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Feb 13 2020
Fact Check
Fake Newspaper Clip About Buttigieg Circulates on Social Media
Quick Take A fabricated newspaper clipping is circulating online claiming a teenage Pete Buttigieg was arrested in the late 1990s for killing dogs. The Twitter user who created the bogus story — and the newspaper that allegedly published it — say the clipping is a fake.
Full Story A fake newspaper clipping with a photo of a very young Pete Buttigieg, the presidential candidate and
FactCheck.orgAug 10 2020
News
What does the lawsuit against the NRA mean for gun rights?
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association seeking to dissolve the powerful gun rights group over allegations of rampant misuse of funds by senior leadership.
James accused top executives at the NRA, which operates as a nonprofit, of using the organization’s funds as a “personal piggy bank” and diverting “millions and millions of
Yahoo! The 360Oct 18 2017
News
Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump’s own words show it was aimed at Muslims
A federal judge in Maryland early Wednesday issued a second halt on the latest version of President Trump’s travel ban, asserting that the president’s own comments on the campaign trail and on Twitter convinced him that the directive was akin to an unconstitutional Muslim ban.
Washington PostFeb 18 2021
News
South Carolina governor signs bill banning most abortions in the state
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) signed a bill into law on Thursday banning most abortions in the state.
Driving the news: Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in response, effectively blocking the measure from going into effect.
The House passed the bill by a 79-35 vote on Wednesday, and gave final approval in a second vote Thursday. South Carolina joins about a dozen other
AxiosSep 24 2020
News
Trump Warns Social Media As Justice Department Aims To Weaken Tech's Legal Shield
President Trump warned tech companies he is "watching them very closely during this election cycle" as his administration proposed stripping online platforms of long-held legal protections.
"We see so many things that are unfair," Trump said during at a White House discussion with Republican state attorneys general about social media. "It's very serious. Very bad. Very serious."
NPR (Online News)Oct 11 2021
News
Southwest Airlines denies that pilot "sick out" drove weekend of delays
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights over the weekend, leaving passengers stranded across the country.
Why it matters: The mass cancellations come after its pilots asked a court to block the company's new COVID vaccine mandate.
Between the lines: Airline insiders and conservatives are are wondering if the cancellations are part of a "sick out" in
AxiosSep 11 2019
News
Oil legend T. Boone Pickens has died at the age of 91
New York (CNN)Oil executive T. Boone Pickens has passed away at the age of 91. The news was announced on his verified Twitter account by members of the T. Boone Pickens Foundation.
Pickens, a long-time Dallas resident, died of natural causes on Wednesday, spokesman Jay Rosser said in a statement on Pickens' website. He had a series of strokes and suffered from head injuries following a
CNN DigitalNov 22 2021
News
Dark money group spent $100M on voter turnout in 2020
An organization dedicated to turning out young voters and people of color spent more than $100 million delivering mail and digital notices to voters in 2020, delivering hundreds of thousands of votes from those who were likely to back President Biden last year.
The Voter Participation Center, a nonpartisan group based in Washington, raised $85 million and spent even more through 2020,
The HillJul 12 2019
News
Trump accuses social media companies of ‘terrible bias’ at White House summit decried by critics
President Trump assailed Facebook, Google and Twitter on Thursday — accusing them of exhibiting “terrible bias” and silencing his supporters — at a White House “Social Media Summit” that critics chastised for giving a prominent stage to some of the Internet’s most controversial, incendiary voices.
For Trump, the conference represented his highest-profile broadside against Silicon Valley
Washington PostSep 08 2017
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Community Weighs in on Breitbart
In late-July, I penned a piece about Breitbart, the highly conservative news outlet whose far-right slant often riles controversy. The post, “Breitbart: Right-wing Publication or Fake News?”, gave people the chance to weigh in on how AllSides should employ their perspective when covering events across the aisle. We received several hundred responses, which is a testament to how seriously our
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