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Fact-checking the first Trump-Biden debate of the 2020 election
Tuesday night's debate featured a nonstop barrage of false claims, misinformation, and conspiracy t…
John Haltiwanger,Sonam Sheth
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It's great that dead people got $1.4 billion in stimulus checks, stop whining
People are worried about coronavirus stimulus checks going out to dead people. But the real problem…
Bob Bryan
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Republicans reportedly want to shrink the 2nd round of $1,200 stimulus checks for low-income Americans and limit who gets government cash
McConnell last week opened the door for another stimulus check and said people earning under $40,00…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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One stunning chart shows the success of federal aid in helping financially struggling households
The $1,200 stimulus checks and $600 boost in unemployment benefits greatly lifted personal incomes …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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How to use IFCN’s WhatsApp fact checker to fight Coronavirus misinformation
The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted life across the world and over 3.6 million people have been …
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Have questions about the Coronavirus? This Indian startup created a WhatsApp chatbot to answer them all
The Coronavirus outbreak has spread panic around the world. Every day, there are hundreds of WhatsA…
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Fact-checking the most egregious lies and exaggerations from the Republican National Convention
The week saw a bevy of falsehoods and distortions about the Trump administration's record, Biden's …
Oma Seddiq,Jake Lahut
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Louisiana pastor Tony Spell defied stay-at-home orders to hold in-person services. Now, he wants congregants to donate their stimulus checks to churches.
Pastor Tony Spell asked his low-income congregants to give their checks to church leaders and missi…
Paulina Cachero
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I'm happy to spend my $1,200 stimulus check on my new puppy because he needs me — and so do our local businesses
With an abundance of time at home, it was finally the right moment to fulfill a dream and adopt a p…
Sarah Sharkey
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WhatsApp to introduce disappearing messages and a fact checking option
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps out there with over two billion monthly active u…
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Twitter sorry for labeling unrelated tweets with 5G-corona' fact check
San Francisco, June 28 (IANS) Twitter has apologised for going into an overdrive in labeling certai…
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Biden sends out IRS letter heralding stimulus checks, prompting critics to say he's acting like Trump
Biden is sending letters to millions of Americans heralding his American Rescue Plan, which include…
Charles Davis
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International Fact-Checking Network launches WhatsApp bot to fight COVID-19 misinformation
The system is capable of identifying the user's country via the person's mobile country code and th…
PTI
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Meet a Pennsylvania mom set to lose her unemployment benefits because she can't send her kid back to school. 'They should not end any benefits until at least there is a vaccine for all ages.'
"When I went to work, that was my sanity. That was my break from being stuck in this house. I'm lit…
Juliana Kaplan
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An unsubstantiated theory suggests the coronavirus accidentally leaked from a Chinese lab - here are the facts
The Institute of Virology houses China's only BSL-4 laboratory, which is one of only dozen in the w…
Aylin Woodward
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The economic prospects of rich and poor Americans had long been diverging. The pandemic finally completed the break.
The pandemic worsened inequality so much it will take a decade for lower-income Americans to recove…
Juliana Kaplan
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Facebook's only UK-wide fact-checking partner has just 2 primary fact-checkers to protect 40 million users from misinformation
Full Fact started working with Facebook as a third-party fact-checker in January 2019, and in June …
Rob Price
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Mitch McConnell's best hope for GOP wins in the Georgia runoff elections is the Senate passing the $2,000 stimulus checks
President Donald Trump's abrupt call for increased direct payments to Americans could help to sway …
Azmi Haroun
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WhatsApp will now have its own fact-checking bot to curb misinformation around COVID-19
The IFCN's bot connects people with independent fact-checkers in more than 70 countries and also…
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From secret menus to record labels, here are 10 things you never knew about Waffle House
Here are some fascinating fun facts about the American breakfast chain that famously stays open 24 …