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Statement: At the 50 Milwaukee schools serving "at least 80% African-American and at least 80% low income" students, the reading proficiency is 8%.
Speaker: alberta darling
About the speaker: Wisconsin state Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, served in the state Assembly from 1990 to 1992 and has served in the state Senate since 1992. She survived a recall election in August 2011 by defeating state Rep. Sandy Pasch (D-Whitefish Bay).
Date: December 2, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: The bottom-10 schools included seven choice schools and three from MPS. The 10 at the top included five from MPS, four voucher schools (all Lutheran) and one independent charter. Our rating Darling said that at the 50 Milwaukee schools serving "at least 80% African-American and at least 80% low income" students," the reading proficiency is 8%. That’s accurate to within a few tenths of a percentage point, under the state’s tougher new grading scale. We rate her  .
Statement: When I took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. Today, it's approaching 3 percent.
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: October 2, 2014
Location: national
Topics: deficit;economy;federal budget
Context: a speech at Northwestern University
Fact-check justification: Obama said, "When I took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. Today, it's approaching 3 percent." Actually, the deficit reached 10 percent of the economy several months after Obama took office, not on his first day. Obama is laying the blame for the high deficit-to-GDP ratio entirely on Bush, when the figure covers time in office for both presidents. In reality, the numbers are more nuanced than he lets on, and his formulation oversimplifies the factors that played into these trends, some of which he had control over and some of which he didn’t. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details, so we rate it .
Statement: Says Republican lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus "aired radio ads supporting Democrat(ic state Rep.) Mark Homer... helping the Democrat to a narrow win.
Speaker: david barton
About the speaker: David Barton of Aledo, vice chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 1997 into 2006, is the founder and president of WallBuilders, which describes itself as a national pro-family organization that presents America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on our moral, religious and constitutional heritage.
Date: June 12, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: bipartisanship;campaign finance
Context: an open letter
Fact-check justification: The radio spot wasn’t aired by the Republicans, as Barton puts it, and only one Republican voice -- McCall’s -- was heard. Also, Straus wasn’t House speaker when the ad aired in 2008, so he had no “lieutenants.” But the GOP members Barton named have proven to be Straus allies. And they earlier joined hands in a radio ad for Homer, their Democratic colleague. Barton’s statement is .
Statement: Says Cory Booker "supports late-term and partial-birth abortion and opposes safety regulations.
Speaker: bookerfail
About the speaker: BookerFail is a website run by American Commitment, a conservative super PAC.
Date: August 23, 2013
Location: new jersey
Topics: abortion;health care;women
Context: a U.S. Senate campaign video ad
Fact-check justification: A new ad targeting Booker claims, "He supports late-term and partial-birth abortion and opposes safety regulations." A spokeswoman for one of the groups behind the ad notes that Booker’s stance on abortion comes from his support of the Democratic National Committee’s 2012 platform, which Booker co-chaired. The platform, though, makes no mention of late-term or partial-birth abortion, which a Booker spokesman agreed the Democrat would support a woman’s right to choose if her life or health is in danger. The platform says nothing else about safety regulations, which some states – such as Texas – have cited in attempts to ban abortion after a certain point in pregnancy. That makes this  partially accurate, but lacking important details -- and that fits the definition of . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Shutdowns are "a normal part of the constitutional process," with 12 shutdowns under Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill and two during his own speakership.
Speaker: newt gingrich
About the speaker: Newt Gingrich is a political adviser and author. A former Georgia congressman, Gingrich served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. Gingrich sought the GOP nomination for president in 2012.
