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Statement: Says "Christine Blasey Ford's letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein revealed to be a total FAKE… contains 14 glaring errors that could only be committed by a poorly educated writer." ​
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 25, 2018
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a blogpost
Fact-check justification: That’s an unfounded opinion, not an error. This isn’t the first time Natural News has made  claims related to Ford’s credibility or motives. We gave the blog a  rating for a  that Ford came forward to "protect abortion industry profits." This isn’t any less . We rate this  !
Statement: Goldfish crackers contain a dangerously high amount of weed killer.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 25, 2023
Location: national
Topics: environment;food safety;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: FactCheck.org wrote in August 2017 that based on the European Food Safety Authority’s glyphosate suggested limit of 0.5 mg/kg of body weight, a 175-pound person would have to consume more than 1,270 servings of Cheerios in a day to exceed the safety limit. In an interview with NBC News, Fred Gould, head of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center at North Carolina State University, said the amount of the chemical is key.   "With all things, it is the level of exposure that matters," he said . "The poison is in the concentration." We rate the  that "Goldfish crackers contain a dangerously high amount of weed killer" .
Statement: Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949.
Speaker: robert menendez
About the speaker: Robert Menendez, a Democrat, has been serving as one of New Jersey's U.S. Senators since January 2006. Menendez previously served as a member of the House of Representatives.
Date: March 28, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: energy
Context: a video posted on YouTube
Fact-check justification: During his Twitter Town Hall, Menendez claimed the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949." Based on findings released last month by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, that statistic is accurate. Driven by demand for distillate fuel -- which includes diesel fuel and heating oil -- exports of petroleum products in 2011 exceeded imports by about 440,000 barrels per day, according to the agency. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Says an arts tax would provide "funding for certified arts and music teachers for every elementary school serving Portland residents.
Speaker: creative advocacy network
About the speaker: The Creative Advocacy Network is a group that seeks to expand access to the arts
Date: September 21, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: taxes
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: But it's not clear what defines financial hardship or how those negotiations would take place -- and the inter-governmental agreement is still being drafted. Even if we assume that the funding would continue, it wouldn't be a full-time teacher in each school. We agree that it's not the body that matters so much as the amount of instructional time. But we also feel that most people voting on this tax imagine that, with it, districts would be getting enough cash to put a full-time art or music teacher in each elementary school – and that's not necessarily the case. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Scott Bruun supports "cutting the Department of Commerce and eliminating NOAA.
Speaker: kurt schrader
About the speaker: Kurt Schrader is a congressman representing Oregon's 5th District. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008.   He was elected to the Oregon State House of Representatives in 1996 and the Oregon Senate in 2003. He is a veterinarian and an organic farmer.
Date: September 15, 2010
Location: oregon
Topics: economy
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Bruun also said he wholly supports NOAA coming to Newport and would fight, if ever necessary, to keep the agency there. So far as we can tell, there are basically two pieces to Schrader’s initial : 1) Bruun advocates possible cuts to the Department of Commerce and 2) Bruun advocates eliminating NOAA. It’s clear enough that the first bit is , but even though NOAA is a part of that department, there is scant  that Bruun wants to do away with the agency entirely. We’ll split the difference here and call this   .    Comment on this item.
Statement: The president … by executive order" could grant voting rights to illegal immigrants who are newly legalized under pending legislation.
Speaker: michele bachmann
About the speaker: Michele Bachmann, first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2006, represents the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota. She was reelected in 2008. Previously, she served in the Minnesota State Senate. Prior to that, she spent five years as a federal tax litigation attorney. Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children, live in Stillwater, Minn., and own a mental health care practice.
Date: July 14, 2013
Location: national
Topics: immigration;elections;legal issues
Context: an interview with World Net Daily
Fact-check justification: Bachmann said "the president … by executive order" could grant voting rights to illegal immigrants newly legalized under pending legislation. That’s not  -- the states, not the president, have the power to determine who can vote. It’s right there in the Constitution. We rate Bachmann’s  .
