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Statement: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "doesn't even have surveillance cameras around her house.
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 31, 2022
Location: california
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: "  Capitol Police first installed cameras around the home more than eight years ago, the Post story said. The speaker, a Democrat, also has around-the-clock security detail. But when she left San Francisco for Washington, D.C., last week "much of the security left with her, and the officers in Washington stopped continuously monitoring video feeds outside her house." Nancy Pelosi wasn’t home when the break-in occurred.   We rate claims that Pelosi doesn’t have surveillance cameras at her house !
Statement: Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.
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 9, 2020
Location: michigan
Topics: military;coronavirus
Context: Warren, Mich
Fact-check justification: The campaign said Biden said "military" when he meant to say "Michigan." The numbers Biden cited roughly align with Michigan’s coronavirus totals. According to the COVID Tracking Project , the number of deaths in Michigan through Sept. 8 was 6,811, and the number of cases was 119,863. Total cases and deaths can vary depending on the source and the time of day the data is drawn. We rate Biden’s statement .
Statement: Says Whoopi Goldberg said the widow of a Navy SEAL was "looking for attention.
Speaker: undergroundnewsreport.com
About the speaker: A website associated with fake news.
Date: March 1, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: an Internet post
Fact-check justification: As of this writing, the Goldberg story had 348 comments, and had been shared on Facebook well over 56,000 times. The same story has popped up on other sites that have copied it , with no indication that it is  . The entire experiment was never meant to be serious, McDaniel said, but he decided to quit posting new articles once he saw how far-reaching his fabrications had become online. "I might have carried on a bit longer because I was having fun, but people took the Whoopi Goldberg story so seriously and it had gotten so big I thought I had better pull the plug," McDaniel wrote via email. We rate this  !
Statement: Bill Gates is coating your organic produce with a "dangerous chemical.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: April 19, 2023
Topics: food safety;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: A separate safety sheet warns the Apeel cleaning product could damage eyes and skin if used improperly. In the Instagram post, the Evans Vanodine name is visible in a URL seen on the third slide. An Instagram post warns that Bill Gates is coating your organic produce with a dangerous chemical. Although the Gates Foundation provided some funding to Apeel Sciences, the maker of an edible coating used to prolong produce’s shelf life, there’s no  that the plant-based product is dangerous. We rate the  .
Statement: Haitian singer Mikaben died because of the COVID-19 vaccine
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 17, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Vanessa Fanfan, Mikaben’s wife, has posted about his death on Instagram, writing that "this pain is very heavy." A statement from the family also posted on her social media account described his death as a "sudden loss. "  If  emerges that Mikaben died because of the COVID-19 vaccine, we’ll revisit this fact-check. But for now, the claims are unfounded. We rate them .
Statement: Says Obama doubled funding for the Pell Grant.
Speaker: kal penn
About the speaker: Kal Penn is an actor who worked as associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement under Obama.
Date: September 4, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: his Democratic National Convention speech
Fact-check justification: Kal Penn correctly stated Obama doubled funding for the Pell Grant. It’s  Obama has made maintaining the maximum award for these grants a priority over his tenure, and the result has been a whole lot more spending. To help pay for this spending, though, the federal government has changed some of the program’s eligibility requirements, so that it’s more difficult to get the grants. We rate this  . PolitiFact Florida is partnering with 10 News for the election. See video fact-checks here .
Statement: There is "over 20 times more energy" in a proposed Southside uranium mining site than "there is in all the oil that's estimated to be off Virginia's coast
Speaker: patrick wales
About the speaker: Patrick Wales is project manager for Virginia Uranium Inc., which wants to mine uranium at Coles Hill in Pittsylvania County. Wales was born in Charlottesville and raised in Danville, and he now lives in Danville with his wife, an elementary school teacher, and 3-year-old son. He holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from Radford University and a master’s in geology from the University of Mississippi. He has been with Virginia Uranium since 2007.
Date: December 6, 2012
Location: virginia
Topics: environment;energy
Context: a symposium
Fact-check justification: Wales, in advocating the need and potential of a uranium mine in Southwest Virginia, called attention to its energy-production possibilities. He said the mine will yield enough uranium oxide to produce more than 20 times the power that would come from oil the state hopes to tap off Virginia’s shore. The math works out for Wales with room to spare.   We caution that the  is dependent both on an estimate from the uranium project developer’s consultant and the wide-ranging, unproven estimates of oil off Virginia’s coast. Wales’ statement is based on the best available information and, as such, we rate it .
Statement: Says President Donald Trump "fired Lt. Col. Vindman because he testified agaisnt (sic) him and corroborated the Whistleblowers (sic) testimony.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 10, 2019
Topics: impeachment;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Obviously any retaliatory action against LTC Vindman on a day when we honor our military heroes would be reprehensible." The White House also told the Washington Examiner that Vindman had not been removed from the NSC. Dworkin’s tweet has been clarified, but the Facebook post has not. It is . We rate it .
