Latest Fact Checks By Patrick Orsagos

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Encryption

Is the government ‘sneakily’ trying to change encryption rules?

By Patrick Orsagos
April 9, 2020
“While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be…
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Facebook claim on Sen. Joe Manchin miscasts his remarks on stimulus aid

By Patrick Orsagos
March 23, 2020
Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.”
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McDowell County

Checking Bernie Sanders on life expectancy in Virginia, West Virginia

By Kristen Uppercue , Patrick Orsagos
July 18, 2019
"In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County,…
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WV viral video

Viral video alleging a Muslim ‘sharia zone’ in West Virginia is Pants on Fire

By Liz Newton , Mary Alice Truitt , Patrick Orsagos
March 27, 2019
"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months.…
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WV economic growth

Was West Virginia the eighth fastest-growing state economy last year?

By Patrick Orsagos , Zack Schwehm
November 29, 2018
"Last year we had the eighth fastest-growing economy in the country in West Virginia."
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Trump in Wheeling for pocverty

Is African-American, Hispanic poverty at all-time low?

By Patrick Orsagos
October 23, 2018
"The poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans -- it’s been incredible, they’ve all reached their lowest levels in the history of our country."
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Morrisey with Trump

Fact-checking Patrick Morrisey on positions held by Joe Manchin

By Lili Zecevic , Patrick Orsagos
October 5, 2018
Sen. Joe Manchin "stands with Hillary Clinton and D.C. Dems on gun control, higher taxes, amnesty, and Planned Parenthood."
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Food stamp art

West Virginia GOP largely accurate about food stamp decline

By Patrick Orsagos
August 23, 2018
"Thanks to President Trump and Republican leadership, the number of people collecting food stamps has declined by more than two million."
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