“Two far-right websites attributed to David DePape to smear conservatives were fabricated — they were created Friday.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
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“USA Today reported that “5 children have gone missing inside a Chuck E. Cheese.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Video clips show staged war footage from Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Video shows a Philadelphia poll worker committing election fraud.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Video shows Arizona ballots “break chain of custody in Arizona.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows “California sets their own forest fires and claims them as climate change effects.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows Dr. Anthony Fauci admitting “he failed Americans during the pandemic when unnecessarily forcing masks.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows gunfire in Venezuela.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows Hillary Clinton talking about a glass dome over the Earth.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Video shows “military robots ready for war.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows paratroopers crashing in Uganda.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Volodymyr Zelenskyy was photographed holding a soccer jersey with his name and a swastika.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“When 36% of the vote was in, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro had 370,706 votes and 56.6% of the vote while Doug Mastriano had 844,669 and 41.6%.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Wikileaks releases moon landing cut scenes filmed in the Nevada desert.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“(Raphael) Warnock’s camp was shut down for failing to report five findings of child abuse and neglect.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: A Maryland state agency denied the camp, run by a church where Raphael Warnock was the pastro, an annual operation permit for 2003. It did not cite findings of child abuse in ordering the shutdown.
“Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: For most of the campaign, Herschel Walker has supported a national ban on abortion and spoken against exceptions. Late in the campaign at a debate, he expressed support for a Georgia law that has exceptions.
“Increases in respiratory syncytial virus in children are linked to the COVID-19 vaccine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence COVID-19 vaccination causes RSV in children, and a recent increase in cases of respiratory syncytial virus is likely because of relaxed pandemic mitigation measures.
“It’s proof of “voter fraud” that it takes some states days to count 2 million votes while Florida results were available on election night.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Battleground states like Nevada and Arizona had races with close margins, so media organizations waited until more votes were counted to announce projected winners. Different paces for counting votes doesn't prove fraud.
“President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: During a midterm campaign speech in California, President Joe Biden joked that “there’s no climate problem.” A 19-second clip of his remarks removed the context so that it was not clear he was joking.
“Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of “Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Bags did arrive at a Maricopa election site, but it’s not a sign of anything criminal or nefarious, and it is in keeping with the state’s election procedures manual.