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Statement: In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans' private data" via health care.
Speaker: david dewhurst
About the speaker: David Dewhurst, the former state land commissioner, was initially elected lieutenant governor of Texas in 2002. He lost his 2012 bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate and lost his bid for re-nomination in 2014.
Date: December 12, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: health care;homeland security;medicaid;welfare;taxes;privacy issues
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Dewhurst said Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data." The subset of Texans shopping for coverage through the online marketplace are providing additional private data for a reason: to ensure they’re qualified. Dewhurst's statement overlooks these aspects. Regardless, many more Texans will be asked to give the IRS information about their health coverage that was previously not requested. We rate Dewhurst’s statement as .  – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: I asked the unions to pay into their own health care insurance ... and they said I was being unreasonable. I requested that they contribute toward their own pensions ... and they screamed it was unfair.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: September 2, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care;labor;state budget
Context: a campaign fundraising letter
Fact-check justification: In a fundraising letter, Walker stated unions had rejected his push to pay more for pensions and health care. The immediate reaction from labor was negative -- when Walker unveiled his plan in February 2011 but also when he broached the idea during the campaign and advanced it in the period before he took office. But, soon after his concessions proposal was introduced, top labor leaders quickly said they could swallow the higher pension and health care contributions if Walker backed down on collective bargaining. What’s more, the portrayal of "asking" the unions rewrites history, leaving the  impression there was give and take with labor. Walker’s office argued that the union statements and actions amounted to a refusal. But by that standard, later statements from those same leaders bowing to concessions would have to be taken into account as acceptance. We rate the statement .
Statement: National studies are already showing the negative effects that the health care law is having on businesses and our economy. Businesses across the country are raising their prices … (or) cutting jobs as a result of the added cost.
Speaker: pam bondi
About the speaker: Pam Bondi, a former Hillsborough County prosecutor, was elected Floriday Attorney General on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. After leaving office, she joined Ballard Partners lobbying firm in Washington D.C.
Date: November 28, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: economy;health care;jobs;workers
Context: remarks to the Florida Chamber of Commerce
Fact-check justification: Bondi said, "National studies are already showing the negative effects that the health care law is having on businesses and our economy. Businesses across the country are raising their prices … (or) cutting jobs as a result of the added cost." It’s  that some large businesses -- specifically, those with more than 50 employees who do not currently offer their employees health insurance -- will face new costs because of the health care law. Starting in 2014, they will have to offer their employees health insurance or pay a financial penalty to the federal government. But Bondi’s comments ignore two points: These requirements haven’t taken effect yet, and it’s not clear whether businesses will find themselves forced to raise prices or cut jobs. We found no credible national studies showing these widespread effects, and certainly not showing those effects right now. We don’t doubt there’s anxiety among some businesses over what’s to come under the health care law, and maybe some are talking about whether they’ll have to raise prices or cut jobs. But Bondi didn’t talk about planning, she talked about what’s occuring right now, and we find no studies already showing the negative effects or  that businesses are cutting jobs or raising prices now. We rate Bondi’s statement .
Statement: When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: April 21, 2016
Location: national
Topics: polls and public opinion
Context: a town hall on ABC's 'Good Morning America'
Fact-check justification: Clinton said, "When I withdrew in June of 2008, polls were showing that at least 40 percent of my supporters said, oh, they weren't going to support Sen. Obama." The wording of polls makes exact comparisons a bit tricky, but in general, Clinton is right about the scale of Obama’s 2008 problem with dissident Democrats -- and correct that Obama had a harder road then than she seems to have now. We rate the statement .
Statement: The tornado that destroyed a Pfizer building in North Carolina was orchestrated using weather manipulation to provide "an insurance claim for big pharma.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: July 19, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: This particular tornado damaged the Pfizer plant, other structures and injured at least 16 people as it rumbled along the ground for more than 16 miles.    In November, Alan Gerard, deputy division chief of the lab’s warning research and development division, told USA Today that a patent application for an artificial tornado generating mechanism using pipes to create a tornado wouldn’t work on the scale of the tornado that touched down in North Carolina. Rocky Mount, the site of the Pfizer plant is about 60 miles east of Raleigh. "There are other similar-type systems used for various purposes as educational displays, but would not be applicable on any sort of larger scale," Gerard said.   We rate claims this tornado was human-generated to get Pfizer an insurance payment .
Statement: There were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Rick Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016.
Speaker: rick kriseman
About the speaker: Rick Kriseman is a state representative representing parts of Pinellas County. He was first elected in 2006.
Date: July 23, 2017
Location: florida
Topics: crime;public safety
Context: posts on Twitter and Facebook
Fact-check justification: Kriseman pushed back against Baker calling the auto-theft problem an "epidemic" with a graphic that said there were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016. Those numbers are accurate, but more information is needed to understand the full story. Kriseman cherry-picked the year of Baker’s two terms with the highest amount of theft and compared it with his lowest year. To his overall point, the automobile theft per capita in St. Petersburg has been significantly higher than the national and state rates, regardless of who was in office. We rate this  .
