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Dylan Baddour
Staff writer
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Stories Published
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Fact-Checks Published
Dylan Baddour initially wrote fact checks as a reporting intern for the Austin American-Statesman. He's a staff writer for The Houston Chronicle.
Areas of Expertise
Latest Fact-Checks by Dylan Baddour
- Sam Johnson airs Half True claim that Social Security is ‘going bankrupt by 2034’ January 17, 2017
- Jill Stein overstates forecast about seas rising up to 30 feet in 50 years or so November 23, 2016
- Sid Miller says Texas university offers ‘safe spaces’ for students fearing Donald Trump November 17, 2016
- Dildo in University of Texas class could lead to a ticket, but would it? Uncertain October 7, 2016
- Tom DeLay says most illegal immigrants draw ‘welfare benefits,’ send children to public schools September 28, 2016
- Hillary Clinton correct that Austin’s Alex Jones said no one died at Sandy Hook Elementary September 1, 2016
- Pants on Fire for claim Ted Cruz never denied father photographed with Lee Harvey Oswald July 22, 2016
- Greg Abbott makes unfounded claim about ISIS ‘running through’ U.S.-Mexico border June 17, 2016
- Ted Cruz incorrectly says Donald Trump has ‘second-highest disapproval’ of any presidential hopeful May 27, 2016
- Ted Cruz claim about Donald Trump praising Hillary Clinton overlooks Trump calling her ‘worst’ ever March 8, 2016
Latest Stories by Dylan Baddour
- 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
- MOSTLY FALSE: Saudis “caught” by agents at border in Laredo November 23, 2015
- In Context: Greg Abbott’s vow to lift Texas universities into nation’s top 10 January 1, 2015
- In Context: Laura Pressley’s ‘something was planted’ in World Trade Center November 14, 2014
- Ted Cruz, Dan Patrick, Ryan Sitton say 1,000 people a day move to Texas — but hundreds leave too November 5, 2014
- California, New York, Ted Nugent lofted in Texas gubernatorial debate October 1, 2014
- Dan Patrick, Leticia Van de Putte and slippery moments in debate September 30, 2014