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Duncan Slade is a PolitiFact West Virginia reporter and a student at West Virginia University. He has reported for and produced photographs for such media outlets as West Virginia Public Broadcasting, the Frederick News-Post, the Daily Athenaeum, Mountain State Spotlight, and the Washington Post.

Featured Statements

Joe Manchin
stated on November 16, 2021 in a Senate hearing:

The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."

By Duncan Slade • December 10, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts:

“Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”

By Duncan Slade • November 2, 2021
Jennifer Granholm
stated on September 8, 2021 in an interview on CNN:

“West Virginia University just came out with a study that showed that there will be almost 20,000 jobs created in clean energy in West Virginia if (President Joe Biden’s) agenda is passed.”

By Duncan Slade • September 21, 2021
X posts
stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media:

“Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”

By Duncan Slade • September 2, 2021
Jim Justice
stated on March 4, 2021 in a tweet:

West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years”

By Duncan Slade • March 25, 2021