Fact-checks | PolitiFact

The Poynter Institute

English Español

Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

I would like to contribute

Facebook posts
stated on December 5, 2022 in an image on Facebook:

England’s Oxfordshire County Council has passed a trial "climate lockdown," “confining residents to their own neighbourhoods.”

By Kristin Hugo • December 15, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on December 1, 2022 in a post:

"Climate activists vow to slaughter millions of dogs to ‘reduce carbon pawprint.’”

By Kristin Hugo • December 6, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 30, 2022 in a photo:

“There are no greenhouse gas emissions in this photo” of cows grazing.

By Kristin Hugo • November 7, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 20, 2022 in a video:

"When electric cars get in accidents, they explode, they catch fire very very badly because of the lithium batteries.”

By Kristin Hugo • October 25, 2022
Charlie Kirk
stated on October 3, 2022 in a video:

For climate change environmentalists, “not a single one of their predictions ever come true.”

By Kristin Hugo • October 25, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on September 25, 2022 in a post:

"In Germany, millions of solar panels are blanketed in snow and 30,000 wind turbines are sitting idle because there’s no wind.”

By Kristin Hugo • October 12, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 12, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

"55,000 years ago the world was 2 degrees warmer Celsius than it is today.”

By Kristin Hugo • October 10, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2022 in posts:

“The Earth just started spinning faster than ever before and scientists are gravely concerned.”

By Kristin Hugo • August 31, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 17, 2022 in a screenshot of a tweet:

In its July “red alert” for extreme heat, the U.K.'s Met Office warned that high temperatures could cause blood clotting.

By Kristin Hugo • July 29, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 5, 2022 in screenshot of a tweet:

"The emissions generated by watching 30 minutes of Netflix is the same as driving almost 4 miles.”

By Kristin Hugo • July 26, 2022

✕