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Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2022 Ad Watch: Do ‘MAGA Republicans want women arrested for abortion'? A few do, but not all By Tom Kertscher • October 25, 2022 En Nevada, Cortez Masto saca de contexto comentarios de Laxalt sobre negocios latinos By Tom Kertscher • October 17, 2022 Seizing on abortion, Democrats claim Republicans back no-exceptions bans. That isn’t true for all By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2022 In Arizona Senate debate, Kelly and Masters spar over immigration, abortion. We fact-checked them. By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2022 Scaring voters to the polls? How political ads use crime statistics to try to sway voters By Tom Kertscher • September 28, 2022 Fact-checking Herschel Walker attack ad about Raphael Warnock domestic violence allegations By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2022 In Context: What NY Attorney General Letitia James said about Trump that Trump’s video left out By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2022 Why are Democrats taking sides in GOP primaries? By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2022 Fact-checking ‘Wizard of Lies’ attack on Mehmet Oz over ‘miracle’ claims, immigration, his residency By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2022 Fact-checking attacks on GOP Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake in TV ad narrated by drag queen By Tom Kertscher • July 19, 2022 No easy answers on reducing U.S. gas prices, despite political ads’ claims By Tom Kertscher • June 15, 2022 Fact-checking a super PAC attack on Dr. Oz over defunding police, Obamacare, COVID-19, immigration By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2022 Sorting out the police reports highlighted in an ad attacking US Senate candidate Herschel Walker By Tom Kertscher • April 4, 2022 2022 candidates use ads vowing to be tough on China, or attacking rivals as too soft on China By Tom Kertscher • March 3, 2022 Republicans facing off in 2022 GOP primaries are running ads claiming the 2020 election was stolen By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2022 An enduring tradition: False claims about attacks on Christmas By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2021 What’s known about claim that white supremacists shot at Ferguson, Mo., marchers By Tom Kertscher • November 19, 2021 Fact-checking claims about Kyle Rittenhouse, shooter in Kenosha, Wis., protests By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2021 In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige By Tom Kertscher • November 12, 2021
