A super PAC established by allies of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell “to build a Republican Senate majority.”
FactCheck.org Wins Fourth Sigma Delta Chi Award
FactCheck.org has won the 2023 Sigma Delta Chi award for fact-checking from the Society of Professional Journalists. This is our third win in the fact-checking category and our fourth award from SPJ overall.
Unite the Country
A single-candidate super PAC that supports the reelection of President Joe Biden.
Tucker Carlson Post Makes Unsupported Claim About Trump Jurors
The judge in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump denied a defense request to ask jurors about their party registration, so their political affiliation is not known. But conservative commentator Tucker Carlson made the unsupported claim in a Facebook post that the jury was “stacked with Biden voters.” Both sides had the opportunity to reject jurors.
Posts Misrepresent Photo of RFK Jr. With Animal Carcass in Vanity Fair
A photo of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely shows him holding the carcass of a goat, lamb or other ruminant animal in Patagonia. Social media posts, citing a Vanity Fair article, make the unsupported claim the photo shows a dog carcass in South Korea. The magazine deleted remarks by a veterinarian who said it was a dog.
FactChecking Biden’s Post-Debate TV Interview
In his first televised interview since his admittedly “bad” presidential debate, President Joe Biden made a few exaggerated and misleading statements.
Flawed Autopsy ‘Review’ Revives Unsupported Claims of COVID-19 Vaccine Harm, Censorship
COVID-19 vaccination is generally very safe, and except for extremely rare cases, there is no evidence that it contributes to death. Social media posts about a now-published, but faulty review of autopsy reports, however, are repeating an unfounded claim from last summer that “74% of sudden deaths are shown to be due to the COVID-19 vaccine.”
Q&A: How Biden Can Be Replaced as the Democratic Nominee
Here, we answer some of the questions about the Democratic National Convention process. What happens if President Joe Biden voluntarily steps aside? What if he doesn’t? Can Biden be replaced, and if he can, how would that work?
FactChecking RFK Jr.’s Rival Debate
Excluded from the CNN presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on June 27, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. livestreamed a parallel debate on social media, answering the same questions put to the major party candidates.
Video: FactChecking Highlights from the Biden-Trump Debate
Here’s a fact-checking video of some highlights of the first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.