Matt Dietrich
PolitiFact Illinois writer
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Matt Dietrich is a reporter with the Better Government Association, a non-partisan government watchdog group in Chicago and a staff writer for Politifact Illinois. He helped establish PolitiFact Illinois in 2016 while editor of Reboot Illinois, a website focused on Illinois state government. An award-winning journalist, Dietrich is the former editorial page editor of the State Journal Register in Springfield. He believes in holding our politicians accountable. Read Dietrich’s take on the leadership vacuum that sent Illinois sinking. Follow him on Twitter at @aquavelvetman.
Areas of Expertise
Latest Fact-Checks by Matt Dietrich
- Joe Berrios fails to lock down timeline in Kaegi prison charge December 29, 2017
- Rauner distorts Dems’ message on Illinois income tax December 14, 2017
- No, JB Pritzker did not release more tax information than Bruce Rauner December 11, 2017
- Biss accurate in sarcastic tax hit on opponents Pritzker, Kennedy December 4, 2017
- Madigan’s ethics panel (mal)function November 9, 2017
- Indiana governor right to gloat about union jobs success November 3, 2017
- Rauner’s “blind trust procedures” don’t excuse lawsuit secrecy October 27, 2017
- Emanuel plays fast and loose with fast growth boast October 20, 2017
- Rauner consistent from the start on his pro-choice views October 10, 2017
- Chicago toughest on gun control? A claim shot full of holes October 3, 2017
Latest Stories by Matt Dietrich
- 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
- Wealthy Illinois candidates face tax disclosure minefield November 21, 2017
- Tammy Duckworth pega a Mark Kirk por sus logros militares November 7, 2016
- La acusación del recorte de fondos a la educación no es más acertado ahora que en el 2014 October 7, 2016
- PolitiFact Illinois can check facts, can’t make politicians listen September 22, 2016