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<title><![CDATA[Chandler Lasch - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/44059.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Chandler Lasch]]></description><category domain="44059">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Are Fact-Checkers Ignoring False Statements on School Closures?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/11/01/why_are_fact-checkers_ignoring_false_statements_on_school_closures_148405.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With each new report on the effects of pandemic-era school closures on American children, the story only seems to get worse.
In September, the Associated Press reported that, according to a study from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Math and reading scores for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Happens When a Fact-Checker Doesn&rsquo;t Get the Facts Right?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/09/28/what_happens_when_a_fact-checker_doesnt_get_the_facts_right_148253.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams recently came under fire for a false claim about embryonic development. Glenn Kessler, fact-checker at the Washington Post, chimed in with his own analysis. But instead of setting the record straight, he tweeted another inaccurate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Confusion Surrounds Boston Children&rsquo;s Hospital&rsquo;s Gender Clinic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/26/confusion_surrounds_boston_childrens_hospitals_gender_clinic_148102.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A provocative video from a famous children'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hospital referencing gender transitions recently sparked outrage and unanswered questions. And neither fact checkers nor conservative outlets critical of the hospital have done much to clarify things, and in some cases, both have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fact-Checkers Misplace Blame When Biden Misspeaks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/06/fact-checkers_misplace_blame_when_biden_misspeaks_148009.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden surprised many recently when, in a speech about climate change, he remarked, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s why I and so damn many other people I grew up [with] have cancer.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Some on social media took his use of the word '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'have'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' to refer to a current condition. When the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Outlets Fail Fact Checks on Thomas and Vaccines]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/07/26/media_outlets_fail_fact_checks_on_thomas_and_vaccines_147949.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Late last month, Politico reported that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'suggested that COVID-19 vaccines were developed using the cells of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'aborted children.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The comment appeared in a dissenting opinion penned by Thomas, in a case that the Supreme Court...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Abortion Laws: An International Outlier?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/07/06/us_abortion_laws_an_international_outlier__147846.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Shortly after the announcement from the Supreme Court on Friday that Roe v. Wade was overturned, President Biden decried the ruling, saying that it put the United States'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' abortion law out of step with comparable countries.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'With this decision, the conservative majority of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[More Misleading Fact Checks of Abrams&rsquo; Boycott Comments]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/06/08/more_misleading_fact_checks_of_abramss_boycott_comments_147709.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In May 2021, RealClearPolitics reported that a fact-checker at PolitiFact issued misleading analysis regarding Stacey Abrams'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' comments on business boycotts in Georgia. Just over a year later, PolitiFact'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new analysis of Abrams'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' position remains misleading '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Fact-Checkers Mishandled the COVID-19 Origin Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/06/03/how_fact-checkers_mishandled_the_covid-19_origin_debate.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While the precise origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, remains unknown, several fact-checkers and media outlets found themselves in an embarrassing position when a theory they had previously dismissed as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'baseless'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' gained new attention from scientists. That...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fact-Checkers Missed Stealth Edits to Abrams Op-Ed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/04/fact-checkers_missed_stealth_edits_to_abrams_op-ed_145696.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the internet age, articles can be revised after publication almost without a trace. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Stealth editing,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the practice of revising a published piece without disclosing that is has been edited, poses an interesting challenge to fact-checking outlets and the integrity of their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has the Washington Post Fact-Checker Held Biden Accountable?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/04/16/has_the_washington_post_fact-checker_held_biden_accountable_145595.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After four years of relentless fact checks of statements by President Trump, many wondered whether fact-checkers would apply similar scrutiny to President Biden.
Responding to right-leaning critics who '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'have been urging fact checks of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'Biden lies,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Glenn Kessler,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Snopes and the Fact-Checked Claims That Weren't Really Made]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/05/snopes_and_the_fact-checked_claims_that_werent_really_made.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chandler Lasch</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A fact-checker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s role is to help readers distinguish fact from fiction by analyzing and rating claims. Sometimes, however, fact-checkers seem to create and check claims that no one is making, or, perhaps inadvertently, blame outlets or individuals for false claims that they...]]></description>
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