Misinformation Watch

President Biden announced his federal government budget proposal for the 2024 fiscal year this week. Let’s break down some claims made in Biden’s plan and by critics of the plan.

Almost immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic began, people speculated about how it started. Most of this focused on China, where the pandemic began, and specifically on the city of Wuhan.

The Global Disinformation Index's methodology lacks transparency about the reviews and the biases of individual reviewers, and evaluates media bias and information quality together in a confusing fashion.

The president and a Republican senator exchanged misleading claims on cuts to government programs.

As 2022 comes to a close, AllSides is recapping the year's most prominent instances of misinformation in national news media.

Florida's "Parental Rights in Education Act," has been coined the "Don't Say Gay Law" by critics. This law has amplified an ongoing culture war over what can be taught in classrooms, but what is actually in this highly controversial bill?

Corporate taxation has become a very controversial issue in recent years, with some claiming that companies like Amazon and Apple pay little to no taxes.

As inflation continues to rise, media outlets have claimed one specific individual, or action is to blame. The truth is more nuanced.

Despite a lack of evidence, the claim showed up in Trump’s impeachment proceedings and was repeated by President Joe Biden months later.

Let’s break down the media coverage and dominant opinions around the claim, and highlight the main facts, myths, disagreements and disconnects.

Historic gaffe, or media overreaction? Donald Trump's comments about bleach during a COVID-19 press briefing last year have been covered very differently from the left and the right.