Simon & Schuster should come clean about discredited Monroe/DiMaggio book September 23, 2014 By Ryan Chittum C. David Heymann’s Joe and Marilyn is full of highly dubious information–just like many of his previous books
The Associated Press factchecks a couple ‘Mediscare’ ads in Kentucky July 10, 2014 By Trudy Lieberman As the midterm campaign gets underway, some familiar talking points come out again
The Plain Dealer drops PolitiFact, but keeps on factchecking June 17, 2014 By Anna Clark Truth in Numbers feature brings reader ratings to the truth squad movement
Political science and journalism: BFFs? March 4, 2014 By Brendan Nyhan How academics can help improve media coverage of politics
Factchecking goes local in New York November 11, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan The founding editor of TruePolitics talks about the soon-to-launch site
Pick on someone your own size! October 11, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan Why factcheckers should target lower-level politicians
Invasion of the Job Snatcher September 6, 2013 By Deron Lee As the Missouri media takes up arms against Rick Perry, some facts and context get lost in the fray
In defense of factchecking August 9, 2013 By Lucas Graves Getting past "he said, she said" means accepting that reporters’ conclusions won’t always agree with our own
Factchecking enters ‘Conversation’ in Oz July 31, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan How an Australian news site is taking a new approach to the format
What we can learn from the factcheckers’ ratings June 4, 2013 By Lucas Graves Sure, the factcheckers have their biases. It still means something that Republicans get the worst scores
Bill Adair, setting pants ablaze no more April 8, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan The PolitiFact founder on his move to academia and the state of the factchecking movement
Fast-tracking the truth in IPAB coverage January 14, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan How to cover a key ACA provision without making misinformation worse
The future of factchecking November 29, 2012 By Brendan Nyhan Here’s what journalists should learn from the 2012 campaign
Closer look at a cash cow November 26, 2012 By Mary Winter Denver’s KUSA says newsroom’s "Truth Tests" set high bar for campaign-ad vetting
Fact-checking at The New Yorker October 23, 2012 By Peter Canby An excerpt from The Art of Making Magazines
A laurel to FlackCheck.org September 14, 2012 By Greg Marx For its new guide to video factchecking on air and online
Audit Notes: Journal Register, Clinton and ‘can’t find workers,’ AP flop September 7, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The bankrupt company’s owner isn’t doing well itself
A laurel to The Atlantic‘s Garance Franke-Ruta August 17, 2012 By Greg Marx For calling on reporters to repeat the truth as often as needed, and showing how to do it
Laurels to the Las Vegas Sun and News & Record July 27, 2012 By Liz Cox Barrett and Greg Marx For a strong ad factcheck, and for grappling with campaigns’ message control