Herald Offers FactCheck on COVID-19 Stories

The Herald has launched a new page on it’s website which links out to the Poynter Institute’s COVID-19 FactCheck on stories, myths, postings, etc.

Readers can find the page, at Https://www.marioncoherald.com Then select COVID-19 from the Menu and then Covid-19 Fact Checks

The Herald hopes our readers find this resource useful.

Per the website, “Here is the database that gathers all of the falsehoods that have been detected by the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus alliance. This database unites fact-checkers in more than 70 countries and includes articles published in at least 40 languages.”

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