“Beyoncé alleges Diddy has been secretly hiding Michael Jackson, who faked his death.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
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“H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Blue items that survive” California wildfires are “indicative of DEW's (Directed Energy Weapons).”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Even if the California wildfires spare some blue items, it doesn’t prove that directed energy weapons were involved. Experts told PolitiFact that wildfires don’t leave a uniform trail of devastation.
“Elon Musk has just acquired Boeing.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Joe Biden rescinded a Medal of Freedom given to Trump’s “campaign manager, Bradley Birkenfeld, in 2021.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire!
“BREAKING: A second attack in New Orleans has been uncovered, police are searching.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: On Jan. 1, a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on a busy street in New Orleans, killing 14 people. We found no credible information substantiating a Facebook post’s claim about a subsequent “breaking” attack in New …
“Ella es Amelia Carter un hombre le prendió fuego mientras dormía en el tren de Nueva York”.”
PolitiFact rated this: Falso
“En Shanghai, se incendió ayer una bodega de la firma Temu”.”
PolitiFact rated this: Falso
“Video shows “Fort Worth, Texas pileup, January (1st), 2025.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Jimmy Carter verbatim said, “evangelical Christianity has been hijacked by people who would have given Jesus himself the boot if he knocked on their door.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Social media posts are falsely attributing this quote about “evangelical Christianity” being “hijacked” to Jimmy Carter as if it were a verbatim quote. These words were used in a 2005 Minnesota Star Tribune article, but…
“Image shows Kate, the Princess of Wales, without hair.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The NFL has abruptly fired three referees who officiated the game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The NFL punished three referees in “the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows Dr. Mehmet Oz and singer Reba McEntire promoting treatment for chronic lung diseases.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows Vice President Kamala Harris “is plastered again!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Ivermectin is a treatment after Covid and after vaccination, it is an effective medicine in all phases of Covid 19.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: On X, the incoming Department of Government Efficiency said the proposed continuing resolution would raise congressional salaries 40% to $243,000. The proposal included a 3.8% bump.
“Tipster in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing is ineligible for reward money "because she called 911 instead of the tip line.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“New Jersey drones not connected to search for missing radioactive material”
PolitiFact rated this: False