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What we know about 2020 election interference: It’s not just Russia

What we know about 2020 election interference: It’s not just Russia

By Daniel Funke • September 25, 2020
How QAnon is seeping into Florida during the 2020 presidential campaign

How QAnon is seeping into Florida during the 2020 presidential campaign

By Steve Contorno • September 8, 2020
What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis.

What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis.

By Daniel Funke • August 27, 2020
What is QAnon, the baseless conspiracy spilling into US politics?

What is QAnon, the baseless conspiracy spilling into US politics?

By Daniel Funke • August 27, 2020
Donald Trump gives oxygen to baseless QAnon conspiracy theory

Donald Trump gives oxygen to baseless QAnon conspiracy theory

By Daniel Funke • August 20, 2020
Looking at claims Kamala Harris said she smoked in college while listening to Tupac

Looking at claims Kamala Harris said she smoked in college while listening to Tupac

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 19, 2020
Fact-checking ‘Plandemic 2’: Another video full of conspiracy theories about COVID-19

Fact-checking ‘Plandemic 2’: Another video full of conspiracy theories about COVID-19

By Daniel Funke • August 18, 2020
What we know about recent claims linking Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein

What we know about recent claims linking Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 18, 2020
Looking at claims Kamala Harris is the descendant of a slave owner

Looking at claims Kamala Harris is the descendant of a slave owner

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 14, 2020
QAnon, Pizzagate conspiracy theories co-opt #SaveTheChildren

QAnon, Pizzagate conspiracy theories co-opt #SaveTheChildren

By Daniel Funke • August 12, 2020
Donald Trump's payroll tax break not meant to help unemployed

Donald Trump's payroll tax break not meant to help unemployed

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2020
Why false claims about Nancy Pelosi being drunk keep going viral — even though she doesn’t drink

Why false claims about Nancy Pelosi being drunk keep going viral — even though she doesn’t drink

By Daniel Funke • August 3, 2020
Who are the doctors in the viral hydroxychloroquine video?

Who are the doctors in the viral hydroxychloroquine video?

By Daniel Funke • July 29, 2020
Fact-checking a video of doctors talking about coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine

Fact-checking a video of doctors talking about coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine

By Sophie Austin • July 28, 2020
Is Black Lives Matter a Marxist movement?

Is Black Lives Matter a Marxist movement?

By Tom Kertscher • July 21, 2020
How the Wayfair child sex-trafficking conspiracy theory went viral

How the Wayfair child sex-trafficking conspiracy theory went viral

By Daniel Funke • July 15, 2020
Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’

Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’

By Tom Kertscher • July 10, 2020
What we know about the St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters, fearing 'angry mob'

What we know about the St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters, fearing 'angry mob'

By Tom Kertscher • June 30, 2020
People are reserving tickets to Trump’s Tulsa rally to leave empty seats. It probably won’t work

People are reserving tickets to Trump’s Tulsa rally to leave empty seats. It probably won’t work

By Bill McCarthy • June 16, 2020
Health misinformation website rebrands as pro-Trump outlet to get around ban from Facebook

Health misinformation website rebrands as pro-Trump outlet to get around ban from Facebook

By Daniel Funke • June 5, 2020