Latest Articles Here’s how to avoid misinformation as you read about Uvalde and other mass shootings By Bill McCarthy • May 25, 2022 How a rumor about Justice Alito in 'hiding' jumped to primetime TV By Bill McCarthy • May 11, 2022 Do copperheads smell like cucumbers? Looking at some spring snake tips By Ciara O'Rourke • April 29, 2022 Looking at the effort to take Marjorie Taylor Greene off the ballot By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2022 Ukraine war fuels surge of fake content impersonating BBC, CNN coverage By Bill McCarthy • April 22, 2022 How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments By Bill McCarthy • April 12, 2022 The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine By Bill McCarthy • April 1, 2022 A fact-checker’s guide to Ginni Thomas’ texts to Trump’s chief of staff By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2022 As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage By Bill McCarthy • March 4, 2022 Don’t fall for these hoaxes about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By Samantha Putterman • February 25, 2022 ‘Cheap fakes’: Viral videos keep clipping Biden’s words out of context By Bill McCarthy • February 14, 2022 False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2022 A claim about serial numbers on ballots is misguided By Amy Sherman • February 1, 2022 In context: What Jen Psaki said about efforts to restrict voting By Ciara O'Rourke • January 26, 2022 How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory By Bill McCarthy • January 18, 2022 NyQuil isn’t a cure-all for omicron variant By Gabrielle Settles • January 7, 2022 Who is Robert Malone? Joe Rogan’s guest was a vaccine scientist, became an anti-vaccine darling By Bill McCarthy • January 6, 2022 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021 By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2021 Fact-checking Glenn Beck’s claim that the U.S. government ‘co-owns’ the COVID-19 vaccine By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 10, 2021 In context: Joe Biden’s ‘fair share’ comments on gas prices By Bill McCarthy • December 9, 2021
Here’s how to avoid misinformation as you read about Uvalde and other mass shootings By Bill McCarthy • May 25, 2022 How a rumor about Justice Alito in 'hiding' jumped to primetime TV By Bill McCarthy • May 11, 2022 Do copperheads smell like cucumbers? Looking at some spring snake tips By Ciara O'Rourke • April 29, 2022 Looking at the effort to take Marjorie Taylor Greene off the ballot By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2022 Ukraine war fuels surge of fake content impersonating BBC, CNN coverage By Bill McCarthy • April 22, 2022 How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments By Bill McCarthy • April 12, 2022 The facts behind the Russian, right-wing narratives claiming Hunter Biden funded biolabs in Ukraine By Bill McCarthy • April 1, 2022 A fact-checker’s guide to Ginni Thomas’ texts to Trump’s chief of staff By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2022 As Russia invades Ukraine, misinformers exploit TikTok’s audio features to spread fake war footage By Bill McCarthy • March 4, 2022 Don’t fall for these hoaxes about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By Samantha Putterman • February 25, 2022 ‘Cheap fakes’: Viral videos keep clipping Biden’s words out of context By Bill McCarthy • February 14, 2022 False flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2022 A claim about serial numbers on ballots is misguided By Amy Sherman • February 1, 2022 In context: What Jen Psaki said about efforts to restrict voting By Ciara O'Rourke • January 26, 2022 How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory By Bill McCarthy • January 18, 2022 NyQuil isn’t a cure-all for omicron variant By Gabrielle Settles • January 7, 2022 Who is Robert Malone? Joe Rogan’s guest was a vaccine scientist, became an anti-vaccine darling By Bill McCarthy • January 6, 2022 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021 By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2021 Fact-checking Glenn Beck’s claim that the U.S. government ‘co-owns’ the COVID-19 vaccine By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 10, 2021 In context: Joe Biden’s ‘fair share’ comments on gas prices By Bill McCarthy • December 9, 2021