Statement: Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4
Speaker: ryan lizza
About the speaker: Ryan Lizza is the Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, and also an on-air contributor for CNN. Lizza teaches at Georgetown University.
Date: September 22, 2014
Topics: foreign policy;military;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Lizza said that Obama has bombed seven countries to Bush’s four. Depending on your view of Bush’s reported drone strike into Yemen, he may have slightly undercounted Bush’s tally. Both presidents also may have bombed the Philippines. But it's hard to fault Lizza for the numbers we use.  We rate his  .
Statement: Miami-Dade reporting 23% of early ballots being rejected for missing signatures.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 29, 2020
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said  "Miami-Dade reporting 23% of early ballots being rejected for missing signatures."  A spokesperson for the county elections office said that less than 1% of mail ballots have been rejected, including many that were missing signatures. Voters still have time to fix their ballot if they omitted their signature, and many have. We rate this  .
Statement: Says under her leadership, "Democrats fought to ... make sure the (2011 HOPE) bill ... prevented the use of ACT/SAT testing standards.
Speaker: stacey abrams
About the speaker: Stacey Abrams, a Democrat and national voting rights activist, is running for Georgia governor in 2022. She lost the Georgia governor's race in 2018. She is a former House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly and State Representative for the 84th House District.
Date: January 17, 2018
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: a statement to The Root
Fact-check justification: Abrams said she led the fight to prevent the use of standardized test scores as part of the HOPE program. In 2011, she supported a plan to make minimum test scores part of the eligibility requirements for the full-tuition HOPE scholarship. The bill that emerged renamed the full-tuition scholarship, raised the minimum grade point average and added a minimum test score requirement. The bill did not add similar requirements to the original scholarship program, but made it less generous. Abrams’ statement is accurate but it leaves out important details. We rate this  .
Statement: There are parks in Southeast Raleigh that still don't have air conditioning in the gym
Speaker: charles francis
About the speaker: Charles Francis is a Democrat running for mayor of Raleigh
Date: October 20, 2017
Location: north carolina
Topics: city budget;city government
Context: a televised debate
Fact-check justification: Francis said gyms in Southeast Raleigh don't have air conditioning. There are four area gyms that have it and six gyms elsewhere in the city that don't have it. That context is important when debating city priorities and Francis didn't elaborate during the televised debate. But he's right: there are three gyms in Southeast Raleigh that don't have AC. We rate his  .
Statement: Putin issues international arrest warrant for Soros
Speaker: viral politics us
About the speaker: Viralpoliticsus.com is a fake news website.
Date: March 10, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: In January while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Soros said, "Open societies are in crisis, and various forms of dictatorships and mafia states, exemplified by Putin’s Russia, are on the rise." In October 2016, Soros criticized Putin for Russia's bombing campaign in Syria calling on him to "put an end to his heinous crimes against humanity." Viral Politics US wrote that "Putin issues international arrest warrant for Soros." While Russia banned two Soros charities in 2015, we found no  that Putin issued a warrant for the billionaire’s arrest. We rate this headline .
Statement: Says Joe Biden received a sudden influx of 138,339 votes in Michigan while Donald Trump received none.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: November 4, 2020
Location: michigan
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: A number of tweets claimed that Biden received a suspicious, potentially fraudulent influx of 138,339 votes in Michigan overnight while other candidates received none. The update that appeared to show large numbers of ballots delivered to Biden all at once was the result of a data error, the spokesperson for Decision Desk HQ told PolitiFact.  The error was promptly corrected and not indicative of voter fraud or any other nefarious action by Democrats or the state.  We rate such claims . PolitiFact Michigan reporter Clara Hendrickson contributed reporting to this fact-check. This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click  here , for more.
Statement: They just happened to find 50,000 ballots (in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections) late last night.
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: January 6, 2021
Location: georgia
Topics: elections
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: This happened throughout the night of Georgia’s runoff election, the Associated Press reported .   Trump said Georgia "just happened to find" 50,000 votes. That’s a  and  way to describe the counting of legally cast ballots. We rate his statement ! PolitiFact reporter Samantha Putterman contributed to this fact-check.
Statement: Says more than eight countries lead the United States in the percentage of college graduates.
Speaker: cory booker
About the speaker: Cory Booker is a senator from New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2013, making him the first African-American senator from New Jersey and the first African-American elected to the Senate since Barack Obama in 2004. Booker served as mayor of Newark from 2006 until 2013. He has a bachelor's degree in political science and a master’s degree in sociology from Stanford University, an honors degree in United States history from The Queens College as a Rhodes Scholar and a J.D. from Yale Law School. In 2019, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president and suspended his campaign in January 2020.
Date: July 24, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: education
Context: a round table discussion on Meet the Press
Fact-check justification: Ruby said some young people falsely believe there aren’t benefits to attending college. Let’s review: Booker said the United States trails "over eight different countries" in college graduates. The mayor shouldn’t have included the word "over" in his statement, but he’s on target when it comes to the younger generation of college graduates. But since each country may have different educational policies affecting the overall rankings, we rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: The law says that mental health must be treated the same as physical health," but coverage by health insurers is unequal.
