Opinion | A Poynter Report special: the 2024 year in media A divisive election, turbulence at one of the nation’s legendary newspapers, controversial stoppages of presidential endorsements and so much more December 20, 2024 Tom Jones
Election fraud claims shifted after Trump’s victory, but baseless theories persisted A look at 60 election-related claims PolitiFact checked pre- and postelection, common themes and who shared them and on what platform November 27, 2024 Jeff Cercone
Opinion | Trump’s first term shows journalists can make an impact in his second The press must lean in and focus on issues that matter to our audiences instead of breathlessly reporting on the circus around the president November 21, 2024 Aaron Glantz
What are Donald Trump’s second-term plans for the economy, immigration, abortion? After Trump won the 2024 election, PolitiFact asked its readers to send us their questions about his campaign promises November 15, 2024 Louis Jacobson
Who is Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s ‘border czar’? And what has he said about mass deportations? Homan spent more than 30 years working in immigration enforcement and recommended Trump’s contentious zero-tolerance policy November 14, 2024 Maria Ramirez Uribe
No, Elon Musk’s Starlink wasn’t used to rig the 2024 presidential election for Donald Trump Federal and state election officials rebutted claims of widespread fraud. They said there are longstanding systems to ensure voting integrity. November 13, 2024 Madison Czopek
Opinion | Donald Trump and the media: a look back and a look ahead to the next four years Four media experts and analysts discuss how the press covered Trump in this election cycle and what to expect going forward November 8, 2024 Tom Jones
The 2024 election results don’t prove stolen election claims about 2020. Voters’ choices can change. From election to election, it isn’t unusual or a sign of fraud for voters to shift support from one party to another or to choose not to vote November 8, 2024 Madison Czopek
After the first ‘podcast election,’ the medium is likely to continue playing a role in future campaign cycles ‘It would be a mistake for future campaigns to ignore or neglect podcasting as a vehicle for their candidates’ November 7, 2024 Angela Fu
The mainstream media misunderstood Latino voters once again The election results underscore how disconnected and oversimplified media coverage of this community turned out to be November 7, 2024 Fernanda Camarena
Opinion | A doomsday media reaction following Donald Trump’s presidential victory After winning a second term, Trump now seems emboldened to continue his assault on the media November 7, 2024 Tom Jones
How was Trump’s victory over Harris called so fast? In the end, it didn’t take all that long to declare that Donald Trump was returning to the White House November 7, 2024 Louis Jacobson
Opinion | Who won the 2024 presidential election coverage? CNN’s John King and MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki, who showed viewers where the results were headed well before official numbers came in November 6, 2024 Tom Jones
Donald Trump wins the 2024 US election for president The Associated Press officially called the race for Trump at 5:35 a.m. Wednesday after he won Wisconsin and secured 277 electoral votes November 6, 2024 Louis Jacobson
Live fact-check: Election Day 2024 In the past, when polls closed, politicians and social media influencers spread falsehoods about voting and the ballot counting process November 5, 2024 PolitiFact
