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Bill McCarthy

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Bill McCarthy is a staff writer covering misinformation, the media and politics for PolitiFact. He leads PolitiFact’s fact-checking of political pundits for PunditFact. Previously, he worked as a reporter for PolitiFact North Carolina via the Raleigh News & Observer. He graduated cum laude from Duke University, where he studied public policy and journalism.

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