Latest Fact Checks By Madlin Mekelburg

No, a powder in Germany can’t kill coronavirus on contact and for 14 days

By Madlin Mekelburg

April 9, 2020

Says a powder has been developed that, when mixed with water, “is being used in Germany as a mist. Health care workers go through a…

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For now, Texas among states with lowest coronavirus death rate

By Madlin Mekelburg

April 3, 2020

Says for the coronavirus, “the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country."

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Checking Cornyn on Chinese culture and coronavirus

By Madlin Mekelburg

March 26, 2020

“China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the…

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Did FDA regulations slow testing for the coronavirus?

By Madlin Mekelburg

March 23, 2020

Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus.

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Video doesn’t show Joe Biden promising to ‘take away Americans’ guns’

By Madlin Mekelburg

March 13, 2020

Says a video of Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke at a Texas Whataburger shows Biden “looking directly into the camera and promising to take away…

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What caused voting delays in Texas on Super Tuesday?

By Madlin Mekelburg

March 9, 2020

Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing…

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Checking tweet about Chinese people detained with flu-like symptoms

By Madlin Mekelburg

February 28, 2020

“Three Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross our Southern border illegally. Each had flu-like symptoms. Border Patrol quickly quarantined them and assessed any threat…

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Do Democrats support abortion up until (and after) birth?

By Madlin Mekelburg

February 27, 2020

Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”

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Checking Bloomberg in Houston on infant mortality

By Madlin Mekelburg

February 20, 2020

Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”

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What is an acceptable measure of bipartisanship?

By Madlin Mekelburg

February 12, 2020

“House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress."

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Does San Antonio have lowest per capita income of ‘major’ Texas cities?

By Madlin Mekelburg

February 7, 2020

Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.”

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Are 10% of children in the United States Texans?

By Madlin Mekelburg

January 31, 2020

Says "10% of U.S. children are Texans." 

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