Professor at Duke; founder of PolitiFact; author of Beyond the Big Lie; fan of facts. billadair.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3mqcawxyefc2nSome great news: Sarah Krueger is going to be the new managing editor for the 9th Street Journal, our student written site that covers Durham. https://9thstreetjournal.org/2026/07/10/sarah-krueger-named-new-9th-street-managing-editor/10 Jul 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcawxyefc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3mhzsethbc225RDU airport is encouraging passengers to give gift cards to TSA screeners www.rdu.com/tsasupport/ https://www.rdu.com/tsasupport/27 Mar 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzsethbc225https://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3mdidycmxrs2cA reminder that there are no boundaries in media. Everyone can offer everything.28 Jan 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdidycmxrs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3mbgzigjxu22qHelpful transparency in reporting02 Jan 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbgzigjxu22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3m657tvn44k2xWith rumors flying about ICE sightings, our reporter Gabrielle Lazor went searching in the North Hills Hilton. https://9thstreetjournal.org/2025/11/21/searching-for-ice-at-a-raleigh-hilton/21 Nov 2025 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m657tvn44k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3m5rormnvmc2lSome fascinating detective work here by DF Lovett on the edits to Jeffrey Epstein's Wikipedia page. https://open.substack.com/pub/edithistory/p/did-jeffrey-epstein-edit-his-own?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email16 Nov 2025 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5rormnvmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3m3d2nls3us2yTremendous story by Duke alum @billmccarthy.bsky.social showing how White House stitched together footage from other cities and claimed they were from Chicago https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.78MJ66316 Oct 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3d2nls3us2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lzyctrmp7c27Smart and thorough analysis from @ninajankowicz.com: Jim Jordan Claims Google Censored Conservatives. His Own Committee’s Work Shows Otherwise. https://wiczipedia.substack.com/p/jim-jordan-claims-google-censored?utm_source=cross-post&publication_id=6011&post_id=174839648&utm_campaign=4263078&isFreemail=true&r=1r7vl&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email29 Sep 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyctrmp7c27https://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lyutbgfusc2zWhy does Microsoft do this? Every day (???), it sends an "Reaction Daily Digest" email that summarizes the "thumbs-ups" (and, I guess, other emojis) that I have received that day. What value is that email, coming hours after a respondent sent them?15 Sep 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyutbgfusc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lwulbb7wfc2mA smart and simple fact-check. To check Trump's claim that the Smithsonian has "nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future," PolitiFact fact-checkers simply toured the museums. Pants on Fire. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/20/donald-trump/smithsonian-museums-success-brightness-slavery/20 Aug 2025 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwulbb7wfc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lwh2cupmqs2kHey Chicago! Come and see me Sept. 6 at Printers Row Lit Fest! I'll be discussing lying in politics and misinformation with @barbmcquade.bsky.social‬! -- moderated by the Chicago Tribune's ‪@jake-sheridan.bsky.social‬!15 Aug 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwh2cupmqs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lw7dxjl6x224Three news alerts, three different takes12 Aug 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7dxjl6x224https://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lveged3yqk2vGreat lede here from @joshuabenton.com: "Alden Global Capital just can’t understand. Why would any newspaper not want to be the next to pass through its digestive tract?" https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/alden-global-capital-is-miffed-that-the-dallas-morning-news-wont-offer-itself-up-for-disembowelment/01 Aug 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lveged3yqk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lsj7m62ogs2vSome thoughts on Google’s announcement ending the use of ClaimReview in search:26 Jun 2025 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsj7m62ogs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3ls2afskelk2bA lot of people believed Meta's decision to end its support of fact-checkers would lead to a dramatic decline. But that hasn't happened, at least not yet, according to the latest census by the Duke Reporters' Lab. https://reporterslab.org/2025/06/19/fact-checkers-persevere-as-politicians-platforms-turn-up-heat/20 Jun 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2afskelk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lrgbftgemk2yIsn't this the result for, like, everything? Every issue, every question that begins, "Do you support President Trump..."12 Jun 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrgbftgemk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lqv2b2nyvs27I was watching a video on Spotify today and I realized… that I was watching a video on Spotify. It has become a platform for music + audiobooks + podcasts + now, podcasts with video. It’s the everything platform.05 Jun 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqv2b2nyvs27https://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lptzghmkds2vFrom @glennkessler.bsky.social, anatomy of a flip-flop: How Trump has changed his claims that he can end the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/22/trump-russia-ukraine-24-hours-fact-checker/23 May 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptzghmkds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lp67rttbo22oA great fact-check by Grace Abels and some other tremendous actors. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJo946kuxqW/?igsh=MWJ2ZTFwamZ3eDJwNA==15 May 2025 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp67rttbo22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lolguxgzp22yI lied to a guy on national TV. So I decided to track him down and say I was sorry. This is the story of my search. https://www.cjr.org/analysis/politifact-cspan-republicans-fact-check.php07 May 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lolguxgzp22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lnx74xy52k2yAnybody know how long Trump has been in office? I'd love to see some coverage of that...29 Apr 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnx74xy52k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lnbevzv4fk2eRan into John from @themountaingoats.bsky.social exactly where you'd expect a big rock star on a Saturday night, in the parking lot of Target, where he was shopping for Easter candy. What a smart, wonderful guy. Reminded me why I love the Goats.20 Apr 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnbevzv4fk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3llhrafjz5k2r“I would like to say one more thing,” Chávez said. “Again to our trans students, we see you and we love you.” https://9thstreetjournal.org/2025/03/28/durham-school-board-vows-to-support-transgender-students/28 Mar 2025 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhrafjz5k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3ll7dck43lc25Journalists who use "[timely word]gate" in a headline should be suspended without pay for a week. Today's example: "Signalgate."25 Mar 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7dck43lc25https://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3ll2ijehuok22Not sure how new this is, but the NYT's Athletic now has a button so you can directly bet on teams. The gap between journalism and gambling keeps narrowing.23 Mar 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2ijehuok22https://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lktef7auk22sMy Newswriting students are reading one of my favorite works of student journalism, @carmela.bsky.social's "I watched all 162 crashes at the Can Opener," which then led me to watch way too many YouTube videos. But a fun way to spend an afternoon! https://9thstreetjournal.org/2021/04/13/i-watched-all-162-crashes-at-the-can-opener-heres-what-i-saw/20 Mar 2025 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktef7auk22shttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lkpwn2jtpk2bNYT using crowdsourcing for coverage of JFK assassination files.19 Mar 2025 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkpwn2jtpk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lkm4iczdv22aI always worry when I see an obit for Bill Adair - until I realize it’s not me.17 Mar 2025 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkm4iczdv22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lkdi5zbdb22jInteresting addition to my Google search results that I haven’t seen before14 Mar 2025 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdi5zbdb22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/billadair.com/post/3lkbssgtwds25A student used "literally" in a paper, which gave me an excuse to watch this https://youtu.be/gYB-dM2Tsd0?si=MY7njnv4Ew0cvGbp13 Mar 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:7iloitos2itzoyas3vkcbzqv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbssgtwds25