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WEBApr 14, 2024 · Video shows Dr. Mehmet Oz promoting his “exclusive pills” to lose weight. By Ciara O'Rourke • May 3, 2024. PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the …
PolitiFact | PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022
- Our ruling: False. State and national experts agree that the COVID-19 virus …
- Our ruling: Mostly True. Following the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting that …
- Our ruling: Half True. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine straining the global …
- Our ruling: Pants on Fire! School districts in several states, including Iowa, …
- Our ruling: False. Aaron Salter Jr. was working as a security guard at Tops …
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PolitiFact’s most widely read fact-checks of Donald Trump
- "My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011, when he banned visas for …
- In the 2015 Republican primary, Trump tweeted an image that said crime statistics show …
- Trump said a nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual …
- "The birther movement was started by Hillary Clinton in 2008. She was all in!" False. Trump …
- In 2015, Trump said, "I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and …
PolitiFact’s checklist for thorough fact-checking
WEBMar 31, 2022 · Here’s our latest version of a fact-checking checklist and how we use it to sort out fact from fiction. 1. Ask the person making the claim for evidence. When PolitiFact fact-checks a politician ...
PolitiFact | PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021
WEBDec 21, 2021 · Most of them were on the false side of our Truth-O-Meter, although two were Half True. With that, here’s PolitiFact’s countdown to the most popular fact-check of 2021. 10. Biden plan to ...
PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of politicians and pundits in 2023
WEBDec 20, 2023 · Interest in pundit claims included the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, the COVID-19 vaccines and LGBTQ+ issues. Most of the top 10 fact-checks fell on the false …
PolitiFact | Does China have more retirees than workers? Joe …
WEB18 hours ago · By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011. But whatever the age groups used, "President Biden's remarks are indeed overstated and premature," Yi told …
PolitiFact | Coronavirus
WEBFeb 28, 2020 · Coronavirus. Since its outbreak in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, the virus officially known as SARS-CoV-2 and the disease COVID-19 have spread rapidly — and …
PolitiFact | Foreign Policy
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