Speaker: elizabeth warren
About the speaker: Elizabeth Warren is a senator from Massachusetts. Warren was elected to the Senate in 2012 and was re-elected in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024. Warren received a bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Houston and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. In 2019, she announced her race for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out March 5, 2020.
Date: July 11, 2019
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care
Context: a public forum
Fact-check justification: Warren claimed mental health and physical health have to be treated the same under the law, but coverage by health insurers is unequal. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act says insurers must provide equal coverage of physical and mental health. The ACA made it a requirement for insurers to cover certain benefits which included behavioral health. But various studies and reports found that insurers often fall short of upholding this law.  We rate this  .
Statement: Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year.
Speaker: democratic national committee
About the speaker: The Democratic National Committee is the national organization of Democrats.
Date: September 20, 2019
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: But they weren’t the worst on a percentage basis. And the two states have seen a modest uptick in manufacturing jobs since Trump took office. So it’s not accurate to use that cherry-picked data as  Trump has broken his promise on growing manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The definition for  is "The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression." That’s what we rate this .
Statement: Wisconsin's 2019-21 budget produced the first positive general fund balance since 2000, and the governor's proposed 2021-23 budget would return it to a deficit.
Speaker: wisconsin republican legislative leaders
About the speaker: Robin Vos, R-Rochester, is the speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, is Senate Majority Leader. Republicans have controlled both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature since the 2010 election.
 
Date: April 7, 2021
Location: wisconsin
Topics: deficit;state budget
Context: Twitter
Fact-check justification: The state’s other method of accounting, called cash modified accrual, doesn’t count expenditures until it comes time to pay them. Our rating Members of the state’s Republican caucus  that Evers’ proposed budget would return the state to a GAAP fund deficit, after its first positive balance in the fund in decades in the biennium prior.   The Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis shows the fund’s deficit through fiscal year 2018, and the state’s annual financial report shows it turning around in 2020. In the Department of Administration’s estimation of the next two years, the deficit would return in 2022 and persist through 2023.   We rate this  .
Statement: The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington.
Speaker: jay inslee
About the speaker: Jay Inslee is the governor of Washington. He was elected as governor in 2012. From 1993 to 1995, Inslee represented Washington’s 4th Congressional District. He represented Washington’s 1st Congressional District from 1999 to 2012. While representing the 1st district, he served on the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Inslee received his bachelor’s degree in economics and a J.D. from Willamette University School of Law. In 2019, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in August.
Date: February 20, 2019
Location: national
Topics: environment;climate change
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: In discussing climate change, Inslee said, "The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington." By one measure, of 85 major cities across the globe, Seattle had the worst air quality in the world on Aug. 21, 2018, as wildfires pushed smoke into the area. That was for one day of the year. Experts said climate change is one factor in making the forest fires, and in turn air quality, worse; but other factors, such as fire suppression practices, have also made the fires worse. We rate Inslee’s statement  .
Statement: With the exception of baby formula, the federal government does not require any food to carry an expiration date, and state laws vary widely.
Speaker: john oliver
About the speaker: John Oliver is the host of "Last Week Tonight" on HBO. Previously he was a correspondent for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."
Date: July 19, 2015
Topics: corrections and updates;food safety;punditfact
Context: a segment on "Last Week Tonight"
Fact-check justification: "Sometimes," she said, "dates are just made up." Our rating Oliver said, "With the exception of baby formula, the federal government does not require any food to carry an expiration date, and state laws vary widely." While Oliver’s underlying argument for more regulation can be debated, he’s right to say that the federal government doesn’t require expiration dates on food, and state laws filling in that gap are inconsistent. We rate his statement . A previous version of this story misstated the name of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Statement: Says Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren't people, they're animals.
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 22, 2019
Topics: immigration;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post said that Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals." Word-for-word, that’s . During a roundtable on immigration policy, Trump said: "These aren’t people. These are animals." But context matters. Trump was responding to a sheriff who said California laws made it difficult for her to share information with federal authorities about dangerous criminals like MS-13 gang members. Trump also later said that he was referring to gang members.  Trump was criticized for his word-choice, and some interpreted his remarks as a slur directed at all undocumented immigrants. But this Facebook post overreaches. We rate it . Clarification: We updated this post on Aug. 9, 2019 to more accurately describe the origin of Nazi ghettos in Poland.
Statement: Congress files charges against Nancy Pelosi.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: February 25, 2020
Topics: congress;impeachment;crime
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: "It was necessary to get the attention of the American people to say, ‘This is not . And this is how it affects you,’" she said.   U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., filed an ethics complaint against Pelosi for ripping up the speech, but we found no  that charges have been filed against her, as this blog claims.   The Feb. 25 blog post repeats claims that have already been debunked. We rate it .