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Andy Nguyen is a contributor to PolitiFact based in Los Angeles. Nguyen previously wrote for Patch, the Burbank Leader, Glendale News-Press and Thousand Oaks Acorn. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in media studies.

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stated on September 24, 2024 in an Instagram reel:

"Missouri registered 78,421 in just one week of February of this year. Out of that number, 23,253 were dead people!"

By Andy Nguyen • October 4, 2024
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stated on September 12, 2024 in a post on Threads:

An image shows Taylor Swift responding to Elon Musk's X post about giving her a child by saying she's happy to take his daughter Vivian and ‘give her all the love and respect she deserves.’

By Andy Nguyen • September 18, 2024
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stated on September 8, 2024 in a social media post:

Photos that show lists of school names are “school shooting lists.”

By Andy Nguyen • September 15, 2024
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stated on June 19, 2023 in a video:

“Justin Trudeau is being investigated by the (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).”

By Andy Nguyen • July 7, 2023
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stated on June 6, 2023 in a screenshot on Instagram:

“Pfizer funneled $12 million to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper as part of a deal to promote mRNA COVID jabs to the American public.”

By Andy Nguyen • June 16, 2023
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A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.”

By Andy Nguyen • May 31, 2023
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stated on May 25, 2023 in a caption:

“Adam Schiff just got served” with a $16 million fine for Russia collusion investigation.

By Andy Nguyen • May 26, 2023
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stated on April 20, 2023 in an image:

The ocean is "flat" and "contained" by land features that jut up from a flat (not spherical) earth.

By Andy Nguyen • April 28, 2023
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stated on April 24, 2023 in a video:

"There is no Biden presidency. The real Biden was executed for his crimes long ago along with Clinton."

By Andy Nguyen • April 27, 2023
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"Scientists struggle to understand why Antarctica hasn’t warmed for over 70 years despite rise in CO2."

By Andy Nguyen • April 21, 2023

Ask PolitiFact: Why were the recent COVID-19 boosters authorized before human trials were completed?

By Andy Nguyen • September 13, 2022
Did President Biden read off directions from a teleprompter?

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2022
What Clarence Thomas said about fetal cell lines and COVID-19 vaccines

By Andy Nguyen • July 8, 2022