Statement: A day AFTER the election, Biden receives a dump of 143,379 votes at 3:42AM (in Wisconsin), when they learned he was losing badly. This is unbelievable!
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: November 18, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;states
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said Nov. 18 that Wisconsin received a "dump" of Biden votes, asserting this is "unbelievable" and  of fraud. But it’s just  of someone who doesn’t understand the vote counting process in Wisconsin. That jump in Biden votes is when Milwaukee reported its 170,000 absentee ballots all at once. We knew long before the election this group would be reported late together and would weigh heavily in Biden’s favor.  We rate this  !
Statement: Says Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "didn't change his position" on a two-state solution.
Speaker: ron dermer
About the speaker: Ron Dermer is the Israeli ambassador to the United States.
Date: March 22, 2015
Location: national
Topics: israel
Context: comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Dermer pushed back against widespread reports that Netanyahu changed his position on a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the general elections. Dermer said, "He didn't change his position. He didn't run around giving interviews saying he's now against the Palestinian state." His position on this issue is much more complicated than Dermer lets on. Netanyahu has been all over the place. While he originally opposed Palestinian statehood, he has voiced support for a two-state peacemaking strategy as recently as October. Fast forward to this month: Netanyahu told a reporter for a right-leaning website that a Palestinian state wouldn’t happen under his watch. While he didn’t literally say he was "against the Palestinian state," his comments certainly signalled he would not be working toward that anytime soon." He has since clarified his position again, to say he supports the prospect of a Palestinian state, with caveats. We rate this  .
Statement: There are "approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in Rhode Island.
Speaker: brett smiley
About the speaker: Brett P. Smiley is a Democratic who ran for mayor of Providence, R.I., in 2014. He dropped out before the Democratic primary. The president of Campaign Finance Officers LLC, Smiley has managed candidate and referendum campaigns in Rhode Island, served as an advisor to mayors David Cicilline and Angel Taveras. He was chairman of the Providence Water Supply Board from 2011 to 2013.
Date: June 25, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: crime;guns
Context: a campaign brochure
Fact-check justification: Brett Smiley says there are "approximately 20,000 annual gun purchases in Rhode Island."   There is no official registry of yearly gun sales in Rhode Island; state law prohibits it. But state and federal law enforcement officials cite the same statistics that Smiley does to back up his . Gun shop owners, and state police tell us that the majority of applications represent single sales. Because Smiley was careful to approximate the number, we rate his  as  .
Statement: There's only one of us who's actually cut government spending -- not two, there's one and you're looking at him.
Speaker: bobby jindal
About the speaker: Bobby Jindal is the governor of Louisiana and a candidate for president in 2016. He was elected to his first term in 2007. Prior to that, he served as a congressman from 2004 to 2008, representing the suburban areas north of New Orleans.
Date: November 10, 2015
Location: national
Topics: state budget
Context: the fourth GOP undercard debate
Fact-check justification: Jindal said, "There’s only one of us who’s actually cut government spending -- not two, there’s one and you’re looking at him." To his credit, a Cato report backs his . However, there’s more than one way of looking at spending cuts. One other approach that an expert said is valid suggests that Jindal was out-cut by four other governors. Jindal’s  is partially accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Breaking: Czech Republic arms citizens. You can now shoot terrorists on sight.
Speaker: patriotnetwork.one
About the speaker: Patriotnetwork.one is a website that posts news critical of Muslims and on other topics.
Date: April 27, 2018
Topics: immigration;fake news;terrorism;punditfact;guns
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: Patriotnetwork.one said in a headline "Breaking: Czech Republic arms citizens. You can now shoot terrorists on sight." First, this isn’t breaking news -- it refers to a proposed amendment in 2017 to create a constitutional right to keep and bear arms to assist the state against threats to national security. While the amendment passed the lower chamber in June 2017, it failed in the Senate in December 2017. We rate this  .