Date: September 30, 2013
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;history;pundits
Context: a comment on CNN's "Crossfire"
Fact-check justification: He's right on the number, but the shutdowns under O'Neill were quite different in nature than either of the ones under Gingrich, or the current one. It’s also dubious to suggest that shutdowns are part of the normal constitutional process. Just because they have been relatively common doesn’t mean they are the way the founders intended government to operate. We rate Gingrich’s  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/9b23fd78-e6c8-47ed-a6b3-1ac9bdf33e60
Statement: The Antarctic ice cap is not melting.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: April 15, 2023
Topics: climate change;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram reel
Fact-check justification: Curry believes, along with the vast majority of climate scientists, that Earth is warming. But she has questioned the overwhelming  that humans are the primary cause of global warming and climate change. Easterbrook, a geology professor at Western Washington University, purports that global warming ended years ago, which is not  . He is a regular speaker at the Heartland Institute’s International Conference on Climate Change, which has rejected the scientific consensus on climate change and downplayed the seriousness of its effects. We rate the  that the Antarctic ice cap is not melting !
Statement: The Build Back Better bill provides "'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.
Speaker: viral image
About the speaker: Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny but political argument. Sometimes these images are passed across social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit so widely that the original source is nearly impossible to determine.
Date: November 15, 2021
Topics: immigration;federal budget;legal issues;crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A viral image shared on Facebook alluded to members of criminal gangs and stated that the Build Back Better bill provides "'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens." The post gives the impression that people who entered the U.S. illegally and committed crimes in the U.S. would be eligible for parole. But parole means something different in immigration law: temporary permission to stay for people who are in the country without permission.  Under the bill, immigration parole would be available to people who entered the country legally or illegally before 2011, but not to people convicted of crimes. We rate the post .
Statement: BREAKING: Trump Just Ended Welfare For One HUGE Group For 5 Years!
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: March 29, 2018
Topics: immigration;fake news;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: The RAISE Act’s provision also only applies to those admitted under the skills-based system, which as Cotton has said, currently represents a small fraction of immigrants legally admitted per year . (The RAISE Act also seeks to limit family-based immigration.) Americatb.com’s post mixes in opinions and hypotheticals ("Let’s say one million immigrants each get $30,000 worth of welfare benefits per year. That’s $30,000,000,000 of free welfare money sucked out of the American budget for people who put NOTHING back into our society, culture, or anything at all")  but no  to back it’s  that Trump "just ended welfare" for immigrants. We rate americatb.com’s  .
Statement: The probability of Biden winning in Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania "given President Trump's early lead ... is less than one in a quadrillion" in each state.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 8, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;states;supreme court
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A lawsuit seeking to overturn election results in Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania asserts the probability of Biden winning in each state is "less than one in a quadrillion" given the lead Trump had in each at 3 a.m. If ever a  deserved the label of utter nonsense, this is it. What masquerades as a statistical analysis is actually a logical wasteland that ignores fundamental facts that make all the difference. The votes still uncounted when Trump had his short-lived lead were largely absentee ballots from major cities. Those cities have consistently voted Democratic historically, and mail-in votes within them should be expected to lean even more that direction since Trump had attacked that method of voting leading up to the election while Biden encouraged it. We rate this !
Statement: Starting in March if you travel outside of the United States you won't be allowed back in the country "due to high risk of the coronavirus.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 27, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are both halting flights to and from Milan, Italy, as well as several airports in or around China. Both airlines also announced a reduction in service between the U.S. and South Korea. United Airlines made similar changes, suspending operations to and from several Chinese airports, including Beijing and Shanghai, and Hong Kong.   This sweeping   current coronavirus-related travel restrictions and omits critical information. We rate it .
Statement: Corona Virus claims a black belt. Chuck Norris, Dead at 80.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 11, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "It has also been reported that the Corona virus is in self isolation for 14 days due to being exposed to Chuck Norris." The fact-checking organizations Snopes.com and Lead Stories debunked this joking  when versions of it first emerged more than a month ago. As recently as June 8, Norris posted on his official Facebook page . There have been no posts or other  indicating he has fallen ill with coronavirus or any other disease, or that he has died. We rate this post .
Statement: A photo shows a $123,199 turkey for sale at Target "this year.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 12, 2021
Topics: economy;food;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The price tag lists a Target store at the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis as the location of the photo, and PolitiFact confirmed that the pricing was an error at a single store in 2015. The Reddit user who appears to have first uploaded the image in November of that year wrote on the forum that he brought the turkey to a cashier, but "the ticket didn’t have a barcode to scan." The $123,000 price is exponentially higher than the cost of a frozen turkey at Target — or at other U.S. grocery stores, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture .   Target’s website currently shows that similarly sized frozen turkeys are going for a max price of about $23 at the same location in Minneapolis, and $1.39 per pound. We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: George W. Bush was "the least popular president in modern history.
