News Verification Reporter @apnews.com Previously: @newsguard.bsky.social | mgoldin@ap.org apnews.com/ap-fact-check melissagoldin.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mzl5obwqwk2fI'm very pleased this is the story we were able to write following the midterms. Unlike in previous years, there were no widespread claims of rigged elections. One point for the truth! https://apnews.com/article/election-voting-results-rigged-facts-trump-f8e70e3d60186ae969629644e64a2df605 Nov 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzl5obwqwk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mzhcc4sz7s25The AP will be tracking election misinformation through the night. Check here for updates: https://apnews.com/article/fact-focus-election-day-voting-irregularities-rumors-4eb6dfe111fbddd615554ce36d4ed8f704 Nov 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzhcc4sz7s25https://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3myzvbgaxb22zThe AP is tracking false and misleading voting claims ahead of the midterms here: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-midterms-election-voting-ballot-5933df3747ceaf6091324959d8b9c59b29 Oct 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzvbgaxb22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mxwxfe5vbc2rDid a poll worker mark you ballot? Don't worry, it's probably fine: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-election-midterms-ballot-markings-disqualify-e3e754bf60becd7af84868e24ac1d35615 Oct 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwxfe5vbc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mxpincxqzs25No, James Talarico was not being treated at a mental health facility last week: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-talarico-mental-health-lindner-634591c8818aeab31c52526032d0387c12 Oct 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpincxqzs25https://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mxh5lpsfjs2tThanks to @kellyruthk.bsky.social for inviting me to speak with her class @cuny.edu's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY again this year! I very much enjoyed speaking with all of the students about reporting on misinformation and AI-generated images.09 Oct 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxh5lpsfjs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mwopa5463s2mTrump claims U.S. poverty is its lowest in history, missing important context: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-poverty-rate-425da7f7a8e13c02bf9dfe44ceb2780d29 Sep 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwopa5463s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mweodhoodc2hCandidates are using AI ads without disclosures, despite state laws: https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-campaign-ads-midterms-d375801e10821b3e6ac776ffc77e1f2825 Sep 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mweodhoodc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mw7ni2qc3c2gSocial media users are claiming Biden revoked White House press passes from hundreds of journalists. He did not. https://apnews.com/article/biden-trump-white-house-press-ban-776a6619b5a1363c164522495ed638d023 Sep 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7ni2qc3c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mw55my24z22sFact-checking Trump at the UN General Assembly today: https://apnews.com/article/trump-fact-check-united-nations-speech-278e6319580a8cfe9dabee90b2107a6022 Sep 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw55my24z22shttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3munbtqwtvs2hU.S. banks can operate in Canada, despite what Trump says: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-canada-american-banks-96819ae447d3f5f6dcb5337b2bcfb8b003 Sep 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3munbtqwtvs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mukienqffs2oIf you live in Texas and are listed as a "suspense voter," don't worry. You can still vote in the midterms: https://apnews.com/article/texas-voter-registration-suspense-election-midterm-cc7e9e74968b7aa3b629fbbe2cd1dc5102 Sep 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukienqffs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mtz5qtgri22oYou probably don't have to worry a bout massive blackouts because of the trade war with Canada. Here's why: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-canada-electricity-us-shut-off-636b50e96b27883be959f29c0f086d7926 Aug 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz5qtgri22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mtmlnalkcc26A recent Census Bureau report did not prove that 24,000 noncitizens voted in the 2020 election: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-noncitizen-voting-census-bureau-36cf1524fda629b139b7de5c8611962221 Aug 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmlnalkcc26https://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3msygbvfdn22qNo, HAARP did not trigger the recent earthquake in Colombia: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-colombia-earthquake-haarp-conspiracy-theory-731fa0174b0976e9e2971a9baa459a6013 Aug 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3msygbvfdn22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mst77ki6bc2uFalse claims about vaccines: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-vaccines-schedule-executive-order-autism-287503e351b38ec01ac7377eadbc22c411 Aug 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst77ki6bc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mshb7s3pyc2hCatch up on false and misleading claims Trump has made about the Reflecting Pool: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-3b4430b8c8bf586df0b3a13b3493c60407 Aug 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshb7s3pyc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3msbtdj6ers24Social media users are claiming NYC's city-owned grocery stores will require shoppers to show ID. They won't. https://apnews.com/article/identification-new-york-grocery-stores-mamdani-a81f73db2db1752f3b4c75921272cd9f04 Aug 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbtdj6ers24https://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mrxqw36ip226Checking the facts at Trump's Cabinet meeting: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-minnesota-prescriptions-immigration-7adb2340586cabc2162c39d6f4bc9d9231 Jul 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxqw36ip226https://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mrdrfrgrkc2mObama didn't encourage noncitizens to vote in 2016, despite what social media posts claim: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-obama-immigrant-illegal-vote-election-589b797402682b7aa6c8376bccc86e1823 Jul 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdrfrgrkc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mqkknjsnkc2pDebunking conspiracy theories that spread after the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-lindsey-graham-death-conspiracy-theories-5a9b75ffb00ec8435723f65e224b98f513 Jul 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkknjsnkc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mpp3irqssk2bOn Trump and communism: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-communist-democrat-midterms-9316dc25eb5c7454e8226721f2f6e42602 Jul 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpp3irqssk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mp2p7fytos2lNo, Norway did not bring its own food to the World Cup because it distrusts U.S. products. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-world-cup-norway-food-avoid-trust-eaff3e9f413088155e2902dd4b3c9b4a24 Jun 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2p7fytos2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mogq4nyaes2nIllegal immigration did not increase car insurance premiums, despite what Trump claims. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-car-insurance-premiums-immigrants-214b6e27b925b2fb59a3f1cfb484a59916 Jun 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mogq4nyaes2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mmwp2xysjs2yObama and Biden did not spend 'hundreds of millions' to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as Trump falsely claimed. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-reflecting-pool-renovations-obama-biden-millions-c261ebc9898149002bb384a084e49b2728 May 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwp2xysjs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mmaalz5z322gNo, Maryland did not send out hundreds of thousands of "illegal" mail-in ballots. https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-maryland-ballots-3ffa16cbc93dd02dc39302c31b3f3bcf19 May 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmaalz5z322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mkt5yl52c226Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there's been a nearly 4.3 million drop in SNAP participants because of a tamping down of fraud and an improved economy. Experts disagree. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-snap-food-stamps-fraud-rollins-1a964909ae5cb808813a6478bbfa5f6501 May 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt5yl52c226https://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mkiuq5plo22jEven real-time reporting from a roomful of journalists couldn't stop conspiracy theories in the aftermath of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting: https://apnews.com/article/white-house-correspondents-dinner-conspiracy-theories-94f541d434bd38efaf8cb273f365accd27 Apr 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiuq5plo22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissagoldin.bsky.social/post/3mkbc2qlnns2jOn the missing/dead scientists: https://apnews.com/article/scientists-missing-dead-conspiracy-theories-c046ce6d0a004e6a3e1971ff769244b524 Apr 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:edpqxrtcnffoj25yifceea2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbc2qlnns2j