Latest Articles 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 Democrats’ plans to expand Medicare benefits put pinch on Advantage plans’ funding By Michelle Andrews • October 28, 2021 A provocative new ad claims Georgia GOP senator is more conservative than Attila the Hun. Really? By Tom Kertscher • September 22, 2020 Ad Watch: Joe Biden’s Spanish-language ad says Donald Trump lacks coronavirus plan By Miriam Valverde • September 16, 2020 Ad Watch: What Donald Trump said about Charlottesville By Miriam Valverde • September 10, 2020 Ad Watch: Biden campaign ad accurately represents Trump’s call to boycott Goodyear By Noah Y. Kim • August 26, 2020 Ad Watch: Biden exaggerates Trump’s Social Security action By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2020 Ad Watch: Super PAC attacks Biden in misleading ‘defund the police’ ad By Bill McCarthy • July 29, 2020 Ad Watch: Fact-checking the Trump campaign’s 'defunding the police' ad By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2020 Ad Watch: Fact-checking a video about Biden’s academic record By Daniel Funke • May 7, 2020 Ad Watch: Trump’s ‘American Comeback’ ad uses words of media, Democrats out of context By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2020 Ad watch: Priorities USA’s timeline on coronavirus and Trump’s inaction By Emily Venezky • April 21, 2020 Ad watch: Biden attacks Trump on China and coronavirus By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2020 Ad Watch: Donald Trump’s video about Joe Biden and China is rife with omission, deceptive editing By Miriam Valverde • April 15, 2020 Ad Watch: Priorities USA on Trump’s coronavirus response By Bill McCarthy • March 27, 2020 Ad Watch: Joe Biden’s ad about Bernie Sanders’ attack on Social Security By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020 Ad Watch: Bernie Sanders ad uses Obama praise for him out of context By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2020 Ad Watch: Fact-checking Joe Biden's claim that Bernie Sanders thought about challenging Barack Obama By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2020 Super Bowl Ad Watch: Trump on criminal justice reform By Daniel Funke • February 3, 2020
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 Democrats’ plans to expand Medicare benefits put pinch on Advantage plans’ funding By Michelle Andrews • October 28, 2021 A provocative new ad claims Georgia GOP senator is more conservative than Attila the Hun. Really? By Tom Kertscher • September 22, 2020 Ad Watch: Joe Biden’s Spanish-language ad says Donald Trump lacks coronavirus plan By Miriam Valverde • September 16, 2020 Ad Watch: What Donald Trump said about Charlottesville By Miriam Valverde • September 10, 2020 Ad Watch: Biden campaign ad accurately represents Trump’s call to boycott Goodyear By Noah Y. Kim • August 26, 2020 Ad Watch: Biden exaggerates Trump’s Social Security action By Jon Greenberg • August 14, 2020 Ad Watch: Super PAC attacks Biden in misleading ‘defund the police’ ad By Bill McCarthy • July 29, 2020 Ad Watch: Fact-checking the Trump campaign’s 'defunding the police' ad By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2020 Ad Watch: Fact-checking a video about Biden’s academic record By Daniel Funke • May 7, 2020 Ad Watch: Trump’s ‘American Comeback’ ad uses words of media, Democrats out of context By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2020 Ad watch: Priorities USA’s timeline on coronavirus and Trump’s inaction By Emily Venezky • April 21, 2020 Ad watch: Biden attacks Trump on China and coronavirus By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2020 Ad Watch: Donald Trump’s video about Joe Biden and China is rife with omission, deceptive editing By Miriam Valverde • April 15, 2020 Ad Watch: Priorities USA on Trump’s coronavirus response By Bill McCarthy • March 27, 2020 Ad Watch: Joe Biden’s ad about Bernie Sanders’ attack on Social Security By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020 Ad Watch: Bernie Sanders ad uses Obama praise for him out of context By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2020 Ad Watch: Fact-checking Joe Biden's claim that Bernie Sanders thought about challenging Barack Obama By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2020 Super Bowl Ad Watch: Trump on criminal justice reform By Daniel Funke • February 3, 2020