Speaker: dana milbank
About the speaker: Dana Milbank is a columnist for the Washington Post.
Date: March 7, 2010
Location: national
Topics: bush administration;pundits
Context: the Washington Post
Fact-check justification: In the third, it was a statistical tie for the bottom spot. The only way Bush is the clearly the least popular is when measured by disapproval ratings. So we rate Milbank's  .    Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: Says U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski had "a part in" undoing a law that used to limit how long trains could idle at crossings.
Speaker: marie newman
About the speaker: Marie Newman is a congressional hopeful challenging U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski in Illinois' 3rd Congressional District.
Date: January 6, 2020
Location: illinois
Topics: public safety;transportation
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Newman said Dan Lipinski had "a part in" in lifting a law that used to limit how long trains could idle at crossings. The federal government does not limit how long trains can stand at crossings. In 2008, Illinois’ top court threw out a state law that allowed towns to issue citations to trains that blocked traffic for more than 10 minutes. But Lipinski played no part in the law’s undoing, which Newman’s campaign acknowledged in response to our inquiry. We rate her  .  — The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: 28 percent of Kentuckians don't have any online access.
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: May 11, 2014
Topics: congress;negative campaigning;states;technology;punditfact
Context: a segment on "Last Week Tonight"
Fact-check justification: Oliver said, "28 percent of Kentuckians don’t have any online access." When it comes to Internet speak, "access" as a noun refers to whether someone has the ability to acquire Internet. By that definition Oliver is  — as only less than 6 percent of Kentucky residents don’t have access to Internet at what’s considered a basic speed. What Oliver would have been better off saying is that 28 percent of Kentucky’s residents don’t access  (as a verb) the Internet, which is supported by Census Bureau data. That said, Oliver is largely right in making his broader point — that when it comes to Internet access or use, Kentuckians tend to lag behind the rest of the country. The state ranks near the bottom in both percentage of people who live on a broadband grid and the number of people with Internet in their homes. While this is sad news for the prospects of a PolitiFact Kentucky branch, it helps save Oliver’s less-than-perfectly worded . We rate it .
Statement: Says "as a share of the US economy, the government's support for research and development (R&D) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s.
Speaker: rush holt
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Rush Holt is a Democrat representing New Jersey's 12th district.
Date: September 16, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: federal budget;science
Context: an opinion article
Fact-check justification: Congressman Holt claimed that as a potion of the nation’s economy, government support for research and development has "fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s." Data on federal expenditures from the National Science Foundation show that as a percentage of the gross domestic product, spending has dropped by 62 percent since 1964. We rate his statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: The Republican Party lost 1.1 million registered voters since 2008. The Democratic Party lost 1.2 million registered voters… (while) voter registration in the Libertarian Party rose 8 percent.
Speaker: libertarian party of texas
About the speaker: The Libertarian Party of Texas nominated Houston lawyer Kathie Glass for governor at its June 2010 convention. Other hopefuls were nominated for U.S. House seats and for statewide offices including seats on the Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals.
Date: June 7, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: bipartisanship;elections
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: In fact, McDonald’s breakdown, shown on a chart in his first May blog post, tracks registrations both by raw numbers and percentages for the two major parties and all minor parties lumped together. Upshot: Based on voter registrations in 29 states that allow voters to declare their party affiliation, the statistics cited by the Libertarian Party are correct. But comparing raw numbers and percentages to make a point, as the Libertarians do, can leave a distorted impression: that the major parties are fading away as the Libertarians gallop ahead. Voter for voter, that’s at least an incomplete characterization. We rate the statement .
Statement: Discretionary spending has "increased over 20-some percent in two years if you don't include the stimulus. If you put in the stimulus, it's over 80 percent.
