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‘A call to action’: Jan. 6 hearing shows Trump’s sway on rioters with words, tweets By Jon Greenberg • July 13, 2022 Fact-checking conspiracy theories about the death of Michael Stenger, former Senate sergeant-at-arms By Bill McCarthy • June 29, 2022 What is Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson's background? By Bill McCarthy • June 28, 2022 Fox News carries third Jan. 6 committee hearing as testimony features its hosts and guests By Bill McCarthy • June 17, 2022 In Jan. 6 hearing, former AG Bill Barr discredits ‘2,000 Mules’ voter fraud film By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2022 As America watched Jan. 6 hearing, Fox viewers heard Tucker Carlson’s alternate reality By Bill McCarthy • June 10, 2022 How ‘stop the steal’ Republicans seeking office hope to restrict voting By Bill McCarthy • June 7, 2022 A coalition of ‘stop the steal’ Republicans aims to take control of US elections. QAnon is helping By Bill McCarthy • June 7, 2022 Here’s how to avoid misinformation as you read about Uvalde and other mass shootings By Bill McCarthy • May 25, 2022 Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often By Bill McCarthy • May 19, 2022 What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter? By Bill McCarthy • May 16, 2022 How a rumor about Justice Alito in 'hiding' jumped to primetime TV By Bill McCarthy • May 11, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion? By Bill McCarthy • May 5, 2022 The faulty premise of the ‘2,000 mules’ trailer about voting by mail in the 2020 election By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2022 Ukraine war fuels surge of fake content impersonating BBC, CNN coverage By Bill McCarthy • April 22, 2022 Ask PolitiFact: What’s Ukraine’s history of trying to join NATO? By Bill McCarthy • April 14, 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
