FactCheck

First Website: www.factcheck.org This is personally one of my most frequented websites because of the last election period. Factcheck.org is one of the oldest fact checking websites on the Internet today. Since starting in 2003, the website has made it a part of their mission statement to “increase public knowledge and understanding” so that viral and false rumors don’t run rampant in our society. Because of their goal to boost awareness, the website has always been very transparent about where they get their funding from. Most of their funds come from three major sources: the Annenberg Public Policy Center, the Annenberg Foundation, and the Flora Family Foundation. In 2010, the website just started taking donations from the public and they disclose the identity of anyone who donates more than $1,000. It’s fair to say that because of their transparency the website is very credible and couldn’t be swayed by any money coming from political interest groups. Another reason why factcheck.org is generally unbiased is because they focus on a range of different people in the political atmosphere like presidential candidates, presidents, members of Congress, etc. Because of this range, the website mostly reviews their TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and anything released on the news. Nobody is safe from fact checking no matter what side of the political spectrum they land. Of course, this election year has been an exception. The website has been working double time to report…

The FactCheck published an article “Who Benefits From Corporate Tax Cut?” which was written by Robert Farley, a journalist for more than 23 years, was most recently a reporter at the St. Petersburg Times for more than 13 years. The main idea that was touched upon in this article was corporate tax cut and who takes benefits from it. According to the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin words he says “most economists believe that over 70 percent of corporate taxes are paid for by the workers” and…

reforms, there were 13 mass shootings in Australia, and none in the 10.5 years afterwards. Declines in firearm-related deaths before the law reforms accelerated after the reforms for total firearm deaths.” (chapman). There can be good things to these laws as well as bad. These are the states that have the highest death rate in the United States Alaska, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Wyoming, Montana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Tennessee. Some of these states have really strict gun…

pregnancy rate decline stating, “There is an almost unending stream of data showing that the numbers of abortions and pregnant teen-agers in the U.S. are at their lowest levels in forty years.”(Specter). In support to that, CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has even reported teen pregnancy rates in the United States are at an all-time low. If you’re wondering why teen pregnancies should concern you consider this, taxpayers pay about 9.4 billion dollars yearly for them. Most…

presidency. For example, the Clinton Foundation is a non-profit organization created to help four issues: global health and wellness, climate change, economic development and improving opportunities for girls and women. (Gaouette) However, it still stirs up suspicion on foreign governments and concerns with transparency. When Clinton was Secretary of State Bill Clinton made thirteen speeches, making about $500,000, and eleven of those speeches were made out of the United States. Those speeches…

perhaps be more deadly. Additionally, homicides have been another effect of not enough gun control. BBC News have reported that “13,286 people were killed in the US by firearms in 2015, according to the Gun Violence Archive, and 26,819 people were injured [those figures exclude suicide]” (BBC News Website). These statistics show that a lot of people are being killed all because the attackers are having really easy access to guns and there is no actions that are being taken. In the article, “Gun…