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: Hospitals might get paid more for Medicare COVID patients, but their doctors don't. And there's no evidence that the death count is over reported.
PolitiFact says: Biden in speeches in the 1990s used the word "predators." In his speeches, Biden did not single out any racial or ethnic group.
PolitiFact says: The video that was used to back up this claim was manipulated. The event took place in Minnesota, and the banner and sign in the video had Minnesota-specific touches that were doctored out of the widely shared clip.
PolitiFact says: The boy wasn’t found wandering around alone and barefoot by police. He was pulled from an SUV after police officers swarmed and smashed the vehicle’s windows.
PolitiFact says: It would be inaccurate to count a “too close to call” state as going for Trump (or Biden) even if partial returns show that candidate leading.
PolitiFact says: Jacobs has co-sponsored legislation that restores some protections for people with pre-existing conditions if the Affordable Care Act is dismantled. It does not restore all of them.
PolitiFact says: Slightly less than 1% of mail in ballots had been rejected in Miami-Dade County as of the morning of Oct. 30.
PolitiFact says: It's the biggest jump since 1947 (preceded by the biggest drop since then, too). But leading economic forecasters saw this coming.
PolitiFact says: Trump’s administration issued clear opposition to a $15 minimum wage bill that passed the House in 2019. However, in a debate Trump did say that he’d “consider it to an extent. … in a second administration.”