#Checkers

Hey “Fact Checkers”... The Chinese biological laboratory in Wuhan is owned by Glaxo. Who, funnily enough, owns Pfizer (the pharma company producing the covid-19 vaccine). Which, coincidentally, is managed by
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We get a lot of questions like this, but this reader did a *particular* succinct job of combining the most frequent questions PolitiFact receives. Read below if you've ever wondered
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As a way to wrap up #NewsLiteracyWeek I thought I would offer some of my favorite news literacy tips. Of course this is just scratching the surface, and news/media literacy
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// rantGod I'm so uncultured and I really feel left out because of it, I've always been bullied my entire life for not knowing about certain things. I don't know
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Glad to note. Given the aggressive schedule, suspect changes are in math+science curriculum, & NOT in history where bigotry, propaganda & distortion are fortified by special interests. Who are the
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A Sign of Progress:Something struck me today. When @pandata19 first came into the public eye, it was with a single message—that lockdowns were a cure worse than the disease; that
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We live in a post-dada world. The way many of us make our points now (both online and off) are with pithy memes, reaction gifs, ironic tee shirts, and pull-quotes
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The idea that there are two sides to every argument is not controversial. The problem is treating both sides as equally valid, which no journalist should ever do when that's
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For @NewYorker, I wrote an essay about the empty glossiness of “Emily in Paris” and “Dream Home Makeover” and streaming’s embrace of TV that you don’t have to pay attention
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For the conservatives who are mad about this: yes, it is possible for a story to be factually accurate *and* for it to be part of a misinformation campaign aimed
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Immanuel Nobel, was a Swedish Inventor, who had three sons, Robert, Ludvig and Alfred.Other Than inventing routine stuff, he was also ultra interested in explosives. Once, during his visit to
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What is the time for Google? As we speak, this engineering problem leads to a lot of internal discussions at Google. Let me explain what happened in the next few
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Dear @MaggieAstor — there is no such thing as the “Cherokee of Georgia,” the “Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee” or the “Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe.” These are fake tribes, so
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I gotta say, at first he had me fooled...Like many ofyou. Now, that I think about it, this is about the MOST GENIUS plan I’ve seen in a long time.
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1/5. TRUMP CONFIRMS HUSSEIN WAS ARRESTEDThe Fake 'Fact Checkers' [truth deniers] have been in over-drive to deny claims Hussein was arrested on Nov 28. Trump not only confirms Hussein was
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“We are the community, and we support the residents of this shelter.” — @femonomics @UWSOpenHearts “If the city moves people to congregate spaces before it is safe, we will have
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