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: The video featuring people in dog costumes was taken during a "pup walk," which was part of a September fetish festival in Berlin. It was not a protest for people who identify as animals.
PolitiFact says: National average gasoline prices fell to $1.79 in May 2020, when much economic activity, commuting and travel stopped.
PolitiFact says: Foreign language offerings have declined in the United States over the past six decades as well as more recently. But even if the supply of foreign language courses has slipped, it’s less clear that demand has declined.
PolitiFact says: It's clear that gasoline prices have been higher during Joe Biden’s presidency than during Donald Trump’s. However, experts say a president’s ability to shape current gasoline prices is sharply limited.
PolitiFact says: Biden didn't add 20 million ineligible people to Medicaid, as Haley claimed. A 2020 provision that allowed people to stay on Medicaid through the COVID-19 pandemic emergency was signed by former President Donald Trump.
PolitiFact says: The number of high school graduates enrolling in college in West Virginia has declined in recent years, dipping fromfrom 53.3% in 2012 to 45.9% in 2021. Enrollment ticked up during that span, but minimally.
PolitiFact says: The video is edited to show a religious dramatization of the rapture. The video is one of many "rapture pre-enactments" created by the Christian organization Turning Point for God.
PolitiFact says: PolitiFact found nothing to substantiate claims that a Burisma accountant was "found dead" before she could provide evidence on the Biden family. We traced this viral headline to a site known for misinformation.
PolitiFact says: An investigators’ summary of the text message exchange shows that James Biden’s message was about family matters such as alimony and tuition, not business.
PolitiFact says: The White House pointed to FEMA grants, which added up to far less than the amount Biden cited, and to smart electrical grid projects, which are not the same as burying power lines.
PolitiFact says: Mortgage rates hit a 21-year high in August, reaching 7.09%. But blaming President Joe Biden’s policies for record-high mortgage rates is an oversimplification, economists say.
PolitiFact says: Counting West Virginia University plus its affiliated campuses, total enrollment has fallen every year since President Gordon Gee began his current term in 2014, except for a less-than-1% uptick from 2016 to 2017.
PolitiFact says: Trump neither inherited a nearly dead auto industry nor revived it.