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Statement: War Begins — F-35, F-16 and MiG-29 NATO intercept and destroy Russia Jets in Polish air space.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 27, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;ukraine;russia
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: In December 2020, for example, NATO announced that its air forces across Europe had scrambled more than 400 times that year to intercept unknown aircraft approaching Alliance airspace. Most of those missions — almost 90% of them — were in response to flights by Russian military aircraft.   It most recently announced that it intercepted (but did not destroy) two groups of Russian military aircraft on Feb. 3. This happened over the Barents Sea and off Scotland; the planes didn’t enter allied airspace, NATO said at the time. We rate this post .
Statement: Condemning violence against the police and urging support for the police" is "markedly absent" from President Barack Obama's public remarks.
Speaker: william johnson
About the speaker: William Johnson is the executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, a law enforcement advocacy group. Johnson has been the executive director of NAPO since 2002.
Date: July 8, 2016
Topics: criminal justice;punditfact
Context: an interview on Fox News
Fact-check justification: Johnson said Obama had failed to condemn violence against police. Obama has repeatedly condemned violence against police. Most recently, he expressed his support for police the night before the Dallas attack happened, amid protests over two police shootings of black men, and again after the sniper attack on police officers. Obama’s consistent objections to violence against police is similar to rhetoric by Johnson, Nixon and the vast majority of American politicians and presidents. Johnson’s statement is outrageously . We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/ce7f382f-9162-4b44-ad63-f00d18610078
Statement: Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 23, 2011
Location: national
Topics: abortion;economy;families;labor;lgbtq;occupy wall street;religion;workers;guns
Context: an Internet post
Fact-check justification: While congressional Republicans have certainly introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, the   that the GOP has focused on issues other than job creation just isn't supported. The numbers cited in the post include Democratic bills, and the definition of what constitutes a "job creation" bill is open to significant debate. But the post’s most important flaw is the contention that Republicans have offered "zero" bills on job creation. This number stems from a methodology that also excludes Obama’s American Jobs Act from the category of "job creation" bills. If  you look at alternative job-related subject headings, the number of bills offered by lawmakers from both parties actually exceeds most of the social-issues listed in the blog post.  We rate this  .
Statement: Thomas Jefferson created the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening.
Speaker: glenn beck
About the speaker: Glenn Beck is the host of The Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show. He also hosts an Internet-based TV show. Beck formerly hosted a television talk show on CNN Headline News and then Fox News.
Date: January 29, 2010
Location: national
Topics: military;pundits
Context: his Fox News program
Fact-check justification: Under Jefferson, the Marine Corps was employed in numerous operations against the pirates and the north African countries that sponsored them. Famously, Marines led an overland assault and captured the city of Derna in Tripoli in 1805 (hence the line in the Marines ' Hymn , "the shores of Tripoli"). We think the spirit of Beck's  is largely accurate, that the threat of Barbary corsairs -- or as Beck accurately calls them, Islamic pirates -- inspired Congress to move toward re-establishing a Marine Corps. It turned out that a conflict with France actually kicked that proposal into gear, and Beck named the  president (though he was only off by one administration). And so we give his statement a .
Statement: Says that before health care reform, one of every three health care dollars spent -- more than $800 billion a year -- didn't go for health care.
Speaker: dennis kucinich
About the speaker: Dennis Kucinich is running in the Democratic primary for governor of Ohio in 2018. Kucinich was elected to Congress in 1996. He previously served as a member of the city council and as mayor in Cleveland, the city where he was born in 1946. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Case Western University. He has been married since 2005 to Elizabeth Harper. He was married twice before and has one child. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 25, 2008.
Date: December 31, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: health care
Context: a CNN interview
Fact-check justification: "The reason they haven't gone up hugely as a share is that they were so high to begin with." So does that mean the annual cost could top $800 billion? Woolhandler told us she thinks Kucinich’s numbers are correct. But she, too, is offering an educated opinion, rather than a statement rooted in new numbers and up-to-date data. So where does that leave him on the -O-Meter?
Statement: Individuals and small businesses will be hit by increases in health insurance premiums as high as 39 percent.
