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cy<a href="https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/the-lawn-is-the-largest-irrigated-crop-in-the-usa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/the-lawn-is-the-largest-irrigated-crop-in-the-usa/</a> <blockquote>The analysis indicates that turf grasses, occupying about 2% of the surface of the continental U.S., would be the single largest irrigated crop in the country. </blockquote>That tracks. <a href="https://fedicy.us.to?t=factchecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FactChecked</a> CC: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/users/DoomsdaysCW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/users/nabeards" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nabeards@hachyderm.io</a>

inpc<a href="https://dice.camp/@martinralya" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@martinralya</a> true story <a href="https://go.mxtthxw.art/tags/factchecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FactChecked</a>.

Preston MacDougall<a href="https://mastodon.social/@rightardia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rightardia</a> While *on air* ⬆️, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HughHewitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HughHewitt</a> rage-quit his written and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/livestream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#livestream</a> commentary gig at the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> because he didn’t like being <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FactChecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FactChecked</a> by a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Black</a> man and a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> woman. 🤔 That checks out. ✅ <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/VoteBlueNoMatterWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlueNoMatterWho</a> to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SaveAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveAmerica</a> from <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> and the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> cult of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/garbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#garbage</a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠MechanicFinally, Trump fact-checked on Fox 👍Wonders never cease 😳Trump Defends Falsehoods About <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/HaitianImmigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaitianImmigrants</a> and <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> on Fox News“Donald <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has largely avoided interviews where he will be <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/FactChecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FactChecked</a> in real time. But on Sunday, he sat for an interview on <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoxNews</a>, where he was challenged directly on some of his most glaring falsehoods of the campaign.The exchanges that resulted provided a case study in the tactics the former president uses when confronted with facts that contradict his statements.”<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/voteblue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voteblue</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/voteblue2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voteblue2024</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GiftLink</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/lying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lying</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/trump-fox-news-jan-6-haitians.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T04.u7a9.IuVwO180W85H&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/trump-fox-news-jan-6-haitians.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T04.u7a9.IuVwO180W85H&smid=url-share</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> are extremely <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mad</a> that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CBS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/factchecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#factchecked</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ShadyVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShadyVance</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lies</a> about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Haitians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haitians</a>. Vance repeated his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/falseclaim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#falseclaim</a> that "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illegal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a>" was causing a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PetEating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PetEating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crisis</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Springfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Springfield</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ohio</a>. <a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/10/02/are-extremely-mad-that-cbs-fact-checked-jd-vances-lies-about-haitians/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2024/10/02/are-extremely-mad-that-cbs-fact-checked-jd-vances-lies-about-haitians/</a>

Steve Dustcircle 🌹<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NPR</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/factchecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#factchecked</a> the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VanceWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VanceWalz</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vicepresidentialdebate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vicepresidentialdebate</a>. Here's what we found<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/02/nx-s1-5135675/jd-vance-tim-walz-vp-debate-fact-check?encoded_id=G9Ge9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2024/10/02/nx-s1-5135675/jd-vance-tim-walz-vp-debate-fact-check?encoded_id=G9Ge9</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FactChecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FactChecked</a>: New "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Finnish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Finnish</a> Study" Shows <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthCare</a> Saves Lives.Despite claims by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Antitrans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antitrans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremist</a> Dr. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RiittakerttuKaltiala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RiittakerttuKaltiala</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Finland</a> that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> care isn't <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lifesaving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lifesaving</a>, experts counter this is untrue. Despite working to hide the evidence, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#study</a> indicates <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> care saves lives.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TERFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TERFS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Religion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConversionTherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConversionTherapy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bigotry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Violence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transphobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmptyThePews</a> <a href="https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-checked-new-problematic-finnish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-checked-new-problematic-finnish</a>

sheislaurence<a href="https://mastodon.green/@mongabay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mongabay</a> Thanks for this thorough report! Anyone claiming to be <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/carbonneutral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbonneutral</a> is relying on <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/carbonoffsetting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbonoffsetting</a>, that is the very definition of the term, which should be banned entirely, given it assumes somehow <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/carbonremoval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbonremoval</a> is a real thing. As for the principle of <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/additionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#additionality</a> (or for that matter, complete lack of in in 99% of the schemes), John Oliver is my go-to. Simple, fast, <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/factchecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#factchecked</a> & hilarious skit <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8zAbFKpW0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8zAbFKpW0</a>

beSpacificClimate at a Glance for Teachers and Students, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/factchecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#factchecked</a> by AFP, circulated by controversial US think tank is riddled w <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/misleading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misleading</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/claims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#claims</a> about established <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/climatescience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatescience</a> in what campaigners slam as a bid to "infect" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/youngminds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#youngminds</a>. The free-market <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HeartlandInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeartlandInstitute</a> drew outrage from campaigners, educators, but applause from climate skeptics when it sent book to more than 8,000 American school teachers this year "to present facts" it said were ignored or distorted by pundits and the media.

miriam heddyThis piece <a href="https://journa.host/@pbump" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pbump</a> piece explaining the GOP’s use of “woke” as a pejorative, is quite good.It appears under the WaPo heading, “Politics * Analysis.”Questions about <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Analysis</a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a>:How do writers & editors at WaPo (& other news outlets) define the difference between “Politics” (with no subheading) & “Politics * Analysis”?How do they define “Politics * Analysis” vs “Opinion”?What’s the ethical or news value of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Opinion</a> pieces if they’re not <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FactChecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FactChecked</a>?<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/15/woke-liberals-desantis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/15/woke-liberals-desantis/</a>

Nonilex“On Nov. 12, in a text chain w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ingraham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ingraham</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hannity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hannity</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Carlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Carlson</a> pointed to a tweet in which a Fox reporter, Jacqui Heinrich, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactChecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FactChecked</a> a tweet from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> referring to Fox broadcasts & said there was no evidence of voter fraud from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dominion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dominion</a>.“‘Please get her fired,’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Carlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Carlson</a> said. He added: ‘It needs to stop immediately, like tonight. It’s measurably hurting the company. The stock price is down. Not a joke.’ Heinrich had deleted her tweet by the next morning.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigLie</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Standards</a>

M_C_B52I understand the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/1stAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1stAmendment</a> bars the State from abridging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freespeech</a>. That includes the right to speak untruths, subject to certain strictures, (e.g, “Fire” in a crowded theater). I also understand it is not an infringement of a liar’s 1st Amendment rights to point out that they are in fact <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lying</a>, and provide the facts to substantiate that. It seems like some people in public life react as if being <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/factchecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#factchecked</a> and called out for lying violates their 1st Amendment rights in some fashion.

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