PunditFact

PunditFact is a project of the Poynter Institute, dedicated to checking the accuracy of claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers, political analysts, the hosts and guests of talk shows, and other members of the media.

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true
0% 103 Checks
mostly true
0% 151 Checks
half true
0% 150 Checks
mostly false
0% 174 Checks
false
0% 318 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 437 Checks
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Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on September 17, 2025 an episode of "Hannity"
There was not “a single, prominent conservative voice in the country that even remotely wanted or hoped or was pushing to get Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • September 18, 2025
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on December 8, 2024 a post on X
The 14th Amendment “has never been challenged at SCOTUS.”
False
By Madison Czopek • December 12, 2024
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on May 28, 2024 a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News
Judge Juan Merchan “overrules every objection from the defense and sustains every objection from the prosecution” during former President Donald Trump’s New York trial.
False
By Madison Czopek • May 31, 2024
Benny Johnson
Benny Johnson
stated on March 2, 2024 a Facebook post
President Joe Biden was “rushed to hospital unexpectedly.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 6, 2024
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on February 29, 2024 a segment of "Hannity" on Fox News
In New York City “local elections, illegal immigrants can vote.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 1, 2024
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on February 6, 2024 a video posted on X.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, “not a single Western journalist has bothered to interview Putin.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • February 8, 2024
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on January 31, 2024 a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News
“We think the Earth’s warming” because “we’re literally cooking the books” with flawed temperature data.
False
By Madison Czopek • February 8, 2024
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 4, 2024 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week"
Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2024
Stew Peters
Stew Peters
stated on November 9, 2023 a post on X
“Footage from Israeli helicopter shows the IDF killing many people at October 7 concert in Israel.”
False
By Madison Czopek • November 17, 2023
Brian Krassenstein
Brian Krassenstein
stated on October 12, 2023 a post on X
It has been U.S. policy “for at least 79 years" to require Americans who intend to be evacuated from overseas to sign a promissory note.
True
By Amy Sherman • October 13, 2023
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on September 28, 2023 a segment of "The Five" on Fox News
James Biden’s text message to Hunter Biden that says, “I can work with you(r) father alone,” shows that Joe Biden was “in business” with Hunter Biden.
False
By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2023
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 2, 2023 a video
Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • August 9, 2023
Steve Milloy
Steve Milloy
stated on June 7, 2023 on “The Ingraham Angle”
Particulate matter, found in wildfire smoke, has “no effect” on human health and is “total junk science.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • June 20, 2023
Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
stated on April 30, 2023 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week"
“Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2023 a post shared on Facebook
BlackRock owns 59 million shares of Dominion Voting Systems and 45.7 million shares of Fox News. BlackRock sued itself and fired Tucker Carlson as part of the lawsuit.
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • April 26, 2023
Tom Fitton
Tom Fitton
stated on April 4, 2023 a segment on Fox Business
“President Trump is officially a political prisoner.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 6, 2023
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on March 31, 2023 a segment on “The Ingraham Angle"
Video clip shows that protesters in Tennessee “made their way onto the state Capitol floor.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 4, 2023
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on March 8, 2023 remarks on ABC's "The View"
"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2023
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on March 6, 2023 a segment on "Tucker Carlson Tonight"
Capitol Police officers “helped” QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley and “acted as his tour guides.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • March 8, 2023
Alex Epstein
Alex Epstein
stated on January 31, 2023 a Fox Business segment
“The whole green energy agenda involves more than doubling 10 types of mining.”
Mostly True
By Andy Nguyen • February 27, 2023
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