Bill Adair
PolitiFact founder
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Bill Adair is the creator of PolitiFact and the Knight Professor of Journalism and Public Policy at the Sanford School for Public Policy at Duke University. At Duke, he is the director of the North Carolina Fact-Checking Project and serves as an editor for PolitiFact North Carolina. He worked in Washington from 1997 to 2013 where he covered Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, national politics and aviation safety. Adair is the author of "The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash Investigation," a behind-the-scenes account of how the National Transportation Safety Board solved one of the biggest mysteries in aviation. He is the winner of the Everett Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress, the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award and the Manship Prize for New Media in Democratic Discourse. He served as PolitiFact Editor from 2007 to 2013.
Areas of Expertise
Latest Fact-Checks by Bill Adair
- Kay Hagan says federal government didn’t create Common Core October 8, 2014
- Sen. Kay Hagan says Thom Tillis refuses to say what he would do to combat ISIS October 7, 2014
- Was an Oregon law giving driver cards to undocumented citizens crafted ‘behind closed doors?’ August 13, 2014
- Is Oregon the most trade-dependent state in the nation? July 25, 2014
- Donald Rumsfeld says Abraham Lincoln loved wrestling February 18, 2013
- Chain email says River School lip-reading instructor confirms first lady Michelle Obama said “All this for a damn flag” at 9/11 ceremonies June 26, 2012
- Rick Perry says Barack Obama is a socialist January 8, 2012
- Michele Bachmann says Steve Jobs told Obama he moved factories to China for engineers November 23, 2011
- Florida Republican Party claims Democratic health care plan is government takeover March 19, 2010
- Crist says Cover Florida offers basic health coverage for about $150 per month March 3, 2010
Latest Stories by Bill Adair
- 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
- 15 years later, we haven’t given up on facts; neither should you August 22, 2022
- A fact-checking milestone: Factcheck.org turns 15 December 6, 2018
- Happy 9th birthday, PolitiFact! August 21, 2016
- Checking Patricia Smith’s claims about Clinton and Benghazi July 19, 2016
- Google survey April 16, 2015
- Fact-checking the 2015 State of the Union and GOP Response January 19, 2015
- Tuesday night reruns in North Carolina October 8, 2014
- Previewing the North Carolina U.S. Senate debate October 6, 2014
- Principles of PolitiFact June 3, 2013
- Principles of PolitiFact May 31, 2013