Bayliss Wagner
PolitiFact, Data and Disinformation Reporter
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Bayliss is a PolitiFact, Data & Disinformation Reporter at the Austin-American Statesman. Previously, she spent 1.5 years on USA TODAY's Fact-Check Reporting Team, interned at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and taught English in Marseille, France. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 2021 with a major in English and minors in Computer Science and French.
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Latest Fact-Checks by Bayliss Wagner
- GOP claims that Homeland Security secretary is ‘responsible’ for fentanyl crisis are False February 12, 2024
Latest Stories by Bayliss Wagner
- Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
- United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
- Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
- What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
- A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
- PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
- Texas governor suggests feds violated court order by snipping razor wire at border. Is it true? January 4, 2024