ireland.
claimant: University of Liverpool
claim_date: 2021-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Is public spending in Northern Ireland 45% higher than in Ireland?
review_date: 2021-05-27T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/is-public-spending-in-northern-ireland-45-higher-than-in-ireland/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. Using public expenditure as a measure of public spending, total public expenditure per person in Northern Ireland in 2015–16 was 10% higher than in Ireland. More recently, it was lower than in Ireland. As a part of national output (GDP), government consumption contributed an estimated 45% more, per person, in Northern Ireland than it did in Ireland. But government consumption excludes aspects of spending, like investment in roads and social welfare.


text: 41% of those living with HIV in Northern Ireland are heterosexual.
claimant: Paula Bradley
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/how-common-is-hiv-among-heterosexuals/
title: How common is HIV among heterosexuals?
review_date: 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
The claim is accurate. Furthermore, Northern Ireland has observed the fastest growth in diagnoses over the past 10 years, when compared to the average both in Ireland and in the United Kingdom.


text: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish.
claimant: Arlene Foster
claim_date: 2017-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: TheJournal.ie: Are there really more Polish speakers than Irish speakers in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2017-02-13T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/thejournal-ie-are-there-really-more-polish-speakers-than-irish-speakers-in-northern-ireland/

textual_rating:
Mostly false. While the 2011 Census data show more people in Northern Ireland speaking Polish than Irish as their main language, based on other available data it is implausible that there are more who speak Polish than Irish.


claimant: SDLP
claim_date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2022-05-04T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The SDLP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The £20 Universal Credit cut marked the largest overnight welfare cut since World War II.”

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/was-the-tories-20-cut-to-universal-credit-the-biggest-overnight-drop-in-welfare-since-world-war-ii%EF%BF%BC/

title:
Was the Tories’ £20 cut to Universal Credit the biggest overnight drop in welfare since World War II?

textual_rating:
This is accurate, with some provisos - mainly that making economic comparisons between different moments in time can be tricky.


claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2020-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Is this an image of a Nazi flag flying in an area of Belfast celebrating VE Day?
review_date: 2020-05-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: INACCURATE. The images are from Carrickfergus in July 2015.
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Images are being shared on Facebook claiming that Nazi flags were being flown in areas of Belfast in which loyalists were celebrating VE Day.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/is-this-an-image-of-a-nazi-flag-flying-in-an-area-of-belfast-celebrating-ve-day/


claimant: Nick Watt
claim_date: 2020-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Do families have to give permission for COVID-19 death statistics?
review_date: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The Department of Health (England) needs the consent of families to release information of deceased relatives.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/do-families-have-to-give-permission-for-covid-19-death-statistics/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. While there has been a change in the timing of reporting of official statistics regarding the impact of COVID-19, there is no suggestion that family consent has any role in the registration of deaths or their statistical reporting. In Northern Ireland, the Public Health Agency has stated that all deaths are a matter of public record.


claimant: Lord John Kilclooney
claim_date: 2023-01-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/articles/would-it-cost-the-irish-government-880m-to-provide-free-gp-care/
title: Would it cost the Irish government £880m to provide free GP care?
review_date: 2023-01-31T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
To provide free GP care in the Republic of Ireland, which already exists in NI as it is part of the UK, would cost the Dublin Exchequer an extra £880 million

textual_rating:
Over half (57.6%) of the population in Ireland are not currently eligible for free GP access. New research estimates the extra cost to extend free GP access to the entire population by 2026 would range from €381m to €881m. Lord Kilclooney stated the cost would be £880m, putting the amount in pounds, rather than Euros. At the time of the claim, £1 was worth around €1.13, making his stated claim incorrect - although the 880m figure itself did not appear from nowhere.


claimant: maps4u
claim_date: 2020-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Was Belfast the sixth highest in murder rate for a European city in 2010?
review_date: 2021-02-04T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The murder rate in Belfast was sixth highest in a list of cities in Europe (according to 2010 data).

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/was-belfast-the-sixth-highest-in-murder-rate-for-a-european-city-in-2010/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. Available data shows other cities with higher homicide rates. Data for some other cities was not and is not published. By any reasonable definition, homicide rates in Belfast are not among the highest in Europe today.


text: Every major poll points in the direction that support for NI remaining in the UK is increasing
claimant: Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
claim_date: 2023-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Is there no growth in public support for a United Ireland? Is support shrinking instead?
review_date: 2023-03-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: There is also no clear evidence that support for remaining in the UK is growing
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/is-there-no-growth-in-public-support-for-a-united-ireland-is-support-shrinking-instead/


claimant: Kate Nicholl
claim_date: 2023-01-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/articles/are-an-average-of-three-women-killed-by-men-each-week/
title: Are an average of three women killed by men each week?
review_date: 2023-01-25T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
On average, three women are killed by men every week, while one in four women has been a victim of rape or sexual assault at some point.

textual_rating:
Based on various sources, it is accurate to say that am average of three women are killed by men each week in the UK > Official data indicates that 22.9% of all women in England and Wales has been the victim of rape or sexual assault in their lifetime > Given population sizes, it is reasonable to assume this is a fair representation of the percentage in the UK as a whole


claimant: Anonymous leaflet
claim_date: 2021-09-18T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
COVID-19 is being put on death certificates fraudulently, without a test having been carried out and when the patient died of something else.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/whats-the-accuracy-of-claims-regarding-covid-19-featured-in-a-leaflet-distributed-in-parts-of-lagan-valley-constituency/

title:
What’s the accuracy of claims regarding COVID-19 featured in a leaflet distributed in parts of Lagan Valley constituency?

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. It is true that not every patient who is suspected of dying from COVID-19 has been positively tested. A test is not required in order for COVID-19 to be determined as a cause of death. A doctor who has not seen the patient can sign the certificate relying on their knowledge and belief of the cause of death, including cases where the person showed symptoms of COVID-19. The legal provision for this is the Coronavirus Act 2020, which changed death certification in Northern Ireland and enables death certificates to be signed in cases where a patient has died of a natural illness and the doctor who cared for the patient during their last illness is not available.


text: There are 12,500 millionaires living in Northern Ireland.
claimant: The Belfast Telegraph
claim_date: 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-there-12500-millionaires-living-in-northern-ireland/
title: Are there 12,500 millionaires living in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2018-06-14T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Unproven. The information published by Barclays Wealth & Investments contains proprietary data and cannot be checked. There is also a lack of official data on wealth in Northern Ireland.


claimant: Sinn Fein
claim_date: 2022-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Did the early collapse of the Executive leave £334m public money sitting on a shelf?
review_date: 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Sinn Fein’s manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “Unfortunately, as a result of the DUP’s collapse of the Executive there remains £334 million in unallocated funds which could have gone to alleviating some of the pressures facing workers and families.”

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/did-the-early-collapse-of-the-executive-leave-334m-public-money-sitting-on-a-shelf%EF%BF%BC/

textual_rating:
This is accurate with consideration. At least £334m in public funds for 2022-23 is currently gathering dust. No clear way to allocate this money exists without an Executive in place. Although some unusual bureaucratic fixes have been suggested, for now they are legally dubious, at best.


text: No one in Mid Ulster speaks Irish as their first language.
claimant: DUP councillor Clement Cuthbertson
claim_date: 2019-03-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/does-no-one-in-mid-ulster-speak-irish/
title: Does no one in Mid Ulster speak Irish?
review_date: 2019-03-30T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Inaccurate. 440 people living in the local government district spoke Irish as their first language, according to the 2011 Census. 22,986 people have some knowledge of the Irish language in this jurisdiction.


text: The death rate for COVID-19 deaths is 50% higher in Northern Ireland than Ireland.
claimant: Gabriel Scally
claim_date: 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Are COVID-19 deaths in Northern Ireland 50% higher than Ireland?
review_date: 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-covid-19-deaths-in-northern-ireland-50-higher-than-ireland/

textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. The only figures for COVID-19 deaths in Ireland are restricted to deaths of people who tested positive for COVID-19.


text: About 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast are HMOs.
claimant: Robert Greer
claim_date: 2020-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Are 95% or 98% of all households in the Holylands area of Belfast HMOs?
review_date: 2020-10-09T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-95-or-98-of-all-households-in-the-holylands-area-of-belfast-hmos/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. FactCheckNI has estimated that 45% of properties in the Holylands are licensed as HMOs, and Belfast City Council report a figure of 40% for the larger Botanic, Holylands and Rugby policy area.


claimant: Derry City and Strabane Council
claim_date: 2019-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Are there 40,000 third-level students in the northwest of Ireland?
review_date: 2019-11-21T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
There are 40,000 third-level students in northwest Ireland, with 7,000 graduates annually ready for employment.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-there-40000-third-level-students-in-the-northwest-of-ireland/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. Available data shows 9,370 third-level students in northwest Ireland, with approximately 3,300 graduates a year in the region. The Ireland Northwest Trade & Investment mission may have included figures for Ulster University Coleraine, which is outside the geography covered by the partnership. Even so, the claim is a large overestimation.


claimant: Prime Minister Johnston
claim_date: 2019-11-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/does-brexit-deal-mean-no-forms-to-access-great-britain/
title: Does Brexit deal mean no forms to access Great Britain?
review_date: 2019-11-12T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The current negotiated deal for the UK leaving the EU outlines no forms, checks, or barriers of any kind for goods leaving Northern Ireland to Great Britain.

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. While no customs export declaration forms would be required (as Northern Ireland will remain in a UK-wide customs area), exit summary declarations will be required to move goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. These declarations represent a new intervention, in addition to existing checks.


claimant: Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager
claim_date: 2018-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/25-reduction-in-public-transport-journey-times/
title: 25% reduction in public transport journey times?
review_date: 2019-07-09T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%.

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The current journey time between Dundonald Park & Ride to Belfast city centre has been reduced by 24% (from 45 minutes to 34 minutes). For the McKinstry roundabout to Belfast city centre route, the journey time has been reduced by 7%, affected by the Bank Buildings fire.


text: The United Kingdom has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe.
claimant: Family Planning Association (FPA)
claim_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/does-northern-ireland-have-a-high-teenage-pregnancy-rate/
title: Does Northern Ireland have a high teenage pregnancy rate?
review_date: 2016-08-24T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
True. However, the teenage pregnancy rate in Northern Ireland was the lowest within the British Isles in 2014.


claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2021-03-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/is-there-a-plan-to-use-dundonald-ice-bowl-as-a-morgue/
title: Is there a plan to use Dundonald Ice Bowl as a morgue?
review_date: 2020-03-28T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Northern Ireland Government contingency plans for COVID-19 include turning Dundonald Ice Bowl into a morgue to store bodies temporarily. A common extension is that the SSE (Odyssey) Arena has also been earmarked as a contingency morgue.

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The Department of Justice confirms that there are no plans to use either Dundonald Ice Bowl or the SSE Arena. The Justice Minister has stated that buildings on the Kinnegar site outside Holywood will be used as the Northern Ireland Temporary Resting Place if required.


text: Dungiven has some of the worst nitrogen dioxide (NO2) readings in Western Europe
claimant: Glenshane Com Dev Ltd
claim_date: 2023-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Does Dungiven have some of the worst nitrogen dioxide readings in Western Europe?
review_date: 2023-03-07T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/does-dungiven-have-some-of-the-worst-nitrogen-dioxide-readings-in-western-europe/

textual_rating:
UK air standards call for average annual NO2 readings to be under 40 micrograms per cubic metre. Dungiven breached this average several times in the 2010s. European Environment Agency reports indicate that around 10% of sites breach this limit - meaning Dungiven isn’t unique but still has some of the worst NO2 readings in Western Europe


text: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid.
claimant: Cyllenius Travel
claim_date: 2021-08-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/are-extra-months-on-pre-brexit-uk-passports-no-longer-valid/
title: Are 'extra months' on pre-Brexit UK passports no longer valid?
review_date: 2021-09-30T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. British passports used to visit the European Union or the Schengen Area following the end of the Brexit transition period must be less than 10 years old on the day the traveller leaves. However, this rule only applies for travel to the European Union or the Schengen Area; the rules for travel to the rest of the world are unchanged, and the new rules do not apply for travel to Ireland.


claimant: Ian PAISLEY
claim_date: 2021-06-02T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2021-06-09T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The DOJ and NIO joint fund an £8 million a year Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime that funds engagement directly with paramilitary organisations, such as the UVF, UFF, RHC, and UDA.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/do-the-doj-and-nio-joint-fund-an-8-million-a-year-programme-to-engage-directly-with-paramilitary-organisations/

title:
Do the DOJ and NIO joint fund an £8 million a year programme to engage directly with paramilitary organisations?

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. While the UK Government funded the first phase of the programme, the cross-department Executive Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime is currently funded by the Northern Ireland Executive, and is not jointly funded by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Northern Ireland Office (NIO). To date, there is no evidence of funds being provided for engagement directly with paramilitary organisations by the programme.


claimant: MKB Law
claim_date: 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z
title: Are 1 in 4 women in Northern Ireland victims of domestic violence?
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
One in four women in Northern Ireland have at some point in their lives have been a victim of domestic violence.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-1-in-4-women-in-northern-ireland-victims-of-domestic-violence/

textual_rating:
True. Approximately one in four women in Northern Ireland are estimated to have been victims of domestic violence.


text: The Red Cross is refusing blood donations from anyone who has received a vaccination for COVID.
claimant: Adrienne Bell
claim_date: 2021-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Is the Red Cross refusing blood donations from anyone who has received a COVID-19 vaccination?
review_date: 2021-05-27T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/is-the-red-cross-refusing-blood-donations-from-anyone-who-has-received-a-covid-19-vaccination/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The British Red Cross does not collect or supply blood in the UK. The Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service states that you must wait for seven days after receiving your COVID vaccination before you can donate. In the US, such claims about their Red Cross have been found to be inaccurate.


text: Over half of the residents in Fermanagh & Omagh District Council are living in poverty.
claimant: The Fermanagh Herald
claim_date: 2019-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Are half of the people in Fermanagh and Omagh living in poverty?
review_date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-half-of-the-people-in-fermanagh-and-omagh-living-in-poverty/

textual_rating:
Inaccurate. 25.1% of people in Fermanagh and Omagh lived in relative and/or absolute poverty, from 2012-15. The claim was corrected by the Fermanagh Herald on 6 February 2019.


claimant: David McWilliams
claim_date: 2023-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Is healthy life expectancy in Northern Ireland almost ten years lower than in Ireland?
review_date: 2023-03-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
People in the RoI can expect to live a healthy life for almost a decade longer than those in NI - 69.4 years compared to 61 years.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/is-healthy-life-expectancy-in-northern-ireland-almost-ten-years-lower-than-in-ireland/

textual_rating:
Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is the number of years someone can expect to live in good health: for NI, the current estimate for HLE is around 62 years while, for Ireland, it is 69.4 years. However, Northern Ireland uses a different definition of good health, meaning direct comparisons between the two figures are ill-advised. Analysis of other HLE estimates indicates the gap between NI and ROI is nowhere near ten years


text: Only 3 out of 12 regions are net contributors to the UK Treasury.
claimant: The Alliance Party
claim_date: 2019-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Are only 3 out of 12 regions net contributors to the UK Treasury?
review_date: 2019-11-25T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-only-3-out-of-12-regions-net-contributors-to-the-uk-treasury/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. Data from the ONS showed that only three regions of the UK — London, the southeast and the east of England — ran a fiscal surplus in the 2017-18 financial year, the latest year for which figures are available.


text: Medicinal tea ‘help with’ COVID-19
claimant: Basile 'G-Star' Sery
claim_date: 2020-10-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/can-a-medicinal-tea-help-with-covid-19/
title: Can a medicinal tea ‘help with’ COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-10-19T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
INACCURATE. There is no evidence of tea curing or alleviating the symptoms of COVID-19. In fact, according to the World Health Organization, there are no medicines that have yet been shown to prevent or cure COVID-19.


text: The Belfast-Derry/Londonderry train no quicker than it was during Victorian times
claimant: Ben Habib
claim_date: 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Is the Belfast-Derry/Londonderry train no quicker than it was during Victorian times?￼
review_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/is-the-belfast-derry-londonderry-train-no-quicker-than-it-was-during-victorian-times%EF%BF%BC/

textual_rating:
This isn’t correct. According to timetables from July 1900, the quickest time for a train to get from Derry/Londonderry to Belfast was 2hrs 55mins. This is 43 minutes longer than today’s trains, which take 2hrs 12mins.The journey, both then and now, follows around 95 miles of rail track. However, while the overall route may be similar, one thing has changed a lot: the number of stops.


claimant: MeterMan
claim_date: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Can you generate a positive result for COVID-19 from an RT-PCR test?
review_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
A high number of amplification cycles used in an RT-PCR test will lead to a positive diagnosis of COVID-19

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/can-you-generate-a-positive-result-for-covid-19-from-an-rt-pcr-test/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The universal standard when testing for the virus that causes COVID-19 is to use a maximum of 40 cycles of amplification as part of the RT-PCR process. If a positive signal is detected with more than 40 cycles of amplification, this would be reported as a negative test.


text: Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain are four times more valuable than those from Ireland.
claimant: Democratic Unionist Party
claim_date: 2022-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Is what Northern Ireland buys from Great Britain four times more valuable than from Ireland?
review_date: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/is-what-northern-ireland-buys-from-great-britain-four-times-more-valuable-than-from-ireland/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. In 2019, the ratio of the estimated total value of Northern Ireland purchases from Great Britain (£13.4bn) to purchases from Ireland (£3.0bn) was 4.5:1. The ratio has been similar since 2013. However, the figures may not tell the full story as they do not provide information on transport/shipping routes or the country of origin of any goods purchased.


claimant: Channel 4 News
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/thousands-of-tonnes-of-slurry-for-pork-for-china/
title: Thousands of tonnes of slurry for pork for China?
review_date: 2019-09-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Thousands of tonnes of slurry are being spread on farmland, all due to exporting pork to China, according to Channel 4 News.

textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. The export of 1,450 pigs would represent 1,000 tonnes of slurry (based on an estimate of 957,495 tonnes p.a.). Tonnage figures for pork exports from Northern Ireland are unavailable. A secondary claim that “there’ll soon be as many pigs as people in Northern Ireland” is inaccurate; there were 633,600 pigs in 2018 and the mid-year 2018 population of Northern Ireland was 1,881,600.


text: Northern Ireland remains the only UK jurisdiction without funded childcare provision.
claimant: The Ulster Unionist Party
claim_date: 2019-12-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/is-northern-ireland-without-funded-childcare-provision/
title: Is Northern Ireland without funded childcare provision?
review_date: 2019-12-10T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The Northern Ireland Government funds the provision of pre-school education, which in the rest of the UK, Ireland, and wider Europe is defined as “Early Childhood Education and Care”. Residents of Northern Ireland are also eligible for some UK-wide childcare subsidy schemes.


text: 33 people died by suicide during the first week of September in Northern Ireland.
claimant: Roy Walker
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did 33 people die by suicide during the first week of September 2020 in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2020-09-10T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/did-33-people-die-by-suicide-during-the-first-week-of-september-2020-in-northern-ireland/

textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. There are no official statistics or evidence to support the claim that 33 people died by suicide in Northern Ireland (or any specific area of it) during the first week of September 2020.


text: Workers have trapped their van inside bollards they are installing outside a hospital in Belfast.
claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Are these workers trapped by bollards they've installed outside a hospital in Belfast?
review_date: 2020-05-04T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-these-workers-trapped-by-bollards-theyve-installed-outside-a-hospital-in-belfast/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The building is an office block in Manchester, not a hospital in Belfast. And the bollards are removable.


claimant: Claire Hanna
claim_date: 2022-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Is the UK ranked 14th in Europe for the number of asylum seekers it processes and accepts?
review_date: 2022-03-30T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The UK is ranked 14th in Europe for the number of asylum seekers it processes and accepts. The UK receives six applications for every 10,000 people, and the European average is 11 applications.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/is-the-uk-ranked-14th-in-europe-for-the-number-of-asylum-seekers-it-processes-and-accepts/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. Figures for 2020 show that the UK was 20th among Euro nations for asylum applications received per head of population, and 19th for applications granted. The UK did receive six applications for every 10,000 people that year, and ranked 14th per head of population by that measure, when compared with EU nations only.


text: UK passports are produced by non-UK companies.
claimant: Richard Moore
claim_date: 2020-10-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/are-uk-passports-produced-by-non-uk-companies-2/
title: Are UK passports produced by non-UK companies?
review_date: 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The new (blue) UK passport is produced by Thales Group (headquartered in France). However, passports will be personalised with the holder’s details in the UK.


claimant: Andrew Adonis
claim_date: 2020-01-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/elections/are-there-only-dup-members-in-the-house-of-lords/
title: Are there only DUP members in the House of Lords?
review_date: 2020-01-08T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
There are only DUP members (who are/were members of a Northern Ireland political party) in the House of Lords

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. There are at least 11 peers currently in the House of Lords who are, or were, members of a Northern Ireland political party. Four of those 11 are registered as DUP.


text: Northern Ireland is one of the most “locked-down” places in the world.
claimant: Christopher Stalford
claim_date: 2021-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Is Northern Ireland one of the most locked-down places in the world?
review_date: 2021-02-24T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/is-northern-ireland-one-of-the-most-locked-down-places-in-the-world/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. According to a “Government Stringency Index”, the UK has one of the strictest lockdown policies in the world, but the Northern Ireland Executive’s response is not the strictest within the UK.


claimant: Derry University Group
claim_date: 2021-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Has the economy in Derry/Londonderry contracted 21% since 2007?
review_date: 2022-01-31T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The economy in Derry/Londonderry has contracted 21% since the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2007.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/has-the-economy-in-derry-londonderry-contracted-21-since-2007/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. Since 2007, economic output in the Derry and Strabane area has grown by 15% whether measured by Gross Value Added (GVA) or Gross Domestic Product (GDP).


claimant: Robin Swann
claim_date: 2022-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Does Northern Ireland have the highest number of children in care since 1995?
review_date: 2022-02-08T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Northern Ireland has the highest number of children in care since the introduction of the Children Order in 1995.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/does-northern-ireland-have-the-highest-number-of-children-in-care-since-1995/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. In January 2022, 3,566 children in Northern Ireland were recorded as being in care, which is the highest recorded figure since 1995, according to Department of Health statistics which have been trending upwards for more than a decade.


claimant: Unionist Voice
claim_date: 2022-04-04T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2022-04-06T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
According to polling, most people planning to cast a first preference vote for the UUP in May’s Assembly election will switch their vote to nationalists before they provide a transfer to other unionist parties.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/elections/do-most-uup-voters-intend-to-transfer-to-nationalist-parties-ahead-of-other-unionists-in-the-may-elections/

title:
Do most UUP voters intend to transfer to nationalist parties ahead of other unionists in the May elections?

textual_rating:
This is inaccurate. Only 7% of UUP voters plan to switch to a nationalist party first, according to the survey. While 31% say their first move will be to Alliance, that isn’t a nationalist party. 42% intend to first transfer to another unionist party: DUP, TUV or the NI Conservatives.


text: Northern Ireland has the highest levels of child poverty in the UK.
claimant: Emma de Souza
claim_date: 2023-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Does Northern Ireland have the highest rate of child poverty in the UK?
review_date: 2023-05-02T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/does-northern-ireland-have-the-highest-rate-of-child-poverty-in-the-uk/

textual_rating:
The evidence indicates that, compared with other parts of the UK, Northern Ireland’s rate of child poverty is quite low. Poverty has no standard definition or agreed measurement, comparisons of poverty should bear this in mind. However, official UK statistics along with analyses by major campaign groups indicate that child poverty in Northern Ireland is relatively low. By one common definition, NI has the lowest child poverty rates of any UK region.


text: More than 700,000 people born in Northern Ireland have an Irish passport.
claimant: BBC Northern Ireland
claim_date: 2021-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Do more than 700,000 born in Northern Ireland have an Irish passport?
review_date: 2020-03-05T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/do-more-than-700000-born-in-northern-ireland-have-an-irish-passport/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. 831,779 Irish passport applications (2010-19) represents 44.7% of the Northern Ireland-born population living in the UK at the time of the 2011 Censuses.


claimant: IrishCentral
claim_date: 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/is-there-majority-support-for-marriage-equality/
title: Is there majority support for marriage equality?
review_date: 2018-02-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Accurate.
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Seventy percent of people in Northern Ireland and the majority of its Assembly Members support marriage equality for LGBT couples.


claimant: Mark Beattie, Operations Director at George Best Belfast City Airport
claim_date: 2018-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Six minutes to clear security screening at George Best Belfast City Airport?
review_date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Since October 2018, George Best Belfast City Airport has repeated its claim that passengers pass through the security search area in an average of six minutes.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/six-minutes-to-clear-security-screening-at-george-best-belfast-city-airport/

textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. As a private company with no regulatory requirement to share detailed information, the airport chooses not to reveal detailed data that would allow the average calculation to be substantiated over time. As a result, we can neither prove nor disprove the accuracy of the six-minute claim.


text: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week.
claimant: Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
claim_date: 2019-03-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/education/1-in-5-school-staff-assaulted-weekly/
title: 1 in 5 school staff assaulted weekly?
review_date: 2019-07-17T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The survey data was misinterpreted by ICTU. 1 in 10 of those surveyed experience physical abuse at least once weekly.


claimant: Newton Emerson
claim_date: 2020-01-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/environment/did-only-the-green-party-support-an-epa/
title: Did only the Green Party support an EPA?
review_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Only the Green Party supported a proposal to establish an environmental protection agency (EPA), as part of the review of public administration (local government) in Northern Ireland.

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. During the Review of Public Administration (June 2002-March 2006), three political parties — Alliance, Green Party, and the SDLP — pledged support for an independent environmental protection agency. In the subsequent Review of Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland (February 2006-May 2007), Sinn Fein and the Ulster Unionist Party also expressed support.


claimant: @LADFLEG
claim_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/is-there-a-uda-dup-brothers-in-arms-mural/
title: Is there a UDA-DUP ‘Brothers-in-Arms’ mural?
review_date: 2017-06-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False. There is no ‘Brothers-in-Arms’ UDA-DUP mural in Belfast.
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
There is a new ‘Brothers-in-Arms’ mural in Belfast depicting a partnership between the UDA and the DUP.


text: Unionism was against the NI Protocol from day one
claimant: Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
claim_date: 2023-03-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/articles/did-unionism-always-oppose-the-northern-ireland-protocol/
title: Did Unionism always oppose the Northern Ireland Protocol?
review_date: 2023-03-23T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
The Protocol had two iterations in October 2019. In the Executive in 2021, the DUP opposition remained with some nuance. All of the main Unionist parties have opposed the Protocol. Polls also suggest a lack of support for the NI Protocol among the Unionist community, more generally.


claimant: Lord Adonis
claim_date: 2019-07-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/education/derry-londonderry-only-city-without-its-own-university/
title: Derry/Londonderry only city without its own university?
review_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Derry/Londonderry is the only city of its prominence in the UK that does not have its own higher education institution, according to Lord Adonis.

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. There are several other urban areas in the UK that do not have a higher education institution headquartered in their locale (for example Darlington, Southport, Harrogate, Scunthorpe, Crewe and East Kilbride).


claimant: Corinne Latham
claim_date: 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/education/do-our-primary-pupils-receive-least-per-child/
title: Do our primary pupils receive least per child?
review_date: 2018-03-28T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
For every child coming into school in Northern Ireland, they are getting much less than their counterparts in other regions of the United Kingdom.

textual_rating:
Correct with consideration. Public expenditure on pre-primary and primary education in Northern Ireland is least per child (£3,440; UK average: £4,316) and per head of population (£416; UK average: £473). Meanwhile, Northern Ireland has the second highest level of expenditure on overall education per head of population (£1,453); the situation is better explained by the amount spent per head on education subsidies and n.e.c. categories (£257; UK average: £102).


text: Northern Ireland is the happiest region in the UK.
claimant: The Office of National Statistics (ONS)
claim_date: 2016-03-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/is-northern-ireland-the-happiest-part-of-the-uk/
title: Is Northern Ireland the happiest part of the UK?
review_date: 2017-01-17T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Uncertain. The majority of people surveyed by ONS indicated being majority happy with their lives. However, statistically, Northern Ireland has some of the highest rates of mental health illness in the UK and some research has found quality of life to be low here. Most citizens are happy but there exists serious issues which detract from well-being.


text: The number of Catholics and Protestants in the workforce in Northern Ireland is at 50-50.
claimant: The Irish Times
claim_date: 2016-03-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/is-the-northern-ireland-workforce-50-50-protestant-catholic/
title: Is the Northern Ireland workforce 50-50 Protestant-Catholic?
review_date: 2016-05-11T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Recent data show a marked increase of Catholics in the workforce, to nearly as many of Protestants. However, the margin of error in the research survey could mean that the actual percentage is higher, or lower, by 2%.


text: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018.
claimant: Liz Saville Roberts
claim_date: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/was-irish-spoken-for-the-first-time-in-the-house-of-commons/
title: Was Irish spoken for the first time in the House of Commons?
review_date: 2018-10-26T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
False. There is an official record (Hansard) of Irish spoken in the House of Commons, by Thomas O’Donnell MP, on 19 February 1901. Also, Mark Durkan MP spoke Irish in the House as recently as 17 January 2017.


text: Northern Ireland is one of the least expensive places in the UK for childcare.
claimant: Penfold
claim_date: 2023-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Is Northern Ireland one of the cheapest parts of the UK for childcare?
review_date: 2023-04-25T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/is-northern-ireland-one-of-the-cheapest-parts-of-the-uk-for-childcare/

textual_rating:
A survey from pensions firm Penfold suggests that the average daily rate for childcare in NI is lower than most of the UK. The company stated that Northern Ireland is therefore one of the cheapest regions without taking into account other factors. England, Scotland and Wales have significant government-funded childcare options that aren’t available here - and local wages are also relatively low


claimant: Jeffrey Donaldson
claim_date: 2021-09-09T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2021-09-23T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The Northern Ireland Protocol requires certain aspects of EU law to apply in Northern Ireland but this can only happen if they are incorporated into Northern Ireland law.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/does-the-northern-ireland-protocol-require-certain-aspects-of-eu-law-to-apply-in-northern-ireland-and-can-this-only-happen-if-they-are-incorporated-into-northern-ireland-law/

title:
Does the Northern Ireland protocol require certain aspects of EU law to apply in Northern Ireland and can this only happen if they are incorporated into Northern Ireland law?

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. Certain aspects of EU law do still apply in Northern Ireland as a result of the Protocol, but these do not have to be incorporated into Northern Ireland law to have effect. Section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 makes those EU laws applicable in Northern Ireland. Any future legislative changes that may be necessary to implement the Protocol, or related EU laws, could be made at Westminster if Stormont refused to act. Incorporation into Northern Ireland law is therefore not a requirement.


claimant: Gerry Adams
claim_date: 2016-06-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/must-the-sos-call-a-post-brexit-border-poll/
title: Must the SoS call a post-Brexit border poll?
review_date: 2016-07-18T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The voting results from Northern Ireland of the EU referendum compels the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to call a border boll.

textual_rating:
False. The Secretary of State may bring forth a border poll when presented with evidence that a majority of electors may choose to change the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. There has been no evidence yet published.


text: There are more Orangemen than fluent Irish speakers in Northern Ireland.
claimant: Tim Cairns
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/are-there-more-orangemen-than-fluent-irish-speakers/
title: Are there more Orangemen than fluent Irish speakers?
review_date: 2020-01-10T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. The 2017-18 Continuous Household Survey indicates there are an estimated 35,955 persons with conversational fluency of Irish, and the current Grand Secretary of the Orange Order has said that it has “around 40,000” members. However, the Order membership figure is unverifiable.


text: Over 95% of people living in south Belfast own their own home.
claimant: Emma Little-Pengelly, a DUP candidate
claim_date: 2019-12-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/do-over-95-of-south-belfast-residents-own-their-own-home/
title: Do over 95% of south Belfast residents own their own home?
review_date: 2019-12-05T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The 2011 Census shows that the Belfast South constituency recorded 56.1% of homes being owned outright or owned with a mortgage or loan.


text: Northern Ireland produces enough to feed 10 million people (annually).
claimant: Edwin Poots
claim_date: 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Does Northern Ireland produce enough to feed 10 million people?
review_date: 2021-11-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/does-northern-ireland-produce-enough-to-feed-10-million-people/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The Northern Ireland agricultural sector produces enough protein to meet the needs of 10m adults. However, production is only sufficient to meet the energy requirements of 4.7m adults.


claimant: MeterMan
claim_date: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Can you generate a positive result for COVID-19 from an RT-PCR test?
review_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Kary Mullis, inventor of the PCR technique, said that the RT-PCR “can not be used to diagnose infectious diseases at all”

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/can-you-generate-a-positive-result-for-covid-19-from-an-rt-pcr-test/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. Reuters fact checkers found that the quote undermining PCR tests was misattributed to Mullis, and was taken out of context.


claimant: Edwin Poots
claim_date: 2017-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: TheJournal.ie: Did the DUP really never commit to an Irish Language Act?
review_date: 2017-01-30T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The DUP at no point has ever agreed to establish an Irish Language Act with the UK government, with the Irish government, with Sinn Féin or anybody else.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/thejournal-ie-did-the-dup-really-never-commit-to-an-irish-language-act/

textual_rating:
Accurate. The St Andrew’s Agreement committed the UK Government to an Irish Language Act, but subsequent legislation compelled the Northern Ireland Executive to produce a strategy (which may or may not include an Irish Language Act).


claimant: Jim Allister
claim_date: 2021-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Is the Court of Justice of the EU the supreme court for all Protocol issues?
review_date: 2021-10-22T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The Court of Justice of the European Union is the supreme court for all Northern Ireland Protocol issues.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/is-the-court-of-justice-of-the-eu-the-supreme-court-for-all-protocol-issues/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The Court of Justice of the European Union is the ultimate arbiter on certain Articles of the Protocol, and has an indirect role in interpreting EU laws as part of the agreed arbitration process.


text: There is a greater chance of dying in a bus collision than by COVID-19.
claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2020-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Is there a greater chance of dying by being hit by a bus than by COVID-19?
review_date: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/is-there-a-greater-chance-of-dying-by-being-hit-by-a-bus-than-by-covid-19/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The probability of a randomly selected resident of Great Britain dying from January to October 2020, with COVID-19 mentioned on the death certificate, was over 3,000 times higher than the average probability of dying as a pedestrian in an accident involving a bus or a coach in the same period.


text: By 29 September last year, at least 47 people in NI had died from “vaccine injury”.
claimant: Paul Frew
claim_date: 2023-01-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/articles/have-almost-50-people-died-in-ni-because-of-a-covid-19-vaccine/
title: Have almost 50 people died in NI because of a Covid-19 vaccine?
review_date: 2023-02-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
This claim misrepresents data from the Yellow Card reporting system for suspected adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines. A Yellow Card report about a fatal outcome is NOT the same as a death where vaccines have been confirmed as a factor. However, a closer look at official figures reveals how confusing and incomplete publicly-available information can be


claimant: Guido Fawkes
claim_date: 2020-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Was Northern Ireland COVID-19 testing at a rate 10 times Scotland's?
review_date: 2020-05-18T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Northern Ireland was testing for COVID-19 at a rate 10 times that of Scotland, reported on 9 May 2020.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/was-northern-ireland-covid-19-testing-at-a-rate-10-times-scotlands/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. Northern Ireland’s test rate for the day of 8 May 2020 was about three-quarters (80%) that of Scotland.


