A 5-year-old detained by ICE did not make a cameo in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Viral images of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani with Jeffrey Epstein are not real. They were generated with AI. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Another cabinet meeting, more false claims: apnews.com/article/fact...

An image of ICU nurse Alex Pretti spread online in recent days. The problem? It was altered with AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWsF...

Global warming still exists, despite Trump's doubts. Read more from the AP's @borenbears.bsky.social: apnews.com/article/trum...

A civil rights attorney was not crying as she was arrested for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest in Minnesota. The White House shared an altered image alleging otherwise. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

One year in, many false claims: apnews.com/article/fact...

No, Enrique Tarrio is not an ICE officer: apnews.com/article/fact...

Misrepresented and fabricated images are running rampant on social media in the aftermath of the Minneapolis ICE shooting. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Was a Craigslist ad for child actors at a Minnesota day care center real? Nope, it was posted as a prank: apnews.com/article/fact...

There's been no shortage of misinformation following the capture of Nicolás Maduro. My latest: apnews.com/article/fact...

Who's at fault for the agricultural trade deficit? Well, it's complicated. apnews.com/article/fact...

Can revenue from tariffs one day replace revenue from federal income taxes? According to experts, no way. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Most voters don't need to show ID at the polls in New York or California, but they can if they want to: apnews.com/article/fact...

There have unfortunately been murders in D.C. in the last six months, despite what Trump says: apnews.com/article/fact...

I had a wonderful time visiting @urochester.bsky.social (my alma mater!) last week to speak about my career, my fact-checking work, and the general state of journalism with fellow alums @jaysunsilver.bsky.social and @classicjpow.bsky.social. Photos by @lnthompson.bsky.social

Trump has repeatedly claimed that each U.S. military strike on alleged drug boats saves 25,000 lives. Experts say there's no evidence this is true. Read more: apnews.com/article/trum...

On Thanksgiving dinner prices: apnews.com/article/fact...

No, NYC ballots do not prove the 2025 mayoral election is rigged. Here's why: apnews.com/article/fact...

What's really going on in Portland? The picture Trump paints is far from reality. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Republicans are claiming that Democrats shut down the government because they want to give free health care to "illegal immigrants." That's not true. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

No, alleged FBI documents do not prove that 274 bureau agents acted as "agitators and insurrectionists" during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Thank you to @kellyruthk.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about misinfo reporting with her class @cuny.edu’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism last night! I really enjoyed answering all of her students’ stellar questions.

A flood of false and misleading claims has filled social media since Charlie Kirk's assassination on Wednesday. Here are the facts: apnews.com/article/fact...

The facts on RFK Jr.'s contentious Senate hearing: apnews.com/article/fact...

Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard in cities he says have unchecked crime. Here are the facts: apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump has confirmed that claims he's dead are "fake news." Just FYI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Dn...

“Mark represented the best of the White House press corps." - AP Executive Editor Julie Pace apnews.com/article/mark...

No, there are not 70 million to 100 million noncitizens living in the U.S. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

RFK Jr. has been off the mark in his comments on U.S. dietary guidelines and Froot Loops. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

The reality behind Trump's claim that he's ended 7 wars: apnews.com/article/trum...

Don't splurge just yet. apnews.com/article/fact...

Experts say it's unclear what exactly Trump is calling for. Changes to the 2030 census? A mid-decade census? If the latter, will it be used for a mid-decade change in the divvying up of congressional seats based on the population count? apnews.com/article/trum...

RFK Jr. claimed that mRNA vaccines are ineffective against "viruses that infect the upper respiratory tract." Scientific evidence says otherwise. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

How do fact-checkers select the claims to check? How should we develop a 'harms-based' approach and defend freedom of speech? Great to work with friend & colleague @mrdudders.bsky.social on this piece for @poynterinstitute.bsky.social Feedback welcome www.poynter.org/ifcn/2025/sp...

Thank you to JEF Latvia for inviting me to speak about misinformation and media literacy at the Mediawise conference in Riga last week! It was a joy to meet so many passionate young folks and learn all about Latvia.

Trump claimed he's cut drug prices by more than 100%. But that would theoretically mean that people are being paid to take medications. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Data has not determined the impact of cashless bail on crime rates, despite what Trump says. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Fact-checking Tulsi Gabbard's claims about an anti-Trump conspiracy, from the AP's @byrontau.bsky.social and Eric Tucker: apnews.com/article/gabb...

Trump has tried to downplay the Epstein backlash. His problem? That nothing-to-see-here approach doesn't work for those who learned from him not to give up until the government’s deepest, darkest secrets are exposed. apnews.com/article/trum...

Obligatory I was at the White House photo! I’m in D.C. this week working out of the AP’s booth. 🇺🇸🗞️

ICE data contradicts Trump's rhetoric about how his administration is deporting "the worst of the worst." Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Cloud seeding had nothing to do with the flash floods in Texas. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

The president can't delay or cancel elections and Trump's newly-passed tax bill doesn't change that. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

Harvard did not publish a study that found nearly 400,000 Palestinians are missing in Gaza. Read more: apnews.com/article/fact...

I spoke with the German youth news program "ATLAS" about misinformation surrounding USAID. You can watch their video here (with English captions, if needed): www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXCc...

NEW: AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse Users are turning to chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT to find out what's real and what's not at the LA protests—and getting inaccurate information. read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

How an unrelated prank led to false claims about paid protesters in Los Angeles: apnews.com/article/fact...

There is no credible proof that "chemtrails" are real. But bills inspired by the conspiracy theory very much are: apnews.com/article/chem...

Need a break? Watch kittens invade AP's NYC headquarters! 😻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DVp...