Speaker: americans united for change
About the speaker: A liberal advocacy group, Americans United For Change states on its Web site that it was founded in 2005 to fend off President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security. In 2006, the organization "broadened its scope to build broad public and congressional support for action on a wide range of long-stalled policy issues."
Date: March 3, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: health care
Context: a recorded phone message
Fact-check justification: Folks in other states — including Texas — also are experiencing hikes in the double-digits. Meantime, the CBO projects that most Americans' premiums would decrease under the Senate's health care plan. A tiny minority of individuals who buy their own insurance would pay 10 to 13 percent more, while receiving better coverage. Of course, all these numbers are just projections and the outcome of the debate over health care reform is uncertain. But given what's known at this point, United Americans for Change's robocall message rings .
Statement: In Congress, @RonDeSantisFL was the DECIDING vote AGAINST our state's right to protect Florida waters from drilling.
Speaker: gwen graham
About the speaker: Gwen Graham lost the Democratic primary for governor in Florida in 2018. She won Florida's second district seat in the U.S. House in 2014 and served for one term. She is the daughter of former Florida Gov. Bob Graham.
Date: January 4, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: environment
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Graham said DeSantis casted the "deciding vote against" the state's right to protect Florida waters from drilling. There’s no question that DeSantis’ vote on an amendment to the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act was crucial, but saying DeSantis was the deciding vote goes too far. Technically, any of the 209 other people who voted against the bill could be considered the "deciding vote." Furthermore, the significance of Grayson’s amendment is a subject of debate. Democrats saw it as securing Florida’s right to protect Florida waters, whereas Republicans say the amendment wouldn’t have changed the powers of the state. With everything considered, we rate this  .
Statement: BREAKING: Judge in Ghislaine Maxwell trial issues media-wide gag order: all press & spectators barred from courtroom.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 28, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post says, "BREAKING: Judge in Ghislaine Maxwell trial issues media-wide gag order: all press & spectators barred from courtroom." Maxwell’s 2020 request for a gag order was denied. On Nov. 24, the presiding judge issued an order indicating that the court would allow "substantial public and press access" for the trial. Press and the public are allowed in the courtroom, and the press has been reporting on the courtroom proceedings. We rate this  .
Statement: Mequon and Milwaukee have the highest disparity of income in the country.
Speaker: michael murphy
About the speaker: Michael Murphy is a member of the Milwaukee Common Council, representing a district on the city's west side. Murphy, elected to the council in 1989, is chairman of the council's budget-writing Finance and Personnel Committee.
Date: November 5, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: income
Context: comments made during adoption of Milwaukee's 2011 city budget
Fact-check justification: In making a point about how state shared revenue should be distributed to cities, Milwaukee Alderman Michael Murphy said the largest income disparity in the country is between Milwaukee and Mequon. While comprehensive studies have ranked Milwaukee near the top in income disparity, Murphy went too far in lining Milwaukee up against neighboring Mequon. With just a little checking, we found two city-suburb combinations that have a larger disparity. Murphy said he’d be happy if proven , since that would mean Milwaukee doesn’t have the worst income disparity. Put a smile on your face, alderman: We rate your statement .
Statement: 400 bills have my name on them either as a sponsor or a co-sponsor. You don't get that done unless you work with folks on the other side.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: October 22, 2016
Location: national
Topics: bipartisanship;candidate biography;history
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Clinton said "400 bills have my name on them either as a sponsor or a co-sponsor" in the Senate, which is proof I worked "with practically every Republican I served with." Clinton’s list includes a lot of things that don’t meet the strict definition of a bill as we’d know it from middle school civics. Clinton passed three of her own bills, plus an additional 74 she co-sponsored. There is  Clinton worked with Republicans while in the Senate. About 26 percent of the bills she sponsored had support from a Republican. Clinton’s  is partially accurate. We rate her statement .
Statement: Queen Elizabeth d-e-a-d at age 95.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 4, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The video itself offers no  for this .    On Oct. 29, Buckingham Palace announced that doctors told Queen Elizabeth to rest for at least two weeks , and earlier in the month, she spent the night in the hospital. More recently, People magazine reported that Queen Elizabeth returned to Windsor castle after spending the weekend in the country. She was photographed there the morning of Nov. 9.   We rate claims that she is dead .
