Latest Fact-checks by Ciara O'Rourke Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Viral image stated on September 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “FEMA forcibly vaccinating Ida evacuees.” Bloggers stated on August 27, 2021 in a blog post: “Germany halts all Covid-19 vaccines, says they are unsafe and no longer recommended!!” Instagram posts stated on September 5, 2021 in an Instagram post: Photo shows a Chinese restaurant sign that says “F--- DeSantis.” Bloggers stated on August 31, 2021 in a blog post: “Military arrests Hunter Biden!” Viral image stated on September 2, 2021 in a Bitchute post: Video shows “Pfizer lab in Madrid on fire.” Viral image stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul. Viral image stated on August 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israel’s prime minister. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started.” Instagram posts stated on August 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Pfizer CEO has not yet had vaccine.” Viral image stated on August 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.” Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine. Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: The chaos at the Kabul airport as the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital was a “false flag event to provoke WW3.” Viral image stated on August 10, 2021 in an Instagram post: “CA inmate pregnant after being forced to share prison with transgender ‘woman.’” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.” Viral image stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Military Times reported that a study found “60% of sailors who had been fully vaccinated with 2-shot series vaccines are now at risk for heart disease.” Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN said “Taliban fighters responsibly wearing masks.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN and other news organizations tweeted that a journalist was executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters. Viral image stated on August 9, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says “Nancy Pelosi has been executed.” Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows CNN chyron about Afghanistan that says, “Violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power.” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Rand Paul’s medical license was just revoked!” Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Gen. David H. Berger said, “No mandatory vaccinations for my Marines.” Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.” Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Kathy Hochul is Nancy Pelosi’s stepsister. Viral image stated on August 10, 2021 in an Instagram post: CNN had “Jeffrey Toobin on analyzing the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations as their legal expert.” Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby. Viral image stated on August 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Pfizer CEO’s Israel visit canceled because he is not fully vaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Due to the new ‘delta variant’ California will be mailing in ballots for recall election.”
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Viral image stated on September 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “FEMA forcibly vaccinating Ida evacuees.” Bloggers stated on August 27, 2021 in a blog post: “Germany halts all Covid-19 vaccines, says they are unsafe and no longer recommended!!” Instagram posts stated on September 5, 2021 in an Instagram post: Photo shows a Chinese restaurant sign that says “F--- DeSantis.” Bloggers stated on August 31, 2021 in a blog post: “Military arrests Hunter Biden!” Viral image stated on September 2, 2021 in a Bitchute post: Video shows “Pfizer lab in Madrid on fire.” Viral image stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul. Viral image stated on August 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israel’s prime minister. Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started.” Instagram posts stated on August 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Pfizer CEO has not yet had vaccine.” Viral image stated on August 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.” Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine. Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: The chaos at the Kabul airport as the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital was a “false flag event to provoke WW3.” Viral image stated on August 10, 2021 in an Instagram post: “CA inmate pregnant after being forced to share prison with transgender ‘woman.’” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.” Viral image stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Military Times reported that a study found “60% of sailors who had been fully vaccinated with 2-shot series vaccines are now at risk for heart disease.” Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN said “Taliban fighters responsibly wearing masks.” Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN and other news organizations tweeted that a journalist was executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters. Viral image stated on August 9, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says “Nancy Pelosi has been executed.” Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows CNN chyron about Afghanistan that says, “Violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power.” Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Rand Paul’s medical license was just revoked!” Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Gen. David H. Berger said, “No mandatory vaccinations for my Marines.” Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.” Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Kathy Hochul is Nancy Pelosi’s stepsister. Viral image stated on August 10, 2021 in an Instagram post: CNN had “Jeffrey Toobin on analyzing the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations as their legal expert.” Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby. Viral image stated on August 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Pfizer CEO’s Israel visit canceled because he is not fully vaccinated.” Viral image stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Due to the new ‘delta variant’ California will be mailing in ballots for recall election.”
Viral image stated on September 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “FEMA forcibly vaccinating Ida evacuees.”
Bloggers stated on August 27, 2021 in a blog post: “Germany halts all Covid-19 vaccines, says they are unsafe and no longer recommended!!”
Instagram posts stated on September 5, 2021 in an Instagram post: Photo shows a Chinese restaurant sign that says “F--- DeSantis.”
Viral image stated on September 2, 2021 in a Bitchute post: Video shows “Pfizer lab in Madrid on fire.”
Viral image stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul.
Viral image stated on August 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israel’s prime minister.
Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.”
Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: “No one has died of cancer or heart disease since the COVID-19 thing started.”
Instagram posts stated on August 22, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Pfizer CEO has not yet had vaccine.”
Viral image stated on August 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.”
Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.”
Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine.
Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post: The chaos at the Kabul airport as the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital was a “false flag event to provoke WW3.”
Viral image stated on August 10, 2021 in an Instagram post: “CA inmate pregnant after being forced to share prison with transgender ‘woman.’”
Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.”
Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.”
Viral image stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Military Times reported that a study found “60% of sailors who had been fully vaccinated with 2-shot series vaccines are now at risk for heart disease.”
Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN said “Taliban fighters responsibly wearing masks.”
Viral image stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says CNN and other news organizations tweeted that a journalist was executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters.
Viral image stated on August 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows CNN chyron about Afghanistan that says, “Violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power.”
Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Rand Paul’s medical license was just revoked!”
Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Gen. David H. Berger said, “No mandatory vaccinations for my Marines.”
Viral image stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.”
Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Kathy Hochul is Nancy Pelosi’s stepsister.
Viral image stated on August 10, 2021 in an Instagram post: CNN had “Jeffrey Toobin on analyzing the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations as their legal expert.”
Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post: A slain Chicago police officer left behind a two-month-old baby.
Viral image stated on August 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Pfizer CEO’s Israel visit canceled because he is not fully vaccinated.”
Viral image stated on August 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Due to the new ‘delta variant’ California will be mailing in ballots for recall election.”
