By James D. Agresti June 6, 2020 Reuters/Carlos Barria Overview After falsely accusing the U.S. Park Police of tear-gassing peaceful protesters on behalf of President Trump, many media outlets and…

…“Well, son of a bitch, he got fired.” Twitter’s brazen falsehood only scratches the surface of media misinformation about this matter. In addition to spreading outright fictions, media outlets are…

…the ones that work well. The Culpability of Media and Big Tech The Covid-19 pandemic has also been a pandemic of misinformation in which the people who run influential institutions…

By James D. Agresti May 7, 2019 Amidst an intense national debate over illegal immigration and crime, major media outlets are reporting on a grisly, high-profile murder while failing to…

…Trump and these media outlets excludes 24% of household income. More comprehensive data recently published by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reveals that median household income has climbed by $5,000…

By James D. Agresti August 22, 2017 In the wake of President Trump’s comments about the killing and mass violence in Charlottesville, media outlets and politicians have alleged that Trump…

…wrong.” Left unsaid by Muir and all of the candidates is that the media has manipulated the vast majority of Americans to believe that the wealthy pay a lower tax…

…been widely spread by the media, but data from the U.S. Treasury, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Tax Policy Center prove the exact opposite is true. Politico recently published…

…journals have repeatedly confirmed this profoundly important fact. However, the vast bulk of media outlets have never mentioned it, and U.S. government agencies have virtually ignored it except on a…

…their handling of the pandemic. By misusing anecdotes and stripping data of vital context, these media figures have woven a narrative that is at stark odds with reality. As documented…

…media outlets and lawmakers have dropped the charade of splitting verbal hairs between an “assault weapon” and “assault rifle.” Now, they apply both of those labels to semi-automatic guns. This…

…and the media’s failure to report these results all-the-more troublesome. Inferior Studies While downplaying and ignoring the most objective data, media outlets, government agencies, and large corporations have touted studies…

…by the media as “white Hispanic,” Zimmerman is half-white, half-Hispanic, and partially black. Shortly before the shooting, Zimmerman called the police, and the conversation was recorded. According to the Times’…

…Hunter Biden’s laptop—falsely labeled as “Russian disinformation” by Joe Biden and the media—have been broadly and indisputably verified as authentic. The Smoking Gun Emails One year later in April 2015—after…

By James D. Agresti April 11, 2023 Credit: vchal/Shutterstock.com In the aftermath of school shootings, media outlets often amplify calls for gun control while ignoring or spurning evidence-based ways to…

…into Joe Biden without any “evidence of financial wrongdoing or corruption by the president.” Similar statements have been made by a massive array of media outlets and Democrat politicians. In…

…media, who allege that the chief prosecutor was not even investigating the oligarch who was enriching Hunter. Those claims are belied by the facts that the: the Prosecutor General’s Office…

…chief media correspondent, Brian Stelter, reported on August 16: We are likely to see the 170,000 mark crossed today—confirmed deaths from Covid-19. But researchers have looked at the actual number…

…to the petty drama often reported in the news. are untrue but were widely spread by the media, politicians, or other major public figures. Facts Fact #1: About 11.5% of…

By James D. Agresti October 5, 2018 Abstract In this era of #MeToo and rampant sexual assault allegations, many media outlets, politicians, and scholars are misleading people about the prevalence…

By James D. Agresti June 20, 2019 Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and certain media outlets are blaming steep rises in college costs on reduced government funding for higher education. The…

…Democratic National Convention, but this is the extent of their admissions of Democrats’ membership in the Klan. Media Whitewashing Even though some individual Democrats denounced the violence of the Klan,…

…is the media’s fixation on just a few of the 16,000 murders that occur every year in the United States. The editorial board of the New York Times recently accused…

By James D. Agresti December 20, 2012 In the aftermath of the Dark Knight shooting in Aurora, Colorado, media outlets were awash with misleading claims about violence and firearms. Since…

…CIA. Despite those suspicious circumstances, dozens of media outlets are reporting there’s no evidence of foul play in Epstein’s death based on a recent report by the Inspector General of…

…the burden that today’s Americans are placing on future generations. Although the report discloses information of crucial import to U.S. citizens, Google News indicates that no media outlet has informed…

…white people” are killed by police than black people. CBS News, the New York Times, and many other media outlets are criticizing Trump’s response because blacks are a much smaller…

…traded corporations. Although the report discloses information of crucial import to the citizens of the United States, Google News indicates that no major media outlet has informed anyone about it…

…filings and 17 years of academic accomplishments. Among these are citations of Just Facts’ work by a wide variety of prominent and scholarly organizations, including: media outlets, such as CBS,…