Statement: A video shows "your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami" as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 27, 2021
Location: florida
Topics: economy;labor;trade;transportation;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Marine Traffic’s data doesn’t show that any backlogged ship diverted to Florida within the last 15 days. At least one shipping company has partnered with a port in Jacksonville, Fla., to avoid the west coast altogether. But that doesn’t mean that ships that were already en route to backed up ports have changed their course. Unless more  about the ship in the video appears, we see no  that shows the ship rerouted from California to Florida. We rate this  .
Statement: Everyone in this country has access to health care.
Speaker: rick perry
About the speaker: Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
Date: April 15, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: health care
Context: an interview with The Texas Tribune and Newsweek
Fact-check justification: Somewhere on the continuum between hypothothesis and reality. While many avenues exist for making health care available, the reality is that many people cannot use them, and millions don't get the care they need. We rate Perry's statement as . Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of them are students of color.
Speaker: erika sanzi
About the speaker: Erika Sanzi, who writes about school reform, worked for 10 years as an educator in Massachusetts, California and Rhode Island. From 2010 to 2012, she served as an at-large member of the School Committee in Cumberland, R.I., where she she lives.
Date: March 5, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: children;education;race and ethnicity
Context: a newspaper commentary
Fact-check justification: Erika Sanzi said that  "Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor (indicating that their family’s income qualifies them for free or reduced-priced lunch). In addition, a majority of them are students of color." As we’ve shown, there’s no way for Sanzi -- or anyone else -- to know the precise demographic makeup of the children in Rhode Island’s charter school lotteries. But state records show that about three-quarters of the students who actually are enrolled in charter schools are students of color, and that 78 percent are drawn from just four communities, each with a high percentage of poor and Hispanic children. Those numbers and the other  we found suggest that Sanzi’s statement is not only accurate, but perhaps understated. Because the statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, we rate it  .
Statement: Says Texas passed a state 'Dream Act' before any other state.
Speaker: juan hernández
About the speaker: Fort Worth native and professor who founded center for Mexican-U.S. studies at the University of Texas-Dallas, served as a cabinet member under Mexican President Vicente Fox and a campaign adviser to U.S. presidential candidate John McCain, co-founded Hispanic Republicans of Texas.
Date: November 8, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: immigration
Context: a Dallas Morning News blog post
Fact-check justification: Hernández said Texas was the first to pass a state DREAM Act. Texas was the first state to permit in-state tuition for certain children in the country illegally. But like other states’ laws, its measure did not -- could not -- go as far as federal versions offering a possible path to citizenship. The state laws are not DREAM acts. We rate the  .
Statement: Pasco County has the second highest population of homeless in all of Florida.
Speaker: brian anderson
About the speaker: Brian Anderson is a homeless advocate who testified before the Florida Legislature.
Date: April 9, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: housing
Context: a Senate Rules Committee meeting
Fact-check justification: A homeless advocate named Brian Anderson came to Tallahassee to support a bill that would allow people at the DMV to check a box indicating they wanted to donate $1 to homeless programs. Anderson, of Hudson, evoked his home county in his plea, saying "Pasco County has the second highest population of homeless in all of Florida." Anderson accurately cites the state’s 2012 county-by-county homeless population report. However, there is enough skepticism about the count itself that we think it’s best to proceed with caution. As such, we rate the statement .
Statement: Says President Donald Trump's "executive order leads to capture of ISIS leader, Rasheed Muhammad.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: January 31, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: Internet posts
Fact-check justification: Finally, USAPoliticsZone.com included this image, a still from a video of Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, who really was an ISIS leader. Al-Adnani, considered the official spokesman for the Islamic State, was reportedly killed while fighting in Syria last fall. This post has been passed off as a  news report, but it can’t clear a background check. We rate it ! https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/c9633303-5511-4f4e-8acf-2178c587e6dc
Statement: Health care mandate will require imprisonment and fines for Americans who can't afford to purchase insurance or pay hefty government penalties.
