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Tessa Weinberg

Tessa Weinberg

Reporter

Tessa Weinberg is a junior at the University of Missouri, majoring in print and digital journalism with an emphasis in investigative reporting. This fall, she’s reporting on state government for the Columbia Missourian, fact-checking for PolitiFact Missouri and working as an editorial assistant at Investigative Reporters and Editors. In the past, she has interned at the (Louisville) Courier-Journal and the Los Angeles Times. 

tbweinberg@mail.missouri.edu

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 6, 2018 a Facebook post
Says "Kurt Russell supports Trump" by wearing a Trump T-shirt.
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 6, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 3, 2018 a post on Facebook
Says Stacey Abrams posed with a campaign sign that described her as a "communist" and part of the "Muslim-Brotherhood"
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 6, 2018
worldnewsdailyreport.com
worldnewsdailyreport.com
stated on November 1, 2018 a post on Facebook
Lottery winner arrested for dumping $200,000 of manure on ex-boss' lawn  
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 5, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 3, 2018
"Mayor Andrew Gillum says he’s indefinitely suspending his campaign for governor in light of a fatal shooting in Tallahassee at a yoga studio on Friday."  
False
By Tessa Weinberg • November 3, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 21, 2018 a post on Facebook
"Soros Letter Reveals Plot to ‘Take Down Borders’ with Migrant Caravan Invasions"  
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 1, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 27, 2018 a post on Facebook
"Pipe bomber suspect pictured last year with Izzy Hernandez. ... a Democrat Donor/Supporter."  
Mostly False
By Tessa Weinberg • November 1, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2017
"Burger King admits to using horse meat in burgers, Whoppers."
False
By Tessa Weinberg • October 24, 2018
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on October 15, 2018 a post on Facebook
"The Postal Service only gives tribal residents PO boxes. The Republican-controlled Supreme Court just said it’s totally okay for North Dakota to demand that ONLY residents with street addresses can vote. Native Americans were the last to get the right to vote, and now they are the first to lose it."
Half-True
By Tessa Weinberg • October 23, 2018
Cora Faith Walker
Cora Faith Walker
stated on November 9, 2017 a guest commentary in the St. Louis American
"The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."
Mostly True
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • December 25, 2017
Ann Wagner
Ann Wagner
stated on November 1, 2017 a campaign website
"Satanists have teamed up with the ACLU and Planned Parenthood in Missouri to roll back the rights of the unborn."
False
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • November 24, 2017
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