Does a video accurately display Hurricane Idalia's landfall on a beach where many people are present in Clearwater, Florida? No, that's not true: This video clip shows a brief waterspout that occurred in June 2023 -- not a hurricane that
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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A clip of a waterspout at a Florida beach is being misrepresented as Hurricane Idalia
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Florida photo mischaracterized in posts about California property crimes law
Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Video of light flashing through sky above a beach was taken in Florida, not Maui, contrary to claims
CLAIM: A video of a beam of light traveling through clouds across the sky above the ocean was filmed in Lahaina, in Maui, around the time of the wildfires.
Truth or Fiction?→ Florida News Stations Double Down on Law Enforcement ‘Fentanyl Exposure’ Claims
News outlets in Florida once again indulged law enforcement claims of “distress” related to fentanyl “exposure” in August 2023, despite these types of claims being publicly debunked over and over again. The latest instance emana
FactCheck.org→ Post Distorts Florida School Policy on ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Quick Take A Florida school district is allowing students to read only excerpts of “Romeo and Juliet” in class — not passages with sexual content. But a Facebook post incorrectly suggests all Florida high schools are removing the
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Florida leprosy cases highlighted in recent report aren’t linked to COVID-19 vaccines
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, the CDC didn’t issue a travel advisory for Florida over an increase in leprosy cases
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Washington Post→ Tommy Tuberville: Florida’s third senator?
The senator no longer owns any property in Alabama but has a huge house and a condo in Florida.
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – Florida man’s ‘memes’ were part of 2016 voter suppression effort
Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.”
Full Fact→ Florida is not banning Covid-19 jabs for being bioweapons
A Florida Republican group has agreed to send a letter to state officials asking for Covid vaccines to be banned, but this does not appear to have any legal power to enact a ban in the state.
Logically→ No, Florida government has not banned COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
AllSides→ Liberal Commentators Go All In on Kamala Harris’s Lie about Florida’s History Curriculum
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/liberal-commentators-go-all-in-on-kamala-harriss-lie-about-floridas-history-curriculum/
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Military Did NOT Take Down Florida Child Trafficking Ring And Arrest Ron DeSantis
Did U.S. Navy SEALs take down a Florida child trafficking ring and arrest Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, as was livestreamed on Facebook by Child Parent Safety (Cps) News Network on July 25, 2023? No, that's not true: Presidential candidate D
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Expect to see Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigning; he wasn’t arrested, as post claims
“US Navy SEALs are arresting Ron DeSantis” for running a child sex trafficking ring.
PolitiFact→ Kamala Harris – Do Florida school standards say ‘enslaved people benefited from slavery,’ as Kamala Harris said?
Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, Florida no ha invalidado todas las licencias de Vermont, Delaware, RI, Connecticut o Hawai
Licencias de conducir de “Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai, Rhode Island y Vermont…han sido declaradas no válidas" en Florida.
Logically→ Old videos from Greenland and Florida claimed to be from Alaska amid Tsunami warnings
The Dispatch→ Insurers Exit Florida, California
Plus: No Labels’ bipartisan ticket makes bipartisan enemies.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No, Florida has not invalidated all licenses from Vermont, Delaware, RI, Connecticut or Hawaii
"If you get pulled over driving in Florida and your license is from Vermont, Delaware, RI, Connecticut or Hawaii, your license is invalid."
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Florida isn’t going to be hit by a massive sandstorm seen in footage from the Suez Canal
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump is correct that Florida has highest home insurance rate in the United States
Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Florida government has not taken steps to ban COVID-19 vaccines and brand them as bioweapons
"Florida to ban mRNA vaccines as credible evidence of biological weapons."
PolitiFact→ ¿Cómo afecta la nueva ley de inmigración de Florida a los trabajadores temporales y agrícolas?
En Español: Una nueva ley en Florida sanciona a compañías que contratan a personas sin autorización de empleo en EE.UU. Algunas de las reglas aplican para los trabajadores temporales, aunque no son mencionados específicamente en la ley.
