PolitiFact has been fact-checking claims about the coronavirus and COVID-19 since it first appeared. Months later, we know much more about the virus and the disease than we did. But there are still confounding areas of uncertainty. Basic facts about the virus need to be hedged with caveats and warnings that our knowledge is limited […]
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It’s seldom been harder to discern what’s true, whom to trust and what’s reliable than in the age of the coronavirus pandemic — nor has solid information ever been as important. I sort out fact from fiction every day, and I want to help you do it, too. As editor-in-chief for PolitiFact, I’m monitoring a […]
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The week in fact-checking highlights short summaries of our best work; the links will take you to our full reports. This week: Does a mask protect the wearer, or everybody else? … International Fact-checking Day … No, Congress didn’t give itself a raise … Trump wrong on inheriting a broken test … A history of […]
We’re all fact-checkers now. In these days of COVID-19, everything needs to be fact-checked. Posts on social media need fact-checking. Texts and messages from friends and family need fact-checking. The president needs fact-checking at his daily press conferences. We can’t accept everyday information that comes our way during a critical public health crisis. We have to […]
PolitiFact has fact-checked Rush Limbaugh 42 times since 2009; 81% of his statements have been rated Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire.
Readers weigh in on the most significant falsehood of 2019.