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: Under Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan, most Americans wouldn’t have to pay a tax on the appreciated value of their unsold assets. It would apply only to people with more than $100 million in wealth.
PolitiFact says: The National Crime Victimization Survey, which the Justice Department conducts annually, shows a 43% increase in violent crime from 2020 to 2022. But another federal source, and more recent data, shows crime falling.
PolitiFact says: Communism and Marxism experts said Vice President Kamala Harris’ positions do not align with those philosophies. Harris is not against private home or business ownership, for example.
PolitiFact says: The claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was fired from McDonald's for stealing originated from a satirical website.
PolitiFact says: A 2020 Joe Biden campaign ad featured a May 31, 2010, photo of Biden at Arlington National Cemetery. The day that picture was taken, Biden was acting as vice president.
PolitiFact says: El video en Instagram de Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, el director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, es del 2023, cuando hubo otra emergencia.
PolitiFact says: El Dr. Juan Rivera no lanzó una cura para la diabetes, el video en Facebook fue manipulado. El video original es de abril de 2021; el Dr. Rivera habló del hígado graso y sus consecuencias para la salud.
PolitiFact says: The specific projected dollar impact on consumers varies. Two estimates we found broadly support Harris’ $4,000 figure; two others show a smaller — though still significant — impact.
PolitiFact says: This image was altered. A graphic that Fox Business aired Aug. 7 was titled, "Tim Walz’s economic scorecard" and did not include any information about a "communist agenda."
PolitiFact says: The initiative to build golf courses, hotels and more in nine Florida state parks was not an undeveloped idea. There were publicly shared plans, documents and scheduled public meetings across the state.
PolitiFact says: Numerous clinics and medical groups confirm menopause exists and is defined as the point at which a person has naturally gone 12 months without a period.
PolitiFact says: Three Republican-led states — Alabama, Texas and Virginia — have taken steps to remove or flag ineligible people on the voter rolls, since at least 2021. But there are several unknowns about the list.
PolitiFact says: La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris se paró y aplaudió varias veces durante la primera noche de la Convención Nacional Demócrata en Chicago. Ella permaneció sentada cuando la multitud la aplaudió durante los comentarios de e
PolitiFact says: Surveys have shown that the vast majority of economists believe tariffs’ negative impacts — which include higher costs for consumers — consistently outweigh the benefits. Academic studies bolster those views.
PolitiFact says: Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk didn’t share an X post that revealed he uses the gay dating app Grindr. We found the image of an iPhone user’s storage on a meme generation site. The X post is fake.
PolitiFact says: His statement conflates and distorts two different policy proposals — one of which did not become reality — and misleadingly characterizes Harris’ position.
PolitiFact says: We found no evidence that the World Economic Forum published a document confirming that ‘6 billion humans will die in 2025.’ The claim originated as a headline on a site known for publishing misinformation.
PolitiFact says: The COVID-19 public health emergency’s end doesn’t affect the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s authority to issue new emergency use authorizations related to the novel coronavirus.
PolitiFact says: Corporate profits have grown faster than inflation since 2019, and some analyses point to a role for corporate greed. But most economists told PolitiFact inflation was primarily caused by rising costs for goods and labor
PolitiFact says: A video seen in a social media post doesn’t show mosquitoes being released from a helicopter there. It’s from Miami in 2023. Massachusetts has no such program.