Nation Dec 17 Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020’s ‘Big Lie’ lives on
Health Jun 11 How ‘prebunking’ can fight fast-moving vaccine lies Research shows false news spreads six times faster than the truth, and information about COVID-19 vaccines is not immune to this problem. That is why public health officials are exploring ways to get ahead of those lies through a social… By Laura Santhanam
Politics Oct 07 AP FACT CHECK: Claims from Pence and Harris VP debate Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris tussled Wednesday in the first and only vice presidential debate before the Nov. 3 election, coming as the coronavirus sidelined President Donald Trump at the White House. By Associated Press
Politics Aug 27 Pence speech praised Trump’s ‘seamless’ COVID response, but left out his state feuds After declaring a national emergency over the health crisis on March 13, President Donald Trump directed governors to order their own ventilators, respirators and supplies, saying the federal government is “not a shipping clerk.”… By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact, Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News
Politics Aug 27 RNC Day 3 fact check: Trump adminstration’s pandemic response Vice President Mike Pence’s claims about the Trump administration, as well as his attacks on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, were sometimes misleading, incomplete or wrong. By By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact
Mar 12 AP fact check: Trump is wrong about insurers covering coronavirus By Calvin Woodward, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Trump's misstatement on health insurance was one of a number of claims in his prime-time address that were at odds with the facts. Continue reading
Feb 15 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s wall claim is beyond ‘redemption’ By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, President Donald Trump told a rally that people who are in the United States illegally are paying for his Mexico border wall. It was the latest iteration of his effort to convince… Continue reading
Feb 07 AP FACT CHECK: Examining claims from the Democratic debate By Associated Press Here's a look at how some of the 2020 presidential candidates' claims compare with the facts. Continue reading
Sep 12 AP fact check: 2020 Democrats debate in Houston By Associated Press Here's a look at how some of their claims stack up with the facts. Continue reading
Jul 17 AP fact check: Trump assails and misquotes Omar at rally By Hope Yen, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press President Donald Trump at a rally on Wednesday misrepresented words from Rep. Ilhan Omar to make her sound like an al-Qaida sympathizer and exaggerated the performance of the economy under his watch. Continue reading