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: This video shows neither Sen. Josh Hawley refusing to use a University of California, Berkeley professor’s pronouns, nor her asking him to do so.
PolitiFact says: Biden's number is accurate, but assigning debt to a particular president is tricky.
PolitiFact says: The chicken and egg shortages trace mainly to a nationwide bird flu outbreak that began in early 2022. Bill Gates' investments in plant-based meat and U.S. farmland are not connected to the shortages.
PolitiFact says: This is exaggerated. Classified documents sometimes can be removed from a SCIF, though specific security measures must be followed.
PolitiFact says: The image shared by Joe Rogan was created by private researchers to illustrate why they believe a food rating system developed at Tufts University should not be used by consumers or for food policy.
PolitiFact says: MRNA vaccines are not widely used on livestock in the United States, experts said. Even when given to livestock, mRNA vaccines cannot enter humans’ food supply. The vaccines rapidly disappear after injection.
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that a bomb attack happened in New York City on Jan. 22, 2023. The photo in this Instagram post was taken Dec. 11, 2017, after a failed suicide bombing attempt in Times Square.