Removal of Liz Cheney from House leadership is only one piece of GOP coalescing around the ‘Big Lie’ Just how far will the GOP go to defend Trump and advance the falsehood that he was cheated out of reelection? May 17, 2021 Amy Sherman
How big is the threat of inflation in the post-pandemic era? Inflation has reemerged as a concern as the economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. May 14, 2021 Louis Jacobson
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on truth, objectivity and the assault on democracy In an interview with Poynter President Neil Brown, Amanpour shared her thoughts on the real problem facing journalism May 13, 2021 Amaris Castillo
NBC spotlights MediaWise’s efforts to arm the public against misinformation The network is hosting a week of programming about the societal impact of social media and ways to help people fight online falsehoods May 13, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Factually: “Don’t negate. Displace” falsehoods about public health This is the May 13 edition of Factually: FactCheck.org’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson offers a new model of fact-checking at IFCN Talks. May 13, 2021 Harrison Mantas
Sen. Mark Warner says he is embarrassed by congressional inaction on tech regulation During Day 3 of United Facts of America, Warner offered potential amendments to Section 230 to hold tech companies accountable for offline impact. May 13, 2021 Harrison Mantas
No, the Census Bureau didn’t confirm a problem with the 2020 election results A claim about Census Bureau data doesn’t account for the more than 36 million people who didn’t report whether they voted or not. May 13, 2021 Ciara O'Rourke
Biden boasts about equitable senior vaccination rate by race without data to back it up Biden has claimed that the COVID-19 vaccination rate for people 65+ is equal between white people and people of color. No data backs this up. May 12, 2021 Victoria Knight
Dr. Anthony Fauci says he never could have anticipated the level of COVID-19 misinformation During Day 2 of United Facts of America, Fauci spoke about addressing misinformation in the Trump White House and preparing for future pandemics. May 11, 2021 Angela Fu
Dr. Anthony Fauci calls Sen. Rand Paul’s claim that NIH funded risky virus research at Wuhan lab ‘preposterous’ In an interview with PolitiFact, Fauci said Paul’s claim was ‘not based on any fact at all’ May 11, 2021 Angela Fu
