Latest Fact-checks by Ciara O'Rourke Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: "When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ " Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface." Viral image stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: The Mueller report was leaked. Viral image stated on March 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Bluegill fish "are responsible for over 500 deaths in the United States every summer." Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donna Brazile is a "criminal." Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Tom Ford said about Melania Trump, "I have no interest in dressing a glorified escort who steals speeches and has bad taste in men." Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: "President Trump signed legislation to clean up millions of tons of trash from our oceans and lakes last week." Viral image stated on March 25, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Barack Obama kissing David Cameron. Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Samuel L. Jackson said, "Maybe if we underpaid these modern mumble rappers and overpaid teachers there would be smarter people in the future and less s----- music." Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Joseph Stalin said, "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Congress quietly repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding Muslims from holding office." Viral image stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Beto O’Rourke nearly nude with the words "feminist," "atheist" and "slut" on his body. Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy. Viral image stated on March 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!" Viral image stated on March 5, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Sinclair Lewis said, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Viral image stated on March 8, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "was fired from ‘Hot Dog On A Stick’ in 2008 — for incompetence." Viral image stated on March 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Winston Churchill said, "When you’re 20, you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60, you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place." Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph of a black couple pictures the Sundance Kid. Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Undocumented immigrants get Medicare for free. Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "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!" Viral image stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton said, "This planet might be able to support perhaps as many as half of a billion people who could live a sustainable life in relative comfort. Human populations must be greatly diminished, and as quickly as possible to limit further environmental damage." Viral image stated on February 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Claims to show a photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with her legs spread. Viral image stated on February 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump was photographed wearing blackface. Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: The intersection of a rainbow and tornado is called a "tornabow." Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Eric Trump said, "The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president." Viral image stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Robert Mueller as saying, "We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader." Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Beto O’Rourke as saying, "If I could throw two kinds of people in the garbage it would be the elderly and wounded veterans. When a tool breaks you don’t fix it, you throw it in the damn trash." Bloggers stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Trump signed a bill "to clean millions of tons of garbage from world’s oceans." Viral image stated on February 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows KKK members marching at the 1924 Democratic National Convention.
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Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: "When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ " Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface." Viral image stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain." Viral image stated on April 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: The Mueller report was leaked. Viral image stated on March 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Bluegill fish "are responsible for over 500 deaths in the United States every summer." Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donna Brazile is a "criminal." Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Tom Ford said about Melania Trump, "I have no interest in dressing a glorified escort who steals speeches and has bad taste in men." Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: "President Trump signed legislation to clean up millions of tons of trash from our oceans and lakes last week." Viral image stated on March 25, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Barack Obama kissing David Cameron. Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Samuel L. Jackson said, "Maybe if we underpaid these modern mumble rappers and overpaid teachers there would be smarter people in the future and less s----- music." Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Joseph Stalin said, "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Congress quietly repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding Muslims from holding office." Viral image stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Beto O’Rourke nearly nude with the words "feminist," "atheist" and "slut" on his body. Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy. Viral image stated on March 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!" Viral image stated on March 5, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Sinclair Lewis said, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Viral image stated on March 8, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "was fired from ‘Hot Dog On A Stick’ in 2008 — for incompetence." Viral image stated on March 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Winston Churchill said, "When you’re 20, you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60, you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place." Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph of a black couple pictures the Sundance Kid. Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Undocumented immigrants get Medicare for free. Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "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!" Viral image stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton said, "This planet might be able to support perhaps as many as half of a billion people who could live a sustainable life in relative comfort. Human populations must be greatly diminished, and as quickly as possible to limit further environmental damage." Viral image stated on February 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Claims to show a photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with her legs spread. Viral image stated on February 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump was photographed wearing blackface. Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: The intersection of a rainbow and tornado is called a "tornabow." Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Eric Trump said, "The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president." Viral image stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Robert Mueller as saying, "We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader." Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Beto O’Rourke as saying, "If I could throw two kinds of people in the garbage it would be the elderly and wounded veterans. When a tool breaks you don’t fix it, you throw it in the damn trash." Bloggers stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Trump signed a bill "to clean millions of tons of garbage from world’s oceans." Viral image stated on February 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows KKK members marching at the 1924 Democratic National Convention.
Viral image stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: "When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he simply replied, ‘then what are we fighting for?’ "
Viral image stated on March 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface."
Viral image stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: "The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain."
Viral image stated on March 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Bluegill fish "are responsible for over 500 deaths in the United States every summer."
Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Tom Ford said about Melania Trump, "I have no interest in dressing a glorified escort who steals speeches and has bad taste in men."
Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: "President Trump signed legislation to clean up millions of tons of trash from our oceans and lakes last week."
Viral image stated on March 25, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Barack Obama kissing David Cameron.
Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Samuel L. Jackson said, "Maybe if we underpaid these modern mumble rappers and overpaid teachers there would be smarter people in the future and less s----- music."
Viral image stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Joseph Stalin said, "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Congress quietly repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding Muslims from holding office."
Viral image stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Beto O’Rourke nearly nude with the words "feminist," "atheist" and "slut" on his body.
Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy.
Viral image stated on March 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!"
Viral image stated on March 5, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Sinclair Lewis said, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
Viral image stated on March 8, 2019 in a post on Facebook: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "was fired from ‘Hot Dog On A Stick’ in 2008 — for incompetence."
Viral image stated on March 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Winston Churchill said, "When you’re 20, you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60, you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place."
Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph of a black couple pictures the Sundance Kid.
Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post: Undocumented immigrants get Medicare for free.
Viral image stated on February 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "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!"
Viral image stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Hillary Clinton said, "This planet might be able to support perhaps as many as half of a billion people who could live a sustainable life in relative comfort. Human populations must be greatly diminished, and as quickly as possible to limit further environmental damage."
Viral image stated on February 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Claims to show a photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with her legs spread.
Viral image stated on February 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump was photographed wearing blackface.
Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: The intersection of a rainbow and tornado is called a "tornabow."
Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Eric Trump said, "The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president."
Viral image stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Robert Mueller as saying, "We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader."
Viral image stated on February 13, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Beto O’Rourke as saying, "If I could throw two kinds of people in the garbage it would be the elderly and wounded veterans. When a tool breaks you don’t fix it, you throw it in the damn trash."
Bloggers stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post: Trump signed a bill "to clean millions of tons of garbage from world’s oceans."
Viral image stated on February 3, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows KKK members marching at the 1924 Democratic National Convention.
