Becky Bowers
PolitiFact Digital Operations Manager
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Becky Bowers directs digital operations for PolitiFact's national, state and international sites and mobile products — and sometimes, just for fun, writes and edits for PolitiFact.
Bowers has worked since 2002 for the Tampa Bay Times, formerly the St. Petersburg Times, as a copy editor, wire editor, copy chief, business graphics reporter, online business editor, deputy business editor, deputy government & politics editor and PolitiFact staff writer.
Areas of Expertise
Latest Fact-Checks by Becky Bowers
- Chain email says Nancy Pelosi will earn “$803,700 Dollars a year for LIFE including FREE medical” October 17, 2013
- Rep. Louise Slaughter says 80% of antibiotics are fed to livestock October 15, 2013
- ‘Obama Declares November National Muslim Appreciation Month,’ bloggers claim October 3, 2013
- Robert Reich says under sanctions, ‘Iran is suffering 30% inflation, 20% unemployment’ September 27, 2013
- Betsy McCaughey says on next doctor visit, ‘Obamacare will question your sex life’ September 19, 2013
- Crossfire’s S.E. Cupp cites CDC on armed citizen safety, gun control laws and buybacks September 18, 2013
- Bloggers say Warren Buffett recently turned against Obamacare September 17, 2013
- Secretary of State John Kerry says as a senator he ‘opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq’ September 13, 2013
- Rep. Ted Yoho says chemical weapons have been used ‘probably 20 times’ since 1990 September 10, 2013
- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says there’s a ‘100-year-old international norm’ against use of chemical weapons September 5, 2013
Latest Stories by Becky Bowers
- 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
- Get inside PolitiFact’s email in-box in today’s chat May 22, 2014
- Chat with PolitiFact about Koch ads, Clippers owner May 1, 2014
- Chat with us about health care, Fla. governor’s race April 16, 2014
- Watch PolitiFact’s Google+ Hangout On Air April 2, 2014
- Mobile Truth-O-Meter, 99 cents till Tuesday March 27, 2014
- Mobile Truth-O-Meter, now just 99 cents January 27, 2014
- PolitiFact Virginia introduces the Macker-Meter January 17, 2014
- The most interesting reactions to the 2013 Lie of the Year December 18, 2013
- Flip-flopping on the filibuster November 22, 2013
- Readers react to ‘If you like your health plan …’ report November 7, 2013