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TV News Record: Donald Trump Jr makes “email” popular on TV again

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

This week the term “email” took on a new meaning in the annals of political controversy, President Donald Trump traveled to Poland, and the Senate continued to struggle with health care reform. Email back on TV following Trump Jr.’s release … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: Fox on CNN, getting Gorsuch right + fact-checks

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

We changed our name! Our weekly updates from the TV News Archive are now titled TV News Record, to reflect our goal of providing many ways for viewers to put the news in context, whether through fact checks from our … Continue reading →

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TV news fact-checked: Donald and Ivanka Trump

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

By Katie Dahl Our fact-checking partners spent time on the Trumps this week, covering Ivanka Trump’s claim about women in STEM occupations and the President’s claims about James Comey and Michael Flynn, record-setting nominations delays, how long it actually took … Continue reading →

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TV news fact-checked: Trump, Pruitt, Gore, and Handel

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

By Katie Dahl In this week’s roundup of fact-checked TV news, the term “travel ban” gets a final word from the president, new coal mining jobs numbers are questioned, Gore and Pruitt give competing claims about Paris Agreement target requirements, … Continue reading →

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TV news fact-checked: climate change edition

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

by Katie Dahl & Nancy Watzman With President Donald Trump’s announcement on Thursday that the U.S. would pull out of the international Paris climate agreement dominating TV news screens, we devote this round up to the issue of climate change. Global … Continue reading →

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TV news fact-checked: Gianforte, Gingrich, Pelosi & more

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

By Nancy Watzman and Katie Dahl In this week’s round-up from the TV News Archive,  our fact-checking partners declare that Greg Gianforte, now Montana’s U.S. House representative-elect, was the aggressor in a conflict with a reporter; Newt Gingrich spread a conspiracy … Continue reading →

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TV news fact-checked: Comey, Schumer, McMaster, Mueller

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

It was a yet another extraordinary week in U.S. politics, with a series of explosive news reports centering on President Donald Trump. The TV News Archive is saving history as it happens, as well as linking relevant fact-checks by FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, … Continue reading →

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TV news fact-checked: Trump’s first 100 days

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

To mark his 100th day in office, President Donald Trump made several public appearances and released a campaign-style political ad. Here are some fact-checked claims from those televised interviews,  speeches, as well as the ad, all viewable and shareable on the TV News … Continue reading →

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TV news fact-checked: Ivanka, McCaskill, Mnuchin, Perez, and Mulvaney

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

By Katie Dahl This week’s roundup includes five fact-checks of statements by public officials, preserved on TV News Archive. Our fact-checking partners examined the financial disclosures of the president, who outspent whom in the Georgia election, and whether high ranking Democrats voted … Continue reading →

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TV news highlights: visitor logs, voter turnout, China, North Korea, United Airlines

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

By Katie Dahl In this week’s look back at TV news highlights that have been fact-checked by our partners, we get a history of the White House policy on releasing visitor logs; a look at how 2016 voter turnout compared … Continue reading →

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