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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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Latest Fact-Checks By Colin Meyn

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David Zuckerman
David Zuckerman
stated on September 29, 2020 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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