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.
“Denzel Washington left the Democratic Party because he’s “had it with the lies.”
“Hawaii to no longer recognize out-of-state driver’s licenses.”
“Military arrests Adam Schiff.”
“mRNA technology in COVID-19 vaccines was never tested in humans.”
PolitiFact says: The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines used in the U.S. (such as Moderna and Pfizer) were tested in humans, and have proven to be safe and effective.
“Photo shows a semi-truck that crashed with a Chevy pickup that cut in front of it.”
“Says Ivanka Trump was targeted in the Florida condominium building collapse.”
PolitiFact says: With rescue efforts ongoing, authorities say it will take time before an investigation can try to determine what caused the collapse of a condo building that’s about a block from where Ivanka Trump reportedly lives.
“Says the U.S. government caused the coronavirus pandemic because it sent mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates to university researchers weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak.”
“Sen. Raphael Warnock “voted for welfare for politicians plan. Up to $25 million of government money for Warnock’s own political campaign.”
PolitiFact says: The voluntary matching program would not start until 2028 and would be paid for out of surcharges on court cases and settlements.
“The FBI building in Washington is “completely closed. No one’s in there.”
“The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own.”
PolitiFact says: The 2nd amendment limits government, not people.
“A 9-0 Supreme Court ruling is very rare.”
PolitiFact says: Despite a widespread belief that the Supreme Court is hopelessly divided along partisan lines, 9-0 rulings aren’t rare at all. Since at least 2008, they’ve usually accounted for a plurality of rulings.
“Georgia didn’t update its voter rolls prior to the 2020 presidential election; “this means we (you!) won the presidential election in Georgia.”
PolitiFact says: The fact that Georgia election officials are removing outdated voter files in 2021 does not change the fact that Trump lost the election in 2020.
“Coolmath Games is being taken down cause it was run by the Mexican drug cartel?”
PolitiFact says: Coolmath Games says it isn’t shutting down. There is no evidence Coolmath Games has connections to or is being run by the “Mexican drug cartel.”
“Emails show that Fauci knew "hydroxychloroquine worked [and] emailed friends about it being effective.”
PolitiFact says: Fauci acknowledged the existence of anecdotal evidence claiming hydroxychloroquine's effectiveness against COVID-19 but never endorsed it himself and said he was waiting for results from a clinical trial.
“Says Greta Thunberg said, "the climate crisis doesn’t exist.”
PolitiFact says: The Instagram post cut out several key sentences that totally changed the meaning from what was actually said.
“The unvaccinated have escaped every single strain or 'variant’” of SARS-CoV-2.”
PolitiFact says: Unvaccinated people are more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19, including the virus’s more transmissible variants. Mutations of the coronavirus can cause more severe symptoms among unvaccinated people. See the sources
“World Health Organization wants to BAN all women aged 18-50 from drinking alcohol.”
“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
PolitiFact says: The DEA has said that most of the meth in the U.S. comes from the southwest border. Meth seizure at the southwest border has been increasing for years.