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Latest fact-checking Stories

Tegna Lays Off Entire National Fact-Checking and ‘Misinformation’ Team

Charlie NashFeb 4th
Fact Checker Condemns Facebook for Cutting Ties With ‘First Responders’ of the Internet

Charlie NashJan 7th
‘That Was Just Terrible’: Chris Wallace Dings Debate Moderators For Fact-Checking Trump and Vance

Ahmad Austin Jr.Oct 9th
‘Disgraceful’: Liberals Fume Over CNN Debate Moderators Declining to Fact-Check Trump

Jamie FreveleJun 27th
CNN Anchors Fact Check ‘A Plethora of Falsehoods’ Made by Trump During Press Conference in New York

Jamie FreveleMar 25th
Nikki Haley Isn’t Going to Beat Liar-in-Chief Trump By Making Easily Debunked Claims

Jamie FreveleDec 8th
TikTok Will Limit ‘Unsubstantiated’ Posts About Midterms in Effort to Tackle ‘Election Misinformation’

Zachary LeemanAug 17th
Laura Ingraham Issues Correction Over Misleading Empty Shelves Images, Mocks Fact-Checkers by Showing More Recent Photos

Josh FeldmanOct 25th
NY Post Deletes Story After Getting Duped by Random Twitter User Who Pushed Absurd Story About Buying GameStop Stock

Reed RichardsonJan 28th
Poynter’s Fact Checking Network Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Marisa SarnoffJan 21st
Milwaukee Newspaper Takes ‘Rare Step’ of Fact-Checking Ron Johnson Op-Ed with 19 Detailed Footnotes: ‘How About Telling the Truth?’

Reed RichardsonJan 19th
Lara Trump Pushes Debunked GA Ballot Box Conspiracy on Hannity to Claim Trump Could Still Win: ‘Don’t Think for a Second Joe Biden Is Going to Be Sworn In’

Reed RichardsonDec 4th
Mehdi Hasan Explains His Relentless Interview Style and How to Resist the Unstoppable Force of Political Misinformation

Reed RichardsonOct 27th
S.E. Cupp Warns Against Giving Trump Credit for Not Acting ‘Crazy’ in Second Debate: ‘The Bar Is So Low It’s on the Floor’

Reed RichardsonOct 23rd
CNN’s Daniel Dale Fact-Checks ‘Disinformation’ on RNC Convention’s First Night: ‘Quantity of Dishonesty’ Was More Than Four Nights of DNC

Reed RichardsonAug 25th
Jake Tapper Calls Out Rep. Jim Jordan, Demands Apology for Deceptive Clips of Media Protest Coverage: ‘You Did a Disservice to the Truth’

KJ EdelmanJul 28th
USA Today Reverses ‘Fact Check’ Claiming Trump Shirts Featured ‘Nazi’ Eagle

Charlie NashJul 16th
Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Blames Bail Reform for Spike in NYC Violent Crime — But NYPD’s Own Stats Debunk the Claim

Reed RichardsonJul 9th
Wall Street Journal Reporter Fact-Checks Mike Pence’s False Pandemic Response Claims in Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

Reed RichardsonJun 19th
Anderson Cooper Debunks VP Pence’s Claim Rising Covid Cases Are Merely Due to More Testing: ‘He Is Lying and Telling Other Authority Figures to Lie Too’

Reed RichardsonJun 16th
Fox News’ On-Scene Reporter Directly Calls Out, Debunks Trump’s Claims About ‘Violent’ Protestors Taking Over Seattle

Reed RichardsonJun 15th
Trump Campaign Manager Falsely Accuses Lego of Pulling Police, White House Sets Even After Lego Confirms Claim Is Not True

Sarah RumpfJun 4th
Twitter Fires Back at Trump’s ‘Reactionary and Politicized’ Executive Order: Threatens ‘Future of Online Speech and Internet Freedoms’

Reed RichardsonMay 28th
Behind the Scenes of Twitter Team’s Controversial Decision to Fact-Check Trump: We Knew ‘All Hell Would Break Loose’

KJ EdelmanMay 28th