Jason Asenso
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Jason Asenso joined PolitiFact in June 2021. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he studied journalism, Russian literature and design. Previously, he has reported on criminal justice, state politics, and voting rights at Injustice Watch, a Chicago nonprofit newsroom.
Latest Fact-Checks by Jason Asenso
- Fact-checking a claim about the FDA’s role in approving pesticides in food August 27, 2021
- Twitter hasn’t suspended Afghanistan’s president, but they have suspended two other accounts August 23, 2021
- There’s no evidence that 229 Christian missionaries face death sentence in Afghanistan August 19, 2021
- Image of email from Harvard ‘terminating’ a student is fake August 18, 2021
- Solar farms kill thousands of birds, but not as many as fossil fuel plants August 17, 2021
- No evidence actor Mike Mitchell’s death was linked to his COVID-19 vaccine shot August 12, 2021
- Why the COVID-19 survival rate is not over 99% August 6, 2021
- No, Novak Djokovic did not refer to Simone Biles when he said ‘pressure is a privilege’ August 2, 2021
- A UK health official misspoke when he said 60% of hospitalized patients had been fully vaccinated July 30, 2021
- Patrick Mahomes isn’t refusing to play over the Kansas City Chiefs’ name July 28, 2021
Latest Stories by Jason Asenso
- 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