Statement: Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: June 9, 2020
Location: new york
Topics: criminal justice;race and ethnicity;public safety
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?" This is an unsubstantiated conspiracy that made its way from a conservative blog site to Trump via One America News Network. There’s no  that Gugino is connected to antifa, that he was "aiming (a) scanner" or that he was staging his fall as "a set up." We rate this statement .
Statement: Italian football agent Mino Raiola has died after suffering from an illness.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 28, 2022
Topics: sports;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "Second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate (sic)." This followed comments from Dr. Alberto Zangrillo at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan who said "I’m outraged by the phone calls from pseudo-journalists speculating on the life of a man who is fighting to survive," the Guardian reported . The newspaper said that Raiola "is understood to have been living with a serious illness since January." We rate this post .
Statement: The Clintons killed Ken Starr.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: September 13, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Despite this history, the Clintons didn’t kill Starr.   He died from complications from a surgery at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, his family said in a statement. Mark Lanier, an attorney who worked with Starr, said Starr had been hospitalized in an intensive care unit for about four months and that he died at the hospital, Politico reported . Starr’s wife, Alice, said in a text message to friends and supporters that "Ken was so very courageous, he never complained, and he continually expressed gratitude to all his nurses and doctors for their care," according to the Waco Tribune-Herald. We rate claims that the Clintons killed him !
Statement: Says opponent Beto O'Rourke "wants to legalize drugs.
Speaker: silvestre reyes
About the speaker: Rep. Reyes, D-El Paso, was first elected to the U.S. House in 1996. He was the first Hispanic American in U.S. history to chair the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which drafts the laws that govern, fund and oversee the 16 agencies that comprise the U.S. intelligence community. He lost his bid for the Democratic nomination for the seat in 2012 to Beto O'Rourke, a member of the El Paso City Council.
Date: February 26, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: drugs;message machine 2012;marijuana
Context: a video advertisement
Fact-check justification: O’Rourke favors ending laws against marijuana and has urged a national conversation about legalizing other illegal drugs. But Reyes’  leaves the misimpression that O’Rourke favors legalizing all illegal drugs. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says U.S. Rep. Sean Casten "demanded the impeachment of the Republican President before the Mueller report was even released.
Speaker: jeanne ives
About the speaker: Jeanne Ives is a former three-term Republican state representative from Wheaton, Ill. She unsuccessfully challenged former Gov. Bruce Rauner in Illinois' 2018 Republican primary election. 
Date: January 29, 2020
Location: illinois
Topics: impeachment
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Ives said Casten "demanded the impeachment of the Republican President before the Mueller report was even released." Mueller’s report was released on April 18, 2019. Casten called for an impeachment inquiry on June 20, 2019, and announced publicly he would vote in favor of impeachment on Dec. 12, 2019. So Ives’ timeline doesn’t track. We rate her  .  — The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Says a change in law he carried stopped a $100 million tax increase in the Dallas school district.
Speaker: paul bettencourt
About the speaker: Paul Bettencourt, former Harris County tax assessor-collector, won election to a Houston seat in the Texas Senate in 2014, succeeding Dan Patrick, who was elected lieutenant governor, in representing District 7.
Date: August 24, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: education;taxes
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Bettencourt said a change in law he carried stopped a $100 million tax increase in the Dallas school district. You bet your calculator it did though it’s also so that more than 30 other school boards cleared the higher threshold singled out by Bettencourt, each time sending a tax-hike proposal to voters. We rate the  .  – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/22036e8b-2030-4525-a9b0-193d4c953718
Statement: Claims the U.S. military is using "polymer drone flies" that look and act like a large fly.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 13, 2022
Topics: military;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook video
Fact-check justification: A video shared to Facebook claims to show a person handling one of the "polymer drone flies" used by the U.S. military. No proof in the video or post is offered to show that the person is holding something other than a type of botfly. The U.S. military does use an insect-like drone called the "Black Hornet," but it is several inches long and uses rotor blades to fly. We rate this  .
