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Statement: Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "literally invented a $3.6 billion deficit.
Speaker: gwen moore
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is a Democratic member of Congress, representing Wisconsin's 4th District, which primarily includes Milwaukee. Moore, who served in the state Legislature from 1989 to 2004, was elected to Congress in 2004.
Date: April 30, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: labor;state budget
Context: a speech at a state Democratic Party dinner
Fact-check justification: In sum, Moore doesn’t provide any  to back her  -- which means we find ourselves at a familiar destination. Moore said Walker "literally invented" a $3.6 billion state budget deficit. We’ve previously established that the figure is a reasonable estimate. Moore offers no new  to the contrary. We rate her  .
Statement: The New York Times reported on a conservative activist's "superdiarrhea.
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: July 21, 2022
Topics: race and ethnicity;lgbtq;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Looking online, we couldn’t find any credible reporting on this supposed sickness, much less on the Times’ website . He most recently appeared in a July Times story about "the vanishing moderate Democrat," but not because of his health. Rather, the paper said that "he has attacked Democrats for, he charged, attempting to indoctrinate school children with ‘trans ideology.’" He is active on Twitter , taking issue with a quote in a recent New York magazine story published on July 14 that declared "the right’s boy wonder finds a new cause." We rate claims that this is a real New York Times story .
Statement: Adam Schiff just got served" with a $16 million fine for Russia collusion investigation.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 25, 2023
Topics: congress;facebook fact-checks;russia
Context: a caption
Fact-check justification: The House hasn’t voted on either resolution.   Schiff addressed the resolutions on his Twitter account , saying, "(They) will not work. I will not back down." Schiff has long been a target of Republicans for his repeated assertion that Trump colluded with Russia to interfere with the 2016 election and for his role as the lead prosecutor during Trump’s first impeachment trial .   We rate the  that Schiff "just got served" with a $16 million fine .
Statement: Dr. Oz releases COPD gummies that help quit smoking, detox lungs and stop COPD.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 9, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: In December 2012, Oz posted a message on his Facebook account thanking people for reporting "fraudulent ads" through a page on his website called "Oz Watch. "  "Remember," he said. "I don’t endorse anything, so if you see something using my name or likeness, it’s !"  The " Oz Watch" page says, "Unfortunately, dubious people online will often spam or solicit people like you; they make it seem as though Dr. Oz is personally endorsing their product — he does not. "  A spokesperson for Oz’s Senate campaign told us on Dec. 13, 2021, that this Facebook post "is yet another example of Dr. Oz’s image being used without his consent to try and sell products he does not support to unsuspecting people. "  We rate this post .
Statement: The last three days of early voting "happen to be the most populated days of voting that we have in early voting.
Speaker: ron gerberry
About the speaker: Ron Gerberry is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 59th District. A native of Youngstown, Gerberry has lived in that area his entire life.
Date: April 17, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: elections
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: While the stats show the final three days were the busiest in Ohio’s three largest counties, Gerberry used the word "populated" when characterizing the situation, which suggests more voters on those days. The data shows more ballots were cast the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before Election Day. Despite that discrepancy, Clyde’s underlying point was correct: the final days were busier. And it is reasonable to assume more people would have cast in-person absentee ballots the weekend before the election if the boards had stayed open longer. We rate his statement .
Statement: Pouring soda on raw pork will cause parasites to emerge.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 4, 2023
Topics: food;facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: Just 16 cases on average were reported each year from 2011 to 2015, per the CDC. The disease used to be more common, but the number of cases has decreased since the mid-20th century. According to the CDC, that’s because of legislation prohibiting the feeding of raw-meat garbage to hogs, commercial and home freezing of pork, and public awareness of the dangers of eating raw or undercooked pork products. The best ways to prevent trichinellosis, the CDC says, is to cook meat to safe temperatures and freeze pork less than 6 inches thick for 20 days at 5 degrees Fahrenheit to kill any worms. We rate the  that pouring Pepsi on raw pork causes parasites to emerge !
