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Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:

AOC posted that Trump’s election victory emboldened a conservative news outlet to call for her resignation because she’s a woman.

By Sofia Ahmed • November 26, 2024

Facebook posts stated on August 5, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Caitlin Clark declines $1 million offer from ABC to appear on ‘The View.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 9, 2024

Tammy Baldwin stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post:

“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”

By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024

Gavin Newsom stated on November 30, 2023 in a debate:

"When (Ron DeSantis) was in Congress, he supported amnesty."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 5, 2023

Facebook posts stated on August 3, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:

“We’re seeing two massive explosions on U.S. critical infrastructure in the past 24 hours that have caused power outages.”

By Madison Czopek • August 7, 2023

Donald Trump stated on June 19, 2023 in an interview on Fox News:

In 2020 the ballots that were counted "were fake ballots."

By Amy Sherman • June 22, 2023

Facebook posts stated on May 1, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"NASA just announced a 100-foot-wide fissure-crack just opened up Yellowstone volcano in 24 hours.”

By Jeff Cercone • May 3, 2023

Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2022 in a Facebook post:

There’s “evidence of a massive transfer of completed, curated ballots” that are fraudulent in the 2022 election.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 11, 2022

Viral image stated on August 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a “massive” crowd at a Trump rally in Wisconsin on Aug. 5, 2022.

By Sara Swann • August 8, 2022

X posts stated on May 8, 2022 in a tweet:

“Is ANYONE asking how Ron DeSantis was worth $340,000 in 2020 and is now worth $52 million?"

By Yacob Reyes • May 12, 2022

Michael Gableman stated on March 7, 2022 in TV interview:

Five Wisconsin cities received money for the 2020 election from Mark Zuckerberg, which amounted to "a wave of massive election bribery."

By D.L. Davis • March 15, 2022

Dinesh D'Souza stated on January 4, 2022 in a Fox News appearance:

Recently released Jan. 6 footage shows "these cops using massive amounts of force against unarmed Trump supporters, including women."

By Bill McCarthy • January 10, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Ambassador Susan Rice Tribunal, Gavin Newsom indicted.”

By Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2021

Tim Scott stated on April 6, 2021 in a tweet:

Says Georgia “has more day-of voting rights than Colorado.”

By Jon Greenberg • April 7, 2021

Nikki Haley stated on August 24, 2020 in a Republican convention speech:

Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2020

Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a picture of stacked mailboxes is proof of voter suppression in Wisconsin

By Eric Litke • August 17, 2020

Viral image stated on August 5, 2019 in a Facebook post:

A Fox News affiliate reported on a shooting before it happened.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 12, 2019

Gavin Newsom stated on May 8, 2018 in a campaign debate:

"In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street."

By Chris Nichols • May 10, 2018

Bloggers stated on October 19, 2017 in a fake news post:

"Youngest world leader bans George Soros’s Foundations from Austria."

By Emily Tanaka, Tyler Adkisson • October 26, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa stated on September 20, 2017 in a newspaper article:

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."

By Chris Nichols • September 29, 2017

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Elon Musk holding chainsaw CPAC 02-20-2025

Elon Musk claims ‘massive’ Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste?

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2025

Asheville, N.C., after Hurricane Helene, 09-30-24

A month-by-month look at the misinformation that caught our attention in a busy news year

By Jeff Cercone • December 26, 2024

Donald Trump onstage in Indiana, Pa., 9-23-2024

Trump renews voter fraud claims as voting by mail begins. Here’s why they are still false.

By Amy Sherman • October 2, 2024

Ron DeSants-Gavin Newsom composite for Georgia debate story, 11-30-2023

Health care is front and center as Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom prepare for Fox News debate

By Angela Hart, Daniel Chang • November 27, 2023

Fox News personalities building promo art

How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack

By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2021

How Fox News, far-right TV blamed green energy for Texas’ power outages

By Bill McCarthy • February 19, 2021

How battleground states are preparing for the pandemic election’s massive increase in voting by mail

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2020

voters with face masks Michigan March 2020

Will COVID-19 force a massive absentee vote in November election?

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020

Gov. Newsom Leaves Out Key Context In Claim 56% Of Californians Will Get Infected With Coronavirus

By Chris Nichols • March 20, 2020

How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook

By Daniel Funke • January 23, 2020

Gavin Newsom promised to expand homeless services. What has he done?

By Chris Nichols • October 4, 2019

Fact-checking what Gavin Newsom had to say on immigration in his State of the State

By Chris Nichols • February 12, 2019

Celebrate International Fact-checking Day: Avoid falling for fake news

By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s fake news awards

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias • January 18, 2018

Does the U.S. have a ‘massive’ trade deficit with Germany, as Donald Trump said?

By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2017

Real or hoax? Massive gator spotted roaming golf course

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • June 3, 2016

PunditFact fact-checks the March 8 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman, Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • March 8, 2015

Fact-checking the March 8 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman, Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • March 8, 2015

The fact-checks behind ‘The Daily Show’s’ 50 Fox news ‘lies’

By Aaron Sharockman, Lauren Carroll • February 26, 2015

50 Fox News ‘lies’ in 6 seconds, from ‘The Daily Show’