Ranjan Jindal
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Ranjan Jindal, from Greenville, South Carolina, studies economics, public policy and journalism at Duke University. He is the sports editor of the Duke Chronicle, the school's independent student newspaper, and in two years on the paper’s staff has covered sports — men’s and women’s basketball, football, tennis — and local politics. His multimedia work includes co-hosting the “Blue Devil Blitz” and “Cameron Chronicles” podcasts on Duke sports. Jindal also participates in Duke’s American Predatory Lending project, which compiles oral history interviews and creates podcasts on the 2008 financial crisis.
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Latest Fact-Checks by Ranjan Jindal
- Starbucks provided coffee to first responders at the RNC but was not an event sponsor July 24, 2024
- No, this picture does not show Thomas Matthew Crooks was transgender July 23, 2024
- Fact-check: Post says there are 9 states where Biden’s name can’t be removed. That’s False. July 23, 2024
- Claim that Thomas Matthew Crooks was ‘arrested more than once’ is not supported by evidence July 16, 2024
- Video of man yelling “slash Republican throats” was from 2020. It is not Thomas Matthew Crooks. July 15, 2024
- Video of Don Lemon laughing on air was altered; Maxine Waters was not his guest July 12, 2024
- False claims that President Joe Biden suffered a July 5 medical emergency aboard Air Force One July 8, 2024
- This Houston woman didn’t really bake bread in her mailbox June 28, 2024
Latest Stories by Ranjan Jindal
- 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
- RNC 2024 Day 2: Fact-checking Kari Lake, Nikki Haley’s claims on Biden’s immigration record July 17, 2024
- Biden, so far, has signed fewer executive orders than Trump July 5, 2024