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Florida’s Surgeon General Spins State COVID-19 Vaccine Comparison Study
A new analysis of data from Florida found a higher risk of mortality in those receiving the Pfizer versus the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the year after a first dose. It does not establish that the Pfizer vaccine was dangerous or caused deaths, contrary to suggestions by the state’s surgeon general or statements by online purveyors of vaccine misinformation.
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FactChecking Trump’s Post-Election ‘60 Minutes’ Interview
In his first sit-down interview since the midterm elections that saw Democrats retake control of both the House and Senate, President Donald Trump blamed Republicans’ poor showing on “bad messaging” of his second term accomplishments. But in his recounting of events, Trump repeatedly twisted the facts on the economy, immigration, gasoline prices, sanctions on Russia, crime and the reasons for the dramatic rise in his net worth during his presidency.
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Explaining the U.S. Defense Agreement with Greenland and Denmark
Under the terms of a new defense agreement between Greenland, Denmark and the United States, Greenland remains a self-governed territory of Denmark with the right to declare its independence in the future. The U.S. did not "get” Greenland, nor does it now "own" Greenland, as President Donald Trump has misleadingly said recently.
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Wright’s Misleading Claims About Electricity Prices in Red vs. Blue States
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has blamed high electricity prices in Democrat-led states on climate policies. Prices do tend to be higher in blue states than red states, but climate policies at most explain a modest portion of the price difference.
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As fact-checkers, we watch a lot of ads in the lead-up to elections, and we only write about a fraction of them. Some of them are downright bizarre. As we first started doing 20 years ago -- just for fun -- on Election Day, we're giving out pretend awards to some of the notable ads we came across this campaign cycle.
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