Latest False Fact-checks 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 May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.” Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.” Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal. Bloggers stated on May 25, 2020 in a headline: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'" Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!” Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.” Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says if you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask “call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.” Bloggers stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Italian Parliament Calls For The Arrest of Bill Gates” Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.” Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a warning label on a box of disposable masks shows that they are ineffective at protecting against the spread of COVID-19. Kimberly Lightford stated on May 15, 2020 in a TV interview: The novel coronavirus was “man-made.” Facebook posts stated on May 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Due to the large number of people who will refuse the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine because it will include tracking microchips, the Gates Foundation is now spending billions to ensure that all medical and dental injections and procedures include the chips.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in remarks to reporters at the Capitol: “If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.” Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: If you paid rent in March or April, “they got to give” you your money back. Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2020 in a blog post: “Bill Gates Explains That The COVID Vaccine Will Use Experimental Technology And Permanently Alter Your DNA” Nancy Pelosi stated on May 19, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says President Donald Trump is “morbidly obese.” Facebook posts stated on May 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says wearing face masks is more harmful to your health than going without one. Andy Biggs stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter: "States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis." Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Dr. Fauci says every American should be microchipped. Viral image stated on March 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says kitchen worker in viral video is potentially spreading coronavirus by blowing into food containers. Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them. Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Anthony Fauci was on the Clinton Foundation board for 20 years and “currently serves on Gates Foundation.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a text post: “Hydroxychloroquine cures this ‘virus.’ It just so happens this is the treatment used for radiation sickness!!” Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: Hospitals get paid $750 for patients who die from the flu, $17,500 for COVID-19. Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says only certain face masks are effective and others, such as cloth masks, are not. Viral image stated on April 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Nancy Pelosi said, “if you accept a check from Trump, you might as well vote for him.” Janel Brandtjen stated on May 12, 2020 in a tweet: Says Gov Tony Evers’ administration deemed dentists non-essential Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: $100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.” Stacey Abrams stated on May 7, 2020 in an interview with Mother Jones: “Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.”
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Viral image stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.” Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.” Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.” Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal. Bloggers stated on May 25, 2020 in a headline: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'" Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!” Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.” Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says if you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask “call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.” Bloggers stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Italian Parliament Calls For The Arrest of Bill Gates” Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.” Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a warning label on a box of disposable masks shows that they are ineffective at protecting against the spread of COVID-19. Kimberly Lightford stated on May 15, 2020 in a TV interview: The novel coronavirus was “man-made.” Facebook posts stated on May 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Due to the large number of people who will refuse the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine because it will include tracking microchips, the Gates Foundation is now spending billions to ensure that all medical and dental injections and procedures include the chips.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in remarks to reporters at the Capitol: “If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.” Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: If you paid rent in March or April, “they got to give” you your money back. Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2020 in a blog post: “Bill Gates Explains That The COVID Vaccine Will Use Experimental Technology And Permanently Alter Your DNA” Nancy Pelosi stated on May 19, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says President Donald Trump is “morbidly obese.” Facebook posts stated on May 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says wearing face masks is more harmful to your health than going without one. Andy Biggs stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter: "States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis." Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Dr. Fauci says every American should be microchipped. Viral image stated on March 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says kitchen worker in viral video is potentially spreading coronavirus by blowing into food containers. Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them. Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Anthony Fauci was on the Clinton Foundation board for 20 years and “currently serves on Gates Foundation.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a text post: “Hydroxychloroquine cures this ‘virus.’ It just so happens this is the treatment used for radiation sickness!!” Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: Hospitals get paid $750 for patients who die from the flu, $17,500 for COVID-19. Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says only certain face masks are effective and others, such as cloth masks, are not. Viral image stated on April 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Nancy Pelosi said, “if you accept a check from Trump, you might as well vote for him.” Janel Brandtjen stated on May 12, 2020 in a tweet: Says Gov Tony Evers’ administration deemed dentists non-essential Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: $100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.” Stacey Abrams stated on May 7, 2020 in an interview with Mother Jones: “Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.”
Viral image stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.”
Viral image stated on May 24, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.”
Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal.
Bloggers stated on May 25, 2020 in a headline: "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'"
Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post: “While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!”
Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.”
Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says if you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask “call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.”
Bloggers stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Italian Parliament Calls For The Arrest of Bill Gates”
Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”
Facebook posts stated on May 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a warning label on a box of disposable masks shows that they are ineffective at protecting against the spread of COVID-19.
Facebook posts stated on May 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Due to the large number of people who will refuse the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine because it will include tracking microchips, the Gates Foundation is now spending billions to ensure that all medical and dental injections and procedures include the chips.”
Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in remarks to reporters at the Capitol: “If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.”
Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post: If you paid rent in March or April, “they got to give” you your money back.
Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2020 in a blog post: “Bill Gates Explains That The COVID Vaccine Will Use Experimental Technology And Permanently Alter Your DNA”
Nancy Pelosi stated on May 19, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says President Donald Trump is “morbidly obese.”
Facebook posts stated on May 8, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says wearing face masks is more harmful to your health than going without one.
Andy Biggs stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter: "States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis."
Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Dr. Fauci says every American should be microchipped.
Viral image stated on March 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says kitchen worker in viral video is potentially spreading coronavirus by blowing into food containers.
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.
Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: Anthony Fauci was on the Clinton Foundation board for 20 years and “currently serves on Gates Foundation.”
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a text post: “Hydroxychloroquine cures this ‘virus.’ It just so happens this is the treatment used for radiation sickness!!”
Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post: Hospitals get paid $750 for patients who die from the flu, $17,500 for COVID-19.
Facebook posts stated on April 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says only certain face masks are effective and others, such as cloth masks, are not.
Viral image stated on April 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: Nancy Pelosi said, “if you accept a check from Trump, you might as well vote for him.”
Janel Brandtjen stated on May 12, 2020 in a tweet: Says Gov Tony Evers’ administration deemed dentists non-essential
Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: $100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.”
Stacey Abrams stated on May 7, 2020 in an interview with Mother Jones: “Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.”
