Colin Meyn

Colin Meyn

News Editor, VTDigger

Colin Meyn is VTDigger’s news editor. He spent most of his career in Cambodia, where he was a reporter and editor at English-language newspapers The Cambodia Daily and The Phnom Penh Post, and most recently at Southeast Asia Globe, a regional current affairs magazine. He is a native of Maine and studied journalism at Northwestern University.

cmeyn@vtdigger.org

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David Zuckerman
David Zuckerman
stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate:
“You were going to cut schools, when you were going to cut teachers and educators in our schools.”
Mostly True
By Colin Meyn • October 8, 2020
David Zuckerman
David Zuckerman
stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate:
“Our governor proposed initially a 5% cut across the board of state government.”
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn, Xander Landen • October 3, 2020
Molly Gray
Molly Gray
stated on September 24, 2020 in a candidate debate:
"I proudly voted for Hillary Clinton."
False
By Colin Meyn • September 29, 2020
Rebecca Holcombe
Rebecca Holcombe
stated on July 15, 2019 in statement announcing candidacy for governor.:
"Gov. Scott is pushing for a statewide voucher program that would take millions from our public schools and funnel it to private schools that mostly serve privileged families."
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn • July 25, 2019
Rachel Siegel
Rachel Siegel
stated on April 8, 2019 in an email to supporters:
"The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission."
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn • April 11, 2019
Scott Beck
Scott Beck
stated on March 26, 2019 in debate on the House floor:
"It is a carbon tax whether it is convenient to say it or not."
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn • March 29, 2019
Matthew Birmingham
Matthew Birmingham
stated on March 16, 2019 in a press release:
"Now there is a new threat that we’re seeing up close: the risk of exposure to powerful drugs that can kill in even tiny amounts."
False
By Colin Meyn • March 20, 2019
Christopher Coyne
Christopher Coyne
stated on February 6, 2019 in speech at a public meeting in Rutland:
"We’re talking about a law that would allow a child to be aborted right up to the moment of birth."
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn • February 16, 2019
Phil Scott
Phil Scott
stated on January 24, 2019 in his budget address in the Statehouse.:
"Every county, including Chittenden, has fewer people available for work."
False
By Colin Meyn, Felippe Rodrigues • January 26, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 15, 2018 in Tweet announcing new bill:
Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn • November 16, 2018
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