…it’s not true. In response, the Associated Press published a “fact check“ claiming that illegal immigrants are more law-abiding than the general public. Various media outlets, such as the New…

…the murder rate remains at the 2021 level, one out of every 179 people in the U.S. will eventually be murdered. Yet, certain politicians and media outlets are downplaying this…

By James D. Agresti February 28, 2015 Based upon two new papers in academic journals, media outlets have been reporting that the world’s oceans are overwhelmed with plastic waste. However,…

…collectively show that by 20 weeks, humans have pain receptors, consciousness, and physical responses to painful events. Nevertheless, many media outlets have recently reported that humans cannot feel pain by…

By James D. Agresti July 31, 2012 In the wake of the Dark Knight massacre in Aurora, Colorado, major media outlets and public figures have been making statements about guns…

…views.” The same is true of journalists and editors at media outlets like the New York Times, who regularly publish falsehoods that spur violence and civic dysfunction. To attack this…

…him of sexual assault, and the media began publishing many “facts” about such crimes. These supposedly showed that only a tiny portion of sexual assault allegations are false, giving the…

…generations are betraying younger ones by not doing enough to stop climate change. The media has amplified these allegations by giving her speech broad, glowing coverage, but the fears she…

…media outlets, and activists continue to repeat it. The salient facts of this matter are documented in Just Facts’ comprehensive research on abortion and summarized below. Before partial-birth abortions were…

By James D. Agresti April 17, 2018 During recent teacher walkouts in Oklahoma that captured national attention, many major media outlets reported misleadingly small figures for teacher pay. By failing…

…Cyclone and Hurricane Trends Contrary to the Post and other media outlets, cyclones and hurricanes have not become more common or intense. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)…

…with a flood of global warming-related misinformation spread by the media and environmental groups. North Atlantic Storms and Hurricanes In the North Atlantic region, where hurricanes Harvey and Irma formed,…

…clinics, and media outlets have used the phrase “late-term” on numerous occasions to describe abortions that are performed from as few as 14 weeks into pregnancy to as many as…

…them can “make it difficult for policymakers and the public to adequately understand the government’s overall performance and true financial condition.” Yet, that is precisely what the media does. Although…

…complying with mask mandates. In recent weeks, however, more medical scholars and media outlets are coming to grips with facts about masks that Just Facts has been documenting for more…

…K. Johnson and Mike Stobbe, it was republished or cited by more than 100 media outlets and so-called fact checkers like PBS, Snopes, Bloomberg, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles…

…media outlets—exclude a vast array of goods and services that poor people receive from governments and charities. Thus, they ignore the following realities: Food Stamp beneficiaries received an average of…

…vitally impacts U.S. citizens, but a search of Google News shows that no media outlet has reported on it, even though it was published more than two weeks ago. “A…

…a “crisis” or “major problem.” By portraying Harris and Democrats as tough on the border, Axios and other media outlets like ABC are misinforming voters about an issue with deadly…

By James D. Agresti January 30, 2018 Correction appended Throughout the extensive media coverage of President Trump allegedly calling Haiti, El Salvador, and nations of Africa “s—hole countries,” most journalists…

…journal Electoral Studies, “some non-citizens participate in U.S. elections,” and “this participation has been large enough to change meaningful election outcomes including Electoral College votes, and Congressional elections.” Some media…

…the media’s coverage of this issue. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasizes that “this is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation,” and as such, this article will be…

…educational institute that has been cited by a diverse array of media outlets, universities, governments, think tanks, and peer-reviewed journals. By adhering to exacting Standards of Credibility, Just Facts has…

…has made the same claim, and many media outlets have published stories saying he is correct, such as the Washington Post, Salon, FactCheck.org, and PolitiFact, the last two of which…

…9.8% of all black drivers. While ignoring the fact that Latinos are pulled over at the lowest rate, many media outlets and activists have cited the higher traffic stop rates…

…non-citizens are hundreds of times more common than other types of murders that media outlets often focus on. Biden’s Actions During the Republican Party’s formal response to Biden’s recent State…

…impediment to planning for that eventuality. In this regard, too, Kiribati is a microcosm of the world’s unwillingness to face the reality of the future. This episode highlights the media’s…

…not cause cancer, affect development or suppress the immune system in humans. Fueling the deceitful impression advanced by Obama and others, major media outlets, such as Politico, NBC News, and…

…Washington, DC and Brunswick, Maine. Along with FtF, a number of media outlets have promoted this story or published others in the same vein: • Huffington Post: “North Pole Melting…

…“should work harder at assimilation” and shouldn’t isolate themselves “in their communities.” NBC condemned his comments as “inaccurate and inappropriate,” media outlets ran articles and editorials calling them racist and…

