A pair of armed security guards’ appearance near a voting location in St. Petersburg, Florida drew concern from observers both on the scene and online, as the story mushroomed on social media into a sign of something more sinister. According to
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Extraterrestrials Were NOT Found And Examined During An ‘Apollo 20’ Mission
Do these videos prove that astronauts found an "alien city" on the moon during the Apollo 20 mission and then attempted to conceal their discovery? No, that's not true: The Apollo 20 mission never happened, astronauts did not find evidenc
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ The Catch-22 for journalists in Trump’s pleas for poll-watchers
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network & the American Press Institute’s Accountability Project. Sign up here. Trump’s disinformation triple bank shot The call from P
Snopes→ The Exceptional Catalog of Election Polling Failures
The question looms in nearly every U.S. presidential election, even in this year’s race: Could the polls be wrong?
Snopes→ Can Poll Workers Invalidate Ballots by Writing on Them?
A baseless claim went viral on social media, stirring up unwarranted fears about voter fraud.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Poll Managers In Myrtle Beach Have NO Reason To Write On Ballot And It Will NOT Be Disqualified If A Poll Manager Writes On It
Do poll workers in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina have any reason to write on ballots and will they be disqualified if they do so? No, that's not true: Multiple South Carolina election officials, including those in Horry County, the county
Top Fact Checks→ As per the polls, Donald Trump has done better than any Republican.
As per a recent poll conducted by CNN on September 28, Biden leads with 51% polling average, whereas Trump trails with 43%. As per polls conducted ahead of the 2000 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush led Al Gore 48% to 44% amon
Top Fact Checks→ Trump: We have tremendous African American support. You’ve probably seen it in the polls.
Trump has between 5 percent to 11 percent support among Black voters, according to polls from Fox News and Quinnipiac University.
Top Fact Checks→ Biden’s polls ratings are dropping significantly.
Most polling averages show Trump trailing his opponent Joe Biden.
Snopes→ Trump Suggests Polling Place Double-Check for Mail-In Voters
Trump claims, without evidence, that the Nov. 3 election will be awash in fraud because so many voters will mail in their ballots to avoid being exposed to the coronavirus at polling sites.
Full Fact - All content→ Why this poll gives a misleading view on how many people the public think Covid-19 has killed
Last week, Twitter was awash with claims about how many people the British public think had died from Covid-19. “Scottish people think COVID-19 has killed 10% of the U.K. population,” said Toby Young. “The British public believe
Snopes→ Trump Replaces Campaign Manager Amid Sinking Poll Numbers
The shakeup injected familiar turmoil to Trump's 2020 campaign, which had so far largely avoided the regular staff churn that dominated the president's 2016 campaign and his White House.
Snopes→ Poll: Black Americans Most Likely to Know a COVID-19 Victim
Twenty-six percent of nonwhite New Yorkers say a family member or close friend has died from COVID-19, compared with just 10% of white adults in New York City.
Snopes→ Poll: Half of Americans Would Get a COVID-19 Vaccine
The poll, released Wednesday, found 31% simply weren’t sure if they’d get vaccinated.
Snopes→ Wuhan’s Lockdown Cut Air Pollution by Up to 63%
A policy as stringent as a lockdown has far-reaching implications that extend well beyond the intended purpose of disease control.
Snopes→ Poll: Majority Disapprove of Coronavirus Protests
As some states have begun to slowly ease restrictions on businesses and individuals, the poll finds that 71% of Americans favor requiring people to stay in their homes except for essential errands.
Snopes→ Americans are Drowning in a Sea of Polls
And what the reporting on polls doesn’t reveal is anything substantive about a candidate’s position.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Caucus Locations Are NOT Being Switched In Iowa, Particularly In Places Where Bernie Is Polling Well
Were Iowa caucus locations switched in the days before the caucuses, particularly in places where Bernie Sanders was polling well? No, that's not true: Fewer than 10 of the 1,678 caucus precinct locations were changed in the last week before t
Politifact Truth-O-Meter→ Pat Cipollone – In Senate trial, Pat Cipollone was wrong on GOP access to SCIF depositions
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | In Senate trial, Pat Cipollone was wrong on GOP access to SCIF depositions On the first full day of President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone claimed that House Democr
TruthOrFiction→ Local News Station Conducts Voting Poll Listing Bernie Sanders as ‘Other’?
