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Jeff Cercone

Jeff Cercone

Senior Digital Research Analyst

Jeff Cercone is a senior digital research analyst at PolitiFact. He has previously worked as a content editor for the Chicago Tribune and for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

truthometer@politifact.com

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Latest Fact-Checks By Jeff Cercone

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Social Media
Social Media
stated on December 15, 2025 in social media posts:
Brown University student Mustapha Karbouch was a suspect in school shooting.
False
By Jeff Cercone • December 19, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 26, 2025 TikTok videos:
Videos show tornadoes hitting Seattle on March 26 and 27.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • March 28, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2025 a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk exposes hidden $20K roof grant. Congress approved it."
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • March 28, 2025
Ian Miles Cheong
Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 an X post:
Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 21, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 4, 2025 a Fox Nation interview:
“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 19, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 10, 2025 a Facebook post:
Photo shows first lady Melania Trump crying.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • March 10, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 9, 2025 in social media posts:
Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 10, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 5, 2025 in social media posts:
"Apple quietly removed International Women’s Day from their calendar app.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 7, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on February 25, 2025 a Threads post:
“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • February 28, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 24, 2025 in social media posts:
Zero votes for 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Rockland County, New York, precinct proves Elon Musk hacked 2024 presidential election.
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 26, 2025
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Latest Articles By Jeff Cercone

Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, 1-9-2019
Obamas at groundbreaking in Chicago, 09-28-21
Measles vaccine vial
Ron DeSantis, State of State speech, 03-04-25
Zelenskyy, Trump, Vance in Oval Office 02-28-25
Trump in Miami Beach, 02-19-25
Sen. John Kennedy in Congress, 02-12-25
Tom Homan, 4-26-2018
Donald Trump sings executive orders in the White House's Oval Office, 1-20-2025
California fire damage in Pacific Palisades, 1-13-25
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