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 June 23, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Denzel Washington left the Democratic Party because he’s “had it with the lies.” Bloggers stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post: “Military arrests Adam Schiff.” Viral image stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hawaii to no longer recognize out-of-state driver’s licenses.” Viral image stated on June 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows a semi-truck that crashed with a Chevy pickup that cut in front of it. Viral image stated on June 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: AstraZeneca means “weapon that kills.” Viral image stated on June 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Austin mass shooter still at large, but media won’t provide description because he’s Black.” Viral image stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: The FBI building in Washington is “completely closed. No one’s in there.” Bloggers stated on June 10, 2021 in a blog post: Says Baptist pastor Charles Stanley is selling CBD. Viral image stated on June 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Coca-Cola made cans that say “Try to be less white.” Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Jamaica becomes the first country to make K-pop illegal.” Facebook posts stated on June 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “People are dying who have never died before.” Bloggers stated on June 7, 2021 in a blog post: Video shows man trying to “fill entire pickup bed with fuel amidst last month’s fuel shortage.” Viral image stated on June 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Anthony Bourdain tweeted, “This might be the best bat soup I ever had in my life. Someday everyone’s gonna be talking about Wuhan.” Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Tim Tebow says he is wearing #85 to honor his former friend/teammate and fellow TE Aaron Hernandez, who passed away in 2017.” Facebook posts stated on June 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Biden gets brutal impeachment.” Viral image stated on May 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “the plane that brings our dead military home. It is made so that when they shoot their salute for their service it looks like an angel carrying them home.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Bruno Mars is Michael Jackson’s son. Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight.” Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Donald Trump gave his big speech today with his pants on backward.” Viral image stated on May 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says James Mattis said, “If you burn the American flag you’ll spend two years in the military. I promise you, you’ll be cured of the desire to burn a flag ever again.” Bloggers stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post: Video shows the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a “completely peaceful protest.” Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci’s emails leaked.” Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows R. Kelly being released from prison in 2021. Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “In 38 days Pelosi and Schiff are up for reelection. Nadler up June 23.” Viral image stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tom Hanks after “wife Rita exposed his condition after he was spotted in a bad state. Tom will spend the remainder of his life in and out of hospitals.” Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “U.S. military arrests Dr. Deborah Birx.” Viral image stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Luc Montagnier said, “There is no hope and no possible treatment for those who have been vaccinated already. We must be prepared to incinerate the bodies.” Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: You can’t donate plasma after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Viral image stated on May 25, 2021 in an Instagram post: The CDC in mid-May quietly changed its international travel recommendations to require fully vaccinated people to test negative for COVID-19 before flying to the United States. Viral image stated on May 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Lego unveils new genderless bricks with no male/female connectors.”
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Viral image stated on June 23, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Denzel Washington left the Democratic Party because he’s “had it with the lies.” Bloggers stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post: “Military arrests Adam Schiff.” Viral image stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hawaii to no longer recognize out-of-state driver’s licenses.” Viral image stated on June 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows a semi-truck that crashed with a Chevy pickup that cut in front of it. Viral image stated on June 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: AstraZeneca means “weapon that kills.” Viral image stated on June 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Austin mass shooter still at large, but media won’t provide description because he’s Black.” Viral image stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: The FBI building in Washington is “completely closed. No one’s in there.” Bloggers stated on June 10, 2021 in a blog post: Says Baptist pastor Charles Stanley is selling CBD. Viral image stated on June 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Coca-Cola made cans that say “Try to be less white.” Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Jamaica becomes the first country to make K-pop illegal.” Facebook posts stated on June 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “People are dying who have never died before.” Bloggers stated on June 7, 2021 in a blog post: Video shows man trying to “fill entire pickup bed with fuel amidst last month’s fuel shortage.” Viral image stated on June 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Anthony Bourdain tweeted, “This might be the best bat soup I ever had in my life. Someday everyone’s gonna be talking about Wuhan.” Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Tim Tebow says he is wearing #85 to honor his former friend/teammate and fellow TE Aaron Hernandez, who passed away in 2017.” Facebook posts stated on June 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Biden gets brutal impeachment.” Viral image stated on May 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “the plane that brings our dead military home. It is made so that when they shoot their salute for their service it looks like an angel carrying them home.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Bruno Mars is Michael Jackson’s son. Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight.” Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Donald Trump gave his big speech today with his pants on backward.” Viral image stated on May 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says James Mattis said, “If you burn the American flag you’ll spend two years in the military. I promise you, you’ll be cured of the desire to burn a flag ever again.” Bloggers stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post: Video shows the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a “completely peaceful protest.” Facebook posts stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Fauci’s emails leaked.” Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows R. Kelly being released from prison in 2021. Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “In 38 days Pelosi and Schiff are up for reelection. Nadler up June 23.” Viral image stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tom Hanks after “wife Rita exposed his condition after he was spotted in a bad state. Tom will spend the remainder of his life in and out of hospitals.” Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “U.S. military arrests Dr. Deborah Birx.” Viral image stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Luc Montagnier said, “There is no hope and no possible treatment for those who have been vaccinated already. We must be prepared to incinerate the bodies.” Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: You can’t donate plasma after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Viral image stated on May 25, 2021 in an Instagram post: The CDC in mid-May quietly changed its international travel recommendations to require fully vaccinated people to test negative for COVID-19 before flying to the United States. Viral image stated on May 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Lego unveils new genderless bricks with no male/female connectors.”
Viral image stated on June 23, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Denzel Washington left the Democratic Party because he’s “had it with the lies.”
Viral image stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Hawaii to no longer recognize out-of-state driver’s licenses.”
Viral image stated on June 15, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows a semi-truck that crashed with a Chevy pickup that cut in front of it.
Viral image stated on June 15, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Austin mass shooter still at large, but media won’t provide description because he’s Black.”
Viral image stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post: The FBI building in Washington is “completely closed. No one’s in there.”
Viral image stated on June 10, 2021 in a Facebook post: Coca-Cola made cans that say “Try to be less white.”
Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Jamaica becomes the first country to make K-pop illegal.”
Facebook posts stated on June 4, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “People are dying who have never died before.”
Bloggers stated on June 7, 2021 in a blog post: Video shows man trying to “fill entire pickup bed with fuel amidst last month’s fuel shortage.”
Viral image stated on June 7, 2021 in an Instagram post: Says Anthony Bourdain tweeted, “This might be the best bat soup I ever had in my life. Someday everyone’s gonna be talking about Wuhan.”
Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Tim Tebow says he is wearing #85 to honor his former friend/teammate and fellow TE Aaron Hernandez, who passed away in 2017.”
Viral image stated on May 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows “the plane that brings our dead military home. It is made so that when they shoot their salute for their service it looks like an angel carrying them home.”
Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight.”
Viral image stated on June 6, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Donald Trump gave his big speech today with his pants on backward.”
Viral image stated on May 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says James Mattis said, “If you burn the American flag you’ll spend two years in the military. I promise you, you’ll be cured of the desire to burn a flag ever again.”
Bloggers stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post: Video shows the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a “completely peaceful protest.”
Viral image stated on June 2, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows R. Kelly being released from prison in 2021.
Viral image stated on June 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “In 38 days Pelosi and Schiff are up for reelection. Nadler up June 23.”
Viral image stated on June 3, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photo shows Tom Hanks after “wife Rita exposed his condition after he was spotted in a bad state. Tom will spend the remainder of his life in and out of hospitals.”
Viral image stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Luc Montagnier said, “There is no hope and no possible treatment for those who have been vaccinated already. We must be prepared to incinerate the bodies.”
Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2021 in an Instagram post: You can’t donate plasma after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Viral image stated on May 25, 2021 in an Instagram post: The CDC in mid-May quietly changed its international travel recommendations to require fully vaccinated people to test negative for COVID-19 before flying to the United States.
Viral image stated on May 21, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Lego unveils new genderless bricks with no male/female connectors.”
