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Statement: Says there won't be a recount in Alabama because a Democratic judge said "we're going to erase all the computer files ... on Wednesday morning.
Speaker: alex jones
About the speaker: Alex Jones is a conservative radio show host based in Austin, Texas. He hosts The Alex Jones Show and runs InfoWars.com, a website known to traffic in fake news and conspiracy theories.
Date: December 13, 2017
Topics: elections;punditfact
Context: a broadcast of the "Alex Jones Show"
Fact-check justification: Jones said that a recount in the Alabama Senate election was not possible because a Democrat judge allowed the state to erase computer files. The one tidbit Jones got right is that a court ruling cleared the way for erasing digital images of ballots. In every other respect, he was . It wasn’t one Democratic judge, but nine Republican ones that issued the ruling. A recount not only is possible without the image files, state law requires that a recount use the original paper ballots, which are kept in sealed containers for nearly two years. Jones took a bare scrap of data and turned it into the stuff of conspiracy. We rate this  .
Statement: Education Week rates Ohio schools in the top five in the nation.
Speaker: yvette mcgee brown
About the speaker: Yvette McGee Brown is a justice for the Ohio Supreme Court, appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland to fill a vacancy created by the 2010 elections. She also was Strickland's running mate in the 2010 gubernatorial election.
Date: June 22, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: education
Context: a campaign speech
Fact-check justification: To calculate the overall rankings, the trade publication graded each state on four primary areas.   Ohio’s rating in some of those areas belies its lofty overall ranking:         Brown’s statement is correct about the overall ranking. But we believe it is important to add context to that overall ranking by noting that Ohio received C+ ratings, or  average, in three of the four areas graded. We rate this statement . Comment on this item .
Statement: Three out of the 18 benchmarks of the (GAO) have been fulfilled. Even among Republican math, that is a failing grade.
Speaker: bill richardson
About the speaker: Bill Richardson is the former governor of New Mexico, having served two terms in that position from 2003-2011. Richardson is also a former congressman, U.S. secretary of energy, and ambassador to the United Nations. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, and was President Barack Obama’s initial nominee for secretary of commerce in 2009.
Date: November 15, 2007
Location: national
Topics: iraq
Context: Las Vegas, Nev
Fact-check justification: How many benchmarks the Iraqi government has actually met depends on whom you ask. The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, determined three targets had been met and four were partially met. An analysis released by the White House shortly after the GAO report concluded nine of 18 goals had been met. We'll skip the debate over how much progress has been made in Iraq. Richardson cites his source and gets it right; the GAO says three of 18 benchmarks have been met.
Statement: Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill that would put government-installed cameras in every single classroom to livestream school activities for parents to spy on teachers and children.
Speaker: brian tyler cohen
About the speaker: Brian Tyler Cohen is a political commentator who hosts the podcast "No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen"
Date: February 2, 2022
Location: iowa
Topics: corrections and updates;education;technology
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Cohen is correct in saying Mommsen’s bill would put cameras in classrooms, live streaming school activities for parents who want to know what’s happening in their child’s classroom.  The bill would not put cameras in every classroom. It leaves some exceptions for physical education and special education rooms. And, the bill would allow viewing all day during class time, not "at all times of the day," as the statement could be interpreted as saying if taken out of the context Cohen provides in the tweet.  But on a whole, Cohen is correct about the purpose of the bill.  We rate Cohen’s  as .
Statement: The Obama Administration is suing a Wisconsin company for forcing employees to speak English.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: July 2, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: labor;workers
Context: blog postings
Fact-check justification: Our rating Various blogs said that the EEOC sued Wisconsin Plastics because the company "forced employees to speak English." That’s not what the lawsuit says. The complaint says the company violated workers’ civil rights by subjecting them to a sham performance exam that focused on English language skills. Even the company says the bloggers, while trying to sympathize with it, took matters too far and sensationalized the lawsuit. We rate the  .
Statement: (John McCain) was even mentioned as a running mate with John Kerry.