Speaker: eric cantor
About the speaker: Eric Cantor is a former congressman who represented Virginia's 7th District from 2001 to 2014. He rose to House minority whip in 2009 and House majority leader in 2011. Cantor was upset by Dave Brat in the 2014 GOP primary for congress. He is now vice chairman and managing director of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank.
 
 
 
Date: March 17, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: economy;federal budget;stimulus
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Cantor generates his high percentage by lumping in all of the $257 million approved for discretionary stimulus use into 2010 spending. CBO reports indicate that only slightly more than a third of the discretionary stimulus was spent last year.    That suggests that when you add in the stimulus, discretionary spending increased 44 percent during the first two years of the Obama administration -- not "over 80 percent" as Cantor says. Cantor’s statement is half right and half . We’ll split the difference and rate it .
Statement: We refused to balance the budget on the backs of our children.
Speaker: casey cagle
About the speaker: Casey Cagle, a Republican, is the lieutenant governor of Georgia
Date: October 11, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: Cagle correctly points out that the Legislature did restore education funding in some areas and the school systems have more spending flexibility. However, the state cuts have been, as Garrett told us, some of the largest in recent memory. The cuts have had an impact on children and instruction. Cagle's statement has some element of , but it ignores critical facts such as overall state budget cuts and their impact on the classroom. That rates as  in our book.
Statement: A member of Joe Biden's COVID-19 task force recommends "withholding food stamps and rent assistance from those who refuse coronavirus vaccines.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 13, 2020
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Social media posts cite an article as  that Dr. Luciana Borio, a member of Biden’s COVID-19 task force, recommended in a July report that the government withhold "food stamps and rent assistance from those who refuse coronavirus vaccines." This is wildly  and contrary to the report’s actual recommendations. Nowhere in the document does Borio or anyone else say that the government should withhold those services to those who decide against getting vaccinated. We rate this !
Statement: Because the EPA closed a lead smelter in Missouri, "all lead for bullets will have to come from overseas!
Speaker: chain email
About the speaker: Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Date: April 3, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: environment;guns
Context: a chain email
Fact-check justification: A chain email said that following closure of a lead smelter in Missouri, "all lead for bullets will have to come from overseas!" While the closure of a Doe Run primary lead smelter in December 2013 means there are no smelters to make lead from ore anywhere in the United States, smelters to recycle lead remain in operation, and their output is substantial enough to satisfy the needs of ammunition manufacturers. Four months after that particular smelter closed, we found no  that all lead for bullets now comes from overseas. We rate the  .
Statement: Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter.
Speaker: american future fund
About the speaker: American Future Fund is a conservative organization.
Date: October 1, 2012
Location: national
Topics: economy;history;jobs;message machine 2012
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: The ad says the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since Carter," emphasizing the point by morphing Carter’s face into Obama’s. The ad includes a significant inconsistency about dates, and it uses the word "workforce" incorrectly. During the Carter administration, the size of the civilian labor force was a bit over 100 million. Today, even after the most recent recession, it’s more than 150 million. By a different measure -- the civilian labor force participation rate -- its  is not far off. In general, the last time the rate was consistently this low was under Carter. However, not all the blame for the low participation rates today has to do with the recession and slow recovery under Obama. A portion of the decline has been driven by long-term demographic trends that have nothing to do with the person or the party in the White House. Because it garbles the facts on a number of fronts, we rate the  .
Statement: Rob Cornilles is a Tea Party candidate.
Speaker: democratic party of oregon
About the speaker: The Democratic Party of Oregon says it "promotes the election of Democratic candidates at every level across the state of Oregon with technical, financial and volunteer support."
Date: January 5, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: abortion;message machine 2012;negative campaigning
Context: campaign material
Fact-check justification: We will note that Cornilles has been more willing to buck his party this cycle than Bonamici has. So we’re not sure how that makes him a "Tea Party" candidate. The statement contains an element of  -- he said those things in 2010 -- but ignores critical facts, such as his platform and his lack of endorsement from the Oregon Tea Party. We rule the statement . Return to OregonLive to comment .