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Statement: Since sequester began federal employment has been subtracting 6,000-7,000 jobs per month
Speaker: the political line
About the speaker: The Political Line is a political blog with posts on a variety of national topics, as well as, a political news aggregation site. The site focuses on the impact of national policy decisions.
Date: September 11, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: federal budget;jobs
Context: a Twitter post
Fact-check justification: Using the best data available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the numbers show that some months federal job losses reached and exceeded Political Line’s , but in other months, the losses were much less, and there were even job gains. Political Line’s statement contains an element of , but it needs clarification and additional information. Reviewing the data over the previous 12 months does show an overall downward trend in federal government jobs, but the monthly totals fluctuate. And overall the job reduction is far less than the statement would indicate. We rate it .
Statement: More than 100,000 women in Texas "have attempted to self-induce abortion in the past year alone.
Speaker: tarina keene
About the speaker: Tarina Keene has been executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia since 2008. She served as Virginia NOW president from 2004 to 2006.
Keene has a B.A. in Media Studies and a B.A. in Political Science from Radford University and a Master’s of Public Administration and Nonprofit Management from Old Dominion University.  
Date: January 13, 2016
Location: virginia
Topics: abortion
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Keene said that "due to the rapidly declining number of women’s health care centers" in Texas, more than "100,000 women have attempted to self-induce abortion in the past year alone." She’s . The study to which she refers estimates that between 100,000 and 240,000 Texas women ages 18 to 49 attempted to self-abort at some point in their lives. We don’t mean to diminish that finding; it suggests a lot of women have put their health in danger. But lumping the women’s efforts into the "past year," Keene inaccurately places the blame for all self-abortion attempts on restrictions on abortion clinics that Texas passed in 2013. We rate her statement .
Statement: Says Kelly Ayotte "voted again yesterday against a proposal to expand background checks -- (buyers) can continue to simply go online or to gun shows to purchase guns without background checks.
Speaker: maggie hassan
About the speaker: New Hampshire Democrat Maggie Hassan was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. She formerly served as governor and as a state lawmaker in New Hampshire. 
Date: June 21, 2016
Location: new hampshire
Topics: voting record;guns
Context: a campaign statement
Fact-check justification: Maggie Hassan said Kelly Ayotte "voted again yesterday against a proposal to expand background checks -- (buyers) can continue to simply go online or to gun shows to purchase guns without background checks." In 2013, Ayotte voted against the bi-partisan Manchin-Toomey amendment that sought to expand checks for firearms purchased online and at gun shows. On June 20, Ayotte voted against a Democrat-sponsored amendment that similarly sought to expand background checks. Both times, Ayotte instead voted for a different amendment that would have strengthened the current system, but did not expand background checks to cover firearms sales at gun shows or over the Internet, two things cited by Hassan.   We rate the statement .
Statement: Thanks in part to our all-of-the-above strategy for American energy," the United States generates "more natural gas than anybody.
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: January 18, 2014
Location: national
Topics: energy
Context: a Saturday radio address
Fact-check justification: Obama said, "Thanks in part to our all-of-the-above strategy for American energy," the United States generates "more natural gas than anybody." The best available data suggests that he’s right about the United States being No. 1 in the world in natural gas production, though it’s more in dispute whether his administration deserves credit (or, in the eyes of some environmentalists, blame) for "part" of this development, as Obama put it. On balance, we rate his  .
Statement: Clinton Email: We must destroy Syria for Israel
Speaker: yournewswire.com
About the speaker: A website associated with fake news.
Date: April 19, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a fake news website
Fact-check justification: Another piece of information that was left out of the article was the conclusion of the document. Rubin said taking stronger action in Syria could protect other civilians from the war raged by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Israel’s hesitance to act was noted as a secondary victory. The email attributed to Clinton in the Your News Wire story were not written by Clinton. We rate this statement .
Statement: We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.
Speaker: william barr
About the speaker: William Barr was the United States Attorney General during President Donald Trump's administration for most of 2019 and 2020.
