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Twitter's new pilot program Birdwatch aims to enlist the social network's users to fact check each other's tweets.
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Twitter's 'Birdwatch' Aims to Crowdsource Fight Against Misinformation

Feb 10, 2021
Twitter is turning to its users to help find and flag misinformation with a new pilot program called Birdwatch, combining crowdsourcing and consensus.
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Facebook says it will continue to allow political ads to be targeted to only small groups of its users. Here, Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen visiting Congress for a hearing last October.
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FEC Commissioner Rips Facebook Over Political Ad Policy: 'This Will Not Do'

Jan 09, 2020
Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub says Facebook's "weak plan suggests the company has no idea how seriously it is hurting democracy."
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Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts

Dec 05, 2016
Your friend shares a story on Facebook. You read the headline and you think it's too good to be true, but it looks like it's from a news site. Experts offer tips to help you sniff out fact from fake.
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Politics
Lester Holt did indeed fact-check the candidates Monday night. But did it do anything?
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Do Fact Checks Matter?

Sep 27, 2016
Voters' minds are stubborn, and politicians habitually spout falsehoods. That doesn't mean fact-checking is a failure, though.
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Politics
U.S. Marine Corps veterans John Tiegen (left) and Mark Geist deliver a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on Monday.
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FACT CHECK: The First Night Of The Republican National Convention

Jul 19, 2016
National security was front and center, with speaker after speaker — including Sen. Joni Ernst and Rudy Giuliani — bashing Democrats' responses to ISIS, immigration and the 2012 Benghazi attacks.
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Politics
President Obama and Hillary Clinton walk off Air Force One in Charlotte, N.C., to attend a Clinton campaign event. The costs of that flight will be repaid by the Democratic National Committee.
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FACT CHECK: Air Force One, Who Pays?

Jul 07, 2016
For purely political trips, a campaign reimburses the government for use of Air Force One. But trips that mix business with campaigning are murkier, rules-wise, and who pays is more opaque.
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Politics: Fact Check
Hillary Clinton highlighted women's participation in the workforce and took on Donald Trump's economic record during a speech in Ohio on Tuesday.
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Fact Check: Hillary Clinton And Women In The Workforce

Jun 22, 2016
In a speech Tuesday, the presumptive Democratic nominee said that economic growth over the past 40 years is largely thanks to women getting into the workforce. We analyze her claim.
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Politics
The U.S. spends on its military almost three times all other NATO countries combined.
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Fact Check: Has President Obama 'Depleted' The Military?

Apr 29, 2016
Republican presidential candidates, led by Donald Trump, claim President Obama has slashed defense spending and will leave his successor with a weaker force. We break it down.
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Politics
In 2014 photo, demonstrators chant pro-ISIS slogans in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq.
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Fact Check: Did Obama Withdraw From Iraq Too Soon, Allowing ISIS To Grow?

Dec 19, 2015
Republicans have hammered President Obama for underestimating ISIS and naively allowing it to grow by leaving Iraq. But the withdrawal is only one factor in the rise of the extremists.
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It's All Politics
Ben Carson — and his fellow candidates — are slashing tax revenues. Do we know how they'll pay for them?
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FACT CHECK: Do Tax Cuts Grow The Economy?

Oct 30, 2015
Lots of GOP candidates say their tax policies will boost growth. That's oversimplifying it.
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It's All Politics
Republican Ben Carson speaks during the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night.
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FACT CHECK: Simpler Isn't Always Better When It Comes To Taxes

Oct 29, 2015
Republican presidential candidates pushed for what they see as a "simpler" tax code with flat taxes and fewer pages, but experts say there are big drawbacks to some of these plans.
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It's All Politics
Some Democratic candidates have blamed the 1999 scaling back of the Glass-Steagall Act for the financial collapse. That's arguably only partially true.
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Fact Check: Did Glass-Steagall Cause The 2008 Financial Crisis?

Oct 14, 2015
The financial regulatory law became a big part of the Democratic debate Tuesday night. Did it help lead to the financial collapse? And what exactly is it, anyway?
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It's All Politics
Clinton wants gun manufacturers to be held more liable for crimes committed with their weapons.
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FACT CHECK: Are Gun-Makers 'Totally Free Of Liability For Their Behavior'?

Oct 06, 2015
Hillary Clinton said Monday that the gun industry isn't legally responsible for its behavior. She's (partially) right.
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It's All Politics
Republican presidential hopefuls, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and real-estate mogul Donald Trump talk about childhood vaccines during the second Republican presidential debate.
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Fact Check: Fiorina's HP Record; Trump's Bankruptcies; Vaccines And Autism

Sep 17, 2015
Republican presidential candidates debated a number of issues last night in California. Some of their claims didn't quite hold up under scrutiny.
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It's All Politics
Hillary Clinton waits behind a curtain before a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Thursday. She continues to struggle to explain her use of a private email server as secretary of state.
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Fact Check: Hillary Clinton's Email Defense Is A Mixed Bag

Sep 11, 2015
Hillary Clinton's campaign posted a four-point defense of her use of a private email server as secretary of state. But there's more nuance in those points than the campaign leads on.
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It's All Politics
Bill Clinton and his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, are facing renewed questions about their finances.
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Fact Check: 3 Questions Answered About Bill Clinton's LLC

May 27, 2015
Does Bill Clinton have a secret corporation that he is using to hide money? Is it intended to pay a lower tax rate? Or is it something else entirely?
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