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Published at November 9Characteristics of Political Misinformation Over the Past Decade
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Released Date: November 9, 2024
Authors: Erik J Schlicht
| PolitiFact Statement Topics | ||
| Year | Topic Description (Number of Statements in Topic) | Number |
| 2023 | Joe Biden (359), Space (79), COVID (72), Spanish Content (62), Elon Musk (33), Walmart Refund (32) | 11 |
| State Politics (31), Wildfires (30), Medicine (15), Celebrities (15), Mass Shootings (14) | ||
| 2022 | COVID (160), Ukraine War (152), Election Fraud (118), Universal Healthcare (84), Joe Biden (61) | 21 |
| Celebrities (57), Mass Shootings (43), Nancy Pelosi (36), Gas Prices (26), Elon Musk (25), Hillary Clinton (23) | ||
| Queen Elizabeth (31), Space (19), Adolf Hitler (18), Monkeypox (16), Climate Change (15), | ||
| Alkaline Foods (14), Defund Police (14), Electric Vehicles (12), Baby Formula (11), Corporate Conspiracy (10) | ||
| 2021 | COVID (359), Election Fraud (94), Joe Biden (58), Hillary Clinton (55), Capital Riot (54) | 17 |
| Taxes (43), Meghan Markle (23), Afghanistan (20), Gas Prices (20), Climate Change (20), Immigration (19), | ||
| Nancy Pelosi (17), Facebook (14), George Floyd (13), Mass Shootings (13), Electric Vehicles (13), Racism (10) | ||
| 2020 | Joe Biden (417), COVID (300), BLM (89), PPE Masks (29), Mass Shootings (26), Barack Obama (20) | 9 |
| Iranian Rockets (16), Kobe Bryant (15), Gretchen Whitmer (10) | ||
| 2019 | Donald Trump (96), Political Quotes (94), State Politics (58), Joe Biden (28), Border Wall (27) | 11 |
| Immigration (21), Vaccines (20), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (18), Abortion (18), Democratic Policy (12), Muslims (12) | ||
| 2018 | Democratic Policy (118), Barack Obama (65), Donald Trump (25), Second Amendment (18) | 7 |
| Immigration (18), Mass Shootings (14), Airline (11) | ||
| 2017 | Barack Obama (110), Universal Healthcare (27), Republican Policy (27), State Politics (24), Muslims (22) | 11 |
| Space (21), Mass Shootings (20), Hurricanes (16), Celebrities (15), Donald Trump (13), Abortion (12) | ||
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (111), Taxes (88), Barack Obama (55), Abortion (13) | 4 |
| 2015 | Democratic Politicians (224), Abortion (13) | 2 |
| 2014 | Universal Healthcare (49), Barack Obama (48), Taxes (29), Scott Walker (24), Economic Disparity (18) | 6 |
| Mass Shootings (11) | ||
| 2013 | Taxes (36), State Politics (48), Scott Walker (11) | 3 |
| 2012 | Universal Healthcare (35), Scott Walker (31), Barack Obama (17), Taxes (16), State Politics (13) | 6 |
| Mitt Romney (13) | ||
| 2011 | Barack Obama (20), State Politics (13) | 2 |