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: Iceland’s health authority said the country has not banned COVID-19 vaccines and there hasn’t been a rise in deaths caused by the inoculation. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are available in Iceland.
PolitiFact says: Health experts say there’s no evidence that wearing magnetic jewelry or earrings that stimulate acupressure points will prompt significant weight loss.
PolitiFact says: Spikes in pediatric pneumonia cases in China and in one Ohio county are not connected, and are caused by known pathogens that regularly circulate during respiratory illness season.
PolitiFact says: The U.S. government has not updated the Inflation Reduction Act, a 2022 law, to give Americans $6,400 in monthly subsidies. The link included with the post is not affiliated with the federal government.
PolitiFact says: Middle East experts said the Star of David flag represents the Zionist movement, not Palestine. From 1922 to 1948, the Palestinian territory was under British mandate, so the Union Jack was flown in official capacities.
PolitiFact says: The U.S. government has not announced it’s sending everyone $6,400. The link included in the post is not affiliated with the federal government.
PolitiFact says: A video shows an airplane tipped over by heavy snowfall in Munich. But that plane was not bound for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the site of the United Nations Conference of the Parties, a global climate change summit.
PolitiFact says: DeSantis has followed through on some of his campaign promises, but not all, PolitiFact’s DeSant-O-Meter promise tracker shows.
PolitiFact says: No hay evidencia de que una niña haya desaparecido por un túnel secreto en Disneyland en California.La policía de Anaheim, California dijo que no está investigando un secuestro infantil en Disneyland.
PolitiFact says: Una imagen dice que el papa Francisco inventó una cruz LGBT, pero eso no es cierto. Esta muestra al papa con una cruz multicolor que pertenece a la comunidad Pastoral Juvenil Latinoamericana, no a la comunidad LGBT
PolitiFact says: La imagen en Facebook del rayo de luz no es del terremoto en Filipinas. Esta ha sido usada desde el 2017 y reportada durante un terremoto en México.
PolitiFact says: The baseless claim that the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was an “inside job” is countered by ample evidence in court records and investigations.
PolitiFact says: Haley has said she ran for office in 2004 after listening to Clinton give a speech encouraging women to run for office. The ad misleadingly edits out Haley’s repeated caveat that she disagrees politically with Clinton.
PolitiFact says: In Congress, Ron DeSantis voted for a bill that would have provided legal status to people who came to the U.S. illegally as children. He opposed bills that included a path to citizenship to a broader set of of people.
PolitiFact says: In 2020, Israel and several Arab countries signed the Abraham Accords. But that did not establish broad peace in the Middle East.
PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden did not approve a subsidy worth $5,200 for Americans over the age of 25. An expert analyzed the audio and deemed it fake, citing the telltale "robotic" cadence of an AI-generated voice.
PolitiFact says: Numerically, Haley is on target with both countries’ ship counts. But experts say counting ships says little about military capabilities.