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Statement: Dr. Sebi was killed "for revealing the truth" about the health benefits of burdock plants.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 19, 2023
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: It wasn’t anything government, it wasn’t no government foul play. If your dad or grandfather (goes) to a prison in a third world country where there’s not hot showers and hot meals and a television, then it’s a possibility that he can die as well," said Isaiah Bowman, Bowman’s grandson.   We rate the  that Dr. Sebi was killed "for revealing the " about the health benefits of burdock plants .   RELATED ARTICLE: No, these grocery list staples do not cause young people to get sick
Statement: Says Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted, "It's 'odd' that the ANTIFA insurgency happened just as COVID-19 loses steam It's 'odd' that COVID-19 happened the moment impeachment failed. It's 'odd' that impeachment happened the moment Russian hoax failed. The Russian hoax happened because Hillary lost? Notice the pattern?
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: June 11, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But the name is not hers, though it’s easy to see why someone might be confused by it: Sarah Hucklebee.   "I’m not who you think I am," the bio for the @hucklebee_sarah account says. "But I am still #MAGA #KAG #WWG1WGA" —a reference to QAnon. The account tweeted the message that appears in the Facebook post on June 10, 2020.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: Large, peer-reviewed research study proves ivermectin works" as a COVID-19 preventative.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 20, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an article from FLCCC Alliance
Fact-check justification: An article shared on Facebook about an ivermectin study out of Brazil states that the "large, peer-reviewed research study proves ivermectin works." The article is being promoted by the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance , a group that promotes the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19. Two of the study’s authors are members of the group. The study, one of its authors said, does not definitively prove that ivermectin works as a prevention or treatment for COVID-19. Experts not involved in the study pointed out serious flaws in the study and conflicts of interest with its authors. The FDA and WHO have not changed their positions on the use of ivermectin outside of clinical trials. We rate this  .
Statement: Biden and Obama allowed grown men in restrooms with little girls. Trump has rescued over 300 missing children from (pedophiles) and perverts.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 16, 2020
Topics: public safety;sexuality;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims, "Biden and Obama allowed grown men in restrooms with little girls. TRUMP has rescued over 300 missing children from pedifiles and perverts." Obama administration guidance required schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponded with their gender identity, but the rule said nothing about allowing adults to do so as well.  During the Trump presidency, the U.S. Marshals Missing Child Unit has conducted operations to locate missing children. But there is no  to suggest Trump "rescued" 300 children from perverts. We rate this post .   This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click  here , for more.
Statement: Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.
Speaker: paul tonko
About the speaker: Paul Tonko is a Democrat who represents a district based in New York's capital region in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: March 20, 2023
Location: new york
Topics: criminal justice;drugs
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Tonko said that people "released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release." One study found that ratio, but that research has limitations, especially the age of its data, which was collected more than two decades ago.  A more recent study found ratios that were lower than what Tonko said: from 40 times to 74 times higher, rather than 129 times.  Ratio differences aside, both papers show a significantly elevated risk of drug overdose for people recently released from prison. We rate this statement .
Statement: I believe, Senator Clinton, you've raised more money from those people (the oil and gas industry) than any candidate, Democrat or Republican.
Speaker: john edwards
About the speaker: John Edwards is a former U.S. senator from North Carolina who was John Kerry's running mate in 2004. A personal injury attorney, Edwards was born in South Carolina in 1953 and now lives in Chapel Hill, N.C. He graduated from North Carolina State University and earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina Law School. He is married to Elizabeth Edwards, who has been diagnosed with cancer. They have three children; a fourth was killed in an auto accident. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 30, 2008.
Date: January 15, 2008
Location: national
Topics: ethics
Context: Las Vegas
Fact-check justification: Mitt Romney $309,933 * Hillary Clinton $220,550 * John McCain $189,935 * Barack Obama $106,112 * Ron Paul $34,102 * John Edwards $27,850 So it's  that Clinton has gotten significantly more than her Democratic rivals, but so far she's also been outraised by Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. For this reason, we give Edwards' statement only a .
