Fact Check: Is Trump’s approval rating higher than Obama’s?
President Trump today decided to give himself a metaphorical pat on the back by taking to twitter to tout his most recent approval ratings. The…
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(Fact Check) Is Trump Removing LGBTQ from the Census?
We were asked by a reader if President Donald Trump is removing LGBTQ questions from the upcoming census. On March 28th, several media outlets reported that…
We Fact-Checked Lawmakers’ Letters to Constituents on Health Care
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, March 22, 2017, 5 a.m. When Louisiana resident Andrea Mongler wrote to her senator, Bill Cassidy, in support of the Affordable…
Trump’s address to Congress: Expert reaction
Photo Source: Wikimedia Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University Editor’s…
Threats of violent Islamist and far-right extremism: What does the research say?
William Parkin, Seattle University; Brent Klein, Michigan State University; Jeff Gruenewald, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York, and Steven…
(Fact Check) Did Russia Try to Hack a Vermont Utility Company?
We were asked to fact check if Russia tried to hack a Vermont electric company. On Friday 12/30/16 the Washington Post ran a story that…
The “Post-Truth” Problem: The Causes and the Solution
Anyone paying attention to the 2016 US Presidential election knows that there was more heat than light. This was reflective of a deep problem within…
Fact Check: Harry Reid claims Zika causes Blindness
On September 7, 2016 Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid stated on the Senate floor and also in the press that the Zika Virus leads to…
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Voter Fraud vs. Election Fraud by the Numbers
Voter ID and voter fraud will be topics once again as the 2016 election nears. With this in mind we set out to determine just…