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Emily Tian

Emily Tian

Contributing reporter

Emily Tian is a contributing writer for PolitiFact. She also works at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and has previously reported for The Toledo Blade. She is a student of literature and philosophy at Yale.

truthometer@politifact.com

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 29, 2021 an image
“It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”
Mostly False
By Emily Tian • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2021 a Facebook post
“Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports.
Half-True
By Emily Tian • August 25, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 3, 2020 a viral image
“Alert: Law enforcement and the Red Cross have advised that there are people going door to door indicating that they are authorized to do testing for Coronavirus.”
Mostly False
By Emily Tian • July 29, 2021
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 16, 2021 a video on Facebook
Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning.
False
By Emily Tian • July 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 25, 2021 a post on Facebook
“Coca-Cola has lost $4 bil in market value as people are boycotting Coke for their ‘try to be less White’ statement.”
False
By Emily Tian • July 23, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 29, 2021 an Instagram post
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome “is absolutely a side effect of vaccination.”
False
By Emily Tian • July 12, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Charcoal activated tablets “will counteract most date rape drugs.”
False
By Emily Tian • July 9, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 10, 2021 a post
Says Eric Trump said he “raised nearly $30 million for children dying of cancer at St. Jude before the age of 30.”
False
By Emily Tian • June 25, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on May 30, 2021 a Twitter post
“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”
Mostly False
By Emily Tian • June 18, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 26, 2021 post on Instagram
"You will be 'vaccinated' regardless of whether you receive the shot or not.”
False
By Emily Tian • June 1, 2021
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