Statement: Americans increasingly want (the Affordable Care Act) to be repealed.
Speaker: marco rubio
About the speaker: Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida, was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016 and then dropped out and won re-election to the Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and took office Jan. 5, 2011. Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and is a former Speaker of the Florida House. He served on the West Miami City Commission from 1998 to 2000. He is from Miami and holds a law degree from the University of Miami.
Date: March 23, 2014
Location: national
Topics: health care;polls and public opinion
Context: a video to supporters
Fact-check justification: Rubio said, "Americans increasingly want (Obamacare) to be repealed." Depending on which polls you consult, anywhere from about 35 to 50 percent of the nation does want the law repealed. That’s not insignificant. But we take issue with his  that as time goes on, more voters are calling for repeal. Experts say the percentage of voters who want Obamacare repealed is staying consistent within each poll. We rate Rubio’s  .
Statement: I left the White House $16 million in debt.
Speaker: bill clinton
About the speaker: Bill Clinton was president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He is married to Hillary Clinton, the 2016 presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
Date: June 4, 2018
Location: national
Topics: debt
Context: an interview on NBC's Today show
Fact-check justification: Clinton said he "left the White House $16 million in debt." Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senate financial disclosure form shows a debt of anywhere between $1.75 million and maximum of $6.5 million. Bill Clinton’s spokesman said the Clintons’ legal fees reached $12 million, but a large portion of that was covered by a legal defense fund. We rate this .
Statement: Even today part of Romney's fortune is invested in China.
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: September 13, 2012
Location: national
Topics: china;message machine 2012
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: The Obama campaign ad says, "Even today part of Romney’s fortune is invested in China." The Romney campaign confirms this statement. In particular, news reports show as recently as this year, Romney had money invested in funds that owned shares in two Chinese firms. The amount is not likely to be large, certainly relative to Romney’s sizeable assets, and might be minor in absolute terms as well, due to the dilution that comes with funds with multiple investors and multiple investments. The  suggests that Romney had more to do with the investment decision than is the case. We rate the statement .
Statement: Putin beheaded bioweapon engineers in Ukraine.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 23, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;ukraine;russia
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: There are public health labs in the country that study a number of pathogens and viruses, and we’ve reported that these kinds of labs exist in almost every country. The labs in Ukraine have nothing to do with biological warfare, public health experts have told us.   PolitiFact reported that Real Raw News has a history of publishing fabricated stories of politicians being arrested or executed by the military.   There’s no  that Putin executed bioweapon engineers and called Trump to talk about it. We rate this !
Statement: Huckabee supported "a tuition break to the children of illegals that are here illegally when citizens are having to pay a higher rate.
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: December 5, 2007
Location: national
Topics: immigration;education
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: When he vetoed the legislation in Massachusetts in 2004, he said, "I hate the idea of in any way making it more difficult for kids, even those who are illegal aliens, to afford college in our state. But equally, perhaps a little more than equally, I do not want to create an incentive to do something which is illegal." That's some distance from his recent comments that the proposal "makes no sense to me at all." We find his shorthand of a "tuition break" for illegal immigrants glosses over a complicated issue to the point where it's somewhat . We find that part of his argument .
Statement: Says Texas lawmakers agreed to cut state's rainy day fund in half, spending "$4 billion from current $8 billion.
Speaker: michael sullivan
About the speaker: Sullivan helms Empower Texans, which says on its website that it exists to create and sustain a system of strong fiscal stewardship within all levels of Texas government, ensuring the greatest amounts of economic and personal liberty, and promoting public policies that provide individuals with the freedom to use their strengths and talents in pursuit of greater opportunities.
