The Journalism of Why: How we struggle to answer the hardest question
In the wake of a shooting, there are frantic efforts to answer the question: Why? The public wants a definitive cause. We may never get one.
In the wake of a shooting, there are frantic efforts to answer the question: Why? The public wants a definitive cause. We may never get one.
Stories that Biden could drop out are dominating coverage. But it’s hard to know what to make of them because the quoted sources are vague.
Trump occasionally offered conciliatory notes, but more often repeated questionable assertions PolitiFact has repeatedly fact-checked
‘You don’t report anything unless you know what you’re talking about.’
There’s been no statement, release, press conference or medical report. Voters deserve to know how he’s doing, one columnist argues.
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PolitiFact fact-checked five of Vance’s statements from his 2024 Republican National Convention speech in Milwaukee
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