Date: September 2, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a CNN interview
Fact-check justification: Barr said that the Justice Department indicted someone in Texas for casting 1,700 fraudulent mail-in ballots in Texas.  Prosecutors investigated about 700 ballots — not 1,700 — for possible fraud.  But investigators never found  of widespread fraud, and the ballots under scrutiny were cast in favor of the candidates the voter supported.  "Everyone who voted in it, their vote counted," Chatham told the Morning News. "They weren’t disenfranchised, and we made sure of this."  We rate Barr’s  .
Statement: There are 100 members of the U.S. Senate. Fifty-seven of them, including Russ Feingold, are lawyers. There are zero manufacturers and one accountant.
Speaker: ron johnson
About the speaker: Ron Johnson is a Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin. A businessman and accountant, Johnson defeated Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in the 2010 election. He is seeking re-election in 2016.
Date: September 28, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;message machine 2010
Context: a campaign TV ad
Fact-check justification: So, how does this all tally out? In touting his background, Republican Ron Johnson says there are 57 lawyers, one accountant and no manufacturers in the U.S. Senate.   He is correct that legal beagles -- not business people -- dominate the body, though some are lawyers by education, not trade. While Johnson’s bean-counting skills were not at their sharpest -- at least two members have a manufacturing background and two an accounting background -- his central point is on the money. We rate his  .
Statement: Health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: November 3, 2013
Location: national
Topics: health care;states
Context: comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Romney said, "health insurance is more expensive in Massachusetts than anywhere else in the country." The numbers show he’s basically correct that Massachusetts does have higher premiums than almost every other state. On some measures, though, Alaska outranks Massachusetts. The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, so we rate it .
Statement: A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: March 5, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: corrections and updates;economy;state budget;taxes
Context: his State of the State speech
Fact-check justification: Scott blamed a "legacy of taxing and borrowing" for the poor state economy he inherited. But the experts we contacted said that fiscal matters were a small factor, if at all. Real estate, the national recession, and their impacts on such key sectors as construction and tourism were the overwhelming causes. We rate Scott’s  . Update: Shortly after we published this fact-check, we received a response from Scott's office. We included it here, but it did not change our rating.
Statement: Says Robert Menendez is "the king of raising money from Wall Street, over a million dollars, one of the leaders in the United States Senate. I haven't raised any Wall Street money at all.
Speaker: joseph kyrillos
About the speaker: Joseph Kyrillos, Jr. is a Republican state senator representing part of Monmouth County. The former chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, Kyrillos is running in the November 2012 general election for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Robert Menendez.
Date: June 6, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: campaign finance;message machine 2012
Context: an interview on NJToday
Fact-check justification: As the battle heats up for a U.S. Senate seat, Kyrillos claimed Menendez is "the king of raising money from Wall Street, over a million dollars, one of the leaders in the United States Senate. I haven’t raised any Wall Street money at all." Data on OpenSecrets.org shows that Menendez has received nearly $1.4 million from the Securities & Investment industry, putting him in 15th place among sitting Senators for such donations. That ranking means Menendez is one of the leading recipients, but it’s an exaggeration to call him "the king of raising money from Wall Street." Also, Kyrillos is  about his own fundraising, because he’s received nearly $60,000 from the industry for his current campaign, according to OpenSecrets.org. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: In 40 years, 23,000 chemicals came on the market and only four were regulated.
Speaker: sheldon whitehouse
About the speaker: Sheldon Whitehouse is a Democratic U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.
Date: October 14, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: environment;public health
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: But she also told us,"Every new chemical that comes on the market has to give a notice to EPA … Is that regulation?," she asked. "A lot of chemical companies would call that regulation." The 1976 law is weak, and it looks like Congress might make it tougher. But Whitehouse used the  verb and he mixed up the facts to make his case for change when he claimed that "only four" of 23,000 chemicals "were regulated." For these reasons, we rate his   .
Statement: Two forms of fluoride in our drinking water "are so toxic that the CDC clearly labels these chemicals extremely toxic in both animals and humans.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 15, 2021
Topics: water;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: In fact, the Instagram post also makes the  that the "two forms of fluoride that end up in our water...are by-products of the refining and fertilizer industries." Another substance extracted from phosphate rock, phosphoric acid, is an ingredient in some Coca-Cola products . An Instagram post said two forms of fluoride in our drinking water "are so toxic that the CDC clearly labels these chemicals extremely toxic in both animals and humans." While fluoride can be toxic in massive amounts, the amount of fluoride added to drinking water is not toxic, and it would be impossible to drink enough of it to reach a toxic dose of fluoride. We rate this  about drinking water .
Statement: Only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore.
Speaker: democratic national committee
About the speaker: The Democratic National Committee is the national organization of Democrats.
Date: October 9, 2009
Location: national
Topics: elections
Context: an e-mail to reporters
Fact-check justification: She confirmed that lately the self-identified Republican number has hovered in the 20 percent range. Indeed, the Pollster.com chart shows that since the November 2008 election, the Republican number declined from about 28 percent to 22.5 percent. So Woodhouse is in the ballpark if you rely on a universe where all adults either identify with a party or are considered independent. But other methods used by pollsters boost the Republican percentage because they screen for voters who are registered and likely to vote, or include more voters who are "leaners." So we find his  .
Statement: Democrats, including President Joe Biden, "stopped domestic drilling" for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.
Speaker: herschel walker
About the speaker: Herschel Walker is a GOP candidate for the 2022 Senate race in Georgia. He is a former NFL player.
Date: July 13, 2022
Topics: energy;gas prices
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Biden never sought to bar all domestic drilling. He did try to pause future leasing on federal lands, but this was blocked in court. And even if it had been allowed to proceed, Biden’s plan wouldn’t have affected drilling on private lands, nor would it have impacted the use of existing leases on federal lands, of which there are some 9,000 that companies are sitting on without initiating drilling. In fact, oil production has risen under Biden, both on federal lands and on U.S. lands overall. We rate the statement .
Statement: Italy announced they are changing LGBT Pride month to Family Pride Month," in order to "celebrate traditional families.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: June 5, 2023
Topics: lgbtq;facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: Dolomiti Pride took place in early June, and Arcigay, a pro-LGTBQ+ group based in the country, has been sharing images of Pride events happening across the country. Events are planned every weekend in June, according to Italian lifestyle and travel website Quiiky Magazine , including in Milan, Palermo, Naples and Bari. Google search also identified numerous planned events elsewhere throughout June. Palazzo Estense, sede del @ComuneVA , si illumina di arcobaleno per il @varesepride #pride #PrideMonth pic.twitter.com/zbFbbBeSB7    We rate the  that Italy has replaced Pride month with "Family Pride Month" .
Statement: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt.
Speaker: sean duffy
About the speaker: Sean Duffy is a Republican member of the U.S. House, representing Wisconsin's 7th District in the northwestern part of the state. The former Ashland County district attorney was elected In November 2010, taking the seat previously held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Obey of Wausau.
Date: July 18, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: debt;federal budget;taxes
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: The total federal debt is at $19 trillion. But most of it was amassed before Obama took office. And many factors -- Congress, the economy and Obama himself, but to almost no extent Clinton -- played a role in the debt increases during Obama’s tenure. For a  that contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, our rating is . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/212be74c-0104-4349-a8ef-bade8c9f88f1
Statement: Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. "I think it's pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.
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: November 15, 2021
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;crime;race and ethnicity;facebook fact-checks;guns
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A viral image contrasting the treatment of two teens charged in shooting cases said that Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got one day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Rittenhouse, a white shooter, got two months in jail and $2 million bail, implying that Simpkins was treated more favorably. The bail and jail details are correct. But the post leaves out important facts: No one died in the case involving the Black teen, Simpkins, who was charged with aggravated assault. But two people died in the case involving the white teen, Rittenhouse, who crossed state lines to commit the shooting and was charged with homicide. The image is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate it .
