PolitiFact is a United States fact-checking site run by the Poynter Institute. It rates claims by politicians and viral posts on its Truth-O-Meter, from True to Pants on Fire.
PolitiFact says: Fentanyl is odorless and tasteless. It is often mixed with other drugs, such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, but there have been few reports of fentanyl-laced marijuana.
PolitiFact says: Many fires or accidents have made headlines in recent months, but such things are not uncommon in manufacturing plants or farms, experts said.
PolitiFact says: The claim originated on a satirical website. Anheuser-Busch has faced conservative backlash after a partnership with a transgender social media influencer, but it has not closed any of its U.S. breweries as a result.
PolitiFact says: Atmospheric chemists and geochemists dispute the existence of "chemtrails." Contrails are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust, according to experts, and they do not pose health risks to humans.
PolitiFact says: The Federal Aviation Administration and the International Air Transport Association say they have seen no credible evidence to support claims there has been an increase in pilot deaths or incapacitations due to vaccines.
PolitiFact says: Biden was two months older than 78 when he took office, which was about 10 weeks older than Reagan was on his final day as president.
PolitiFact says: A tweet took a quote from Dr. Anthony Fauci out of context. Fauci did not say that mask mandates as part of the COVID-19 response were a failure. Mask mandates were not discussed in the article in which he was quoted.
PolitiFact says: This didn’t happen. Similar hoaxes have been circulating since 2019, and Lizzo debunked one in 2021.
PolitiFact says: The photo shows former president Barack Obama and his friend at a college dinner hosted by a student group. There is no evidence the two were ever romantically involved, and no proof Obama paid hush money.
PolitiFact says: The video shows no such thing.
PolitiFact says: BlackRock, an investment management company, owns shares of Fox Corp. and shares of the company Dominion Energy. We found nothing linking the energy company and Dominion Voting Systems beyond having similar names.
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause brain aneurysms.
PolitiFact says: A spokesperson said Soros received no official communication from any government that would limit his ability to travel to any of the countries mentioned. Soros founded the Open Society Foundations, which Russia banned.
PolitiFact says: One study did find the ratio Tonko cited, but that research has limitations, especially the age of its data, which is more than two decades old.
PolitiFact says: Law enforcement agency participation in the FBI’s hate crime data collection is well short of 100%. A bit over one-fifth of agencies nationwide failed to send hate crime data to the FBI.
PolitiFact says: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.’s latest financial disclosure report, filed in September 2022, lists assets amounting to $4,004 to $60,000 and liabilities amounting to $15,001 to $50,000.
PolitiFact says: Multiple scientific studies have found that the Antarctic ice sheets have been melting for decades.
PolitiFact says: The FedNow Service is an instant payment infrastructure developed by the Federal Reserve. It will not replace paper currency.
PolitiFact says: The police released two videos of the shooter — one from closed-circuit television cameras and the other from body cameras. Viewing the entirety of those videos shows that the shooter was wearing the same shoes.
PolitiFact says: There has been at least one new COVID-19 variant recorded since Fauci stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December 2022.