Statement: Mickey Mouse to be replaced as official Disney mascot.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: February 18, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claims Disney is replacing Mickey Mouse as its official mascot, to be replaced by the dragon character Figment. This  originated from a satirical site called Mouse Trap News. The copyright for the "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse is expiring in 2024, but this does not mean Disney is replacing Mickey Mouse as its mascot. We rate this  .
Statement: Quotes show Joseph Stalin and Joe Biden expressed similar views about counting votes.
Speaker: viral image
About the speaker: Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny but political argument. Sometimes these images are passed across social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit so widely that the original source is nearly impossible to determine.
Date: January 24, 2022
Topics: corrections and updates;elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Stalin consolidated power and oversaw an election that only allowed uncontested candidates . Biden, who is lobbying for the passage of voting rights legislation backed by Democrats, has been speaking out against efforts he says will give non-neutral parties control over election outcomes.   We rate this post .  CORRECTION:   This story was updated to correct the title of David Brandenberger. He is a history professor at the University of Richmond, not an associate history professor.
Statement: Increasing the bottle deposit to 10 cents on a case of water bottles could literally double the price of that product in the store.
Speaker: matt wingard
About the speaker: Matt Wingard represents Oregon House District 26. He was first elected in 2008. He runs a public relations consulting firm in Wilsonville. 
Date: May 4, 2011
Location: oregon
Topics: environment;water
Context: a House floor session
Fact-check justification: Yes, taken narrowly, the cost of a case of water could nearly double. But Wingard does a lot of heavy lifting to get to his statement and ignores two particularly crucial points: The fact that there’s already a five cent deposit on these items -- meaning, really, the percent increase of what buyers are shelling out is much smaller than 100 percent -- and also the fact that this is money that is refundable -- you get it back as soon as you return the bottles. So the "cost" could be zero. Because his statement ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, we rate his  . Comment on this item.
Statement: Says "Catherine Cortez Masto indicted (Brian Krolicki), who was an innocent man, in order to save Harry Reid's political career
Speaker: joe heck
About the speaker: Dr. Joe Heck is a Nevada congressman and Republican candidate for the open Nevada Senate seat in 2016. Heck is a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army Reserves and a former combat doctor with three active-duty tours.
Date: October 25, 2016
Location: nevada
Topics: candidate biography;crime
Context: a political ad
Fact-check justification: A new Heck campaign ad claims Cortez Masto indicted "an innocent man, in order to save Harry Reid's political career." Cortez Masto did pursue felony charges against Krolicki, and the case was thrown out by judge on separate, unrelated charges. The indictment itself was controversial, and it is technically accurate to say Krolicki is innocent. But the ad ignores important context and unresolved issues with his financial management of state’s college savings program under Krolicki. Although the timing of the indictment might have been politically fortuitous for Reid, there’s no public  that he was involved with this case. Because this ad leaves out important details but is still partially accurate, we rate it . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/8e2207a8-da4b-4042-b846-57f9a2b6eca3
Statement: Every child in Colorado who has been given medical marijuana for treatment for seizures has had diminished seizure activity.
Speaker: allen peake
About the speaker: Allen Peake, a Republican, is a member of Georgia House of Representatives, serving portions of the Macon area.
Date: March 3, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: children;health care;marijuana
Context: a meeting
Fact-check justification: They do show medical marijuana has a positive impact on seizure activity. But not at the levels Peake said. His statement is partially accurate. But it needs a lot of context to be fully understood. We rate it .
Statement: The (Florida) casino proposed by Malaysian gambling conglomerate Genting would be nearly double the size of the largest casino in the world.
Speaker: no casinos
About the speaker: No Casinos is a group that opposes the expansion of gambling.
Date: October 11, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: gambling
Context: a statement on their website
Fact-check justification: The problem is we won't know for at least months, if not years, the size of Genting's casino in Miami. Gros, publisher of  Global Gaming Business magazine , told us there's no way Genting's Miami project will be double size of the Venetian Macao. "The market isn’t that big and there will be several large competitors in Florida ... Genting will never build a 1 million square foot casino," he wrote.  Schwartz also expressed some skepticism about whether Genting would build a 1-million-square-foot casino. "Hard to say -- all of Atlantic City has about 1.3 million square feet of casino space, and that's 11 casinos. If they populated their casino at the same density as Harrah's Atlantic City (the biggest in the market by floor space) they'd have 12,967 slot machines and 737 table games, which is huge -- far bigger, by positions, than the Venetian Macao," Schwartz wrote in an e-mail. "If they had a complete monopoly on the South Florida market, they might be able to support that kind of footprint, but I'm skeptical that,with any competition in the region, a casino that size could work. It's certainly far larger than anything that's ever been attempted, and we might start to see diseconomies of scale. Without seeing their blueprints it's hard to say for sure." We see their point, but for now all we have to go on is Genting's own words. They said they want to build a casino that is 800,000 square feet. That is significantly larger than the largest casino in the world, though we believe it falls a little shy of  "nearly double."   We rate this  .
