Did former President Donald Trump pay off the mortgage of Jonathan Diller, a New York City police officer killed in the line of duty? No. Here's what we know. #trump #nyc #jonathandiller #nypd #factcheck #fyp #learnontiktok

In an effort to promote the U.S. semiconductor industry, President Joe Biden has often described it as a high-paying field. During an April 8 speech at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, he attached a dollar figure to it. "Know what the average salary is?" Biden said. "$110,000. You don't need a college degree." A 2021 report said the average industry salary is around $170,000. But other data in that same analysis showed that people who have less than a bachelor’s degree were unlikely to make more than $70,000. People with no more than a high school diploma can expect to earn a bit more than $40,000 per year. People with "some" college could earn up to $60,000 a year, and those with an associate degree could increase that to $70,000. The statement contains an element of truth — the average salary in the field is even higher than he said — but it ignores critical facts about the educational attainment needed to reach that level of pay. We rate it Mostly False. Read our full fact-check at the link in our bio. #biden #semiconductor #economy #education #jobs #factcheck

Here’s what PolitiFact can, and can’t, fact-check, and how we select claims to investigate. Our goal: publish the facts so you can make informed decisions. #factcheck #faq #misinformation #politics #fyp #learnontiktok

In the days leading up to Monday’s total solar eclipse, social media users warned that NASA's mission to launch three sounding rockets could result in mass psychosis. PolitiFact TV captured the moment when society began to unravel. #eclipse #nasa #factcheck #learnontiktok #fyp

After months if not years of mixed messages, former President Donald Trump shared an abortion position that leaves policy to the states and includes some exceptions, rather than backing a national abortion limit. In an April 8 video released on Truth Social, Trump turned the issue back on Democrats, claiming that they were the "radical" party on abortion. "They support abortion up to and even beyond the ninth month," Trump said. "The concept of having an abortion in the later months, and even execution after birth. And that's exactly what it is. The baby is born, the baby is executed after birth is unacceptable, and almost everyone agrees with that." This is grossly inaccurate. Rather than discuss Democratic support for broad abortion access throughout pregnancy, Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric exaggerates by saying the party supports killing an unwanted infant after birth. This would be infanticide and is illegal in every state. Situations resulting in a fetal death in the third trimester are rare, and involve emergencies such as fetal anomalies or life-threatening medical emergencies affecting the mother. Babies that are delivered are not killed. We rate this claim False. Read more at the link in our bio. #trump #abortion #factcheck #democrats