South Dakota’s covid-19 numbers have been terrible, but the governor says that’s the wrong metric
— South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R), in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News, Feb. 2 Noem…
Category: Politics
Fact-checking Biden’s speech on his coronavirus economic relief plan
“Just since this pandemic began, the wealth of the top 1% has grown by roughly $1.5 trillion since the end…
Fact-checking Trump’s closing arguments on covid-19
In recent interviews, Trump has responded with denials and attacks when journalists Savannah Guthrie of NBC and Lesley Stahl of…
Trump kept saying victory over the coronavirus was near. Then he got sick.
The president, now ill with covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, argued in a video message from his…
Biden ad isolates the wrong Trump comments on coronavirus
However, the examples the Biden ad uses to illustrate this point are questionable. One includes the use of manipulated video.…
DeVos’s claim that children are ‘stoppers’ of covid-19
Our eyes popped out when we first heard this comment by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, as she pressed the administration’s…
Trump’s claim that 99 percent of coronavirus cases are ‘totally harmless’
This is one of those presidential statements that even Trump’s aides have trouble explaining. “The president isn’t downplaying the severity…
Video evidence of anti-black discrimination in China over coronavirus fears
In the face of an invisible and deadly enemy, fears and deep-rooted biases often take over. This bore out in…
How specific were Biden’s recommendations on the coronavirus?
“Right now there is a study out at Columbia University and their disease control center up there. They pointed out…
Trump campaign is creating an alternate reality online about coronavirus
But the president and his campaign’s Twitter and Facebook feeds tell a different story. From the announcement of the first…