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Liz Newton

Liz Newton

Reporter

Liz Newton is an assistant editor with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University. She was previously a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia.

ecnewton@mix.wvu.edu

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2019 posts on the Internet
"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."
Pants on Fire!
By Liz Newton, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • March 27, 2019
Mike Romano
Mike Romano
stated on November 8, 2018 an op-ed
The poverty rate in West Virginia "was 19.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country."
True
By Liz Newton, Zack Schwehm • December 10, 2018
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on November 27, 2018 a tweet
At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."
True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green, Kenna Richards, Patrick Orsagos • December 6, 2018
Kendra Fershee
Kendra Fershee
stated on September 19, 2018 a Facebook post
"Poverty in WV is more than 5% higher than the national average."
Mostly True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • November 1, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet
"Joe Manchin has a ‘D' rating from the NRA."
Mostly True
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • September 28, 2018
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 17, 2018 a tweet
"According to SCUBA divers, Summersville Lake is the clearest freshwater lake east of the Mississippi River."
Mostly False
By Liz Newton, Jamie Green • September 13, 2018
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