Factually: In Georgia, fact-checkers have become targets of the ruling party A ruling-party Facebook page targets independent media outlets, civil society organizations and local fact-checkers August 4, 2022 Seth Smalley
Fact-check: Oz distorts Fetterman’s position of ending mandatory life sentences for certain murders John Fetterman has not called for eliminating life sentences for murders, as this Pennsylvania ad alleges. August 4, 2022 Tom Kertscher
How will social media platforms respond to election misinformation? It isn’t clear Major social media platforms have policies that prohibit spreading election falsehoods. But enforcement varies and is hard to track. August 2, 2022 Hana Stepnick
Gateway Pundit distorts unofficial Georgia 2020 results Days after Election Day, as more ballots were counted in Georgia, the results flipped to Biden. This was not a sign of fraud. August 1, 2022 Amy Sherman
Meta Oversight Board to rule on COVID-19 misinformation policy Options include continuing to remove infractions, sending them to fact-checkers to judge and labeling content with links to factual information. July 29, 2022 Seth Smalley
How Facebook pages exploit Russia’s war in Ukraine with false videos A PolitiFact case study: Facebook pages copy content from other platforms, manufacture urgency and invent compelling claims to drive up views. July 29, 2022 Grace Abels
Biden, fully vaccinated, caught COVID-19. Here are 6 things to know about breakthrough cases in 2022 COVID-19 breakthrough cases are rising mainly because of new omicron subvariants, which are more apt to evade vaccines. July 28, 2022 Gabrielle Settles
What is a recession? Sorting out a confusing topic Ahead of a big announcement about second-quarter economic growth, there’s lots of argument about what constitutes a recession. July 27, 2022 Louis Jacobson
Back by popular demand: Poynter and PolitiFact will host an online festival of fact-checking Sept. 27-29 Early bird tickets are now on sale for this second annual celebration of facts. July 26, 2022 Sara Bealor
Why Trump is wrong to call Alaska’s ranked choice voting ‘rigged’ Alaskans voted in 2020 to adopt ranked choice voting, a process by which voters rank candidates in order of preference rather than choosing just one. July 26, 2022 Amy Sherman