text: A scone can equal a third of one’s recommended daily calories.
claimant: The Irish News
claim_date: 2019-02-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/can-a-scone-equal-a-third-of-recommended-daily-calories/
title: Can a scone equal a third of recommended daily calories?
review_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Accurate with consideration. An average scone equals a fifth of recommended daily calories for females, and a sixth for males. The number of calories tends to be proportionate to the size of a scone rather than the luxuriousness of its filling.


text: Northern Ireland has the lowest disposable income in the UK.
claimant: John Mulgrew
claim_date: 2016-03-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/northern-ireland-lowest-disposable-income-in-the-uk/
title: Northern Ireland: Lowest disposable income in the UK?
review_date: 2016-04-11T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Accurate. While Northern Ireland is experiencing growth in discretionary income, it is still disproportionately behind the rest of the UK.


text: Business rates on Main Street in Larne are the same as Regent Street in London.
claimant: Colin Neill
claim_date: 2021-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Are business rates in Larne the same as Regent Street in London?
review_date: 2021-06-24T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-business-rates-in-larne-the-same-as-regent-street-in-london/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. Higher property values in Regent Street mean that average rates are much higher there than Main Street in Larne.


text: Only the Irish language is banned in courts in Northern Ireland.
claimant: Linda Ervine
claim_date: 2018-08-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/is-irish-the-only-language-banned-in-northern-ireland-courts/
title: Is Irish the only language banned in Northern Ireland courts?
review_date: 2018-08-08T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
False. English is the working language of court proceedings in Northern Ireland; interpretation and translation services are provided for those who do not speak or understand English. Whether this policy is informed by the Penal Laws is currently contested.


text: Northern Ireland is the only part of Europe that does not have climate change legislation.
claimant: John Barry
claim_date: 2021-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Is Northern Ireland the only part of Europe without climate change legislation?
review_date: 2021-11-24T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/is-northern-ireland-the-only-part-of-europe-without-climate-change-legislation/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The Northern Ireland Assembly has not yet passed its own legislation, unlike the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. However, there is UK climate-related legislation that extends to Northern Ireland. Elsewhere in Europe, Azerbaijan has no national climate legislation.


claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2020-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Is the PSNI rolling out a Snapchat scheme to monitor social mitigation compliance?
review_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are to pilot a Snapchat social media platform initiative to monitor social mitigation compliance in Northern Ireland.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/is-the-psni-rolling-out-a-snapchat-scheme-to-monitor-social-mitigation-compliance/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The PSNI have no plans to introduce any monitoring scheme on any social media platform. Complaints about social mitigation compliance can be registered on the PSNI website.


claimant: GreenspacesNI
claim_date: 2023-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Does this picture show all the publicly-available green space in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2023-06-28T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
A map shared on Twitter shows the amount of green space in Northern Ireland which is available to the public.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/does-this-picture-show-all-the-publicly-available-green-space-in-northern-ireland/

textual_rating:
Accurate with consideration.A map shared on Twitter claims to show all the greenspace in Northern Ireland currently available to the public. The GreenspaceNI map is a work in progress, and currently only features green areas at least two hectares in size. As things stand, the map – compiled from a host of sources – is the best-available representation of public-accessible natural space in NI.


text: Three-quarters of non-voters in Northern Ireland are pro-Union.
claimant: Peter SHIRLOW
claim_date: 2021-06-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/elections/are-75-of-non-voters-in-northern-ireland-pro-union/
title: Are 75% of non-voters in Northern Ireland pro-Union?
review_date: 2021-11-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The claim that three-quarters of non-voters in Northern Ireland are pro-Union is based on evidence from a research survey commissioned on behalf of the University of Liverpool. It found that 76.9% of respondents who did not vote in the 2019 General election and who stated a constitutional preference chose “to remain part of the UK”. However, only 31.1% of those non-voters expressed a preference about whether NI should remain part of the UK or reunify with the rest of Ireland. The remaining 68.9% of respondents who were non voters either had no preference or kept it to themselves.


text: Suicides have increased 200% in the COVID-19 lockdown period.
claimant: Eddie Hearn
claim_date: 2020-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Has the suicide rate increased 200% during the COVID-19 lockdown period?
review_date: 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/has-the-suicide-rate-increased-200-during-the-covid-19-lockdown-period/

textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. There are no official statistics or evidence to support the claim that the rates of suicide increased 200% during the period of lockdown (i.e. from 23 March to present).


claimant: Brian Smyth
claim_date: 2018-03-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/education/do-a-third-of-graduates-return-to-northern-ireland/
title: Do a third of graduates return to Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2018-03-23T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
A third of young people from Northern Ireland who go to university travel outside Northern Ireland, mainly to the North West of England and Scotland, and only a third of those who graduate return back home.

textual_rating:
Accurate. However, the claim that “a third of young people from Northern Ireland who go to university travel outside Northern Ireland” is closer to a quarter.


claimant: The Guardian
claim_date: 2019-07-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/education/only-one-uk-member-of-facebooks-fact-checking-programme/
title: Only one UK member of Facebook’s fact checking programme?
review_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The Guardian claimed that journalism charity Full Fact is “the only UK member of” Facebook’s fact-checking programme.

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. FactCheckNI is another UK member of Facebook’s third party fact-checking programme. The Guardian promptly corrected its article.


text: There was 90% compliance with people wearing face coverings in retail settings in Northern Ireland.
claimant: Alan Todd
claim_date: 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Is there 90% compliance with wearing face coverings in retail settings in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2020-10-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: UNSUBSTANTIATED. Constable Alan Todd has clarified that this figure was an estimate.
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/is-there-90-compliance-with-wearing-face-coverings-in-retail-settings-in-northern-ireland/


text: There is 51% support for a united Ireland.
claimant: Sinn Féin
claim_date: 2019-12-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/is-there-51-support-for-ireland-unity/
title: Is there 51% support for Ireland unity?
review_date: 2019-12-06T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The figure of 51% misapplies people surveyed who are “don’t knows” or “would not vote”. Actual figure for “Northern Ireland to leave the UK and join the Republic of Ireland” is 44% of all respondents; for those who expressed a preference, 47.3%. Meanwhile, other polls show that there is no majority for a united Ireland.


text: A funding cut places hundreds of youth work posts at risk.
claimant: The Irish News
claim_date: 2017-01-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/was-funding-cut-for-youth-work/
title: Was funding cut for youth work?
review_date: 2017-02-23T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
There is no evidence of any cut, nor any proposed cut. Yet there is uncertainty about continued funding, for this and other programmes, in light of the composition of a new Northern Ireland Executive (or direct rule governance) after elections in March 2017.


text: More residents want peace walls to stay.
claimant: Ulster University
claim_date: 2015-01-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/do-more-residents-want-peace-walls-to-stay/
title: Do more residents want peace walls to stay?
review_date: 2016-08-04T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
While the findings from the 2015 survey are mixed, as they have also been in previous studies, there is some evidence that relationships between single identity communities along peace walls have grown more suspicious, and that the appetite for change evident in a previous 2012 survey has diminished slightly.


claimant: Jim Allister
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Does Belfast/Good Friday Agreement forbid cross-border barriers?
review_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement does not forbid the provision of barrier controls between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/does-belfast-good-friday-agreement-forbid-cross-border-barriers-2/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement does not exclude governments’ border measures, but aims for ‘normal security arrangements’. The UK Withdrawal Agreement seeks to minimise physical border controls.


text: 1 in 8 jobs in Northern Ireland is supported by European Union (EU) membership.
claimant: Will Straw
claim_date: 2016-02-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-1-in-8-jobs-supported-by-eu-membership/
title: Are 1 in 8 jobs supported by EU membership?
review_date: 2016-04-15T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Unproven. While 1 in 8 jobs in Northern Ireland is not necessarily dependent on EU membership, a growing portion of the labour market is related to trade with the EU. This growth is particularly substantial in Northern Ireland, and it is difficult to predict if it would be sustained without the single market.


text: The Republic of Ireland’s COVID-19 hospital death rate is two-thirds of that in Northern Ireland.
claimant: Mike Tomlinson
claim_date: 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Are COVID-19 deaths in Northern Ireland 50% higher than Ireland?
review_date: 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-covid-19-deaths-in-northern-ireland-50-higher-than-ireland/

textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. The Ireland figure for positive test patients dying in hospital is not exactly comparable with the Northern Ireland ‘daily surveillance’ figure which also includes notified deaths of people with positive tests who died outside hospital (for instance in care homes).


text: Northern Ireland is a net contributor to the EU.
claimant: Leave.EU
claim_date: 2016-05-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/is-northern-ireland-a-net-contributor-to-the-eu/
title: Is Northern Ireland a net contributor to the EU?
review_date: 2016-06-15T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
This claim is false, as we estimate that Northern Ireland was a net recipient of £74 million in the 2014/15 financial year. Others have claimed that Northern Ireland is a recipient of £58 million, but this fails to take into account the requirement for match funding under the PEACE Programme and the exact value of farm subsidies.


text: Michael Davitt Gaelic Athletic Club offered as a coronavirus field hospital.
claimant: Irish News
claim_date: 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Michael Davitt GAC offered as a coronavirus field hospital?
review_date: 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/michael-davitt-gac-offered-as-a-coronavirus-19-field-hospital/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The Michael Davitt GAC has responded that while consultations are ongoing, no decision has been made or agreed with any other agency regarding the use of their grounds.


claimant: Arts Matter NI
claim_date: 2019-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Do Northern Ireland arts need a 660% uplift in government funding?
review_date: 2019-10-29T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Northern Ireland requires a 660% uplift in government expenditure to be equal to the European Union average of 2.2%

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/do-northern-ireland-arts-need-a-660-uplift-in-government-funding/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. UK government expenditure on cultural services (measured by Eurostat) is just over half of the EU average. Within the UK, public expenditure in Northern Ireland is less than half than in Scotland, Wales, and England. However, Arts Matter Northern Ireland uses European statistics that reach beyond the arts, and make an invalid comparison between EU figures and public expenditure arts spend within the UK.


text: Northern Ireland were once net contributors of revenue to HM Treasury.
claimant: Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
claim_date: 2016-04-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/how-dependent-is-stormont-on-westminster-subvention/
title: How dependent is Stormont on Westminster subvention?
review_date: 2016-05-24T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
True, up until the 1930s. But data show that Northern Ireland has run a fiscal deficit since 1966. The most recent figure, from 2013-14, is a subvention of £9.2 billion.


text: Northern Ireland eats more meat than in the rest of the UK.
claimant: Malachái O’Hara
claim_date: 2018-10-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/does-northern-ireland-eat-the-most-meat/
title: Does Northern Ireland eat the most meat?
review_date: 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Accurate according to recent survey reports. For adults aged 19 to 64 years, the mean consumption in Northern Ireland was 82 grams per day, compared to 71 grams for all of the UK; yet for Ireland the figure is 108 grams (adults aged 18 to 64 years).


claimant: Sammy Wilson
claim_date: 2016-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Are foreigners a financial strain on the NHS in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The health service in Northern Ireland will especially benefit from the requirement for foreigners – including those from the Republic of Ireland – to pay for hospital treatment.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-foreigners-a-financial-strain-on-the-nhs-in-northern-ireland/

textual_rating:
The claim, while technically accurate, is misleading. Under a variety of different circumstances, foreigners do pay for access to health care already. The proposed legislation would seek ways to extend the scope for foreigners to contribute financially for NHS services, and to increase the incentives for debt recovery. The NHS would save significantly by simply collecting on what it is owed under current exchange schemes with foreign governments.


claimant: Sammy Wilson
claim_date: 2022-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Will £400m of unspent public funds be wiped out by a budget deficit?
review_date: 2022-09-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Inaccurate with consideration.
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
A £400m pot left unallocated by Stormont is going to be used to cover ongoing spending by departments.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/will-400m-of-unspent-public-funds-be-wiped-out-by-a-budget-deficit/


claimant: Arlene Foster
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/has-the-dup-brought-an-extra-1bn/
title: Has the DUP brought an extra £1bn?
review_date: 2019-08-07T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Arlene Foster, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, said that the party delivered “an extra billion pounds” for Northern Ireland.

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. The £1bn is specific to the jurisdiction of Northern Ireland and is in addition to funding pledged as a result of the Stormont House Agreement and Fresh Start Agreement. An estimated £420m remains to be spent.


claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2020-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Are Northern Ireland retailers covering up non-essential items from sale?
review_date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Social media posts are circulating showing supermarket shelves that have been covered over or taped off to prevent customers purchasing certain items. Reference is made to this happening in Belfast and Northern Ireland.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-northern-ireland-retailers-covering-up-non-essential-items-from-sale/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. At the time of writing, Wales is the only part of the UK that has restricted the sale of non-essential items in supermarkets. There is no indication that this model of restriction will be introduced in Northern Ireland.


text: 21% of people in Northern Ireland are living with a long-term health problem or disability.
claimant: Michael Wardlow
claim_date: 2016-03-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-1-in-5-people-living-with-a-disability/
title: Are 1 in 5 people living with a disability?
review_date: 2016-04-25T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Dr Michael Wardlow accurately presented the percentage of Northern Ireland residents who are affected by an illness or disability which affects their daily tasks. These rates are in line with the rest of the United Kingdom (UK), and while prevalence in Northern Ireland is slightly above the overall average, when all regional fluctuations are taken into account it is not an outlier.


claimant: UUP
claim_date: 2022-03-31T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2022-04-21T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The UUP’s manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election says there is a “persistent and unacceptable attainment gap at GCSE between Protestant and Catholic pupils entitled to free school meals and those not entitled to free school meals.”

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/education/are-children-entitled-to-free-school-meals-29-percentage-points-less-likely-than-their-peers-to-get-good-gcses-has-this-attainment-gap-barely-closed-in-over-a-decade/

title:
Are children entitled to free school meals 29 percentage points less likely than their peers to get good GCSEs? Has this attainment gap barely closed in over a decade?

textual_rating:
This is accurate. Data shows that in 2018-2019, 49.5% of FSME school leavers had at least five GCSEs including English and maths, compared to 78.5% of their non-FSME peers - a gap of 29 percentage points. In 2005-2006 the gap was 32.1pp, a difference of 3.1pp.


claim_date: 2023-06-11T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Nicola Sturgeon is the first former First Minister or Prime Minister in UK history to be arrested. She is the first former or current leader of a major party to be arrested since Jeremy Thorpe in the 1970s.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/is-nicola-sturgeon-the-first-former-or-current-political-party-leader-to-be-arrested-since-the-1970s-is-she-the-only-former-first-minister-or-prime-minister-to-be-arrested-in-history/

title:
Is Nicola Sturgeon the first former or current political party leader to be arrested since the 1970s? Is she the only former First Minister or Prime Minister to be arrested in history?

textual_rating:
This is inaccurate.Several former party leaders have been arrested since 2000, including Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams, and ex-SNP head Alex Salmond.Mr Salmond had also served as the First Minister of Scotland prior to his arrest.


claimant: David Ford
claim_date: 2015-11-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/do-half-of-freed-criminals-reoffend-within-a-year/
title: Do half of freed criminals reoffend within a year?
review_date: 2016-07-28T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Almost half of criminals released from prison in Northern Ireland went on to re-offend within 12 months of being freed.

textual_rating:
The claim is accurate. However, while the article does break down re-offending rates among criminals released from prison, the majority of offenders receive sentences that do not require time in prison. The re-offending rate for Northern Ireland in 2012/13 was 18.5% for all offenders, which is similar to the rate documented in previous years, as well as in England & Wales.


claimant: DUP
claim_date: 2022-04-27T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2022-05-04T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.”

