Aaron Rodgers, the star quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, made headlines when he contracted COVID-19 and then defended his decision not to get vaccinated with a string of false and misleading claims that fact-checkers have frequently debunked.
Stories by Lori Robertson
Managing Editor, FactCheck.org
Why It’s Easy to Misinterpret Numbers of Deaths Among the Vaccinated
Raw numbers of hospitalizations or deaths among those who are vaccinated are not a good indicator of whether vaccines are effective. If the large majority of a population is vaccinated, it’s not surprising if most deaths are among the vaccinated. But social media posts misuse data from the U.K. to suggest the COVID-19 vaccines don’t work.
Biden Spins Facts on Framework
FactChecking Biden’s Town Hall
PhRMA Ad Misleads on Medicare Drug Negotiation Legislation
Trump’s Final Numbers
Debt Limit Q&A
Q&A on Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine-or-Test Rule
How Many Americans and Allies Are Left in Afghanistan?
Biden Leaves Misleading Impression on U.S. Debt
In promoting his own spending priorities, President Joe Biden blamed his predecessor’s “unpaid tax cuts and other spending” for increasing the national debt by nearly $8 trillion over four years. The total debt figure is correct, but trillions of that were due to bipartisan coronavirus relief packages.