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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 22, 2021 a video
The COVID-19 vaccines "suppress the immune system" and make people more susceptible to HIV, shingles and herpes.
False
By Andy Nguyen • December 10, 2021
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on November 16, 2021 a Senate hearing
The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."
Half-True
By Duncan Slade • December 10, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 7, 2021 a press release
The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2021 a Facebook post
Society is “choosing blood clots and heart problems over cold and flu symptoms, or even no symptoms at all.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 10, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on December 5, 2021 a Facebook post
The crew of the U.S.S. Constitution consumed more than 252,000 gallons of alcohol and only 10,000 gallons of water on a seven-month trip.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 25, 2020 a Facebook post
“An organ recovery medical team pays tribute to a young female organ donor” in this photo.
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 4, 2021 a post
“The toxicity of COVID-Omicron is 5 times higher than that of the delta variant, and the mortality rate is also higher than that of Delta.”
False
By Monique Curet • December 9, 2021
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 5, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2021
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Viral image
stated on December 9, 2021 a Facebook post
Ghislaine Maxwell’s co-defendants include Beyonce and Kanye West.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 27, 2021 a post
Electric vehicles are more likely to fail in traffic jams.
False
By Monique Curet • December 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 6, 2021 a video
"COVID-19 vaccines do not stop transmission of COVID, but instead increase it.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • December 9, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2021 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.
False
By PolitiFact Staff • December 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 6, 2021 a Facebook post
A campaign poster for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with the slogan, “No jab. No job, no refunds.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 8, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 7, 2021 an Instagram post
Says Vice President Kamala Harris called the unvaccinated “dirty Trump people.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 6, 2021 a Facebook post
“There’s only one reporter on site” at the Ghislaine Maxwell trial.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 7, 2021 a Facebook post
“Trump was secretly inaugurated as president of the restored Republic.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 8, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on December 3, 2021 a Facebook post
Photo shows “a German mall separating the vaccinated and unvaccinated.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 28, 2021 a Facebook post
"Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.”
False
By Vivian Lam • December 8, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 5, 2021 a post
“SHOCKING: In the wake of Austria’s drastic lockdown of unvaccinated people, EU chief calls for throwing out Nuremberg Code.”
Pants on Fire!
By Monique Curet • December 7, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 3, 2021 remarks from the White House
“Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2021
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