ALI SWENSON

November 29, 2021 at 1:46 pm

FACT FOCUS: New omicron variant fuels old misinformation

A new coronavirus variant revived old conspiracy theories this week as widely shared social media posts falsely claimed the omicron variant was nothing but a...

September 27, 2021 at 4:00 pm

FACT FOCUS: AZ election review spurs false claims online

A Republican-backed cybersecurity firm on Friday spread numerous falsehoods that ignored the basic facts of how elections work in Arizona's largest county, including unfounded claims...

September 24, 2021 at 7:23 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Pro-Trump auditors spin election falsehoods

An AP Fact Check has examined claims about election fraud in a report by a group hired by pro-Trump Republicans in Arizona

Nation & World

September 13, 2021 at 10:12 am

FACT FOCUS: Walmart quashes cryptocurrency partnership claim

Walmart denied any partnership with the digital currency Litecoin after a fake news release briefly tripped up several national news outlets and social media users...

Business

September 9, 2021 at 5:23 pm

FACT FOCUS: AZ canvass report draws nonsensical conclusions

A report released this week in Arizona’s largest county falsely claims to have uncovered some 173,000 “lost” votes and 96,000 “ghost votes” in a private...

Members of the Taliban during prayer, in front of a disabled helicopter at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Afghans woke up Tuesday morning to the reality of an Afghanistan firmly under the control of the Taliban amid intensifying fears that their country was being subsumed by a repressive regime as it battles an escalating economic and humanitarian crisis. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) XNYT25 XNYT25

August 31, 2021 at 3:34 pm

Trump, others wrong on claims about U.S. gear left with Taliban

The Taliban haven't obtained $80 billion or more in U.S. military equipment amid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan despite claims this week from social media...

Nation & World

August 27, 2021 at 7:32 am

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

False claims about COVID-19 vaccines spread online this week following the FDA's full approval of Pfizer's vaccine

Nation & World

August 24, 2021 at 11:09 am