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To help you find the truth in West Virginia politics, reporters and researchers from PolitiFact West Virginia examine statements by elected officials and candidates – and anyone else who speaks up on matters of public importance – provides context for those statements and then rates their accuracy according to PolitiFact’s Truth-O-Meter. PolitiFact West Virginia is a partnership of 100 Days in Appalachia, Pulitzer Prize winning PolitiFact and the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University.
Fact-check: W.Va. Home to Zero Billionaire’s Despite Joe Manchin’s ‘Concerns’ about Billionaire Tax Proposal
In a recent tweet, David Gura, a broadcast journalist currently with NPR, tweeted Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., about a…
Did a Truck Carrying Moderna Vaccine Crash? And Did the Pentagon Handle the Recovery?
Did the U.S. military take over the site where a truck carrying coronavirus vaccines crashed in Morgantown, West…
Fact-check: How Did West Virginia Inject 108.1% of Its Vaccine Doses?
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice took a victory lap on national cable networks on Feb. 1, explaining how…
Fact-check: Trump Falsely and Prematurely Claims 2020 Presidential Victory
President Donald Trump prematurely, and falsely, said early Wednesday that he won re-election for president, and called for…
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim In Pa. That He’s ‘Putting Our Great Coal Miners Back To Work’
President Donald Trump returned to Pennsylvania on Tuesday for the first time since his COVID-19 hospitalization and told supporters at…
Did 780 Million Opioid Pills, Or 421 Pills For Every Resident, Flow Into West Virginia? Basically, Yes.
The opioid epidemic has raged across the United States in recent years, but it has affected West Virginia more…