Krishnan Anantharaman
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Krishnan Anantharaman is a deputy editor at PolitiFact. Before coming to PolitiFact, he was an editor at Automotive News, where he shared the 2015 Grand Neal Award for coverage of General Motors’ ignition switch recall crisis and helped forge a partnership with Michigan State University to sustain scholastic journalism in Detroit. He spent 22 years as a news and feature editor at The Wall Street Journal, including 13 as managing editor of the Journal’s Classroom Edition for high school students. He has a journalism degree from Northwestern and a master’s in strategic communication from Michigan State. Krishnan is based in Detroit.
Latest Fact-Checks by Krishnan Anantharaman
- HHS Secretary RFK Jr. said ‘we’re not cutting science’ or research. NIH grant cuts show that’s wrong February 5, 2026
- Test for image November 20, 2025
- Test Fact Checks Main Contents November 3, 2025
- Amy Klobuchar said hate crimes are increasing. That’s right for reported incidents in the U.S. October 31, 2025
- President Donald Trump says Kilmar Abrego Garcia has “‘MS-13’ on his knuckles.” Pants on Fire! April 30, 2025
- Claim about Trump rejecting Helene relief for North Carolina lacks context s April 24, 2025
- Is gas $1.98 a gallon in a few U.S. states, as Donald Trump said? That’s False April 24, 2025
- Firearm-related deaths are No. 1 killer of college-age people, data shows April 22, 2025
- Putting claim about “largest tax increase” in context April 22, 2025
- No, ‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict Pope Francis would die in 2025 April 22, 2025
Latest Stories by Krishnan Anantharaman
- 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
- Test Spanish Post 2 December 17, 2025
- Test English Post 2 December 17, 2025
- Test Spanish Post December 12, 2025
- Test English Posts December 12, 2025
- Test Featured Image November 3, 2025
- Donald Trump dijo que ‘devolvió la libertad de expresión’. Sus 100 días dicen algo diferente April 30, 2025
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 100-day rally in Warren, Michigan April 30, 2025
- Live: Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term April 29, 2025
- President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story. April 29, 2025
- 100 PolitiFact fact-checks from President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office April 29, 2025