Statement: Says an image shows a paralyzed groom being held up by his groomsmen so he could kiss his bride.
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: September 22, 2019
Topics: pop culture;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The account credited with the photo is now private, but Diply published two others that show the bride and groom standing, unassisted.   As AFP Fact Check notes , someone commenting on a similar Facebook post in 2016 wrote that the groom "belongs to the fraternity Omega Psi Phi and this is a traditional marriage pose that symbolizes how your brothers will always be there to support you. "  We didn’t find any other examples of wedding photos like the one featured in the Facebook post, but we found several photos of the pose in different contexts searching for Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and line brothers. This Omega Psi Phi Pinterest page has multiple such images .   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: Says Glenn Nye voted "in lock step with Nancy Pelosi" 83 percent of the time.
Speaker: scott rigell
About the speaker: Scott Rigell, R-2nd, is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Second District includes Virginia Beach, the Eastern Shore and parts of Norfolk and Hampton. Rigell, who joined Congress in 2011, serves on the Armed Services and Budget committees.
Rigell was raised in Titusville, Fla. Rigell, who owns two new car dealerships, served for six years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He has an associates degree from Brevard Community College, now Eastern Florida State College, a bachelor's degree from Georgia's Mercer University, and a master's degree from Regent University, Virginia Beach.
 
Date: October 4, 2010
Location: virginia
Topics: message machine 2010;voting record
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: It’s become a popular Republican tactic to link Democrats with Pelosi, but in this case, the voting records don’t justify the charge. And while Nye has voted with his party 82 percent of the time -- a clear majority of the time -- that’s a long way from being "in lock step." So we find Rigell’s  to be . Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: More (people) die from indoor air pollution than from malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB combined.
Speaker: james rockall
About the speaker: James Rockall is CEO and Managing Director of World LPG Association.
Date: May 9, 2017
Topics: global news service;energy;public health
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Rockall said more people die of indoor air pollution than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. We compared 2012 estimates of indoor air pollution deaths to a range of estimates for the three infectious diseases for 2012 and later. No matter how we did it, the deaths due to indoor air pollution trumped those due to HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. But an epidemiologist offered the caveat that the indoor air pollution study relied on assumptions that introduce a greater chance of uncertainty than counts of deaths from the leading infectious diseases. For that reason, we rate this statement .
Statement: Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he served in Vietnam in "Da Nang Province. Soldiers dying left and right as we battled up the hill." And "then he cried when (the press) caught him.
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: October 2, 2018
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: Southaven, Miss
Fact-check justification: Trump said Blumenthal said he saw battle in Da Nang, and "then he cried when they caught him." Blumenthal never spoke of fighting in Da Nang or anywhere else in Vietnam. He did not cry when he acknowledged his  statements. Those elements are pure Trump invention. We rate this  .
Statement: Cap and trade legislation that Zack Space supported "would cost the average household approximately $1,761 per year in increased energy rates.
Speaker: bob gibbs
About the speaker: Bob Gibbs is a Republican member of Congress from Ohio's 18th District.
Date: August 12, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: cap and trade;climate change
Context: an issue statement posted to his website
Fact-check justification: Furthermore, the Treasury figures were prepared under an assumption that that all permits would be sold, which, ultimately, was not the form that Waxman-Markey took. When Lamar Alexander used the number in a statement, we rated it . Yet here it is again, still relying on the the same flawed data and just as  as when we said it was  then. Strike a match. We rate this statement about the costs of cap-and-trade worthy of .
Statement: In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset.
Speaker: sean hannity
About the speaker: Sean Hannity is a conservative political commentator and hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, as well as two television shows on the Fox News Channel. In a 2013 interview Hannity said that he is a “registered Conservative” and ”not a Republican, though people often mistake me for one.” Hannity has authored three books.