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/do-25-of-nis-27-main-economic-hubs-have-creaking-water-and-sewage-infrastructure-that-is-holding-back-development%EF%BF%BC/

title:
Do 25 of NI’s 27 main ‘economic hubs’ have creaking water and sewage infrastructure that is holding back development?

textual_rating:
This is correct. Northern Ireland’s water and wastewater services are suffering from chronic underinvestment. This significantly reduces the opportunities for wider social and economic development.


text: Ireland has the fastest growing economy in the Eurozone.
claimant: University of Liverpool
claim_date: 2021-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Does Ireland have the fastest growing economy in the Eurozone?
review_date: 2021-04-14T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/does-ireland-have-the-fastest-growing-economy-in-the-eurozone/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. According to the most recent annual figures, Ireland has the highest annual rate of GDP growth (both as an absolute figure and if adjusted for the size of population) of the 19 countries in the Eurozone. However, Ireland is ranked much lower if other economic measures like Gross National Income are used.


text: 77% of young people in the UK don’t want Brexit.
claimant: Our Future, Our Choice
claim_date: 2018-11-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/do-77-of-young-people-not-want-brexit/
title: Do 77% of young people not want Brexit?
review_date: 2018-12-06T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Inaccurate. Polls for Great Britain show support from those aged 18-24 for remaining in the EU at between 57% and 71%; for Northern Ireland, between 48% and 57%.


text: Ninety per cent of those who died during the Troubles were killed by paramilitaries.
claimant: Democratic Unionist Party
claim_date: 2019-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Were 90% of those who died during “the Troubles” killed by paramilitaries?
review_date: 2019-11-30T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/were-90-of-those-who-died-during-the-troubles-killed-by-paramilitaries/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. Statistics about killings during the Troubles suggest that 87% of killings were perpetrated by paramilitary groupings, with the figure falling to 85% if evidence to date about collusion is taken into account. However, classifications of responsibility will continue to change as further evidence comes to light.


text: Children who take a COVID-19 vaccine 52 times more likely to suffer an early death.
claimant: The Exposé website
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Are children who take a COVID-19 vaccine 52 times more likely to suffer an early death?
review_date: 2022-03-04T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-children-who-take-a-covid-19-vaccine-52-times-more-likely-to-suffer-an-early-death/

textual_rating:
Conclusion: Data does not support this claim. Deaths of children after vaccination are too rare to inform reliable estimates. A temporary increase is possible because children with significant pre-existing health problems received vaccines before their peers.


text: Over one million lights will illuminate Lisburn city centre during a seasonal festival.
claimant: Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council
claim_date: 2018-11-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/over-1-million-lights-in-lisburn/
title: Over 1 million lights in Lisburn?
review_date: 2018-11-22T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Marketing material for Lisburn Light Festival considerably overestimates the number of lights in the organised display. Our visual estimate of the main components suggests that there are around 200,000 lights, far short of the “over one million lights” estimate.


text: Over 29,000 incidents of domestic violence and abuse took place in Northern Ireland in 2017.
claimant: Anthony Harbinson
claim_date: 2018-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Were there over 29,000 cases of domestic violence and abuse in 2016-17?
review_date: 2018-03-02T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Accurate.
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/were-there-over-29000-cases-of-domestic-violence-and-abuse-in-2016-17/


text: Within the LGBT community, 25% have attempted suicide.
claimant: Gavin Walker
claim_date: 2018-09-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/have-1-in-4-lgbt-persons-attempted-suicide/
title: Have 1 in 4 LGBT persons attempted suicide?
review_date: 2018-11-06T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Accurate result in line with other surveys with LGBT respondents in the UK and Ireland. The Rainbow Project survey figure of 4% of LGBT people attempting suicide in the prior year is also consistent with surveys by other organisations.


text: All taxis can use bus lanes in many cities in Ireland and the UK.
claimant: Paul Maskey
claim_date: 2018-01-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/are-all-taxis-allowed-in-bus-lanes/
title: Are all taxis allowed in bus lanes? - Belfast
review_date: 2018-01-11T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Partly accurate. True in Ireland, but most UK cities only allow public taxis access, not private-hire cars.


text: 40% of Unionists are happy about a potential trade border in the Irish Sea.
claimant: Simon Jenkins
claim_date: 2019-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Do 40% of Unionists support a potential Irish Sea trade border?
review_date: 2019-08-27T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/do-40-of-unionists-support-a-potential-irish-sea-trade-border/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. 15% of unionists in a LucidTalk poll in August 2019 said there should be a “Northern Ireland specific backstop.” 81% of those declaring as unionists said there should not.


claimant: Juliet Lyon
claim_date: 2009-10-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/is-there-a-high-level-of-support-for-restorative-justice/
title: Is there a high level of support for restorative justice?
review_date: 2016-08-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
There is a high level of public support for restorative justice as a method of dealing with young offenders.

textual_rating:
According to surveys collected by NISRA and by the Public Prosecution Service, a majority of respondents support either restorative justice or diversionary options generally.


claimant: Arlene Foster
claim_date: 2021-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Are 82% of the public wearing face masks on Translink buses and trains?
review_date: 2020-08-28T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
82% of the public are now wearing face masks [or coverings] on Translink buses and trains in Northern Ireland.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-82-of-the-public-wearing-face-masks-on-translink-buses-and-trains/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. Translink’s statistics indicate that over 80% of passengers were wearing face coverings on its services at the end of July.


claimant: Christopher Stalford
claim_date: 2021-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Can 45 NI Assembly members vote together to revoke and remove the Northern Ireland Protocol?
review_date: 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
If 45 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly vote to revoke the Northern Ireland Protocol, then the Protocol goes.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/can-45-ni-assembly-members-vote-together-to-revoke-and-remove-the-northern-ireland-protocol/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The Assembly cannot simply vote and “the Protocol goes”. By December 2024, the Assembly will vote on whether to continue with or withdraw consent for Articles 5–10 of the Protocol (but not the whole Protocol).


text: The provision of full-time (equivalent) maternity pay in the UK is among the lowest in Europe.
claimant: Martin Reilly
claim_date: 2021-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Is full-time paid maternity leave in the UK one of the lowest in Europe?
review_date: 2021-05-07T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/is-full-time-paid-maternity-leave-in-the-uk-one-of-the-lowest-in-europe/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. In an OECD report, the UK ranked 9th lowest of 33 European countries for “full-rate equivalent” paid maternity leave. Including home care leave (childcare), the UK ranks 4th lowest in Europe.


text: The cost of social division to the public purse in NI ranges between £400m and £830m every year.
claimant: Alliance Party
claim_date: 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Do divisions in society cost Northern Ireland between £400m and £830m every year?
review_date: 2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/do-divisions-in-society-cost-northern-ireland-between-400m-and-830m-every-y/

textual_rating:
This estimate of costs comes from a major paper published by Ulster University. That 2016 report clearly outlines how it arrived at the £400m-£830m range of costs, including important points about its methodology. While it remains the most recent calculation of the cost to public services of NI’s divided society, the passage of time needs to be taken into account.


text: If Ireland’s population density was the same as England, its population would be 35 million people.
claimant: Tadhg Hickey
claim_date: 2023-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Would 35 million people live in Ireland if it was as densely populated as England?
review_date: 2023-04-05T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/would-35-million-people-live-in-ireland-if-it-was-as-densely-populated-as-england/

textual_rating:
The population density of England is around 433 people per km2. If the Republic of Ireland had that population density, around 30 million people would live there. However, Ireland can also refer to the island of Ireland - which would indeed have a population of around 35 million people.


text: 60% of people in Northern Ireland are against the backstop.
claimant: Jim Shannon
claim_date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/are-60-against-the-backstop-in-northern-ireland/
title: Are 60% against "The Backstop" in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Inaccurate. 35% of all those polled in a LucidTalk poll responded that they would oppose some sort of special status for Northern Ireland; 60% of Unionists polled were opposed to one option of special status, because “it would be bad for the NI economy”.


claimant: Michael McBride
claim_date: 2022-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Is there a 50% chance of hospitalisation with Omicron if you don't get a COVID-19 booster jab?
review_date: 2022-02-28T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
If you’ve had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and you haven’t had a booster jab, then you have a 50/50 chance of ending up in hospital if you catch Omicron.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/is-there-a-50-chance-of-hospitalisation-with-omicron-if-you-dont-get-a-covid-19-booster-jab/

textual_rating:
CLAIM: If you’ve had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and you haven’t had a booster jab, then you have a 50/50 chance of ending up in hospital if you catch Omicron. CONCLUSION: INACCURATE (“Accurate” in a previous version of this article - see note below) based on a misinterpretation of data. Data published by the UK Health Security Agency at the time of the claim suggested that with two doses, vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation due to Omicron was 52%. However, vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation is not a measure of hospitalisation rates, it is a measure of how much vaccination reduces the chance that someone will need hospital, compared with having taken no vaccine at all. The data at the time said that, if you’ve had two vaccine doses but no booster, you would be 52% less likely to require hospital due to Omicron compared with if you caught that variant and were unvaccinated.


text: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers.
claimant: Shehab Khan
claim_date: 2017-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Did DUP MPs vote against pay rises for nurses, firefighters, and police officers?
review_date: 2019-11-15T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/did-dup-mps-vote-against-pay-rises-for-nurses-firefighters-and-police-officers/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION: On 28 June 2017, all 10 DUP MPs voted against an amendment on the Queen’s Speech, to end the public sector pay cap. On 13 September 2017, Ian Paisley MP spoke in favour of the passed motion to lift the pay cap in the NHS. However, as a result of the devolved Agenda for Change arrangement, the agreed pay awards do not automatically extend to NHS nurses in Northern Ireland.


text: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe
claimant: Sorcha Eastwood
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Does Northern Ireland have the highest femicide rate in Western Europe?
review_date: 2019-11-25T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/does-northern-ireland-have-the-highest-femicide-rate-in-western-europe/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. Northern Ireland has the second highest rate (0.53) of female intentional homicide victims by intimate partner, per 100,000 inhabitants, in Western Europe, as defined by WEOG (given the lack of definition of “Western Europe”) and the regions covered by the data published by Eurostat.


claimant: McCue and Partners
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: A British Army veteran who served in NI during the Troubles is 54x more likely to be prosecuted?
review_date: 2021-07-21T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
A British Army veteran who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles is 54 times more likely than a Republican or Loyalist paramilitary to be prosecuted for alleged offences pre-dating the 1998 Belfast Agreement.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/a-british-army-veteran-who-served-in-ni-during-the-troubles-is-54x-more-likely-to-be-prosecuted/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. Prosecutions to date suggest that ex-British Army personnel have been the subject of cases five times more than Republican and Loyalist suspects. The cited ratio of 54 times “more likely” was based on a snapshot of live prosecutions and takes no account of previous cases.


claimant: Arts Council NI
claim_date: 2023-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Is arts funding per capita almost five times higher in Ireland than it is in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2023-07-04T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Central arts funding per capita in Northern Ireland is £4.72 per year, compared with £22.50 per person, per year in Ireland.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/is-arts-funding-per-capita-almost-five-times-higher-in-ireland-than-it-is-in-northern-ireland/

textual_rating:
At the time of the claim, those figures were correct. However, planned budget cuts for the Arts Council NI have since been reduced – and exchange rates have also changed. Arts funding in Ireland is now closer to four times higher than in NI, rather than five. It’s worth noting that the Arts Council of Ireland has a slightly wider funding remit than the equivalent body here.


text: MLAs were paid “nearly £2.2 million” in salaries up to 3rd September 2017.
claimant: Progressive Politics NI
claim_date: 2017-06-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/how-much-do-mlas-earn-or-not/
title: How much do MLAs earn (or not)?
review_date: 2017-10-21T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Broadly accurate. The annual salary of an MLA is £49,500. For the period covered by the claim (13/3-13/9/2017), MLAs received a combined estimate of £2,333,188.


claimant: Social Democratic Labour Party (SDLP)
claim_date: 2019-12-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/has-levy-removed-1-2-billion-carrier-bags/
title: Has levy removed 1.2 billion carrier bags?
review_date: 2019-12-05T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
There are 1.2 billion fewer carrier bags distributed in Northern Ireland since the introduction of the carrier bag levy in 2012.

textual_rating:
ACCURATE: Data from annual reports from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) calculates a cumulative reduction of the dispensing of 1,230,620,479 carrier bags.


text: 38% of students have to leave Northern Ireland at age 18 for higher education.
claimant: Patrick Johnston
claim_date: 2016-05-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/education/do-38-of-students-have-to-leave-northern-ireland/
title: Do 38% of students have to leave Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Most recent data show a third (33.5%) of school leavers continue studies outside Northern Ireland. While public investment policy in further education is a significant factor, others must be considered, such as the desire and ability to take up opportunities elsewhere. Thus it is misleading to say that 38% have to leave; some leave because they wish to.


text: 20,000 people marched for a pro-life event in Belfast on 7 September 2019.
claimant: Precious Life
claim_date: 2019-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did 20,000 people participate in an anti-abortion march in Belfast?
review_date: 2019-09-23T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/did-20000-people-participate-in-an-anti-abortion-march-in-belfast/

textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. The figure provided by the event organiser cannot be substantiated. However, the accompanying rally event at Custom House Square could not have been attended by more than the venue capacity of 5,000 people.


text: In 2015, nearly 1% of employees were not paid minimum wage.
claimant: Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
claim_date: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/do-almost-1-of-people-earn-less-than-the-minimum-wage/
title: Do almost 1% of people earn less than the minimum wage?
review_date: 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
This claim can be substantiated by numerous government surveys and reports. There has been further investigation by organisations in the United Kingdom to determine who is most affected, the causes behind non-compliance, and solutions for the problem.


text: More men die by suicide in Northern Ireland than anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
claimant: Cindy O’Shea
claim_date: 2018-12-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/do-more-men-die-by-suicide-in-northern-ireland/
title: Do more men die by suicide in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2019-01-11T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Accurate. For 2017, Northern Ireland had the highest rate in the UK (and Ireland) of registered deaths by suicide for men (29.1 per 100,000 men) (and women (8.5 per 100,000 women)). Also, the number of total suicides by year of actual occurrence in Northern Ireland for 2013 (306) is more than double that for 1995 (148).


text: The EU sends Northern Ireland €500 million a year
claimant: SDLP leader, Colum Eastwood
claim_date: 2019-05-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/does-the-eu-send-ni-e500m-annually/
title: Does the EU send NI €500m annually?
review_date: 2019-05-13T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. The €500 million figure quoted by the SDLP is substantiated by European Commission figures for EU regional funding of Northern Ireland. However, this is not a ‘net’ figure and does not take into account Northern Ireland’s proportion of the UK’s contribution to the EU. A more complete statement would be to say that Northern Ireland receives €55/£45 million more than we pay to the EU.


claimant: Newton Emerson
claim_date: 2021-02-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/elections/must-the-next-electoral-canvass-be-done-by-2023/
title: Must the next electoral canvass be done by 2023?
review_date: 2021-03-02T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The next electoral canvass in Northern Ireland must be completed before 2023, ten years after the 2013 canvass.

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. Legislation lists the years in which a canvass must be completed. It is specific that a canvass is due in 2021, with the subsequent one in 2030 and then every following ten years unless the Act is amended. An ad hoc canvass in intervening years does not reset the need for these end of decade canvasses.


text: Face coverings/masks became “mandatory” in shops in Northern Ireland as of 1 August 2020.
claimant: Kellie Armstrong
claim_date: 2021-07-31T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2020-08-03T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/did-face-coverings-masks-become-mandatory-in-shops-and-indoor-public-spaces-in-northern-ireland-on-1-august-2020/

title:
Did face coverings/masks become “mandatory” in shops and indoor public spaces in Northern Ireland on 1 August 2020?

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The wearing of face coverings/masks is currently being “encouraged” in a number of indoor settings. The NI Executive is due to review this approach on 20 August 2020 and may then implement the power to make it mandatory.


text: Ireland’s two wealthiest people are worth more financially than the poorest 50% of the population.
claimant: Oxfam
claim_date: 2023-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Do the two richest people in Ireland have more wealth than half the population?
review_date: 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/do-the-two-richest-people-in-ireland-have-more-wealth-than-half-the-population/

textual_rating:
Reputable information exists that supports this claim. However, this claim involves comparisons between different accumulations of estimates rather than easily-calculated figures. The individual wealth of billionaires can fluctuate significantly day by day, while measuring population wealth is itself tricky.


claimant: Irish News
claim_date: 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/homes-paying-bedroom-tax-increased-fivefold/
title: Homes paying bedroom tax increased fivefold?
review_date: 2018-12-17T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The number of homes in Northern Ireland that have had their housing supplementary payments removed has increased five times more in the past year.

textual_rating:
Accurate with considerations. The 140 households whose top-up payments ceased in the past year is four times more than the 35 households in the previous year. Also, we do not know the current status of the 175 households whose top-up payments have ceased. As of 30/9/2018, there are 32,378 households who are receiving the supplementary payments.


claimant: Ralph Hewitt
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Was British Army General Robert Ross the last man to attack the US Capitol?
review_date: 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The last man to attack the US Capitol, prior to the events on 6 January 2021, was a British Army Major General from Northern Ireland, in 1814.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/was-british-army-general-robert-ross-the-last-man-to-attack-the-us-capitol/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. Since the burning of the US Capitol in August 1814, during the War of 1812, there have been four notable further attacks before this year’s incident: Erich Muenter exploded three sticks of dynamite in the US Senate reception room (1915); Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the US House of Representatives visitors’ gallery (1954); the Weather Underground group exploded a bomb (1971); and seven people were arrested for causing an explosion in the US Senate (1983).


text: 62% of income received by farmers in Northern Ireland comes from the European Union.
claimant: David McNarry
claim_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/do-our-farmers-receive-62-of-income-from-eu/
title: Do our farmers receive 62% of income from EU?
review_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Accurate. The average payment received from the EU (£27,648) in 2016-17 represented 62.4% of total farm income (£44,305). This ratio fluctuates with market prices; it ranged between 52% and 71% during 2012-13 to 2016-17.


claimant: Spend it Like Stormont
claim_date: 2019-06-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/96-population-growth-by-those-aged-65/
title: 96% population growth by those aged 65+?
review_date: 2019-07-19T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
By 2026, 96% of the projected population growth in Northern Ireland will be represented by people aged 65 and over.

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. NISRA has published a projection of an increased population of 77,587 people; the 65+ age profile will see the largest change.


claimant: UUP
claim_date: 2022-03-30T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2022-05-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Over 40,000 people in Northern Ireland are on the Housing Executive waiting list - with 30,000 of them in ‘housing stress’ - yet only around 2,000 social or affordable homes are built each year.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/are-40000-people-in-ni-on-the-housing-executive-waiting-list-with-30000-of-those-in-housing-stress%EF%BF%BC/

title:
Are 40,000 people in NI on the Housing Executive waiting list, with 30,000 of those in housing stress?￼


text: One in four NI adults ‘now at risk of hunger and malnutrition’
claimant: News Letter
claim_date: 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-1-in-4-ni-adults-now-at-risk-of-hunger-and-malnutrition/
title: Are 1 in 4 NI adults 'now at risk of hunger and malnutrition'?
review_date: 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. The research behind the News Letter headline was conducted across the UK and the results were not broken down by region, so this UK finding cannot be applied to Northern Ireland without further area-specific evidence.


text: 77% of working mothers endure some kind of discrimination.
claimant: Joeli Brearley
claim_date: 2016-08-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/do-77-of-mothers-face-discrimination-at-work/
title: Do 77% of mothers face discrimination at work?
review_date: 2016-12-02T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Misleading. It is correct for mothers in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) but the statistic stated on BBC Radio Ulster does not apply to women in Northern Ireland. However, women here do report having felt discriminated in the workplace due to being pregnant or a mother: 36% of mothers report feeling they were treated unfairly, and 50% of mothers believing their career opportunities are worse than before pregnancy.


text: Food bank in Enniskillen now feeding 1 in 5 people in the town.
claimant: John Shades
claim_date: 2019-04-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/is-a-food-bank-feeding-1-in-5-in-enniskillen/
title: Is a food bank feeding 1 in 5 in Enniskillen?
review_date: 2019-08-29T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
INACCURATE. A formula by Trussell Trust results in 1,079 delivered food bank parcels representing an estimated 540 unique users. This would represent 9.8%, or 1 in 10, of the population of Enniskillen town.


text: There was a rock fall on the Antrim coast road on 9 August 2017.
claimant: Jim Owens
claim_date: 2017-08-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/did-a-large-rock-fall-onto-the-antrim-coast-road/
title: Did a large rock fall onto the Antrim coast road?
review_date: 2017-08-13T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
False. The image is a cropped version of one published in a local American newspaper, reporting on a rock fall that took place in Lawrence County, Ohio, on 10 April 2015.


claimant: Into the West Rail Lobby
claim_date: 2019-06-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/is-derry-londonderry-rail-service-substandard/
title: Is Derry/Londonderry rail service substandard?
review_date: 2019-07-18T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The railway service for Derry/Londonderry is substandard to services east of the River Bann, according to campaign group, Into the West Rail Lobby.

