PolitiFact - Rulings and Storieshttp://www.politifact.com/The latest factchecks PolitiFact.com has revieweden-usMon, 13 Feb 2023 23:49:55 +0000Dave Grohl - Should we thank Canada for football? Pretty much. Dave Grohl’s Super Bowl claim is largely righthttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/dave-grohl/should-we-thank-canada-for-football-pretty-much-da/<html><body><p>Canada is to thank for American football.</p></body></html>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:49:55 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/dave-grohl/should-we-thank-canada-for-football-pretty-much-da/ Tweets - Rumor about NFL investigating Patrick Mahomes for drug use during Super Bowl started as satirehttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/tweets/rumor-about-nfl-investigating-patrick-mahomes-drug/<html><body><p>The Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win has been “put on hold as NFL plans to launch an investigation on possible (performance-enhancing drug) use by Patrick Mahomes during halftime.”</p></body></html>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:02:13 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/tweets/rumor-about-nfl-investigating-patrick-mahomes-drug/Joe Biden - Biden says U.S. is losing ground to China in R&amp;D spending. His rankings are off.http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/joe-biden/biden-says-us-losing-ground-china-rd-spending-his/<html><body><p>“We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.”</p></body></html>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:04:16 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/joe-biden/biden-says-us-losing-ground-china-rd-spending-his/Era of ‘free’ COVID-19 vaccines, test kits, and treatments is ending. Who will pay the tab now?http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/13/era-of-free-covid-vaccines-test-kits-and-treatment/Era of ‘free’ Covid-19 vaccines, test kits, and treatments is ending. Who will pay the tab now?Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:58:27 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/13/era-of-free-covid-vaccines-test-kits-and-treatment/Joe Biden - Joe Biden is right that preschool benefits college attendance, though research varieshttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/joe-biden/joe-biden-right-preschool-benefits-college-attenda/<html><body><p>"Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from."</p></body></html>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:13:10 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/joe-biden/joe-biden-right-preschool-benefits-college-attenda/ Instagram posts - We know all about pants. Doctored image falsely shows Joe Biden wearing his backward.http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/instagram-posts/we-know-all-about-pants-doctored-image-falsely-sho/<html><body><p>“Joe Biden put his pants on backwards”</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 23:24:23 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/instagram-posts/we-know-all-about-pants-doctored-image-falsely-sho/ Viral image - Gen. Mark Milley served multiple combat tours, despite claims otherwisehttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/gen-mark-milley-served-multiple-combat-tours-despi/<html><body><p>Gen. Mark Milley “never served in combat.”</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 23:17:46 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/gen-mark-milley-served-multiple-combat-tours-despi/ Facebook posts - Was someone in a Joe Biden mask at the State of the Union? No, It was Biden himselfhttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/facebook-posts/was-someone-joe-biden-mask-state-union-no-it-was-b/<html><body><p>Photos show someone in a President Joe Biden mask at the State of the Union.</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 22:44:47 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/facebook-posts/was-someone-joe-biden-mask-state-union-no-it-was-b/ Facebook posts - Photo doesn’t show a deputy U.S. marshal behind President Joe Biden at the State of the Unionhttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/facebook-posts/photo-doesnt-show-a-deputy-us-marshal-behind-presi/<html><body><p>A photo shows a deputy U.S. marshal “keeping a close eye” on President Joe Biden at the State of the Union address on Feb. 7.</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 22:13:51 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/facebook-posts/photo-doesnt-show-a-deputy-us-marshal-behind-presi/ Viral image - Puppy rescue filmed in India in 2019, not in Turkey or Syria after the recent earthquakehttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/puppy-rescue-filmed-india-2019-not-turkey-or-syria/<html><body><p>A video shows a dog trying to reach her puppies after the Turkey-Syria earthquake.</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:28:28 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/puppy-rescue-filmed-india-2019-not-turkey-or-syria/ Viral image - Have COVID-19 vaccines caused all COVID-19 deaths in Canada? Nohttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/have-covid-19-vaccines-caused-all-covid-19-deaths/<html><body><p>“100% of COVID deaths in Canada now due to mRNA vaccine.”</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:04:39 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/have-covid-19-vaccines-caused-all-covid-19-deaths/ Viral image - Photo of Donald Trump, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador kissing is alteredhttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/photo-donald-trump-mexican-president-andres-manuel/<html><body><p>Photo shows former President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador kissing.</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:02:59 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/photo-donald-trump-mexican-president-andres-manuel/ Facebook posts - GOP wants a ‘30% tax on everything’? That ignores taxes that would end, bill’s limited chanceshttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/facebook-posts/gop-wants-a-30-tax-on-everything-that-ignores-taxe/<html><body><p>"In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 20:33:31 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/facebook-posts/gop-wants-a-30-tax-on-everything-that-ignores-taxe/Rick Scott - Sen. Rick Scott’s false claim that Joe Biden ‘cheated’ on taxeshttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/rick-scott/is-joe-biden-a-tax-cheat-as-rick-scott-says-thats/<html><body><p>President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 19:56:52 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/rick-scott/is-joe-biden-a-tax-cheat-as-rick-scott-says-thats/ Viral image - The Mars Curiosity rover photographed rocks, not Third Reich relicshttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/mars-curiosity-rover-photographed-rocks-not-third/<html><body><p>“NASA Curiosity finds Nazi helmet on Mars."</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 19:56:30 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/mars-curiosity-rover-photographed-rocks-not-third/This statistic on police indictments is misleading. Here&#39;s why.http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/10/statistic-house-democrat-cited-police-indictments/A House Democrat said less than 2% of police officers who engage in misconduct are indicted. We’ve seen that data point before; it refers to officers charged in police shootings. But experts say there’s not enough data to draw clear conclusions.Fri, 10 Feb 2023 19:32:08 +0000http://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/10/statistic-house-democrat-cited-police-indictments/Kayleigh McEnany - Are Biden’s border policies to blame for fentanyl deaths? Experts say nohttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/kayleigh-mcenany/are-bidens-border-policies-to-blame-for-fentanyl-d/<html><body><p>"Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S.</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 17:22:34 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/kayleigh-mcenany/are-bidens-border-policies-to-blame-for-fentanyl-d/Mike Palicz - Check, please. Are IRS agents coming for servers’ tips?http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/mike-palicz/check-please-are-irs-agents-coming-for-servers-tip/<html><body><p>The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”</p></body></html>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:27:58 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/mike-palicz/check-please-are-irs-agents-coming-for-servers-tip/ Facebook posts - Houston, we have a problem: Misinformation about the Space Station is spreading on Earthhttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/09/facebook-posts/houston-we-have-problem-misinformation-about-space/<html><body><p>“There are no humans” on the International Space Station.</p></body></html>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:35:42 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/09/facebook-posts/houston-we-have-problem-misinformation-about-space/ Instagram posts - The earthquake in Syria and Turkey was a real natural disaster, and not a political attackhttp://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/09/instagram-posts/earthquake-syria-and-turkey-was-real-natural-disas/<html><body><p>Earthquake in Turkey and Syria is "a systemic attack against Kurdish people."</p></body></html>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:26:06 +0000http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/09/instagram-posts/earthquake-syria-and-turkey-was-real-natural-disas/