Date: March 10, 2015
Topics: bush administration;foreign policy;terrorism;punditfact
Context: remarks on Fox's Hannity
Fact-check justification: Hannity said that in 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset." In reality, many politicians, pundits and editorial boards spoke out against Pelosi’s trip, including Bush and Cheney. Hannity told PolitiFact that he was referring specifically to comments made in support of Pelosi’s trip by Obama and Hillary Clinton. However, that point would not have been obvious to viewers watching the show. Rating Hannity on what he actually said on television, we find his  .
Statement: Church bells rang in Paris and fireworks were set off in London to celebrate Joe Biden's presidential win.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 8, 2020
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The official holiday falls on Nov. 5, but there are typically fireworks in the days before and after, especially when the date falls on a weekday. It’s unclear whether any of the fireworks heard in London were related to the U.S. election, but there’s no  they were primarily set off in response to Biden’s win. We rate this post . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more.
Statement: The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department ... Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $97.7 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year.
Speaker: forbes blog
About the speaker: The Forbes blog is an online news blog hosted by Forbes magazine.
Date: April 22, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: education;sports;state budget
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Salzberg told Politifact Florida that the intent of his piece was to illustrate what he sees as hypocrisy by Scott and other state leaders — cutting the budget of a well-established engineering program while committing to a new university that’s likely to require more, not less, state resources in the future. It’s a compelling overall idea, but some of the finer points are a bit stretched. The university is considering consolidating programs, not eliminating computer science entirely. And the funds for academics and athletics aren’t easily moved around. We rule the statement .
Statement: The cost to implement Florida's class size amendment so far has been "$16 billion.
Speaker: don gaetz
About the speaker: Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, is a Republican state Senator and a former school superintendent.
Date: March 23, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: debate on the Senate floor
Fact-check justification: Counting only the money that's already been allocated, the cost so far is $15.8 billion, according to the same report. A Senate staff analysis of Gaetz's bill includes the same $15.8 billion figure. Gaetz said on the Senate floor that the cost so far implementing mandatory class size reductions has been $16 billion. The Florida Department of Education puts the bill at $15.8 billion to date, and could spend another $3.2 billion next year. We rate Gaetz's  .
Statement: Seniors around the world who died from COVID vaccine are being improperly listed as "natural causes.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 2, 2021
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: An article widely shared on Facebook claimed that seniors died soon after getting a COVID-19 vaccination and their cause of death was improperly listed as natural. The article cited the deaths of 86-year-old Hank Aaron and several dozen elderly people in Gibraltar and Norway, all of whom died within a couple of weeks of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.  There is no  that the vaccines caused any of the deaths. Aaron’s death was ruled natural, and authorities in Gibraltar and Norway said none of the deaths of elderly people they investigated were caused by the vaccines. We rate the  .
Statement: Nancy Pelosi (purchased) 10,000 shares of Amgen, manufacturer of Nplate, a drug used to treat radiation sickness.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 12, 2022
Topics: congress;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claimed Pelosi purchased "10,000 shares of Amgen, manufacturer of Nplate, a drug used to treat radiation sickness." Financial disclosures show no record of such a purchase by Pelosi or her husband. Her staff said the  is untrue. We rate this  .
Statement: Scientists say this map represents the US in 30 years if we don't reverse climate change.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 28, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post says an image with part of the U.S. underwater is what the U.S. will look like in 30 years due to climate change.  That’s . The image is a manipulated graphic by a blogger with an interest in cartography. It is not associated with any scientific group studying climate change. We rate the  .
Statement: 90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States.
Speaker: jeb bush
About the speaker: Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush. 
Date: January 21, 2016
Location: new hampshire
Topics: drugs
Context: an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor
Fact-check justification: Bush said that, globally, "90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States." In the context of the conversation, it was clear that Bush was referring to opioid painkillers. The most up-to-date information suggests that the United States uses the majority of the world’s supply of popular versions of such drugs. And statistics from a few years ago put that overall percentage at 80 percent. The exact number Bush used isn’t far off from commonly available statistics, and his campaign acknowledged that he misspoke. His overall point, however, was correct. We rank his statement .
Statement: More than 125 jobs have been created" at the Milwaukee Job Corps Center.
Speaker: tom barrett
About the speaker: Tom Barrett served as the 44th mayor of Milwaukee from 2004 until 2021. The mayoral position is non-partisan. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly (1984–1989), Wisconsin Senate (1989–1993) and U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2003).
Barrett lost bids for governor in 2002, 2010 and in the 2012 recall race against Gov. Scott Walker. He was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg on Dec. 23, 2021.
Date: November 19, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs
Context: a newsletter to Milwaukee residents
Fact-check justification: For our work on this item, it’s time to call it a day. Even before the Milwaukee Job Corps Center opened, Mayor Tom Barrett touted the fact "more than 125 jobs have been created." There are about 125 new jobs as a result of the new facility -- those needed to run the center. However, the facility itself is not aimed at job creation, but job training -- and it isn’t expected to have trained any students to be ready for jobs until at least September. We rate Barrett’s statement .
Statement: Report finds increased risk of spontaneous abortion following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy" after correcting "major error" in CDC study.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: November 1, 2021
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: A blog post claims that a new report had found a major error in a CDC study, alleging that the miscarriage rate for pregnant people who received the COVID-19 vaccine was several times higher than presented in the study. The authors of the report, however, arrived at these figures by cherry-picking and manipulating data from the CDC study, and failing to account for all completed pregnancies.  The CDC study has since published follow-up data that supports its original findings that there is no increased risk of miscarriage following COVID-19 vaccination. We rate the  .
Statement: Says Barack Obama is getting his nominees confirmed "faster than President (George W.) Bush was at the same time in his second term.
Speaker: mitch mcconnell
About the speaker: Mitch McConnell is a U.S. Senator from Kentucky and the Republican minority leader in the U.S. Senate.
Date: July 14, 2013
Location: national
Context: an interview on 'Meet the Press.'
Fact-check justification: McConnell said that the Senate had confirmed more Obama nominees than it had at the same point in Bush’s term. The opposite is . Bush had 129 confirmations compared with 68 for Obama. McConnell should have included the detail about judges, as he has in the past, but he did not. It is unlikely that most viewers would have been able to fill in the missing words because not everyone is familiar with McConnell’s talking points. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Vice President Joe Biden "admits that the American people are being scammed" with the economic stimulus package.
Speaker: john boehner
About the speaker: John Boehner of Ohio is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was formerly the Republican minority leader from 2007-2011, and was the majority leader briefly prior to that.
Date: June 8, 2009
Location: national
Topics: economy;stimulus
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: In fact, news coverage indicates the scammers Biden was talking about are garden-variety con artists merely using the stimulus as a cover, and that the programs they seek to exploit are just a minuscule portion of the $787 billion package. The Obama administration has emphasized many other anecdotes and news stories that show the stimulus working the way it is supposed to in helping local government avoid layoffs and helping states balance their budgets. Boehner may be technically correct that Biden mentioned people being scammed in the roundtable meeting. But Boehner incorrectly suggests the vice president called the stimulus a scam and he fails to note that Biden promised "to expose abuses whenever they were detected," as the AP reported. We find Boehner's  to be .
Statement: For every dollar we put in unemployment, it pays back about $1.60.
Speaker: jeanne shaheen
About the speaker: Jeanne Shaheen is a Senator from New Hampshire.
Date: July 20, 2010
Location: national
Topics: economy;stimulus
Context: an MSNBC interview
Fact-check justification: Campbell added, however, that though she does not believe that economic stimulus is a good argument for extending benefits, welfare arguments could be made for doing so. To recap: Sen. Shaheen said that "for every dollar we put in unemployment it, pays back about $1.60." The CBO said that the increase is actually anywhere from $.70 to $1.90, so she picked a number that's on the high end of that estimate. She's right on target if we go by Mark Zandi's economic study, but many of the scholars we spoke with are critical of attempts to accurately estimate the effect that spending on unemployment insurance has on the GDP. We rate this .