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. FactCheckNI interprets “substandard” as “less frequency and access”. Of the six claims made, four are accurate, one is accurate with consideration (there are fewer trains from Belfast during peak hours), and one was inaccurate (through ticketing to Dublin is available at staffed stations, including Derry/Londonderry).


text: A business transaction happens every six seconds across the border of Northern Ireland and Ireland.
claimant: Claire Hanna (SDLP)
claim_date: 2019-06-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/a-cross-border-business-transaction-every-6-seconds/
title: A cross-border business transaction every 6 seconds?
review_date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. There was a cross-border commercial vehicle journey every 6.74 seconds in 2016. But there are no known data on cross-border business transactions.


text: There is no evidence of increased support for Northern Ireland leaving the UK
claimant: Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
claim_date: 2023-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Is there no growth in public support for a United Ireland? Is support shrinking instead?
review_date: 2023-03-30T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/articles/is-there-no-growth-in-public-support-for-a-united-ireland-is-support-shrinking-instead/

textual_rating:
Analysis of polling over the past five years indicates no clear change in support for a United Ireland. It’s correct that there is no evidence of an increase in support for NI leaving the UK.


claimant: Belfast Telegraph
claim_date: 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/articles/will-nearly-40-of-ni-properties-be-at-risk-from-flooding-by-2080/
title: Will nearly 40% of NI properties be at risk from flooding by 2080?
review_date: 2023-09-05T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Projections from the Department of Infrastructure indicate that 38% of all properties in Northern Ireland will be at risk of flooding by 2080.

textual_rating:
A Belfast Telegraph article noted that 5% of NI properties are currently at risk of flooding, and that DfI projections indicate this is going to increase by 33%.In saying that this means 38% of properties will be at risk of flooding, the newspaper has confused percentage increases with percentage-point increases. In fact, DfI modelling suggests around 6.7% of NI properties – almost 60,000 in total – will be at risk of flooding by 2080.


text: There were 84 children adopted in Northern Ireland in 2018.
claimant: EJ Havlin from Adoption UK
claim_date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/only-84-children-adopted-in-northern-ireland/
title: Only 84 children adopted in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2019-07-08T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. EJ Havlin’s claim referred to the number of adoptions from care; in total, 91 children were adopted in Northern Ireland in 2017-18, which is a low number compared to other years. For 2013-17, Northern Ireland had a lower adoption rate than the rest of the UK, but was similar to that of Ireland.


text: There are 208 border crossings between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
claimant: The Irish Times
claim_date: 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/are-there-208-ireland-northern-ireland-border-crossings/
title: Are there 208 Ireland-Northern Ireland border crossings?
review_date: 2018-06-08T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Unproven. It is extremely difficult to accurately establish the exact number of border crossings, as many informal routes have been established since border infrastructure was removed and many are on private land, but the official number of main routes so far identified by the Irish and Northern Ireland governments is 208.


text: Ninety per cent of people in the North support organ donation
claimant: Michelle O'Neill
claim_date: 2023-02-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/articles/do-90-of-people-in-ni-support-organ-donation/
title: Do 90% of people in NI support organ donation?
review_date: 2023-02-20T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
> 90% of respondents to a public consultation on changing the organ donation system of consent said they currently support organ donation and would continue to do so. > However, public consultations are not necessarily representative of public opinion - instead, responses reflect the views of those who engage with the consultation. > We could find no evidence to clearly confirm - or refute - this claim. Based on the available evidence, it is unsubstantiated.


text: There are 100,000 adults in Northern Ireland who have no home.
claimant: The Simon Community NI
claim_date: 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-there-100000-adults-in-northern-ireland-with-no-home/
title: Are there 100,000 adults in Northern Ireland with no home?
review_date: 2016-07-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Misleading headline from estimated data. The figure is based on estimations of incomplete data and does not distinguish between statutory and “potential hidden homeless”. The majority of the estimated latter represent non-dependent (adult) children living in the parental household. More accurate data may come from collection by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive or independent research.


text: CLAIM: There have been just 113 COVID-19 deaths in all in Northern Ireland.
claimant: Dee Brotherston
claim_date: 2021-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Just 113 COVID-19 deaths in Northern Ireland since the start of the pandemic?
review_date: 2021-02-19T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/just-113-covid-19-deaths-in-northern-ireland-since-the-start-of-the-pandemic/

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. At face value, the figure is contradicted by other evidence and ignores or misunderstands comorbidity and causes of death. Data shows that by the end of September 2020, COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death for 808 deaths (89.6%) of the 902 COVID-19-related deaths registered.


claimant: Tempcover
claim_date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/the-worst-train-and-bus-operators-in-the-uk/
title: The worst train and bus operators in the UK?
review_date: 2019-08-02T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Car insurance company Tempcover issued a press release and associated webpage which claimed to “reveal which public transport operators in the UK are doing the best job of getting Britain from A to B”.

textual_rating:
INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. None of the public transport companies listed covered Northern Ireland, so it was a Great Britain-only analysis. Tempcover have now corrected this error on their website. The exclusion of Northern Ireland’s Translink service could have, at most, shifted other operators up or down the list by one position.


text: Brexit would mean a return to Northern Ireland border checks.
claimant: Lord Mandelson
claim_date: 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/would-brexit-lead-to-northern-ireland-land-border-checks/
title: Would Brexit lead to Northern Ireland land border checks?
review_date: 2016-05-02T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Unknown. Travel between the UK and Ireland is currently unaffected by EU membership, as they have both opted out of joining the Schengen Area and maintained their own Common Travel Area since long before the EU came into existence. If the UK left Europe, then the land border with Northern Ireland could be maintained by the introduction of internal border enforcement and/or greater cooperation between British and Irish governments in a shared policy toward their external borders.


text: The number of sex workers in Ireland has increased by 80% since the ban in Northern Ireland.
claimant: Mia de Faoite
claim_date: 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Has Northern Ireland’s legislation caused an 80% rise in sex workers in Ireland?
review_date: 2016-04-06T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/law/has-northern-irelands-legislation-caused-an-80-rise-in-sex-workers-in-ireland/

textual_rating:
While data on sex workers in Ireland is extremely lacking, the figures that are available and most commonly employed by experts do not support this claim. There is no official data documenting the movement of sex workers south across the border, but whatever the scale, an 80% impact in Ireland is unlikely.


claimant: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
claim_date: 2016-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Did the ‘NI 2012 – Our Time, Our Place’ campaign help bring in one million visitors?
review_date: 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
The ‘NI – Our Time, Our Place’ campaign in 2012 helped to attract 1,000,000 visitors to Northern Ireland and brought £40 million to the local economy.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/did-the-ni-2012-our-time-our-place-campaign-help-bring-in-one-million-visitors/

textual_rating:
Unproven. This claim relies on a report by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, without research methodology or sources provided. Other evidence demonstrates a growing trend in visitor numbers. The ‘NI – Our Time, Our Place’ campaign may have made a positive contribution. However, Northern Ireland still lags behind other economies in the region.


text: In Belfast, the digital sector employs 26 per cent of the workforce.
claimant: Simon Duke
claim_date: 2020-09-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/does-the-tech-sector-employ-26-of-the-workforce-in-belfast/
title: Does the tech sector employ 26% of the workforce in Belfast?
review_date: 2020-09-17T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
INACCURATE. The newspaper article misinterprets the Tech Nation “Jobs and Skills Report 2020”, which states that for Belfast, from June to August 2020, 26% of job adverts at the online search site Adzura were in the category of IT and engineering jobs. Using the most recent figures available from NISRA, we estimate that 8% of the workforce in Belfast is employed in jobs that fall into this category.


claimant: Gerard Batten
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/is-border-trade-0-5-of-uk-eu-trade/
title: Is border trade 0.5% of UK-EU trade?
review_date: 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
There are approximately 100 lorries per day crossing the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, and cross-border trade represents 0.5% of UK-EU trade.

textual_rating:
Inaccurate with consideration. There are 5,900 lorry (heavy goods vehicle) crossings daily. Cross-border trade represents 0.97% of UK-EU trade; alternative figures may be due to different measurement practices between countries.


claimant: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
claim_date: 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Were "City Deals" part of DUP's Confidence and Supply Agreement?
review_date: 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
“City Deals” by the UK Government were delivered as part of the Democratic Unionist Party’s Confidence and Supply Agreement with the Conservative Party.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/were-city-deals-part-of-dups-confidence-and-supply-agreement/

textual_rating:
False. The DUP claim that “City Deals are part of our Confidence and Supply Agreement” is not explicitly referenced in the text of the Confidence and Supply Agreement they made with the Conservative Party. It was also not referenced by the Chancellor Philip Hammond in delivering his “Financial Statement” (29/10/18). UK City Deals were initiated in 2012 and the proposal for the Belfast City Deal was submitted by Belfast City Council in October 2018, rather than negotiated by the DUP in isolation.


text: A third of Church of Ireland ministry candidates are women.
claimant: Revd Canon William A Murphy
claim_date: 2018-08-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/education/are-a-third-of-coi-ministry-candidates-women/
title: Are a third of CoI ministry candidates women?
review_date: 2018-08-30T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
Inaccurate. A quarter of CoI accepted and enrolled candidates are women. For the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, its figures of less than 4% female candidates are considerably lower than the phrase “don’t have nearly as many women as men” would suggest. For the Methodist Church in Ireland, a third of its candidates are women.


text: Over a quarter of a million people migrate to the UK from the EU every year.
claimant: The Office for National Statistics (ONS)
claim_date: 2016-05-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/europe/what-is-eu-to-northern-ireland-net-migration/
title: What is EU to Northern Ireland net migration?
review_date: 2016-06-23T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
The claim is true, but it doesn’t include the number of people migrating from the UK to the EU: net migration in 2015 was +184,000. There is no single source that tracks migration to Northern Ireland. Medical card registrations are one method. The 2011 Census showed that 2.16% of the Northern Ireland population held an EU/EEA passport.


claimant: Sorcha Eastwood
claim_date: 2023-06-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/articles/is-lagan-valley-one-of-the-least-wooded-parts-of-ni/
title: Is Lagan Valley one of the least wooded parts of NI?
review_date: 2023-06-22T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Lagan Valley is one of the least wooded areas in Northern Ireland, particularly with regards to ancient woodland.

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. NI’s official Woodland Register records woodland for each local council area, rather than for parliamentary constituencies like Lagan Valley. However, Lagan Valley is mostly contained within Lisburn & Castlereagh, the council with the lowest proportion of woodland cover, while the rest of the constituency is in Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon – the second least wooded council. There is no comprehensive, publicly-available data for ancient woodland.


claimant: Sinn Fein
claim_date: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Has Sinn Fein Education Minister improved outcomes for most disadvantaged?
review_date: 2016-05-04T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Since 2011 the Sinn Féin Education Minister John O’Dowd has “improved educational outcomes for the most disadvantaged”, and consequently “58.5% of children receiving Free School Meals (FSM) now obtain 5 GCSEs A*-C, compared to 31.5% previously.”

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/education/has-sinn-fein-education-minister-improved-outcomes-for-most-disadvantaged/

textual_rating:
The claim fails to distinguish between students that are eligible for FSM, as opposed to those who actually receive them. However, once corrected for this inaccuracy, it can be substantiated and verified by data from the Department of Education. In fact, there have been even greater improvements in performance among Free School Meal Eligible (FSME) students.


claimant: Mark H. Durkan
claim_date: 2019-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Northern Ireland outpatient waiting lists 100 times more than England's?
review_date: 2019-09-20T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
105,486 people were waiting over a year for a consultant-led outpatient appointment in Northern Ireland, which is 100 times more than in England, with its population 30 times greater.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/northern-ireland-outpatient-waiting-lists-100-times-more-than-englands/

textual_rating:
ACCURATE. 105,486 and 1,089 people were waiting over a year for a consultant-led outpatient appointment in Northern Ireland and England, respectively. The estimated population of Northern Ireland and England is 55,977,178 and 1,881,600, respectively.


text: Northern Ireland has some of the worst insulated houses in Western Europe.
claimant: John Barry
claim_date: 2021-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Does Northern Ireland have some of the worst insulated houses?
review_date: 2021-11-29T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/environment/does-northern-ireland-have-some-of-the-worst-insulated-houses/

textual_rating:
UNSUBSTANTIATED. There are unknown data for home insulation measures across Europe. A manufacturer’s survey suggests that houses in Great Britain perform poorly in retaining heating temperatures.


text: Low childcare provision contributes to low levels of female employment in Northern Ireland.
claimant: Julia Margo
claim_date: 2016-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Has low childcare provision caused a low female employment rate?
review_date: 2016-08-08T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/has-low-childcare-provision-caused-a-low-female-employment-rate/

textual_rating:
The claim may be misleading. While childcare provision is more limited in Northern Ireland than in Great Britain, and female employment rates are lower in Northern Ireland than the UK average, there is insufficient evidence of a causal link between childcare provision and female (versus maternal) employment in this case. According to the most recently available data, Northern Ireland actually has higher maternal employment rates than the UK average.


text: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm.
claimant: A Black Taxi Tour driver
claim_date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/peace/who-opens-and-closes-interface-gates/
title: Who opens and closes interface gates?
review_date: 2016-12-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
One gate in the Shankill and Falls road is closed at 6 pm — at Townsend Street. Other gates in this area close at other times (3.00/6.30/9.00/10.30pm). The Department of Justice is responsible for the gates at four locations, and the PSNI for a fifth one.


text: Under an Alliance Minister of Justice, crime rates in Northern Ireland are lower.
claimant: Alliance Party
claim_date: 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/elections/is-crime-on-the-rise-in-northern-ireland/
title: Is crime on the rise in Northern Ireland?
review_date: 2016-05-04T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
According to PSNI reports, annual offences covering the relevant period are marginally higher (105,289 versus 105,040). Meanwhile, crime in Northern Ireland has been rising every year since 2012/13.


claimant: Dr George O’Neill GP
claim_date: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: As many appointments cancelled by hospital as patient no-shows?
review_date: 2019-03-15T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/as-many-appointments-cancelled-by-hospital-as-patient-no-shows/

textual_rating:
Accurate with consideration. In 2017/18, hospitals cancelled more appointments (175,428) than patients not showing up (139,351). However, in the same period, patients cancelled notably more appointments (207,960) than hospitals did. Hospitals account for 34% and patients 66% of all appointments scheduled but not held.


text: About 2% of pregnancy terminations take place between 20 and 24 weeks.
claimant: Naomi Long
claim_date: 2019-11-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/are-2-of-pregnancy-terminations-between-20-and-24-weeks/
title: Are 2% of pregnancy terminations between 20 and 24 weeks?
review_date: 2019-11-15T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
ACCURATE. In 2018, 1.8% of all abortions in Great Britain took place at gestations of 20 weeks and over; 1.7% of all abortions in England and Wales took place at gestations of 20 to 24 weeks.


text: Kary Mullis was opposed to RT-PCR testing being used to test for COVID-19 before his death
claimant: MeterMan
claim_date: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Can you generate a positive result for COVID-19 from an RT-PCR test?
review_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/can-you-generate-a-positive-result-for-covid-19-from-an-rt-pcr-test/

textual_rating:
Kary Mullis died on 7 August 2019, months before the first case of COVID-19 was reported to the World Health Organization in December of that year.


claimant: Sammy Wilson
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2021-01-13T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
There is a greater chance of a motorcyclist aged 67 in Northern Ireland dying in a motorcycle collision than being affected by COVID-19.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/is-there-a-greater-chance-of-a-motorcyclist-aged-67-dying-as-a-motorcyclist-than-being-affected-by-covid-19/

title:
Is there a greater chance of a motorcyclist aged 67 dying as a motorcyclist than being affected by COVID-19?

textual_rating:
INACCURATE. Data shows that there have been no motorcyclists of Sammy Wilson MP’s age who have died as a result of a motorcycle collision in Northern Ireland, in the past three years. In 2020, there were 157 deaths registered related to COVID-19, of men aged 65–74. At the time of this claim, the probability of being infected by COVID-19 in Northern Ireland was an estimated 1 in 200 (now thought to be 1 in 60).


claimant: Anonymous leaflet
claim_date: 2021-09-18T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
COVID-19 was downgraded from high consequence infectious disease (HCID) status by the UK government on 19th March, 2020.

url:
https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/whats-the-accuracy-of-claims-regarding-covid-19-featured-in-a-leaflet-distributed-in-parts-of-lagan-valley-constituency/

title:
What’s the accuracy of claims regarding COVID-19 featured in a leaflet distributed in parts of Lagan Valley constituency?

textual_rating:
ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION. COVID-19 was first classified as an HCID in the UK on 16 January 2020, when it was referred to as the “Wuhan novel coronavirus WN-CoV”. It was then downgraded from high consequence infectious disease (HCID) status by the UK government on 19 March 2020, once it was deemed to be better understood, with greater clinical awareness and the availability of testing.


claimant: John Temple Lang
claim_date: 2016-05-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/economy/would-brexit-lead-to-a-customs-frontier/
title: Would Brexit lead to a customs frontier?
review_date: 2016-05-18T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
text:
A customs frontier between Ireland and Northern Ireland land border is unavoidable in the event of a United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union.

textual_rating:
There is no non-EU member state that currently has a customs-free border with the EU, even if they are members of the Schengen Area and maintain the free movement of people. There is no existing model that would permit the continued lack of a customs frontier in Northern Ireland if the UK left the EU.


text: Pet owners travelling from Northern Ireland to Ireland require “EU pet passports”.
claimant: John Campbell
claim_date: 2018-09-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://factcheckni.org/topics/health/do-northern-ireland-pets-need-passports-for-ireland/
title: Do Northern Ireland pets need passports for Ireland?
review_date: 2018-10-05T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: FactCheckNI
publisher_site: factcheckni.org
textual_rating:
True. This includes your pet being marked by a transponder (microchip) and vaccinated against rabies. There are presently no border checks for pets (as official policy); however it is uncertain what regulations will apply post-Brexit.  Worries about Brexit and pets


claimant: Awanish Awasthi, and UP Officials
claim_date: 2021-11-17T12:52:01Z
url: https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/up-crime-free-and-riot-free-claim-misleading-787849
title: UP Top Officials Claim State is Crime Free, Has Second-Largest Economy in India
review_date: 2021-11-17T12:52:01Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
"U.P. is a crime-free state." "There is no danga (riots) in our state now" "U.P. is the second largest economy in country after Maharashtra"


claimant: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, MOHFW
claim_date: 2021-05-20T14:37:33Z
title: Centre Says COVID Affected Less Than 2% Indians; ICMR Pegs It At 21%
review_date: 2021-05-20T14:37:33Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Lav Agarwal claimed that only 2% of the Indian population has been infected by Covid-19 in the past 1 year 4 months

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/covid-19-infection-rate-lav-agarwal-serological-survey-icmr-750124


claimant: Ashwini Vaishnaw
claim_date: 2022-11-30T07:37:33Z
title: Minister's Job Creation Claim Using Provident Fund Data Is Misleading, say Experts
review_date: 2022-11-30T07:37:33Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
“In Apr, May, June, July and August, on average 15-16 lakh jobs are generated every month in the country. Data is available on EPFO and Ministry of Statistics websites.”

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/ministers-job-creation-claim-using-provident-fund-data-is-misleading-say-experts-844204


claimant: Narendra Modi
claim_date: 2020-11-28T04:56:44Z
title: Did Parliament During NDA's First Term Outperform UPA II? A Factcheck
review_date: 2020-11-28T04:56:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
The 16th Lok Sabha passed 15 per cent more bills than the previous one. In these five years, 60% of the passed bills have been debated on for 2-3 hours.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/did-parliament-during-ndas-first-term-outperform-upa-ii-a-factcheck-695089


text: Wheat procurement centres in the country have increased threefold during the COVID-19 pandemic
claimant: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
claim_date: 2021-09-30T08:28:58Z
title: Modi Claims Wheat Purchase Centres Up Threefold, Official Records Don’t Match
review_date: 2021-09-30T08:28:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/pm-modi-wheat-purchase-centre-increase-three-times-factcheck-778123


text: 95% of ICUs are manned by Ayush doctors
claimant: Jayant Deopujari, Chairman of Central Council of Indian Medicine
claim_date: 2020-11-28T11:59:36Z
title: Are ICUs Increasingly Being Manned by Ayush Practitioners? An Explainer
review_date: 2020-11-28T11:59:36Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/explained/are-icus-increasingly-being-manned-by-ayush-practitioners-an-explainer-695390


text: UP had 12 medical colleges till 2017 and now that number has increased four times
claimant: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath
claim_date: 2021-07-19T10:56:23Z
title: Modi, Adityanath falsely claim UP had 12 colleges till 2017 & 48 now
review_date: 2021-07-19T10:56:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/medical-colleges-uttar-pradesh-2017-yogi-adityanath-pm-modi-762213


claimant: Ministry of Labour and Employment, GoI
claim_date: 2022-05-03T12:15:42Z
title: Do High GST Collection, Rise in EPF Accounts & Exports Signify Job Creation?
review_date: 2022-05-03T12:15:42Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
High GST collection, increase in net EPF subscribers, and rise in exports signify positive trends in employment creation

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/do-high-gst-collection-rise-in-epf-accounts-exports-signify-job-creation-815977


text: UP's debt has increased by 40%
claimant: P. Chidambaram
claim_date: 2022-03-04T11:30:30Z
title: UP's Debt Increases by 40% over 5 years, But It's GSDP increases too
review_date: 2022-03-04T11:30:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/ups-debt-increases-by-40-over-5-years-but-its-gsdp-increases-too-806606


claimant: Karnataka’s Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education Dr Sudhakar K
claim_date: 2021-09-04T12:09:51Z
url: https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/bengaluru-urban-covid-19-vaccine-first-dose-coverage-772781
title: Did Bengaluru Urban Really Achieve 100% First Dose Coverage?
review_date: 2021-09-04T12:09:51Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Bengaluru Urban (excluding BBMP) becomes the first district in Karnataka to achieve 100% 1st dose vaccination


claimant: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment - Ramdas Athawale
claim_date: 2021-07-31T15:06:21Z
title: Are Manual Scavengers Different from Those Who Clean Sewers?
review_date: 2021-07-31T15:06:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Data shows that there have been deaths of those engaged in cleaning sewers, which cannot be disregarded as manual scavenging.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/are-manual-scavengers-different-from-those-who-clean-sewers-764766


text: Unicorns are startups with 1 billion dollars in revenue
claimant: Ravi Shankar Prasad
claim_date: 2022-08-09T10:19:07Z
title: BJP Leader Ravi Shankar Prasad Incorrectly Defines Unicorns
review_date: 2022-08-09T10:19:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/bjp-leader-ravi-shankar-prasad-incorrectly-defines-unicorns-830057


claimant: PM Narendra Modi
claim_date: 2022-07-07T11:49:18Z
title: Did MSME Budget Increase By 650% in Past 8 Years as PM Modi Claimed?
review_date: 2022-07-07T11:49:18Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Budget for MSMEs increased by 650% during the NDA govt, 3.5 lakh crores have been ensured for MSMEs under ECLGS

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/did-msme-budget-increase-by-650-in-past-8-years-as-pm-modi-claimed-825124


claimant: Sambit Patra
claim_date: 2021-05-21T09:36:12Z
title: Data, Experts Prove Sambit Patra’s Vaccine Diplomacy Claims Wrong
review_date: 2021-05-21T09:36:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
1. More than five crore vaccines were exported because the central government had no other option. It was a “liability and compulsion”, part of the commercial obligations and was not given as aid or grant 2. India needed to export vaccines to countries that gave us raw materials.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/explained/data-experts-prove-sambit-patras-vaccine-diplomacy-claims-wrong-covid-19-india-vaccine-export-750242


text: India went from 3rd largest economy to 164th fastest growing economy from 2011 to 2021
claimant: Subramanian Swamy, Dr Udit Raj
claim_date: 2022-07-14T08:39:56Z
title: Subramanian Swamy, Cong's Udit Raj Make Misleading Claim on India's Economic Growth
review_date: 2022-07-14T08:39:56Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/subramanian-swamy-congs-udit-raj-make-misleading-claim-on-indias-economic-growth-826085


text: Delhi is the only state with revenue surplus, and it attained this status under the AAP govt
claimant: AAP Leaders
claim_date: 2022-07-12T12:51:42Z
title: Kejriwal, Sisodia Make Untrue Claims About Delhi’s Surplus Revenue
review_date: 2022-07-12T12:51:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/kejriwal-sisodia-make-untrue-claims-about-delhis-surplus-revenue-825811


text: Global Hunger Index 2022 methodology is erroneous
claimant: Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India
claim_date: 2022-10-18T08:20:06Z
title: Is the Global Hunger Index Erroneous, as the Indian Govt Claims?
review_date: 2022-10-18T08:20:06Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/is-the-global-hunger-index-erroneous-as-the-indian-govt-claims-839228


claimant: BJP
claim_date: 2021-01-28T14:25:08Z
title: BJP Misrepresents IMF's GDP Estimate, Changes Negative to Positive
review_date: 2021-01-28T14:25:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
A deleted tweet by the official handle of the BJP claimed that the IMF had estimated the real GDP for India in 2020 at 8%.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/bjp-misrepresents-imfs-gdp-estimate-changes-negative-to-positive-719655


claimant: Central Pollution Control Board
claim_date: 2021-08-07T10:30:14Z
url: https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/cpcb-erroneous-report-covid19-biomedical-waste-766162
title: CPCB erred in report on biomedical waste arising from COVID-19
review_date: 2021-08-07T10:30:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
The erroneous entry was clarified by the CPCB when we reached out to them. But the data has not been corrected publicly or with the NGT.


text: All those who are eligible are not fully vaccinated as of August 4, 2021
claimant: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Zonal Deputy Commissioner (South-East) - Ansuman Rath
claim_date: 2021-08-04T14:25:28Z
title: Bhubaneswar's 100% Vaccinated Claim Doesn't Count Pregnant Women, Recovered Patients
review_date: 2021-08-04T14:25:28Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/bhubaneswar-vaccination-misleading-claim-pregnant-women-recovered-patients-765530


text: "In 2014, India had 60% vaccine coverage, we managed to take it past 90% during our term."
claimant: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
claim_date: 2021-06-09T06:29:23Z
title: PM Modi’s 90% Immunization Coverage Claim Misleading
review_date: 2021-06-09T06:29:23Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/explained/pm-modis-90-child-immunization-coverage-claim-misleading-nfhs-vaccines-754118


claimant: Ministry of Women & Child Development
claim_date: 2021-10-20T12:59:16Z
url: https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/global-hunger-index-unscientific-claim-false-782375
title: Centre Calls Global Hunger Index 'Unscientific' for Methodology It Didn't Use
review_date: 2021-10-20T12:59:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
False - The publishers of GHI have explicitly mentioned that they have not utilised the methodology as stated by the Union Ministry of Women & Child Development


text: No deaths in Gujarat during third COVID-19 wave
claimant: Amit Shah
claim_date: 2022-03-29T11:31:40Z
title: Amit Shah Claims No Deaths in Gujarat in Third Wave, Records Show 699 Died
review_date: 2022-03-29T11:31:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/amit-shah-claims-no-deaths-in-gujarat-in-third-wave-records-show-699-died-810453


claimant: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
claim_date: 2021-12-21T16:35:52Z
title: Modi Claims Portuguese Colonised Goa During Mughal Rule in India, But Records Show Otherwise
review_date: 2021-12-21T16:35:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Goa came under Portuguese domination around the time when most of the rest of India was under Mughals.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/modi-claims-portuguese-colonised-goa-during-mughal-rule-in-india-but-records-show-otherwise-793664


text: Water crisis in Delhi presented by Goel in a misleading way. The photo was from 2009.
claimant: Vijay Goel, ex-Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Statistic and Implementation
claim_date: 2021-06-21T13:32:17Z
title: BJP Leader Blames Kejriwal For Water Crisis With Photo Taken In 2009
review_date: 2021-06-21T13:32:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/delhi-water-crisis-vijay-goel-bjp-aap-congress-delhi-jal-board-ndmc-756771


text: From 7 AIIMS in the country, the tally has increased to 21 AIIMS
claimant: PM Narendra Modi
claim_date: 2022-08-27T09:08:10Z
title: How True are PM Modi's Claims on India's Health Infrastructure?
review_date: 2022-08-27T09:08:10Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/how-true-are-pm-modis-claims-on-indias-health-infrastructure-832596


text: There is no shortage of coal in the country
claimant: Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Union Minister
claim_date: 2022-05-10T07:42:47Z
title: Fact-check: Is India Not Facing a Coal Shortage as Claimed by MSME Minister?
review_date: 2022-05-10T07:42:47Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/fact-check-is-india-not-facing-a-coal-shortage-as-claimed-by-msme-minister-816919


claimant: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
claim_date: 2021-03-27T11:23:45Z
title: PM Modi’s Claim of Building 15,000 Kms Of Rural Roads in Assam False
review_date: 2021-03-27T11:23:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
In the last five years, we have built nearly 15,000 km of rural roads! 700 km of new roads have been built only in Lakhimpur. In 70 years, Assam had seen the development of just 13,000 kms of roads in the state.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/pm-modis-claim-of-building-15000-kms-of-rural-roads-in-assam-false-pmgsy-elections-738371


claimant: Harsh Vardhan
claim_date: 2021-06-23T10:50:16Z
title: No, India Didn’t Make World Record for Highest Single Day Vaccination
review_date: 2021-06-23T10:50:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
86.16 lakh COVID19 vaccine doses administered on Jun 21! Highest ever single day coverage across world!”

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/no-india-didnt-make-world-record-for-highest-single-day-covid-19-vaccination-757178


claimant: Jamyang Tsering Namgyal and administration of UT of Ladakh
claim_date: 2021-07-13T05:00:43Z
title: Has Ladakh Really Achieved 100% COVID-19 Vaccination With 1st Dose?
review_date: 2021-07-13T05:00:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
The Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh recently claimed that it had achieved "100% vaccination with first dose".

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/has-ladakh-really-achieved-100-covid-19-vaccination-with-1st-dose-760930


text: Daily status of Omicron variant, state-wise.
claimant: Press Information Bureau
claim_date: 2022-01-17T06:03:13Z
title: Data Gap: India Has an Omicron Wave with 7,000-odd Omicron cases
review_date: 2022-01-17T06:03:13Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/data-gap-india-has-an-omicron-wave-with-7000-odd-omicron-cases-798248


claimant: Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri
claim_date: 2022-04-07T09:05:46Z
title: Petrol Prices Did Not Rise by Just 5% in Past Year as Petroleum Minister Claimed
review_date: 2022-04-07T09:05:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Petrol Prices in India have risen by 5% in India and in other nations the price rise has been much higher

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/petrol-prices-did-not-rise-by-just-5-in-past-year-as-petroleum-minister-claimed-811831


claimant: Arvind Kejriwal and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
claim_date: 2021-07-09T10:52:46Z
url: https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/genome-sequencing-covid19-arvind-kejriwal-insacog-760262
title: When did INSACOG begin & how many genome labs are in north India?
review_date: 2021-07-09T10:52:46Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Genome sequencing lab in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital is the third such lab in north India Date of launch of Centre’s Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium


claimant: Amit Shah
claim_date: 2022-02-23T12:07:36Z
title: Amit Shah Makes 3 claims on UP's Development, 2 Don't Check Out
review_date: 2022-02-23T12:07:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
2.61 crore toilets were built under BJP in UP. 1.41 crore households received electricity for the first time since independence.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/amit-shah-makes-3-claims-on-ups-development-2-dont-check-out-805166


claimant: Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP General Secretary
claim_date: 2021-05-27T11:11:38Z
title: Kailash Vijayvargiya Falsely Claims No 2nd Wave In Neighbour Countries
review_date: 2021-05-27T11:11:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Vijayvargiya claimed that neighbouring nations of India are not witnessing a second wave and that it is a viral war waged by China

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/covid-19-second-wave-neighbouring-nations-who-madhya-pradesh-bjp-751540


claimant: PM Modi
claim_date: 2021-10-22T10:40:30Z
title: No, All 100 Crore COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Weren’t Given For Free in India
review_date: 2021-10-22T10:40:30Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
“Bharat ne apni nagrikon ko 100 crore vaccine dose lagai hain, aur woh bhi muft, bina paise liye (India has not only administered 100 crore vaccine doses to its citizens but has also done that free of cost).”

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/no-all-100-crore-covid-19-vaccine-doses-werent-given-for-free-in-india-782799


claimant: Amit Shah
claim_date: 2021-04-20T11:02:43Z
title: Amit Shah's Claims on Fluoride and Jute in West Bengal False
review_date: 2021-04-20T11:02:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
30% of the population in West Bengal drinks fluoride contaminated water. There has not been a single seed of jute in Bengal in the last 42 years or that jute trade has shut down in the state.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/amit-shahs-claims-on-fluoride-and-jute-in-west-bengal-false-in-an-interview-with-navika-kumar-of-times-now-home-minister-said-jute-trade-has-shut-down-in-state-and-30-of-its-population-drinks-fluoridated-water-743010


text: India's forest cover increased by 3 million hectares
claimant: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi
claim_date: 2021-06-15T15:09:36Z
title: PM Modi Claimed Forest Cover Grew By 30L Hectares, But It Did Not
review_date: 2021-06-15T15:09:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/forest-cover-tree-cover-not-increased-by-3-million-isfr-narendra-modi-united-nations-755513


claimant: Dr Carrie Madej
claim_date: 2021-10-27T10:25:29Z
title: US Osteopath Claims COVID Vaccine Has ‘Tentacled Organism’, Experts Call Her Experiment Flawed
review_date: 2021-10-27T10:25:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
American Osteopath Dr Carrie Madej recently claimed that she saw an “organism that had tentacles coming from it” in the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine. She also went on to say that she saw graphene in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/us-osteopath-claims-covid-vaccine-has-tentacled-organism-experts-call-her-experiment-flawed-783823


text: No shortage of fertilisers in Rabi season 2021-22
claimant: Narendra Singh Tomar
claim_date: 2021-12-10T12:03:18Z
title: Centre Claims No Shortage of Fertilisers, Official Records Show Otherwise
review_date: 2021-12-10T12:03:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/centre-claims-no-shortage-of-fertilisers-official-records-show-otherwise-791779


claimant: Bihar Deputy CM Renu Devi
claim_date: 2021-06-10T12:43:38Z
url: https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/bihar-deputy-cm-renu-devi-false-claim-vaccination-data-754421
title: In 7 minutes, Bihar Deputy CM makes 1 misleading, 3 untrue claims
review_date: 2021-06-10T12:43:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Bihar is the most populous state, PM has reduced the cost of a vaccine dose in private sector to Rs 150 and Bihar has 726 vaccination vans in rural areas


text: West Bengal charges more tax on petrol than Centre
claimant: Senior BJP leader Tathagata Roy
claim_date: 2021-07-17T13:04:05Z
title: BJP leader falsely claims Bengal levies more tax on petrol than Centre
review_date: 2021-07-17T13:04:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/petrol-price-west-bengal-state-tax-central-excise-tathagata-roy-761876


text: The recent GST hikes include an 18% tax on crematoriums
claimant: Jairam Ramesh, Priyank Kharge, Y Sathish Reddy
claim_date: 2022-07-23T05:23:47Z
title: Opposition Leaders Make Misleading Claim about GST on Crematorium Services
review_date: 2022-07-23T05:23:47Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/opposition-leaders-make-misleading-claim-of-gst-on-crematorium-services-827479


text: No riots in UP in the past 5 years
claimant: CM Yogi Adityanath
claim_date: 2022-09-06T08:45:28Z
title: CM Yogi Adityanath Claims ‘No Riots in UP’, NCRB Data Show 35,000 Cases in 5 Years
review_date: 2022-09-06T08:45:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/cm-yogi-adityanath-claims-no-riots-in-up-ncrb-data-show-35000-cases-in-5-years-833776


claimant: Union Home Minister Amit Shah
claim_date: 2022-07-22T12:56:56Z
title: Amit Shah’s Claim on Increase in Agricultural Land Doesn’t Check Out
review_date: 2022-07-22T12:56:56Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
In the 70 years since Independence, 64 lakh hectare of land became cultivable, but under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, 64 lakh hectares of agricultural land has increased in eight years

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/amit-shahs-claim-on-increase-in-agricultural-land-doesnt-check-out-827381


text: U.P.'s economy was sixth or seventh largest in the country before 2017
claimant: Yogi Adityanath
claim_date: 2022-02-07T19:49:58Z
title: UP's Economy Not as Far Behind Before 2017 as Yogi Claims
review_date: 2022-02-07T19:49:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/ups-economy-not-as-far-behind-before-2017-as-yogi-claims-802327


claimant: Adesh Gupta
claim_date: 2021-06-02T13:35:21Z
title: Delhi BJP Chief's Claims On Capital's Death Rate Untrue
review_date: 2021-06-02T13:35:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
“Delhi is on top of the list of states having maximum death rate in the category of population over 10 lakh”

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/delhi-bjp-chiefs-claims-on-capitals-death-rate-untrue-unfair-adesh-gupta-covid-19-deaths-752809


text: ANI, TOI: Modi - "There are no oil refineries in India". Modi: "There are no oil wells in India"
claimant: ANI, TOI, PM Modi
claim_date: 2022-03-01T09:22:27Z
title: PM Modi Misquoted on Oil Dependency; What He Actually Said Also Untrue
review_date: 2022-03-01T09:22:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/pm-modi-misquoted-on-oil-dependency-what-he-actually-said-also-untrue-806022


text: There has been a rise in number of medical college and 65% increase in medical seats.”
claimant: Lok Sabha MP Dr Subhash Bhamre
claim_date: 2021-03-25T14:12:14Z
title: Lok Sabha MP’s Claim of 65% Increase In MBBS Seats False
review_date: 2021-03-25T14:12:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/lok-sabha-mp-subhash-bhamre-claim-of-65-increase-in-mbbs-seats-since-last-five-years-false-737946


text: The Taliban crisis in Afghanistan was responsible for the decline in crude oil supply.
claimant: Arvind Bellad
claim_date: 2021-09-08T10:25:56Z
title: BJP MLA Arvind Bellad Blames Taliban for Fuel Price Hike, a Fact-check
review_date: 2021-09-08T10:25:56Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/bjp-mla-arvind-bellad-blames-taliban-for-fuel-price-hike-a-fact-check-773598


claimant: Ashwini Kumar Choubey
claim_date: 2022-12-01T08:22:01Z
review_date: 2022-12-01T08:22:01Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Air pollution is one of the factors for respiratory ailments and associated diseases. However, there is no conclusive data available in the country to establish direct correlation between health and air pollution. Health effects of air pollution are a synergistic manifestation of factors, which include food habits, occupational habits, socio-economic status, medical history, immunity, heredity, etc., of the individuals

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/contrary-to-environment-ministers-repeated-claims-in-parliament-there-is-a-link-between-air-pollution-and-health-844371

title:
Contrary To Environment Minister’s Repeated Claims In Parliament, There Is A Link Between Air Pollution And Health


text: No major terror attack since Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined office in 2014.
claimant: Rajnath Singh
claim_date: 2021-09-04T07:17:05Z
title: Fact-checking Rajnath’s Claim of No Major Terror Attack Since 2014
review_date: 2021-09-04T07:17:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/fact-checking-rajnaths-claim-of-no-major-terror-attack-since-2014-772697


text: An RTI reply & data shared by DG Delhi Prisons show 70% of inmates received COVID-19 vaccine doses
claimant: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
claim_date: 2021-08-21T03:57:32Z
title: Centre Says 2 Delhi Inmates Jabbed, Prison Data Shows 70% Got At Least One Dose
review_date: 2021-08-21T03:57:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/delhi-prison-inmates-vaccine-mansukh-mandaviya-rti-response-dg-prisons-769209


text: Covid-19 vaccine saves us only for 6-9 months, after that Rs 35,000 crore will be evaporated
claimant: Lok Sabha MP Sanjeev Kumar Singari
claim_date: 2021-03-20T11:57:50Z
title: MP’s Claim That COVID Vaccine Immunity Lasts 6-9 Months Misleading
review_date: 2021-03-20T11:57:50Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/lok-sabha-mp-sanjeev-kumar-singaris-claim-that-covid-19-vaccine-lasts-only-6-9-months-misleading-736837


text: False. The response of the Minister of State for Finance in the Lok Sabha contained no such claim.
claimant: Press Information Bureau
claim_date: 2021-07-28T10:11:12Z
title: GST Dues: Ministry says yet to pay Rs 1.36L Cr, PIB says all paid up
review_date: 2021-07-28T10:11:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/gst-dues-ministry-says-yet-to-pay-rs-136l-cr-pib-says-all-paid-up-764074


claimant: Sashi Panja
claim_date: 2020-11-28T12:17:48Z
title: Have West Bengal's Women Police Stations Led to Better Crime Reporting?
review_date: 2020-11-28T12:17:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
After 2011, we built 48 women police stations across the state. Before 2011, there were no police stations for women in the state.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/have-west-bengals-women-police-stations-led-to-better-crime-reporting-695403


claimant: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Press Information Bureau
claim_date: 2021-10-26T13:52:47Z
url: https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/modi-pib-quote-medical-seats-difference-783623
title: PIB, Modi Claim Medical Seats Have Increased, But Quote Different Numbers
review_date: 2021-10-26T13:52:47Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
While there has been an addition of seats in medical colleges, many of them are seats in private colleges which is not centrally aided


text: The Delhi government have started working towards establishing India's first virtual school.
claimant: Aam Aadmi Party
claim_date: 2021-04-03T09:15:46Z
title: Fact-check: AAP Claims Delhi Will Have India’s First Virtual School
review_date: 2021-04-03T09:15:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/fact-check-aap-claims-delhi-will-have-indias-first-virtual-school-four-virtual-schools-already-exist-manish-sisodia-739739


claimant: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge
claim_date: 2021-12-09T14:26:25Z
title: Did China Infiltrate or Transgress the Line of Actual Control?
review_date: 2021-12-09T14:26:25Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Opposition contested Centre's statement about no infiltration case across India-China border in last 3 years by bringing up Galwan Valley violence

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/did-china-infiltrate-or-transgress-the-line-of-actual-control-791624


claimant: ICMR
claim_date: 2021-05-21T15:23:42Z
title: India Not the First To Cross 2M Daily COVID-19 Tests, US did it 23 Times
review_date: 2021-05-21T15:23:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Two million COVID-19 tests were conducted across the country on May 18 2021, making it the highest number of tests conducted globally in a single day.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/india-not-the-first-to-cross-2m-daily-covid-19-tests-us-did-it-23-times-icmr-claim-750350


text: Aam Aadmi Party compared BJP-led states’ debt with Delhi’s revenue surplus
claimant: Factchecker
claim_date: 2022-04-10T07:41:55Z
title: AAP Uses Unfair Comparison to Claim Delhi Only State with Budget Surplus
review_date: 2022-04-10T07:41:55Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/aap-uses-unfair-comparison-to-claim-delhi-only-state-with-budget-surplus-812294


text: Hike in fuel prices because of oil bonds issued by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government
claimant: Amit Malviya
claim_date: 2021-06-22T10:46:11Z
title: Factcheck: Have Fuel Prices Increased Due to Oil Bonds Issued by UPA?
review_date: 2021-06-22T10:46:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/factcheck-have-fuel-prices-increased-due-to-oil-bonds-issued-by-upa-756951


text: Shortage of COVID-19 ICU beds came from one or two private hospitals
claimant: Satyender Jain, Delhi Health Minister
claim_date: 2021-03-31T08:05:50Z
title: Fact-checking Delhi Minister’s claim on shortage of COVID-19 ICU Beds
review_date: 2021-03-31T08:05:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/fact-checking-delhi-minister-satyendar-jains-claim-on-shortage-of-covid-19-icu-beds-738986


claimant: Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
claim_date: 2021-10-21T14:48:37Z
title: China, and Not India, Was First to Cross 100 crore COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
review_date: 2021-10-21T14:48:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
text:
Union Power Minister Raj K Singh was quoted as saying that India became the first country in the world to administer 100 crore vaccine doses.

url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/health-ministry-claim-india-first-to-cross-100-crore-vaccine-doses-factcheck-782640


text: There is no COVID-19 in Asssam these days
claimant: Himanta Biswa Sarma
claim_date: 2021-04-05T07:00:17Z
title: Assam Has 1,964 Cases, But Health Min Claims ‘No COVID-19 In State’
review_date: 2021-04-05T07:00:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Factchecker
publisher_site: factchecker.in
url:
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-check/assam-has-1964-cases-but-health-min-claims-no-covid-19-in-state-739991


text: John Mahama makes tribal comment and calls out Akufo-Addo for ignoring the Volta region
claimant: Viral photo
claim_date: 2023-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: No evidence that former Prez Mahama made tribal comment following Volta floods
review_date: 2023-10-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/10/fact-check-no-evidence-that-former-prez-mahama-made-tribal-comment-following-volta-floods/


text: Alan Kyerematen accepts to become a running mate in the 2024 elections
claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Alan Kyerematen has not accepted to become a running mate in the 2024 elections
review_date: 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/09/fact-check-alan-kyerematen-has-not-accepted-to-become-a-running-mate-in-the-2024-elections/


text: John Mahama is giving out grants to support Ghanaians
claimant: Viral message
claim_date: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: SCAM ALERT: A viral WhatsApp message claims John Mahama is giving Gh¢2,000 support to Ghanaians
review_date: 2023-09-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/09/scam-alert-a-viral-whatsapp-message-claims-john-mahama-is-giving-gh%C2%A22000-support-to-ghanaians/


claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
Finance Minister of Gabon accosted while fleeing the country with a stash of money after coup d’état

url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/09/fact-check-viral-video-does-not-show-the-finance-minister-of-gabon-caught-with-a-stash-of-money-after-coup-detat/

title:
FACT-CHECK: Viral video does not show the Finance Minister of Gabon caught with a stash of money after coup d’état


text: Foreigner secures Ghanaian voter ID card
claimant: Viral photo
claim_date: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/09/fact-check-electoral-commission-has-not-issued-a-voter-id-card-to-a-foreigner-as-seen-in-viral-picture/

title:
FACT-CHECK: Electoral Commission has not issued a voter ID card to a foreigner as seen in viral picture


claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2023-03-22T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2023-03-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
A viral video shows how Turkish contractors were executed for their roles in the destruction of buildings following the massive earthquake

url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/03/fact-check-has-turkey-executed-contractors-for-violating-safety-standards-following-massive-earthquake/

title:
FACT-CHECK: Has Turkey executed contractors for violating safety standards following massive earthquake?


claimant: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
claim_date: 2019-12-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2019/12/fact-checked-5-claims-by-president-nana-addo-at-media-encounter/
title: Fact-checked: 5 claims by President Nana Addo at media encounter
review_date: 2019-12-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
Ghana’s economic growth to be one of the fastest in the world, with 7% average growth over the last 3 years


text: WHO lists Ghana, Nigeria and 11 others as top risk African countries for coronavirus
claimant: www.pulse.com.gh, www.punchng.com
claim_date: 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Coronavirus: WHO denies labelling Ghana, Nigeria and 11 others as high risk
review_date: 2020-02-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/02/coronavirus-who-denies-labelling-ghana-nigeria-and-11-others-as-high-risk/


text: Ghana temporarily suspends foreign travels by public officials
claimant: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
claim_date: 2020-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Coronavirus: Ghana temporarily suspends all but critical foreign travels by public officials
review_date: 2020-03-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/03/coronavirus-ghana-temporarily-suspends-all-but-critical-foreign-travels-by-public-officials/


text: Ghana has not recorded cholera cases under President Akufo-Addo (2017-2020)
claimant: Cecilia Abena Dapaah
claim_date: 2020-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Sanitation Minister falsely claims no cholera case recorded under current government
review_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/10/sanitation-minister-falsely-claims-no-cholera-case-recorded-under-current-government/


text: Ghana's Electoral Commission postpones 2020 elections to 2023 due to coronavirus
claimant: newsmunews.net
title: Ghana’s Electoral Commission has NOT postponed 2020 elections due to COVID-19
review_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/05/ghanas-electoral-commission-has-not-postponed-2020-elections-due-to-covid-19/


text: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines will reduce the life expectancy of people who take them.
claimant: Dolores Cahill
claim_date: 2021-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: No evidence mRNA COVID-19 vaccines reduce life expectancy or cause infertility
review_date: 2021-05-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/05/fact-check-no-evidence-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-reduce-life-expectancy-or-cause-infertility/


text: Viral video shows the arrest of a suspect involved in the Ablekuma robbery case
claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2023-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Viral WhatsApp video is NOT of a suspect involved in the Ablekuma robbery case
review_date: 2023-07-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/07/fact-check-viral-whatsapp-video-is-not-of-a-suspect-involved-in-the-ablekuma-robbery-case/


text: COVID-19 vaccines are poisonous
claimant: WhatsApp Forward
claim_date: 2021-06-16T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2021-06-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/06/false-covid-19-vaccines-are-not-poisonous-and-you-dont-need-to-drink-charcoal-powder-mixed-in-warm-water-to-detox/

title:
FALSE: COVID-19 vaccines are NOT poisonous and you don't need to drink charcoal powder mixed in warm water to detox


text: John Rawlings claims France has hijacked West African common currency Eco
claimant: Unknown
claim_date: 2020-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: FALSE: Rawlings lashes out at France for hijacking West African common currency Eco
review_date: 2020-07-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/07/false-rawlings-lashes-out-at-france-for-hijacking-west-african-common-currency-eco/


text: Former President Mahama wants to come and change the constitution to run for 30 years
claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2023-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: FALSE: Former Prez Mahama proposes extension of presidential term
review_date: 2023-07-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/07/false-former-prez-mahama-proposes-extension-of-the-tenure-for-the-president/


text: Melcom is giving GH₵2000 Gift card to everyone due to the coronavirus pandemic
claimant: Unknown
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: HOAX: Melcom is not giving out GH₵ 2,000 gift cards to every Ghanaian in response to COVID-19
review_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Hoax
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/05/hoax-melcom-is-not-giving-out-gh%E2%82%B5-2000-gift-cards-to-every-ghanaian-in-response-to-covid-19/


claimant: Samuel Nartey George
claim_date: 2019-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checked: 2 claims by MP Sam George at NDC’s moment of truth series
review_date: 2019-12-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mixture
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
GHS10 million out of the whopping GHS436, 540,000 to be collected from CST has been allocated to the Cyber Security Authority

url:
https://ghanafact.com/2019/12/fact-checked-2-claims-by-mp-sam-george-at-ndcs-moment-of-truth-series/


text: Ghana recorded average annual GDP growth rates of 7% between 2017 and 2019.
claimant: Nana Akufo-Addo
claim_date: 2022-03-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2022/03/4170/
review_date: 2022-03-31T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
title:
FACT-CHECK: Prez Akufo-Addo falsely claims gov't has constructed 13.5% of Ghana’s road network in 5 years


text: AstraZeneca and Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines are not effective against the Delta COVID-19 variant
claimant: myjoyonline
claim_date: 2021-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines are effective against the Delta COVID-19 variant
review_date: 2021-06-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: FALSE
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/06/fact-check-astrazeneca-and-sputnik-v-vaccines-are-effective-against-the-delta-covid-19-variant/


text: Two claims about Ghana's economy and poverty levels
claimant: France 24
claim_date: 2020-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims about Ghana's economy and poverty levels published by France 24
review_date: 2020-12-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: One false, one partly true
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/12/fact-checking-claims-about-ghanas-economy-and-poverty-levels-published-by-france-24/


text: Ghana records a case of Monkeypox
claimant: Viral Picture
claim_date: 2022-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Ghana has NOT recorded a case of Monkeypox
review_date: 2022-05-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2022/05/fact-check-ghana-has-not-recorded-a-confirmed-case-of-monkeypox-as-of-yet/


text: Recipients of COVID-19 vaccines are being used as guinea pigs
claimant: Stephen Hotze
claim_date: 2021-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are NOT "gene therapy" and recipients are NOT "guinea pigs"
review_date: 2021-05-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/05/fact-check-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-are-not-gene-therapy-and-recipients-are-not-guinea-pigs/


text: Viral video shows Ukrainians driving abandoned or captured Russian military vehicles
claimant: Joshua Potash
claim_date: 2022-02-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2022/03/4119/
review_date: 2022-03-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
title:
MISLEADING: Viral video does NOT show Ukrainians driving abandoned or captured Russian military vehicles


text: There is no CAF directive that football be played behind closed doors
claimant: Ameenu Shardow
claim_date: 2020-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: CAF directs all football matches be played without spectators?
review_date: 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/11/fact-check-caf-directs-all-football-matches-be-played-without-spectators/


text: President of CSO-IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe will celebrate an NPP election defeat
claimant: Unknown
claim_date: 2019-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Franklin Cudjoe denies he will celebrate an NPP election defeat
review_date: 2019-12-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2019/12/fact-check-franklin-cudjoe-refutes-viral-facebook-post-that-he-will-celebrate-an-npp-election-defeat/


claimant: John Mahama
claim_date: 2020-08-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2020/08/fact-check-john-mahama-on-the-campaign-trail/
title: FACT-CHECK: John Mahama on the campaign trail in Ahamansu
review_date: 2020-08-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
Even with a voter ID card, you won't be allowed to vote on December 7 if your name is not found in the Register. So people should take advantage of the exhibition exercise to verify their names.


text: Toyota is giving away cars and gifts as part of its 80th-anniversary celebration
claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: HOAX: A site offering cars and gifts as part of Toyota's 80th anniversary celebration is a scam
review_date: 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: HOAX
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/05/hoax-a-site-offering-cars-and-gifts-as-part-of-toyotas-80th-anniversary-celebration-is-a-scam/


text: Boy drinking dirty water shows current situation in Ghana
claimant: Twene Jones TV
claim_date: 2021-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Picture of a boy drinking dirty water shows current situation in Ghana?
review_date: 2021-03-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/03/fact-check-picture-of-a-boy-drinking-dirty-water-shows-current-situation-in-ghana/


text: New strains of COVID-19 are mainly targeted at Africans
claimant: WhatsApp Forward
claim_date: 2021-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Four COVID-19 misinformation and vaccine conspiracy theories
review_date: 2021-04-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: FALSE
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/04/fact-check-four-covid-19-misinformation-and-vaccine-conspiracy-theories/


text: Video shows alleged gay partners flogged mercilessly in public
claimant: Nyhira FM
claim_date: 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2022-02-02T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2022/02/misleading-videos-published-by-nhyira-fm-showing-two-men-stripped-down-to-their-underwear-and-being-flogged-have-been-wrongly-characterized/

title:
MISLEADING: Videos showing 2 men stripped down to their underwear and being flogged have been wrongly characterized


text: American actress, Lisa Raye McCoy is Queen mother of Ghana
claimant: Lisa Raye McCoy
claim_date: 2019-10-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2019/11/factcheck-lisa-raye-mccoy-is-queen-mother-of-ghana/
title: FACT-CHECK: Lisa Raye McCoy is Queen mother of Ghana?
review_date: 2019-11-15T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
textual_rating:
The claim is rated Mixture, this means the content are a mix of accurate and inaccurate, or the primary claim is misleading or incomplete.


claimant: John Mahama
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2020/09/fact-check-ex-prez-john-mahamas-remarks-at-manhyia-palace/
title: FACT-CHECK: Ex-Prez John Mahama's remarks at Manhyia Palace
review_date: 2020-09-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Exaggeration
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
Ghana emerged first for four consecutive years in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)


text: Relevant information on Ghana’s coronavirus official website wiped off
claimant: 3news.com, Ghanaweb.com
claim_date: 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checked: Relevant information on Ghana’s coronavirus official website wiped off?
review_date: 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/04/fact-checked-relevant-information-on-ghanas-coronavirus-official-website-wiped-off/


text: Ghana records cases of Monkeypox
claim_date: 2022-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Monkeypox declared a global emergency: Ghana records 34 cases across 6 regions
review_date: 2022-07-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2022/07/monkeypox-declared-a-global-emergency-ghana-records-34-cases-across-6-regions/


text: Hibiscus flower can help treat prostate cancer
claimant: Nana Ntim-Barimah
claim_date: 2021-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: WHO: No evidence that hibiscus flower can help treat COVID-19 and prostate cancer
review_date: 2021-04-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/04/who-no-evidence-that-hibiscus-flower-can-help-treat-covid-19-and-prostate-cancer/


text: Drinking water after every 15 minutes helps prevent COVID-19
claimant: K. Bonsu
claim_date: 2021-04-21T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2021-04-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: FALSE
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/04/fact-check-holding-your-breathe-for-10-seconds-without-coughing-does-not-mean-you-are-free-from-covid-19/

title:
FACT-CHECK: Holding your breathe for 10 seconds without coughing DOES NOT mean you are free from COVID-19


text: Redeem 500 cedi prize after participating in a survey to celebrate Bank of Ghana's 64th anniversary
claimant: doseranch.top
claim_date: 2021-10-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2021/10/3840/
review_date: 2021-10-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Hoax
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
title:
HOAX: Site offering 500 cedi prize to survey participants to celebrate 64th anniversary of Bank of Ghana is a SCAM


claimant: Mahamudu Bawumia
claim_date: 2022-02-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2022/02/4025/
title: FACT-CHECK: Bawumia MISLEADINGLY claims Ghana Card is now recognized globally as a valid e-passport
review_date: 2022-02-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
ICAO approves for Ghana’s National Identity Card, the Ghana Card to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport


text: Ghana government mobilises almost 18 billion cedis to mitigate the impact of COVID-19
claimant: Muhammed Mubarak Muntaka
claim_date: 2020-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Gov’t mobilises almost 18 billion cedis to mitigate impact of COVID-19
review_date: 2020-06-15T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Partly true
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/06/fact-check-govt-mobilises-almost-18-billion-cedis-to-mitigate-impact-of-covid-19/


text: President Nana Akufo-Addo is tired of coronavirus fight
claimant: Kwaku Agyeman-Manu
claim_date: 2020-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Who said President Akufo-Addo is tired of the coronavirus fight?
review_date: 2020-07-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/07/fact-check-who-said-president-akufo-addo-is-tired-of-the-coronavirus-fight/


claimant: Geert Vanden Bossche
claim_date: 2021-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Do you lose your innate immune system after taking a COVID-19 vaccine?
review_date: 2021-06-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
COVID-19 vaccines introduce long live antibodies that have high specificity for the virus and they out-compete our natural antibodies.

url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/06/fact-check-do-you-lose-your-innate-immune-system-after-taking-a-covid-19-vaccine/


text: A concoction of ginger, garlic, lime, paracetamol and lemon-ginger tea cures coronavirus
claimant: KwakyeOnline
claim_date: 2020-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: FALSE: Ginger, garlic, lime and paracetamol concoction cures coronavirus
review_date: 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/05/false-ginger-garlic-lime-and-paracetamol-concoction-cures-coronavirus/


text: Five claims about Ghana’s economic progress and foreign relations
claimant: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: 5 claims by President Nana Addo during State of the Nation Address
review_date: 2020-02-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Three true, one false, one unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/02/fact-check-5-claims-by-president-nana-addo-at-state-of-the-nation-address/


text: Frail old man in a viral picture is Cameroonian President campaigning for reelection
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Viral image of frail old man is NOT Cameroonian Prez Paul Biya
review_date: 2021-06-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/06/fact-check-viral-image-of-frail-old-man-is-not-cameroonian-prez-paul-biya/


text: NSS to withhold payments to personnel until COVID-19 is over
claimant: Hardtruthgh.com
claim_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: FALSE: Ghana’s National Service Secretariat withholds payments to personnel until COVID-19 is over
review_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/04/false-ghanas-national-service-secretariat-withholds-payments-to-personnel-until-covid-19-is-over/


text: Ghana’s economy has contracted for the first time in 37 years
claimant: Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/09/fact-check-ghana-statistical-service-wrongly-claims-ghanas-economy-has-contracted-for-the-first-time-in-37-years/

title:
FACT-CHECK: Ghana Statistical Service wrongly claims Ghana’s economy has contracted for the first time in 37 years


text: Ghana records more than 9,000 COVID-19 cases, with over 400 deaths and 800 recoveries
claimant: CGTN.com
claim_date: 2019-04-07T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/04/false-chinese-state-media-claims-ghanas-coronavirus-cases-have-surpassed-9000-with-over-400-deaths/

title:
FALSE: Chinese state media claims Ghana’s coronavirus cases have surpassed 9,000 with over 400 deaths


text: Pfizer CEO announces plan to reduce the world's population by 50% in 2023
claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2022-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Pfizer CEO has not announced plans to reduce the world's population by 50%
review_date: 2023-03-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/03/fact-check-pfizer-ceo-has-not-announced-plans-to-reduce-the-worlds-population-by-50/


claimant: Viral WhatsApp Message
claim_date: 2021-11-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2021/11/3893/
review_date: 2021-11-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Scam
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
Ghanaians who are unable to verify their vaccination status should provide their personal information in a google form

title:
PHISHING SCAM: Viral WhatsApp message asks Ghanaians unable to verify their vaccination status to provide their personal information in a google form


text: COVID-19 victims suffer infertility, loss of smell, stroke and lungs dysfunction after treatment
claimant: Kofi Amoah
claim_date: 2020-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Unproven: COVID-19 victims suffer infertility, loss of smell and stroke after recovery
review_date: 2020-05-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/05/unproven-covid-19-victims-suffer-infertility-loss-of-smell-and-stroke-after-recovery/


text: China seizes over 7,200 male organs worth $1.5 billion on a cargo ship from Nigeria
claimant: World News Report
claim_date: 2021-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: China hasn't confiscated shipment of over 7,200 male organs from Nigeria
review_date: 2021-04-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Satire
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/04/fact-check-china-hasnt-confiscated-shipment-of-over-7200-male-organs-from-nigeria/


claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2020-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Minister of Environment and NPP General Secretary arrested?
review_date: 2020-02-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
Ghana’s President calls for arrest of Minister of Environment and governing party(NPP) General Secretary

url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/02/fact-check-minister-of-environment-and-npp-general-secretary-arrested/


text: Video shows cattle being swept away by floodwaters in Upper East region
claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Viral video showing cattle being washed away by floods is not from Upper East region
review_date: 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/09/fact-check-viral-video-showing-cattle-being-washed-away-by-floods-is-not-from-upper-east-region/


claimant: Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
claim_date: 2020-02-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://ghanafact.com/2020/02/fact-check-3-claims-by-dr-bawumia-at-govt-town-hall-meeting/
title: FACT-CHECK: 3 claims by Dr Bawumia at Gov't Town Hall Meeting
review_date: 2020-02-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: One claim false, two are true
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
3 claims about fiscal deficit [2018, 2019] being below 5%, 8 financial institutions that started operations during NDC governments going bust and reducing/abolishing at least 15 separate taxes and levies


text: Holding your breath for a specific time helps in testing your lung function
claimant: Zydus hospital
claim_date: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Breath-holding exercise prescribed in viral video is NOT safe
review_date: 2021-06-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Unproven
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/06/fact-check-breath-holding-exercise-prescribed-in-viral-video-is-not-safe/


text: Michael Essien loses about 1 million followers on Twitter
claimant: Mynewsgh.com
claim_date: 2021-03-02T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2021-03-02T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/03/fact-check-michael-essien-loses-about-1-million-followers-on-twitter-after-declaring-support-for-lgbtqi-community/

title:
FACT-CHECK: Michael Essien loses about 1 million followers on Twitter after declaring support for LGBTQI+ community


text: WhatsApp has secretly changed its privacy settings for groups
claimant: Viral message
claim_date: 2021-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: WhatsApp has NOT secretly changed its privacy settings for groups
review_date: 2021-05-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/05/fact-check-whatsapp-has-not-secretly-changed-its-privacy-settings-for-groups/


text: 313, 837 SHS students to sit for 2020 WASSCE exams
claimant: Yaw Osei Adutwum
claim_date: 2020-07-19T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2020-07-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/07/fact-check-ghanas-president-and-deputy-education-minister-post-wrong-figures-about-total-number-of-2020-wassce-candidates/

title:
FACT-CHECK: Ghana’s President and deputy education minister post wrong figures about total number of 2020 WASSCE candidates?


text: Vaccines damage recipient's immune system
claimant: Viral WhatsApp message
claim_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2022/10/false-viral-message-claims-who-has-announced-that-natural-immunity-is-much-better-than-vaccine-immunity/

title:
FALSE: Viral message claims WHO has announced that natural immunity is much better than vaccine immunity


text: Ghana ranked second in the 2018 Global Teacher Status Index
claimant: Matthew Opoku Prempeh, dailyguidenetwork.com
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Education Minister falsely claims Ghana was ranked 2nd in the 2018 Global Teacher Status Index
review_date: 2020-11-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/11/education-minister-falsely-claims-ghana-was-ranked-2nd-in-the-2018-global-teacher-status-index/


text: Dr Paa Kwasi Nduom endorses Prof Naana Opoku-Agyeman over current Vice President
claimant: Viral social media post
claim_date: 2020-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: What did Dr Paa Kwasi Nduom and Prof Stephen Adei say about NDC's running mate?
review_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/07/what-did-dr-paa-kwasi-nduom-and-prof-stephen-adei-say-about-ndcs-running-mate/


text: Some Zimbabweans are cutting off their toes in exchange for money
claimant: David Kaseke
claim_date: 2022-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Viral videos alleging thriving trade in human toes in Zimbabwe
review_date: 2022-06-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2022/06/fact-check-viral-videos-alleging-thriving-trade-in-human-toes-in-zimbabwe/


text: Ghanaian migrants in Germany jump from a moving bus to escape deportation
claimant: Viral video
claim_date: 2023-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Viral video shows Ghanaian migrants in Germany escaping deportation
review_date: 2023-08-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/08/fact-check-viral-video-shows-ghanaian-migrants-in-germany-escaping-deportation/


text: Five COVID-19 vaccines have lower efficacy than previously announced
claimant: Dr Serge
claim_date: 2021-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Claim that some COVID-19 vaccines are less effective than previously announced is FALSE
review_date: 2021-06-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/06/fact-check-claim-that-some-covid-19-vaccines-are-less-effective-than-previously-announced-is-false/


text: Parts of Accra to endure power interruptions for eight days
claimant: ECG
claim_date: 2021-05-10T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2021-05-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/05/factsheet-as-dumsor-kicks-in-how-does-ghana-compare-to-other-countries-in-terms-of-access-to-electricity/

title:
FACTSHEET: As “Dumsor” kicks in, how does Ghana compare to other countries in terms of access to electricity?


text: All vaccinated people will die within 2 years
claimant: WhatsApp Forward
claim_date: 2021-06-18T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2021-06-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/06/fact-check-virologist-luc-montagnier-did-not-say-all-vaccinated-people-will-die-within-2-years-moreover-the-claim-is-false/

title:
FACT-CHECK: Virologist Luc Montagnier did NOT say all vaccinated people will die within 2 years- moreover, the claim is FALSE


claimant: Mahamudu Bawumia
claim_date: 2020-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Dr Bawumia’s claims about why Akufo-Addo is better than Mahama
review_date: 2020-07-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Four claims true
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
text:
Four claims about how economic indicators are performing better under the NPP than the former NDC government

url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/07/fact-check-dr-bawumias-claims-about-why-akufo-addo-is-better-than-mahama/


text: Government presents inconsistent Free SHS data
claimant: Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
claim_date: 2020-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: NDC MP, Okudzeto Ablakwa points out contradictions in Free SHS data
review_date: 2020-07-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/07/fact-check-ndc-mp-okudzeto-ablakwa-points-out-inconsistencies-in-governments-free-shs-data/


text: Electoral Commission Chairperson tests positive for coronavirus
claimant: www.hardtruthgh.com
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: FALSE: Ghana’s Electoral Commission Chairperson tests positive for coronavirus
review_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: false
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2020/07/false-ghanas-electoral-commission-chairperson-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/


text: Ghana recorded a confirmed case of Ebola between 2012 and 2016
claimant: Blessed Godsbrain Smart
claim_date: 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: FALSE: Ghana recorded a confirmed case of Ebola in the past
review_date: 2023-06-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/06/false-captain-smart-claims-ghana-recorded-a-case-of-ebola-virus-disease/


text: Australian government admits COVID-19 vaccines are harming people
claimant: gqwaves.com
claim_date: 2022-01-08T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2022-02-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: FALSE
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2022/02/fact-check-health-authorities-in-australia-dismiss-claims-that-covid-19-vaccines-are-harming-people-in-the-country/

title:
FACT-CHECK: Australia dismisses viral claim that COVID-19 vaccines are harming people in the country


text: United Nations issues organ trafficking alert for the Middle East
claimant: Viral claim
claim_date: 2021-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: FALSE: United Nations has not issued an organ trafficking alert for the Middle East
review_date: 2021-03-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/03/false-united-nations-has-not-issued-an-organ-trafficking-alert-for-the-middle-east/


text: Ghana received $1.4 billion from oil production in 2022
claimant: Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
claim_date: 2023-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: FACT-CHECK: Okudzeto Ablakwa claims gov't has received $1.4 billion from oil production
review_date: 2023-07-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2023/07/fact-check-okudzeto-ablakwa-claims-govt-has-received-1-4-billion-from-oil-production/


text: The COVID-19 vaccine is deadly and has not been duly tested
claimant: Bishop David Oyedepo
claim_date: 2021-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: FALSE: Bishop Oyedepo claims COVID-19 vaccine is deadly and has not been duly tested
review_date: 2021-05-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: FALSE
language_code: en
publisher_name: Ghana Fact
publisher_site: ghanafact.com
url:
https://ghanafact.com/2021/05/false-bishop-oyedepo-claims-covid-19-vaccine-is-deadly-and-has-not-been-duly-tested/