Statement: Word on the street is that Joe Biden got tonight's debate questions in advance.
Speaker: todd starnes
About the speaker: Todd Starnes is a conservative columnist and radio show host.
Date: September 29, 2020
Location: national
Topics: debates;facebook fact-checks;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Starnes said Biden received debate questions in advance. Fox News host Wallace did release a list of debate topics, but no questions. Fox News said the  is "entirely ." The accusation is based on hearsay. We rate this  .
Statement: In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there.
Speaker: alan grayson
About the speaker: Alan Grayson was initially elected to Congress in 2008, then defeated for re-election in 2010. He was elected again to Congress from a different district in 2012. He lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2016.
Date: November 30, 2009
Location: national
Topics: afghanistan
Context: an interview on 'The Ed Show.'
Fact-check justification: Grayson said, "In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there." But that 20 percent number represents displeasure with Obama and not the dropoff in support for the war, which is at just 11 percent. And another measurement -- whether people believe the United States made a  by sending forces to the country -- has remained stable. So we rate the statement .
Statement: Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: October 2, 2015
Location: national
Topics: deficit
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Obama said today’s deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years." He’s correct when measuring the deficit as a percentage of GDP, which is the yardstick most economists tend to use when making deficit comparisons over long periods of time. Still, Obama didn’t specify that he was talking about deficits as a percentage of GDP, and the comparison’s accuracy depends on the absence of major budgetary and economic changes between now and time the fiscal 2015 data are finalized. The  is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, so we rate it .
Statement: Black lung cases are at a 25-year high.
Speaker: joe manchin
About the speaker: Joe Manchin is a U.S. senator from West Virginia. The former governor of West Virginia won a special election in November 2010 to complete the balance of the late Sen. Robert Byrd’s term.
Date: August 23, 2018
Location: west virginia
Topics: energy;health care;public health
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Manchin said that "black lung cases are at a 25-year high." A scientific study found that the prevalence of black lung disease plummeted between 1970 and the late 1990s, but that the rate has risen since then, although nowhere near its all-time high. That’s consistent with Manchin’s description. We rate the statement .
Statement: Video shows a statement from Donald Trump on Sept. 8, 2022.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 8, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat  news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .) Trump is no longer president, but he was when he delivered the speech in the video on Dec. 2, 2020. The remarks came after his failed re-election bid and included unfounded and  allegations of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election that year.   We rate claims that this speech was delivered in 2022 !
Statement: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.
Speaker: john kirby
About the speaker: John Kirby was appointed as the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Public Affairs on December 11, 2015. Prior to that he served as the Spokesperson for the Department of State. Kirby previously served as Pentagon Press Secretary, serving for more than a year as the chief spokesman for the Department of Defense and for former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. He retired from the Navy in May 2015 with the rank of Rear Admiral.
Date: April 25, 2016
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;military
Context: a State Department news briefing
Fact-check justification: Kirby said that Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria. We accept that there are legitimate reasons for differentiating between a large ground force and a smaller number of special operations forces. Still, it’s clear that Obama repeatedly used the term "no boots on the ground," sometimes with extensive caveats about what constituted "boots on the ground" and sometimes not. And by repeatedly using that phrase, he reaped the benefits of calming the public about the extent of U.S. involvement. That counts as a message to us. We rate the  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/6cced0f1-3015-4b14-880b-97bc65556998
Statement: Says that Bill Clinton "basically" told then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch in 2016 that "we killed Vince Foster.
Speaker: pete olson
About the speaker: Pete Olson represents the 22nd Congressional District of Texas.
Date: June 9, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: history;crime
Context: a radio interview brought to light June 20, 2017
Fact-check justification: Olson said Bill Clinton said "we killed" Foster. There’s no  of Clinton saying as much nor a factual basis for anyone to say the Clintons killed Foster. This , which Olson backed off after it became widely known, adds up to a baseless accusation. !  – The statement is not accurate and makes a  . Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: September 25, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;labor;legal issues;unions;workers
Context: comments to reporters
Fact-check justification:  . Mayor Tom Barrett says every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not."  . State Rep. Dale Kooyenga says the University of Wisconsin System  "is larger than any business in the state of Wisconsin."  .
Statement: Obama says he's "put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: October 3, 2012
Location: national
Topics: debates;deficit;taxes
Context: the first presidential debate
Fact-check justification: President Obama said he had "put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan." According to independent analysts, that’s  only if you include the spending cuts that took place last year. It is not necessary to resolve that debate to assess the president’s . Obama cherry-picks the elements from the commission report that gave rise to the $4 trillion goal. We rate the statement .