Tag Archives: Mitch McConnell

TV News Record: Focus on North Korea

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

By Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman Following the U.S. government’s confirmation that North Korea had successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, we focus on statements by public officials and pundits on the nuclear threat from the Korean Peninsula, including some … Continue reading →

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TV news fact-checked: health care & more + this press briefing will not be televised

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman This week the Senate released its version of health care, so to mark the occasion we offer a trio of recent health care fact checks from The Washington Post‘s Fact Checker. Other fact-checking highlights include: a claim … Continue reading →

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TV News highlights: Hitler, Syria, NATO, and more

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

By Katie Dahl This week our round up of fact-checks of TV appearances by public officials includes: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s claim that Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons on his own people; how President Donald Trump’s strategy on Syrian airstrikes varies from … Continue reading →

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This week’s TV news highlights with fact checks

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

by Katie Dahl As part of a new regular feature, the Internet Archive presents highlights from our national fact checking partners of TV news segments aired over the past week. These include President Donald Trump’s assertion that the number of police officers … Continue reading →

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