…high-efficiency incandescents cannot currently meet, thus making the mercury-filled compact florescent lights (CFLs) the presumptive standard. Media coverage has been virtually devoid of this fact. The following lays out the…

…shelter, clothing, education, and health.” Contrary to what many journalists and pundits have alleged, there is a strong association between government debt and poor economic progress. Numerous media outlets have…

…“The first step in evaluating a therapy must be an unbiased intent-to-treat analysis. This is the only sure way to protect against potential bias.” Media outlets often take the deception…

…[Israeli territory] to carry out suicide bombing attacks….” The direct nature of this evidence leaves virtually no doubt that this border barrier has been effective. Flawed Analyses Several media outlets…

…of ecologists and biologists who concluded that mankind is headed towards causing “a major extinction” of marine animals. This paper was greeted with extensive media coverage warning of a looming…

…prestigious journal Nature. However, Bump fails to reveal that the authors of the study “hired professional fact checkers from leading national media organizations” to “determine” what’s “true” and “false.” Given…

…corporations like Disney, major media outlets like CBS—and because they have been misled about this subject since their youth. Such misinformation flows from educational resources like the Environmental Education Exchange’s…

…Congressional Budget Office projections of publicly held debt, which is which is a partial measure of the national debt that is often cited by government agencies and media outlets. In…

…the U.S. during 2019, even if only 5% of them voted, this would amount to more than a million illegal votes cast in the 2020 election. Some media outlets and…

…harms of masks, which are far more common and serious than portrayed by governments and media outlets. Study Design The Bangladesh mask study, published by the journal Science in December…

…of journalistic ethics that require reporters and media outlets to “acknowledge mistakes” and explain them “carefully and clearly.” #2 Dr. Cook’s Credentials Cox also assails the credibility of Dr. Michael…

…and relegated to an optional example. This was a general layout change that involved numerous issues, including many conservative ones. Yet instead of correcting Bridge, other media outlets like the…

By James D. Agresti February 4, 2013 In the wake of stunning news that the U.S. economy shrunk by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2012, prominent media outlets and…

…the pre-Biden historical average: Biden and various media outlets are currently touting steep declines in Southwest border apprehensions over recent months. This half-truth ignores the fact that Biden is now…

…billion per year. Contrary to the claims of Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and certain media outlets, average government spending for each college student has risen by 2.9 times per student…

…annually,” “later abortions” add up to “a substantial number of abortions.” Hence, these supposedly “very rare” late-term abortions are more numerous than incidents that the media portrays as common occurrences…

By Stuart Shepard and James D. Agresti February 12, 2018 It’s a common theme in the news media: Education needs more money. Always. In keeping with that storyline, a recent…

…lifetime risks of tragic events are much more revealing than the raw numbers or annual rates commonly reported by government agencies and the media. This is partly because the U.S….

…the media reports as “science” is actually partisan propaganda that is refuted by science. The issue of global warming is rife with this, and Nye’s statements epitomize the junk science…

…money but how it is spent. In spite of these facts, media outlets have published headlines like these: “The Shocking Number of Americans Who Can’t Cover a $400 Expense” –…

By James D. Agresti November 25, 2019 Leading presidential candidates and major media outlets are claiming that school districts with high concentrations of minorities and poor children generally receive less…

…This is significant because the vast bulk of murders are committed by people with long rap sheets. Wall-to-wall media coverage of mass shootings—which began with the Columbine school massacre of…

…a debt. In concert with Biden, scores of media outlets—such as Politico, NPR, CNN, NBC, the New York Times, and the Washington Post—have reported that not raising the debt limit…

…not be as concerned with the political consequences of any actions he will take after the election. Many media outlets are reporting on this incident without offering significant context about…

…there to film the siege. He had previously referred to antifa—a loosely affiliated group of antifascist activists that has no leader—on social media, but he has repeatedly denied being a…

…and income, unlike the incomplete and misleading tax rates often reported by media outlets and politicians. Correct answer given by 15% of all voters, 6% of Democratic voters, 23% of…

…ability to pay its obligations.” Beyond such explicit statements, numerous budget figures cited by the White House, other federal agencies, and virtually all media outlets are based on this accounting…

…media corporation that has more monetary resources than one of the two major political parties in the United States. Now, the Times is asking the U.S. government—which is now controlled…

…This is another case where the Biden administration is hiding the data but federal employees have leaked it to media outlets. Conclusion During a recent trip to Arizona, reporter Peter…

…party lines, age, race, gender, income, and geographical areas.” However, instead of reporting the facts of this important issue, a number of influential media sources are greatly exaggerating the problem….

…population. This represents merely one of the widely different ways of measuring poverty, but it is the federal government’s official measure, and the media follows suit. As stated in a…