Speaker: citizens united political victory fund
About the speaker: Citizens United Political Victory Fund states that its mission is to support conservative candidates running for federal office who share a vision of reducing the size and scope of government, lowering taxes, cutting spending, promoting traditional family values and winning the war on terror. The group has opposed Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in the Republican Party primary. It is based in Washington, D.C.
Date: February 1, 2008
Location: national
Topics: elections
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: And, in an April 2007 interview with the Web site myDD.com (Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics), Kerry says McCain's people approached him about being on the Democratic ticket. Responding to suggestions that McCain had approached prominent Democrats about switching parties, Kerry says: "It doesn't surprise me completely because his people similarly approached me to engage in a discussion about his potentially being on the ticket as vice president. So his people were active — let's put it that way." We're not saying McCain gave the idea much thought or even that he was offered the job, but it's clear he "was mentioned as a running mate with John Kerry." We rule this statement .
Statement: The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction.
Speaker: paul wolfowitz
About the speaker: Paul Wolfowicz is the former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense under the George W. Bush adminstration. 
Date: September 11, 2016
Location: national
Topics: iraq
Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Wolfowitz said the French and Germans believed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Publicly, the top elected leaders of both nations said that the  was unclear. The Germans, who had talked to an Iraqi defector, were the source of the suspicion that Iraq had developed mobile biological weapon factories. However, months before the war, the Germans had concluded that the defector was unreliable and passed that opinion on to the Americans. They didn’t discount his  entirely, but they made it clear that it was unverified. The German intelligence agency seemed equally unconvinced that Iraq had resumed its nuclear program. For the French, the American assertion that Iraq sought to buy uranium from Africa rang hollow. The alleged source was Niger, a country where the French had contacts in the mining industry. They found  no proof for the . Anytime we deal with the activities of intelligence services, there are likely to be gaps in the public record. But from the broad body of , neither the Germans nor the French were persuaded that Saddam Hussein actually had weapons of mass destruction. They might have had suspicions, but they were uncertain and said so publicly and, in all likelihood, privately as well. Wolfowitz went too far when he said that Germany and France believed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. At best they were conflicted. We rate his statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/12bc9309-1ad5-4a1b-8693-329ac7849335
Statement: Joe Biden and the New Left even promote surgery on teens and young adults, removing breasts and genitals.
Speaker: america first legal
About the speaker: Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, launched the advocacy group America First Legal in April 2021, saying it would use "our legal system to defend our society and our families from any unlawful actions by the left."
Date: October 9, 2022
Topics: lgbtq;public health;health check
Context: a radio advertisement
Fact-check justification: The ad says: "Joe Biden and the New Left even promote surgery on teens and young adults, removing breasts and genitals." Experts in the field, LGBTQ advocates , and even critics of gender-affirming care, say they find the message . Some media outlets such as the Florida-based Beasley Media Group took the ad off the air, noting in internal emails published in FCC filings that the company’s attorneys found "the substantiation is inadequate to support the claims" and that the spot is "not in the best interest of our company and or listeners." Some of the ad spots also were pulled by iHeartMedia stations in Pittsburgh. The Biden policy specifically lists surgery among the "array of services" that should be available  and notes that "early gender-affirming care is crucial." But the adleaves out other types of care — such as mental health services — that are considered the starting point for caring for this  at-risk population. The ad’s key factual problem is the use of the words "promote" and "push." Ensuring a treatment option is available doesn’t mean it’s being pushed, and to cast it as such is hyperbolic. We rate this  .
Statement: Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses.
Speaker: jim moran
About the speaker: Rep. Jim Moran, D-8th, was first elected in 1990 to represent a district covering Falls Church, Alexandria, Arlington County and part of Fairfax County.
He serves on the Appropriations Committee and is the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, as well as serving on the Defense Subcommittee.
Moran previously served as the mayor of Alexandria from 1985 to 1990.
Moran was born in Buffalo, N.Y. He graduated from College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., in 1967, and received a master of public administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970.
Date: November 22, 2014
Location: virginia
Topics: education;sports;state budget
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Moran said only 20 FBS schools generate more money from athletics than they spend. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says Steve Chabot "voted to strip insurance protections for pre-existing conditions.
