PolitiFact
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.
“COVID-19 vaccines cause impotency and swollen testicles.”
“Farmers stand in silence at auction so a young man can buy back his family farmhouse.”
PolitiFact says: Although the tale has been shared on many websites since 2018, each retelling lacks specific details such as when and where this happened or who purchased the farm. Finding no evidence for this, we rate it False.
“Ivermectin has been FDA approved for human use since 1996.”
“Says a CNN broadcast shows “400,000 votes just disappeared” in the California recall election.”
“Says a new Apple update will “scan U.S iPhones for images.”
“Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.”
“Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: “It took the loss of lives before help finally came.”
“Says the defense secretary texted all active military personnel saying they needed to get vaccinated by the following morning or “be court martialed.”
“Says TikTok found Cassie Compton, who has been missing from Arkansas since 2014.”
“Video shows a child who tested positive for COVID-19 “being separated from their parents.”
“Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600.”
PolitiFact says: To enforce tax compliance, the Biden administration has proposed requiring financial institutions to report to the IRS annual inflow and outflow totals from most bank, loan and investment accounts.
“People who “have recovered (from COVID-19) have very strong immunity.”
PolitiFact says: Preliminary studies find surviving COVID-19 leaves people with robust immunity. But it's a high-risk strategy for getting protection from the virus.
“Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election.”
PolitiFact says: When some voters arrived at 2 early voting sites for the California recall election, they were told they had already voted. They were allowed to cast provisional ballots. There is no proof that GOP voters were targeted.
“Stunning report: nearly 15 million mail-in ballots were not counted in the 2020 election.”
PolitiFact says: Every cycle some mail ballots are sent out to voters and ultimately not cast. But there is nothing nefarious about these ballots that were not cast -- just as some voters choose not to go vote in person.
“The top 1% pays 90% of income taxes.”
PolitiFact says: The top half of taxpayers pay 97% of federal income taxes, according to the latest IRS figures.
“Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change.”
PolitiFact says: Experts have not resorted to blaming recent hurricanes on climate change. The experts say climate change does not cause hurricanes, but could make them more intense.
“I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases.”
“Before 2020, “crime had been falling, every year, year after year, in the city of Buffalo.”
PolitiFact says: Occurrences of all seven major crimes fell by 44 percent between 2006 and 2019. There was a year-over-year decrease every year, except twice.
“The Bidens own 10% of” a Chinese firm whose stock is up almost 300%” since Joe Biden was elected.”
PolitiFact says: The three individuals who own 10% or more of the firm’s stock are all Chinese, and the firm’s stock is up 90%, not 300%.