Statement: Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the '30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds.
Speaker: mother jones
About the speaker: The liberal magazine Mother Jones describes itself as a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political and social justice reporting.
Date: November 24, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: agriculture;animals;food safety;public health;science
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds." Those, in fact, are the latest-available federal figures. "Today" is actually a reference to 2012, but the preliminary figure for 2013 is even higher, at 30.3 pounds. We rate the statement . To comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s web page .
Statement: Illinois "received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.
Speaker: marjorie taylor greene
About the speaker: Marjorie Taylor Greene is a Republican representative from Georgia.
Date: February 1, 2023
Location: illinois
Topics: congress;education;race and ethnicity;coronavirus
Context: a House committee hearing
Fact-check justification: Greene said Illinois "received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity." Greene’s spokesperson said she wasn’t referring to a single school but rather to federal pandemic aid received by schools statewide. But even without that detail, Greene’s characterization of the funding is .  The money earmarked for equity was to help students disproportionately affected by the pandemic, including low-income students, and did not fund critical race theory.  Illinois school districts also planned to use the money for tutoring, after-school programs and special education, as well as completing building improvements and hiring teachers.  We rate this statement .  RELATED : What is critical race theory, and why are conservatives blocking it? RELATED : How GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts
Statement: Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that "puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 8, 2019
Topics: abortion;food;science;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims several popular food companies add "aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks" for flavor enhancement. The post mischaracterizes the use fetal stem cell research by biotechnology companies such as Senomyx. HEK 293 cells, a cell line from an aborted fetus from the 1970s, has been widely used in cell biology research for over 30 years in multiple areas, including food and pharmaceutical development. But none of these cells are found in the food products available to consumers. So, while there is a back-story associated with this post, the  itself is too  to rate it anything but .
Statement: A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: September 3, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: science
Context: a community meeting
Fact-check justification: Speaking in Kenosha, Biden said, "A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison." The Black man referenced here, Latimer, did indeed play an important role in the development and adaptation of the incandescent light bulb. So did many other inventors in the decades preceding Edison’s patent.  Edison certainly wasn’t the sole inventor. He built on the work of others. While Biden may have a point about the need to better teach Black history, he greatly  in his example by minimizing Edison to credit only Latimer. All the  we’ve reviewed shows Latimer played a lesser role than Edison, and later in the process. We define  as a statement that contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. That fits here.
Statement: Says one in three Texas children drop out of high school.
Speaker: kay bailey hutchison
About the speaker: Kay Bailey Hutchison, initially elected to the U.S. Senate in 1993, did not seek re-election in 2012. She ran for governor in 2010, losing the Republican nomination to incumbent Rick Perry.
Date: February 12, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: children;education
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: Our conclusion? If you ask how many Texas students drop out of school, you’ll get wildly different answers. In our own analysis, we found dropout rates that range from 3 percent (the one-year rate) to 33 percent (the attrition rate), and each one had its defenders. Hutchison's dropout reference is based on student attrition, a simplistic measurement that is not the way the state prefers to count dropouts but is nevertheless accepted by some experts. We find Hutchison's statement .
Statement: In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here.
Speaker: joe scarborough
About the speaker: Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman from Florida, is the host of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC. He is a lawyer with Beggs and Lane, the oldest firm in Florida and a former publisher and editor of "The Florida Sun," a newspaper.
Date: December 4, 2015
Topics: terrorism;punditfact
Context: on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Fact-check justification: Scarborough said that in the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here." Obama and Rhodes, an adviser, both spoke of the Islamic State’s aspirations to attack the United States in the two or three days following the Paris attacks. They talked about what the government is doing to prevent the group from carrying out its plans. Neither ruled out the possibility that ISIS could stage an attack on U.S. soil, nor did any other White House official. We rate Scarborough’s  .