Speaker: aftab pureval
About the speaker: Candidate for Congress, Ohio's 1st Congressional District
Date: August 28, 2018
Location: ohio
Topics: health care
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Chabot has said repeatedly that he would like to have protections covering people with pre-existing conditions. When presented with bills that lacked the protections, however, he has voted for them anyway. His campaign says the votes weren’t meaningful because the legislation was never going to become law and everyone knew it. We cannot say that when Congress members, elected to make laws, vote for a new law, constituents should take it with a grain of salt. There are certainly political and strategic calculations. The -O-Meter can only measure what a politician says and what he or she did. The connection between the ACA and pre-existing conditions was eminently clear throughout the repeal debate. We rate Pureval’s  .
Statement: Illegal refugees get $3,874/mo. Under the Federal Assistance Program. Our SS checks are approximately $1,200/mo.
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: October 29, 2018
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims, "Illegal refugees get $3,874/mo. Under the Federal Assistance Program. Our SS checks are approximately $1,200/mo." Refugees are not in the United States illegally. The $3,874 figure traces back to a   circulating in Canada. The U.S. Health and Human Services department, which handles refugee resettlement, did not provide an estimate on how much refugees receive in assistance per month, but a department spokeswoman previously told us that the number can vary greatly. Social Security beneficiaries, such as retirees, on average receive more than $1,400 per month. The Facebook post contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: A Craigslist ad was soliciting "anti-Trump" protesters in Phoenix.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 11, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: RELATED : A history of hoaxes:  Craigslist ads that solicit minority actors for Trump rallies There is a history of similar Craigslist ads being shared online that are unaffiliated with the Trump campaign. But this is one of the first times we’ve seen the images altered to make it look like Trump critics are posting them. Either way, it’s .   Liberals and conservatives have accused each other of paying supporters and protesters to show up at political events, but these advertisements appear to be created to stoke anger from the other side of the aisle.   We rate this .
Statement: Jane Goodall's comments about population growth at World Economic Forum show COVID-19 pandemic was planned.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: July 24, 2022
Topics: climate change;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post alleges that the COVID-19 pandemic was planned because Goodall spoke about unchecked human population growth’s effect on the environment at a World Economic Forum meeting in January 2020. But the virus had been circulating in China a month before Goodall made her remarks, and she has made similar comments over at least the past two decades. Despite the pandemic’s toll, the world’s population is growing and is projected to continue to do so. There’s no  the pandemic was planned. We rate this  !
Statement: This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years.
Speaker: sheldon whitehouse
About the speaker: Sheldon Whitehouse is a Democratic U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.
Date: May 18, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: climate change;congress
Context: U.S. Senate
Fact-check justification: In his 100th speech on global warming on May 18, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said: "This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years." He probably could have been more precise if he had used the phrase "global average," because there have been times when the monthly average exceed 400 parts per million at observation sites in Alaska and Hawaii. Beyond that small point, Whitehouse and his staff were on solid ground.  For that reason, we rate his statement  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Binding masks to your face with gauze and wrapping pantyhose around your face and mask are now "suggestions to make your mask more 'effective.'
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 4, 2022
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post suggested that binding a mask to your face with gauze, wearing a section of pantyhose over your head and mask and other approaches were the newest "suggestions to make your mask more ‘effective.’" The post frames the "fit hacks" shown in the screenshot as recommendations. The list was actually part of a Vice article that explained one study about ways to improve mask fit. By showing the list of "fit hacks" without context, the Facebook post mischaracterized both the Vice article and the research it was based on. The researchers acknowledged that most of the "hacks" were impractical. We rate this post .
Statement: The shooting in Boulder, Colo., was a "false flag like most of the others.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 22, 2021
Location: colorado
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a text post
Fact-check justification: Both the Boulder Police Department and the FBI are investigating the attack.  flag conspiracy theories are a popular form of misinformation following mass shootings. There is no  to support the notion that shootings are regularly staged, planned or otherwise faked. The posts are  and . We rate this one !
Statement: We've reduced crime to its lowest level in 27 years.
Speaker: keith pekau
About the speaker: Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau took office in April 2017 and is now running for the Illinois 6th Congressional District seat.
