Fact-Checking

Donald Trump didn’t put his hand on the Bible during his oath of office. He’s still the president.

Although presidents and other government officials have historically sworn the oath on a Bible, the Constitution doesn’t require it

January 22, 2025

Samantha Putterman

President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day speeches, fact-checked

Trump took his second oath of office as the 47th president of the United States, offering an agenda heavily foreshadowed by his campaign promises

January 21, 2025

PolitiFact kicks off the MAGA-Meter to track Donald Trump’s promises

Over the next 4 years, PolitiFact will periodically evaluate the new administration’s progress on those promises, as it did for previous presidents

January 20, 2025

Did Joe Biden keep these 99 promises? PolitiFact reviewed his presidential record

Biden kept 33 promises. He compromised on 32. And he broke 34 promises. Here's what he did and didn't accomplish.

January 15, 2025

New Meta content rules let users call LGBTQ+ people ‘mentally ill.’ Here’s what medical experts say.

Leading medical experts do not consider being gay or transgender to be a mental illness

January 14, 2025

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The Los Angeles fires have fueled falsehoods about water management, including from Trump

Hydrants ran dry because the city’s infrastructure was not built to respond to fires so large. A change in water management would not have helped.

January 13, 2025

An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later

As Meta announces end to U.S. fact-checking, program partners warn of a setback for accuracy online and potential global consequences

January 9, 2025

The International Fact-Checking Network

Does crowdsourced fact-checking work? Experts are skeptical of Meta’s plan

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Meta will adopt a Community Notes model similar to X, where fact-checkers say misinformation often goes unchecked

January 7, 2025

Opinion | Meta will attempt crowdsourced fact-checking. Here’s why it won’t work

X’s Community Notes is not the success that tech leaders want you to believe. And a similar system won’t stop misinformation on Facebook.

January 7, 2025

Meta is ending its third-party fact-checking partnership with US partners. Here’s how that program works.

Meta will end its eight-year partnership with independent American journalists and will instate a Community Notes model like X

January 7, 2025

Rebecca Catalanello

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