France reports election results faster than the US. Here’s why. In France, after the last polls close at 8 p.m., initial projected results are posted and then updated throughout the night. April 18, 2022 Amy Sherman
Fact-checking Ginni Thomas’ texts to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows about the 2020 election The messages included references to an imaginary financial system, an alleged sting operation involving watermarked ballots, and military tribunals. March 28, 2022 Bill McCarthy
Tucker Carlson’s film falsely claims Jan. 6 is ‘pretext to strip millions’ of ‘constitutional rights’ The Fox News host claimed that the attack on the Capitol is being used as a front to justify a 'purge' of Trump voters and a new war on terror. November 4, 2021 Bill McCarthy
The Big Lie might be bigger than we think In a recent poll, 60% of Republicans said the 2020 presidential election results should definitely or probably be overturned. October 28, 2021 Tom Jones
Why would The Wall Street Journal run these false claims from Trump? Newspapers have a long tradition of allowing readers to express their views. But this is incredibly and surprisingly irresponsible. October 28, 2021 Tom Jones
How the 2020 election sparked a new kind of journalism An oral history of Votebeat, the pop-up newsroom focused on how elections work. October 21, 2021 Michael Falero
Arizona cannot decertify the 2020 presidential election Arizona state officials certified the results of the presidential election on Nov. 30 showing that Joe Biden won Arizona. September 30, 2021 Amy Sherman
Trump said Biden ‘lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.’ But that’s not what it found. The review found that Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in Maricopa County by about 45,000 votes, virtually the same as the county’s official canvass. September 29, 2021 Amy Sherman
Why Arizona Republicans are auditing election results Findings of the audit will not result in changing the outcome of the election won by President Joe Biden because the results were already certified. May 6, 2021 Amy Sherman
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s film is ‘not intended to be taken as fact’ The documentary repeats multiple falsehoods debunked by fact-checkers, including about voting machines, foreign interference and dead voters. February 8, 2021 Noah Y. Kim
What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories The new member of Congress is under intense scrutiny from her own party for promoting conspiracy theories and comments supporting violence. February 3, 2021 Daniel Funke
Unity, hope and history on newspaper front pages after Biden’s inauguration Some also led with the history made by Vice President Kamala Harris January 21, 2021 Kristen Hare
Trump ends his term as president with half of his campaign promises unachieved About a quarter of campaign promises were fulfilled, about a quarter he compromised, and about half he did not achieve. January 20, 2021 Jon Greenberg
Most news industry workers believe polls are overused and unreliable, Medill survey finds ‘People feel like there are too many polls. But are news organizations going to reduce their polling? Probably not,’ the survey’s conductor said. January 19, 2021 Mark Jacob
‘We are all dizzy at this moment’ — How the media is keeping pace in these unprecedented times Think of all that has happened over the past year. A pandemic. A reckoning over race. A hotly contested election. And now, two impeachments. January 14, 2021 Tom Jones
