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PolitiFact→ Why did it take the DOJ more than two years to indict Donald Trump in the 2020 election case?
Donald Trump’s case is unusual because he’s a former president, and “no reasonable prosecutor would bring this case unless and until they were confident they had an extensive and comprehensive factual record,” one legal expert told PolitiFact.
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – New law lets you remove old debts from your record after only two years? Sorry, no
A new law allows people to permanently erase unpaid debt older than two years from their credit records.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Skin cancer didn’t emerge in the last 60 years. It dates to at least 1804
“Skin cancer is a relatively new phenomenon in the last 60 years or so.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The sun might swallow the Earth, but not for another 5 billion years
CLAIM: Scientists have warned that the “Earth will be swallowed by the sun.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: Missing context.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – A wind turbine can produce in months, not years, more energy than was needed to manufacture it
A wind turbine must “spin continually for over four years just to replace the energy it took to manufacture it.”
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Congress didn’t pass law allowing consumers to erase negative credit information after two years
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Financial Times Did NOT Report That Man Was Arrested After ’17 Years Traveling … With A Hacked Debit Card’
Did the Financial Times report that a man was "arrested after he spent 17 years traveling the country with a hacked debit card that gave him the exact amount of money needed for any purchase"? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the F
Full Fact→ Money spent on Test and Trace couldn’t fund 15% NHS pay increase for 35 years
A resurfaced claim that the money spent on the Test and Trace scheme would pay for a 15% pay rise for health service staff until 2058 is incorrect.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Comer Admits Nobody Has Heard From Biden Informant in Three Years’
On June 16 2023, a Reddit user shared a post (“Comer admits nobody has heard from alleged Biden informant for three years”) to r/politics: Comer admits nobody has heard from alleged Biden informant for three years by u/Deroc
Full Fact→ Boris Johnson did not win the largest Conservative majority in 44 years
Lord Cruddas is also not correct to say Boris Johnson has never lost an election or campaign.
Full Fact→ Hoax posts about missing dog use photograph that has appeared in blogs for years
The posts all have the same image and wording but appear in community groups across the UK.
Full Fact→ Emergency alerts system set to cost £25 million over three years, government finally reveals
The Cabinet Office had previously declined to give any figures after claims about the cost of the emergency alerts test were made on social media.
Full Fact→ The suicide rate may not have been rising in recent years
Sir Keir Starmer claimed the suicide rate is “going up”, based on a rise since 2007. But data for the last few years gives a mixed picture.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Study Does NOT ‘Show’ People Fully Vaccinated For COVID-19 Lose 25 Years Of Life Expectancy — There’s No Such Study
Do people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 shorten their average lifespan by a quarter century? No, that's not true: There is no scientific evidence or credible research to support the idea that being fully vaccinated for COVID-1
The Dispatch→ Still Crazy After All These Years
The flaws and benefits of CNN’s deplorable town hall.Continue reading Still Crazy After All These Years »
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Professional Athletes HAVE Lived To Be 100 Years Old — Exercise Is Shown To Increase Lifespan
Has a professional athlete never lived to be 100 years old, thus evidencing that exercise "doesn't increase lifespan" and "in fact, exercise can shorten lifespan"? No, that's not true: Globally, there are a number of professional athletes
Logically→ No, the UK government is not planning to eliminate all forms of cash in the next three years.
PolitiFact→ State legislatures rarely expel lawmakers. We found 19 examples in nearly 23 years
State legislatures rarely expel members. PolitiFact found only 19 lawmakers who were expelled from state legislatures around the country since 2000. Experts say expulsion is typically reserved for cases of serious, and often criminal, misconduct.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Data Does NOT Show ‘Net Zero’ Warming In Antarctica For Over 70 Years
Have temperatures in Antarctica not increased in more than 70 years? No, that's not true: A climatologist and global climate expert told Lead Stories that it is "evident that temperatures are increasing across the Antarctic." According to
Poynter→ Yes, Africa is ‘splitting apart’ — but it will take millions of years
This post on TikTok, which says that the continent of Africa is “splitting apart,” caught my attention. “A massive crack stretching several kilometers made a sudden appearance in Kenya in […] The post Yes, Africa is ‘splitting apart’
Truth or Fiction?→ Donald Trump Holds Rally in Waco, 30 Years After Waco Siege
On March 24 2023, an Imgur account shared a tweet about former United States President Donald Trump staging a rally in Waco, Texas, from his niece Mary Trump: Donald has a rally in Waco this Saturday [March 25 2023]. It’s a ploy to remind his cu
Full Fact→ You cannot get ‘half-ownership’ of a property you’ve rented for five years
A claim linked to Serco offering landlords six year, 11 month contracts is going viral.