Statement: The Obama administration issued an "11th-hour rule that entrenches federal family planning funding for Planned Parenthood.
Speaker: joni ernst
About the speaker: Joni Ernst is a Republican senator from Iowa. A former state senator, she won the 2014 GOP primary for an open U.S. Senate seat and defeated Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley in November. She was sworn into Congress in January 2015, replacing long-time Senator Tom Harkin.
Date: January 27, 2017
Location: national
Topics: abortion;federal budget;public health
Context: a speech at the March for Life
Fact-check justification: Ernst said the Obama administration issued an "11th-hour rule that entrenches federal family planning funding for Planned Parenthood." It may be a slight exaggeration to use the word "entrench," since there are ways to overturn the rule within a matter of months, and it should be noted that the rule would affect a variety of other health care providers, not just Planned Parenthood, Still, it’s hard to argue that this was not an 11th-hour rule, and in general we find that Ernst has characterized pretty accurately what the Obama administration did. We rate her statement .
Statement: Four years after Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised universal pre-K, "79 percent of 4-year olds outside New York City lack full-day pre-K.
Speaker: cynthia nixon
About the speaker: Cynthia Nixon is a Democrat running for governor of New York in 2018. She is an actress and education advocate.
Date: March 26, 2018
Location: new york
Topics: education
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Nixon claimed that 79 percent of 4-year-olds outside New York City don’t have access to full-day pre-K four years after funding was earmarked in the state budget. The latest data supports Nixon’s , though it’s from the 2016-2017 school year. That’s three years after Cuomo and lawmakers committed funding for universal pre-K, not four as Nixon said. There was also never a deadline to implement statewide pre-K by the start of that school year. Her  was accurate but we thought it needed additional information. We rate it .
Statement: Joe Biden just confirmed that he is running for president in 2020 and it has America applauding!
Speaker: realtimepolitics
About the speaker: Realtimepolitics is a website that posts fake news.
Date: March 6, 2018
Topics: elections;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: In December 2017, Biden was asked on The View what it would take for him to decide to run. Biden said he hadn’t organized any campaign organization, but left open the door. "If, in a year from now, if we’re ready, and no one has moved in that I think can do it, then I may very well do it," he said. Biden ran for president twice in the past and contemplated challenging Hillary Clinton for the 2016 nomination but ruled that out after his son Beau Biden had died from brain cancer earlier that year. We rate this headline .
Statement: Says Glenn Grothman "is the single-most partisan member of the House.
Speaker: dan kohl
About the speaker: Dan Kohl, a businessman and non-profit leader, is a Democrat from the Milwaukee suburb of Mequon. The nephew of former U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., he is running in 2018 for the 6th District congressional seat held by Republican Glenn Grothman. 
Date: November 7, 2017
Location: wisconsin
Topics: bipartisanship;congress;voting record
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: One widely noted index ranked Grothman as the second-most partisan member during the 2015-’16 congressional session, above only a member who is no longer in the House. That arguably makes Grothman the most-partisan currently. But the index is only one way of defining partisanship, and it doesn’t account for any House member activity after 2016. For a statement that is partially accurate, our rating is . div class='artembed'>
Statement: 59 people die as pastor gives them dettol to drink in church to prevent coronavirus.
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: April 6, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "  The cleaning product isn’t for human consumption, the company said, urging anyone who drank it to consult a medical professional. "We have been in contact with Prophet Rufus Phala and asked him to stop this practice," the statement says. We didn’t find any news reports that the congregants died after drinking Dettol.    A spokesman for the South African Police Service told AFP South Africa that it’s not  that 59 people died after drinking Dettol to prevent coronavirus, and he "denied any investigations into the deaths of 59 people linked to the consumption of Dettol," according to the news outlet.   We rate this Facebook post .