On January 20 2020, the Facebook page “Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism” shared a screenshot of a tweet purporting to show a televised ABC7News Bay Area segment in which Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared to receive a number of
Snopes→ Cory Booker Ends Presidential Campaign After Polling, Money Struggles
The New Jersey senator's departure leaves 12 candidates (and only one African American) in the Democratic primary race.
Politifact National→ 2019 Lie of the Year Readers’ Poll results
Three Pants-on-Fire claims from President Donald Trump have taken first, second and third place in the readers' poll for most significant falsehood of 2019. Trump’s Pants on Fire claim, "There has never been, ever before, an adminis
TruthOrFiction→ President Donald Trump’s 32 Percent Approval Rating per CBS Poll vs. ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’ at 33 Percent per Rotten Tomatoes?
On December 8 2019, the Facebook page “Dadmin” shared a photograph of a woman holding a protest sign, purportedly comparing United States President Donald Trump’s approval rate (32 percent) with that of the film Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Politifact National→ Lie of the Year 2019: Readers' Choice Poll
PolitiFact will soon announce our Lie of the Year -- the most significant falsehood of 2019, as chosen by our editors and reporters. We're also inviting PolitiFact readers to vote for the Readers' Choice award. Vote using the ballot below
Politifact National→ PolitiFact’s guide to understanding public opinion polls
As the 2020 election pushes ahead, voters will be seeing poll results in their news feed — lots of them. But not all polls are created equal, and it can be hard to put the results into the proper context. PolitiFact participated in a worksh
FactCheck.org→ Trump Twists Impeachment Polls
A number of national polls show more Americans want President Donald Trump impeached and removed from office than those who don’t. In swing states, however, a majority opposes removing Trump from office via impeachment, even as a majority support
WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump’s Pinocchio-laden claims about Joe Biden, Ukraine and polls
In the space of minutes, the president told a series of false and misleading claims about the Ukraine controversy worthy of Four Pinocchios
WaPo Fact Checker→ Trump’s Pinocchio-laden claims about Joe Biden, Ukraine and polls
In the space of minutes, the president told a series of false and misleading claims about the Ukraine controversy worthy of Four Pinocchios
Lead Stories→ Old News: "Obama is the Worst President Since World War II", Poll Said… Years Before Trump Got Elected
Did a Quinnipiac poll say more Americans thought Barack Obama was the worst president since World War II compared to other presidents? Yes, it did... in 2014, years before Donald Trump got elected and well before Trump snatched that title away
Snopes→ Are U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and AOC Polling at 8 Percent, 21 Percent Respectively?
The figures cited by President Donald Trump supposedly were "leaked" to Axios by Democratic operatives, ironically.
Snopes→ Apollo 11 Brought a Message of Peace to the Moon
... but Neil and Buzz almost forgot to leave it behind.
Snopes→ Memories of Watching Apollo 11: ‘You Could Hear a Pin Drop’
Millions of people huddled in front of televisions at home and gathered in auditoriums and schoolrooms as the Apollo 11 astronauts ventured onto another world for the first time.
Politifact National→ Fifty years after Apollo 11, moon landing hoaxes still thrive online
Fifty years ago this Saturday, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. But not everyone believes it. Almost as soon as the Apollo 11 spaceflight landed at Tranquility Base on July 20, 1969, conspiracy theories ab
Snopes→ Apollo 11 Astronaut Returns to Launch Pad 50 Years Later
Michael Collins marked the precise moment that the Saturn V rocket blasted off to the moon in 1969.
Snopes→ Apollo 11 Astronauts Returning to Launch Pad 50 Years Later
They will mark the precise moment — 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969 — that their Saturn V rocket departed on humanity's first moon landing.
Snopes→ Is This a ‘Pollen Cloud’ Falling from a Tree?
WARNING: Those of you with allergies may find this video unsettling.
Snopes→ Did Trump’s 2020 Campaign Publish a Heavily Slanted ‘Trump vs Democrat’ Poll?
Readers questioned whether the outrageous framing of the poll questions was intended as satire. It was not.
Snopes→ NASA to Open Moon Rock Samples Sealed Since Apollo Missions
What better way to mark the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on the moon than by sharing a bit of the lunar loot?
Snopes→ Poll: Democrats Most Excited By Experience in Office
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs finds Democrats are yearning for experience in elected office.
Snopes→ Is This Couple Viewing the Apollo 8 Spacecraft Launch?
This cheeky image is a composite of at least two different photographs.