Donald Trump was asked if he will be a dictator if reelected. Here’s what he said. Instead of a straightforward denial, Trump said he would be a dictator only on ‘Day 1’ of his tenure. December 8, 2023 Amy Sherman
Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate The candidates squabbled over electability, corruption and support for Israel — and Donald Trump, who once again skipped. December 7, 2023 PolitiFact
Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war often follows similar false narratives Fact-checkers with the IFCN have found false claims seeking to undermine victims’ suffering December 7, 2023 Angie Drobnic Holan
How generative AI could help foreign adversaries influence US elections New generative AI tools are better able to create seemingly authentic content, which is harder for humans or machines to easily detect. December 6, 2023 Loreben Tuquero
Hannity said he’d leave his beliefs out of the DeSantis-Newsom debate. His charts hinted otherwise. Hannity showed at least 20 graphics, with most of them painting California, blue states and Democrats’ leadership in a negative light. December 4, 2023 Madison Czopek
Opinion | Fact-checkers make smart use of innovative grant fund Grants might not be exciting, but Global Fact Check Fund is a major boost for some groups December 1, 2023 Angie Drobnic Holan
$12 million Global Fact Check Fund opens applications for third phase of grants ENGAGE is third round of the partnership between the International Fact-Checking Network and Google and YouTube to support fact-checking December 1, 2023 The International Fact-Checking Network
Fact-checking the Newsom-DeSantis debate: Immigration, abortion, book bans and a poop map The governors cherry-picked favorable data and talked over each other as moderator Sean Hannity flipped through topics. December 1, 2023 Louis Jacobson
No, The Associated Press and CNN didn’t ‘admit’ they knew about the Oct. 7 Hamas attack beforehand Both news outlets rejected the claims and said photographs from freelance journalists documenting the event were filed an hour or more after it began November 21, 2023 Samantha Putterman
Fact-checking 3 claims from an episode of Tucker Carlson’s X show about trans health care On Oct. 4, Carlson released an episode titled ‘Trans, Inc’ that focused on gender-affirming health care provided to transgender people. November 16, 2023 Grace Abels