Latest Fact-Checks In Children

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Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec
stated on March 22, 2022 a tweet
Ketanji Brown Jackson “says she gave pedophiles lighter sentences (because) it’s different when they use computers vs mail to get volumes of child porn. This makes ‘total sense’ according to Jackson.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2022
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on February 1, 2022 a tweet
Pfizer is "literally using the force of government and the culture of fear to jab children under 5 — with zero basis in science — to make billions of dollars."
Pants on Fire!
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 15, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 29, 2022 a blog post
In England, “official data shows children are up to 52 times more likely to die following COVID-19 vaccination than unvaccinated children.”
False
By Sara Swann • February 11, 2022
Troy Nehls
Troy Nehls
stated on February 9, 2022 an ad
"In Joe Biden’s America, your children are more likely to have access to a crack pipe than a mask-free education."
Pants on Fire!
February 10, 2022
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on December 21, 2021 Twitter
"Mask mandates on children lead to learning loss that harms early childhood development."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • January 19, 2022
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor
stated on January 7, 2022 oral arguments at the Supreme Court
“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2022
Steve Kirsch
Steve Kirsch
stated on December 12, 2021 a blog post
“They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.”
Pants on Fire!
December 21, 2021
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on November 24, 2021 a tweet
“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.
Mostly True
December 11, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 a speech
The House-passed Build Back Better bill is a “government takeover of child care.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in a CNN interview
"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 5, 2021 a viral image
"Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the Covid vaccines than by the virus itself."
Pants on Fire!
November 15, 2021
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on October 28, 2021 Twitter
Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • November 12, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 23, 2021 Campaign email
The Biden Department of Justice “would use the FBI to target parents who speak out against critical race theory.”
False
By Madeline Heim • November 9, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 25, 2021 viral text
Children who receive COVID-19 vaccinations "will be walking factories of spike proteins" that will "undoubtedly cause illnesses to spread like wildfire in schools."
False
November 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 26, 2021 a Facebook post
“Unmask your kids! Any carbon dioxide concentrations above” 2,000 parts per million are “dangerous!”
False
November 1, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 26, 2021 an Instagram post
“79.4% of babies who die of ‘SIDS’ had a vaccine the same day.”
False
October 28, 2021
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on August 8, 2021 Twitter
“The seasonal cold and flu is actually more dangerous for kids than the Coronavirus” and “there is very low transmissibility from children to their families and communities.”
Mostly False
By Allison Garfield • October 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 a Facebook post
"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."
Mostly False
October 19, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2021 an article
"Bill Gates talked about using vaccines to control population growth” in an “unedited 2010 TED Talk video"
False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 11, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 5, 2021 a speech in Howell, Mich.
"Thirty years ago, the United States ranked sixth among advanced economies in the share of women in the workforce. You know where we are today? Twenty-three.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2021
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