James D. Agresti

‘The survey found that the most commonly believed misinformation accords with left-leaning narratives spread by the press’

‘These facts have nothing to do with race and everything to do with factors that can foster or impede economic prosperity’

‘These politicians and journalists never hint that their statistics exclude federal funds’

‘Contrary to predictions made three decades ago, a broad range of environmental and human welfare indicators related to the effects of climate change have stayed level or improved’

‘The privilege of living in the U.S. affords poor people with more material resources than the averages for most of the world’s richest nations’

‘The Times and other media outlets keep propagating the canard that Michael Brown was or may have been wrongfully shot’

‘students of color, or the so-called “minority,” are now the majority’

‘In reality, supporters of integration broadly opposed busing because of its downsides’

‘Whatever students and parents don’t pay, taxpayers and donors do’

‘Some of the articles also create an impression that Gomez was in the U.S. legally’

‘While certain politicians and reporters rail against big money and corporate involvement in politics, their concern does not seem to extend to media corporations and their wealthy owners’

‘It’s possible this is just an innocent mistake by the Post, but Just Facts alerted the paper’s head “fact checker” and its corrections editor to this falsehood’

‘These polls align almost perfectly with the portion of voters who have been misled to believe that the top 1% pays a lower average federal tax rate than the middle class’