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Facts Matter: Trump isn't first president to donate salary

By Bob Oswald
Oct 26, 2019 5:59 PM - President Donald Trump said he's the first since George Washington to forgo a presidential salary, but in reality two others -- neither of them Washington -- have done so, Bob Oswald reports.
Facts Matter: With elections looming, watch out for fake news

By Russell Lissau
Oct 17, 2019 7:39 PM - As the 2020 primary and general elections draw closer, Americans should be wary of hoaxes, lies and smear efforts being falsely propagated as news.
Facts Matter: Climate change? People caused it, NASA says

By Bob Oswald
Oct 13, 2019 7:57 AM - Articles making the rounds on social media this month incorrectly claim NASA scientists said climate change is largely a result of the Earth's axis and tilt and unrelated to human activity. And Rep. Adam Schiff made a misleading claim about contact with a whistleblower.
How the Daily Herald uses drones for news coverage

By Elena Ferrarin
Sep 26, 2019 4:56 PM - Daily Herald Senior Director of Visual Journalism Jeff Knox gave a drone demonstration and presentation Wednesday in Arlington Heights as part of the newspaper's Facts Matter series.
Facts Matter: Quote about cost of border wall didn't come from actor Tim Allen

By Bob Oswald
Sep 21, 2019 5:19 PM - A quote falsely attributed to actor Tim Allen has recently been posted and reposted by social media users. And Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages," the chain-link enclosures the Trump administration is using to detain migrants were built while Biden was vice president.
What's at stake for local news? Join a free discussion Wednesday

Daily Herald report
Sep 9, 2019 3:28 PM - Sign up to attend the Daily Herald's Facts Matter series, which begins Wednesday as Editor John Lampinen and Deputy Managing Editor for Opinion Jim Slusher discuss what is at stake for local news operations and the communities they serve. The series, presented with Northwest Suburban High School District 214, also includes sessions on fake news in the election and editing to avoid bias, plus a drone demonstration.
Facts Matter: Google didn't manipulate 2016 election

Aug 24, 2019 4:03 PM - Google didn't manipulate the 2016 election to favor Democrat Hillary Clinton, as President Donald Trump claimed on Twitter, Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
Facts Matter: Obama portrait unaffected as Trump portrait unveiled

By Bob Oswald
Aug 17, 2019 4:49 PM - A portrait of former President Barack Obama did not fall off the wall as a portrait of President Donald Trump was unveiled, Bob Oswald writes in his Facts Matter column.
Editorial: The continuing need to defend our free press

The Daily Herald Editorial Board
Aug 16, 2019 1:00 AM - A Daily Herald editorial says a year after newspapers across the country decried President Trump's repeated use of "enemy of the people" to refer to journalism, the threat is as pervasive as ever.
Facts Matter: Break-in at Cummings' home not result of Trump tweet

By Bob Oswald
Aug 10, 2019 4:22 PM - A break-in at the Baltimore home of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings wasn't related to President Donald Trump referring to the congressman on Twitter as a "brutal bully," Bob Oswald writes in his Facts Matter column.

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