Full Fact→ Facebook hoax about missing child uses photo of girl believed to have been murdered years ago
A Facebook post claiming to be a mother searching for her missing daughter is a hoax. It uses the photo of a girl who is believed to have been murdered in New Hampshire, US.
Full Fact→ Hundreds of people have been prosecuted for tax evasion in the last two years
A much lower figure tweeted by a Labour MP only included prosecutions for enabling tax evasion.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence New Zealand’s ‘Biggest Increase In Registered Deaths In 100 Years’ Related To COVID Vaccine
Is the "biggest increase in registered deaths in 100 years" in New Zealand due to the nation's high vaccination rate? No, that's not true: "There is absolutely no evidence that the increase in mortality in 2022 is related to Covid-19 vacc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ’19-Year-Old Girl In Texas’ NOT Sentenced To ’96 Years In Prison’ After Abortion
Was a 19-year-old girl in Texas sentenced to "96 years in prison" after traveling across state lines to gain access to an abortion procedure? No, that's not true: The social media account that shared this post is a satirical one. Furtherm
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Delipidated train track is in years-old image and isn’t close to East Palestine derailment site
Photo shows “what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Of Puppies Rescued From Rubble Was NOT Filmed After Turkey Earthquake — Years-Old Footage Is From India
Does a video on social media show a man helping a mother dog dig her puppies free from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the 2023 earthquake in Turkey? No, that's not true: This video is several years old and was posted on August
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Pandemics Do NOT Happen Every 100 Years
Do pandemics happen every 100 years? No, that's not true: A post making the claim cherry-picks disease outbreaks, excluding obvious examples. It also misrepresents basic facts about the pandemics it does list, including the years in which
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Actor Isaac Kappy died years ago, but QAnon claims that he was murdered persist
Actor Isaac Kappy was murdered for exposing Hollywood pedophiles.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Andrew Tate Has NOT Been Found Guilty And Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison As Of January 24, 2023
Was Andrew Tate found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison as of January 24, 2023? No, that's not true: The former kickboxing champion and internet influencer remained in detention as of January 24, 2023, but had not been tried, con
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Judge Has NOT Sentenced Young Thug To 25 Years In Prison, As Of January 12, 2023
Did the judge in the trial of Young Thug sentence the Atlanta rapper to 25 years in maximum-security prison, as of January 12, 2023? No, that's not true: Young Thug, whose legal name is Jeffery Williams, was not convicted -- much less sen
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Trump touts one year’s decline in drug overdoses, ignoring three years of increases
As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Max Loughan NOT Missing ‘About Six Years’ — ‘Energy Harvesting Device’ Creator Was In Middle, High School
Did Max Loughan, a 13-year-old who gained fame in 2016 for creating an "energy harvesting device," disappear for "about six years"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence that Loughan was or is missing or hiding. A video posted by his s
Logically→ FIFA president Gianni Infantino has announced that the football World Cup will be held every three years.
The FIFA president has made no such announcement. The next FIFA World Cup will be held as per norms after four years in 2026.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: David Icke NOT Labeled "Level Three Terrorist" In Dutch Letter Banning Him From Schengen Area Countries For Two Years
Was David Icke labeled a "level three terrorist" in an email he received from the Dutch government? No, that's not true: Dutch immigration authorities wrote Icke, a British conspiracy theorist and former soccer player, to inform him that
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Video of anti-vaccine activist was taken years before her death from natural causes
An anti-vaccine activist documented intimidation tactics used against her the day before she was killed.
PolitiFact→ Joe Manchin – Have natural gas costs gone up over 200% over the past 5 years?
“Over the past 5 years, natural gas costs have gone up over 200%” in the United States.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, research doesn’t show the Earth was 2 degrees Celsius warmer 55,000 years ago
"55,000 years ago the world was 2 degrees warmer Celsius than it is today.”