Speaker: patients first
About the speaker: a conservative health care advocacy group affiliated with Americans for Prosperity.
Date: September 29, 2009
Location: national
Topics: health care;legal issues;taxes
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: It won't "require imprisonment and fines" — those are simply two of the options for enforcement, and experts say that neither a prison term nor a fine anywhere near that high is likely to be used. The official responsible for the Patients First release acknowledges that his headline overstated what the Joint Committee on Taxation chief of staff said, but the release does accurately report the penalties in the body of the text. The notion that one could go to prison for not buying insurance is certainly attention-grabbing, but based on past patterns of prosecution, the likelihood of it happening is extremely small. So while the fear seems to us to be overheated, the possibility exists. We rate the statement .
Statement: When "the governor announced his 'jobs budget,' 99 folks from the Department of Taxation were let go the next day.
Speaker: nina turner
About the speaker: Nina Turner is a state senator from the 25th Senate District in Cleveland. She joined the Ohio Senate in September 2008 after serving on Cleveland City Council. She also served in the administration of former Cleveland Mayor Michael White. In addition to her duties in the Ohio Senate, she teaches at Cuyahoga Community College.
Date: April 18, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: jobs;state budget
Context: a forum on the state budget
Fact-check justification: "This budget presents a spending blueprint that Ohio taxpayers can finally afford," Nichols said. "We can't keep doing what we're doing and expect to succeed in this state." Whether closing the tax service centers and laying off workers is a good idea is a question for someone else to answer. But Kasich is doing it. That rates Turner’s statement as  on the -O-Meter.
Statement: David Schweikert has "been convicted of 11 House ethics violations.
Speaker: jevin hodge
About the speaker: Jevin Hodge is a strategic communications professional and vice chair of the Arizona Democratic party. He is the Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona's 1st District.
Date: September 30, 2022
Location: arizona
Topics: ethics
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Hodges said that Schweikert had "been convicted of 11 House ethics violations."  The House Ethics Committee found Schweikert committed 11 campaign finance violations which, by definition, violated House ethics rules. He received a reprimand and paid $175,000 in fines. We rate this  .
Statement: No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
Speaker: sam stein
About the speaker: Sam Stein is the political editor for the Huffington Post. He frequently appears on MSNBC. He has worked previously for Newsweek, the New York Daily News and the Center for Public Integrity.
Date: October 21, 2013
Location: national
Topics: health care;pundits;technology
Context: an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe'
Fact-check justification: Here’s what Stein said: "No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov. Stein, in fact, meant to say something else, he told us. But at PolitiFact we check the statements as they are made. In this case, Stein is closer to the  than maybe even he thought. Stein specifically referred to beta testing on MSNBC, which is a phrase that traditionally means certain members of the public were allowed to access the website well before it opened. There's no  to suggest that happened, and the federal government isn't talking. Ultimately, this is a glitch of a statement talking about the glitches of a website. But it rates .
Statement: The (national) debt really added up $75 trillion in 2010 and is on track to hit $99 trillion this year.
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: June 3, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: deficit;federal budget;medicare;social security
Context: a newsletter
Fact-check justification: But his numbers are not based on actual totals of entitlement spending and the debt in any given year. His figures are based on pessimistic 75-year projections of what it would cost to continue entitlement programs under present-day conditions. A lot can change over 75 years. Rigell is mischaracterizing the nation’s debt level. We rate his  .
Statement: The teachers in (charter) schools don't even have to be certified.
Speaker: gwen graham
About the speaker: Gwen Graham lost the Democratic primary for governor in Florida in 2018. She won Florida's second district seat in the U.S. House in 2014 and served for one term. She is the daughter of former Florida Gov. Bob Graham.
Date: August 3, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: a livestreamed interview
Fact-check justification: Graham said that "The teachers in (charter) schools don't even have to be certified." At every charter school currently operating in Florida, teachers are held to the same certification standards as they would be in public schools. At "schools of hope," a recently introduced subset of charter schools, teachers will not need to be certified. Even when these schools begin operation, they will make up only a small percentage of the state's 654 existing charter schools. It is  to say that teachers in charter schools don't have to be certified when the vast majority of them do. We rate this  .