Date: May 22, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: state budget
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Sullivan tweeted that lawmakers "will be drawing current Economic Stabilization Fund down by half: $4 billion from current $8 billion." The $4 billion figure approximates legislated withdrawals from the rainy day fund over more than two years, assuming one measure makes it into law and another wins voter approval. However, it’s not correct that the fund will be halved. Its expected August 2013 balance of $8.1 billion could be cut by nearly $2 billion, or 25 percent. Down the road, the fund’s projected balance of nearly $12 billion at the end of August 2015 could shrink by 33 percent. This statement skews these facts by counting current and future expenditures solely against the fund’s current balance. Put another way, it assumes all the legislated spending will occur while disregarding expectations that the fund will also accumulate more revenue. The  has an element of , but ignores critical facts that would give an accurate impression. We rate it .
Statement: Fox News is "banned in Canada" because it violates a law that "prevents 'news' channels from lying to their viewers.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 14, 2014
Topics: ethics;foreign policy;punditfact
Context: posts on Facebook
Fact-check justification: The ruling The meme claims that Fox News is "banned from operating in Canada" because it violates a law that "prevents ‘news’ channels from lying to their viewers." That’s . Fox was denied broadcast in 2003, but not because Canadians found it to be untruthful. And Fox News got its approval to broadcast via satellite in 2004 and certainly has a dish presence up north today. This  rates .
Statement: Summer "protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.
Speaker: sherrod brown
About the speaker: Sherrod Brown is a Democratic U.S. Senator representing Ohio. He won his first elected office to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1974. He later served as Ohio secretary of state and was elected to Congress in 1992. He first joined the U.S. Senate in 2007.
Date: January 8, 2021
Location: national
Topics: elections;crime
Context: an interview with Ohio reporters
Fact-check justification: Brown said Black Lives Matter protesters outside the White House faced a more militarized response than rioters who assaulted the Capitol. The record shows that early on, federal officials planned for aggressive clashes with Black Lives Matter protesters, while those responsible for Capitol security planned for peaceful protests. Full riot gear was quickly used during the summer, but was not at key spots in the police line set up around the Capitol.  There were ample warnings that Trump supporters would engage in physical violence, but officials did not plan accordingly. We rate this  .
Statement: The Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030.
Speaker: credo action
About the speaker: Credo Action is a progressive activism organization, supported by their sister mobile phone company CREDO mobile.
Date: August 27, 2015
Location: national
Topics: environment;climate change
Context: a YouTube video
Fact-check justification: A video by Credo Action said the Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030." Burning 10 billion tons of coal over the next 15 years would unleash more carbon pollution than the federal clean energy regulations expect to save in the same period of time. However, burning that much coal in that timeframe is unrealistic, and, more importantly, the government has not made such a proposal. Rather, the 10 billion tons figure refers to an estimate -- developed solely for analysis -- of the maximum amount of coal that could be available for mining in a particular region of Wyoming over the next 20 years. Credo’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate it . Correction, Sept. 8, 2015:  We revised the explanation of Greenpeace's estimate of the Clean Power Plan's emission reductions by 2030 to reflect that the organization's estimate is cumulative over 15 years, while the EPA's estimate is annual.
Statement: Says in February Facebook post that "Britney won.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 11, 2021
Location: california
Topics: legal issues;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Britney Spears won a court ruling that was touted by the Facebook post, but despite what the post claims, Spears’ father remains in control of much of her affairs through a conservatorship that Spears is continuing to fight in court. We rate the post .
Statement: Justin Bieber's Ramsay Hunt syndrome and Hailey Bieber's blood clot were caused by COVID-19 vaccines.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 11, 2022
Topics: corrections and updates;pop culture;facebook fact-checks
Context: post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed that Justin Bieber’s diagnosis of Ramsay Hunt syndrome and Hailey Bieber’s blood clot were caused by COVID-19 vaccines. We could find no  via public statements that either have been vaccinated. Each of them detailed their health conditions to fans in social media videos, and neither tied them to vaccines. Experts we spoke with said there is no  that vaccines are causing or contributing to Ramsay Hunt syndrome. And Hailey’s condition was caused a hole in her heart which allowed a blood clot, possibly caused in part by a COVID-19 infection, to travel to her brain. We rate this  . Update, June 16, 2021: This story has been updated to include responses received after publication from Bernard Man Yung Cheung and other authors of a study used by some to link the COVID-19 vaccines to Bieber’s condition. The rating is unchanged.
