The fact-based approach to keeping the coronavirus out of your Thanksgiving Small indoor gatherings are driving a record surge of coronavirus cases. Public health officials are worried about the holiday season accelerating it. November 20, 2020 Bill McCarthy
A screenshot of a Parler post about Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News is fake The fake screenshot shows Tucker Carlson announcing he'll 'be starting at NewsMax next month.' November 18, 2020 Daniel Funke
The networks have called the race for Joe Biden. Here’s what that means and what comes next. Major news networks and the Associated Press have declared Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election. What now? November 9, 2020 Louis Jacobson
How to find good information on election night The best information will come from mainstream media sources. On Twitter, consult our lists of trusted political journalists, analysts and academics. November 2, 2020 Louis Jacobson
2020 is not like 2016. Here’s what’s different. On his way to winning the White House in 2016, Donald Trump had several advantages that he does not have in 2020. November 2, 2020 Louis Jacobson
Be patient on election night 2020. Counting the returns will take time. The expected increase in voting-by-mail will pose challenges for how election officials and journalists report the results, and how voters absorb them November 1, 2020 PolitiFact
President Trump is wrong that the law says a winner has to be announced on election night Post-Election Day time to count absentee ballots, overseas military ballots, and provisional ballots are enshrined in both federal and state law. October 30, 2020 Louis Jacobson
The press skewered the White House for saying the pandemic is over. Did it actually say that? A White House press release on the administration’s accomplishments listed “Ending the COVID-19 pandemic.” The underlying report made no such claim. October 29, 2020 Jon Greenberg
Fact-checking Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the final presidential debate The final presidential debate between Biden and Trump may have had fewer interruptions, but it wasn’t any more truthful. October 23, 2020 PolitiFact
Fact-checking false claims about debate moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News NBC News' Kristen Welker, the moderator for the third presidential debate, has not donated money to Democrats, according to contribution data. October 22, 2020 Bill McCarthy
What we know about claims about Hunter Biden and the Senate GOP report that helped fuel them Hunter Biden, the youngest son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, has become a familiar name in the 2020 presidential campaign. October 20, 2020 Ciara O'Rourke
Donald Trump’s long, false list of things Joe Biden would ban, abolish or destroy Trump often says that Biden wants to ban or destroy various things important to Americans. His rhetoric is often misleading, wrong or baseless. October 19, 2020 Miriam Valverde
Fact-checking Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s head-to-head town halls It was supposed to be the second presidential debate. Instead, Trump refused and followed Joe Biden’s lead of doing a town hall on network television. October 16, 2020 Jon Greenberg
7 ways to avoid misinformation about the election As Election Day approaches, you may be more likely to see online disinformation that’s aimed at influencing your vote. October 15, 2020 Daniel Funke
No, face masks don’t ‘collect’ the coronavirus False Facebook posts claim that a CDC report found that “people who wear masks, are actually ‘collecting’ the virus in their masks.” October 14, 2020 Noah Y. Kim
