A data lag helped fuel the false claim that Spencer Pratt got zero of 24,000 votes A brief AP data lag caused some websites to display incomplete Los Angeles mayoral results, fueling viral misinformation June 11, 2026 Caleb McCullough
Opinion | Trump gutted the tools to fight disinformation. Now Iran has the advantage. Yet fact-checking is still standing after a year of challenges on every front May 6, 2026 Angie Drobnic Holan
High-profile deaths, war plan texts lead list of most-read news stories in 2025 Gene Hackman and Charlie Kirk’s deaths drew high reader interest from large news sites, as did politics, breaking news and some unusual enterprise December 22, 2025 Jennifer Orsi
Grokipedia touts AI-powered depth. The reality: heavily borrowed Wikipedia entries. Elon Musk’s AI encyclopedia promises more accuracy and depth, but it mostly replicates Wikipedia — minus the sources and reliability November 13, 2025 Loreben Tuquero
Elon Musk says New York’s ballot is a scam. It’s actually a 19th-century voting tradition. New York’s mayoral ballots list candidates multiple times because of fusion voting, designed to empower minor parties and clarify voter preference November 6, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Twitter rewired journalism in real time The platform made scoops instant status symbols and blurred the line between newsroom and personal brand October 1, 2025 Liam Scott
Can the US government revoke your citizenship? What to know about denaturalization The government cannot strip U.S.-born people of their U.S. citizenship unless the citizens voluntarily renounce it. July 15, 2025 Maria Ramirez Uribe
Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents. Grok’s training, including how the model is told to respond, and the material it aggregates likely played a role in its spew of hate speech. July 11, 2025 Madison Czopek
Opinion | Why did Linda Yaccarino quit as CEO of X? Placating advertisers, defending Elon Musk, dealing with Grok's Nazi posts — what was the final straw? July 10, 2025 Tom Jones
Opinion | The on-again, off-again Trump-Musk relationship is back off again The feud flared back up on X, where Musk blasted Trump’s spending bill. Trump then threatened to sic DOGE on him. July 2, 2025 Tom Jones
IFCN director previews global summit as fact-checkers regroup in Rio de Janeiro Q&A with Angie Drobnic Holan outlines GlobalFact 12 plans as 350 fact-checkers gather amid rising harassment, funding cuts and other challenges June 23, 2025 Enock Nyariki
Is Trump in the Epstein files? What to know after his social media fight with Elon Musk There’s no documented evidence Trump visited Epstein’s private island where prosecutors said Epstein sex trafficked underage girls June 9, 2025 Amy Sherman
Opinion | President Trump and Elon Musk are feuding — to the surprise of no one The spat went from political to personal and exposed the ideological differences between MAGA and the tech world. June 6, 2025 Tom Jones
When Mexico’s richest man threw The New York Times a lifeline Before the bundles, the podcasts and the 10 million digital subscribers, there was a $250 million loan with a sky-high interest rate April 17, 2025 Rick Edmonds
Immigrants can get Social Security numbers legally. Musk says that’s ‘crazy’ Only US citizens can vote in federal elections. Having a Social Security number does not allow immigrants to register to vote in federal elections April 4, 2025 Maria Ramirez Uribe