Statement: Says Joe Biden "wants American farmers to put their farmland into Gvt 'land banks.' Gvt would then tell farmers what 'sustainable' plants they could grow.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 1, 2020
Topics: agriculture;facebook fact-checks
Context: a text post
Fact-check justification: Gvt would then tell farmers what ‘sustainable’ plants they could grow." The  is partially accurate.  Biden does support land banks for farmers — and similar programs already exist — and paying farmers for growing certain crops. But practices such as paying farmers not to plant crops or to plant certain crops are voluntary programs , and farmers must apply to participate.   We rate this statement .
Statement: We watched Terry McAuliffe, when he was governor, lower the (accreditation) standards in our schools...
Speaker: glenn youngkin
About the speaker: Republican Glenn Youngkin was elected Virginia's governor in November 2021. He defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who was governor from 2014 to 2018.
Youngkin was reared in Richmond and Virginia Beach and won a basketball scholarship at Rice University, where he earned an engineering degree. He earned a MBA from Harvard University. Youngkin worked 25 years at the Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm based in Washington with $230 billion in assets. He retired in 2020 as CEO after taking the company public. His net worth is estimated at $254 million, according to The Washington Post.
Youngkin's 2021 campaign for governor is his first bid for public office.
Date: August 6, 2021
Location: virginia
Topics: education
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: McAuliffe ran for governor in 2013 promising to deemphasize the state’s reliance on its  standardized tests in determining public schools’ accreditation. At least 30 local school boards demanded such reforms and the General Assembly overwhelmingly ordered it in 2015. So, the changes were not brought unilaterally by McAuliffe, as Youngkin suggests. There was a strong bipartisan calling. On the whole, we rate Youngkin’s  .
Statement: Rick Boucher "helped write" the cap-and-trade bill
Speaker: morgan griffith
About the speaker: Morgan Griffith, a Republican congressman, represents Virginia's 9th District, which includes much of Southwest and part of Southside Virginia. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 2010. He serves on the House's Energy and Commerce Committee, which includes assignments on the Health, Energy and Power, and Oversight and Investigations subcommittees.
He previously served in Virginia's House of Delegates from 1994 to 2011 and was the House Majority Leader beginning in 2000.
Griffith graduated in 1980 from Emory and Henry College, Emory, and obtained a law degree in 1983 from Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington.
Date: September 20, 2010
Location: virginia
Topics: environment;cap and trade;climate change;energy
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Absolutely. But he did so to add protections for the coal industry and the jobs it provides in his district. The ad implies that Boucher contributed to a job-killing bill, but his motive was to actually protect those jobs. So while the statement is accurate that he helped write it, the ad leaves out important details. We find the  .
Statement: After Arizona banned smoking in "all public places" in 2007, "admissions for acute myocardial infarction … stroke, asthma, [and] angina decreased following the implementation of the ban.
Speaker: richard morrison
About the speaker: Richard P. Morrison is a Democrat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives whose district covers parts of Bristol and Warren.
Date: February 15, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: public health;regulation;states
Context: a legislative hearing
Fact-check justification: To prove the effectiveness of broad smoking bans in improving public health, Representative Morrison pointed to Arizona’s experience. His statement about the nearly immediate benefits of that state’s ban was based on a reputable scientific study, which he characterized accurately. But he mischaracterized Arizona’s ban as applying to all public spaces, when it actually applies only to all public indoor spaces -- a big difference. Because of that inaccuracy, we rate Morrison’s  . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)