Latest Fact Checks By Paul Specht

No, North Carolina didn’t shut down its borders to prevent coronavirus

By Paul Specht

April 8, 2020

“North Carolina & Virginia State line is closed. Nothing in or out."

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NC Republican says Pelosi tried to ‘block’ voter ID, absentee ballot laws

By Paul Specht

April 7, 2020

“Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.”

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Are NC hospital beds ‘typically’ 85% full?

By Paul Specht

April 1, 2020

Says North Carolina "hospital beds are typically 85% full across the state.”

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No, sunlight has not been proven to kill coronavirus

By Paul Specht

March 20, 2020

“Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)”

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Most NC legislators in ‘high risk age group’ for coronavirus

By Paul Specht

March 18, 2020

Says "most" NC legislators are in the "high risk age group" for coronavirus

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Are 80 percent of coronavirus cases “mild?”

By Paul Specht

March 13, 2020

Says 80% of novel coronavirus cases are "mild."

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NC GOP mostly wrong about Cooper’s approval rating

By Paul Specht

March 12, 2020

Says North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “has seen his approval rating plummet”

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Rev. Barber slams DSCC for overlooking black candidates in NC Senate primaries

By Paul Specht

March 5, 2020

Says “every time" the DSCC endorsed someone in North Carolina's U.S. Senate primary, "and the person they didn’t support was black, the candidate they picked…

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Cunningham says Tills voted to ‘take away’ coverage for pre-existing conditions

By Paul Specht

March 2, 2020

Says Sen. Thom Tillis voted to "take away" coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.

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Does North Carolina have one of the most lenient voter ID laws in the US?

By Paul Specht

February 17, 2020

Says the photo ID law passed by North Carolina lawmakers is “one of the nation’s most lenient voter ID laws."

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A judge ‘ordered’ North Carolina to spend more on education, governor says

By Paul Specht

February 12, 2020

Says a "court has ordered North Carolina to step up significantly its funding for education."

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Trump mostly wrong about NC Republicans as underdogs

By Paul Specht

February 11, 2020

Says Republicans just won two congressional seats in North Carolina “that were not supposed to be won.”

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