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Richard Salit
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Richard Salit has been a reporter at the Providence Journal for 16 years. He worked in several of the newspaper’s regional bureaus covering numerous communities. More recently, he has covered health care.
Salit has won fellowships to annual conferences of the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting at the University of Rhode Island.
Latest Fact-Checks by Richard Salit
- R.I. talk radio host Helen Glover says new health care law will provide subsidies for families of four earning $88,000 a year October 5, 2011
- Watchdog group critical of stimulus spending publishes a report listing purported projects in Rhode Island July 21, 2011
- Sen. Whitehouse says criminals can hack into home computers and spy on victims through video cameras July 17, 2011
- Watchdog group says R.I. used stimulus funds for $250,000 project to “provide digital television to the state’s inmate population.” July 10, 2011
- Rhode Island lighthouse group says its fundraising license plate was voted best specialty plate in U.S. July 3, 2011
- Transit CEO says Rhode Island bus fares are among most expensive in New England June 28, 2011
- Head of R.I. public policy group says federal law bans use of incandescent bulbs June 16, 2011
- Social service provider says Rhode Island has highest rates of substance abuse in U.S. June 9, 2011
- State Sen. John Tassoni says the Central Falls school system paid $100,000 for a time clock June 5, 2011
- ACLU says RI would be lone Northeastern state to adopt voter photo ID requirement May 22, 2011
Latest Stories by Richard Salit
- 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