Date: April 11, 2022
Location: illinois
Topics: crime
Context: a campaign advertisement
Fact-check justification: Index crimes are currently at their lowest, but the crime problems in some areas remain. Pekau also did not mention the high number of violent crimes reported in 2017, the year he took office. We rate this  .  – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing.
Statement: Says "Bruce Starr voted to throw 6,000 Oregonians off unemployment.
Speaker: democratic party of oregon
About the speaker: The Democratic Party of Oregon says it "promotes the election of Democratic candidates at every level across the state of Oregon with technical, financial and volunteer support."
Date: August 14, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: workers
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: We rate this  . CORRECTION: Democratic Reps. Mary Nolan and Brad Witt sponsored House Bill 3483, legislation passed in 2009 that extended the number of weeks an individual living in Oregon could collect unemployment benefits. Rep. Bill Garrard, a Republican from Klamath Falls, had initially sponsored a different bill under the same number, but dropped his support after the content was changed. An earlier version of this PolitiFact Oregon item was  on the bill's sponsorship.
Statement: 90 percent of babies with Down syndrome are aborted.
Speaker: richard corcoran
About the speaker: Richard Corcoran is Florida's appointed education commissioner. He was elected to the state House in 2010 and served as House Speaker 2016-2018.
Date: April 27, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: abortion
Context: comments during House floor debate
Fact-check justification: Spokeswoman Rebecca Wind said she didn't know of anything else. That leaves us to rely on these studies, which have been cited by subsequent researchers. Corcoran said that "90 percent of babies with Down syndrome are aborted." Though the exact numbers vary slightly, the studies back him up. We rate this statement .
Statement: A "hidden" provision in the health care law taxes sporting goods as medical devices.
Speaker: chain email
About the speaker: Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Date: July 16, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: health care
Context: an email
Fact-check justification: Lastly, the email says Cabela’s sporting goods store "refused to hide" the tax. . The company said it made a  when it taxed customers and would refund them. Delete the email if it comes your way. !
Statement: When the law stopped Tony Evers from revoking a teacher's license for viewing pornography, Tony worked with lawmakers from both parties to change the law so offenders could be kicked out of the classroom.
Speaker: greater wisconsin committee
About the speaker: The Greater Wisconsin Committee is a liberal group active in Wisconsin state politics, from legislative races to statewide offices. It receives money from a variety of sources, including labor unions. Its campaign ads are typically done through the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund.
Date: August 20, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: children;education;legal issues;crime;government regulation;sexuality
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: The same conclusion had been reached by an arbitrator. And two courts upheld the arbitrator’s decision. Moreover, the fact that Evers’ department backed, and Walker signed, a change in the law supports the idea that the law didn’t favor revocation at the time. On the second part of the , Evers did work with lawmakers to change the law, as the narrator states in the ad, but he didn’t change the law as words on the screen in the ad . For a statement that is partially accurate, our rating is .
Statement: Carbon dioxide "is not a problem. The Earth has more than enough land and ocean plant life to metabolize it.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 10, 2021
Topics: climate change;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post says carbon dioxide "is not a problem. The Earth has more than enough land and ocean plant life to metabolize it."  The  is not supported by . Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reached record highs, and the build-up is an indicator that plants and the oceans can't absorb fossil-fuel waste fast enough.  We rate this  .
Statement: Says "by reducing chronic health care costs in the State of Georgia, we can reduce the $32.8 billion lost each year due to lack of productivity and economic costs.
Speaker: hank johnson
About the speaker: Hank Johnson, a Democrat, represents Georgia's 4th Congressional District
Date: October 18, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: economy;health care
Context: a letter
Fact-check justification: To sum up, Rep. Johnson said in a letter that "by reducing chronic health care costs in the State of Georgia, we can reduce the $32.8 billion lost each year due to lack of productivity and economic costs." The congressman’s  was based on accurate numbers from a Milken Institute study that appeared well-researched. We did find other research that differs from the Milken study. Johnson’s  is based on accurate information, but there is a little context necessary to fully examine his statement. Under our rating system, Johnson gets a .