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Mar 12 2021
Analysis
Fact-checking Biden’s address to the nation
President Biden’s address to the nation was heavy on emotion and hope, but light on facts. Here are two moments where the president stretched the truth.
“That’s more deaths than in World War I, World War II, Vietnam War and 9/11 combined.”
Biden’s math on this is wrong. The president said 527,726 Americans have been recorded as dying from the coronavirus. But, as we have noted
Washington PostJan 16 2023
Analysis
Fact Check: America Inspired the Insurrection in Brazil
Claim: Several U.S. media outlets have suggested the recent insurrection in Brazil was inspired by the events of January 6, 2021.
Who said it:
Politico, CNN, and the New York Times. CNN anchor Jim Sciutto, who is back on the air after a mysterious leave of absence to address a "personal situation," wondered if "election denialism" had become a "new U.S. export." This was "not a
Washington Free BeaconDec 26 2022
Fact Check
PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2022
Throughout 2022, PolitiFact tackled misinformation across a myriad of issues, including multiple mass shootings, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and the midterm elections.
PolitiFact wanted to take a look at what fact-checks our readers clicked on the most.
Many of our top fact-checks were of statements surfaced
PolitiFactNov 02 2020
Analysis
Five Days of Facebook Fact-Checking
MARK ZUCKERBERG, Facebook’s CEO, has been back in Congress this week to talk about the need to reform how social-media platforms moderate content—a realm within which Facebook is trying to establish a “best in class” reputation. New research from the Tow Center shows that the platform is falling short.
In order to understand how consistently and swiftly Facebook applies fact-checks to
Columbia Journalism ReviewNov 30 2020
Opinion
The Social Media Fact-Check Farce
In recent years liberals have successfully lobbied social-media companies to police conservative content more and more aggressively. But there’s little evidence that this political interference has reduced the prevalence of misinformation online—and a new study shows how it could make the problem worse.
In the study—by Dino Christenson of Boston University and Sarah Kreps and Douglas
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Aug 25 2020
Fact Check
Fact-checking night 1 of the 2020 RNC
Republicans opened their 2020 national convention with speeches touting President Donald Trump’s accomplishments interspersed with dark ruminations about what Democrats have in store for America if Joe Biden is elected.
"Do you believe in American greatness, believe in yourself, in President Trump, in individual and personal responsibility?" asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, a Trump supporter
PolitiFactMay 27 2020
Analysis
The Folly of Twitter’s Fact-Check Policy
No American, not even the president, has an inherent right to a social-media account. Tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter are free to ban any user they see fit. They’re free to fact-check anyone they want, to create a framework of acceptable speech, and to enforce their policies either consistently or capriciously. They’re free to accuse Donald Trump — and only Trump, if they see fit
National Review (News)Jan 12 2024
Fact Check
Fact-Checking Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Protasiewicz’s Record on Criminal Sentencing
On the homepage, I take a look at some of the false claims progressive Wisconsin supreme court candidate Janet Protasiewicz made at a debate this week about her record on sentencing criminals as a Milwaukee judge:
The heated debate between progressive Janet Protasiewicz and conservative Dan Kelly covered much familiar terrain in an election in which “everything” is on the line. But the
National Review Fact CheckTopics
Facts and Fact Checking
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Oct 10 2023
Fact Check
Fact-checking White House talking points on Iran and Hamas
In the wake of Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel over the weekend, the Biden administration has worked to fend off claims that President Joe Biden’s policies helped create conditions that led to the bloodshed.
Republicans have criticized Biden’s approach to Iran, blaming a recent Iranian prisoner swap and his overall efforts to stabilize relations with Iran for the attack by Hamas, a
Washington Examiner