AllSides→ Wash Post publishes piece with debunked claim about DeSantis’ Florida despite source admitting it was wrong
https://www.foxnews.com/media/wash-post-publishes-piece-debunked-claim-about-desantis-florida-despite-source-admitting-wrong
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – No, Texas y Florida no anunciaron que van a darle ‘papeles’ a inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU.
"Tejas, Florida y otros estados acaban de anunciar que le darán papeles a todos los inmigrantes indocumentados".
PolitiFact→ Florida immigration law: Do new employment rules affect workers in seasonal, agricultural jobs?
Florida’s new immigration law includes penalties for employers who hire people not legally authorized to work in the U.S. Experts said they expect that some of the new rules apply to seasonal workers, though those workers are not specifically mention
The Dispatch→ Trump, DeSantis, and Florida as the New GOP Olympus
Will the Sunshine State ever yield a Republican president?
Truth or Fiction?→ Will Florida Refuse to Recognize Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants?
Amid ongoing criticism for his targeting of undocumented immigrants, right-wing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced that as of July 1 2023, state authorities would no longer recognize driver’s licenses created in five other states for the ben
Full Fact→ Bill Gates-funded company did not cause malaria cases in Florida
Claims that a company happened to start releasing mosquitoes in the same places local-acquired malaria has been identified have been shared on social media.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Introduce Malaria In Texas And Florida By Releasing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Did Bill Gates hatch a convoluted plan to create a demand for anti-malaria drugs he funded by also funding malaria-fighting programs while developing a means to introduce malaria to the United States through genetically modified mosquitoe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Marine Corps ‘White Hats’ Were NOT Deployed To Florida To ‘Protect President Trump’
Were U.S. Marine Corps "white hats" deployed to Miami, Florida, to protect former President Donald Trump following his June 9, 2023, indictment? No, that's not true: The claim was published by the satirical website Real Raw News, which ha
PolitiFact→ PolitiFact y las estaciones de NBC y Telemundo en Florida se unen para verificar hechos
En Español: PolitiFact se asocia con las emisoras NBC y Telemundo en Florida para comprobar hechos en inglés y español de cara a las elecciones de 2024.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Este video de un arresto de un inmigrante se grabó en California en 2020, no en Florida
Video muestra un arresto de "inmigrantes en Florida".
Truth or Fiction?→ Florida Judge Hinkle Grants Gender-Affirming Care Injunction: ‘Gender Identity is Real’
On June 6 2023, several Reddit users submitted posts about a Florida judge’s ruling on gender-affirming care in the state, indicating a significant development: Federal judge blocks Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans yo
FactCheck.org→ A Florida School Restricted Access to Amanda Gorman’s Poem, But Didn’t ‘Ban’ It
Quick Take Following a parent’s complaint, one K-8 school in Florida restricted access to a poem by Amanda Gorman that she had read at the 2021 presidential inauguration. The school moved the book in its library to a shelf for upper-grade stu
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Video of books removed from a Florida middle school were old, not censored
Video shows boxes of books removed from a middle school library that were “banned by the DeSantis regime in Florida.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Poet Amanda Gorman’s Book Was NOT Restricted In More Than One Elementary School In Florida County
Was a book by Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet to perform her work at a U.S. presidential inauguration, banned from public elementary schools in Miami-Dade County in Florida? No, that's not quite right: The book version of Gorman's inaugu
PolitiFact→ Ron DeSantis – Ron DeSantis said that not ‘a single book’ was banned in Florida. Districts have removed dozens.
“There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ron DeSantis Is NOT Selling A ‘Make America Florida’ Hat — It’s Being Sold By Separate Website
Is presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis selling a "Make America Florida" hat? No, that's not true: This hat is not available on DeSantis' official online store. A separate shop that is not officially associated with DeSant