Fact-Checking

Poynter's Coverage of Fact-Checking

People in protective gear carry items as they disembark the MV Hondius cruise ship after its arrival at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

The hantavirus cruise ship outbreak spawned a familiar conspiracy theory: ‘crisis actors’

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., gives an interview following President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

A video of a Florida governor candidate was AI slop. People spread it anyway.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the White House for travel to Beijing, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington, to meet with China's President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump said he doesn’t think about Americans’ finances. These 7 charts show how Americans are actually doing.

A Civil Guard border police stands guard following the arrival of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo)

Why experts say the hantavirus outbreak is not another COVID-19

Attorney Carrie DeCell, second from right, speaks about her client's lawsuit against a Trump administration visa policy outside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2026. (Louis Jacobson/Poynter)

Fact-checkers ask federal judge to block Trump policy they say chills free speech

Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

There’s no proven cure for hantavirus — and doctors say ivermectin isn’t one

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