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
What’s behind Republicans’ claim that Joe Biden received $40,000 of ‘laundered Chinese money’? Available evidence does not show that the money, from Biden's sister-in-law, was obtained illegally. The White House said it was repayment of a loan. November 15, 2023 Madison Czopek
South Korea’s fact-checking future is uncertain as a key donor retreats The withdrawal of funding from ‘the Google of South Korea’ has left SNU FactCheck scrambling to find a new sponsor. A shutdown looms. November 14, 2023 Enock Nyariki
International Fact-Checking Network awards $1 million to 20 groups to expand fact-checking operations The grants are funded by Google and YouTube to help organizations fight misinformation around the world November 13, 2023 The International Fact-Checking Network
Who checks the fact-checkers? Penn State researchers A study found high agreement on like claims for PolitiFact and Snopes. November 13, 2023 Matthew Crowley
Let’s dispel a common myth about fentanyl as election workers get letters with traces of the substance People cannot overdose by only touching fentanyl. Still, election workers have faced a pattern of threats since the 2020 election. November 13, 2023 Maria Ramirez Uribe